“I lived my entire life in the shadow of Britney Spears and I’ll never be as famous or as talented as her.”
That was a pretty heartbreaking delivery by Heather Morris at the top of the episode, and gets to the heart of what – occasionally – makes Glee work.
Too bad it was all downhill from there, in what might be the most embarrassing episode of television on this season. Yes, I realize we’re only a week or two in, but there were so many cringe worthy moments this week, by the end of the hour I was balled up on my couch in horror. Let’s recap them, shall we?
But first, the setup: Kurt wants the Glee Club to honor Britney Spears, while Mr. Schue wants to spend the week on Christopher Cross. Meanwhile, The Little Red-Headed Girl’s new boyfriend turns out to be a dentist played by John Stamos and he gives everyone Britney Spears inspired hallucinations with his gas.
Doesn’t sound too awkward, right? And yet:
- Half-hearted “Hit Me Baby One More Time” stings are punctuated throughout the episode, often at weird intervals.
- There are several songs that are actually sung off-key, including a godawful “Hit Me Baby One More Time” by Rachel.
- A David After The Dentist joke! That’s current, right?
- It’s nice that Artie got a number after his awesome “Dream On” episode viral video, but holy cow, why did it have to be a “Superbowl Shuffle” style cover of “Stronger”?
This isn’t even touching the giganto step back for the show from last week. The show is back to being the world’s most expensive karaoke session, with excuses for singing songs and nothing fluid coming out of the story. Plus, we get the worst of everything, with characters shrilly yelling at each other, girls being emotionally needy and guys dumbly wanting nothing but sex.
Once again, we get a Glee that’s an unfocused mess (Why was Kurt so hot to sing Britney? Wasn’t this episode supposed to be about Brittany, who basically got no lines in the latter half of the show?) Not to mention: does anyone like Britney Spears anymore, other than Ryan Murphy, of course?
If they did, they probably won’t after watching this episode.
Random Notes:
- “Leave Brittany alone.” I get it.
- “It’s just… I want to be the only thing that makes you happy.”
- “It’s Britney… Bitch.”
- “It looks like a Jewish cloud.”
- I’ll say this: Heather Morris can freaking dance like a mofo. This should have been just an hour about her, like, you know, we thought it would be. Is it possible Ryan Murphy doesn’t know how to write? Seriously.
- Boy, I’m so glad there’s going to be another one of these.
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