“Glee” Season 1, Episode 7: TV Recap

Well, that was a short tenure. Coach Sue quits Glee Club as co-director, finding that her acerbic wit and acid tongue were a bit too much to handle for some of the kids. She’d rather let Schue handle all that emotional folderol.
But the Sue and Schue smackdown was quite entertaining to watch, as they nearly came to blows after an intensifying back-and-forth of digs and deception. One that involved the functionally illiterate Cheerios being flunked by Will.
With Sectionals coming up, Coach Sue has the brilliant idea to separate the wheat from the chaff as each teacher comes up with a musical number of his or her own. Her mission: undermine Will’s authority by causing discord among the dozen students. Her plan: take on the “minorities” into her corner as a means of provocation.
The “minorities” group prepare a less-known Jill Scott song called “Hate On Me,” which was all Mercedes all the way through. Even though Mike Chang pops-n-locks and Kurt does these weird-looking leg kicks upside down in a chair (yeah, not so much there, bud; this ain’t “Chicago”), the chemistry wasn’t there.
A better number came from the other group with a glorious Rachel-and-Finn duet of “No Air” by Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown. The severely auto-tuned Finn, though, couldn’t match the magnetic belt box that Rachel commands on cue. How does she do it? I get Glee goosebumps whenever she sings. But Quinn gets upset about being left out and questions Will’s direction: “What about us? Do you expect us to sway here like props?”
Earlier, Quinn finds out she’s going to be having a baby girl after a visit to the obstetrician. Finn gets emotional. Quinn doesn’t appreciate it and thinks the baby name he proposes (“Drizzle”) is moronic. (Right on!) She also confronts Rachel to back off from Finn, who was appreciative about Rachel’s efforts to stop a ruinous blog item from the Jewfro kid that reveals the now-old-news that Quinn is knocked up. Something about used panties.
This causes Quinn to go into a thin and jarring cover of the Supremes’ “You Keep Me Hangin’ On.” The cheerleading and football outfits with that “Bring It On” choreography didn’t help elevate it to anything other than an interlude to other Rachel Berry numbers. Quinn’s Anna Nicole Smith god-bless-her-heart breathlessness here didn’t help matters. Where’s my cute and minxy Quinn from “Say a Little Prayer” in the Showmance episode? (It’s become quite a parodied meme on YouTube.) What was Quinn even trying to say here? I thought every song propelled a character’s story. Same thing with the cover of Nelly’s “Ride Wit Me” -– the jam session with everyone was just ho-hum, and chaotic.
After the big blow up between Sue and Schue that resulted in Sue relinquishing her leadership role, the Glee Club kids perform an emotionally satisfying showstopper to Avril Lavigne’s “Keep Holding On.” With Quinn’s news traveling like a virus throughout the school, they’re telling her: “We got your back, babe.”
There won’t be a best line of the night for this episode. Instead, I have to give props to Jane Lynch’s Sue because without her snappy SAT comebacks and killer delivery, this show wouldn’t be as much fun. Emmy, anyone? (Hope that doesn’t jinx her.)
Here’s a countdown of my favorite Sueisms this episode:

5. “Sue Sylvester’s rainbow tent will gladly protect you from his storm of racism.”
4. “Oh, hey, buddy. I thought I smelled failure.”
3. “Your delusions of persecution are a telltale sign of early stage paranoid schizophrenia.”
2. “I’m going to destroy your club with a conviction I call religious.”
1. “I don’t trust a man with curly hair.”

What’s missing on this list?
Next week: Finn and Quinn are no longer popular and need an intervention; Emma and Coach Ken are becoming more of a couple; and Coach Sue falls in love. Yeah, you heard that right. More Sueisms, please.
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