Now this would have been the perfect episode to title “Glee, Actually.” The dance was winter themed and everybody is in love with everybody else. From Tina to Blaine to Sam, then the unnamed neck-braced Cheerio to Ryder to Marley to Jake to Kitty. Of course, if it were up to me, everyone would just be in love with Sam. Tina totally got it right when she said, “Those lips!” Then she opened her big mouth and told Blaine that he needed “someplace to put [his] love” and I spit hot cocoa all over my couch. Dialogue Fail.
I found it a little ironic that the Warblers won Sectionals with “Whistle” and then got the whistle blown on themselves, but I’m sure it wasn’t intentional. Please, oh, please can Trent transfer to McKinley? I also found it strange that it was Sam who first caught on to their steroid scandal when they make him out to be so unintelligent. As for New York, I’m loving Adam and hating Brody, but you already knew about the latter. Seriously, who shows up 45 minutes late without at least calling and then gets invited to move in? And what will Kurt say about having a new roommate? I also thought Adam’s play for Kurt to join his club was a bit desperate but he’s adorable and seems really into him so it works.
Let’s talk about the music in this episode. Tina’s “I Don’t Know How To Love Him” was so uncomfortable because, of course, we all know Blaine doesn’t swing that way, but I think that was the effect they were going for. I laughed the entire time through the Adam’s Apples’ folksy rendition of “Baby Got Back,” and I so want to get to know the other Apples. I think “Tell Him” was a good choice for Marley’s situation, but it was already used (though not sung by a cast member) in the season two Valentine’s Day episode, “Silly Love Songs.” “No Scrubs” was priceless, especially the boy-band dance moves, and I just love when the guys do songs traditionally sung by women. I thought “Locked Out of Heaven” was just all right, but that’s probably because I’m sick of hearing it on the radio and I don’t really like Bruno Mars that much to begin with. “I Only Have Eyes For You” was another perfectly situated song, but I wasn’t wowed by Ryder. I think they could have had it played by a DJ with everyone just slow dancing to it and had the same effect.
What did you think of the spring premiere?