GLEE Reality Recap: Pot o’ Gold
The introduction of Rory Flanagan (played by Damian McGinty, winner of The Glee Project) and the Troubletones (Shelby Corcoran’s new glee club), threw a bit of magic in the air — but for all the glittering moments in Pot O’ Gold, there was definitely a handful of far-fetched nuggets just begging for a reality check.
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Irish exchange student Rory Flanagan goes along with Brittany’s assumption that he’s a leprechaun. He promises to grant Brittany three wishes if she’ll let him get at her pot o’ gold.
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When you talk like Colin Farrell and sing like an angel, you really don’t need to run around pretending to grant wishes just to get some of that girly gold.
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Quinn plants hot sauce, Botox and satanic baby books in Shelby’s house while babysitting Beth in a half-assed attempt to get her daughter back. Child protective services won’t know what hit ’em! |
Child protective services literally won’t know what hit ’em, considering that none of these things really spell out child abuse. |
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Burt Hummel squashes Sue’s cut the arts efforts by raising funds for West Side Story with the help of his Rotary Club, and launches a write-in campaign against her.
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Burt’s got that working man’s charm, but his resemblance to Joe the Plumber isn’t likely to give him that much political cred, and turning a congressional election into McKinley’s budget-a-go-go isn’t going to sway voters.
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After Mercedes, Santana and Brittany defect to Shelby’s girls-only Troubletones, New Directions finds their perfect replacement: Rory! He kicks off his membership with a most sincere, “I love American music,” and continues on to sing Teddy Thompson’s “Take Care of Yourself.”
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One tenor with a solid falsetto is great, but it doesn’t make up for three sultry altos—and for the record, Teddy’s an Englishman. Just sayin’.
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Puck swings by Shelby’s to clean up Quinn’s mess, sing Beth a lullaby version of “Waiting for a Girl Like You,” by Foreigner, and plant a smooch on Shelby who seems to kiss back.
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Pocketing the hot sauce was sweet (if not pointless), but implicating Shelby in some romantic involvement with a student isn’t exactly the best way to ensure that she dodges the “unfit parent” bullet. |
As the plot thickened, the connection with reality thinned — but I’m hopeful that the new additions will keep the competition heating up until we actually see a competition.
Gleeks, what are your thoughts on Rory and the Troubletones?
