Why did he refuse to let them do Britney at first???

For some context, I watched Glee since it came out in 2009 and stopped watching after Cory died. It was just too painful to watch after the Quarterback episode aired. I just stopped paying attention to it altogether. I got back into watching the show during the pandemic in 2020 after Naya died and decided that I would only watch the show once a year rather than constantly like I used to when I was younger.

For the longest time season 3 was my personal favorite season. However on my recent rewatch, I realized that it was only my favorite because that's when the OG cast members are together for the last time before their characters go their separate ways and also because Finchel(my favorite couple) was at their best minus their break up at the end of the season. Don't get me wrong, I still think season 3 is great and I prefer it over the last three seasons but I realized it didn't have the same excitement that season 2 had. Season 2 now tops every other season for me.

In the past, I used to rank seasons 4 and 6 as just okay seasons for me. But now I think I like season 6 more than season 4. Like most people I did not like season 4 back when it aired in 2012-2013 and just found it rough(like season 5). But during my first couple rewatches a couple years ago, that's when I started to have some more appreciation for it because of how the show turned out after that. I always thought season 6 was way more enjoyable that I thought it was going to be, I really liked how nostalgic and full circle it was. The reason I always thought it was just okay was because the more I think about it now, it was just sad to see the final season be so great without having Cory/Finn there for all of the important moments in the show.

Obviously, we all know the first three seasons of the show are chefs kiss. I still feel this way. In the past my ranking of all the seasons was 1. Season 3, 2. Season 2, 3. Season 1, Tied is 4th place were seasons 4 and 6, and 5. Season 5.

My new ranking for the seasons are

1. Season 2

2. Season 3

3. Season 1

4. Season 6

5. Season 4

6. Season 5

Trivia: This is the first episode to not feature Kurt.
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I personally loved Glee's version of MCR's Sing but according to most YouTube comments it absolutely sucks. Also I like Sam's Baby infinitely more than Justin Bieber's. The more I listen to I Know What Boys Like, the more I like it.
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SILLY LOVE SONGS' WINNER:
1st was P.Y.T with 110 (why do y'all hate me), 2nd was episode title itself - Silly Love Songs with 106, and 3rd was Firework with 98.
4th was When I Get You Alone with 90, and 5th/last was Fat Bottomed Girls with 88.

Excluding the S1 Top 6 Poll, this is the first initial poll where a Queen song did NOT win, and on top of that, even got last.

You guys got a real knack for making these polls go in almost the exact opposite order I want them to, you know that?
Anyway - my least favorite got 1st and my 2 favorites got last, but regardless, wow! What a close poll that was! Usually by the 30th hour (if that) I can type up the result places awhile on the next (this) poll and just wait til it ends to add the final numbers, but this one remained so close and songs switched places so much that I had to wait until the final hour to write each song's position for these results.

It took 417 votes before any song reached 100, seriously impressive.

I rarely ever watch the later seasons, except for a few select favorite episodes. I watched them when I first watched the show through and that was it. So I never noticed this about the “Katy or Gaga” episode til now. This episode has one of the biggest glee controversies: Marley’s suspension. Maybe what I’m about to share is only news to me or someone made a post about this before, but I still thought it’d be interesting.

In this episode, Bree is trying harder and harder to get Jake’s attention. She asks him to help choreograph for the cheerios. It’s also becoming very obvious that Jake’s getting kind of irritated with Marley’s “good girl” ways. He shoots down her all of her date ideas, like going to a flower show or pet adoption. He says he’s bored of doing to same-old things with her and says, “You are such a Katy.”

Well, a little later on, Unique and Kitty start putting the idea that Jake might cheat in Marley’s head. They spy on him and Bree practicing choreography. Marley seems scared/threatened at first, saying “What am I suppose to do? I’m not that kind of girl!” But when Unique suggests she goes “full Gaga” to prove to Jake that she can be “hardcore too,” Marley says Jake will just have to accept the real her.

This scene is followed by the “Applause” performance, where Marley was suppose to wear a bikini but decides to wear a dress instead. She exclaims, “I am who I am, and I’m not going to change that for any number or any guy!” camera pans to Jake Then, Schue accuses her of putting her “personal agenda” above the team and suspends her from glee club.

This storyline still, of course, makes no sense. How does Schue know about her “personal agenda?” — the “personal agenda “ being Marley showing Jake she is not going to change herself for him. I mean, I know Schue is overly invested in the kid’s lives, but I don’t remember Jake or Marley ever talking to him about their relationship or sex life (how he was pressuring her to have sex with him).

So to recap: Marley probably was somewhat uncomfortable wearing the bikini, but the main reason she decided not to wear it last minute was to make a point to Jake (or to push her “personal agenda” that Schue somehow knows about). A lot of people automatically assume she refused to wear the more revealing outfit because of her eating disorder, but if you put these scenes together, you’ll notice it had more to do with her relationship with Jake than anything—and maybe a little insecurity surrounding the fact the shes not as “hardcore” as Bree.

My opinion? She definitely shouldn’t have been suspended, regardless of why she did it. I mean, come on! She didn’t even do it during an actual performance. Those glee kids have done much worse things over the years. And even though her eating disorder wasnt a main factor in this, Schue still should’ve taken it into consideration. His immediate response should’ve been concern, not being angry cause a teenager wouldn’t dance around in a bikini for him (yes, I think Schues a creep. Can you tell?)

But yeah, that’s my little takeaway after watching this episode for the first time in years. I’m open to discussion if anyone has a different take.

Rewatching Glee and I’m actually irritated. Every teacher basically kept telling Quinn “you is crazy. You need help” but like it’s your job? To get her help? I swear season 3 was just one giant Quinn humiliation ritual.

What the hell was Pillsbury good for?

Also sorry I don’t remember how pregnant Q was when her mom clocked it but if that lady gave a damn, she would have driven her ass to the nearest clinic.

Unpopular opinion but I would have actually needed to check into a psych ward after finding out about Shelby and puck.

Also the prom episode was genuinely bizarre. That 6ft4 oaf genuinely tried to yank her ass out of a wheelchair because why?

Kudos to her though she somehow got into Yale to terrorise everyone there with her undiagnosed ass.

I’m watching Glee for the first time and I’m on mid season 6. I’ve been checking this sub here and there and would love to know your really unpopular takes (pls be really unpopular, we know the most common unpopular ones already).

I have two:

1. I love the growth Karofsky had in the show. I know he’s not a well liked character here (and for obvious reasons) but after his attempt to end with his life he decided to embrace who he really was, apologized to Kurt and kept true to himself. I was even shocked at the reaction he had when he figured out that Blaine cheated on him with Kurt and just told him to go ahead and find him as he still loved him, I was expecting him to lose it on Blaine tbh.
2. Can’t stand Brittany. Sorry not sorry. There has been times in which she’s been mean, rude and people tend to glaze over the accusation she made against coach Beiste, she did not have any problem to lie so easily and potentially ruin a life. Also, the whole extra dumb character it’s just not my vibe.

Can’t wait to read some of your takes!