When television shows tackle subjects such as religion, I always find that it is either a hit or a miss. Usually, for me, it is a miss. For a show to address religion is like a Christmas special or the Queen's Christmas message. It always happens, and most of the time I don't pay all that much attention to it.
However, Glee's episode "Grilled Cheesus" is a bullseye. The songs were amazing and I fell even more in love with Chris Colfer and Kurt Hummel. His rendition of "I Want To Hold Your Hand" caused me to tear up and want to hug my dog. I'm not a huge Beatles fan, but I automatically bought both the original Beatles version as well as the Glee version of the song as soon as it was available. It is clear why Chris Colfer was nominated for an Emmy now.
I have to admit I was bored with Finn's storyline in this episode. Usually I find him adorable and dorky, but I found myself just getting mad at his selfishness during the episode. But I guess that could be seen as the point of the storyline. Finn praying to a burnt Jesus on a grilled cheese sandwich for superficial things such as winning a football game (Granted, the football team has only won one other game), touching Rachel's boobs and becoming quarterback again. Even Puck of all people seemed more mature than Finn in this episode. Puck hasn't had that many scenes so far this season, so I am hoping for an episode that has a lot of him coming up soon. Fingers cross that he doesn't have a shirt on.
The unsung hero of this episode, however, is Burt Hummel. Mike O'Malley had only a handful of lines, but he commanded my attention whenever he was on screen, even if he was simply lying in a coma in his hospital bed. I'm very glad that Ryan Murphy and the PTB have made Mike a regular cast member.
The only thing I am going to say about Rachel is that she needs to eat a sandwich Or six. I wouldn't mind seeing less of Rachel for a few episodes, frankly. Maybe I am just put off by Lea Michele's reported off-set diva antics.
Hits:
- Puck singing "Only The Good Die Young" by Billy Joel. Despite not being the lead male voice in the Glee club, Puck does have the strongest voice. Plus anyone who sings Billy Joel is amazing in my books.
- Mercedes' adorable "Hey, Church!". It's little things like that that I love about this show.
- Lea Michele singing "Papa, Can You Hear Me?". While I'm not Team Rachel ... Man, does Lea have some pipes on her! Loved the poncho, very suitable.
- One of the things I was looking forward to about this episode was Cory Monteith singing "Losing My Religion". I was not disappointed at all.
- The scene with Sue and Jeanie was heart-wrenchingly sweet. I'm glad that they've allowed there to be an outlet for people to remember that Sue is a person and not just a track suit wearing, zippy one-liner machine.
- Not enough Sam. There can never be enough Sam.
- Rachel's bangs need to go.
- I wish they had explained how Kurt's mother had died. Or have they? I'm not sure.
Four out of four flying teapots.
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