History Headscratchers / GleeSeason3

** They couldn't do "Funk" because they were 'soulless automatons' as Andrea Cohen put it, and couldn't bring the joy and fun required to the performance. Unique is anything ''but'' a soulless automaton--she refuses to conform to people's expectations and is obviously having a great time onstage. And considering Jesse's arrogance, it's not whatsoever unlikely that he'd say 'hey, the New Directions showed us up with a funk number that one time. ''I'', Jesse St. James will therefore put together a funk number that will blow them out of the water.'. Besides, by that point, the majority of VA would have graduated out, and they'd have new blood, who might be able to pull it off better.

** It's part of AmbiguousDisorder trope that's pretty common. If you overthink certain things with this ttrope, it's more trouble than it's worth. Another example is how to judge Jason Mendoza in the Good Place.

* So [[spoiler: Karofsky transferred to another school.]] Which raises the question... how many schools ARE there in the greater Lima area? Isn't it supposed to be a small town?

* I'm bothered by Artie's reaction to Beiste leaving the room when he started asking REALLY inappropriate questions of the cast. First of all, he shouldn't have asked Rachel and Blain such personal questions while in a position of power. Second, he shouldn't have asked Beiste such questions either. Third, if Beiste and Emma weren't going to stop Artie like they should have, they were absolutely right to leave the room. Even tacit approval of what Artie was saying could get a teacher blackballed forever. Remember, Artie was basically suggesting that two students have sex to make them better actors. Any teacher who gave any kind of approval to that could never teach again.

** Is it me, or is the word "rape" used a little to loosely on this site? If they stayed until the club's closing at 2:15, he most likely had more than one drink. It's true he was being a drunk jackass; Kurt called him out on it, and Blaine profusely apologized later. But to call him a rapist is a bit much.

*** The problem isn't just that she wanted to beat Rachel, or that part was double-cast - it's that Maria was the ONLY part that was double cast. In that scene Mercedes knows full well that if Rachel thought she had done better than Mercedes she probably would have demanded the part to herself or being more confident about the double casting, but instead she meekly tells Mercedes that she's happy to share the stage, and then Rachel proves Mercede's suspicions right when she asks Rachel to tell her she was better than her and Rachel (for once) can't do it. And she knows that the teachers think Rachel wouldn't take it well if she didn't get the part at all, since neither they nor Artie can offer an adequate defense when she points out that they're just scared of hurting Rachel's feelings. Note the way Artie says 'don't make this pride thing' instead of 'we really couldn't choose between you'. After a while it all starts to feel inorganic - the writers want to give Rachel (and increasingly Blaine) the biggest best songs and in-universe parts and will justify it by any means necessary, to the point that the writers are getting self-aware about how other characters would react to being shoved to the sidelines all the time. But while they'll happily have Tina give a solo up to Rachel because she admits she will do a better job, when they have the exact same setup here Rachel can't be the bigger person and offer the part to Mercedes, it's just a vehicle to give Rachel another starring role.

** And guess what, when you're married you have to deal with [[IncrediblyLamePun shit]] like that.

** Not hurtful? Of course Santana's backhand apology would hurt. That would hurt anybody but the especially painful part was when Santana said that Finn would "spend the rest of his life riding on the end of Rachel's coat-tails". Given just how upset he was at the end of "The First Time" over the fact that he thought he wasn't good enough to do pretty much anything he wants to do, it's pretty obvious Santana's comments caused just as much pain as his. Finn and Santana might have started it together, but Santana took it too far. Glee has shown plenty of times that Santana can dish it out, but she can't take it. The Writers seemed to have attempted to do the same thing for Santana what they did for Quinn. Like Quinn, Santana helped bring about this unplesant situation. And just as RIB have done with Quinn, they have presented Santana as a character with a hard bitchy outer shell but on the inside she has enough sympathetic character traits to make the viewers think that there is more going on beneath the surface, that both girls are conflicted, complex and most importantly three-dimensional. This is not what occurred in "Mash Off". What occurred in “Mash Off” is that is “Bullying is wrong, unless the bully is gay and the victim is [[AcceptableTarget heterosexual and white]], then it’s perfectly fine.”

** Recasting from the pilot is all well and normal, but isn't it kinda an unfortunate implication to replace a [[ButNotTooBlack dark-skinned black man with a light-skinned black man]] now that her dads are actual characters?

