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Glee – “I Am Unicorn”

“I Am Unicorn” September 27th, 2011 When “I Am Unicorn” ended on what I guess we could nominally consider a cliffhanger, I was sort of stunned. See, in order to have a cliffhanger you need to have a narrative, and … Continue reading

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Season Finale: Glee – “New York”

“New York” May 24th, 2011 “Make one…in your mind.” As Rachel and Kurt stand on stage at the Gershwin Theater in New Your City, with the land of Oz behind them, Kurt suggests that they take this opportunity to belt … Continue reading

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Glee – “Prom Queen”

“Prom Queen” May 10th, 2011 Ian Brennan has always been the Glee writer most interested in embracing the series’ meta qualities, but there are two moments in this week’s episode where he goes one step too far. First, Sue’s list … Continue reading

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Glee – “Rumours”

“Rumours” May 3rd, 2011 “Tell me why everything turned around?” “Rumours” never pretends that it isn’t an episode built around the songs from the Fleetwood Mac album of the same name: heck, early on Will pulls out the LP with … Continue reading

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Glee – “Born This Way”

“Born This Way” April 26th, 2011 Why? That is often the question with Glee, isn’t it? First off, why was this episode 90 minutes long? While I’m sure FOX would like to claim that it is because the episode demanded … Continue reading

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Glee – “Sexy”

“Sexy” March 8th, 2011 Earlier today, TV Squad posted a piece from friend of the blog Ryan McGee about the role that continuity plays within serial narratives, which was actually partially spun out of a conversation that Ryan and I … Continue reading

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Glee – “Blame it on the Alcohol”

“Blame it on the Alcohol” February 22nd, 2011 “We take our craft serious.” By the time students reach high school, afterschool specials are a laughing matter. Of course, simultaneously, the subject matter of those afterschool specials becomes infinitely more serious, … Continue reading

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Glee – “A Very Glee Christmas”

“A Very Glee Christmas” December 7th, 2010 Generally speaking, the most difficult question for Glee to answer is “Why?” So many of its stories seem to have no connection with ongoing events that if you keep asking why precisely it’s … Continue reading

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Glee – “Special Education”

“Special Education” November 30th, 2010 The performance episodes of Glee have been pretty universally strong: both “Sectionals” and “Journey” avoided relying purely on spectacle, delivering episodes which consolidate season-long developments. The first episode confirmed that New Directions could survive without … Continue reading

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Glee – “Never Been Kissed”

“Never Been Kissed” November 9th, 2010 Hype is Glee’s currency of choice, for reasons that make a lot of sense: they want to sell downloads, they want to trend on Twitter, and so I understand why they released the full … Continue reading

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