Glee:
"The Rhodes Not Taken"
This episode was fantastic. I didn't realize how much I like Kristin Chenoweth until she showed up on Glee playing April Rhodes, the most talented singer in the school's history who quit school a few credits before she graduated. Of course I adored Pushing Daisies, and she was fantastic in it (and very much deserved her Emmy award), but there were so many things I adored about Pushing Daisies that I'm not sure I was fully aware of how much I liked Chenoweth.
Chenoweth was great on Glee. She was hilarious, and she pulled off three absolutely show-stopping numbers. I'm thinking she's going to follow up her Emmy for Best Supporting Actress with one for Best Guest Star.
Highlights and observations:
- We're back to "Don't Stop Believing." Ooh, but with Quinn instead of Rachel. This version wasn't working as well, even before Quinn had to take a vomit break.
- Puck: "That Rachel chick makes me what to light myself on fire, but she can sing."
- This waiter is a six-year senior so he can stay in Vocal Adrenaline because he's the only one who can do the triple flip! Ha! I knew there was some funny business going on with that group.
- Sometimes my bangs do that weird flippy thing that Emma's bangs are doing right now, but I don't try it. And I try to stop it from happening.
- Eew, this newspaper kid is gross. Trying to blackmail Rachel into showing him her bra.
- Oh, Finn is crafty! Very good manipulative strategy.
- Emma: "...and two months later, Versace was dead."
- Wow, April's got a nice house! And she's an alcoholic. And she's a squatter.
- Chenoweth's looking good. Her hair looks very nice.
- Will: "We'll get you sobered up and find you some underwear. It's not too late for you."
- Sorry, kids, I'm pretty sure Chenoweth can kick Rachel's butt ;-) (And I love Rachel.)
- The juxtaposition of April and Rachel singing the same song is really cool.
- Lol at the glee kids' stunned reaction to April's performance.
- Will: "You draw a lot of attention to yourself and they're embarrassed enough as it is."
- Lol at April's efforts to win the kids over. Especially showing Mercedes and Tina how to steal groceries by holding them between their thighs.
- Finn: "You know what we should do?"Rachel: "Elope?"
- Ha! Kurt's looking rough.
- Kurt (to Emma): "Oh, Bambi, I cried so hard when those hunters shot your mommy."
- Emma says Kurt "looks like an 11-year-old milkmaid."
- Emma's a buzzkill, let April stay in glee!
- April: "These high school boys are a lot hotter than they used to be."
- Wow, April and Wow are show-stoppers. Their rendition of "Alone" is fantastic. Those lucky bingo players!
- Kurt: "Maybe Quinn is lactose intolerant!"
- Puck: "I bet you thought Burt and Ernie were just roommates."
- Wow, what a look of devastation on Rachel's face.
- Sue! She's been MIA in this episode.
- What is with these costumes?
- Ha at the country line dancing. They're good. But I'm thinking that Chenoweth could probably make pretty much anybody look good.
- Invitationals are very well attended.
- Will: "And, hey, there's always Branson."
- Kurt: "You were right, Mr. Schue. April would massacre Mariah in a diva-off."
- Kind of a lengthy intermission, huh?
- This April-less version of "Somebody To Love" ain't bad either. And Rachel sure picked up the choreography fast.
- Yea for Mercedes! I don't understand why she doesn't get more of the solos.
- Good episode! Lots of singing.
Song list: "Maybe This Time" (April and Rachel), "Alone" (April and Will), "Last Name" (April and New Directions), "Somebody to Love" (New Directions)
(photo: fox.com)
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