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What's up Honest Gleeks, it is time for yet another review of Glee.


Wait, Glee is over for the season.

WHAT IS ANOTHER REVIEW DOING HERE!?

Because it is time to review the top ten songs from season four.
I hope everyone out there in the honest community is ready, because it is time for a countdown.


Number 10. Teenage Dream (Acoustic) by Katy Perry sung by Blaine from episode 4 The Break Up

Blaine (Darren Criss) visit Rachael (Lea Michelle) and Kurt (Chris Colfer) in New York. At a karaoke bar he sings a saddened version of the song that leads to a walk in the park where Blaine admits to cheating on Kurt ending the match made in obvious heaven between the gay couple.
A blessing because it adds conflict to a couple that is far too obvious. The only two homosexual main characters being together and so utterly, hopelessly in love was too easy for the writers to do. The only thing to do was create a season long plot of Blaine trying to get back together with Kurt including them hooking up several times and ending with the cliffhanger of Blaine holding an engagement ring behind him as the team wins at regionals.


Number 9. Heroes by Davie Bowie sung by Blaine and Sam from episode 7 Dynamic Duos

This song earns brownie points with me for being a surprisingly awesome song sung during a rather pointless episode with no reason behind it at all other than to have a superhero themed episode because superheroes are everywhere. This is one of the songs that made plot wise sense for Sam (Chord Overstreet) and Blaine to become best friends. Mostly because they sing awesome together. Oh yeah, Blaine had developed a crush on Sam.


Number 8. Locked out of Heaven by Bruno Mars sung by Marley, Unique, Tina, Sugar, and Brittany from episode 11 Sadie-Hawkins

I love gender bender covers and I love this song. One of my favorite songs sung by Marley (Melissa Benoist) that really shows this new girl can sing. Very little plot relevance to this song other than it is awesome. I do kind of wish they would of turned this into a more meaningful romance moment song but what can you do, this was just good music to me.


Number 7. Never Say Never by The Fray sung by Jake from episode 1 The New Rachael

Holy hot stuff. Wait hold on that is not my line. We meet Puck's little brother Jake (Jacob Artist). This guy can sing. But this guy is not the new Puck. He is much closer to the new Finn rather than Jake. He is really good at singing, especially at singing my favorite Fray song. It is really too bad they did not let him finish. Although, if they did I suppose we would not have seen Jake has some anger issues to work out. Which he does in like three episodes. But regardless it makes the cut despite being cut off.


Number 6. Hall of Fame by the Script (Feat. Will I. Am) sung by Jake, Ryder, Sam, Joe, and Artie from episode 22 All or Nothing

Spoiler warning. New Directions kick ass. The team opens with Hall of Fame almost as a way to rub it in everyone's face that as long as Marley didn't pass out again that The New Directions would win at regionals. I still wish they would of lost but we can't always get what we want. The new cast combining with the old cast may just win at nationals come season five. Let's hope they make it to the Hall of Fame again.


Number 5. Bye Bye Bye/I Want it that Way by N'Sync/The Backstreet Boys sung by Finn and Will sung episode 16 Feud.

Why didn't they do this in the 90's? Will (Matthew Morrison) totally wins this battle but it still blew me away. As a shameless fan of both bands I am glad they did what I was thinking. The choreography was spot on using the strings everyone thinks about when Bye Bye Bye comes on. This whole scene was made possible by Finn (Cory Monteith) having a lapse in judgment several episodes ago kissing Emma and possibly ruining Will's wedding. It is a little surprising that the two ever make up at all. Oh they haven't really yet because Finn's actor went into rehab toward directing the last episodes. Maybe next season!


Number 4. The Longest Time by Billy Joel sung by Artie, Kitty, Sam, Marley, Ryder, and Jake from episode 20 Lights Out.

I waited the longest time for Glee to cover The Longest Time. Man I sure do love bad puns. A fun episode, Lights out was all about acoustic performances. The cast sings with minimal assistance singing Billy Joel's song. This is another song that shows the newcomers of The New Directions know what they are doing. A lot of shows try to replace the old characters with similar ones as the cast grows up and parts, but Glee subtly did it. Some characters are quite obvious about who they are replacing but they obviously make it so that the characters are really their own beings.
Phew. Almost done. Number 3. Creep by Radiohead sung by Rachael and Brody from episode 17 Guilty Pleasures.

