3.5 For the First Time, 3.6 Mashoff, & 3.7 I Kissed a Girl

Glee is a show about underdogs, the people that we cant resist rooting for. In addition to that it's about giving a voice to the voiceless and chase after your dreams no matter what may stand in your way. Most importantly it's about be your true self.

Episode 5 of the season, For the first time is about more than losing your virginity it's about growing up and taking the time to be adventurous when your young. In this spirit Kurt and Blaine visit a gay bar and Rachel attempts to lose her virginity. Of course of this ignited by their drives to be best Maria and Tony. Of course Rachel's big mouth rats her out to Finn and he in turn is hurt that she's using it as drive for her career.

Mike and farther come to head once he discovers that his mother has been lying for him. In the end they both end up disowning one another. Also featured in this episode are the Werboler's. I knew I would miss their charm and amazing blazers. It was nice to see them. In the end the show goes on without either of the stars losing their V cards but the show is still a success because they find another way to tap into the necessary emotions. The show also gave Arty the chance to take charge as director and make decisions without being held back by the limitations of his chair. It was great for Arty to have a grown up moment.

No big surprise though in the end after Sebastian has left and Finn doesn't receive a football scholarship, both Hummel/Hudson boys spend the night in memories of first loves.

Mashoff

It's the first annual Mashoff at McKinley High, from the brains of Mr. Schue and Shelby of course in an attempt to get their kids geared for Sectional but more importantly to remember in the end that they're all friends.
Of course in the spirit of this and the crazy amazing talent of the Troubletones Santana takes it to a whole new level of mean and ends up slapping Finn. She slaps Finn because something he said in the hallway to shut her up, had to do with her sexuality, ends up in a political campaign commercial. The main issue is that she hasn't had the chance to tell her family.

Shelby finds out the truth about Quinn, that she has been trying to get to be deemed an unfit mother. Also in a state of panic at the hospital Shelby calls Puck. This of course ends in a bad decision, because all bad decisions start with Puck. Shelby sleeps with Puck and he takes it to mean more than it should, and falls even harder for her. Also during the delivery of their speeches Rachel withdraws from the race and backs Kurt. In the end I felt that this episode produced the best performance yet: an Adele mash-up of Cold Shoulder/Someone Like You

I Kissed a Girl

This episode centers around Santana's rage and her need to accept who she is. Further her friends from both New Directions and Troubletones try to give her the courage she needs to tell her family. So they team up in the old choir room and spend the week singing "Lady Music" after Finn saves her from suspension. In the end she finally thanks him and tells her family; her parents accept it but her Grandma disowns her.

Oh and Rachel stuffs the ballot box, in an attempt to help Kurt win the election. This leads to Kurt being in trouble but Rachel steps up and takes her punishment.

3.3 Asian F & 3.4 Pot of Gold

Asian F

Glee took a break after airing Asian F and in turn I have been lacking in reporting (blogging) on anything. Now is the time to make up for that. I hope to get you all

catched up and peek your wits for sectionals.

Finally the writers made a true attempt to focus on another member's problem instead of the main drama causers. This episode was great because we got a look at Mike Chang. Everyone knows him as the loveable and talented dancer with a kicking set of abs.

As everyone is trying out for the musical Brittany has decided that she is also a "unicorn" or magical and therefore has tossed her hat in the rink for senior class president against Kurt. And when Mercedes steps up and tries out for Maria (the lead in West Side Story), Rachel decides to also toss her hat in the ring.

Back to what made the episode so interesting, Mike's struggle between his dream and what his father has planned for him. His dad wants him to quit Glee club and give up on dancing and focus on school. In the end Mike skips a tutoring session and shows his Mom

what it means to follow your dreams. Mike lands not only a part in the play but a singing part due to his hard work and passion for dancing.

Of course there was bigger drama than Mike having to lie to his parent's Mercedes leaves New Directions after she and Rachel are asked to share the part of Maria in West Side Story. Where does she go? Shelby just happens to be looking for AMAZING voices for her group and if Mercedes is one thing she definitely can blow.

