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TV commentary:
Bones- I must confess, I was actually moved by the storyline with Cam's daughter and the intern.
Glee- Okay, some people say Quinn/Rachel is imagined, but I swear this show is totally trolling the shippers. I mean, the ep starts with Finn trying to get Rachel to decide when they can try and get married again, and she's hardly paying attention, telling him she can't stop thinking about Quinn. Then in the choir room, Quinn is talking about her injuries and the first thing she says is the plumbing still works, and they immediately cut to Rachel? C'mon, that can't be a coincidence.
Heh, but I'm sure some people are pissed they basically fast forwarded through the whole accident, and Quinn is back, albeit in a wheelchair. And despite being t-boned by a speeding truck, she just looks like a pretty girl sitting in a wheelchair, as opposed to someone who was in a horrible accident. And she apparently has superhuman healing, as supposedly the injury isn't permanent and she's starting to regain feeling, despite it being at most a month or so.
But yeah, I'm sure people were wanting something more emotional post-accident, rather than jumping ahead to where Quinn is "fine". Though I guess they did give something to those Faberry shippers who were wanting to see a angst-y convo between Rachel and Quinn over the accident- during the senior ditch day discussion, Rachel breaks down, upset over what's happened to Quinn and everyone talking like everything's fine and how Rachel blames herself. But not only does Quinn tell Rachel its okay, she doesn't think Rachel is at fault at all, she pulls her in for a hug to reassure her, and then they hold hands for the rest of the scene? Its like something out of one of the many Faberry fanfics I read during the hiatus!
Of course, its not the only the Faberry shippers getting play, I'm sure the Quartie fans are loving all the Quinn/Artie bonding. Heh, Artie takes Quinn to one of those handicap skate parks, where we somehow get to meet all of Artie's cripple friends we've never seen before (which is also something out of one of those post-accident Quinn fan fics!)
But like I said, even though the accident should have been a bigger deal (it was the major cliffhanger before the break!), it shares the spotlight with Sue's baby (which may have health/development complications) and Blaine's strained relationship with his douche-y brother Cooper. Since a recent FFF involved Flo from Progressive, I found it kinda hilarious when Rory asked if Cooper met George Clooney, he claimed to have slept with the "Progressive Insurance Lady". I was annoyed though that his acting class had the club doing a scene from NCIS, but they have Rachel playing "Agent Sciuto". Abby's not an NCIS agent, she's a forensics specialist! Nothing annoys me more when a show references another show, but gets the details wrong.
Anyways, Matt Bomer can sing, but I wasn't feeling the story. I mean, they really should have spent this ep on the Quinn stuff, so they could've devoted a different ep to the Andersons. Because I just felt they didn't devote enough time to develop Blaine and Cooper's relationship to make you feel for it. Like, they just didn't seem that strained. They have Matt Bomer act all douche-y and then Blaine's all, "you're such a douche, you don't care about me!" but after Cooper sees Blaine does Xtina's "Fighter" (which was total fanservice to the girls/gays with Blaine hitting the punching bag in a wifebeater and then showering!?) Coop sees the light and they make up?! That was quick!
So yeah, unlike some people, I'm not annoyed they did an ep on Blaine and his brother, because yeah, he's not one of the original characters, but he's a main character now. And I don't actually have a problem with them covering his back story (even though we haven't covered the back stories of characters who've been around longer, like Tina or Mercedes or Britt). I think some people frustrated about how quickly they seemed over how they glossed over the Quinn stuff, lay the blame on Blaine, but I don't think that's really fair. I think they could've done both, just not in the same ep!
Oh, and I'm a little annoyed it was Puck who gave Finn the idea to ask Rachel to change her mind about NY and go to California, though the Puckelberry shipper in me can excuse it as him not wanting Rachel to no longer be in his life. But really, is Finn an idiot? "Hey Rachel, go to California to try and make it as an actress, even though you have no experience, and your dream has always been Broadway! You can go to auditions, and unlike NY I'll be able to support you, because I'll sure to make a lot of money via the pool cleaning business Puck is attempting to open over there!"
Which is one of the most frustrating things with this show, Finchel is the main couple, and they are so wrong for each other. Maybe the show doesn't intend it to be that way, but it comes off like that. Meanwhile, Quinn/Rachel's narrative seems like a friends becoming lovers deal. I mean, if one of them was a boy or were specifically described as being gay, people would have no doubt it was heading that direction.
