The Ballad of Finn, Quinn, Kurt, Rachel, Shue and Glee
Well, it was certainly a night of revelations on Glee, wasn't it folks? Both Quinn and Finn's families found out about their unborn bundle of joy (largely due to Finn's stupidity, but what's done is done) and Puck let slip to Mercedes that he's the baby-daddy. And as always, music comes to the rescue.Hapless Schue was the victim of yet another obsessive doe-eyed crush with creepy and hilarious results. Rachel has always been a bit of an emotional wild-card, but we didn't expect her to go so far over the edge. She's also way too smart to get conned by Terri into scrubbing the Schuesters' tub. However, the whole situation was a great vehicle for "Endless Love." We haven't seen a rendition that hysterical since the lip-syncing Zamboni driver in Happy Gilmore.
In any case, Susie Pepper was right; Rachel does need to get her self-esteem back up. There's nothing worse than a teen dramedy that masks a girl's obvious gorgeous assets with a catch-all mask of nerdy interests. You can sing and Finn thinks you have a great ass, Rachel. Now go out there and work it.
Finally Finn got another feature worthy of his talents; it's been too long since the Avril Lavigne number. Both the Pretenders and Paul Anka ballads were tremendously entertaining and the latter had an added boost of awkwardness and hilarity. Despite Finn's confession a la song being a completely bonehead move, Quinn actually seemed grateful for him, albeit for a millisecond. It was a little surprising that she didn't take the honesty cue and tell him that he wasn't the father, but if we had a white knight like that, we'd probably hang on to him like hell too.
More after the jump -- read on!
And once again, our heart goes out to poor Puck. Mercedes was right to tell it to him straight, but it's too bad she couldn't have given him more credit. The floundering football star has legitimately been trying to make it up to Quinn, but the only thing he gets for his efforts is the "Lima loser" label rescinded.
Anyhoo, we can't wait to see more drama unfurl, namely Kurt's conversion efforts on Finn and when more secrets (Quinn's, Terri's, Rachel's) will bubble to the surface.
P.S. Can we please see more of Brittany? She is incredible. She plays up the dumb blond stereotype and yet it never goes stale.
Quotes
Schue: Ballad. Who knows what this word means?
Brittany: It's a male duck.
Kurt: I could totally sing this song with Finn. But screw him if he thinks he's taking the Diana Ross part from me.
Schue: Crap, she looks crazy right now!
Rachel: Gold stars are kind of my signature thing. I figure every time you wear it you think of me and the star you're helping me become.
Emma: You can't blame her, Will. If we were going to rank crush-worthy teachers at this school you'd be number one with a bullet.
Susie Pepper: Mr. Schue? How do you conjugate the verb "to love"?
Emma: Let her down gently. And don't wear that tie.
Kurt: Your lashing out at me is fantastically compelling and inappropriate.
Quinn: You're wrong, I'm right, I'm smart, you're dumb.
Tina: All this baby drama is making my rosacea act up.
Kurt: How do you explain her constant irritation with you? It's because sheeeees a giiiiiiirl...
Finn: I think it's her pregnancy hormones, they make her kinda nuts.
Kurt: My feelings only grew stronger as we bonded over glee. Then football. Then skincare.
Kurt: I don't know why I find his stupidity charming. I mean, he's cheating off a girl who thinks the square root of four is "rainbows."
Rachel: Yes, it means I'm very young and it's hard for you to stand close to me.
Schue: Um, Emma, would you mind helping me out here? Was that the message that you got?
Emma: You're a very good performer. He's very good.
Kurt: You father didn't charge into the breach empty-handed. He had a weapon.
Finn: You think I should bring a gun?
Terri: I have a rash on my belly from that cocoa butter your mother sent me. Do you have idea how much it burns when I sweat? I can't scrub the floors as hard as she can!
Schue: Baby, if it's that bad you have to let me see it.
Terri: What, so now I'm going to show you the bleeding pustules on my skin? Yeah, that's not going to send you into the loving arms of some teenage slut!
Mercedes: I just found out my hamster was pregnant in biology class and I started weeping.
Pepper: Hey Barbara Streisand. We need to have a talk. Let me tell you two things I learned from two years of intense psychotherapy and an esophagus transplant.
Finn: Is there cake??
Anyhoo, we can't wait to see more drama unfurl, namely Kurt's conversion efforts on Finn and when more secrets (Quinn's, Terri's, Rachel's) will bubble to the surface.
P.S. Can we please see more of Brittany? She is incredible. She plays up the dumb blond stereotype and yet it never goes stale.
Quotes
Schue: Ballad. Who knows what this word means?
Brittany: It's a male duck.
Kurt: I could totally sing this song with Finn. But screw him if he thinks he's taking the Diana Ross part from me.
Schue: Crap, she looks crazy right now!
Rachel: Gold stars are kind of my signature thing. I figure every time you wear it you think of me and the star you're helping me become.
Emma: You can't blame her, Will. If we were going to rank crush-worthy teachers at this school you'd be number one with a bullet.
Susie Pepper: Mr. Schue? How do you conjugate the verb "to love"?
Emma: Let her down gently. And don't wear that tie.
Kurt: Your lashing out at me is fantastically compelling and inappropriate.
Quinn: You're wrong, I'm right, I'm smart, you're dumb.
Tina: All this baby drama is making my rosacea act up.
Kurt: How do you explain her constant irritation with you? It's because sheeeees a giiiiiiirl...
Finn: I think it's her pregnancy hormones, they make her kinda nuts.
Kurt: My feelings only grew stronger as we bonded over glee. Then football. Then skincare.
Kurt: I don't know why I find his stupidity charming. I mean, he's cheating off a girl who thinks the square root of four is "rainbows."
Rachel: Yes, it means I'm very young and it's hard for you to stand close to me.
Schue: Um, Emma, would you mind helping me out here? Was that the message that you got?
Emma: You're a very good performer. He's very good.
Kurt: You father didn't charge into the breach empty-handed. He had a weapon.
Finn: You think I should bring a gun?
Terri: I have a rash on my belly from that cocoa butter your mother sent me. Do you have idea how much it burns when I sweat? I can't scrub the floors as hard as she can!
Schue: Baby, if it's that bad you have to let me see it.
Terri: What, so now I'm going to show you the bleeding pustules on my skin? Yeah, that's not going to send you into the loving arms of some teenage slut!
Mercedes: I just found out my hamster was pregnant in biology class and I started weeping.
Pepper: Hey Barbara Streisand. We need to have a talk. Let me tell you two things I learned from two years of intense psychotherapy and an esophagus transplant.
Finn: Is there cake??