That is true, and I'm sure the Glee shooting schedule makes it tough to think that many steps through. But, sadly, a girl on the Glee project brought more energy to this song than Glee. Kurt's season 3 version had more energy. This felt weak.

Ok, after looking through tumblr, I think I realized why I'm the Greatest Star didn't work for me (other than the choreography).

They need to hire a better choreographer. Lea sounded good on I'm the Greatest Star, but watching it was strangely boring.

I think I've just gotten so sick of them, to be honest. I used to like them.

No, I genuinely love some of his solo songs, but on Glee. . .eh?

I'd rather watch Samcedes talk for hours than watch Blaine act like a child, and feel embarrassed for his acting and singing.

Really? Whenever I see Darren act, I feel like I'm watching a human cartoon. Sure, people like Lea can get cartoony, but she can also be somewhere in the realm of a real person (see this episode). Darren very very very rarely does.

This episode made me realize that somehow Mercedes makes everyone more likable. Maybe she could make Blaine more likable? Eh, might be too big a task, even for her.

. . .I think the reason is "he's Darren Criss"
Also, because we were introduced to a dude in the Warbler's jacket, with appropriately gelled hair, who seemed nice, and hey, literally the only other gay dude around.
Yeah, I think the other thing is he's playing a gay guy. If you paired off Darren Criss with Quinn to be…

Well, like, they're not really learning how to compromise. What're they going to do when they're married, live in separate apartments? Kind of defeats the purpose. They obviously still don't trust each other (very obvious with Blaine and the Elliot drama, which was ridiculous, and less obviously with Kurt when he was…

I liked it once Elliot got Blaine to chill. Darren playing angry doesn't come off well. But Elliot's response to it made me laugh.

I feel alone in finding it mediocre. I was really, really missing the female presence. So much dude, I kind of rolled my eyes. Artie is pretty much useless (yeah, is he in a dorm? How're classes? Anything? Nothing? Ok). But seriously, Tina had more development than him. I'll be honest, it was mainly Santana I was…

And black and Hispanic characters too.

Well, I think the thing is that Broadway's hard, and she doesn't really give a monkey's ass about Funny Girl. I wish the wording had been different, but I got it.

While logically, I agree, I'm also fine with the Rachel/Santana resolution. Here's my (possibly wrong) interpretation:

Well, they let Rachel win to be nice. I mean, Santana told her about it to be mean, but originally it wasn't a mean thing…

I loved this one. At least the Brittana/Quick parts.

Worst decision they could make? She was the only remotely good part of late season 4, she's my favorite voice, and she'd be the only way I think I could put up with everyone else being annoying. Also makes the understudy plot pointless. Also means the show will be Rachel and the sausage parade. #gleehatesgirls except…

I think that was part of it—I also get the sense based on Chris in the quarterback and interviews that the Cory stuff makes him uncomfortable. Obviously don't know, just a sense I get.

Yeah, I've been thinking about this episode more, and I'm feeling a little more conflicted about it. I definitely think it makes sense that Finn did come up—and I had read spoilers saying they'd dedicate the performance to him. That's fine. I just think that with how much of a presence he was in the episode was what…