Glee "A Night of Neglect" review

So this is my first TV episode review... I know it's not really what I usually write here but a friend told me that if I wanted people to read what I write, I should write things they want to read about. So since I know a lot of people adore Glee I figured I'd write a review about tonight's episode and see what happens.

Tonight's Glee was the show's return after a month long hiatus and I personally thought that it was a soft return. Like testing the water with your big toe before jumping in. WARNING: Spoilers ahead.

We open with the Glee kids in the practice room, and Mr. Shue pitches a fund-raising idea of selling salt water taffy in order for the club to make money for nationals. What I really liked about this scene was that Mike Chang got a chance to stand out from the crowd. After listening to Santana and Quinn complain about how being in Glee club still wasn't making them (more) popular he stands up and announces that he's tired of hearing them complain. (Amen brother) He goes on to tell the club about how the academic decathlon team at McKinley high is also going to nationals and he, Tina, Artie, and Brittany weren't able to go because they didn't have the money.

This is the jumping point for the rest of the episode. Mr. Shue offers to try and raise money for the aca-dec team along with the Glee club by moving more pieces of taffy. It's his girlfriend Holly Holiday who tells him to dream bigger and have a benefit show to raise money.

Then there's the return of Sunshine who offers to help the McKinley high kids with their benefit by starring in their "night of neglect." She auditions with Celine Dion's "All By Myself" and is amazing (as expected) Rachel doesn't trust her but goes along with the majority of the group and concedes to let Sunshine preform.

This pushes Mercedes further away from the spotlight and Lauren decides to push her into standing up for herself and to make some demands to show that she expects her talent to be recognized. The best moment in the night comes from this storyline. After Sunshine fails to show up Rachel is sent out to talk Mercedes into singing. This heart to heart really lays it all out on the line. When Mercedes asks Rachel why she isn't as big of a star as Rachel is; Rachel replies that because nothing else matters to her more than being a star. Not being liked, not being loved. And she's not kidding herself that this is healthy, it simply is the way she's natured.

As Mercedes sings her heart out we see Rachel standing offstage, she glaces out at the audience to see Finn and Quinn snuggled up together; looks back to the stage to see Mercedes standing in (her) the spotlight as we see her face crumble for a moment. But she pulls it together in the end and shows how much she's grown since season 1 and manages to step aside and let Mercedes be the hero.

There's also the side plot of Holly Holiday and Mr. Shue's relationship coming to an end. But I didn't find that story line very intriguing. She catches his sharing a (overly?) friendly moment with Emma and he walks in on her being hit-on by one of the Legion (League) of Doom (Evil). Then she tells him she needs space and sings a break up song at the benefit.

There's also the formation of the Legion/League of Doom/Evil but again less interesting except for the resolution that it brings this episode to. One of the members of the Legion (pink Dagger) has a weakness to Aretha and decides to fund the brainiacs to go to nationals.Small problem solved, larger question of Glee nationals to contend with.

...And that's my review of this week's episode of Glee... again thanks for reading it (I know it's not exactly what you signed up for when you decided to read my little corner of the world but hey... you know me) lol.

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