Oh, and Mr. Shu....he went from very enthusiastic teacher to HUGE creep fast. The crap being written for Matthew Morrison... I don't even know how he can deliver his lines with a straight face anymore! Everything he says is a cheesy cliche that has more place on an early 90's episode of "Save By The Bell", or something so borderline inappropriate for a teacher to say that my skin crawls...
I miss the Matthew Morrison/Mr. Shu that rapped to "Bust a Move" while he explained why that music was cool to his clueless students...
We get it, Ryan Murphy...you are "down" with the hot-button issues...but why are you turning Glee into a giant PSA?! The first season was witty, interesting and an interesting way to turn merge a TV show with a musical. Now, it's like every episode is attempting to have some kind of "groundbreaking" moment. And, apparently gone are the extended story arcs, huh? I like the Joe/Quinn chemistry (save for the "I'm a devout Christian but I could possibly give up my faith to have sex with you" thing)and thought their moments were sweet, if a bit out of the blue. I also didn't mind the Kurt and Blaine stuff, because that is actually something that could happen in HS if your bf/gf is a year older and going off to college. But they seemed perfectly happy last episode so where is that coming from?
The one thing that I DID really like about his episode was Darren Criss. He is truly talented!
I fully agree with your review. And, as a practicing Christian, "Joe's" character is insulting...I agree with the commenter (Matthew) that said "...it hurts to see a bunch of characters who call themselves Christian who routinely give up their faith and principles. It seems every demographic gets a fair portrayal except Christians, and I would rather them have no characters with that faith at all than to continue time and time to show believers who abandon their beliefs at the first opportunity." The entire conversation between "Sam" and "Joe" was an attempt for RM to explain to his Christian fan-base why it's okay for them to accept all his storylines.
@BoredNow...then why bother watching?! No one is making you watch the show...yet you watch it, seek out a review to read, and then complain about how terrible it is. It's just a show. Sure it has weak points, but it's just TV...you can NOT watch, you know.
@Halee...it has been established that, in TVD lore, Vampires can't procreate "but the sure like to try".
By the way, I don't know why I feel the need to say this, but I really am not a big loser who spends all day on TV Fanatic boards..I just have no other social media access at work (thank you firewall) and this is how I spend my desk-time lunch and random moments of ADD :-/ Plus, I do love TVD so it's fun :-) If nothing else, I can marvel at how angry Bored Now gets over the show while he still continues to watch it!
...and I just think it would be so perfect so see Damon FINALLY get the girl (considering his initial heartbreak regarding Katherine, the previously unrequited love for Elena..both of whom preferred chose Stefan to love)...that Damon blamed Stefan for over a century for turning him vamp...that Stefan keeps saving Damon to try to make up for it...wouldn't him dying as a sacrifice to them both, leaving Damon to Elena, and allowing Damon to become human with her all be so poetic. I truly don't care what anyone says about the love triangle. It is the premise of the show, Julie Plec has said so, and it will be the final story line of the series. It's not going to go away, considering the original tag line/ basic premise of the show is "A high school girl is torn between two vampire brothers."
@Jane, we can only hope! I just don't want the show to go on for ages and get horrible story lines...there needs to be an endgame and I am hoping it is a Delena-turned-human one...I mean, she can't be with either unless she goes vamp or they go human, right? At some point there has to be a change. I read somewhere once that Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson already know how the series will end, so it's just about how they get there...
