Without a warning, this episode became a Finn Hudson/ Corey Monteith tribute episode and the fact that I did NOT see that one coming left me in tears the second they showed pictures of him and started to talk about him as the "leader" of glee club. They where so right and I am very glad, that they did not forget that.
And to honor him the best way possible, they brought back the people, who knew Finn the best, those two:
Oh yes, they bring back his parents...and in a beautiful way <3 As you can see from the gifs they came to get the guys ready for their trip to L.A. and encourage them to do as good as they can! I think the problem that all of the Glee fans have is, that the show just does not feel the same as it did before. I think the producers also know that and this is why most of the episodes this season feel very "safe" and like something you have seen before, which I think is very very sad. No one saw Finn´s / Corey´s death coming and we all still have a difficult time with it. And so does the glee-club; as they think about a competition like the Nationals again, they realize, that he was the heart and soul of the club and the thing that made it special: I mean just think of this....what was the club before he joined in S1? Right, it was a bunch of shy kids, who where great singers but horrible performers and they did not believe in themselves. To be fair, Finn had a very hard time with all of this, too but he was the force that tried to make it work! He knew, just like Mr. Shue, that they could start something big.
Okay, so we are in L.A. now and who is baaack?! Right, Mrs. Mercedes Jones <3 I miss this diva so much and we haven´t heard from her in a while. It seems like she got her big break in the city of angels...but what in the world happened to her style??!!
Okay everyone relax...she just got a bit glammed up...well L.A.-affied ;) A few scenes later we have our stylish diva back to her old, caring and good advise giving ways!
So the glee-club is freaking out as always before their performance....and like always (like I mentioned, it all feels we have seen this TOO many times by now) there is this one club, that could ruin it all; and this year it is called: Throat explosion!! Seriously??!! How drunk where they,when they came up with that name?
I did not like their (Throat Expl.) choice of songs.....they where just boring...here is what they sang:
Mr. Roboto - Originally performed by Styx
Counting Stars - Originally performed by OneRepubic
So after the usual reaction: "Oh my god we are so bad we are going to lose and no one will like us!" it´s the "New Directions" turn to hit the stage:
When they first started singing I thought the song choice was kind of odd....but once Finns mum said, that "they are singing all of his favourite songs" I was over the moon. There was just no better way to have Finn (and Corey) with them in this moment by honoring him by singing...and if this wasn´t hard enough, there he was FINN....they show flashbacks of him and just like in the first tribute episode (that still makes me cry every time I watch it by the way), the tears started flowing. To see him back on the screen just brings back the feeling, that all this is just a very very very bad dream and he will just walk right into the choir room and start singing :/
The scenes they chose where just perfect...they showed him with the people he loved and in situations that where very important in his life. But still, do you guys also miss a Finchel scene?! I kind of did! :(
Okay after their performance it´s time for the judges to announce the winner and it iiiiissss:
NOT the "New Directions"....okay I think pretty much everyone saw that one coming...but what I did not see coming was their reaction. I thought they would play it cool and would be okay with at least winning something, but instead this was what we saw:
And here is their explanation for their odd behaviour: They wanted to win this trophy, so that they could give it to Finns parents. They wanted them to have something that he influenced so much, to be with the people he loved the most in his life.
They are just the sweetest...but as Finns mum said: The glee club is his legacy and this is where he will live on.....well there is a slight problem with that.
I don´t know if you remember Sue and Will at the beginning of the school year: She is the new principal and tells him, that ONLY if they win Nationals again, she will keep the glee-club, so now it is history! Or is it?! After Kurt, Rachel and Santana get the news in NYC it seems like they might plan something for next weeks (two-part) 100th episode, let´s wait and see.
For the most part this episode left me disappointed, but once that last half came along I was kind of okay with it because I knew by then this will be a tribute episode. The songs they sung at Nationals where not really competition material, but it brought the quarterback back for 5 minutes....and reminded us, how much we still miss him!
What did you think of the episode? Do you think glee-club is over for good?
Let´s talk tv!
xoxo Nici
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