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Glee: On My Way (2012)
Above all those mistakes Glee has, a good episode.
One of Glee's classics mistakes was made in this episode. And still, worth the watch. The series has lost its humor appealing for a long time now, and the songs sung will never match the emotional scene w/ Don't Stop Believing in the pilot. But the only thing that keeps me watching (some of the story lines), is the thing that most grew on this season. Karofsky's suicide attempt was a scene wonderfully made, with a sensibility that I don't think I'll ever see on Glee again. But as mentioned before, one of the series' most recurring mistakes was my catch on this episode. The characters Throughout THE WHOLE SERIES (especially Quinn and Santana) have alternated between good and bad intentions. Sebastian was the stronger reminder of that in this season. I know it was a severe trauma, but It didn't feel sincere, as it never does. It's like every supporting role is a pawn, not an actual character with defined personalities, so the writers have a liberty to now insert a friend to Rachel, for example, and some episodes from here an enemy. About Quinn's accident: an obvious, obvious scene, especially because the series is going into a 3-month hiatus, so we needed something to comment through those days.
How I Met Your Mother: No Pressure (2012)
After 14 episodes of absolutely nothing, here we go.
"The Drunk Train" closed up with something himym fans didn't expect. A replay (almost like that). The Ted-Robin "I Love You" was the series kicker, after all. So, taking into account what the writers have been doing (taking the easy road, not exploring the possibilities, stagnating absolutely every big aspect of the characters relationships) I particularly expected the relationship between those two to really grow, and then a month from here, falling apart with one of Ted's epiphanies. But then, the writers seem to have taken a stand. Ted's search for the one has been delayed for too long, and the removal of Robin's possibility of his life has created some ground for the next episodes to explore just that. (Even with that Marshall comment on the end). The scene where Ted goes out of the apartment and hundreds of women are using a yellow umbrella is what made me sure that we'll see Mrs. Mosby in less time than what we expected. Although it wasn't a funny episode, every big changing episode of HIMYM isn't. We'll just have to wait to see if the writers are about to close the door that was opened or dig deeper into it.