I enjoyed this episode more than I have in a while.

Concur.

Her "I'm watching you." gesture to Mercedes during the tot rebellion had me on the floor.

That really was funny. She sold it.

I thought Gwyneth was good. Not a Mary Sue since her character was presented as being unable to discipline the kids and too eager to please them.

The whole thing about Will's sex life with Teri was kind of bizarre, which normally I'd be down with. I'm fine if he's a bottom who likes a little anal stimulation with age regression. But on top of all his other messed-up-ness it doesn't play as well.

And once again they had a scene where all the kids pay tribute to him. Ick. It's kind of a dysfunctional relationship at this point.

Oh well. I want a compilation of all of Sue's hair insults.

Also in Comedy...

I haven't really been watching Raising Hope but both episodes they played tonight were really funny.

Excellent comic use of the sex offender watch list and Jenga.

Further, HIMYM has definitely gotten back on track. I was ready to ditch it after last season but I'm enjoying the show again this year. It's funny and the characters are engaging and their arcs are interesting.

Here's an apt critique from AV Club of the way Glee's been handling Will's character:

Most of the other characters have settled into a groove where we more or less know how they'll react to things, but Will continues to be all over the map. Are we supposed to think he's a guy trying to do the right thing and constantly failing? Are we supposed to have darker feelings about him? Or are we supposed to see him as a number one teacher and a saint? He's whatever the show needs him to be, week to week, and that's one of the biggest things hurting the series this season. (That said, I liked the way the show made fun of his lame tastes in music this week and by extension, made fun of itself.)

That Journey joke was gold.

It was.

I like Gwyneth Paltrow - Scrappy - Shakespeare in Love and Sliding Doors are two of my favorites too! I thought that she did a good job and agree that Becky as Sue's minion is gold.

I enjoyed "Make Them Laugh"; disliked the Rachel/Gwyneth number and wasn't that into the big finale Singing in the Rain thing.

Sliding Doors is in my top three favorite movies bucket. I like GP in Emma as well.

I am increasingly dismayed with Glee, but have to confess that I have watched "Forget You" entirely too many times. I went out and got the Cee Lo original as well. That's about the bounciest, bitter diatribe I've ever heard.

I had to pull up the original "Make Them Laugh" to watch right after the episode. Ahhhh, much better. Think I'm going to need to do a full Singing in the Rain rewatch today.

Yeah, "Make 'Em Laugh" was just copying the singing and dancing of the original almost exactly, but the original was better. Didn't add anything, just subtracted. I'd never realized how much of what makes the original great is Donald O'Connor's facial expressions, but it really is, and neither of those guys could get even close.

I haven't watched The Office in ages but Kelly sums up how I feel about Glee fairly succinctly: [link]

I liked the Journey joke, and Becky, and was enjoying Will and Mike Chang's "Make 'Em Laugh" number until I remembered I'd seen Joseph Gordon Levitt do it better only a couple of years ago. But about 90% of the episode left me cold. Usually I at least enjoy the music, but there was only one song I liked tonight.

Yeah, I didn't like the song selection at all. I thought the idea of having a "substitute" plotline was great, but they tried to do too much with it. And none of the subplots were interesting (although Becky was great).