Glee: Season 3, Episode 1 “The Purple Piano Project” (B)
This show starts off its third season with plenty of energy, and if you’ll pardon the expression, it seems determined to head in new directions. All this talk of college, delineating which glee club members are juniors and which are seniors, feels purposeful, to ensure that the show has a positive future. Rachel and Kurt’s desire to go to Julliard and now NYADA brings in a whole new crew of singers and dancers, creating enormous spinoff potential, and also helping to take down Kurt and Rachel a bit, which is necessary given their joined forces and inflated egos. Blaine transferring to McKinley is a good step, and of course he’d get his own solo for his introductory number. Prospective member Sugar Mada’s appearance falls rather flat, with her self-diagnosed Asperger’s and inability to sing. Quinn’s new hairstyle and social circle is definitely a change, and it’s about time Mercedes started dating someone outside of the glee club, even if this Sam relationship didn’t last long at all, mainly due to the semi-departure of Chord Overstreet. I’m very happy to see Will and Emma finally together and making lunch in the morning for each other, with Emma even getting a little more used to the passion. Sue protesting the arts in public schools is a weaker plotline (as is Will’s glitterbombing of Sue), and stealing Santana away to be co-captain of the Cheerios with Becky might be ill-advised. I will say that the song and dance numbers were extraordinarily strong this week, with the lunchroom performance of “We Got the Beat,” Blaine’s intro, and the closing “You Can’t Stop the Beat” from “Hairspray.”
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