Pot of Gold

One of the Glee Project winners is written in. Hello Damian McGinty and congrats! Damian plays Rory Flananigan, a sweet Irish who is friendless and just like any other teenage boy. He tricks Brit into thinking he's a lepachraun so that he can see her "pot of gold," along the way he makes friends with Finn and is inaugurated into the glee club after...drum roll please, Santana and Brit defect to the new group. For those of you who missed it, Rachel's birth mother Shelby is back in town and has open her home up to Puck and Quinn (who is back to her natural hair color), so that they can be a part of their daughter's life. Of course Quinn takes this as an opportunity to prove that Shelby is an unfit mother and a chance to get Beth back.

Anyways so Mercedes has joined the rogue group after she unfairly was asked to share the part with Rachel when she clearly was better during try outs. Also during this episode to uplift the spirits of the group. Blaine not only sings "TGIF" by Katy Perry but he brings his own flair to it. Blaine is the king of Katy Perry's repertoire.

The last thing you need to know, Kurt's dad saves the play and in turn becomes the candidate that Mr Schue was looking for along. Yep, that's right it's a face off between Sue and Burt!

3.1 The Purple Piano Project

Last Week, Fox made gleekers happy!!!

The gang returned with the same agenda. Make it and win Nationals. "The kiss that missed" cannot happen again nor will it stop this gang of misfits. To encourage sign ups Mr Schue refurbished and brought in 3 purple pianos.


The challenge, whenever they see a purple piano they are suppose to break out in performance. Of course this catches the unwanted attention of Sue Sylvester. Who is one running for a Congressional Chair....of course she becomes inspired to take a stand against musical education at public schools and well once again Schuester and her are enemies.

Onto the juicy stuff. Kurk gets his boyfriend, Blaine, to leave the Werbols and join New Directions. And this leads to jealous in Finn. Why?

Let's face it Blaine is talented, and has the stage presence to pull off Lead Male in the glee club. Finn is not a complete idiot. Now while the gang has gained a member they also loose a member due to unloyalty. Santana follows Sue order to destroy the purple pianos and as a result Mr Schue, has had enough and dismisses her from the club.


He also faces his own struggle turning away a truly horrible student. So the club is still down three, they've lost Zezis, Sam and Quinn. Quinn has had a complete makeover and hangs with the skanks. Let's just say she's gone to a dark place where singing is not a priority.


Finally, after seeing the glory of NY Kurt and Rachel can't wait to live out their dreams and have cocked a plan to go to Julliard together and live in the Big City. The only problem is that Julliard doesnt have a Musical Theatre program. But that doesn't stop them with the help of Emma Pilsbury, now Mr Schue's live in girlfriend!!--they find another school with a great program and decide to get to work and meet the competition. Which turns out to identical to them and have way more experiences in theatre.

At first they are stopped dead in their tracks but with some pep talk and never say die attitude, they decide to work even harder and Kurt is running for Junior Class President. The club also decides to put on a family friendly musical--West Side Story.

This year should be an interesting one. Also--speaking of class standings, this is the last year for many of the glee kids. So who are the seniors? We've got the recently transferred Blaine; Santana and Brittany (maybe); Popular, then Pregnant to Punk Quinn; Adorable Mike Chang. Utterly lost Finn and the over-achieving Rachel who has the perfect plan for her future.






Competition, Relationships and Hilarity what more could a fan ask for....

GG's Fall TV Schedule

Hey guess who's back, participating with the team!

Yup it's GG, and my apologies but Grad school can be a quelcher of time

Anywho, why am I back at my keyboard?

This week is the second week of premiers, technically, but this is when Fall TV dramas, comedies and new series start peeking out their yellowed eyes from hidden caves.

Up first, tonight How I Met Your Mother, tonight on CBS at 8. All the fans are dying know how Barney is transformed and who is ends up marrying? Will it be Nora, the cute British and extremely forgiving girl, or Robyn whom we all know of love, despite her gun toting ways. Or possibly someone new?

The Dunphees are back on Wednesday. Modern Family airs on ABC at 9. They will be vying for American eyeballs all over the country with the cast of gLee! I am super excited for gLee, even though golden locks Sam is not returning for us to see the romantic endeavours between him and Mercedes. But don't fret Mercedes still has a r omantic interest this Wednesday night. Another great thing to look forward to is the gLee Project winners! I am soooooo excited for Colin and Sam, I cannot wait to see what roles the writers come up with for them.

