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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 – “The Rocky Horror Glee Show”

“The Rocky Horror Glee Show” October 26th, 2010 The test of an episode so heavily based around a specific musical property is how it is integrated into the series as a whole. While Rocky Horror superfans are likely to judge … Continue reading

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Glee – “Grilled Cheesus”

“Grilled Cheesus” October 5th, 2010 If you ever needed proof of a higher power, take the fact that “Grilled Cheesus” more or less works. While problematic in a number of areas, there is an emotional core to this spirituality-themed episode … Continue reading

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Glee – “Britney/Brittany”

“Britney/Brittany” September 28th, 2010 A week after opening with an unquestionably meta opening, Ryan Murphy did not stray far from that example with “Britney/Brittany”: in the opening scenes, Will expresses how he wants New Directions to know when to show … Continue reading

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Season Finale: Justified – “Bulletville”

“Bulletville” June 8th, 2010 I think an “I told you so” is in order (albeit a little bit late, as I didn’t get to the finale until this weekend). I wrote at length earlier this spring about how Justified’s gradual … Continue reading

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Season Finale: Glee – “Journey”

“Journey” June 8th, 2010 “Life only really has one beginning and one end – the rest is just a whole lot of middle.” In his attempts to inspire his Glee Club to achieve despite the nearly insurmountable odds placed before … Continue reading

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Glee – “The Power of Madonna”

“The Power of Madonna” April 20th, 2010 Glee, as a series, requires the audience to believe in the power of positivity on a regular basis: regardless of the problems that face New Directions as they chart their new directions, there … Continue reading

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Glee – “Hairography”

“Hairography” November 25th, 2009 Last week, I had an extensive Twitter conversation with Jace Lacob about Glee, and the argument boiled down to the question of whether or not the show’s characters were one-dimensional. And what was interesting is that … Continue reading

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Glee – “Wheels”

“Wheels” November 11th, 2009 There’s a moment in “Wheels” where we fear the worst of Sue Sylvester, testing our ability to see past what we expect her character to do (something offensive and mean-spirited) to what she could potentially do … Continue reading

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Glee – “Throwdown”

A review of the seventh episode of Glee’s first season, featuring performances of “No Air,” “Keep Holding On,” “Keep Me Hanging On,” and “Ride Wit Me.” Continue reading

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