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Posted: 10/7/2011
Last night was the half sorta final for Glee, which is taking a 4 month hiatus and returning in April of 2010. Sobbing and rocking ourselves aside, can we talk about last night s mid-season finale? Because four for you, Ryan Murphy, you have done it again.
Without giving you one of our typical, long-winded recaps, let s glaze over the plotpoints: The kids go to sectionals, and Will can t come, because he wanted to sleep on a free mattress in the high school. (This seems like a fair compromise.) So Mrs. Pillsbury goes with them. Then, the school for the deaf and school for underprivileged booty ladies steals their entire set list via Sue Sylvester, replete with wheelchairs. What can we say, even for a silly show about singing teenagers we found this a bit hard to swallow. How could they even afford those fancy wheelchairs??
Finn finds out about Quinn s secret: That he s not the father of her baby, rather it s Puck. He quits Glee. He then rejoins Glee and makes the team win. They rewrite their entire performance, replete with strangely rehearsed dance numbers, and make a go of it, including Rachel s performance of Don t Rain On My Parade, which was Barbara to a T:
They go on to sing You Can t Always Get What You Want, and, we assume Somebody to Love.
It becomes clear that the kids win, even though we never see them accept their award. Perhaps Murphy realized this would take away from the real victory when they obviously go on to win regionals, so all we get is a cute trophy presentation to Mr. Schue at the end. Oh, did I mention he left his wife? Well now would be a good time. Credit to Matthew Morrison: His dramatic scenes are pretty much our favorite of any he s in.
Sue Sylvester is found out and Principal Figgins suspends her. Good to know that during this 4 month hiatus we won t be missing any of her razorsharp retorts, while she browns herself in Florida somewhere.
OK, big finale time. THE ULTIMATE LOOSE END. We know his marriage is o