I suppose my first question is this: do you guys think it’s weird for a straight girl to tune into Looking entirely because Jonathan Groff is just about the cutest thing ever to happen? Good, neither do I. I mean, it’s a little strange, perhaps, since the most recent episode featured him stripping off some […]
It all started with New Girl. Well, actually it started a year earlier when FOX decided to pair the massive hit/obnoxious trainwreck Glee with two new sitcoms, one of which was Raising Hope (technically it was 3 sitcoms in 2 timeslots, one coming in at midseason). Though both Running Wilde and Traffic Light burned out […]
*For an update after this week’s episode, check the end of this article The most addictive summer show in years is back on the air for season two. The Glee Project is Glee‘s more sincere black sheep cousin, complete with a cast of 14 mostly likable kids, the Nikki-Zach-Robert-Erik dreamteam of decent judges, and a […]
Rachael’s already talked about the phenomenal Valentine’s Day episodes from New Girl, How I Met Your Mother, Up All Night and (my personal favourite) The Middle. But the schmoopiest holiday seemed to reach every show on the air this year, so I thought I’d add a few to the list: E) Glee. It’s been weeks since […]
I’m not going to complain about the cliche writing, imprecise story-telling, uneven character development, lack of Sue, blatant Damian-ignoring or history re-writing (I thought Sugar Motta wasn’t allowed in New Directions, wasn’t that the whole catalyst for The Troubletones?, never mind) on Glee this week. What I’ve decided to focus on instead is the actual […]
As usual, Kelly and Rachael are fighting about Glee. As usual, Kelly hated an episode Rachael loved. So in keeping with our policy of balanced evaluation (which was first attempted with polarizing Glee offerings in the past and perfected with our reader-magnet opposing Black Swan reviews on My Cinema), we’re posting a mini-series centered on last […]
As usual, Kelly and Rachael are fighting about Glee. As usual, Kelly hated an episode Rachael loved. So in keeping with our policy of balanced evaluation (which was first attempted with polarizing Glee offerings in the past and perfected with our reader-magnet opposing Black Swan reviews on My Cinema), we’re posting a mini-series centered on last […]
If you read this site regularly you know how long I’ve been looking forward to this episode of Glee– since the first time I saw The Glee Project. Damian was my favourite from the get-go and the twist “everyone wins” ending landed him a 7 episode arc starting with 304- this week. But the episode […]
The lunch jam was annoyingly over-processed, no one cares about Emma and Will, Santana’s betrayal is unbelievable and the rejection of Vanessa Lengies was just sad (how many years has that girl been playing a teenager? 13 years!) But Chris Colfer is still one of the best young actors on TV, every single character got […]
Chris Colfer stepped up to the plate and delivered an uneven season one home safely. Darren Criss pulled season two back from the brink of absurdity. Since we know we can’t rely on Ryan Murphy to do it, who is going to save Glee‘s third season? Sunday night gave us that answer. The Glee Project […]
My absolute favourite contestant went home because her real emotions for one contestant got in the way of her attempts to fake emotion for another contestant. Lamest reason ever. Sure Hannah was distracted during the video shoot but 1) she should have channeled that and just pretended she was singing to Damian but 2) she […]
It’s no secret that I have have a very love/hate relationship with Glee. What I don’t have a love/hate relationship with is The Glee Project– I just flat out love it. I’m a sucker for summer reality TV, throw in an eclectic group of singing and dancing kids, the people who make Glee great (choreographers, […]
If there’s one thing you learn from American Idol it’s that song selection is everything (and that Steven Tyler is a god). That rule has never been more true than for this week’s episode of Glee. “Born This Way” had some meaningful moments (here’s looking at you Santana!) and some trite ones (sorry Quinn, when […]
It’s Valentine’s time and TV is in full romantic bloom. Here are our favourite romantic episodes of the week: 1) Glee (We’ve covered this already. Twice) 2) Community (This too. Just once) 3) Modern Family The reprisal of Clyve and Juliana, Gloria turning Valentine’s day into a competition, Manny’s quest for Hayley’s love, Cam and […]
Rachael’s already posted about how great the second Glee of the week was, but having just watched it (finally), I have to put my two cents in, if only because I am a firm believer in expressing your love when it’s there, especially if the last thing you did was express something less lovely. It’s […]
After an underwhelming (to some down right maddening) post-Super Bowl episode, Gleereturned tonight with something that was so perfect I almost wanted to vomit. Mostly that vomit came from how damn uncomfortable I was through half the episode. Unrequited love always makes me uncomfortable on the screen, and seeing the season long flirtation between Kurt […]
So they were given the coveted post-Superbowl slot and all the screws came loose. I could not have been happier about the fact that since the second season premiere (excepting the atrocity that was “Britney/Brittany” and the half brilliant/half horrifying “Grilled Cheesus”), I have either decently enjoyed or really really liked every single episode of […]
Sunday’s Golden Globes contained no small number of witty shots at any and all celebrities in attendance, some great speeches and some deserving winners (the most obvious of the bunch: Aaron Sorkin, Paul Giamatti and Christian Bale, are among my favourites) but perhaps my favourite moment was provided by Chris Colfer. Glee’s greatest asset, Colfer’s […]
Despite my unabiding love for all things Christmas related, I mostly thought this week’s Glee was inconsistent and goofy (although I can never have enough Grinch parodies in my life). However, how freaking fantastic was that Baby It’s Cold Outside number between Kurt and Blaine? I’m madly in love with Darren Criss (and have been […]
The character of Rachel has really been problematic on Glee since its inception, since she walks that fine line between annoying and amusingly annoyingly, and in its first season, far too often fell on the annoying side. But so far, this season has treated Rachel with a much more even hand. It turns out that […]
I don’t usually cry while watching TV. Well, maybe sometimes. Okay, every now and again, but not super super easily. I’m secretly a cryer, I’ll admit that; I’m a chocolate turtle; one of those “nougat-y” people is what Glee would call me. Or, as my friend Rini puts it, I’m a marshmallow. But Glee usually […]
I really liked this week’s Glee. Take minute, absorb the shock, now can we move on? Great. I’d say about 3/4 of this episode was super fantastic for lots of reasons (*if you would like to read about that last quarter, see the footnote, otherwise feel free to revel in my rare Glee glee) First […]
I am sort of in love with this week’s Glee. The show is wildly inconsistent, don’t get me wrong, and that leads to some painfully bad episodes/moments. But it also means that even when I think I’ve seen exactly what this show is, it can come along with a little episode in between two ginormous […]
It’s rare that I post about a show before finishing the episode. It’s rarer still that I post about Glee, since I mostly like it, don’t love it, and let it wash over me in a musically induced coma. But while Kelly’s early review focused on the emotional arch of the most recent, and somewhat […]
If Glee would just throw out the ridiculous obsession with weekly themes and let the characters go through what they’re going through it could be an incredibly touching show. This week’s theme was preachy and strange, but this week’s story was really pretty great. Mike O’Malley, the show’s best supporting cast asset, brought back the […]
Glee returned to TV this week and there was hoopla. Of course there was hoopla. There always seems to be hoopla. Desperate fans couldn’t wait to set their eyes on their beloved songbirds after the long summer hiatus. The biggest show on TV (not numbers-wise or praise-wise, but I’m assured that it’s the biggest) entered […]