My Gleekhood is in serious danger

Glee, here is my problem with you. You know how awesome you are. Were. And you have an agenda now. Your new-found awareness drained all the fresh air and novelty out of you. You started out like a young adult fresh out of college, ready to show the world what you had to offer. And we ate it up. But now that we're done snacking all you can do is regurgitate afternoon special singalongs. You had strong characters with zing who fell into stereotypical roles and rocked them. Um, hello? Mercedes, awesome? She was a diva, she knew it and she let us know it. She was big and she loved every curve and pound. Whatheheck? Mercedes having weight issues? That seems more like an issue Kurt would have before Mercedes would. She was big but it made her. She was confident and had an amazing attitude. She did not have an issue with her weight, producers/writers, you just thought because she was big she had to have a complex? And having her sing that Christina Aguilerra song - so original. And, by the way, what is with Quinn all of a sudden being the "I know what it's like, Iused to be that way" guru? Don't you think if she could she would drop right back into that role? Just because she's pregnant doesn't mean she is instantly wise and all-knowing.

But Kurt is my big issue. His first song of the show was his audition of Mr. Cellophane from Chicago, the kind of musical Kurt would love. The first "gay episode" featuring several scenes blasting "Single Ladies" was meaningful and a wonderful exploration of Kurt, but still funny and charming. Five "gay episodes" later and I'm sick of it. Finn is rightly freaked out by sharing a room with a a "brother" who has a serious crush on him! The show portrayed Finn as being wrong for exploding at Kurt. Because, hey, if out from nowhere your mother springs on you that you're moving in with her new boyfriend, his gay son who has a crush on you and that there's no say about it, it's wrong to be angry. Right. But Finn had some God-given patience for not exploding at this. It wasn't until the interior decor nightmare that Kurt vomited all over their room that he burst, but not before being reprimanded by Kurt's father for being unreasonable. Right, right. *sigh* This is the problem with having the producer also be a writer, trying to force his own experiences into the episodes where they don't belong. But the biggest problem is that these "gay episodes" have no right being part of Kurt. He is strong. He was totally secure until the writer bludgeoned his pride with LIKE A MILLION of these ridiculous episodes.

Glee has lost so much of its power and bold attitude. Aiz sad. Last weeks episode - Theatricality - wouldn't have been bad at all if it weren't for the issues with Kurt/Finn/crush/living together/etc. I liked the music, especially Idina singing Funny Girl (love! that song) and her duet with Lea. I liked the momentary resolution between their two characters. The episode should have just been about them. It deserved a bit more depth, but alas~

Ryan Murphy: that is not your life.

Toodle Pip.