"Did you know that dolphins are just gay sharks?" -or- let's talk about GLEE

[Fifthfiend]

This is now your one-stop shop for discussing the best show on television that guarantees a minimum of four musical numbers per episode.

First order of business: Sue Sylvester is spectacular, less a person than a force of nature, like if you rolled every character from 300 and Arnold Schwarzenneger from Conan the Barbarian into one character and then made it coach high school cheerleading.

[Solid Snake]

Hey, it's that show I watch that's not called LOST.

I really enjoyed the show before the break, but for some reason the last couple episodes haven't done much for me. I keep hoping the show will be about more than random soap opera love triangles...but no, it just keeps coming back to boring-as-hell love triangles.

Honestly the most chemistry I've seen in a couple on this show is between Curt and Finn, and I'm pretty sure that's not something the show is consciously intending, but more a sign that all the other standard heterosexual relationships are so eye-bogglingly boring that I find myself hoping Finn arbitrarily discovers he's gay because at least that'd be unexpected and exciting. One more Finn and Rachel sequence and I swear, man, I swear.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

I watched some episodes but soooo much internal monologues to explain every little thing- which should be done by acting (classic show don't tell). Unless maybe I missed the point somewhere?

[BloodyMage]

Originally Posted by Solid Snake

Hey, it's that show I watch that's not called LOST.

I really enjoyed the show before the break, but for some reason the last couple episodes haven't done much for me. I keep hoping the show will be about more than random soap opera love triangles...but no, it just keeps coming back to boring-as-hell love triangles.

Honestly the most chemistry I've seen in a couple on this show is between Curt and Finn, and I'm pretty sure that's not something the show is consciously intending, but more a sign that all the other standard heterosexual relationships are so eye-bogglingly boring that I find myself hoping Finn arbitrarily discovers he's gay because at least that'd be unexpected and exciting. One more Finn and Rachel sequence and I swear, man, I swear.

I completely agree with this post.

I did not like the Madonna episode. It just felt like too much, and the only song I felt properly worked was 'Like A Virgin'. I do like looking at Quinn though. She needs more scenes.

Also is it sad that I looked at the thread title, saw the first half up until the word dolphins and still guessed that this was about glee?

[Teal Mage]

Quinn's had more character development than pretty much everyone else in the show already. That's probably why she's getting so few scenes, I like her myself, but I think it's a good thing that they're trying to give other characters a bit of scene time. She was pretty important in the first season, might as well give some of the other characters a chance.

I liked the latest episode for basically the same reason. It allowed some of the action to move off Finn, Rachel and Mr. Schuester - who are pretty much the main characters - and onto some of the second string, who could all really use some extra scene time. Also had a little development with the villain, and Sue Sylvester's always worth watching.

But, I admit, by the end of the episode, I thought they might have squeezed in a few too many songs. Still, it's probably my favorite episode to date.

Anyway, I like the show myself. Didn't think I would really, not when I first heard the concept (I mean, really, a musical sit-com? That's just weird.) but I've seen every episode now, and have to say, the show's pretty well done. I haven't seen much that compares to it on TV right now either.