I have a love/hate relationship with Glee. Or maybe it's more like an addiction I can't seem to kick and don't quite want to. I loved this show back in the first season. I still like most of the musical numbers. And I've been enjoying this year's plot that concerns what all the kids are planning on doing after graduating. But this show just gets so frustrating sometimes.
There are plots that are simply stupid, like Puck seducing his teacher and the adoptive mother of his child. Some are just handled abominable, like Santana's coming out. But there are little things I still like, such as Kurt's relationship with his dad and Quinn's "over it" attitude towards high school. She's reminding me a lot of Cordy from the third season of Buffy lately.
Still, I find myself getting angrier with each passing episode. Little things piss me off. Big things piss me off. I find myself swearing that this is the last episode I watch. That I won't give Glee another chance.
And then they go and cast Jeff Glodblum as one of Rachel's fathers and hint that Ricky Martin is going to come in and prove that Schuester is completely unqualified to teach Spanish and the show ropes me right back in. I can't believe I care about this so much.
Maybe Glee will finally get something right. Or maybe they'll finally screw something up so much that no amount of special guest stars or intriguing new plots will pull me back in. My only reaction lately seems to be "Damn it". Anger and resignation all rolled into one.
I felt this way for much of the last season, and after some disappointing episodes to start this season I gave up. I imagine I would still like the show well enough based on its songs if I started watching again, but the fact remains that for the most I completely agree: there is too much I dislike about the characters (I hate Rachel!) and the subplots and the main plot to commit time to it. Maybe when Season 3 is available to watch instantly on Netflix I will watch it all in one depraved weekend....maybe. But for right now, there are better shows on TV with better characters are people who are acting roughly the age they actually are.
ReplyDeleteAs a side note, when I looked everyone up on Wikipedia and found that Finn is turning 30 this year and only 4 years younger than Mr. Schuester I gave up on taking these characters seriously.
Rachel is the worst.
ReplyDeleteIt's campy and dumb and the plot line are inconsistent because the writers have other things to worry about (like staying hired...) But I'll watch Glee until it ends. I just love the pop songs too much!
Also Ricky will indeed be on next week, and I absolutely love his song choice and how they redid it for Glee <3 No spoilers!