On Thursday viewers can look forward to The Office and finding out who the new boss will be. Creed will end up burning down the building if he is in power for too long. Plus we always have sweet, ever cute Jam!

Of course that's not all I'll be watching. There are a couple of new series I am interested in this fall.

Revenge and Once Upon a Time have caught my eyes. Their advertisers can give themselves a pat on the back. I'm a sucker for drama, mystery and fairy tales. That last one Disney can take all the credit, all that I have my bitter moments, way deep down I'm a sucker for happy endings.

Revenge airs this Wednesday night, (I'll be doing a lot of cyber watching). And Once Upon a Time doesn't air until October 23rd. Speaking of premiers in the distant future. Returning this fall for a seventh season is Bones.

Unfortunately we'll have to wait til November to see all the new hurtles Booth and Bones have to overcome as a couple, parents and partners! It should be an interesting season. Congrats to Emily Deschancel for her real life pregnancy--it's worth waiting a couple extra months. Anxiously awaiting November 3

Psych returns October 12, and man I sooooo miss my Shawn and Gus with all their hijinks and humorous ways. They are such characters.

Chuck comes back for it's fifth and final season, October 21. I am glad to for the closure we'll recieve but I will certainly miss Zach and his weekly appearances on my television. I do have to say that I am quite worried even a little frightened to see what occurs with Morgan as the intersect, but we'll be getting a close up view into Chuck's struggles with starting his own business and Casey will finally get some love :P

Oh 2009!

It's that time again! Yes, 2009 is over but it still had some memorable and amazing discoveries.

1. gLee!
So awesome and amazing. I love every moment of it and can not wait til April when it returns. All I can say brilliant characters, amazing writing and the hilarious Jane Lynch. This show just speaks to all the geekiness in my soul :)

2. Bones
While it's been on air for a four previous seasons--I only discovered it this summer. And it is pure magic. I love the dynamic between Seeley Booth and Tempreance Brenan that keeps me coming back. Despite all the struggles and depressing events they have had to dealt with, there still remains magic and light in their relationship. Plus they have some widly fascinating cases and magnificient work atmosphere with interesting characters. Really its a can't miss

3. Firefly/Serenity

So I was tad late on this train but I can't believe this show only lasted a brief moment in time. I totally love all the characters and how bad Mal pretends to be when deep down he has a heart as pure as gold.

4. The Script

After fall in love with them at a Borders and the beautiful city of Ann Arbor, I don't know what to say about this duo. They got me through some exercises or just times when I want mellow out. I love these guys and can't wait to hear more of there amazing songs. Song that just hit the heart in all the right places.

5. Katy Perry

While everyone thinks Lady Gaga is where it's at, but I really love the majority of the stuff that Katy Perry writes. A lot of her metaphors are just right. Anyways, she one of my fave new artist of the year. Plus she used Matt Dallas in my sad song of the year (Thinking of You), can't get better than that :P

6. Star Trek

So, this was my movie of the summer. I don't even know why I like it so much. All I can say is that it was refreshing and a nice surprise. I guess I went in thinking that I could just stare at the beautiful Chris Pine if it was a total slump, but in the end I fell in love with the franchise that had been set up and truly enjoyed the plot.

7. The Hangover

This had to be by far the best comedy of the year and every single actor that participated in this piece was brilliant, even down to the lost groom. Seriously there were some shining moments and it was just a one of the more creative concepts presented to the public this summer. Best moment had to be when the guy jumped out of the trunk, like some kind of mountain lion. LOL.

Goodbyes

1. Kyle XY

It was super hard for me to say goodbye to this show. And a lot anomisity came from within when I heard the disgraceful news, because I truly loved this show. I really thought it to be unique and original and I guess that's what the problem was unfortunately, people seem to like to watch the same old junk. But that's life and I truly wish the best for the cast and crew. And I guess I'll cross my fingers for a movie

2. BSG

What can I say?? Battlestar Galactica, made me the sci-fi junky that I am today. Seriously, it washed away all my preconceived notions of what science fiction meant and I loved the story it told, even though at the end it got a bit forced with the images of robotics in our culture. But serious props to the creator, writers and actors of this great adventure!

