no personal business on company pond

Ugh, I really, really hope we weren't supposed to like Artie, but I have a horrible feeling we were, mostly because of his Inspiring Speech at the end with the Sad Piano backing him up. I would've liked it so much more if Rachel had suddenly gotten it into her head, by herself, that her lack of experience was (supposedly) hurting her acting, and managed to convince Blaine, too, because that's pretty IC for her. And honestly, I wouldn't have minded a conversation between Shannon and Emma about sex, even though I hate what the show's done with Emma and virginity, because that might potentially be interesting - I think those two characters have a good dynamic together that's worth exploring.