Gleekonomics

Glee hits the right emotional notes in its series finale, but fails to entirely stick the landing, which is par for the show.

Glee falls short of an emotionally satisfying penultimate episode by ignoring what would be natural endings to this season's arcs.

Glee half-heartedly, but enjoyably, tries to explain Sue Sylvester, while Rachel contemplates a selfish move, and two rivals come together.

"Child Star" is a predictable look at the new New Directions that somehow also hits some of the right emotional notes. Or maybe the impending end is just making me soft on Glee.

"A Wedding" is full of holes, but it's hard to care this close to the end, when the fun and emotional are coming at high levels.

Glee gets things together in a moving episode that has a few plot holes, but not too many.

"Glee" returns to goodness with a Burt Bacharach-infused hour reviving dreams and attempting to heal familial conflict.

Glee fails miserably in this two-part episode that tosses realism and consistency out the window.

Glee mixes good music into weak mashups and mingles excellent story with inconsistent plot in this middling episode, "Jagged Little Tapestry."

Glee's final season begins strong emotionally, even if some of the songs falter and it isn't very realistic.