They will be mentioned; rest assured, they mostly have to do with that shoehorned B-plot.
But damn if that wasnt a more out-of-the-box, enjoyable hour than I was expecting.
This was theFunny Girlepisode, after all.
Credit: Tyler Golden/Fox
The episode wasnt just a depiction of the opening night ofFunny Girlon Broadway.
It was also Rachels story ofmaking itto the opening night ofFunny Girlon Broadway.
Was thatNew York Timesreview maybe a touch too glowing and a little too focused on Rachel?
Tonight was all about Rachel, and I mean ALL about Rachel.
I didnt even know it was coming!
Then shes in a bunch of heart balloons.
Then Blaine is Warblers garb and Santana is in a Cheerios uniform.
And suddenly, Rachel has gone Full Sophomore Year, reindeer sweater and all, singing The Cardigans Lovefool.
My notes simply read,What the fudge is going on here?
(Only I didnt say fudge.)
Why are Will and Sue doing a walk-and-talk through the halls of McKinley right now?
And I guess Will didnt leave after the Glee Club disbanded, after all.
(I think we all remember what a lot of Tina being the worst is like.)
Who wrote this, TINA?
!Dammit, Tina!The criticism has completely shot Rachels confidence.
Oh wait, no, thatsnotlucky, thats damn ridiculous.
But not as ridiculous as it gets, so put a pin in that for now.
Bring on the physical Santana humor, Season 5!
trip to the island of Lesbos has done her well: Shes on her best behavior tonight.
With that in mind, Rachel is ready to be Awesome.
Spaceman…in New York…in the middle of theFunny Girlepisode.
Or could this perfectly fine subplot have just been used at some other, less solo-oriented time?
Will goes to see Rachel in her dressing room and the tightening in my chest is immediate.
That guy is an acquired taste, but he loves his students and his students love him.
Rachel is elated to see him, and Schue tells her he always knew she would end up here.
Rachel tells him that she knows its weird, but she got Finn a seat at the show.
because she always thinks about Finn on that one.
But for performance purposes, I enjoyed the simplicity.
Suddenly, without much activity, were supposed to be right in the middle of a Broadway show.
But the minimalism makes sense.
Were seeing these numbers more from Rachels perspective than from her audiences point of view.
Dreams are only dreams until you achieve them theyre much simpler after that.
Kurt and Mercedes check on Rachel during intermission to let her know shes killing it.
So, with the beginning threatened, its time to seal this deal up.
I was certainly not expecting that.
At this bar, everyone knows who Rachel is because theyve been tracking Funny Girl for weeks.
to their high school choir teacher.
All is exactly as weird as usual in newGleeworld.
Am I alone in thinking thisFunny Girlepisode was (mostly) aGleewin?
Was it way too much Rachel for you?
Too much dream sequence and not enough Broadway production value?
Oh, and was that gay bar full of Broadway-tracking fans scene a reference Im unaware of?
