Published: April 13, 2010
After four agonizing months, I can be “Glee”-ful once again.
I’ve kept myself busy with that darn old schoolwork, that darn new Pokemon game and that darn crazy Lady Gaga, but nothing is like hearing new “Glee” songs or watching the new “Glee” episode.
In case you do not have a television set, a Facebook, a cool friend or none of the above, this underdog of a show returns to the homes of every “Gleek” tonight at 8 on the Fox Network. And it will be quite the homecoming with all the hype for its back nine, or the new nine episodes of the originally 13-episode first season.
Almost every “Glee” song has inexplicably made appearances on my iPod, but I’ve had this empty feeling knowing I can’t compulsively buy every $1.29 song to fill my musical needs. Fox was smart making songs available on iTunes — it certainly makes bank.
It’s been killing me that I can’t hear Lea Michele’s built-in belting box of a voice, or Cory Monteith’s attempt to have one.
It’s all pretty much going uphill from here.
Not to mention, but I should mention, every Broadway star under the marquis-sun will be strangely showing up in Lima, Ohio, until the season ends reportedly June 8: Idina Menzel (not as the mom of Michele’s Rachel, but the rival glee club coach), Jonathan Groff (Rachel’s future boyfriend/rival glee club lead), Neil Patrick Harris (our glee club adviser Will Schuester’s former classmate), Kristin Chenoweth (again!) and a cameo by Olivia Newton-John.
Madonna-themed and Lady Gaga-themed episodes are in the works, with the former airing next week with an accompanying album, as well as an original-song episode with ballads written by legend Diane Warren.
The premiere episode in September proved “Glee” wasn’t just a passing bedtime story, but an entire storybook of song, dance and romance, with a little spice thrown in several times an episode in the guise of the deadpan wickedness of Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch).
Did I mention I pulled a Faith Hill (as in, I yelled “What?” when she lost) when Lynch lost her well-deserved Supporting Actress Golden Globe? Well I did, and if anything, this proves creator Ryan Murphy and his team of epic writers had better upgrade their breakout Cheerios coach’s role in the highly anticipated “Finally!” to the dramedy.
After all this I think it’s been easily established that yes, I am a Gleek (no shame in liking a great show, right?), and I still will be if this show stays awesome. That should be easy.
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