Not cool Glee... Not cool...

So after two weeks of waiting I sat among my friends to watch the newest episode in the "Glee" series. I'll admit that being a "Gleek" is massively uncool, and I once was a hater myself, but I have to admit my hate for American high school series' has been somewhat suppressed by Glee while leaving me with a smile in my face after every episode. Yes, it has enough American cheese to feed all the mice in my neighborhood, but it's got that feel good Disney happiness that I think is lacking from most television nowadays, and so I have no shame in admitting I do love Glee.

This weeks episode "Michael" was, as the name suggests, a Michael Jackson themed week with songs throughout the episode being covers of some of M.J's best work. As a group we had high expectations from the episode, with Glee getting better every season mixed with M.J classics surely nothing could go wrong? Unfortunately we were mistaken, and while my peers may disagree, I was quite frankly disappointed.

Minutes into the show it was clear they were recycling the story of the "rival school" and individuals overcoming the "hardships" they have as teenagers. That mixed with the song-a-minute barrage of music made an almost uncomfortable viewing, with almost too much cheese to bare (even for my friendly neighborhood mice). An uncharacteristic outburst by one character lead to a cover of M.J's 'Scream' leaving the regular viewer confused, made worse by the fact that two other characters are shown to be successful in applications to a college that, considering previous incidents, makes absolutely no sense. It seems the producers focused too much on creating a story out of M.J songs and not enough time focusing on the witty humor and down to earth representations they often manage to subtly create, and as a result created an American teenagers Mama Mia. If that wasn't bad enough Sue Sylvester, the character who often pokes fun at the "terrible tragedies" the teenagers face, was nowhere to be seen, contributing massively to the abysmal story line.

While I'll feel robbed as a Glee fan, and angry that this awful episode does nothing to my cool points should an non Glee watcher decide to view it, I feel the biggest injustice is that of poor Michael Jackson. Is it not bad enough the poor man is no longer with us, that now his songs have been crammed poorly into 45 minutes of teenage angst and emotion? After the Madonna and Lady Gaga episodes working so well, I can only now say I am disappointed that the long awaited M.J special seemed rushed and lacked thought.

My last words: Not cool Glee... not cool...