Glee - Glee, Actually

So this is the Christmas episode of Glee. I know, it came on a little early but this is because it's not coming back until the new year. So let's get to it. A lot went on in this episode which made it seem kind of all over the place but it was still nice. First off, Arty had a dream which was basically a parallel universe. In this dream, Arty got his wish which is that he was never in a wheelchair. Because of this the glee club never happened. Arty was a jock, Kurt never graduated, Blaine doesn't exist, Tina still stuttered, Rachel was the librarian, Rory came back (???) and Quinn died!! Pretty crazy, right? Oh, and did I mention it was all in black and white? Thankfully, it only lasted about 10 minutes, then he woke up and everything went back to normal. 
Over to New York, Rachel and Kurt are spending their first Christmas there, well, Kurt is because Rachel was leaving to go on some cruise with her family. Kurt decided he wasn't going to go back to Ohio and so he would be alone but then, out of the blue, his dad showed up. Everything is going great and everything seems fine until his dad breaks the news to Kurt that he has prostate cancer!! Major sad face here! Everything was going so well and now this. Let's just hope that nothing bad comes of it. After all that Burt has a surprise gift for Kurt and lo and behold, it's Blaine. I must admit their reunion was a little awkward. Kurt seemed like he was fine with it but I don't think he was. And I really don't think he likes the idea of Blaine coming to NYADA. How this goes down ins going to be very interesting, but we will have to wait and see. 
Now back to Ohio. Jake is still having a hard time but Puck comes to his rescue and they take off for L.A. Puck tries to make it look like his life is cool but his cover gets blown and he and Jake end up going back to Ohio to spend Christmas with their moms, together. [SIDENOTE: While in L.A. Jake had his shirt off, but I was very unimpressed. And they got tattoos?!] We finally got to see who Jake and Puck's moms were! That get together was almost bad news but thankfully the mothers started to get along.
So, Brittany and Sam are going crazy over the whole Mayan calendar, end of the world thing. Brittany spent her whole life savings (who knew she had any) and bought very expensive gifts for her friends, and Sam asked Brittany to marry him!! They really lost their minds. And then coach Beiste agreed to marry them and they really thought they were married but, again, thank God the marriage wasn't real. And I think this proves that these two belong together because they are so alike (more than I knew) but I don't think too much good could come from their relationship. 
The final storyline of the episode is focused on Marley, her mom and their Christmas troubles. The only present Marley is getting this Christmas is a trip to the therapist so she she can, finally, get some help with her eating disorder. But, the really don't have that much money so it really is a struggle. And Sue ends up getting Marley's mom for the faculty secret santa and overhears all of this. So she actually decides to do something nice and breaks into their house and gives them a really nice Christmas and a chunk of money for the therapy. Christmas really does bring out the good in all. 
Despite all the craziness this was a nice episode. I think this was a good way to end the year, but now we have to wait, again, to see some new episodes, and from the looks of it they seem pretty steamy. Can't wait. 
Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, and Happy New Year!!

Glee - Swan Song

Well, where should I begin?? How about at the beginning. The show starts right were it left off from last week. Everyone is rushing off the stage because Marley passed out, but they have to hurry because if they don't get back out there they get disqualified. It took them too long to realize this and they were disqualified and, of course, Sue was the one that gave them the bad news. Marley was so worried about screwing it up for everyone and she actually did it. But i\the fault is not all hers. Kitty had a hand in this; filling her head with nonsense about her weight and encouraging her to throw up. Shame on her. And everyone needs to know this because they were all so pissed at Marley for messing up, especially the seniors. I hadn't thought about it until I watched but, that was sectionals and they lost. Which means that they can't compete anymore and the seniors chance of winning nationals is over. Also, Sue has taken over the choir room and there is no other place for them to rehears. Because of this all the kids join other groups. Tina and Blaine become Cheerios, Arty joins the marching band, Ryder and Jake join the basketball team, Wade joins floor hockey, and Sam joins the inter-faith paintball team!! Insanity!! Sue finally got what she wanted (who knew) and she actually felt bad about it. I'm pretty sure that's why she let Tina and Blaine become cheerios. As the leader of the New Directions, Finn is trying to keep everyone together but, from the looks of it, Marley is the only one on board.
Meanwhile, Sam is trying to win Brittany over with a "path of cereal." They sing a duet and almost kiss but Brittany can't do it because of some lesbian blog. She's scared they'll be pissed because she's with a dude now. But after some time she decided that they didn't matter and now she and Sam are together. And I totally called this weeks ago, and they are so cute!! 
In the end it was Marley who found them a place to rehears, which was outside. That's interesting because it's winter and cold and it snowed on them and it's cold. I just wonder how long that will last before they all get frost bite?! But they all do come back, which is good. 
In New York, NYADA is about to hold their annual Winter Showcase which way too intense. First off, Whoopi's back!! But there's the deal with the Showcase: you have to be invited, Carmen hand rights each invitation and makes her own wax seal, and freshman rarely get invited. But that all changed when Rachel got her invite. This, of course, angered Cassandra and she tried everything in her power to break Rachel's spirits but it didn't work. And I must say that Rachel has got some serious balls for standing up to her teacher time and time again. I mean, this lady is grading her! She could fail her because of all this and it seems like that thought hasn't even crossed Rachel's mind. Kurt is still trying to get into NYADA and decides to pay Carmen a visit and she basically tells him that he bombed his audition again. So, it's time for the showcase and I must say that Rachel's dress is gorgeous!! Before she goes on Brody gives her a little pep talk and she, finally, kisses him. I guess they're together?? So, Rachel sings and is, obviously, amazing and she's so amazing that the crowd asks for an encore! She sings a good rendition of Oh Holy Night which is one of my favorite Christmas songs. But, I'm a little confused because Rachel's Jewish, so why is she singing a Christmas song?? But anyway, after that Carmen announces that next on the program is Kurt!! And of course he freaks out because he doesn't think he can perform but Rachel gives him a pep talk and he goes out there and gets a standing ovation!! Yay Kurt!! After the showcase Rachel has a really nice and long overdue conversation with Finn, where he cries, and she announces that she won the showcase! But Kurt is the real winner because after all that he finally gets his acceptance letter to NYADA!! So, yay Kurt and Rachel!! 
All in all, this was a great episode. We finally got to her the piano guy (I think his name is Burt) speak and good things are happening for the New Yorkers. I hope some good things start happening for the New Directions, but with them not competing who knows what the rest of the season has in store for them. Hopefully Kitty will get  confronted on how evil she was to Marley. I expected to see that this episode and there was basically nothing. 

Oh and P.S. I watched this episode with my brother who doesn't watch the show at all and he seemed to be enjoying it so it must have been a great episode.