Glee: “2009” / “Dreams Come True”
When Friday Night Lights ended, it did something remarkable. In the make-or-break throw of its version of Nationals,…
Glee
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Glee: “We Built This Glee Club”
To complain about another battle in the endless war between Sue and Will is to make yourself redundant. Your complaint…
B-
Glee: “The Rise And Fall Of Sue Sylvester”
“The Rise And Fall Of Sue Sylvester” is an “expect the worst” kind of title, so it’s a pleasant surprise that it flies…
D
Glee: “Child Star”
Ironically, what distinguishes “Child Star” is that it’s so forgettable. Even the addition of the two new Directions…
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Glee: “A Wedding”
“A Wedding” is Glee season six incarnate. The plot is a bunch of inevitabilities; play along with your checklist until…
B-
Glee: “Transitioning”
“Transitioning” isn’t anywhere near as insulting as I expected, which is almost the same thing as being good. It’s a…
A-
Glee: “What The World Needs Now”
“What The World Needs Now” is a neocon nightmare. It may also be a no-holds-barred gay-pride bacchanalia. All I know…
F
Glee: “The Hurt Locker, Part Two”
We pick up in the hangover of “Part One,” as Vocal Adrenaline shuffles offstage and Sue announces new rules for the…
D
Glee: “The Hurt Locker, Part One”
“The Hurt Locker, Part One” features, before even a quarter of the episode has Clockwork Oranged its way deep into your…
B-
Glee: “Jagged Little Tapestry”
It’s not that “Jagged Little Tapestry” is bad. It’s just formless, a bunch of blobs of different shapes and speeds and…
Glee: “Loser Like Me” / “Homecoming”
The question going into the final season of Glee, after the main cast graduated and split up, after the new cast came…
B+
Glee: “The Untitled Rachel Berry Project”
At the end of “The Untitled Rachel Berry Project,” Rachel, surrounded by all her friends except Santana, says, “If I’ve…
D+
Glee: “Old Dog New Tricks”
As Here’s What You Missed On Glee informs us, the reason two of the three storylines from last week feel unfinished is…
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Glee: “Back-Up Plan”
I know I keep harping on the timing of this season of Glee, but that’s because it has almost no structure, and it’s the…
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Glee: “Opening Night”
I can’t help but admire the lengths to which “Opening Night” goes to make Rachel’s big day seem special, even though…
B
Glee: “Tested”
So that’s what Artie’s been up to since moving to New York. He’s been sowing his wild oats at film school, which is…
B+
Glee: “Bash”
Have I told you lately how much I love Mercedes? The character gets saddled with a lot of nonsense, but this is Glee.…
C+
Glee: “New New York”
It’s indescribably satisfying to be in New York finally, to enter not only the promised land for the characters but…
A-
Glee: “New Directions”
Now that is a 100th episode. Yes, high-school ditzes turned MIT slaves will note that “New Directions” is technically…
C
Glee: “100”
“100” is that alternate-universe reunion special that came a few years after Glee got canceled young. It brings back…