I wish I could still write about all the amazing elements of this so-called cutting edge TV show Glee, but no, after watching episode 17, I've got to say that the show has lost its spark ever since the beginning of the 2nd half of the season! I understand Glee now has a big name and while stars are queuing up to ‘sell’ their songs for the show, the producers and writers of Glee are thrilled to add some sparkles to make the show even better. But again, NO! The plots now have become so detached from the core that an amateur like me could see how each music piece is forced to fit in the show, like a bunch of random mosaic pieces put together in all the wrong places.
Each episode seems to have a blurred focus with more and more Bollywood stuff to fill in each slot of "musicality". It is may be brilliant to unify the situations of the characters under one umbrella of the episode theme, but don't you think it's kinda lame (and ridiculous) when it's done over and over again? In my opinion, the worst episode so far is episode 15 "the Power of Madonna". What were they thinking, beginning the story with Sue's empowerment of Madonna and out of the blue Kurt and Mercedes teaming up to get her a Madonna make over? The video clip of Sue singing “Vogue” is so long, boring and meaningless I don't feel it's worth watching! To top all the bad things, what are the odds of the not-so-lucky-in-sex-department Emma, Rachel and Finn being virgins, all decided to be deflowered in one night and later in unison all three of them realized they were not ready for it? Too much a sacrifice for the sake of fitting "Like a Virgin" in the episode, and based on the characters that have been developed since the first episode, the scenes are just NOT plausible! As if it wasn't enough, in episode 17 “Bad Reputation” Sue was once again obsessed with another diva Olivia Newton John and a similar scene was taken: Sue imitating Olivia Newton John singing "physical". Uugh, please, I've had enough of Sue in video clip, please! Glee needs to pick up soon! I think they should stick to the catchy, easy listening songs like the ones in the first half of the season, as they really picked up the mood of watching.
Potential problems the Glee kids might encounter in the forthcoming Regional and personal problems within New Directions would be nice to watch, but please... stop focusing things on Sue!
