Finally, after a few months Glee is back on! Just FYI I am a huge Gleek.
So we left off season 3 with Kurt not getting into NYADA, the seniors all graduating and going their separate ways, and Finn and Rachel breaking up just before she gets on a train for New York.
I’m going to start out by saying that I really did like the episode. The first episode of new seasons are so crammed with info it’s almost stupid. Not knowing what happened over the summer we have to get explanations from the characters (Tina and Mike broke up WTF!?), then we have to be introduced to new characters and get a small glimpse of who they are, and then they have to being setting up plots and arcs for the season. Done, done, done, and done.
There where parts of this episode i thought were amazing, and parts that made me angry, but I’ll get to all that in time. First off I love the New York/NYADA stuff. I think I mostly just like the change in pace and location, and I feel like the “grown up” quality the writers wanted from that location came across very well. I get the “Fame” feeling from it all. I know this is in episodes to come, but also knowing what Kurt is going to do in New York makes me very happy he didn’t get into NYADA. I think the path the writers are having him take now is much better (and one I want haha).
The Round Room
I am also excited about the new characters! Marley, I think (and hope), will have a really good story line. 
Her story was already kinda gut wrenching from the get go and that will lead me later to the part i’m angry about. Jake, who obviously has anger issues, but also Puck doesn’t know he’s his brother….could be interesting. Kitty…hate her, new queen bitch. Wade “Unique” isn’t new, but Unique did have the best line ever after being slushied, on last nights episode, “Uniques eyes….are on fire”. Brody…well did you see the episode…did you see him get out of the shower? And of course Kate Hudson’s character Cassandra. I cannot wait to see how this character develops, she had just the right amount of bitch, has been, pusher, teacher, alcoholic. While Rachel hates her now, I think she will be the one to push Rachel the most to grow and be great.
As a side note, that first scene with Whoopie last night totally cutting that girl after she had barely started singing not only terrified me, it also awkwardly inspired me haha.
Now this episode was all about finding “The New Rachel” in both McKinley and New York. Almost 
everything that happened back in Ohio made me angry, however, I can see where the writers were going with it. The Glee club won a national championship, got a taste of popularity, and when the time came to either stick with what Glee was all about or go with the, “popular opinion” they sank like a rock. Let’s face it, this isn’t the first time this has happened (Biest anyone?). What made the situation even wore is that right after they make their snide remarks about the lunch lady (who is also Marley’s mother) we cut to her and Marley, and the very real fear that the school (and Glee Club) will find out she is Marley’s mom and therefore ridicule her, which apparently happened at the last school Marley attended.
I think more then anything I was just horribly disappointed by the attitude that the whole collective seemed to adopt. While not everyone said a comment, no one spoke out against what they were saying either, until the end when Marley was the one to say something. The New Directions where so caught up in their new popularity, and who would be “The New Rachel” that they totally lost sight of who they were and what the club was all about.
Speaking of who would be “The New Rachel”…are you kidding me!? Really by the end it was still who could get the most solos and who would be the star while the rest sing backup. I take issue with the fact that Blaine was named “The New Rachel”. Instead of focusing on that why not focus on the TEAM captains? In that case it should be Tina and Artie for a few reasons: 1) They are the only two members left that started the club. 2) Tina has amazing vocals, and Artie likes to direct so they would make a great team. 3)…Blaine just shouldn’t be the captain. I love Blaine, even though i’m not so sure about his character this season…, but I don’t think he can lead the team. Put him up for killer solos, good moves, and something to look at, but leave the hard decisions to Tina and Artie. That is my two cents about that.
While I had my moments last night, I overall loved the episode. The ending to me seemed real, when Rachel was finally breaking down to Kurt about what New York was really like. Honestly I know that feeling. You want to seem strong and that everything is great, but really you are in a park alone looking through old pictures not knowing how you are going to make it. Lucky for Rachel, Kurt is there in the end.
I know a lot of people out there have problems with Glee, I’ve just taken it for what it is. Are there plot wholes? Yes huge ones, and a lot of the time character story lines fall apart. But i deeply enjoy the show, love the actors, love the music, and just DGAF about all that missing stuff anymore.
Tagged: Blaine, Brody, Cassandra, Glee, Glee Club, Kate Hudson, New York, Ohio, Rachel, S4E01, The New Rachel
