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Glee: Old Dog, New Tricks (2014)
Classic Glee feel
Without revealing spoilers, "Old Dog, New Tricks" is a wonderfully positive, fun and touching episode with great music, amazing guest stars and writing that brings that the enjoyment of Glee during seasons 1 and 2. There's fun, fighting, romance, angst and a couple of very touching scenes.
The entire cast was fantastic & the characterizations were spot-on! In fact, Sam was back to the best of Sam (as in season 2). I've never cared much for Samcedes, but this was terrific. And Artie stole the show in a couple of places. Loved Kurt, Rachel & Santana together, as always, through the ups and downs of friendship. And Kurt and Blaine were not highlighted, but was wonderfully supportive.
Kurt was highlighted in this episode, written by Chris Colfer; Colfer advised that he wrote about the character with whom he was most familiar. That being said, I didn't feel that Kurt was the sole focus, as we got a lot of almost everyone. VERY well done; this episode was one of the two Fox network submissions for Glee for the Primetime Emmys, which was quite a compliment to a novice scriptwriter.
Hot in Cleveland: Straight Outta Cleveland (2014)
Straight Out Funny
Wendie Malick's Tony FINALLY arrives...in the form of her son, played by Chris Colfer. Chris Colfer and Sam Daly are very entertaining in this unusual offering about a parent's dreams for their child. The Hot In Cleveland cast is funny as heck, as always. Colfer's expressiveness and vocal tones carries a lot of the scenes he's in - especially those with the iconic Betty White. Sam Daly is perfect as the Colfer's business partner; the two play off each other very well.
Valerie Bertinelli joins Jane Leeves and Tim Daly in an undercover assignment that will probably never happen again - at least if the two investigators have anything to say about it-! They each have their own (but related) covert operations going that end up derailing and re-railing their budding relationship.
Glee: Sadie Hawkins (2013)
Take a chance
I'll be honest; I mostly liked this because of the NYC storyline this time, but the music was great. It's Kurt's first week in NYADA and we meet the potential love interest, Adam (Oliver Kieran Jones). Very fun interaction, very good chemistry. LOVED the controversial "Baby Got Back" song, performed by the Adam's Apples, NYADA's show choir. I HATED the song when I listened to the Coulton version before the episode. When I saw the AAs perform it, though, it was a BLAST. Fun & in your face (nice way). Had to get it.
In Lima, the New Directions are recouping from the loss and Sam goes on a quest to solve a mystery, with some backup from Blaine. The Sadie Hawkins was fun, but Tina's new crush is a bit disturbing, but Jenna KILLED "I Don't Know How To Love Him". Wonderfully well done, as were ALL the songs in this episode.
Glee: I Do (2013)
Fun, Flirty and Happy
I LOVED this episode, almost start to finish, because it was chaotic fun. I'm not going on, but this is a time you want to FEEL and not over-analyze. Just enjoy the ride :) Excellent performances of all types, good music and excellent film directing (this season has been really above par on that) This being Valentine's Day AND a wedding, romance and hook ups were inevitable and (I thought) tastefully and joyfully done. There was one hookup that did catch me off-guard, but worked well, if a tad on the bitter side UNTIL the hookup. Kurt/Blaine's chemistry was back in full force, and there were some great lines tossed in amongst those scenes; the Kurt/Tina bitch-fest was hilarious-!Finn/Rachel chemistry was back at it's peak, again fun and flirty, rather than dramatic. Finn waxes eloquent; who knew? Artie & Betty : ) Sue's usual evil mind games were even nastier and led to a GREAT song by Jayma, w help from Mercedes (who knew she could do that??) Not overlooking Will & Emma, but I'm so certain that they'll get together in a SMALL, JoP wedding without stress that I'm not even going there.