I completely agree: the plot is being built around John Barrowman's charisma in the role, and like Sara says as much as we all like him, the plot contortions are getting absurd at this point. I'm hoping this is the last of them now, and all we have at this point is a recovered Merlyn helping Team Arrow with the…

It's best no to think about logic, or common sense, or "facts" at this point: I think the writers all have the memories of friggin' goldfish given that we're the only ones who seem to actually point these things out. . .

What you said.

Me too! I love you guys :)

It's OK: worse comes to worse, the Dean can just rap them to victory. Barack Obama's SCARED of him!

I thought this WAS regionals? Or is this semi-regionals, or national lower-zone semis? Don't let my confusion undercut their importance, of course.

Exactly: having characters like them defend her just overshadows all the horrible things that she's done to so many characters, and it's just ridiculous.

I hadn't even considered this: that whole "we don't have enough members" plotline is utterly redundant now, there is limited time for existing character development as it is, and yet they thought a good idea was to incorporate a random spoilt little rich kid into the show and devote an entire episode to his birthday…

Imma go ahead and second this sentiment.

I'd forgotten about that! As evidently has everyone else, especially the writers. . .

The problem is though, she didn't really get what was coming to her; she was humiliated on live TV, fired, has shaken it off, and been rewarded with a job that Will already established as ridiculously well paid and with tonnes of perks. . a job at a school, with teenagers, after it had been established ten/fifteen…

I never thought of VA as the "Frank Grimes" of Glee, before; interesting idea! Kind of like in Community when the main gang realise that THEY are the villains!

Good god, that was terrible. Just. . . .terrible. The part with the blazers right at the end was a nice touch, but otherwise. . .christ. I've been waiting for Sue to get called on her, at this point, simply criminal behaviour since this show started, and now they call her on it, tell her that she cannot be allowed…

I think I've finally given up on this show. . .right before the end. If Sue doesn't somehow lose her job at the end of the series, what the hell. I think that slap was just the final straw for me, even after all the ridiculousness beforehand, The saving grace is that the new kids are actually great, but the Sue stuff…

Not a despicable human being exactly, no, but there's a fine line between having your main character have some interesting character traits/issues to work through and turning them into somebody you just straight up don't like and don't want to root for, particularly one who's meant to be a hero (indeed superhero) more…

I think I've discovered what infuriates me most about this storyline, now: it's the feeling that I'm being manipulated by the writers into somehow caring about the (completely impossible) "redemption" of a sociopathic mass murderer, who is being protected by the one person he's probably caused more pain to than…

And to top it off, the only people he HASN'T been squeamish about killing are. . .the people Ras' wants him to lead. Sigh.

They're the new Sex Bob-omb!

I know, right?! I can't figure out how this show is going to be structured at all! Especially having Caity Lotz involved??

This is true: we all know it's not going to happen, it's just a storyline to put things into a holding pattern until the big battle with the LoA in the season finale, when I presume Nyssa will take over from her father and the writers will attempt to give Malcolm a "heroic" sacrificial death of sorts, as if he can be…