Rachael and Brody's goodbye song. Rachael's boyfriend for the season Brody (Dean Geyer) has had a secret this whole season. He is a jiggalo in order to pay for his college tuition at NYADA. He has been hiding it from everyone, sleeping with old rich women for cash. Probably not a bad job except for all the STDs and wrinkles and the fact that he is cheating on Lea Michelle. Dude is tripping stupid. Ignoring all that, this song has the two sing a duet about how their relationship ended terribly, but if they both put more into it something truly special could have come out of it.


Number 2. Your Song by Elton John sung by Ryder from episode 18 Shooting Star.

This whole scene is adorable. It is really too bad it ended so badly. Ryder (Blake Jenner) sings this song to confess his love to the girl he thinks is the girl he has been talking to online. Totally embarrassing when he finds out is is not her. It drags on a half season long plot (at least it felt that way to me) about us finding out who is Ryder's secret admirer. We find out several episodes later that it is Wade AKA Unique (Alex Newell) the boy who wants to be a girl singer of The New Directions is the one who has had feelings from Ryder the whole time. Despite it being the only obvious choice I really wish they did not go this route with it. I think they damaged up having Ryder get with someone who fits his character more like Kitty or Marley for example trying to create this plotline.
The last one. And it is a good one. Although probably obvious.


Number 1. Don't Stop Believing by Journey sung by Rachael from episode 19 Sweet Dreams.

Holy gleek nostalgia Batman. Rachael sings Don't Stop Believing for the third time in Glee's incarnation for her first audition on broadway. It motivates her to continue on. I love how they use similar scenes to the first episode when they first did the song, with the original members singing behind her. Finn had one last awesome scene before his actor went into rehab. Telling Rachael to do this song.


My top ten songs for Glee season 4. Hope you enjoy out there Honest readers. I sure did. Until season 5, remember to be yourself and blast loud music.

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Review: "Glee; All Or Nothing" (S. 4/ Ep. 22 2013) " Was This Episode All Or Nothing?"

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It is an unfortunate time to be a Gleek. Mainly because the season is over and we were left on multiple cliffhangers of sorts. The season finale, titled All or Nothing was not exactly, all or nothing.


Will (Matthew Morrison) announces that regionals will be held in McKinley's auditorium this time around. Meanwhile, Brittney (Heather Morris) meets with professors at MIT about her odd ability to see patterns and numbers beyond what the normal mind can do, giving her the offer to become a MIT student as part of early enrollment.

This in turn goes to her head. She demands getting all the solos at regionals or she does not perform at all.


She only gets worst from here. Brittney does several vastly out of character things including breaking up with Sam (Chord Overstreet) via text in front of his face (exactly how that sounds).


The only Rachael scene of the episode. She has her final call back for Funny Girl, singing Celine Dion's To Love You More in order to try to earn her spot as the lead.

(Rachael has her final call back for Funny Girl, attempting to win them over with her rendition of To Love You More by Celine Dion.)


Blaine (Darren Criss) asks for Sam's advice about going about asking Kurt (Chris Colfer) to marry him, despite Blaine and Kurt not being a couple since Blaine cheating on Kurt way back in the beginning of the season, even though they hooked up at Will and Emma's (Jayma Mays) failed wedding. Glee can really be confusing when you miss a few moments. I was confused just trying to explain that.

Sue (Jane Lynch) returns for a couple of scenes this episode, teaming up with Will to try to bring Brittney back down to reality. This ultimately, fails. Sam calls Brittney's ex-girlfriend Santana (Naya Rivera) to come to New York to try and talk Brittney down as well. These two scenes were painful mostly because of these attempts at serious moments being surrounded by Brittney's webcam show Fondue for Two that has made me cringe every single time it comes up beyond the first time. I hope it does not come back next season.


Blaine meets a lesbian jeweler while picking out rings. Blaine, Kurt, the jeweler, and her life partney all go to Breadsticks in order to have dinner, and so that Blaine can see how a homosexual couple in love is when marriage is involved. Kurt drops the fact that Blaine and himself are not together, but Blaine is persistent in his love during the episode.


The moment I have been waiting at least many episodes for. Ryder's (Blake Jenner) love life and secret admirer problem. He pulls a Brittney, saying he will not perform at regionals unless Katie reveals herself. After angrily kicking several things, Marley (Melissa Benoist) confesses to be Katie, while Jake (Jacob Artist) gets in between the two.

