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This, but only if Genoviakistan is actually an interstellar empire, making Rachel QUEEN OF THE GALAXY!

Absolutely. The irony is that I'm not sure what takeaway message Glee supposedly thought they were sending, but in the end, this is all I got from the last six years.

At this point, the only real happy ending for Mercedes would be for her to GTF away from Rachel, Will, Klaine, and the rest these people who don't give a damn about her and go live her life.

And Mercedes. I don't see her getting anything but the privilege of playing the Hattie McDaniel role for Rachel O'Hara. And she doesn't even get a thank you in Rachel's acceptance speech. SMDH

For real. I can't tell how much I look forward to Rachel convincing Mercedes to join Glee Club by telling her, "Mercedes, girl, you are Beyonce! You ain'ts no Kelly Rowland! RME.

Taking reply to the All Episodes:Breadstix Thread. TBH, Puck fell out of favor in, what, season 2 or 3? I never understood why..................

My best guess to answer your question is the above.

It's Glee. Go ahead and get mad. Saves time.

I don't I think the original comment intended to imply that Mercedes was "stealing" solos from Chris, but it does remind me that if I had a dollar for every time the Glee fandom accused Amber/Mercedes of stealing solos from character X, Y, or Z, I'd be rich by now. Good Gawd, I hope not. Mercedes was the first person to sign up for the Glee Club. So that was all Rachel too? Mercedes can't even have that? Phuck!

They won't make Itune money off any of the 2009 songs, but I thought they were all very in keeping with the episode synopsis of explaining why each of the original members joined Glee Club: Lea and Chris sounded Broadway-bound on Popular, singing about wanting to be popular. Joining Glee fit into their eventual career ambitions. Tina sounded like she did back-in-the-day, when she was angry with blue-hair. I really loved that Tina. I bet she just wanted to be part of a group. Kevin sounds like Artie being a douche. He probably thought joining Glee Club would help get him laid. Again, very in character. Amber sounds great. I remember reading spoilers about Mercedes and a church scene. Mercedes absolutely would have been in the church choir, and I can see her church family encouraging her to pursue singing. Perhaps her actual family encouraged her as well. Of course, we'll never know because we'll never see her parents or her brother. I'm still bitter about that one.

I broke down and finally watched too. Man oh man, The HORROR! This show has gone so far off the rails. LOL The "singing". The "dancing". The costumes. The WTF?!! <doubles over> I can't catch my breath....

Poor Ryan Murphy. Season 6 is nothing but his delusional attempt to prove that the "choir room", aka, **cough Ryan Murphy cough** is the real star of Glee, and that Glee’s initial success was the direct result of his brilliance, genius, and vision. Yet, all seasons 4, 5, and 6 have done is prove to me beyond a shadow of a doubt that Glee became a runaway smash hit because of the talent, chemistry, and charisma of the original cast. Period.

To me, the above has been the biggest travesty of Season 6 of Glee; that the idiots who run this show took Mercedes and Rachel (the two most capable, talented, driven, and ambitious female characters on the show) and turned one into a Magical Negro trope and the other into an emotional invalid who couldn't go longer than ten minutes without a diaper change. It's unforgivable.

I feel the same way…….and I’ll never forgive RIB for making me feel this way. IA. They first floated the idea of pairing Sam and Rachel way back during Sam's modeling shoot in NY. Back then, the viewers reacted badly and they temporarily backed off. They obviously didn’t recognize that it was a bad idea; just that the timing was bad. That’s why they added Mercedes to the NY crew to buy some time and try to kill a few birds with one stone by (1) trying to capitalize on Amber’s DWTS win, (2), and throwing a bone to Samcedes fans while Mercedes was in NY. When RM said the focus upon returning to Lima would be Daleastreet, he all but told you they were ready to try the pairing again....aaannndd it floated like a lead balloon. Again. That pairing definitely would have been endgame if they hadn’t been able to get Jesse back. Sam was always the backup plan. I do think Glee recognized that pairing Sam and Rachel could be met with resistance, hence all of the OTT Mercedes matchmaking. That’s also why they left Samcedes breakup in NY open-ended and hypnotized Sam in Lima, so they'd have a back door escape if they needed it.

