I will also say that, while I love the song "Everybody Hurts," I need to just say that, in an actual high school, people that look like Ryder, Jake, Marley, Kitty, Brittany, Blaine, and Sam would not be naturally picked on. With Finn at least they provided some context, but the New Directions have hit a status at the school where they clearly would no longer be mocked. Not even high school students change their opinions that dramatically and swiftly.
But since we're on Ryder, wow, I did not see that one coming. Ryder (and later Kitty) confessed to being molested as children, and in Ryder's case, both Sam and Artie were inexplicably insensitive (again, I just don't see them saying that out loud, even if they were thinking it). I thought it was a bit of a miss for a show that focuses so much on messages to not gain a bit more understanding on their parts, but it's only an hour long show, so I'm going to let that one slide.
I will not, however, let the lazily obvious indication that Kitty is the catfish slide, though. I mean, it seemed pretty obvious after this past week that she is, right? The question sort of becomes why. I get that she wants to mess with people, and that's probably how they'll do it-a sort of romantic comedy trope where she started it as a joke and then fell for him, but isn't that super easy? Wouldn't almost anyone else be a better twist for what is turning into one of the better stories of the season (and one of the few in Glee history to actually have some patience surrounding it)? Wade, Marley, Jake-all of them would make considerably more sense. Even Artie, who kept texting during the song to try and throw in a red herring, would be a more interesting selection. But, I digress, and am glad that the Rachel story is still humming along.
Though we didn't get much more on the Funny Girl auditions, we still had more scenes of Kurt, Rachel, and Santana, our favorite New York trio, this time stomping around with Sarah Jessica Parker as they work at a New York City ballet gala. As someone who worships New York and draws inspiration from it regularly, I kind of got where Rachel and Kurt were going with the whole "don't throw your life away" aspect of the show, but as Santana (in the series) is a mere 18-19, she doesn't need to have her life figured out just yet, so I'm glad that's where the story ended. I do like the prospects of her taking ballet, though, and if they would trim some of the fat on the series (cutting 4-6 characters), we could see her at one of those psychotic jobs they were discussing.
I don't always discuss the music in the Glee episodes, which is odd since that's what it's best known for, but this week I was glad we saw two Broadway hits, and one of them appropriate for multiple reasons. The first, as they were at the ballet, was an invitation to A Chorus Line with "At the Ballet," a song I'm guessing no one but the most theater-loving fans of the show was aware of, but was beautifully done in an extended sequence with Kurt, Rachel, Santana, and SJP. The second, "Little Girls," was tongue-in-cheek for two reasons-one, Jane Lynch has just taken over the role of Miss Hannigan in the Broadway production of Annie and so clearly has quite a bit of practice singing her show-stopping number (considering that she's got the daunting task of following in the footsteps of Dorothy Loudon, Carol Burnett, and Katie Finneran, I'm glad to say she knocked it out of the park). The second, of course, is that with Sarah Jessica Parker guest-starring, Annie herself was in the episode with Miss Hannigan.
And that's pretty much all she wrote in a relatively light week. What were your thoughts? Did you like the Broadway-connections, or were you hoping for a bit more pop? Do you think there's a possibility the catfish is anyone except Kitty? And is Sugar on some sort of sabbatical, or what is the deal with her missing several months of glee practice?
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