Glee - Bad Reputation, S01E17

Reputation, reputation, reputation. What do we value more than our reputations? They don't have to have anything to do with who we really are as long as everyone has a certain perspective of us and we can maintain it. And even when we are older, and don't want to maintain it anymore, it is so easy to sink back into that pattern without thinking.

My thoughts on this episode were:

Holy crap! Olivia Newton John?!? I could not believe that she was guest starring, and in such a hilarious way. Good for her for being able to make fun of herself as well as for redoing Let's Get Physical with Sue (Jane Lynch). That was just amazing.

Will (Matthew Morrison) is a slut. Or a man whore, depending on whose expression you want to use. I am very proud of Emma (Jayma Mays) for standing up for herself, although I am a little creeped out that Sue has baby monitors all over Will's apartment. And that scene at the end, when Will just wanted to regain that awe-inspired look Emma used to give him, but she had learned from what had happened, and her eyes were open. That was beautiful.

Glee does such an excellent job of interspersing the adult story lines with the teen ones.

Finally, heart break of heart breaks - Rachel (Lea Michele) creates the most fantastic video using 3 men opposite her in Run, Joey, Run, and ends up losing her boyfriend, Jesse (Jonathan Groff) because he is so hurt. I have to remember they are both teenagers, so slapping them upside the head and saying "Get over her one tiny mistake," probably wouldn't cut it. Frankly, I would have much rather had them break up because Rachel kissed Puck (Mark Salling) cause then, at least, we would have got a Puckelberry kiss!

Also, the "rehabilitation" worked, I guess, but I'm going to admit that I have always liked those songs, even if they weren't considered cool. Then again, I have to deny all claims to having any musical knowledge...so, I'm allowed to like songs with Bad Reputations.

What was the high light of the episode for you?