But try and fail, and show runners demonstrate that they don't think they're failing? And I'm out.

Huh. Points for not trying then?

It's the transitions between when Glee feels like it's not even trying to when it is very very earnest (and vice versa) that make my head hurt. I keep watching, but I'm not really invested.

I don't mean to bust Liese's chops. Glee is the least consistent show I've ever watched. From scene to scene, from episode to episode. It's so incredibly tone deaf at times, and will frequently deform characters for a cheap joke or a plot point.

The thing that bugs me the most is that its consistently bitchy tone is reactionary and judgmental. It wants to be all about outsiders but it constantly reinforces the status quo. Guess what Glee writers? Not everybody wants to be popular in high school. If Daria and Jane were at this school you'd really get a more successful critique of the social order.

I'm confused about what Santana was trying to do. She thought that everybody would vote for her if she got Kurt back? Why?

What I found weird (and I realize I say this as a non-watcher) is that weird a-capella-esque "doo doo doo" background music during Scenes That Seemed Important. Like OCD Teacher deciding to take her Prozac. The music, because sort of bouncy filler music, totally undercut what I assume was meant to be A Scene About An Important Decision. (I think it was also playing during the meeting with Kurt, Big Gay Larry [I'm sorry I can't remember all their names; I feel like Allyson with LotR], and their fathers.)

She thought that everybody would vote for her if she got Kurt back? Why?

Because everyone loves Kurt? Except Big Gay Larry? Who probably secretly actually does love Kurt, since that's the way TV shows work.

Also, unrelatedly, I am really amused at my hypocrisy: I have NO PROBLEM suspending my disbelief at, say, Oklahoma. I'm down with the cowboys and ranchers singing and dancing and whatnot. Sure. All the Territory folks sing, right?

But I cannot get past the singing in the hallways of school in Glee and -- really, I seriously snorted during this scene -- AT THE MALL? I have NO idea why I can't get past that when I'm okay with ranchers and cowboys singing. Or, you know, Jesus (in 2 different musicals, even). I totally get that I'm inconsistent and a hypocrite, but the contrived singing is what completely puts me off Glee. I might watch it if they didn't sing. Which, I realize, would kind of make it not the show that it is.

Who probably secretly actually does love Kurt, since that's the way TV shows work.

He does. It's a plot point.

Heeeeey! See how quickly I catch on? Go Team Observant Me!

The singing at the mall was my favorite part because it seemed like they had organized a flash mob rather than being just another semi-fantasy musical number.

really, I seriously snorted during this scene -- AT THE MALL?

What with all the flashmobbing these days that may have been the most realistic thing in the whole episode.