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Bring home the complete second season of TV's most exhilarating
series!
Despite their loss at the Regionals, the kids in New Directions
are more motivated than ever. And whether it's Will doing a sexy
tango with a substitute teacher (Gwyneth Paltrow), Sue joining
the glee club, or everyone catching Bieber fever, the excitement
at William McKinley High School is keeping everyone on their
toes. With more incredible musical numbers, hugely popular guest
stars like John Stamos, Carol Burnett and Kristin Chenowith and
lots of behind-the-scenes special features, Glee Season 2 hits
all the right notes.
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With music that's arguably even better, Glee also takes a
dramatic turn in its second season, mixing some tough issues into
its combination of musical performance and offbeat comedy. Most
prominent is the topic of gay bullying, as Kurt (Chris Colfer)
becomes the target of a macho football player. Around the same
time, Kurt's trip to scout a rival group from nearby Dalton
Academy leads to the season's most electric moment, a rendition
of Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" by a men's group called the
Warblers, which became the show's bestselling single ever, and
the relationship between Kurt and the Warblers' lead singer,
Blaine (Darren Criss), becomes the season's heart. Other
relationships develop and become complicated, involving Rachel
(Lea Michele), Finn (Cory Monteith), Quinn (Dianna Agron), Artie
(Kevin McHale), Brittany (Heather Morris), Santana (Naya Rivera),
Puck (Mark Salling), Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz), and Mike (Harry Shum
Jr.) as well as new additions Sam (Chord Overstreet) and Lauren
(Ashley Fink). And the relationship between Will (Matthew
Morrison) and Emma (Jayma Mays) runs into a roadblock in the
person of a handsome dentist (John Stamos).
The season is an uneven one, losing steam with the Britney
Spears tribute episode and some excruciating plot lines, then
having slightly more success with themed episodes (The Rocky
Horror Picture Show, Christmas, and the cleverly handled episode
involving Justin Bieber, of all people). Fresh energy came from
the new students, guest star Gwyneth Paltrow as substitute
teacher Holly Holliday, and new football coach Beiste (Dot-Marie
Jones), who even inspires a temporary alliance between Will and
Sue (Jane Lynch). The show relied less on Broadway tunes and more
on classic rock and contemporary pop (Lady Antebellum, Queen,
Fleetwood Mac, Lady Gaga) and even introduced its own original
songs, the best of which ("Get It Right," "Loser Like Me") are
unveiled in the regionals. Morrison and Michele aren't featured
nearly as prominently as they were in the first season, but
Michele still crushes her big numbers like "Get It Right" and
Katy Perry's "Firework," and she participates in dazzling duets
with Amber Riley ("Take Me for What I Am") and Agron ("Unpretty/I
Feel Pretty"). Other showstopping moments from the season include
Rivera's "Valerie," Rivera and Riley's "River Deep, ain
High," Overstreet and Agron's "Lucky," Paltrow's "Forget You" and
"Landslide," the group rendition of My Romance's "Sing,"
and almost anything by the Warblers (voiced by Tufts University's
Beelzebubs), especially Pink's "Raise Your Glass" and Neon Trees'
"Animal." (Parental discretion advised due to mature themes)
--David Horiuchi