Middle aged teachers have their problems too

1.3 Acafellas
When Will feels a lack of confidence in his masculinity he starts an acapella group with some other pretty lame guys from work. Literally the idea is birthed in the break room, when they're celebrating the return of the shop teacher who lost both his thumbs! I swear, this show totally brilliant.

The lack of confidence started at home and then Rachel added to it, questioning his ability to lead the group to sectionals. When his group becomes a hit, sparks increase between him and Emma. And awareness levels rise between his wife and Ken, Emma new boyfriend. With Schuester gone the kids have times to themselves while Rachel becomes preoccupied with finding obtaining a professional choreographer if they're going to get anywhere. And the Cheerios use the opportunity to start some drama. Mercedes is a teengage girl in high school and as a result she feels that she's missing something. A boyfriend. So, when Kurt gives her some attention. The girls convince her that he likes her and she could make it more than friends. She decides to take they advice even though Rachel tells her he plays for the other team. So, while at the carwash, yet another idea from the Cheerios, she confronts him about her feelings for him and he in turn lies and says he's into someone else. So she bust the windows out his car.
While feelings get hurt, Kurt and Mercedes make up and are back to friends and well the choreographer---doesn't work out.

Did they really just do that?

1.2 "Showmance"
So, now that Mr. Schuester is back on board, there still is the issue of not having enough kids in Glee club to compete in sectionals! So everyone is all a twitter about performing in front of the school. While Rachel is concerned about sing an oldie that won't resonate with the audience and Finn is concerned about his image. While Mr. Schuester gets a second job, as the janitor, Rachel circumvents his decision and decides that what the kids in school care about is sex. So, when the school assembly comes together Glee club performs "Push It" by Salt and Peppa. To say the least the performance wasn't all that kosher...


And it turns out to be a big hit with the crowd, but everything has consequences and so with a push from Sue. Prinicpal Figgins decides that the answer is to have a song list with only admirable clean lyrics. Sue decides that this isn't enough and she gets some her Cheerios to join as spies. While Quinn may act like she's there for Sue, she's there to spy on Rachel and Finn.

A show to Love

gLee! It's a amazing! At first glance it may seem like a spinoff of HSM, but it's way better! It starts with this teacher, Mr. Schuester who decides the take on the project of the Glee club, after they lose their former teacher to weed. He is determined to make that club the champion of the school. After auditions he realizes that he needs a strong male lead, and this is where he does the first of questionable things, he recruits Finn, the quarterback by saying he found drugs in his locker!
Mr. Schuester strives for survival of the club and meets resistance from multiple levels while having to deal with some real personalities. Every group has a diva and in this there's two. Rachel, who seeks the limelight and makes daily updates to her MySpace page showcasing her talent and Mercedes, who is a Beyonce and not the destiny's child. Finn, the guy who likes to sing but is afraid of what others in the high school caste system my think or say. There's also Tina, the emo stutterer with low confidence, Kurt the fashionably gay guy and Artie, the kid on wheels who is musically talented. Of course we can't forget Sue Sylvester (40 year old virgin), who is the coach of the Cherios, and definitely a little crazy. She brings the randomness to the show.

Relationships. Every show has them, while Mr. Schuester is married he is involved is some romance himself. Emma, the germaphob guidance counselor has a major crush on him--and while neither of them really try to do anything about it they have their moments. In my opinon it could be classified as an escalated Jim/Pam situation. The second romance arises between Finn and Rachel--the queen of Glee, who gets some kind of drink spilled on her everyday. The problem here is that at first Rachel is fully into Finn although he's dating the head cheerleader Quinn. Well when Rachel helps Finn with his skills after Mr. Schuester plans to quit when he finds out that his wife is pregnant and they will need a higher income, they end up sharing a kiss that leads to an amazing perfomance by Lea Michele as Rachel singing "Take a Bow." And no lie its way better than Rihanna's version, how sad is that.
With all the comedy and minor drama and amazing talent it's hard not watch!