I think I've hit a point where I can't even get mad at anything the show does anymore, because it is so inept on a macro level that the problematic bits don't even register. Like, I was hoping that more writers would equal, I don't know, storytelling that made any goddamn sense , but if RIB are still the ones doing the plotting, which I assume they are as showrunners, it's not really going to matter. I'd love to know how much control they have over breaking each story (or rather, how much control an individual writer has in determining the plot of an episode. I'd like to know who to blame). Some random thoughts:
*My overwhelming thought when the episode was over was "UNF, NAYA RIVERA." I suspect this was not what was supposed to happen.
*Either Darren Criss has gotten better as an actor, or he actually has motivation now and something to play, but I thought he was really good this week. Especially the scene on stage.
*In a similar vein, I thought Jenna Ushkowitz's line readings were way better than they have been. Maybe she's better when she has words with actual meaning behind them, too!
*Sebastian is super-annoying. I prefer my smarm entertaining, like one Mr. Jesse St. James. Also, if that was him singing on "Uptown Girl"? DO NOT WANT.
*The intercutting of songs was a little weird, although I think it worked better with "I Have a Love." It seems like they're being more experimental with form this year, which would be fine, if there were any sort of solid basis for them to start from.
*Artie being the catalyst for the sex thing was weird, especially when I feel like that's the type of crazy Rachel could easily have come up with on her own and then fed to poor suggestible Blainers. Honestly, though, the thing the bugged me most about Artie this week was the out-of-nowhere speech about being a director at the end. Like, I maybe could have bought it if there was any build up at all to it, but in true Glee fashion, they skipped all the hard work and went straight to the payoff.
*I would be very interested in knowing how much the network interfered with this episode, and what it would have looked like without that.
*Also, does Glee always have a parental discretion warning at the beginning? It's possible it does and I only noticed this week because I was watching for it, but I'm not sure.
In conclusion . . . it was fine? I still find the show very interesting, but I'm becoming increasingly emotionally detached.
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Date: 2011-11-10 02:20 am (UTC)*My overwhelming thought when the episode was over was "UNF, NAYA RIVERA." I suspect this was not what was supposed to happen.
*Either Darren Criss has gotten better as an actor, or he actually has motivation now and something to play, but I thought he was really good this week. Especially the scene on stage.
*In a similar vein, I thought Jenna Ushkowitz's line readings were way better than they have been. Maybe she's better when she has words with actual meaning behind them, too!
*Sebastian is super-annoying. I prefer my smarm entertaining, like one Mr. Jesse St. James. Also, if that was him singing on "Uptown Girl"? DO NOT WANT.
*The intercutting of songs was a little weird, although I think it worked better with "I Have a Love." It seems like they're being more experimental with form this year, which would be fine, if there were any sort of solid basis for them to start from.
*Artie being the catalyst for the sex thing was weird, especially when I feel like that's the type of crazy Rachel could easily have come up with on her own and then fed to poor suggestible Blainers. Honestly, though, the thing the bugged me most about Artie this week was the out-of-nowhere speech about being a director at the end. Like, I maybe could have bought it if there was any build up at all to it, but in true Glee fashion, they skipped all the hard work and went straight to the payoff.
*I would be very interested in knowing how much the network interfered with this episode, and what it would have looked like without that.
*Also, does Glee always have a parental discretion warning at the beginning? It's possible it does and I only noticed this week because I was watching for it, but I'm not sure.
In conclusion . . . it was fine? I still find the show very interesting, but I'm becoming increasingly emotionally detached.