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"Glee" recap (1.19): "Dream On" Neil Patrick Harris!

I've been very excited about this week's episode because, well, of Hot 100 winner Neil Patrick Harris. Need I say more? If he wasn't married to the equally gorgeous and talented David Burtka, I'd say I wanted to make babies with him.

As it is, I don't want to be disrespectful of their relationship, so I'll just say I want to have a threesome with them. Too much?

As for Glee, I was hopeful that the show would put him to good use, but based on past experience ... needless to say, I was a bit nervous.

Upping the ante even more, this episode was directed by Joss Whedon of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog fame. High hopes indeed. Did the show live up to my dreams? Or will the Gleeks come storming after me in the comments? Read on to find out!

Will is called into Figgin's office to meet the newest member of the school board, Mr. Bryan Ryan (NPH), but it turns out they already know each other. In fact, they went to high school together, and Bryan was everything Will wished he could be: popular, sang all the solos, and he did magic. Because that's always cool in high school. Although, I must say, that's one righteous mullet, dude.

Bryan (now known as BryRy) is there to audit the school's curriculum. There may be cutting some of the district's art programs. Specifically, BryRy wants to cut the Glee Club because he's bitter about his own high school Glee experience, feeling as if he was fed a bill of goods.

Hmm. Does anyone else see shades of April Rhodes in this storyline so far? Turns out he did some cruise ship tours as a performer before he realized it was all a dead-end. Says BryRy, "Nine years later, I woke up on a urine-stained mattress in the West Lima crack district. Then, something amazing happened. I was introduced to Jesus. He was my Honduran social worker."

He cleaned up and now he runs a used Hummer dealership. "Don't make that face. Global warming's a theory." Four days a week, he also runs a show choir conversion group. Molly Shannon's Brenda is there. "It's been 42 days since I sang a show tune."

I know some people who need to join this group.

BryRy insists on addressing the Glee Club. He asks the kids to write down their biggest dreams. Rachel's unsurprisingly says "Big Star." Puck's: "Threesome." Quinn writes, "No stretch marks." I'm with Puck, but now I want Mark Salling to join me, NPH, and David. Does that make it an orgy or just a foursome?


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