Marley describes it as a joke gone way too far and Ryder storms out of the room. Later Ryder and Marley are walking down the hall, Marley is trying to explain the situation, however Wade (Alex Newell) confesses to be the “real” Katie. Ryder says that the two never had anything, and that he will never talk to Wade again.


At regionals Ryder tells Will he will perform tonight at regionals because it would be unfair to punish the whole club for one person's actions.

(Not a performance, but the emotion filled finale to one of the most annoying Glee plots ever, condensed into one youtube video)


And it is time for the performances!
The minor and could not care less about show choir group perform, followed by the actual threat to The New Directions, The Hoosierdaddies. They unleash their secret weapon that Will scouted out, a sophomore girl named Frida (Jessica Sanchez). The group performs the songs Clarity by Zedd and Wings by Little Mix.

(Clarity and Wings performed by the Hoosierdaddies.)
For a brief moment I thought they were an actual threat to The New Directions. But then Brittney rejoined the club after a heartfelt moment explaining how The New Directions are a dysfunctional family. She apologizes for her outburst and gets back together with Sam.


Now it is time for our heroes to kick some butt. Musically of course. Starting off with Hall of Fame by The Script, following that with I Love It by Icona Pop, before finishing their performance with an original song created by Marley, titled hopefully you guessed it: All or Nothing, bringing some of the older cast to tears. A short transition later and The New Directions have won this year's regionals.

(In order of performance, Hall of Fame, I Love It, and All or Nothing, The New Directions stand surprisingly tall at regionals)


The episode closes with Emma and Will having a quick and small marriage ceremony in the choir room, so that Emma won't freak out like last time. The two exchange vows, referencing an early episode of Glee when Will cleaned off gum from her shoe with a credit card.

The credits roll on the scene, just after we see Blaine holding a ring box behind him as he stands next to Kurt.


Our Honest View gives Glee; All Or Nothing S. 4/ Ep. 22 a 8.5/10.  It was a little all over the place/ A few plot points were left unsolved like the results of Rachael's audition. Also I am surprised and actually a little disappointed that The New Directions won. But Ryan Murphy and his writing crew know what they are doing (they are bringing in the big bucks after all). I am thinking that the next season will pick up right where they left off this season, as the cast heads towards nationals. All I know is that I cannot wait to see what happens when season five hits.

Review: "Glee; Wonder-Ful" (S. 4/ Ep. 21 2013) "Wonderful To Who?"

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Hello out there Honest Gleeks! The world of Glee paid tribute to Stevie Wonder in this week's episode of Glee titled accurately “Wonder-ful.”


Which is honestly not how the episode actually was. Ryder's secret crush plot has taken a backseat again until the final episode of the season. Past characters return who do not normally return. Some of the better singers in the show sing some of their worst songs ever this time around.


But this episode did have some shining moments that I really liked.


The episode begins with Rachael (Lea Michelle) calling Glee teacher William Shuester (Michael Morrison) to tell her that she got called back audition for the Broadway revival of her favorite Broadway performance once played before her idol: Barbara Streisand. Will takes the wonderful news and turns it into the club's final lesson before this season's regionals (which to note next week's episode is the season finale and they have not reached nationals, implying that our favorite glee club is going to lose).

Some weird character development occurs between Artie (Kevin McHale) and Kitty (Becca Tobin). Kitty notices that Artie has been depressed this week and notes that Artie was jaw dropped at how hot Kitty is after a performance several episodes ago. Artie tells Kitty that he has been accepted into film school in New York, but cannot go because his mother would be loss without him. He asks her not to tell anyone, which she completely ignores later in the episode, because seriously it is Glee. No one can keep a secret.


Kurt (Chris Colfer) returns to McKinley to be with his father, Burt (Mike O'Malley), when they find out if his father's cancer has gone away. He is a nervous wreck and has picked up some strange habits that only the Glee writers could possibly think of. Mercedes (Amber Riley) and Mike (Harry Shum Jr.) also return, Mercedes to help film her music video and Mike to help teach the Glee club some new dance moves. Mercedes returning is always awesome because she was such a strong character and singer of the old club, but Mike was a mostly boring character, who's only appealing point really is his dance moves.

Kitty sings Signed, Sealed, and Delivered with help from Ryder (Blake Jenner) and Jake (Jacob Artist) to throw Artey very much off. She then announces to the club the exact secret he did not want her to tell as he rolls out of the room.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3fX-wxQ5K
(Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours sung by Kitty)
Mercedes and Marley (Melissa Benoist) sing Superstitious with the rest of the Glee club as a way to help train Marley's voice. This scene was a great way of kind of passing the torch from Mercedes to Marley. However, Marley definitely has a long way to go despite how beautiful her voice can be. Mercedes and Rachael she is not.

