Glee Season 3: I Kissed A Girl Episode Review

I Kissed A Girl

Season 3, Episode 7

Hmm. After a couple of really good episodes from Glee, this one seemed a little underwhelming and yes, even disappointing. It's an absolute filler episode that I could've skipped and missed nothing. It features some of the strangest writing choices I've ever seen on this show and it felt like I was watching an hour long PSA. Haha. I don't think it was horrible by any means, but it was arguably the weakest of Season 3.

THE GOOD: 

- This is a little shallow, but whatever. I howled when I heard Rachel say, "I haven't been this worried about a vote since Lambert versus Allen." Haha. It's nice when the shows I blog mentions one another.

- That scene with Santana and her grandmother was well done, pretty intense and I actually felt for Santana. Possibly the strongest scene of the episode - though I have a couple of problems with it, which I will discuss below. Haha.

- Sugar Motta was absolutely hysterical. Yes, she didn't say anything AT ALL, but I caught her doing hilarious little things during the musical numbers.

- How Puck directly confronted Quinn about her insanity was a pleasant surprise. Quinn needed that because she NEVER accepted her own responsibility for her actions and for it to actually come from Puck - one of the few people whose words would mean a lot to her - showed growth in his character. Very nice.

- Glee, for some weird reason, now knows how to execute cliffhangers incredibly well. How they ended this episode was kind of awesome.

THE BAD:

- I seriously had high hopes from the last episode's fantastic cliffhanger, but how they went on with Santana's storyline left me a bit disappointed. I don't know. Her storyline is slowly becoming Kurt's from last season, where it all suddenly became a Santana show. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Santana, but I personally don't like being bombarded with ONE specific storyline, which arguably was tackled last season (sexuality) but now from a different character.

- I don't know with the rest of you, but it kind of bothered me that Santana seemed fine after her scene with her grandmother. Yes, this show had problems with continuity, but that was a pretty jolting change. To me, that was a major letdown that the writers didn't pursue that for a few more seconds or minutes.

- Also, after last episode where Santana chocked about not even having told her parents, they completely skipped over their reactions? Really? True, Santana's scene with her grandmother was solid, but still...

- Umm, where was Brittany the whole time throughout this episode besides sitting in the choir room? I know this was more about Santana coming out, but wasn't she technically "outed" as well as Santana's girlfriend? Was she just not supposed to care because she's dumb?

- There were a lot of big events happening in this episode that were reduced and restrained to short little scenes. I was increadibly dumbfounded by how big a NON-EVENT the Congressional election resolution was. After all the campaigning and whatnot of Sue Sylvester, that's how they'll end it? CRAP!

- Why did they cram five songs into the first half of the episode? I don't get it.

- I like that they are giving Coach Bieste more of a story, but I hate the storyline they are giving her.  I groaned loudly when she confessed her love to Cooter. Sorry to say, but everything just made me too uncomfortable. Yikes!

- Oh, and Damian's  7 episode arc is to sit in the choir room and have no lines for the next couple of weeks? Haha. Ridiculous.

THE MUSIC:

PERFECT was good if a little short. This recording was possibly one of my favorites in this episode, and while the performance was a little understated, I kind of liked it. I laughed at Santana's reaction after this number. It was harsh, but awfully funny.

I'M THE ONLY ONE. Wow. Puck's improving. I never really liked most of his solos prior to Season 3, but the songs they chose for him this season were off the hook. This was, to me, a filler song but the way he performed it was actually quite entertaining. He sounded great and the "interaction" between him, Quinn and Shelby was intriguing.

GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN. Still say one of Finn's best vocal performances. This stripped down version was poignant and lovely. Who knew this song could actually be an ode to girls? Good job.

JOLENE. Awkward. That's it.

I KISSED A GIRL was fun. I've always been a  fan of a Santana-Rachel duet and this one was no different. It was a good all around performance with pretty entertaining choreography. Oh, and the context of this was actually kind of nice.

CONSTANT CRAVING. Ok. I admit, the recording didn't do anything for me, but this totally changed my mind. Santana's vocals were fabulous and I liked how it inter-cut to different scenes within Glee club members. And that cliffhanger.. Enough said.