*** This. Quinn was on top of the school and lost her queen bee status through her own choices. Kurt was always on the bottom of the social pecking order just by virtue of ''who he is'', including an awful prank nominating him as Prom Queen that a good part of the student body would have had to be in on, which happened just when he thought people were starting to become indifferent to him (not accepting, just indifferent). He was bullied to a different school by Karofsky because the school faculty couldn't/wouldn't do enough to protect him and stop the bullying. As mentioned above, Kurt will have to go to states that allow gay marriage just to be able to marry like everyone else, has to be careful about expressing affection with any boyfriend while in school and in public and will have people's prejudices follow him for his entire life. Meanwhile Karofsky became the absolute worst version of himself because he couldn't accept his own sexuality, and took it out on the nearest available target, likely because he saw the way the rest of the student body (and society) treats people like Kurt. Kurt had the Glee club and his father to stop the weight of being the only out student driving him to suicide. Karofsky had ''nothing'' - his family ostracised him and his former best friend abandoned him unceremoniously, plus he got a ton of abuse from the student body. The one sort-of friend he had (Kurt) was understandably keeping a bit of distance due to the lingering trauma of the aforementioned bullying, which is totally understandable. Yes, Quinn absolutely went through a hard time but the scale of the problem is very different. She had a support system and wasn't really bullied in school for being a young mother, she just lost her untouchable status and fell to the same social pariah status the rest of the Glee kids (minus more popular characters like Finn and Puck) were dealing with every day already. Once she had given the baby up, she didn't have any financial burden to worry about and just had to focus on healing her mental health, which she had the space to do since she wasn't being bullied like Kurt or Karofsky were. And while there is stigma around teen pregnancy no one would know about Beth when just meeting Quinn (after she gave birth, of course) unless she or someone else explicitly told them. For Kurt and Karofsky it's much harder to hide and the stigma is arguably much greater, and will potentially affect their life prospects in ways Quinn will never have to worry about unless she chooses to be a part of Beth's life again. In short, for Quinn it was 9 months of hell plus some recovery after that, but for Kurt and Karofsky it's a continual lifelong battle to believe that it will actually get better someday.

** My reading of the scene falls somewhere in the middle - the episode has spent a lot of time about the character's 'first time' and Kurt brings up wondering if Blaine is frustrated they aren't moving faster, but Blaine tells him that he isn't. The rest of the episode is about Kurt trying to assert his role as Blaine's boyfriend to Sebastian, who clearly doesn't respect that. Kurt's the one who proposes they DO go to Scandals, clearly so he doesn't seem intimidated by the idea in front of Sebastian, but he DOES make it clear to Blaine that he 'doesn't like' Sebastian and Blaine brushes him off. They spend the evening dancing, Blaine doing some of which with Sebastian. Blaine gets drunk, and when they leave Blaine is in a physically affectionate mood (trying to kiss Kurt) and Kurt isn't, because of the one-two punch of Blaine not brushing Sebastian off enough for his liking and Blaine getting drunk. The problems start when Blaine pulls Kurt on top of him in the car - according to the transcript, Kurt is at first surprised, and then his dialogue suggests Blaine is feeling him up (he complains Blaine's hands are cold), but after that is when Blaine suggests they should just do it. After that, Kurt says 'no' multiple times, as well as 'stop' - Blaine is talking past him at those points (saying he wants Kurt) and then he stops and gives the more coherent speech about 'who cares where we are?' while pulling at Kurt. Kurt then has to physically pull himself out of the car and raise his voice to get the message across to Blaine - who immediately gets angry (asking 'why are you yelling at me?' when Kurt told him exactly what the problem was) and minimises what he was trying to pressure Kurt into ('sorry for trying to be spontaneous and fun!', then walks off in the middle of the night, likely leaving Kurt to worry if Blaine was going to be able to make it home OK). I'd agree with the above comments that calling it an attempted rape is maybe a little strong, but it definitely checks the boxes for Blaine attempting to pressure Kurt into just doing it with him then

* Glee, Kentucky created/raised a lot of stars. Its not a musical and acting dead zone. Music/BillyRayCyrus, Music/MileyCyrus, Creator/TomCruise, Creator/JohnnyDepp, Laura Bell Bundy, Creator/GeorgeClooney.

* So in an episode that is supposed to be dedicated to Latin music we get songs by Madonna, Elvis, and LMFAO? Really show? On top of that, "Hero" is more of an American pop song by a Latin artist. [[CriticalResearchFailure So two out of six songs actually fit the theme.]]