Glee, Showmance

Yes, I realize Showmance was the second episode of Glee and aired last week, but I only just saw it, so I'm going to talk about it this week.

It was a vast improvement over the premiere in terms of the WTF moments. There was structure, there was slower plot development, there was even a very important message about sexuality with which I absolutely agree.

Sue Sylvester, the cheerleading coach, tells Will that Glee club can't compete in Regionals without 12 people in the club, which means Glee will disappear. She delights in telling him this, but it's entertaining to realize that she has already assessed that Glee is a threat to the dominance of her Cheerios, and so much be crushed without mercy.

To recruit more members, Will rehearses Glee to perform at an assembly, and he wants to use the disco music used to win Finales in 1993. The club doesn't want the music, but he doesn't listen. They end up rehearsing something else, something bizarrely sexual (bizarre is a word I suspect I will be using a lot while talking about Glee). The school ends up loving it, so hopefully they will pull in some new recruits that way.

Glee is then limited as to the nature of the songs they are allowed to perform, and while Rachel is in trouble over the stunt, Will acknowledges that he has to listen to the group about what they want as well as what he thinks is best.

On the home front, Terri wants Will to buy them a new house. She is so selfish, but has no idea; she thinks she deserves everything she demands...it's really quite cute. Will takes on shifts as the nighttime school janitor to help pay for it, where he and Emma spend some good quality time together. Ken, the coach who's in love with Emma, asks her out. He knows he's not the greatest catch, but he's better for her than Will, who is married. He very clearly tells her the pros and cons of dating him; it was amazing!

Emma, in the end, takes Ken up on his offer, and admonishes Will for the amount of time he's been spending with her. He's got a kid on the way, after all...at least, that's what he thinks. Terri, at her ultrasound, discovers her body only thinks it is pregnant...but it's not. She tries to tell Will, but sensing how disappointed he'd be, she instead says that the baby is a boy. I'm quite glad that she legitimately thought she was pregnant. She would have been quite the awful B$#@* if she's lied, instead of being wrong.

Rachel and Finn also had some fair progress on their relationship. The best part of the episode is when Rachel goes to celibacy club, and then points out that teenagers should really just be prepared since they all, girls and guys, want sex equally. I have always believe that if you are going to be abstinent, that's great, but sexual education should teach what to do if you decide not to abstain. Plus, if kids refuse to plan for possible sexual experiences, it's all the more likely it will happen without protection when hormones kick sense out the window.

After this rant, Finn and Rachel were rehearsing together. On a break, Rachel told Finn he could kiss her and he did. There was definitely some serious sexual chemistry, and Finn had to run out of the auditorium or reveal that he made a mess...something he had always prevented himself from doing with Quinn. Rachel finished the episode with a wonderful performance of Very Entertaining, as Finn and Quinn continued their relationship - Quinn joined Glee club to "support" him, though really to keep him and spy for the Cheerios. The saddest part was when Will gave Rachel's solo in Don't Stop Believing to Quinn.

So I'm actually quite excited about episode 3, which I am about to watch. Showmance had a much smoother storytelling technique than the premiere, and I really want to know where all the characters are going and how the romances are going to work out.