(Superstitious sung by the cast as a way to practice for regionals)
Kurt and his family get some much needed happy news. Burt does not have cancer, promoting Kurt to invite his dad to the choir room in order to sing him a song that Burt sung to him when he was much younger. Unfortunately, Kurt's normally amazing voice sounds awful here. This was not a good song for him despite the moment intended to be sweet. Burt seemed extremely awkward in this scene, whether it was because he was a dad who had no idea what to do or they filmed the scene too quickly and he had no idea what to do.

(Sunshine of My Life sung by Kurt. I really think you can skip over this performance entirely)
Mercedes and Mike push Jake to take up a leadership role in the club. Jake is an awesome singer and equally awesome dancer which is exactly what the club needs. Jake questions what he can do because he is only a sophomore, but that is really the reason why he should take up a leadership role. He is that good and he is only a sophomore. Mike backs up Jake with some dance moves, as the two dance together while Jake sings I Wish.

(A dance-a-thon as Jake and Mike cover I Wish)
Throughout the episode Rachael was being harassed by a flamboyant pair of NYADA students who have been picking on her for their last couple of appearances. Rachael's dance teacher Cassandra July (guest star Kate Hudson), burns Rachael a little putting even more pressure on her. She sets up her midterm to be at six in the morning, which just turns into her and the rest of her dance students singing Uptight (Everything's Alright) in honor of her having such a big moment such as a callback audition for Broadway.

(Another dance-a-thon but by Cassandra, as she and her students sing Uptight (Everything's Alright) )
Afterwards, Rachael buys Cassandra a new cane and thanks her for torturing her throughout the year in order to improve her skills. Cassandra admits to Rachael she was only so hard on her because she saw something special in Rachael.


Artie arrives home to find Kitty talking to his mom played by Katey Sagal. Kitty tells his mom what Artie told her then leaves. His mom and him have a nice little heart to heart when he tells her how scared he is to go to New York because it is not “wheelchair accessible.” His mom tells him not to worry and that he should follow his dreams, that he will do just fine in New York without her help. She also tells him if he ever refers to her as an old hag to anyone else that she will flip him over.
Best. Mom. Ever.


Artie sings a mostly solo performance of For Once in My Life. During the scene Kitty and Artie share a quick moment of eye staring, with Artie mouthing her thank you which Kitty smiles and nods too. Some strange chemistry there, seriously. I can totally see Artty being a Glee couple, if only Artie was not leaving for New York come next season.

(For Once in My Life performed by Artie and The New Directions to close the episode)


Our Honest View gives Glee; Wonder-Ful S. 4/ Ep. 21 a 7.25/10. I don't want to call the episode completely average but I cannot bring myself to give it a 7.5. It was missing something despite having a lot of performances and character development. Oh right, it was missing good performances. Hopefully next week when the New Directions go All or Nothing at regionals they may just make into the Hall of Fame (unfortunately not...)

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Review: "The Following" (Chapter 2 S1/Ep2 2013) "Fox Is Cooking Something Up And It Smells Like Bacon."

Monday night's new hit "The Following" begs one question for viewers and of course for the audience, "Who can you trust and who can't you trust?"

Carroll's "cult" or "following" seems to dig deeper in this episode going into details on how he convinced a few of them to join his cause. He is seem as "God Like" figure because of his charisma.
We meet a new character Special Agent Debra Parker (Annie Parisse) who seems to know more than she's letting on though she is a specialist in cults.

Shawn Ashmore's character Mike Weston is not at all cold like his previous role as Iceman in the "Xmen Films" he is smoking hot. He's a tech savoy, FBI agent idolizing Hardy.
Not to go into to much detail on this episode however, Carroll who has his son's babysitter Emma Hill kidnapped him the previous epsiode has room arragned just like the boys so he feels more at home. This was easy seeing as Emma was feeding and spying for Carroll for over two years. Great character development is used in this episode also using the flashback feature to give more detail.

We get so entranced in this show that the actors that are brainwashed are doing double duty and pull it off so well.

We also learn that Hardy and Carroll's ex-wife Claire had a affair which entangles Hardy into being more of Carrolls second chapter. It also leaves us wondering is Claire more involved in this then she saying. I think she may have some repressed feelings for Carroll or maybe a killer herself.

