More Opinion Quickies: Glee and Survivor

So I watched last night's Glee and while I had some feelings about the episode, which I want to express, I just can't bring myself to do a full blog about it. Same with tonight's Survivor. So rather than just skip them outright, I'm gonna do some quickies. This probably won't be a habit, but you never know.

Glee: Choke: Glee did something bold last night: all three of the main storylines ended in a failure of sorts. Rachel choked during her NYADA audition and has probably ruined her chances of getting into that school, Puck failed the one exam he needed, despite actually studying for it and now won't graduate, and Beiste lied about leaving Cooter, after he had an abusive episode. It's all dark, sad, stuff (Well Puck's story was mostly played for laughs until the end) and the show handled it well. I especially appreciated how delicately they handled the domestic abuse storyline, much like how they handled the Gay Teen suicide story way back when. Having Beiste get hit, and then give Cooter another chance at the end is dark and the story probably won't end there, but it's also realistic. And having Rachel blow the biggest audition of her life is a devastating move for the character. Will she get another chance? It wouldn't surprise me, but for now her future has suddenly become incredibly uncertain, just as Kurt finally gets a break. Oh, and the musical numbers were all pretty solid. Anyways, good stuff Glee. Keep it up. Quicky Grade: 80% (Great) Quicky Best Musical Number: Shake It Up!

Survivor: One World: It's Gonna Be Chaos: Now we're getting somewhere. Watching the elimination of all the boys over the past few weeks has been fascinating (Especially since Kim, who I've liked from the start is more and more likely to win this game), but predictable. But instead of getting rid of Tarzan like I was expecting, or even getting rid of Sabrina, which was what the episode seemed to be aiming towards, Kat goes, after making the same kind of mistake at the reward challenge that Kim made last week, but on a worse scale, because Kim was more sympathetic in the eyes of her island mates than selfish Kat. There was other interesting stuff in this episode too, from Alicia deluding herself into thinking that she's running the show, to having the loved ones compete in the reward challenge. And with little time left to go before the finale, it should be interesting to see if Kim can pull this off and win it all. Quicky Grade: 78% (Good)