Most of my favorite TV series will be back this week. Hooray! So for those who didn't spend the last week or so "reviewing" the last episodes as preparation for the season premieres hoopla, here's a quick primer! Haha!
Previously on Glee!
Well, the New Directions didn't win in the show choir regionals, even as they're the main protagonists in the story. Rightly so, in a cool "Bring It On" (classic cheerleading movie) fashion if you ask me. But I still can't get over the fact that there weren't even at least runner-ups! Oh well. Haha! The loss at the regionals would've been the demise of the club. And if you think about it, the TV series, too! I mean come on, when it's over for the protagonists, what story is there left to tell? Haha! But not when the season-long main antagonist cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester steps in and takes the higher road. She blackmails the school principal to give the Glee club another year to continue her 1-part-love-and-2–parts-hate relationship with coach Will Schuester and the rest of glee club. So, to set up the next season, we know that there will be another year's worth of witty comedy and great music. There weren't exactly cliffhangers or unfinished business that needs immediate resolution. I say the last episode of Season 1 did a good job in capping the fictional school year at McKinley High. But that doesn't mean we don't have much to look forward to in the 2nd season!
Stuff to look forward to in the upcoming season!
*Charice! Well, there's the definitely talked-about multi-episode guest stint of our very own Charice! Love or hate the young diva, she's on Glee guys. We can't say the same for the rest of us, haha. She's playing a Filipino exchange student named Sunshine Corazon who will definitely up the ante for the series' main diva, Rachel Berry.
*The new Beiste! Well, football coach Ken Tanaka must be so broken hearted that he won't be back, haha. So why not bring in a new one! Someone that will possibly unite archenemies Sue and Will. We can't get enough of ultra alpha female characters in this show, eh?
*More GLEEful music! There's the Britney episode. Well, even if you aren’t smitten with Britters, there are the rest of the songs that the Glee cast will definitely do justice in covering. “Billionaire” and “Empire State Of Mind” are just two of the recent hits that will be featured in the new season.
*Issues and characters galore! Will Idina Menzel guest star again as Rachel’s real mother with Quinn’s baby in tow? Will Emma and Will finally get it on for real? Will Kurt finally get a boyfriend? Do you wish for the Tina-Arty pairing to prosper or are you weary that it’s too much inside Tabing Ilog country (As in sila sila ang nagtataluhan! Haha!)? Will Brittany, Matt or the other Asian finally get singing leads? Haha! If you're a true blue Gleek, oh, I need not enumerate! I know you will watch anyway.
Wish list
*Well, for me, Glee is fine the way it is, given it's the only show I watch in that nature. I just hope that the new season will have better character development, much like in the first half of the first season. Supporting but interesting characters kinda got lost in the background in the second half because it kinda became more about the music than about the stories behind them – which is why I think the show lost to Modern Family the Emmy for Best Comedy Series. Some story arcs and situations seemed too forced to accommodate the music. The characters should drive the music and performances, not the other way around.
*A Lea Salonga guesting! Well, she’s Twitter buddies with the cast, she knows them in Broadway circles, and she definitely got the chops to sing, so why the hell not?! But alas, this is wishful thinking, at least for the second season. Lea already has projects scheduled for the rest of the year (one of which you might’ve seen on your Facebook sidebar ads, haha), so she definitely has no time to swing by Los Angeles to tape an episode. But who knows, someday, right? :D
*A Westlife episode perhaps? HAHA. As if. ;D
Glee's 2nd second season premieres September 22 (Manila Time). It locally airs on ETC every Wednesdays at 4pm and 9pm.
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