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Finn (Cory Monteith) and Quinn (Dianna Agron) share a moment in the choir room in the GLEE "Ballad"
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TV Review: GLEE - SEASON ONE - 'Ballad'
Pregnancy-gate begins to impact all of the kids in Glee Club as well as Finn-Quinn's parents
Grade: CStars: Matthew Morrison, Lea Michelle, Dianna Agron, Cory Monteith, Kevin McHale, Jane Lynch
Release Date: Nov. 18, 2009
By EMERSON PARKER, Contributing Writer
Published 11/19/2009
Reader Comments
Jayme from sez....
I found Wheels considerably less funny and more plot developing than Ballads. Really strange.
11/19/2009 3:21:54 PM
Melanie from Arkansas sez....
First of all, it's not fair to expect every episode to be funny all the time. Did you ever consider that the more serious tendencies of this episode are why last week's ep was more light-hearted? Lots of shows do that to keep an even keel.
Disowning Quinn is NOT ridiculous. No matter how loving they were the scene before, did you not listen to Quinn talk about how they never talk things out in that house? Sadly, it happens quite often. And I think it would've been taking the easy way out to have them willing to work things out. I wouldn't be surprised if, later, they come around. That happens in real life, too. But overall, I think they made the right decision with Quinn and her parents story-wise.
As far as Rachel goes...she's a teenage girl. And I completely saw where she was coming from on her crush, no matter what the previous relationship was. It's not like they hated each other before this. That's why it's called a crush, or infatuation. It comes quickly and, usually, goes away just as fast. I recall with perfect clarity having dozens of crushes in high school. And the way 'Pepper' explained it to Rachel made an enormous amount of sense.
The only disappointment I had in the episode was Kurt trying to 'turn' Finn gay. I thought it was kind of trite, really. Kurt deserved better.
11/19/2009 2:00:07 PM



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