Gleeview the first: Churchity church church. Season 2 ep 3

So before we dive straight into the reviews, here's a few thoughts:

Alright, first, my thoughts on the series thus far:
The first season was something I haven't seen in a long time; a damned good idea. It had a lot of ideas that were good. It had a decent plot, a constant to worry about, getting to regionals, and an interesting diverse cast that was really quite fleshed out over the season. However, it was too good. In my opinion, it should have went to ways with the finale:-They lose regionals, and the series ends, this was probably the way it would've gone were they canceled
-The WIN regionals, and there isn't a Summer break for the cast, we go right back into training for nationals.
Buuuut. They decided to go with the "Lose regionals, get a second chance" route. This wrecked a lot. Mainly Sue's character. She's a cold heartless bastard, not a secret, caring kindhearted soul. She's only nice to her sister, that's the only time she should be human. The series should've died last May.

Second: My thoughts on this season thus far.
This season really has no sense of direction. I guess their "New Direction" is around in circles, because there's nothing like there was last year. Last year it was "WE HAVE TO WORK FOR REGIONALS!" this year it's "LETS SING FOR SHITS AND GIGGLES!" They have a very important matter at hand this season: They need an 11th member. This was great material last year, and was a main focus. This year it's just like "Meh, let's forget about this until we negotiate a contract with bieber haircut douche." If there's any way to describe these episodes, it would be "Filler" now, onto the review....

This is going to be point form, but after this, expect more detailed, fuller reviews. I also have the east coast channels, so These will be up around 6-7 PM EST every Tuesday. Unless I forget.


What I liked:
-Flying Spaghetti monster reference
-Sue shows her human side in the proper place. She has a scene with her sister and it's very interesting. We also get more backstory to her, which is always wonderful and interesting.
-Some of the songs were catchy, the opener, and closer were both pretty cool.
-There were a couple of just inside jokes I laughed at because my circle of friends is like that, but that's not on purpose.
-Britney is yet again the best member of the show, having brilliantly funny lines.
-The church scene. For reasons you'll see later, I laughed my ass off.
-Grilled Cheesus, and Finn's shenanigans
-Rachel's cover of Stryzan's song. I laughed at how melodramatic she is.

What I didn't like:
-The "Shocking"/"Dramatic" twist was so damned predictable I couldn't care less about it.
-The premise of this episode was really half assed. Don't do something controversial like Religion and end with it being all happy. Have the conflict still there. Also, with religious episodes, you WILL lose some of your audience, because people get offended at the drop of a pin (Read: If you're offended by this, then stop reading it)
-Their cover of "I wanna hold your hand" They did the Across the universe cover (Slower, sadder) and honestly, my friend's have done much better jobs with this song. Their version sounded autotuned and heartless. Serena's was cooler.
-The general mood of this episode was really bland. It was supposed to be all "YOU WILL CRY!" but it was more "You will feel a little bit of pity for one character for three scenes kinda" I felt worse for that kid who sang Billionaire then I did for Puck.

So that's it for now.