Review: "Glee" Season 4 Very Glee Top 10.

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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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SPECIAL Review: "Walking Dead: Welcome To The Tombs" (2013) "Mouth STILL On The Floor"

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Special Review: The Walking Dead is known for having a action packed episode then drawn out boring episodes following.

They however have been on a roll, three episodes to be exact. The last three episodes including the season finale have revealed so much about the show, characters and have changed the landscape drastically.

By; Gabriel Roderick

We saw the Governor go on the hunt after Andrea in one of the most disturbing episodes of all. The cat and mouse technique they used scared me more than normal because for more than once it was not just zombies it was humans killing humans. They also helped show the Govenror as the true monster he is.

I knew AMC would have trouble showing this because of how GRAPHIC the comics truly are. So his actions, his dialogue and more importantly his clothing over the last few episodes has shown us the monster.

The way he slaughtered Merle and forced him to become a walker, after he told Woodbury never let that happen to the living. The way he tortured Andrea and Milton just furthered this point.

Now let's get to the season finale. For one the beginning was scary, you had no idea whose idea you were looking through but the emotion was rage. Not to give away plot but it was a suprise to see Milton being beaten then stabbed. What was nice about it was the fact that Glenn and Maggie had prison riot gear on just like in the comic book.

The Governor had abandoned his own code and started leaving the living to die and come back. The assault on the Prison wasn't as good as I thought it'd be, I had no idea that Rick's group had a plan which was good leaving it for a suprise till the end.

But the methods of fiting in the catacombs wasn't as intresting as I'd thought it'd be. Plus the Governor's army seemed very small and Woodbury seemed small too however it seemed like more people would be there.

The most important part of this episode was the building of characters. The Governor kills all the army members that prove weak then decides to shoot them in the head except for one (THANK GOD).

However Rick's character is finally a Sheriff again and he can regain his role as the leader with his confidence again, though Carl disagrees. Carl kills a boy without hesitation, and tells Rick by not killing one person, that one person will kill someone he cares about, like a butterfly effect. Something that Governor tells Milton must be done in order to survive now.

Carl drops Rick's badge, this is symbolic as the fall between the relationship of the two and also the fact that Rick needs his crown to be king of sorts. Though the build up for season 3 showed this much earlier I'm surprised they saved this for the end. Carl became a mini Governor but can you blame him, he lost the idea of being a child which Rick still sees him as. Carl wants to be in the action, be apart of the leadership, possibly because he think he could have saved a few of the fallen friends? This also showed Carl torn, is there consequences in life seeing as he's not a normal teen, was Shane more influential on him?

Without ever meeting Governor and Carl bond, they both believe you have to kill to survive if you don't kill you die. They both believe this idea and it's shaping who they've become or in Carl's case who he's becoming.

I love AND hate how Daryl was portrayed in this episode. I was surprised he wasn't as heartbroken to fight and wanted to fight as much knowing a possible outcome. Especially because Merle died being a good guy. That's what I hated. BUT I loved when Carol picked him up by the hand, he truly felt like he was his own and part of Rick's group.

Michonne also had this same moment, she talks with Rick on how she is now apart of the group because of Carl believing in her. And because Rick had to think about surrendering her means he wants her to stay.

By Rick accepting the Woodbury residents, like Tyrese who know understands how bad the Governor is, Rick can now build a Woodbury of sorts. It's like when the Roman empire fell of sorts but they're still rifts in the group.

Now Andrea's death was much needed and I'm glad they saved it until the end. She was done, there is nothing left for her character. She played peace keeper but the war is over, she'd never fit in either group again to much as changed. Though I'd thought she'd die more like a champ, just saying. Sadly her death had no real meaning besides sealing some sub plots. She seriously needed to learn to multitask though! Milton told her where the pliers were and that he was beginning to change. She took this as the time to ask him questions. Come on Andrea talk and cut yourself free!

When they said the bodycount would be high in this episode I didn't believe them but they sure proved it. This is the 3 episode once again where more walkers than you can count on your fingers and toes die. Also humans, Governor kills his army, and many others.

Some things I didn't like about this episode was there was no initial cool down from the intense episodes. For one it should have been made a fact that Rick's group only scared away the Governor's army and tried not to kill them. While the Governor ruthless killed them all. 

The other thing that bothered me was in the last episode Rick said he had to take care of something, I figured this was going to Morgan for help. The traps they set on the army is something Morgan had utilized early on in his episode in order to escape from threats.

I'm sure most people will not like this season finale seeing as it's not like the other 2. Which is always a good thing. At the end of season 1 there wasn't much action besides leaving the CDC, and in season 2 Hershel's farm burning and loosing half the group. 

Now I am really excited for Season 4, but it makes me wonder what happened to the Governor? Do the Prisoners face a new threat? Why didn't they take Woodbury? Why did Rick take all the rejects of the Governor's army? Something tells me the first episode will be action-less and more talking. But that's okay after tonight's episode. 

Our Honest View gives "Welcome To The Tombs"- Walking Dead, 8.9/10. They spend some much time on character development on supporting characters and finalizing sub plots, they put a potential storyline on the back burner. This is a good and bad.  However you have to live the idea of three back to back action filled episodes.

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