Glee - Ballad, S01E10

Last week's episode of Glee had two major arches - Rachel (Lea Michele) developed a crush on Will (Matthew Morrison) and Finn (Cory Monteith) told Quinn (Dianna Agron)'s parents she was pregnant. The first was delightful in so many ways. The second was not. And the episode had a few issues I will address as well.

It started with Rachel and Will singing a love ballad - why you ask? Why not I say. Rachel suggested it, and for once Will tried to decline, thinking it was inappropriate. A big difference from a few weeks ago when his hip hop number practically had him grinding with the high school students.

At any rate, Rachel fell madly in love, resulting in a back-and-forth of ballads between the two, trying to get across what they felt - Rachel love and Will fear. In the end, Rachel realized that she did what many somewhat attractive girls with annoying tendencies do - she was reaching towards someone she knew she could not have because it is easier than reaching for an actual possibility that might still fail. I love that despite Lea Michele's beauty and talent, the writers and the actor have managed to create a girl that those of us who are possibly pretty but outwardly flawed can completely relate to.

The pregnancy plot was not nearly so pleasant. Yes, poor Quinn got herself kicked out by her horrid father, and Finn has to man up more, which were poignant and important moments, but the thing I can't get out of my head was Puck (Mark Salling)'s confession to Mercedes (Amber Riley). He was pissed because he's the father of Quinn's baby.

And what did Mercedes say? She told him to back off and leave Quinn alone. She'd chosen her baby's father, and Puck should suck it up that it's not him. WHAT!!! Are you kidding me! Puck is the father, and he has just as much right to claim his baby as Quinn does. You can't just sleep with some random guy and get pregnant and then decide the father is someone completely different. That's not how biology works. And Puck wants to be a part of his child's life.

Plus, it is totally unfair to Finn not only to be lied to about it, but to have the pressure of being a young father thrown on his shoulders cause Quinn decided it would be so.

I will be pissed if this thing never comes to light. Frankly I now strongly dislike Mercedes character; I think she's a bitch.

Am I being to harsh, or do you agree? And where the heck was Sue??