Glee: Michael

What Happened, Yo!:

-With the former Troubletone members a bit disappointed that they didn't get to do Michael Jackson at sectionals (And forgetting that they did Thriller way back in season 2. Although that was mashed up with another song I suppose.) New Directions decides to do Michael Jackson at Regionals and kick off Michael Jackson week. But Blaine is so excited, he tells Sebastian, who as the new captain of the Dalton Academy Warblers (somehow) decides that Dalton will do Michael. Obviously this won't stand, so New Directions challenges the Warblers to a Michael Jackson off. However, during their showdown of Bad, Sebastian throws a slushee at Kurt. Blaine takes it, but the slushee has been tainted with something, requiring Blaine to need surgery for his right eye.

-New Directions is mad about this development and wants to fight back, but they can't prove that Sebastian has done anything wrong, so Will tells them to take the higher road. Kurt is really angry but doesn't want to be violent. Santana doesn't want to be violent either (Sebastian's dad is a powerful man and could get her thrown in prison if she tried anything), so she confronts Sebastian and gets him to fess up to tainting the slushee. She gets his confession that he added Rock Salt on tape (She taped a recorder to her underboob), but Kurt wants to take the higher road so they don't turn it into Sebastian's headmaster or the police. Instead they tell the Warblers they won't be doing Michael Jackson at Regionals in order to take the higher road. They do one last MJ number and all the Warblers except Sebastian join in. They deflate Sebastian's bubble though when they reveal they have his confession on tape and leave him with the tape discredited in the eyes of his peers.

-Meanwhile Sam convinces Mercedes to perform a duet of Human Nature with him and then they kiss afterwards. Continued next week I suppose.

-Meanwhile, Rachel is still unsure about whether or not to accept Finn's proposal. He gives her time to think it over. She asks Quinn for advice, and Quinn tells her to dump him and move on because he won't fit into Rachel's future. Quinn also reveals she got accepted into Yale. When Kurt gets his NYADA finalist letter and Rachel doesn't, Rachel breaks down because she's unsure about her future. So later, after Finn performs a song about how he'll never stop loving her, she accepts his proposal. In a twist of fate though, it turns out that she's a NYADA finalist after all, which will definitely complicate things with Finn if she gets into that school.

I Liked This: Michael was a mostly solid episode of Glee with good songs in it (I love Michael Jackson) and lots of funny lines. Though I have issues with the ending of the whole "Sebastian injures Blaine" plotline, I was glad that the Glee writers came up with a better justification for Blaine missing a couple episode than the justification they had for Puck missing a couple back in season 2, and I am enjoying Sebastian as a villain (Though again, I have some issues with him which I'll discuss below). I also thought Santana was on fire this week. However, I think the stuff I liked the most this episode was the less flashy stuff. Quinn getting into Yale was a great step for the character and I'm glad that Kurt did wind up becoming a NYADA finalist. My favorite part of the episode has to be Rachel though. That scene where she breaks down about not having plans for the future (Since she's sure she didn't get a NYADA finalist letter)and having nothing going for her except for Finn was a great one. And the way it led her to ignore Quinn's advice (another good scene) and accept Finn's proposal after he sings a Michael Jackson song out of love was good too. The best part though was her learning she's a finalist after all, and the look on her face when she realizes she may have just made a rash decision. I was unsure how Finn's proposal was going to turn out at first, but now I'm getting excited to see what happens next for Finchel. And again, I liked most the songs this week.

But: Hey, Glee. I'm all for taking the higher road, but Sebastian did something dangerous, illegal, and worse than anything Karofsky, Vocal Adrenaline, and the rest of the bullies ever did (It's not as bad as Sue tripping/pushing people down the stairs though). You can't say that the right thing to do in that situation is to not tell the police. I liked that he at least got discredited to the rest of the Warblers (who aren't evil.), but Saint Kurt's logic for convincing the team not to tell the police was seriously flawed. In addition, Sebastian can't be the captain of the Warblers. The Warblers don't have a captain, they have a council of seniors who determine everything. You can't just change that because you want the new character you introduced as a transfer student whose only been with the team a few months to be the leader. No real major issues with Michael besides this stuff (Though in my mind, these things are pretty big issues) though. Maybe less songs or less music video recreations would've been nice, but that's just me nitpicking.

The Bottom Line: Michael was a solid episode of Glee and a good tribute, even with the big issue of the characters deciding to not report a crime.

Grade: (So head's up, I've decided that I'll now be grading on the percent system starting now. It's just easier this way.) 70% (Good)

Memorable Moments

-Best Musical Number: Probably Smooth Criminal between Santana and Sebastian. I also liked Never Can Say Goodbye alot.

-Worst Musical Number: I love Artie and I love Mike Chang, but Scream just seemed out of place in that episode.

-Not much from Sam and Mercedes this week, but what we saw shows that things are heating up a ton between those two.

-He'll probably recover from surgery just fine, but I wouldn't mind if Darren Criss had to keep on wearing eyepatches for the remainder of his time on the series. Eyepatches are awesome.

-Santana: "This isn’t violent. This is clever. I taped it to my underboob".



-Santana: "If Kurt would have taped this to his junk, I would have never heard the end of it. We would have had a whole week of songs about it!" Probably my favorite line of the night.