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Next 93 CommentsJoe
December 29, 2011 at 3:20AM EST Reply to CommentWhat Dianna Agron did was they noticed she can't act or sing so they might as well make her character awful. Too bad they don't give Rachel and Kurt real storylines they may be able to have a few more good episode if they wrote something consistent for Rachel at least.
Katie are you serious? she may not sing as well as the rest but her acting out shines almost the entire cast.
December 29, 2011 at 4:19PM ESTigor Preach that, Katie. I truly believe both Dianna and Naya are both the the two things that were never bad on glee. They're always, always, great.
December 30, 2011 at 5:10PM ESTeyeroll
December 29, 2011 at 3:46AM EST Reply to CommentWell originally Blaine's sole reason for existing was to give Kurt a boyfriend. His actor's (Darren Criss) legion of screaming teenage girls meant money for the show so now he exists as kurt's boyfriend that sings katy perry covers and whatnot in every.damn.episode.
Anon
December 29, 2011 at 4:27AM EST Reply to CommentIt's such a shame what they did to Santana's coming out, it was way more about holy knight Finn that it was about her. Naya was brilliant with what she was given though, the Abuela scene was easily the best part (because it was actually about her).
Kay The abuela scene was the only one written by the new lesbian writer of the staff. The rest of the episode, the worst of the season (and arguably of the whole show) was a horribly written sexist mess. The new writers, especially the one who wrote this episode and butchered Santana's storyline, don't know how to handle these characters.
December 29, 2011 at 7:15AM ESTLaurel
December 29, 2011 at 6:09AM EST Reply to CommentI agree with everything you wrote about Glee including that Santana's coming out was drowned out by Finn's involvement. But I've come to really get tired of Santana's very cruel comments - it was funny for a long time but now it's become just mean. The show likes to go on about being against bullying - but Santana has gotten to be too much. And I won't accept the notion that her cruel comments are okay since she was having difficulty with coming out.
Joanne I'm pretty sure the reason they made Santana such an uber bitch to Finn this season was precisely to allow Finn to get away with outing her. So many viewers have said she "deserved" it, which is wrong on so many levels that it hurts. One more ridiculous parts of a truly offensive episode was that they didn't even bother explaining why she had it in for him so bad. At least let her shout at him that he's in a privileged position that she'll never have, can't kiss her g/f in public the way he can, etc. They had a nearly perfect set-up with Mash Off, and ruined in the worst way possible. That episode was a shining example of why marginalised or misunderstood subgroups should be allowed to write their own stories. And whoever gave Matt Hodgson that episode to write should be fired, along with him. I'm dumbstruck as to how on earth that episode ever got out the door, so maybe all of them should be fired.
December 29, 2011 at 8:50AM ESTCaptainCanada Given that they had a lesbian writer on staff and she apparently didn't have a problem with it (which I still have a hard time believing), I don't think it would have helped that much.
December 29, 2011 at 3:06PM ESTRach Her bullying had nothing to do with her issues with coming out, she was a bully long before the writers decided the character was gay and now she's out and she's still a bully. She'll always be a bully because she never has to pay for her actions and the few times she's been called out on it, she refuses to accept responsibility.
December 29, 2011 at 3:10PM ESTigor Actually, i think the quick witted comments are the best about Santana. I dont think anyone could pull it off like Naya. It's mean but it's really funny. I really love it. And for me, Santana is the character that most grew on Glee.
December 30, 2011 at 5:15PM ESTbisita
December 29, 2011 at 6:43AM EST Reply to CommentGlee deserves better writers. It could have been so much better than what it is now. Thank you Ryan Murphy for creating glee but no thank you for eventually running the show into the ground as you do with all of your other shows.
Mariana
December 29, 2011 at 7:19AM EST Reply to CommentThe comment on Glee is right on, I don't remember the last time I found Will, Blaine, Emma or Finn likable, and even worse, I can't remember the last time I thought Sue was funny.
The only reason to keep watching right now is a few talented cast members and the songs.
igor Indeed... Blaine is just boring.
December 30, 2011 at 5:17PM ESTJonnybon
December 29, 2011 at 8:16AM EST Reply to CommentFor the most part, your "dishonorable mentions" are much worse shows than your 1-10...
Mike Of course they are, and I'm sure some shows that didn't even make the list at all are even worse than that. The point Dan was making on the first page is that a lot of the top 10 is about disappointment, more than overt badness. For instance, as bad as HIMYM has been this season, it's still better than probably 80-90% of the junk comedies on television throughout all these infinite channels, but it also once was a show that could be considered the best comedy on television (circa season 2). That is so much worse to me than something like Whitney that is always terrible, and thus can just be ignored.
December 29, 2011 at 11:09AM ESTdan JonnyBon - What Mike said.
December 29, 2011 at 12:15PM EST-Daniel
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December 29, 2011 at 10:53AM EST Reply to CommentA+ critique of Glee, couldn't agree more with all points.
Dezbot
December 29, 2011 at 11:49AM EST Reply to CommentThis: "the result was more of a Scary Movie Hotdog, a slurry of hooves, snouts and rectums, rather than prime cuts."
