Yes/No
Just about everything in this episode would have worked better if the series didn't have the habit of dropping storylines for months on end.
It was a sweet story for Will and Emma. They drag out everything they can do make us think that Emma might say 'no' and I wasn't sure because she could have always pulled out the "What you said to convince yourself convinced me and now you're sure and I'm not" routine. But then every one of his students might have drowned themselves and that would have been messy so I'm glad she accepted the proposal.
Finn and Rachel. Finn's issues have always had to do with his leadership and his drive to prove himself. I have to admit that when Finn announced that he was joining the army, all I could think was that I'd only support that move if he and Rachel got to sing "Do It for Your Country" from Grease 2.
As it was, the moment with Finn's mother was really powerful. That totally rocked the poor boy. I don't think that the answer is to get married straight out of high school, but I can see where Finn thinks he's coming from.
Of course, Rachel isn't likely to say 'yes'. At least, I hope she doesn't say yes. I can't imagine her thinking she can get married and have her Broadway dreams. She's smarter than that, right? But maybe she's feeling low after missing out on the college she wanted. But to buy into that I have to believe that Rachel didn't have a backup college.
It's a common - yet very annoying - TV story angle to only let characters apply to one college because then you can have such drama when they get rejected. Gossip Girl pulled out the same thing with Blair Waldorf. Like there aren't two hundred schools in New York. Or Rachel and Kurt couldn't pick one school as freshmen and then transfer somewhere else a year later. Or just hit the audition circuit like everyone else on the planet.
In this case, it's necessary to explain why Rachel and Kurt don't go to New York like they've been talking about for years because they have to still be in Ohio next year. So that one school doesn't get back to them and their dreams are crushed and the actors stay on contract. I kind of wish they'd just graduate and then move on to the next generation.
I know everyone's got their favorites (I'm going to be bummed if Blaine ever leaves) but clinging to the stars beyond the natural end of their characters' story isn't a solution. They just wind up over-staying their welcome and making everyone thoroughly sick and tired of seeing their too old for high school faces hanging around. And they already have a problem with cast bloat on this series. Let people go and refocus on the more neglected characters coming up behind them.
But that's a big picture thing. I did like this episode for what it was. I liked Will and Emma. I liked the song choices. Becky insulted Puck's hair and Sue was relatively restrained yet still mocked Artie's driving gloves. It's the little things that make me happy.
And there's this: "I bet you had to overcome a lot with those crooked nipples."
Which will never not be funny.