a vamp...the sacrifice is Stefan because he is the one that made Damon a vamp, truly go Katherine, etc...it's his final apology. End show before it "jumps the shark". There you go, Julie Plec and co, now get to it :-)
She's crying... hmmm...I am not sure about Elena as a vamp or if it's just way, way too soon...but do you think the synopsis saying that Stefan and Damon leave town but one returns when Elena needs them coupled with the shocking death no one saw coming could somehow mean that Elena turns vamp with the help of, most likely, Damon to stop Klaus from using her blood and the two spend next season dodging Klaus...and Jeremy's sacrifice or decision meant to save Elena could be helping her turn vamp or "giving her up"? That would be a good direction, maybe...Season 4: Delena running from Klaus, Stefan pining and trying to find a way to kill Klaus to bring them both home (while protecting the bloodline)... Season 5: Klaus dead but now Elena is, regrettably, a vamp...spend Season 5 figuring out how to reverse the Original spell and turn her human...somehow it results in her and one brother being able to become human and live happily ever after...that brother is Damon as he never wanted to be a vamp...the sacrifice is Stefan because he is the one that made Damon a vamp, truly go Katherine, etc...it's his final apology. End show before it "jumps the shark". There you go, Julie Plec and co, now get to it :-)
Provided it's actual Bex, then yes :-) Their exchange was sweet in the car and it was sort of heartbreaking when she told her mother "I haven't lived"...she needs some love!
More surprising: Jeremy's inability to hit a pitching machine fastball, Caroline still having Klaus' drawing or the concluding Esther reveal?
Matt, I am fairly sure that Jeremy was only compelled to think going to Colorado was a good idea...not to forget anything else, really. That said, I guess the Esther reveal was surprising but I dislike the jumping into bodies thing (now witches can do it?!), so I am not thrilled....
Is "meh" a grade? I don't love the whole ghost thing in the first place. Too easy and now, it seems, another Bonnie-saves-the-day like plot device. A way for the writers to explain things or move the story along. Plus, it takes any of the finality out of death for the characters...the stakes (pun intended) are lowered...
Ummmm...DELENA! Ian and Nina! Whatever...all I know is that I think I stopped breathing for the entire duration of that make-out session. Forwood can NEVER do that to me, despite (kind of creepy) dungeon sex.
Dan, SO agreed! That motel room scene...Damon with his shirt open...Elena all hot and bothered. Wow. I also liked the little argument Delena had, and that one moment on the phone in which Stefan contemplates the fact that his brother is in the motel with the girl he loves...
Hmmm...it makes sense that Diana is Cassie's sister based on their almost instant friendship...it's not in line with the books, really..I truly thought it would be Faye. I guess that would have been too easy, though. Also, I like Phoebe Tonkin as Faye but I can't get past the Australian/American hybrid accent that she has (likely unintentionally) created..
Am I the only one thinking the show is losing some of the awesomeness of the season's beginning...they are making it too confusing, too soon...couldn't we have explored the relationships within the circle a bit more, seen more of the elders, understood the plot of the parents before all this demon/evil bloodline stuff??
That said, I do have concerns over the direction of the show and don't think the writing and story lines are quite the same as Season 1 for sure, and even Season 2 (which got kind of muddly with the moonstone curse thing)...I really love this show and I'd hate to see it "jump the shark" or lose that awesomeness that made me a TVD fan from episode 1...
on a television show...they are not motivated by actual feelings or thoughts, only by the thoughts, feeling and whims of the writers..so why do people get so worked up about how awful "Elena" is or imagine what the characters were thinking? Sure, fans have opinions on the direction of the show and it's reasonable to analyze the choices the WRITERS make, but let's not take it out on fictional characters and speculate on why they are horrible/slutty/confused, etc...
First of all...don't these people ACTUALLY go to school anymore?! Am I the only one that misses football throwing Stefan and parties in the woods a la Season 1? Though, I guess Matt, Elena and Bonnie are technically the only ones these days that don't have another 100 chances at high school...
That said, not sure how I feel about this episode...LOVED the kiss and Delena heat, OBVIOUSLY, but getting worried about the direction this show may be taking... And where could it go if she does choose, since that is the premise of the show "girl stuck between two vampire brothers"...I bet she chooses herself...for now anyway, as a way to add drama to future seasons..
One more thing? I wonder if Storybrooke existed before the curse or if it appeared with the curse? And is there some sort of magic protecting it that prevents people from going in or out....as if it's part of our world but not REALLY part of our world?
