Grilled Cheesus
Glee Episode Review
In which God gets Kraft-y. A religious episode of Glee runs into a typical problem: how to make a point without offending anyone by taking a stand.
What Happened
Finn sees the face of Jesus in the burn marks on a grilled cheese and suddenly becomes devout. Or at least devoutly devoted to asking his "Cheesy Lord" for favors like being able to touch Rachel's boobs, winning the first game of the season, and making quarterback again. Along the way, he raises the suggestion that Glee Club do a week of religious songs. It's a notion that Quinn and Mercedes like, but it makes some of the others uncomfortable.
Kurt's father suffers a heart attack, landing in the hospital in a coma. Completely devestated, Kurt refuses to participate in the spiritual sing-a-long and announces to Glee that he doesn't believe in God. His reasons range from his current tragedy to the fact that most religious he's heard of have problems with gays. He is upset when he finds his friends praying for his father, but allows Mercedes to take him to her church to dedicate a service to Burt and his son. As Kurt continues to struggle, his father wakes up and begins to make a recovery.
Feeling guilty that his prayers seem to have resulted in Sam the Quarterback winding up with a dislocated shoulder, Finn confesses to Emma. She explains that God does not speak to us through our sandwiches and he needs to reexamine his faith.
The Good
- Kurt and his dad. "I'm so disppointed in you." Manipulative, but effective. That's the last thing you want to hear from your parent just before they suffer a plot-mandated heart attack.
- "Only the Good Die Young." Puck gets to sing. And I always liked Billy Joel's piano stuff.
The Better
- Finn and Emma's final scene. She just rocked that. And "Losing My Religion" was well done from Finn.
The Best
- "I Wanna Hold Your Hand." Just. So. Much. Wow.
What I Covet
- Kurt's fabulous hat.
Best Lines
Brittany: "Now I know how Miley feels."
What Did I Think?
I don't know. Seemed like Kurt was the one doing all the compromising here. And while I'm not an aethiest, I've read enough to know that there are plenty of reasons out there for a lack of faith that do not involve childish reactions against family trauma. And they could have cut about five minutes out of Rachel's Yentl in order to give something to Quinn. The supporting cast is being direly neglected so far this season.
One the other hand, Chris Colfer's exquisite "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" is just so perfect. If the whole episode turned out to be an excuse to have him sing that song, it would be worth it.