A Few Glee Thoughts

- I actually wish that Glee would address Finn joining the Army as more than a plot device to get him angsty and to very stupidly propose to Rachel. If the arc for the season is how high school seniors handle plans for their future, then joining the military is a very valid and common choice, especially in Small Town USA like Lima. I remember well graduating with kids who shipped out to Basic Training the next day. Heck, my cousin did it. Painting it as Finn potentially making a horrible choice based upon a hero complex is kinda offensive to every other kid who has made or will make the same decision.

- The more I hear about Ricky Martin’s character - coming in and shaking up the glee club, and Kurt’s crush - the more that he sounds like the part I advocated for John Barrowman prior to Season 2, that he supposedly was supposed to meet with Ryan Murphy about right before they announced a new series of Torchwood. If Ryan takes After Elton’s excellent advice and kills off Will, I nominate Barrowman to be the next glee club adviser. Think about it. He would definitely be a different kind of character and could serve the same purpose (hopefully less creepy though) to Blaine next year as Will has to Finn.

- Emma’s speech to Will about how she might be incomplete but she still loves him made me cry. Becky’s monologue about how hard it is to be her sometimes also made me cry. Finchel generally made me want to throw things. And why is it that it’s perfectly fine for a straight couple to make out in front of a whole class full of people but the gay couples can’t kiss at all?

- I’m really mixed on how Rory’s been written so far, but let me be possibly the only person cheering for the Rory/Quinn ship rumors. And please, please let Damian have his way and let him sing “Rule the World” by Take That.