While I do agree with most of your take on the pilot, I have to say that I have loved it from the very beginning, the very first second.  I have watched every episode of this series at least 25 times and a handful of episodes, well over 100 times (Season 4, Episode 12 is my favorite and I listen to it as I fall asleep…

Quinn?  Dead?  Naw… there were pictures leaked from Glee filming a few days ago with Dianna Aggron in a wheelchair next to Artie… don't know the extent of the "injury," but she didn't die, though how that happened, I'll never know. 

For her name alone.  :-)

Exactly… while I'm sure the "it gets better" campaign has helped some, it fails in helping NOW.  My son endured bullying in middle school and trying to get hm to think that SIX years from now, it will be better… well, it just doesn't work because the bullying or bad situation will continue for those 6 years before "it…