Fans of Glee have often wondered when Rachel's dads might be cast and shown on screen. They are, in fact, shown in picture form in "Pilot." They are a geeky looking white guy with glasses and a tall, African American. If her dads do end up on screen, it may cause slight outcry from diehards if these two actors are not used, but just from the picture, it's not clear if they are any good or not. At best, they look like a big ball of cheese, which would not be totally out of line with the series.
For those who wonder why so many musicians hang around the New Directions and play for them all the time, Artie mentions he plays guitar in the jazz band (wtf?!), and that is why they show up in the "Pilot," and presumably, almost every week after. Though Artie's love of jazz or participation in the instrumental group is never mentioned again.
The only real inconsistency complaint "Pilot" deserves is that not all of the recurring characters appear where they should be. Quinn is followed around by Santana (Naya Rivera), but even in the larger Cheerio scenes, there is not one glimpse of Brittany (Heather Morris).
Similarly, there are many shots of the football players, but Mike Chang (Harry Shrum Jr.), Matt (Dijon Talton), Dave Karofsky (Max Adler), and Azimio (James Earl) are not in any of them. Maybe, going by later dialogue, there is a disease keeping Brittany and all the football players she recently slept with at home?
A wonderful pilot setting up beautifully what will become a much better show. Glee will return to FOX this fall.
Article comments
1 - Barbara
Oh, I love it that you're doing this. It just might make me rewatch season 1 all over again. Anyway, I'd like to give my input on some of your opinions or doubts:
- Maybe Will held auditions for the club again because it actually ended and he had to restart it again as New Directions, therefore having to recruit new members, even if most of the old ones didn't want to come back.
- I don't think Rachel's emotional show, as you put it, to fire Sandy Ryerson is not out of character or cruel at all for her. We've seen many times that, even if she is a good person, her goals of stardom often blind her from good judgment and makes her do some awful thins such as sending Sunshine to the crack house later on.
- While on Will's case it might be somewhat out of character for him to plant the weed in Finn's locker, it was a good example as to the lenghts he would have to go to to make the star quarterback actually stay in his Gleeclub - which he really needed, for the male lead.
- Also, on a side note, both situations are bizarre and funny in a way that helped set the tone for the whole show.
- Last but not least, the explanation as to why Mike, Brittany, Matt, Karofsky or Azimio are absent from the pilot is because it was actually shot months before being picked up by Fox and only moths after that they begun shooting the first 13 episodes, where those characters were created and introduced.
Ok, I don't even know if I could express myself clearly, but I hope I helped and I'll try to follow all of your next reviews for the following episodes.
2 - Juliana Marques
Cool. I Like your review and I'll enjoy reliving the first season with you ;)
I read that when they shot the pilot Heather and the others had not been cast yet.
(sorry for my bad English I'm not fom US)
3 - Juliana Marques
Since we're talking about the pilot, I think I like more the screener version everything does make more sense with the scenes that they cut included.
if anyone want to see here is the link :)
4 - Jerome Wetzel
Barbara - Good point about Rachel's treatment of Sunshine! I had forgotten just how badly she wrong her! I do understand the limits of shooting schedules, especially with pilots, but that doesn't stop me from wishing this giant continuity error didn't exist.
Juliana - Exactly. See what I said to Barbara. :) The pilot on the DVD is the Director's Cut, so it has the deleted scenes added in. Or at least, a few, but it's longer than the other episodes.
Episode 2 review should be done this weekend! Thanks for joining me!
5 - Juliana Marques
Jerome - the screener version has more scenes like in the begin is not the Cheerios practicing is the old glee club on Nationals, with a young Will Schuester :)
6 - Jerome Wetzel
Wow! I've never seen that one! That would be cool!
7 - jay
You need to further yourself from what you have seen already. This was the pilot of course all the secondary characters such as the Cheerios and Football players will not be present. The pilot sets up the premise and the 3 main stars storyline.
And really after all the continituy erros on glee as long as Rachel's has a black dad and a jewish looking dad people will adjust.
8 - frank
It isn't a continuity error not to have some of the football players no tin the pilot. It is just the way pilots work. Sometime major parts are recasted.
The sceener is better.
As far as Rachel goes she usually has multiple reason for her actions. This time she wanted the solo and she knew Sandy was creppy. When she sent Sunshine to an inactive crack house she was scared of her talent and getting the solos but also Sunshine taking her place in the glee club the only place Rachel has. When she told Finn about the baby it was because she thought he should know but also to gain points with Finn.