One of Carroll's protege Jordy (Steve Monroe) who helped him escape, seems to always be one step away of the police and Hardy though he is sloppier than Carroll. Hardy is able to subdue him after a struggle though. And another masked man character is introduced after attacking Hardy. The mask the person wears was found in Emma's old apartment and resembles Poe himself. 

The title of the episode really fits the series. It is the second chapter of a new book between the to characters. The final scene depicts Parker giving Carroll a Poe book while in jail. This seem to be reminded me of a Jesus like image. Now that he has his book back, he'll be able to begin  getting more followers to keep this game going.

Greatest Review's gives "The Following" (Chapter Two s1/ep2 2013) 5 out of 5 stars. For truly not only living up to it's name but also living up to the episode title! Man this show keeps getting better and better. They could add in a million more characters and we'd be fine with it because they know how do delvelope them!

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Review: “The Following” (Pilot S1/Ep1 2013) “Fox Looks To Be Following Nolan’s Dark Knight”

Let me start off by saying that I am one of the biggest “Batman” fans on the planet. I have a “Batman” tattoo sleeve and every statue from all the games.

Now Fox has sure hit cable television with one of the best pilots for show that I have ever seen. “The Following” follows retired FBI agent Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon) as he looks to end the massacre of serial killer Dr. Joe Carroll (James Purefoy). Hardy’s success came from putting away this mass serial killer obsessed with Edgar Allan Poe and a “hopeless romantic”.

To not spoil the episode I’ll set the scene of the series, which is depicted strongly. For one I saw a nod at Bacon’s previous role in “X-men First Class” because the opening music which showed Bacon’s character reminded me of the “First Class” instrumental music.

To sum up the first episode it actually finishes a older story between the characters then begins a new one. We see flashback sequences through each characters introductions which paint a vivid violent seen of the hunt for Dr.Carroll. Then at the end a tense standoff between in a jail holding cell sets it’s sights on a brand new series Fox is using.

This final scene is set up just like the scene between “Batman” and “Joker”, when “Joker” is placed under arrest in Nolan’s blockbuster “The Dark Knight” (2008). Hardy (Bacon) being “Batman” is looked at a hero and insightful in stopping Dr.Carroll’s (Purefoy) character, which resembles the “Joker” in terms of insanity.

Hardy’s sanity is called in to question many times in the episode especially the fact that he is a alcoholic much like “Batman’s” sanity.  I believe Fox utilized Nolan’s ideas of the meeting of The Dark Knight and his greatest rival because it worked and made over a billion dollars.  And so far this worked. Dr.Carroll uses the calling card of writing “Nevermore” on the wall in blood, which again if you remember Joker left his own playing cards at the scenes of his crimes.

The premise of the first episode is Dr.Carroll escaping from prison to finish his last victim. He is so obsessed with the fact that Edgar Allan Poe never finished his last book that he could not let his last victim live.  The “Tell-Tale Heart” and “Raven” are consistently mentioned throughout the episode and the episodes music makes nods to this by consistently having a heart beat. This is done for other reason to because Hardy’s character was stabbed in the heart during the fight between Carroll when Carroll was arrested. Leaving Hardy with a pace maker and bad heart. The beating heart is also used in tense bringing situations that also seem to have horror movie elements.

This episode truly left me on my seat through the flashbacks and actual present. Fox after every commercial warned viewer discretion advised which they weren’t kidding. This show seems to be a lot darker than Nolan’s PG13 films and goes at no expense to show the blood and gore of every death scene. I do however question Fox’s choice for timeslot knowing how graphic the show is but then I think this could possible be a replacement for “House”.

The title of the show “The Following” is explained in the episode to which it is a cult. Dr.Carroll is so perceptive that he is able to get people to join this “cult” which he calls his “friends” through chat rooms while in jail. This makes getting his last victim easy also leaving the watchers wondering who is in this “cult” and who isn’t.

The previews depict a battle strong between good and evil just like “Batman” and also how far everyone will have to go. That breaking point which has to be met, and Fox has promised us that and more in 12 straight weeks of “The Following.”

Greatest Review’s gives “The Following” (2013) (Pilot Ep.1) 5 stars out of 5, for a riveting story. Also by being able to end one story and begin another without leaving out any of the details in just their first episode. We also praise the fact that Fox uses themes from Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” to make a damn good show.

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