You're So Beautiful is the first Jamal song to really stick to me, but this one is infectious. LOVE Hakeem's rap lyrics in it as well. I can play this one on loop.

EH. I always saw the Troubletones resolution as yet another example of Will being a terrible teacher and an even worse Show Choir Director. BTW, none of that changes the fact that I never gave a sh*t about Hummelberry in NY and wanted to see of a spinoff of the TroubleTones in LA.

I don't understand what you mean by "family" schtick. Shue never treated Mercedes like "family". His blatant favoritism of Rachel (and Finn) to the detriment of everyone else (especially Mercedes) was the impetus for the whole Troubletones story arc in the first place.

I never gave an ish about Hummelberry in NY. The spinoff I wanted was the TroubleTones in LA.

Best scene of the night: Jamal’s Coming Out Party. Loved all the reaction shots, especially Vernon. We’ve seen Vernon support Andre, accept Jamal, discipline Hakeem, and defend Cookie. In terms of who’s the better man between him and Lew, Vernon wins by a mile. Honorable mention: Cookie’s look after Hakeem kissed her on the cheek. She looked at his departing figure with so much love in her eyes. When it comes to acting, TPH is putting on a Master class. Worst scene of the night: Creepy Mr. Muttonchops coming on to Rhonda. I don’t blame her for losing her dinner. I did love when she told Andre to be a man and get things done without using her. GEEZ! When he’s not playing sex games with her, he’s pimping her out or refusing to take his meds while they both scramble to hide his illness. Being married to Andre must be exhausting. Speaking of Andre, I LITERALLY gasped when he put the gun to his head. It’s so sad to watch him be an outsider in his own family. While I think Lew’s reasons for not choosing Andre are all wrong, I do think he’s right that Andre is wrong for the company (at least as CEO). Andre is a Suit, and Suits and Bean-Counters have all but destroyed the music industry. Music was soooooo much better when the industry was run by artists. MBAs and Accountants don’t care about the music. They just want to make money. If they can manufacture music by canning a sound and rolling it off an assembly line like Le Sueur peas, it’s all good to them. Jamal and his “daughter” were adorable, but you can see the epic child custody battle coming a mile away. Good to see Hakeem’s character get some development. Annika, what did you do? Both you and Cookie need to leave Lucifer alone.

So Much Truth. I can't add a thing to this comment. Ditto for I Lived. In a way, selecting I Lived is a perfect metaphor for Glee. Glee started out inspiring millions with a soaring rendition of a classic song by a legendary band. It's ending with yet another bland, formulaic, pop anthem 101 selection made popular by a group that's maybe one step above a boy band. Yeah, that feels about right.

Becca's voice does nothing for me. Add me to the "let her either dance or sway in the background" column. So Much THIS. ITA.

Geez, the songs from Child Star are horrible.

UNPOPULAR OPINION: Campaign to keep SH on the air? No, thanks. It's the responsibility of the show's creators/showrunner/writers/cast and crew to deliver a show I want to watch. Their jobs depend upon it. If they can't or won't deliver, I'll just find something else. Plus, I hate when I begin watching one show, only to have it morph into a completely different show. That’s why I stopped watching this show early in Season Two, and why I probably won’t watch in Season Three (if there is one). Of course, I reserve the right to change my mind about not watching Season Three.

Annalise's To Do List: Must save Nate. Anna Mae's To Do List: Must invite Mama over more often.

Just a few tidbits: So glad this unfortunate, distasteful, offensive, and ultimately boring kidnapping/auction story arc is over. The only good thing about the whole thing was the smirk between Mellie and the RNC lady in the hallway. Well, that and Mellie's visit to Andrew. He won't be whispering into any reporter's ear now, will he? Olivia and Cyrus JUST figured out that Fitz is a useless moron? They are slow. Daddy Pope's rant cracked me up. He said what I've been thinking this whole while. And Jake assuring Olivia that she was safe because he was there made me laugh just as hard. Umm, Jake? You were there when she got snatched in the first place. He and Huck and all their B vitamin psychoses need to go away.