Before the season began today, as someone who follows fans/ex-fans of Glee on Tumblr, I read a number of spoilers that made me promise myself never to watch Season 6.

I broke that promise for a couple of reasons: 1) To keep this blog active, and 2) To get back to writing TV episode reviews again (I don’t think I will be going back to writing recaps anytime soon though.)

Clearly, I hate myself today to be watching the first two back-to-back episodes of the final season of Glee.

Let me first start with Episode 1…

Episode 1: Loser Like Me

The premiere episode of the final season of Glee began with Rachel Berry coming back home to Lima after having a failed show called That’s So Rachel. In Lima, her misery did not end when she found out that her dads were divorcing. There, she also caught up with Blaine, who left NYADA after failing his classes due to his breakup with Kurt and is now coaching The Warblers, Mr Schue, who is now coaching Vocal Adrenaline, and Sam, who is the assistant coach to Coach Bieste. Kurt, meanwhile, was in New York, trying to move on from his breakup. When he realized that he’s still hung up over Blaine, he went back to Lima wanting to mend their relationship until he found that Blaine had moved on.

The above paragraph sounds like a lot being cramped into one episode but it was actually pretty manageable. Understandably, we need to find out where some of the characters are doing now that the New Directions is no more. But everything seems really odd because everyone seems to not be where they probably should be.

What I don’t understand is the writing and what they are doing with each character.

I just don’t get why Rachel did not turn to Kurt, who is her best friend, but instead went back to Lima, caught up with Blaine, only to find out that the two broke up. What kind of friend is she? She did not even know that her best friend broke up with the love of his life.

When she sang “Let It Go” and walked down the hall of McKinley High leaving a trail of flying papers all over the floor, that was just tacky.

And the whole Blaine and Kurt breaking-up storyline irked me and it continues to do so even now. They have been through loads of crap together and individually for the past seasons that I feel like it is okay for them to be that couple this season that is stable and in a healthy relationship. But of course, I am asking too much because this is Glee after all.

What about the whole about-turn with Kurt? I do agree with Blaine. He seemed aloof now and then realized that he made a huge mistake and thought it was super easy to get Blaine back. What is Blaine? A puppy? This episode makes me not like Kurt and I don’t like that at all because Kurt is my favourite character.

What about Blaine? Why is he dating the very person that made his ex-fiance’s life miserable in high school? I do not care if Karofsky is now a nice person. He made Kurt’s life miserable and Blaine knew that. And yet he dates him? Really? What did he think will happen? That Kurt will not find out? That Kurt will be oh so fine and dandy about it?

Basically, the conclusion of my review for this episode is…

And now on to Episode 2…

Episode 2: Homecoming

To get the Glee club up and running, Kurt and Rachel decided to enlist the help of former Glee club members, Santana, Brittany, Mercedes, Quinn, Sam, Artie, Tina, and Puck. But even with the help of these guys, they had some difficulty to get the four new members of New Directions that finally joined them. But for the life of me, I cannot remember any of their names. That does not bode well for these guys.

With all the Glee gang members, this episode was more enjoyable than the first. There were some actual funny moments such as the scene when Sam announced to Tea Party Club members that Quinn had sex with a “lesbian Latina”, and bumped into Quinn, who was laughing out loud. I actually thought that scene was probably unscripted as the bumping looked accidental and the laughter sounded genuine.

As always, there was also a message on gender equality when a girl was admitted into Dalton Academy, an all-boys school, but was rejected when she tried to apply for The Warblers, no matter how talented she was.

We also met the gay football player from the first episode who had a scene with Kurt this time. I do like this scene actually. He mentioned to Kurt that even though they have the same sexual orientation, the similarity stopped there – not all gay men are the same. It’s actually pretty cool to watch.

But it’s Glee and there were moments of incredulity.

What is up with the A-Ha “Take On Me” scene? It was fun, no lie. But it does not make sense at all. I don’t mind watching the characters sudden change of clothes when they got on stage to sing but suddenly coming out of pencil sketches? That is just ridiculous.

Also, why were Karofsky and Blaine there during McKinley High’s homecoming? Just to spite Kurt?

Despite that, I felt that this episode was more bearable than the first.