A Bully, A Bieste and a Bro-mance: Glee-style

I know Glee was only gone for like one week, but did it not seem like it was forever? Perhaps it was because I was disappointed in the last episode but it seriously felt like I hadn't seen it in ages. I was quite looking forward to this episode because of the girls singing "Living on a Prayer" in the previews (This turned out to be a mash-up with "Top it up" or whatever that song is... Oh, it was "Start Me Up" by the Rolling Stones. haha). It was classic over the top Glee with the girls all wearing black leather biker gear. I liked it. It was fun and the girls looked like bad-ass biker chicks!!

However, I think this week I enjoyed the guys singing more - whether it was the rival all boys school that Kurt visited, singing Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" (a song I normally don't care for, but didn't mind because I am a sucker for good harmonies) to Puck and Artie's reggae duet of Bob Marley's "One Love" (which I liked the most out of all the songs this week) to the Glee Guys' mash-up of "Stop! (In the name of love)" with EnVogue's "Free Your Mind".

There were a few themes this week - Kurt getting bullied by that football player and finding the courage to stand up to him with the help of a friend from a rival school, (could his new friend become his first boyfriend??!) and getting his first kiss. At first I thought that Kurt was just having a dream and that any moment he'd be woken up from it with a slushy to the face. Happily it wasn't a dream and he looked so delighted when the Warblers were singing Teenage Dream. (Though I thought it was awkward when Blaine took his hand and they were running to the room. I suppose there's no other way to pull someone along...but I think it just looked funny.) I totally called that whole "boys locker room situation". (Didn't something similar happen on "American Beauty"?) However, I have to say that even though I was pretty sure that's what would happen, there was a split second where I thought it could really go the other way. The acting in that scene was intense!

Another theme was how the Glee guys (and Tina) would visualize "the Bieste" to cool off when they were getting too hot and heavy, which on the surface may have had a comic element (visualizing the coach in a tutu) but was, in actuality, particularly mean especially when Will had to tell her. Everytime this coach is on, my heart is breaking! We love Coach Bieste. She's like a big teddy bear.

There was also the return of Puck (and his mohawk!) from juvie. For his "community service" he decided to hang with Artie to teach him the ropes on being "cool". And though he initially played up that he was a tough guy, it turned out he was terrified of going back. And instead of him influencing Artie, it was the other way around (kind-of). I'm glad Artie didn't fold to the pressure of the "dine and dash" because if he did, I could see him being the one getting caught and Puck and the girls beating it out of there, leaving him to take the fall. Seeing Artie standing up (excuse the pun) for what was right and seeing that Puck isn't as strong as he likes to believe is refreshing and I see a bro-mance on the horizon! I like them being good friends. Also, I think Artie has a really good voice which at times is under utilized. Hopefully more duets to come from these two.

All in all, I think the show was a good one this week, with a lot for us to digest. I'm sensing we will see more of Kurt's new friend (or boyfriend, perhaps?), Coach Bieste will stay to fight another day and the PuckArt(?) bromance will blossom further...

I'm looking forward to Gwyneth Paltrow's appearance on next week's episode! See you next week!