ladyoflisquill | Glee 218: Born This Way (Reply)

I feel like I've been waiting forever for this episode...

The things that stood out for me were...
1. Kurt's rendition of "As If We Never Said Goodbye". It gave me chills and tears and made me sooo happy to have him back in McKinley. That song could have been written for this moment it was so perfect.

2. Mike & TIna continue to be awesome. I mean how have they become this amazing couple right under our noses. Schue having to pull them apart when they started kissing had me LOLing.

Now onto the rest of the show. (In no particular order)

I heard the recording of "I Feel Pretty/Unpretty" already and I have to say I kinda loved it. Its the first song of Rachel's that I've liked in a long time and the first ever Quinn song that I would actually listen to again. I think it really suited her.

Warblers being AWESOME as usual. I just love that they so easily loved Kurt and are not afraid to show it. Can we have a show set in Dalton please? I don't want to leave those boys alone.

Is it bad that I really liked Santana in this episode? I mean she's hot like burning but apart from that she's just trying to figure it out like everyone else, she's just a bitch while doing it. Best Line Ever "The only straight I am is straight up bitch!" Booo yah! Seeing her sitting unhappy with Karofsky at the end though = :(

Britney totally schooled Santana as well. It is kinda getting on my nerves that Santana is all I SAID I LOVED YOU. NOW SAY IT BACK!

I cheered on everything Lauren (and Puck) said and did this episode UNTIL the shit she pulled on Quinn. That was just wrong and I really didn't expect Lauren to do anything like that. I did like that it prompted a display of vulnerability in Quinn that we hadn't seen before. Three dimensional characters are good. I'm just gonna hand wave the retro-active back story for Quinn, okay? Okay.

I wanted to hug Blaine when he finished singing because he looked so broken. Whatever he said about still seeing Kurt he knows it's not going to be the same BUT it does mean we may get to see Blaine out of his uniform... blinks... no, that's not what I meant. I meant in a non-school setting. IN casual clothes. Oh god, I'm stopping now.

That Barbra Streisand song always annoyed me and I couldn't really see how it would make Rachel feel better. :/

Emma, oh my dear girl. I would hug her too if I thought she would let me. I feel like in this episode they are starting to deal with her OCD in a way more than just the comic relief element from earlier episode. Before it was always this quirky thing but now, oh lord, finally we get a proper discussion about mental health. And let me stress this, NOT from Will. As for as I'm concerned he fucked up royally. His whole pull yourself together attitude and nearly forcing the unwashed fruit on her made me really really uncomfortable. I've mentioned this before but mental health is not as simple as "here is the problem, now lets move on". People are not "cured". I know from personal experience that with work and help it can get better but it rarely just goes away and I felt Will's reaction was not only insensitive but downright insulting. Anyway I really hope they follow through on this story line properly but it's Glee so who know.

I don't know who played the therapist, I feel like I should know her, but she was brilliant.

I was trying to see what their t-shirt said at the end but don't think I caught them all. Will have to look for screen caps, me thinks.Though Schue having Butt Chin on his shirt made NO sense to me at all. I was expecting something about the fact that his hair looks like pubes, or that he's a crappy teacher. I mean seriously he talks a lot of talk but those kids have taught themselves all the lessons they've learned.

We only saw a glimpse of Burt in this episode, a fantastic glimpse, but I want MORE.

Now we have to talk about Karofsky (which I had to learn to spell because I cannot call him Dave, IDEK). So here's the thing, Santana's plan is kinda brilliant. Yeah it's not coming from an altruistic place in her but if it works it means Kurt can be happy at McKinley for the first time ever. Karofsky can learn to be something other than a bully and have people around him who LIKE him for him not be afraid of him or admire him because he's a jock. He can learn to be the nice guy we saw glimpses of in this episode. He can get educated. OR it could ultimately lead him to freak out even more. Make no mistake he is still being pushed into this situation and whether that is by Kurt knowing he is gay or Santana using that knowledge, he is in a situation that he does not control. The most dangerous thing you can do to anyone is take their power away.

ETA: And Puck's love of Jewish girls was really adorable. I feel like he's growing a lot in the last few episodes.