Season 3 - Episode 4
Sky 1 (UK)
The first season of Glee was a refreshing take on the tried and tested American high school show. The songs were good, the characters were good and it had a good underlying story. Season two was an utter mess, with some good episodes thrown in the mix, but being pretty bad in general. Season three started so promisingly with "The Purple Piano Project", but the two follow up episodes failed to capitalise on the strong premiere. Could the show return from the baseball break with better momentum?
In a word, no. This was quite frankly awful. They introduced an Irish character who said "top o' the morning" and dressed exclusively in green. To make matters worse, they made him sing a Kermit the Frog song. No jokes. There's a second Glee club at the school now, with neitehr of them having enough members to compete (I know this because it was a MAJOR plot point in season one). Quinn now wants her baby back, and tries to sabotage Shelby, the baby's adoptive mum, Rachel's biological mum and oh yeah, now a teacher at McKinley. Kurt's dad, Burt decides to run against Sue for Congress (the scene where Burt and Mr Schue, now inexplicably best friends, win back the school musical with the help of some local funeral directors was about the only highlight of the episode mind you) despite having a dodgy heart. And then the episode closes with Puck and Shelby making out. That is Puck, the accidental father of Quinn/Shelby's baby, making out with Shelby, the adopted mother of his child. And oh yeah, A FUCKING TEACHER.
Honestly, this was just dreadful. In amongst needlessly shoehorning as many songs as possible into episodes, characters change personality from episode to episode as it suits them, and plots are feverously rushed. Glee could have been great. Instead it's fallen into a rut that it really needs to get out of. Bad episodes (such as the shocking "Rocky Horror" tribute) can be excused if they're infrequent. Not if they're every week.
* 1/2
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