Glee TV Guide: More from Rachel and Mr. Schu

This week may not have been the most exciting episode of Glee, but we did get a surplus of facial expressions that would make Jake Gyllenhaal’s Oscar snapshots look normal. Mr. Schuester decides to pair up the group and have each couple sing a ballad that expresses their feelings accurately. One by one, the fates decide each pairing as names are chosen from a hat. Mr. Schu gets stuck with Rachel who suggests they perform a rendition of Endless Love to demonstrate the essence of a ballad. Rachel subsequently reveals her best attempt at crazy eyes – that 17-year-old schoolgirl in love with her teacher look – while Schu wards off her advances with some of his own ‘what the hell is going on’ type looks.

After Rachel gives Mr. Schu a tie as a gift, we get a little background into the story of Suzy Pepper, the awkward girl at school complete with just about every nerdy accessory sans the wiring for her teeth. After spending some quality time stalking Mr. Schuester and calling his house in the middle of the night, Schu finally tells Suzy that there cannot be anything between them. Suzy then takes action in the only possible way – by eating the hottest pepper around thus burning holes in her esophagus. In order to escape the past repeating itself, Schu mashes up Young Girl and Don’t Stand So Close to Me to perform for Rachel while Emma tags along to explain any confusion behind his message. Unfortunately, Emma spends the length of the song with a limp jaw (Maybe a bit of drool?) and eyes wider than this little guy proving to be essentially useless.

The next couple is Finn and Kurt. If we thought Rachel had some crazy facial distortions, Kurt’s uncomfortable staring at Finn is twice as difficult to watch. We begin to really feel the conflict that Finn feels (Who knew the kid had genuine feeling within?) in not telling both his and Quinn’s parents about the pregnancy issue. Although I wouldn’t say that it is under his own terms that Finn lets his own mother know about what is going on (Really, man? Caught singing to a sonogram on your computer? There is so much I could say to that kid, but it would almost certainly become more inappropriate than Kurt’s dreams), he does decide, with the support of Kurt, to tell Quinn’s parents.

It is during a small dinner with Quinn and her parents that Finn decides to bust out Paul Anka’s (a little too literal?) title Having My Baby. It seems that awkward moments became the common theme of this particular episode of Glee. Watching Quinn’s father slowly realize the message behind the song is priceless. It’s like a Catholic father realizing his daughter, the celibacy club president, is pregnant (Oh…Wait…). Quinn’s mother, the typical Stepfordy wife, is unable to backup her daughter when her overbearing daddy decides to throw Quinn out of the house. More to come with the hot tub couple to come…

glee1Terri, unfortunately, gets her five minutes of irritating airtime as she does her best to take advantage of the naiveté of Rachel by allowing her to cook and clean. While driving Rachel home, Schu quickly cuts off Rachel from singing Crush. (I’m thinking that producers began to realize that enough was enough for awkward situations and even more awkward facial expressions.

Eventually we learn that the group is going to sing for Quinn and Finn to show their support, which turns into a solid routine (Mainly by Artie) of Lean On Me. However, what was really eye opening was the fact that Puck revealed to Mercedes that he was the real father. But Mercedes reacts like it is just another piece of Glee Club Gossip and suggests he keep it to himself because Quinn has chosen Finn. Ummmm does anyone else think that advice like that is more immoral than Sue’s Cheerios workout or what?

Can somebody tell me when “the other Asian kid” (Mike Chang) going to get his shining moment?

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