This season of "Glee" I have noticed a sudden increase in guest stars (Gwenyth Paltrow, Carol Burnett, John Stamos, etc.), and I must say that I am somewhat disappointed. Don't get me wrong, "Glee" is my favorite show of all time and always will be, but it seems that the show is relying on guests to get a good audience, and it seems almost every episode has a new guest star. Personally, I enjoy just the main cast in an episode rather than an episode mixed with a bunch of pointless subplots including various Hollywood stars. But I must say, this past episode, "Rumours" that premeired on May 3rd, was hands down the episode with the worst use of a guest star, and I'm sorry to say that guest star is one of my favorite actresses: Kristen Chenowith.
In the past episode (that paid tribute to the '70s studio album 'Rumours' by Fleetwood Mac) some juicy rumors are popping up all over McKinley High. The show opens on Brittany's internet talk show "Fondue For Two" (my personal favorite part of the show), where Brittany exposes to Mercedes and Tina that Santana plays for "another team" (meaning that she once was on the Cheerios, and now on the New Directions). Of course, the news was misinterpreted as Santana is a closeted lesbian (which she is), which caused a flair between the two BFFs. In the midst of all this gossip, and with prom on the way, Rachel asks Sam to prom, and he responds with a no, and claims that he will not be attending the prom. Another hot rumor that is spreading amongst the McKinley's school newspaper 'The Muckraker,' (now leaded by Sue in another pointless effort to destroy the show choir; to no avail) is that Quinn and Sam are having a late night get together at a cheap motel (Really?), to which Finn storms out of glee rehearsal (Dun, dun, duuuun). Then, out of the blue, April Rhodes (Kristen Chenowith) just happens to appear outside Will's office. She has announced that she is writing a stage musical, based on her life's work (Spoiler Alert: it won't be successful), and she flirtatiously asks Will to help her take this show to Broadway (uh, does she really think people will produce that show? I know, it's TV, I get it!). In light of all of the gossip spreading through WMHS, Will sparks the idea to assign his students to choose a number from Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" album, which of course leads to a pointless duet between April and Will of the song "Dreams." Meanwhile, Artie approaches Brittany Brittany Brittany Brittany
All in all, the show was monumentally confusing. Just from listening to the opening narration, you knew that the episode was going to have a lot of different story lines. There were about 9 subplots, and when they were all brought together, it just created one big mess. The basic idea of the episode was creative, how they incorporated in “Rumours,” but I blame the writer. There was too much going on, resulting in one of my least favorite episodes, which is very rare indeed.
RATING: **
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NEXT EPISODE: "Prom Queen" airing May 10, 2011 on FOX;
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