Bones- I must confess, I was actually moved by the storyline with Cam's daughter and the intern.
Glee- Okay, some people say Quinn/Rachel is imagined, but I swear this show is totally trolling the shippers. I mean, the ep starts with Finn trying to get Rachel to decide when they can try and get married again, and she's hardly paying attention, telling him she can't stop thinking about Quinn. Then in the choir room, Quinn is talking about her injuries and the first thing she says is the plumbing still works, and they immediately cut to Rachel? C'mon, that can't be a coincidence.
Heh, but I'm sure some people are pissed they basically fast forwarded through the whole accident, and Quinn is back, albeit in a wheelchair. And despite being t-boned by a speeding truck, she just looks like a pretty girl sitting in a wheelchair, as opposed to someone who was in a horrible accident. And she apparently has superhuman healing, as supposedly the injury isn't permanent and she's starting to regain feeling, despite it being at most a month or so.
But yeah, I'm sure people were wanting something more emotional post-accident, rather than jumping ahead to where Quinn is "fine". Though I guess they did give something to those Faberry shippers who were wanting to see a angst-y convo between Rachel and Quinn over the accident- during the senior ditch day discussion, Rachel breaks down, upset over what's happened to Quinn and everyone talking like everything's fine and how Rachel blames herself. But not only does Quinn tell Rachel its okay, she doesn't think Rachel is at fault at all, she pulls her in for a hug to reassure her, and then they hold hands for the rest of the scene? Its like something out of one of the many Faberry fanfics I read during the hiatus!
Of course, its not the only the Faberry shippers getting play, I'm sure the Quartie fans are loving all the Quinn/Artie bonding. Heh, Artie takes Quinn to one of those handicap skate parks, where we somehow get to meet all of Artie's cripple friends we've never seen before (which is also something out of one of those post-accident Quinn fan fics!)
But like I said, even though the accident should have been a bigger deal (it was the major cliffhanger before the break!), it shares the spotlight with Sue's baby (which may have health/development complications) and Blaine's strained relationship with his douche-y brother Cooper. Since a recent FFF involved Flo from Progressive, I found it kinda hilarious when Rory asked if Cooper met George Clooney, he claimed to have slept with the "Progressive Insurance Lady". I was annoyed though that his acting class had the club doing a scene from NCIS, but they have Rachel playing "Agent Sciuto". Abby's not an NCIS agent, she's a forensics specialist! Nothing annoys me more when a show references another show, but gets the details wrong.
Anyways, Matt Bomer can sing, but I wasn't feeling the story. I mean, they really should have spent this ep on the Quinn stuff, so they could've devoted a different ep to the Andersons. Because I just felt they didn't devote enough time to develop Blaine and Cooper's relationship to make you feel for it. Like, they just didn't seem that strained. They have Matt Bomer act all douche-y and then Blaine's all, "you're such a douche, you don't care about me!" but after Cooper sees Blaine does Xtina's "Fighter" (which was total fanservice to the girls/gays with Blaine hitting the punching bag in a wifebeater and then showering!?) Coop sees the light and they make up?! That was quick!
So yeah, unlike some people, I'm not annoyed they did an ep on Blaine and his brother, because yeah, he's not one of the original characters, but he's a main character now. And I don't actually have a problem with them covering his back story (even though we haven't covered the back stories of characters who've been around longer, like Tina or Mercedes or Britt). I think some people frustrated about how quickly they seemed over how they glossed over the Quinn stuff, lay the blame on Blaine, but I don't think that's really fair. I think they could've done both, just not in the same ep!
Oh, and I'm a little annoyed it was Puck who gave Finn the idea to ask Rachel to change her mind about NY and go to California, though the Puckelberry shipper in me can excuse it as him not wanting Rachel to no longer be in his life. But really, is Finn an idiot? "Hey Rachel, go to California to try and make it as an actress, even though you have no experience, and your dream has always been Broadway! You can go to auditions, and unlike NY I'll be able to support you, because I'll sure to make a lot of money via the pool cleaning business Puck is attempting to open over there!"
Which is one of the most frustrating things with this show, Finchel is the main couple, and they are so wrong for each other. Maybe the show doesn't intend it to be that way, but it comes off like that. Meanwhile, Quinn/Rachel's narrative seems like a friends becoming lovers deal. I mean, if one of them was a boy or were specifically described as being gay, people would have no doubt it was heading that direction.