Finally, I enjoyed seeing what lead to Rumple being so specific in his unwillingness to break deals...the one deal he broke led to the loss of his son...
Also, I do think it's interesting that the implication is that the entire curse was planted in Regina's head by Rumple as a way to get to his son...that her motives were secondary and that he is really the "protagonist" of the curse. Regina is a just a pawn in HIS plan rather than the other way around...
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Glee Review: It's Not Right, It's Really Not Okay
I miss the Matthew Morrison/Mr. Shu that rapped to "Bust a Move" while he explained why that music was cool to his clueless students...
Glee Review: It's Not Right, It's Really Not Okay
The one thing that I DID really like about his episode was Darren Criss. He is truly talented!
Glee Review: It's Not Right, It's Really Not Okay
Slow Dancing with Klaus
The Vampire Diaries Season Finale Pic: Diving Dobrev!
The Vampire Diaries Poster: A Future Blooms
The Vampire Diaries Poster: A Future Blooms
By the way, I don't know why I feel the need to say this, but I really am not a big loser who spends all day on TV Fanatic boards..I just have no other social media access at work (thank you firewall) and this is how I spend my desk-time lunch and random moments of ADD :-/ Plus, I do love TVD so it's fun :-) If nothing else, I can marvel at how angry Bored Now gets over the show while he still continues to watch it!
The Vampire Diaries Poster: A Future Blooms
The Vampire Diaries Poster: A Future Blooms
The Vampire Diaries Poster: A Future Blooms
The Vampire Diaries Poster: A Future Blooms
The Vampire Diaries Round Table: "Heart of Darkness"
Provided it's actual Bex, then yes :-) Their exchange was sweet in the car and it was sort of heartbreaking when she told her mother "I haven't lived"...she needs some love!
The Vampire Diaries Round Table: "Heart of Darkness"
Matt, I am fairly sure that Jeremy was only compelled to think going to Colorado was a good idea...not to forget anything else, really. That said, I guess the Esther reveal was surprising but I dislike the jumping into bodies thing (now witches can do it?!), so I am not thrilled....
The Vampire Diaries Round Table: "Heart of Darkness"
Is "meh" a grade? I don't love the whole ghost thing in the first place. Too easy and now, it seems, another Bonnie-saves-the-day like plot device. A way for the writers to explain things or move the story along. Plus, it takes any of the finality out of death for the characters...the stakes (pun intended) are lowered...
The Vampire Diaries Round Table: "Heart of Darkness"
Ummmm...DELENA! Ian and Nina! Whatever...all I know is that I think I stopped breathing for the entire duration of that make-out session. Forwood can NEVER do that to me, despite (kind of creepy) dungeon sex.
The Vampire Diaries Round Table: "Heart of Darkness"
Dan, SO agreed! That motel room scene...Damon with his shirt open...Elena all hot and bothered. Wow. I also liked the little argument Delena had, and that one moment on the phone in which Stefan contemplates the fact that his brother is in the motel with the girl he loves...
The Secret Circle Review: A Blackwell Revealed
The Secret Circle Review: A Blackwell Revealed
Am I the only one thinking the show is losing some of the awesomeness of the season's beginning...they are making it too confusing, too soon...couldn't we have explored the relationships within the circle a bit more, seen more of the elders, understood the plot of the parents before all this demon/evil bloodline stuff??
The Vampire Diaries Review: Forwood and Backward
The Vampire Diaries Review: Forwood and Backward
The Vampire Diaries Review: Forwood and Backward
The Vampire Diaries Review: Forwood and Backward
That said, not sure how I feel about this episode...LOVED the kiss and Delena heat, OBVIOUSLY, but getting worried about the direction this show may be taking... And where could it go if she does choose, since that is the premise of the show "girl stuck between two vampire brothers"...I bet she chooses herself...for now anyway, as a way to add drama to future seasons..
Once Upon a Time Review: The Deal You Break
Once Upon a Time Review: The Deal You Break
Once Upon a Time Review: The Deal You Break