Fellow Gleeks, I apologize for not posting about Glee's episode, "Home." Honestly, after seeing the Madonna episode I did not know how to respond to the next that didn't quite stand up against the Madonna episode.
Bringing April Rhodes (Kristin Chenoweth) back was a bit of drama, yes. And she does have the most incredible voice, so I appreciate Glee for allowing us to hear her amazing voice yet again. However, I'm afraid to say that they brought her back too soon. We are still in the process of the first season. And most of her story was the same as her previous episode where she is searching to find where she belongs and Will helps her along the way. Again with the "You're right, Will."
The beauty of the episode came with Mercedes and her wonderful confidence in herself. Although Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful" is a song more often made fun of than not, Mercedes and the Cherrios gave it brilliant meaning.
When it comes to Will and his love life, as the past episode, "Bad Reputation" focused on heavily, I think we need to cut the guy some slack! He married his very first girlfriend. I believe he is in shock of how to handle women wanting him, because when he was married, he remained faithful to his crazy wife.
However, explaining himself to Emma would probably be a smart decision seeing as she thinks worse than what is true. Emma thinks he is something he is not and said that they need to start seeing each other for who they truly are. The sad part is, Will is who she thinks he is, she's just not giving him the chance to explain... he is newly single and is not quite ready to jump into another serious "let's get married" relationship.
But Will is not the only one with a "bad rep" in this episode, oh no... Sue Sylvester gets a little taste of the humiliation in this episode when her jazzercise routine to "Let's Get Physical" is leaked onto youtube. But again, surprise, surprise, Sue lands on top. Olivia Newton-John gives her a call and together they redeem themselves from that song with an all-new video featuring Sue Sylvester!
While Will and Sue create there bad reputations from their actions, a few of the kids in the glee club decide they too need bad reputations to be noticed in school. When a "Glist" is leaked naming the top ten most scandalous students in the school, the students are not offended for being on the list, rather offended for not being placed in the top three or not on the list at all.
Artie, Mercedes, Kurt, Brittany, and Tina decide to take drastic measures and stage an uproar in the library! The group "gets their glee on in the stacks" with the ever-so-popular and ever-so-terrible "Can't Touch This." Their attempt fails, however, when the school librarian asks them to perform for her Sunday church service.
But one glee club member does succeed in ruining more than her reputation. Rachel decides to make a music video to the song "Run, Joey, Run" featuring Puck as the leading man, Jesse St. James as the leading man and Finn as the leading man. But each leading man, thinks they are the only leading man. When the video premieres for the class, Puck, Jesse, and Finn are furious. Not only is Rachel's reputation ruined by the making of the film, but she also ruined her relationships. Jesse St. James breaks up with her because she "broke his heart" and he can no longer trust her.
The episode comes to a close with Rachel singing "Total Eclipse of the Heart" with Jesse, Puck, and Finn.
But my heart does not linger as Jesse walks out the door leaving Rachel in the room alone, no. My heart breaks as Finn leaves the room before the song is over... before anyone else as gotten up to go. Poor, Finn.
Rachel and Finn forever! Too bad she messed up... Hopefully she can save her reputation and relationship with Finn soon! Tune in for the new episode, "Laryngitis," tomorrow!!
Check out this link for a behind the scenes look at episode 17 "Bad Reputation".