The same scene also introduced the audience to Blaine (Darren Criss), quite probably the long-rumored love interest for Kurt. The bond between the two was instant, and it's a light at the end of the tunnel for long-suffering Kurt. Criss impressed audiences and producers alike, and is already being wooed to upgrade to series regular, likely to kick in at the start of season three next fall, which is already ordered.
The third thread of the homosexual plot involved a school bully who has been picking on Kurt. To be honest, I couldn't tell if it was one of the same guys who has slammed Kurt into lockers before or not. It's always possible that he could be Kurt's love interest instead of Blaine, but I doubt it. There could have been an interesting story there, but with Glee's already huge ensemble, it's probably better that the guy just disappeared into the background.
In other news, Puck (Mark Salling) made his not-so-triumphant return after spending the last two episodes in juvie. Before the ending credits, he was already facing serious trouble, including a return to lockup. Seeing Puck the rebel was a departure from the tough guy who came off as almost sweet last year as he tried to step up and take responsibility as a father. It was an unfortunate backslide, and one I hope will be corrected. Unless they're just ready to dump someone from the cast, and he's the choice. I'd be OK with that, as it's got to happen no later than the end of the season, but I'd miss him.
Speaking of the too-large group of players, will they ever reveal what grade the students are in? I'm guessing that since Mike Chang (Harry Shum Jr.) remains the only original club member not a series regular, he's a senior. Someone has to graduate. I find it semi-believable that everyone returned for season two (except one guy, who was said to move, not graduate), but surely they were not all freshmen? Puck, Artie (Kevin McHale), and Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz) are the primary candidates in my mind. I'm not really ready to let go of anyone else. They cannot all possibly return for season three, unless the show follows them to college. Which would be awesome, but again, way too many people to share screen time already, and a new setting, with inevitable new characters, would just add to the mess.
Article comments
1 - ormac
Yes, the bully is the same who has been torturing Kurt, and throwing slushies in the faces of the rest of the club since season 1. Nice continuity touch.
2 - tcg
Yes, true fans have always known the names of Karofsky and Azimio... where was Azimio anyway?
3 - gaby
I think you are wrong!!!! the pair kurt/karofsky is perfect drama material
4 - pb
Kurt has the same flared nostril heavy breathing face in every scene he does. Its hard to watch - storyline ok but not well-executed. Kinda like Quinn's eye squinty/eye roll low-talking thing or Will's 'wow' reaction to every performance. Or tina's 'I'm about to throw up face'. I guess they all sort of make the same face every single episode. Time to take a break from glee I guess...getting too cynical
5 - Kellijomomma
I agree with you that the show context should be more accurate. I, too, was surprised to see that my hometown. Westerville, was mentioned as nearby to the school. The buses in the parking lot say "Lima". Great article!
6 - Alex
The fact that you choose to mention the distance inaccuracy between both schools in a show where a high school glee club is comprised of students in their 20s, doing performances that would cost in the thousands to produce, with auto-tuned voices and magic band members that appear and disappear at will is kind of funny.
I would estimate an extremely small minority of the Glee viewers even know that those are real towns in Ohio and an even smaller portion would care whether they were portrayed with a geographically accurate distance from each other.