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TV Show Review: Glee

TV Show Review: Glee
TV Show Review: Glee

Grade | B

What Matt Liasse thinks:

Once again, Fox is filled with ‘glee.’

The popular sing-a-long hit, which airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m., returned with full force its first week back since December. The official return, an episode called “The Sue Sylvester Shuffle,” which aired after the Super Bowl last Sunday, was probably the most thrilling episode since the start of the show.

The Monday morning that followed included water cooler talk not only about The Black Eyed Peas halftime show, but the “Thriller” halftime performance as well. The smash that was mashed up with The Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ “Off With Your Head” prompted viewers to dance until they were dead.

Back in 2009, “Glee” seemed to take over the world. Back when they couldn’t stop believing and were paying tribute to Madonna, ‘Glee’ simply couldn’t be topped.

Until the second season started.

I mildly wish the first 10 episodes of season two never existed. It seemed like the magic was gone. Story lines went out the door and the episodes just consisted of five or six big musical numbers with minimal dialogue in between.

The show’s main characters, Rachel and Finn (played by Lea Michele and Cory Monteith) rocked powerful duets last season when they just had feelings for each other. But this season, while they were dating, the spark was gone.

The back and forth romance of Emma and Will (Jayma Mays and Matthew Morrison) got old, and every single episode followed Kurt (Chris Colfer), turning the cast favorite into an overdone annoyance.

And the Christmas episode was probably the worst Christmas special ever created.

But this week, which aired the Super Bowl special and the Valentine’s Day-themed “Silly Love Songs” on Tuesday, made the rest of the season look a little more promising.

The return consisted of qualities that fans fell in love with from the start.

The humor is back, which was a breath of fresh air.

Actress Naya Rivera pulled off Santana’s catty, revenge-riddon acts which left the audience smiling. Coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) trying to blast Brittany (Heather Morris) out of a giant cannon was classic Sue ridiculousness. A new romance budding between Puck and Lauren (Mark Salling and Ashley Fink) is so utterly nuts, it’s hilarious.

Kurt’s screentime was slimmed down to an appropriate amount, and the often forgotten about, Mercedes (played by Amber Riley) is back with sassy comments that gives the show some flavor.

If the rest of the season takes after the two episodes gleeks positively gleeked out about this week, the show will once again claim what is rightfully its. It’s one of the most positive, daring and fun show on television today. Plus, where else can you enjoy music from Queen, Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney and Katy Perry all in one episode?

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