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| By: Jeff Lake |
Alright Honest Gleeks, the newest episode of Glee took an unexpected turn for the worst.
Perhaps I am being a bit too harsh, but this episode left a terrible taste in my mouth.
As being a fan of the band of McKinley's musical misfits since the first episode's cover of Journey's “Don't Stop Believing.” Several seasons later, the show's producer Ryan Murphy and its writers have not stopped pulling punches. This is one episode that really needed to have its punch pulled.
The episode begins like almost any other episode. Brittany (Heather Morris) announces that an
“asteroid” she
discovered through her “telescope” is going to kill them all, which
leads to the somewhat typical lesson of letting your loved ones know how
you feel, because you never know what could happen. Newcomer Ryder
(Blake Jenner) finds a girl walking the halls that looks exactly like
the girl Katie he has been talking too online since revealing his
unrequited love problem with fellow newcomer Marley (Melissa Benoist),
who is dating Ryder's best friend Jake (Jacob Artist).
In classic Glee fashion, Ryder introduces himself awkwardly to the girl he thinks is Katie and bellows out an awesome cover of Elton John's “Your Song” to her, only to find out that Katie's real name is Marissa. An emotional Ryder finds and accuses the couple of messing with him before running off, like teenage angst does. This is when I should of known something was up with this episode. Ryder did not sing some song about how lonely and stupid he felt.
(If you need one reason to watch this episode other than the fact you think Glee is awesome, Blake's cover of “Your Song” by Elton John is the best part of this episode)
Head Cheerio Becky (Lauren Potter) has an emotional scene with Brittany, about how she is scared about how the world is turning out to be. Brittany attempts to calm her down, which after a few sniffles, I thought was just a nice little scene to show how Brittany is not at all the cliché' blonde she appears to be.
Once the Glee club, lead by Brittany's boyfriend, Sam (Chord Overstreet) sing Brittany's cat a cover of Extreme's “More than Words” in order to make him feel better, Brittany announces that her asteroid was actually a speck at the end of the Pringles' can she was using as a telescope.
Seriously people. Glee plots deserve a facepalm once in awhile. This is one of those time.
Remember
how I said this episode takes a turn for the worst? This scene is
quickly followed up by two gun shots ringing through the school. The
choir room and the rest of the school is sent into a frenzy. The scene
has heir teacher (Matthew Morrison) trying to calm down the kids, as
they are
barricaded into the choir room. Ryder makes the boneheaded move of calling Katie in case this is their last time alive, only for Katie's phone to go off in the choir room. The scene then has the rest of the kids admitting their deepest thoughts in case they do not make it out of there alive.
Which they did. No one was hurt. But the ending was definitely a bit of a twist. Once a few days have passed and the aftermath is revealed: Sue (Jane Lynch) reveals that it was her gun and it accidentally went off.
Seriously people.
What has Glee done?
Sue is actually revealed to be covering up for Becky, who brought a gun to school. Instead of letting her favorite student get into trouble, Sue takes all the blame and is coincidentally fired for it. Sue and Will have a deep conversation about the gun, and how this was so unlike Sue. Flashbacks of Sue talking to Becky with the gun accidentally going off reveal what truly happened.
The cast breaks into John Mayer's “Say,” as Ryder waits outside the choir room for the reveal of who Katie really is, but she never shows. Leaving the viewers with a cliffhanger to a plot that really needs to end. It started out right, but between the shooting and what not we needed some closure this episode. Which we got nothing of the sort.
(The cast's cover of “Say” was a strong ending for this relatively weak episode)
Our Honest View gives, Glee; Shooting Star S.4/ Ep.18 a 6.5/10. We watch Glee to take a break from our lives and relate to the High School memories we had to go through. I really understand why they had a shooting episode but everything about it seemed off. I did really enjoy the final scene with everyone saying how much they love and mean to each other. All the scenes that did not involve the shooting were spot on Glee which definitely helped it be worth watching. Luckily, the next episode is coming off a little happier than this episode did, hopefully returning to what makes watching Glee awesome.
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Perhaps I am being a bit too harsh, but this episode left a terrible taste in my mouth.
As being a fan of the band of McKinley's musical misfits since the first episode's cover of Journey's “Don't Stop Believing.” Several seasons later, the show's producer Ryan Murphy and its writers have not stopped pulling punches. This is one episode that really needed to have its punch pulled.
The episode begins like almost any other episode. Brittany (Heather Morris) announces that an
In classic Glee fashion, Ryder introduces himself awkwardly to the girl he thinks is Katie and bellows out an awesome cover of Elton John's “Your Song” to her, only to find out that Katie's real name is Marissa. An emotional Ryder finds and accuses the couple of messing with him before running off, like teenage angst does. This is when I should of known something was up with this episode. Ryder did not sing some song about how lonely and stupid he felt.
(If you need one reason to watch this episode other than the fact you think Glee is awesome, Blake's cover of “Your Song” by Elton John is the best part of this episode)
Head Cheerio Becky (Lauren Potter) has an emotional scene with Brittany, about how she is scared about how the world is turning out to be. Brittany attempts to calm her down, which after a few sniffles, I thought was just a nice little scene to show how Brittany is not at all the cliché' blonde she appears to be.
Once the Glee club, lead by Brittany's boyfriend, Sam (Chord Overstreet) sing Brittany's cat a cover of Extreme's “More than Words” in order to make him feel better, Brittany announces that her asteroid was actually a speck at the end of the Pringles' can she was using as a telescope.
Seriously people. Glee plots deserve a facepalm once in awhile. This is one of those time.
Remember
how I said this episode takes a turn for the worst? This scene is
quickly followed up by two gun shots ringing through the school. The
choir room and the rest of the school is sent into a frenzy. The scene
has heir teacher (Matthew Morrison) trying to calm down the kids, as
they are barricaded into the choir room. Ryder makes the boneheaded move of calling Katie in case this is their last time alive, only for Katie's phone to go off in the choir room. The scene then has the rest of the kids admitting their deepest thoughts in case they do not make it out of there alive.
Which they did. No one was hurt. But the ending was definitely a bit of a twist. Once a few days have passed and the aftermath is revealed: Sue (Jane Lynch) reveals that it was her gun and it accidentally went off.
Seriously people.
What has Glee done?
Sue is actually revealed to be covering up for Becky, who brought a gun to school. Instead of letting her favorite student get into trouble, Sue takes all the blame and is coincidentally fired for it. Sue and Will have a deep conversation about the gun, and how this was so unlike Sue. Flashbacks of Sue talking to Becky with the gun accidentally going off reveal what truly happened.
The cast breaks into John Mayer's “Say,” as Ryder waits outside the choir room for the reveal of who Katie really is, but she never shows. Leaving the viewers with a cliffhanger to a plot that really needs to end. It started out right, but between the shooting and what not we needed some closure this episode. Which we got nothing of the sort.
(The cast's cover of “Say” was a strong ending for this relatively weak episode)
Our Honest View gives, Glee; Shooting Star S.4/ Ep.18 a 6.5/10. We watch Glee to take a break from our lives and relate to the High School memories we had to go through. I really understand why they had a shooting episode but everything about it seemed off. I did really enjoy the final scene with everyone saying how much they love and mean to each other. All the scenes that did not involve the shooting were spot on Glee which definitely helped it be worth watching. Luckily, the next episode is coming off a little happier than this episode did, hopefully returning to what makes watching Glee awesome.
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