There were a number of things I enjoyed in this episode of Glee, not the least of which was Rachel’s absurd Ode to her Headband song. I mean, I love a good headband, what could be bad about a song about headbands? (except for when she rhymed "do" with "do". Um, no.) Hilare.
From the previous episode, Rachel had come up with the idea that she wanted the Glee club to perform an original song and set out to write it. Unfortunately, since she hadn’t “lived” yet, all she can write about is her headbands…so Rachel decides she needs to have some life experience aka “have a party and get drunk”. Also, from last week’s previews we knew that there would be a kiss between Rachel and Blaine (much to Kurt’s chagrin!) and Artie “making it rain” dollar bills on Brittany!
So the first thing I liked, (or second, as the case may be) was Principal Figgins calling Ke$ha – “KE dollar sign Ha” (LOL!!!) Then we also got to see Rachel’s basement which of course contained a portrait of her and obviously, a mini stage…(but what the hell was she wearing?! It was awful!! It reminded me of a bad, bad bridesmaid dress from the 70’s.) But! It’s okay because she makes up for it with one of her outfits later on…
So, once the real party gets started (ie. after they talk Rachel out of the 2-ticket wine cooler minimum) we see our favorite Gleeks WASTED (high voice), and it’s pretty comical! Finn correctly describes each type of girl drunk (NOTE: During my “famous years” (circa 1996-98) I’m pretty sure I was each one of those types…ah, Scandals…) Oh, and I like that Far East Movement’s “Like a G6” song too (much better than their new “Rocketeer” song). Tipsy Rachel decides its time for a rousing game of Spin the Bottle and she ends up kissing Blaine…which leads to (yes!) their duet of an 80’s favorite: “Don’t You Want Me” (LOVE). Also, yay for Blaine not doing an acapella song with the Warblers this week!
The following Monday, the Gleeks are STILL hungover from the party (haha – because we all know how this feels! True story: The day after one such party, I had to get up for church the next morning (because my parents said “Oh, you can go to the party, but you better be up and ready to go to church in the morning!”) and do a scripture READING, in front of the whole congregation. I seriously thought I was up there for 2 hours. It wasn’t easy! You try and look like you’re not dry-heaving while reading the Bible.) And then Artie breaks into “Blame it on the A – a – a – a – a – alcohol” which turns into a performance and Sam is hilariously sitting on a rotating banquette with his shades on (and doesn’t actually appear to be singing) but the whole performance is awesome anyways. Mr. Schu loves it (and so do I) but reminds them that it doesn’t really carry the right message for the Alcohol Awareness assembly that’s coming up. The Glee kids call him on being a hypocrite about drinking and he starts to get depressed about the stuff going on in his life. Enter our favorite Coach Bieste who decides to take him to her fave “honky-tonk” bar to lift his spirits. Will has a grand old time, riding the electric bull, duetting with Coach Bieste “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer” and also getting WASTED (high voice). Coach Bieste brings him home (thankfully, no drunken night of passion – I wouldn’t be able to look at them the same after that) but there is some drunk paper grading and of course drunk dialing…Unfortunately, as we all know, it wasn’t to Emma as he intended.
Meanwhile, Rachel has decided that after her drunken kiss with Blaine, that she’s “in love” and asks him out. He accepts, but Kurt is upset that Blaine would entertain the notion that he may be bi! Blaine becomes upset that Kurt of all people would get mad at him for trying to figure out who he is…
We still have the Anti-Alcohol Assembly where the kids are performing to KE Dollar Sign Ha’s “Tik (and also) Tok” (haha! Principal Figgins!) Brittany is AWESOME. (And much less stinky looking (sorry) than the real Ke$ha). But everyone is nervous, so Rachel, the new alcoholic, has mixed a cocktail of sorts (including crushed up oreos and cough syrup) which she states will take the edge off and make them perform better. We know where this is going. Cue the vomiting, which for some reason is an awful shade of grey? Though Mr. Schu admonishes the kids for being drunk, he gets a bit of public humiliation himself, as the true receiver of his drunk dialing was to one Ms. Sue Sylvester, who plays the whole message over the school addressing system. (Becky is hilarious with the xylophone – reminds me of Blanche in Grease!) However, in the end, Principal Figgins thanks Will and the Glee Kids (thinking the whole thing was an act) and its Frozen Yogurt coupons for all! Oh, and Mr. Schu makes a touching pledge with the kids to never drink and always be there if they ever need him for a ride if they do get drunk. (though he asks them to promise they won’t drink before Nationals).
And last but not least, Rachel has had a successful date with boyfriend potential Blaine (“who can keep up with me vocally and in the future give me vaguely Eurasian looking children”) where they saw a revival of Love Story and dressed like the characters (which is the outfit that totally makes up for that mint green monstrosity earlier – I heart “Jenny & Oli Love Story outfits”!). However, after a non-drunken kiss, Blaine thanks her for showing him that he really IS gay (Kurt is elated!) and Rachel? Well, Rachel gets the life-experience she needs to compose her first real song. Can’t wait to hear it!
Until then...please remember: Friends don’t let friends drink and drunk dial!
I didn't understand the 'vaguely eurasian' part until I imdb-ed Blaine. I did not know he was half filipino. At all.
ReplyDeleteBrittany doing that split thing during "Tik Tok" was crazy.