What I’m Watching: Glee

Glee: Season 1, Episode 18 “Laryngitis” (B+)

As has tended to be the case recently, the supporting characters are usually more interesting and entertaining than the leads. For once, Will takes a backseat, and even Rachel isn’t as front-and-center as she has been in the past few episodes. Instead we once again have a surprising infatuation on the part of Puck, who decides to try and get with the “black girl whose name he can’t remember” in order to regain his lost popularity following the shaving of his mohawk. His attempt to seduce her by talking about how blacks and Jews have historically worked together well was a lot of fun. Santana starting to like Puck just when Mercedes realized she might to was great, and their phone call song was very enjoyable. Another magnificent and unexpected interaction was that between Sue and Kurt, and I loved her subsequent conclusion that she would no longer stop to talk to students after their conversation. Kurt’s attempt to prove that he’s “not like a box – there are more than four sides to me” was interesting, and it was cool how Brittany became attracted to him as a result of his uncharacteristic song performance. Kurt’s dad saying “I’m good either way” to him was nice, and having Kurt put on this whole deception turned out to be a terrific ride. Finn telling Rachel that he likes her more than Jesse does was a wonderful moment, and it’s great that he helped give her some relief regarding her laryngitis. I especially liked the closing montage and thought that it worked extremely well.