Glee Episode V: The Sylvester Strikes Back - - - Part 12

[Sawyer]

Darren on Web Therapy:
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This was Tina's endgame.

 

[Primal Slayer]

Rewatching "Diva" right now and geez what a mess of an episode. 5 different storylines going on in 1 episode is never a smart idea. Couldve been such a good Santana centric episode but no they had to bog it down with storylines that didnt need to be there.

 

[Sawyer]

Genuinely all I remember about that episode is my lol'ing at Tina mistakenly thinking her bad attitude makes her a true diva.

 

[Schlosser85]

That was also the Vapo-Rape episode (shudders).

I love how they played it off like it was harmless. Just try to imagine people's reactions if Blaine had done something like that to Tina, or to Sam for that matter, or if any man had done it to any woman.

 

[Sawyer]

Eh. It was crossing the line, but I don't think it was a huge offense. I mean, it's not like she waited until the middle of the night, climbed through his bedroom window wearing a ski-mask and did it...

Then again, she did have to unbutton his shirt to do it...

Alright, she's crazy.

 

[Sawyer]

Remember way back when, when the writers were going to do a Sue Sylvester autobiography? And then spent the next three seasons chipping away at her character to the point that, even if they ever released one, I'd never want to pick it up?

Thanks for saving me $20, writers.

 

[SpideyFan866]

Man. Looking back..... this was a horrible season of Glee.

I can't think of one thing I liked about it.

The Catfish storyline was the final nail in the coffin.

 

[Primal Slayer]

I can think of little things but yeah overall I didn't enjoy it that much.

 

[SpideyFan866]

I can think of little things but yeah overall I didn't enjoy it that much.

Ryder, Kitty, and the Catfish storyline was the only thing I liked.... up until they revealed the Catfish.

Talk about going with the MOST OBVIOUS choice.

 

[Sawyer]

Some things are obvious for a reason.

 

[Primal Slayer]

It's sad that Glee could be such a good show but has the most unimaginative writers ever.

 

[Schlosser85]

I actually thought this season had a little string of pretty solid episodes from Dynamic Duets up to Sectionals. I actually liked Finn directing New Directions. I'm not Finn's biggest fan (and while they made him take one step forward and two steps back by suddenly turning into a mob enforcer on Brody....and having "independent diva" Rachel find it dashing, like a damsel in distress in a fairy tale castle), but he ran ND better than Will (hell, Blaine and Sam ran it better than Will), not to mention acted like twice the adult in the whole Emmagate fiasco.

Even the Grease episodes weren't bad, and the Christmas episode was better than the ones they've done before. The Break-Up was pretty well-done, despite what I find as the contrived cheating plot line, and the phone call between Kurt and Blaine on Thanksgiving was easily one of the best-acted scenes of the season. Ryder is much better than the other Glee Project characters and Blake Jenner is a better actor.

It was after Christmas when stuff really got stupid, with Brody getting thrown under the bus, introducing Adam when they never lifted a finger to even pretend to actually care about him, having Blaine crush on Sam and Tina crush on Blaine, etc.

And then the double whammy of two "Very Special Episodes", one PSA about school shootings, and one about child molestation (brought up in one episode and never mentioned again). Just further evidence that Murphy somewhere along the way became completely obsessed with having Glee address every social issue in existence at some point or another, and his need to have every "shocking" episode top the one before.

And then I think Cory's unexpected absence the last few episodes blew a hole in their plans and they had to whip something else together on the fly, and the last few episodes feel like a jumbled, slapped together mess. Damn, we've got episode to fill...let's sing "At the Ballet" for half an hour!

All this "climaxed"...or more accurately just paused...in the most anti-climactic season finale ever, with Blaine's ridiculous proposal storyline whipped up as (very) contrived melodrama.

The funniest part is the writers actually seem to think stuff like the Catfish and Blaine's proposal are these rivetingly suspenseful cliffhangers, while most people couldn't care less.

 

[Sawyer]

There's only one pair on this show that I give a **** about anymore. And their name is Slaine.

 

[Schlosser85]

I prefer Blam.

 

[Sawyer]

Slaine makes it sound more badass IMO.

 

[Schlosser85]

I do find it cute how Darren's so small Chord can just hold him in his arms like a little kid.

 

[Primal Slayer]

aww now my Slaine/Blam shipper heart is slightly aching.

 

[Schlosser85]

 

[Sawyer]

They're literally the only pair that is still tolerable at this point.

 

[Primal Slayer]

It sucks that all the people I ship for Sam cant be in relationships with him and making interesting/aww worthy moments with.

 

[Schlosser85]

IMO Chord has more chemistry with Darren than he has with any girl they've tried to pair him up with.

Also, Darren "clicks" with Chord a lot more than he does with Jenna when they try to force Blina (?) down our throats. Maybe because Darren and Chord are friends IRL.

 

[Sawyer]

I really hope that they can be like the platonic OTP of this show. Murphy is as bad with the character friendships as he is with the romantic relationships. Mercedes was tossed aside as Kurt's BFF as soon as Kurt started being able to tolerate Rachel's presence, Finn/Puck is spotty, Artie rotates through BFFs like crazy, Jake and Ryder are boring together... it's nonsense.

 

[Schlosser85]

Yea I really hope Murphy doesn't screw Blam/Slaine up. They were really one of the bright spots this season, even when Murphy whiplashed Blaine's character all over the place by having him crush on Sam, then jump into bed with Kurt, then sing a love song to Sam, then want to marry Kurt...

 

[Primal Slayer]

I think Chord had plenty of chemistry with Naya but they had to go ruin Samtana.

 

[Schlosser85]

And retconned her into having always hated him (and Sam always having had a thing for Brittany, even when he was dating Quinn and Mercedes, which apparently now never happened...)