Prom-asaurus

Tonight's episode of Glee was a mediocre one at best. I do credit the writers with accurately presenting a high school prom when it came to the music selections. Aside from the unlikely inclusion of "Take My Breath Away," I had never heard a single one of the songs in this episode before tonight. I'm surely too much of an old fogie now to a high school senior to have any taste for whatever music they'd listen to.

Props also -- I think -- for the incredibly bizarre Dinosaur-Head Cheerleaders led by Cave Brittany. That was one of the weirdest things ever on Glee, but kind of worked. A whole lot more than the boring boy band cover, the static Blaine/Kurt/Rachel trio, and the... honestly, I can't remember any of the other songs in the episode without going to look it up on Wikipedia.

The stories of the hour were a mixed bag. I liked the pairing of Becky and Puck, and especially liked the way that the story didn't just culminate in him doing something for her -- she helped him too. Blaine's whole hair gel thing was kind of ridiculous, though at least for once the Glee writers telegraphed something an episode ahead of time in last week's weird locker room gel conversation between Blaine and Mike.

As for the rest of the stories, they just strained credibility. It was hard to accept Rachel pulling herself even this much back together after her life-crushing failure last week. It was hard to believe Quinn could have made such strides in her rehab so quickly. It was hard to believe that a school that just had election fraud for class president earlier in the same school year would turn around and let the prom candidates count their own ballots. It was hard to believe that Santana and Quinn would let go of their own desires, especially to honor Rachel who -- from their point of view -- has had one bad week after years of hogging the spotlight.

Brittany did have some fun lines. Tina had a brief but believable scene where she expressed the regret that things are about to end. But overall, I'd say there was more bad (or average) than good in this episode. It's a C- in my book.