Glee Season 3 Episode 10 Yes/No

New year. New Glee! Following a Christmas episode for which I could not hide my disdain, that was the attitude I adopted heading into the winter premiere, “Yes/No.”
It lasted about .07 seconds, I’m sorry to say.

Within the first five minutes, this was the random sequences of events thrown our way: an immediate cover of “Summer Nights” from Grease; the announcement that Beiste and Cooter eloped; a Becky-based narration by Helen Mirren because people with Down’s Syndrome can apparently sound however they want to inside their head and because, hey, isn’t it hilarious to hear a British Oscar winner say the words “bitch” and “reals?!?”

Oh, and the most ridiculous, hardest to believe storyline of all: that Will Schuester plays fantasy football.

Look, I get the argument that Glee is simply meant as a fun distraction for an hour. It’s just about singing and laughing and dancing and people like myself shouldn’t bother to analyze its lack of storytelling or direction because that isn’t what the show is about.

I don’t buy the argument – because Ryan Murphy and company have come out many times and said they have grand, societal messages in mind when it comes to the show, meaning the creator himself has said this is really intended as the polar opposite of a carefree, mindless experience – but, hey, I have no problem with those who want to sit back and let the music wash over them.