Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tales

Now that I'm all caught up (SOB! New eps only once a week!) I see that I was, yet again, mistaken about Glee. Last time I posted I said there was no darkness/seriousness/doom and gloom. While the series is "silly", not meant to be taken seriously, there are moments that are serious and dark, and that they're in the middle of all that silliness/lightness makes them feel all the more painful.

The best moments of seriousness are between Kurt (the gay teen) and his manly-man midwestern father -- not stereotypical at all, but so painful and touching. My eyes teared up, even on repeated viewings.

Smaller moments, too. How could the boy in the wheelchair do a dance number with the girl he's in love with? Plus tons of parent issues.

When you first start watching the series (*cough*laurelwood*cough), don't mind that things look lip-synched. After an ep or two they get better about it, and a few eps into the series you can't even tell anymore. (It's the actors singing, but they do it on a soundstage and then edit it into the scene.)

Just a few eps into the first season, Glee was renewed for a second one. And now, with the first season still not over, they've been renewed for a third season. SO HAPPY! Glee is perfectly named, it just makes me so happy.