Glee Recap: Boring Britney


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Rachel is unfortunately painting Finn’s name over her and Kurt’s beautiful exposed brick walls when Brody shows up. He tries to kiss Rachel who turns him down because of the still missing Finn, which leads me to ask: who actually misses Finn? Rachel’s NYADA dance woes are also solved for the time being. In a scene filled with odd sexual tension, Cassandra explains that she’s tough on her students so they’ll be ready in the real world. She still dislikes Rachel though, so I’m sure we’ll get plenty more from them in the coming weeks.

Jake approaches Marley in the hallway and tells her that he’s joined glee club. They start acting cutesy until Kitty shows up and says she’s his girlfriend. Huh? Where did that come from? And who is Kitty anyway? After two episodes we still have gotten any real information about her character. There are also a lot of close-ups in this scene and episode in general. Did anyone else notice that?

Marley sings “Everytime” to almost-boyfriend Jake who she’s known a couple of weeks. For the second week in a row, Glee ends with a Marley song cut with glimpses of the other plot lines. During it, Brittany’s lying on her bed missing Santana while Brody’s creeping on Rachel in her dance class. In the final moments, Rachel paints over her Finn wall in the apartment.

There was nothing wrong with this episode, but the whole thing was lackluster. On paper, wall-to-wall music numbers – and high energy ones at that – should have been fun, but this one was just meh for me. There was also no Sugar, and I don’t understand how no one sang “Circus.” The only time I actually laughed out loud all night was during the promo. What did you think? Let us know in the comments!

  • http://twitter.com/FFManiac17 João Tavares

    I dont get how Brody can literally cup her vagina and it’s no big deal but if two boys who have been together for over a year kiss it needs a warning. Sam, being the white straight guy, was once again the voice of reason, like in the premiere, god phorbid ANYONE else (let’s say: the gay kid, the asian girl, or the weelchair kid) help Brittany. “Everytime” was basically all about Marley and Rachel’s romance dramas, and not actually about Brittana, like Ryan said it would on twitter. Kurt no longer has a purpose, other than serve Rachel’s depressive, sad needs. He’s no longer his own characters, just a tool.
    Kurt left so rachel could have a romantic moment with a hunky love interest. This will NEVER happen the other way around. And will se this next week when Kurt goes to his new job, and halfway through it becomes an excuse to give Rachel a new look.

  • Mairead

    I can’t believe they just left Sugar out without an explanation!! That being said I actually didn’t realise until you mentioned it so obviously I don’t care about the character just about the show’s lack of continuity!! Also they just ignored that last week ever happened. Didn’t they decided Blaine was “The New Rachel” and they were gonna tell Mr. Shue? But they never told him so is that the end of that? Is it implied that Marley is really the new Rachel? As for Kitty I don’t care about her enough to want to know her story. She’s a bitch that’s all I need to know right now.

  • Pheebs

    This review is perfect! Especially Jake and Marley, by the locker scene with them and Kitty, I truly thought -have I missed something?