'Glee': A hairlicious distraction before Thanksgiving

Distractions, distractions, distractions.

That was the theme of the latest “Glee.” But there is one distraction that I haven’t mastered. What exactly am I going to do when Fox puts the surefire hit on hiatus after the initial 13-episode run ends Dec. 9 (that’s two weeks for those not near a calendar)?

April 13 is far away from here, and Fox -- if you’re listening -- I don’t want to see any more preggers drama. You have two weeks to wrap up this folie à plusieurs (English translation: madness of many).

My dislike of the pregnancy plot line distracted me from what mattered about last night’s episode: good music!

 
Six minutes into the episode, we were treated to a rousing edition of “Bootylicious,” and as a die-hard Beyoncé fan, I was in my living room shaking my derrière in my “Simpsons” PJs. Complete heaven.

I was looking forward to tonight’s episode as a fan of Eve’s acting (and her music isn’t so bad either). I’ve always been thoroughly impressed by her on-screen charm, and she worked nicely, leading a team of bad girls who attempt to rob banks, steal wallets and know how to fling a good head of hair. Was I the only one in hysterics over Brittany’s lesson in hairography? "Pretend like you're getting Tasered. ...Like cool epilepsy."

As much fun as all that was, the Debbie Downer that is Quinn still remained. I cringe when she appears on screen, but she did at least try to expand the moral fiber in her little conscience and spend some time testing out Puck’s father and boyfriend potential. Plus, I got a not-so-painful acoustic version of “Papa Don’t Preach” that, dare I say, was decent enough to make me forget about the whole pregnancy storyline.

I like to pretend that Terri doesn’t exist (sorry if there are any Terri fans out there, but  I seriously doubt it), but I can’t ignore her methods of “distraction.” One is the pillow divider. Gosh, Mrs. Shue, really? I hate that Will is so oblivious to all this. She even went as far as buying him a classic car to distract him from the absent baby bump and the fact that he’s in a sexless marriage. So much work she’s putting into this sham, wouldn’t it just be easier to say you suffered a hysterical pregnancy and then break out into song and dance in the hospital?

With all this distracting going on, I got distracted by Racheal and her “Pretty Woman” moment, with the aid of a scheming Kurt. The sultry makeover was going so well until you went all sad clown hooker on Finn in your bedroom. That hair was (and sadly is again) Mariah Carey circa the “Vision of Love” era. Do not want! Go back to the Racheal that “somehow manages to dress like a grandmother and a toddler at the same time." Racheal, you’re almost there with Finn. Is it wrong that I want  her to spill the beans to Finn? Preferably next week.

And on a side note, can we get Kurt a more suitable love interest? Come on, it’s Ohio, there’s another gay boy lurking at William McKinley High hoping to run his pretty fingers through Kurt’s perfectly coiffed hair.  Wait, its Lima – yeah Kurt might want to forget it.

If it weren’t for Sue’s crazy antics, we wouldn’t have been treated to these excellent selections. Had she not leaked info to the rivals, Will wouldn’t have tried so hard to top it. So thank you Sue.  Watching Mercedes lend her vocals to the School for the Deaf’s interpretation of “Imagine” was incredible, and the kids turned “True Colors” into a poignant number -- those were my feel-good, tearjerker moments.

But what better way to capitalize on hairography than a mash-up of “Crazy in Love,” hands down thee best Beyoncé song, with a little bit of “Hair” the musical, no matter how crazy they looked.

Though there isn’t much time left, we do have two weeks to be gleeful!

-- Gerrick D. Kennedy (Follow me on Twitter @GerrickKennedy)

Photos, from top: Eve guests stars. Members of the Jane Adams Academy get "Bootylicious." Credit: Fox

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Comments

[Rekster]

I am so with you on this pregnancy storyline. I really hope the writers had some idea of how this was going to work out when it was introduced. It does seem to me that they are just going week by week with it. Please, please, please it is time to finish this thing off. I can't stand the thought of having to wait til "spring break" for this to conclude. Though with the hiatus, I guess that is probably what is going to happen.

The Terri character is the other downer of this great series. I don't know what to do with her since she does provide some comedy to the series, though her sister is much funnier.

All in all, more Sue, Emma, and the Glee kids would do it for me.

[Melissa]

FYI, it's spelt Rachel.

[Bergie]

1) The Terri pregnancy storyline MUST END ASAP!!
2) In eleven episodes, have we yet to see one quality that would lend itself to Finn picking Quinn over anyone? (Curt included!) Either soften Quinn up (by making her into a REAL person) or have 'em break up. Tired of Quinn with her zero redeeming qualities.
3) Each episode needs to have some Emma and some Sue. Last night there was not near enough Emma.
4) What the hell are we supposed to do from mid-December til mid-April?? Thank God I still have all the episodes on my Tivo.

[Rachel]

I totally agree about the pregnancy story line! I could do without it. And I want Terri to disappear.

I checked IMDB and...you're spelling Rachel wrong. Its a subject near and dear to my heart since my name is Rachel also. No extra, unnecessary 'a'. And when people use the extra 'a', its usually "RachAEl" not "RachEAL". Just FYI.

[Natalie]

On behalf of the one Terri fan out here, I'm really missing evil-Terri, and hope that the producers aren't toning down her craziness just because of some complaints. The genius of her character is how awful it is! She's boring without the scheming.

I too was dancing away at the double Beyonce numbers, while getting a little weepy at Imagine. Glee really hit it last night!

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[Carlee]

I'm pretty sure Finn knows Rachel has feelings for him. Just as he has feelings for her - but since Quinn is pregnant, he knows he can't be with Rachel.

I must be the only person who doesn't mind the pregnancy storylines. I found the constant repeating of the word "distraction" to be quite annoying. Just like the earlier episode "Acafellas"? where they kept mentioning "confidence".

We don't need to be reminded of the episode's theme - at least, not that blatantly.

[froggytuff]

I like Terri............she's trying to keep Will and is desperate. Very Desperate.

I loved Imagine & True Colours

But the hairography on Bootylicious made me...well.....not so keen. :-(

[Dan]

Gosh I hate Terri and her stupid fake pregnancy (and her annoying sister) so much that it isn't even funny anymore! It's gradually ruining the show for me and I don't like that. And just as Gerrick, I don't like how Mr. Schue is so incredibly oblivious to all that BS either! I find that totally irritating and it just makes him look so stupid (especially when he's supposed to be intelligent being a high school teacher and all). I know the show isn't supposed to be realistic but COME ON! Compared to all that Terri drama I actually find Quinn's quite bearable. She at least (for me) has some redeeming quality to her (unlike Terri).

Also I didn't enjoy Kurt so much this week. He's becoming one of those gay stereotypes. I thought he was so much more than that.

All that ranting aside, I thought this was actually one of the better episodes from Glee. A big improvement from last week's "Ballads" that's for sure. Once again Glee did a fantastic job on the music. The "Imagine" and "True Colors" covers totally blew me away.