HAHAHHAHAHA! A very funny, very disgusting image. But mostly funny, so thanks for the laugh :-)
M
December 29, 2011 at 12:02PM EST Reply to CommentSorry, but I don't see how Ted is mysogonistic or gynophobic. How is what he does any different than what Jerry did on Seinfeld? What Ally McBeal did? What the women on Sex & the City did every week? Or what every single character of either gender on every sitcom in history has done when looking for love?
sam Ted is different from those other characters because it is not true to his character. Ted has evolved into a truly unlikable character. Early on in the shows run viewers were rooting for Ted in his search for love. We wanted to see who he would end up with. Now its all about finding out who the mother is just so we can be done with it. You mentioned Jerry Seinfeld, Ally McBeal, and the women of Sex and the City but those are characters that remained true to their characters throughout the run of their respective shows. Ted has lost all resemblance to the characater from season one.
December 29, 2011 at 12:30PM EST
December 29, 2011 at 12:37PM ESTBut otherwise, "What Sam said..." is my response.
-Daniel
M Fair points all around. But I think you hit the nail on the head when you said it's not true to his character. In the beginning, Ted was very likeable. He's just morphed into a d-bag lately. But I guess that's why I don't find his rejection of the women he dates misogynistic. I find it more a comment on him than on them. Like in the Katie Holmes episode (which I was seemingly in the minority for actually enjoying) it became clear that while she was painted as annoying from Ted's perspective, it was actually Ted who was the awful, insufferable one.
December 29, 2011 at 1:39PM EST
December 29, 2011 at 1:51PM ESTIn my opinion, of course...
-Daniel
December 29, 2011 at 4:08PM ESTdouche
December 29, 2011 at 12:46PM EST Reply to CommentCould care less if Santana had a good coming out. She's a horrible person, nobody ever would have outed her if she wasn't such a destructive person, so her coming out story didn't seem all that unreasonable to me. I don't know why she gets a free pass to be horrible just because she was in the closet.
Anon For real yo
December 29, 2011 at 12:47PM ESTSandy I don't like Santana either and am very uninterested in her coming out story.
December 29, 2011 at 1:42PM ESTBella The being outed part wasn't AS horrible based on the things that she said (even though that doesn't justify what finn did) but Finn blackmailing her to come out afterwards was excessive and wrong no matter what she said to him. He got his revenge and he continued to rip her out of the closet before she was ready. He literally blackmailed her into making a huge life decision. That is wrong no matter what. It sends a horrible message to the masses.
December 29, 2011 at 10:48PM ESTErin Santana has no problem blackmailing Karofsky and using him to fulfill her selfish need for prom queen. What sends a horrible message to the masses is Santana constantly getting away with doing things then calling people out when they do the same to her. And you're ignoring that Brittany mistakeningly outted Santana last year on her talk show and that Santana was being ripped out of the closet by a wannabe politian trying to get revenge against Sue. What the club was trying to do was help Santana even though she'd been nothing but a bitch to them all.
December 30, 2011 at 12:47AM ESTBell I'm not saying that Santana hasn't done wrong in the past. She has done a crap load of wrong things but 2 wrongs don't make a right. The politician was wrong for what he did but Finn's "helping" wasn't helping at all.Forcing someone to sit in a room talking about their gayness before they're ready is not help. Its forceful and dangerous because that can lead to suicide in it's self.She protested not once but twice and her feelings about her own comfort level were ignored. If he really wanted to help, he would have asked her what she wanted and just lent his support towards the decision she made. That's what this all boils down to. Her coming out should have been on her own terms, not anyone else's. How is it okay for Finn to make an important life decision for her? That politician never claimed that he wanted to help her nor did he even know that she was in the closet as far as we know. He knew nothing about her. Like you said Brittany "mistakeningly"outed her the previous year but since it was in that rumor newsletter, no one really took it seriously.There are a lot of situations on the show that go unpunished not just Santana's. Again, I'm not saying that she's right but there is more wrong going on than just her. Most of her lines are snarky attempts to get a laugh off of the audience. They aren't meant to be taken seriously and they don't have any effect on the characters. If the writers could draw a clear line between the cartoon comedy and an attack meant to be serious this debate would be easier.The "calling people out" that she did is no where near as bad as being outed. Both wrong but the latter hold possibly harsher consequences. As far as Dave goes, not only was he physically putting lives in danger but he literally threatened a life. I'm not going to be upset with someone for putting an end to the rein he had in that school. Her method was wrong but she did what no one else in that school could do and that was stop Dave and bring Kurt back to the school.
December 30, 2011 at 1:33AM ESTErin Santana was also putting people's lives in danger by her bullying and yes, people were taking it seriously and they told her so, they told her that she crossed the line multiple times but she ignored them and continued to bully. She told Rory to kill himself, she attacked him with dodgeballs, but you're being a hyprocrite. Bullying is bullying and you don't get to say that Santana's is more important because she's gay. Any one of the people Santana tortured could have gone home and killed themselves, Dave could have easily killed himself when she threatened to out him but of course you can't understand the difference between Dave and Santana. They're both bullies who needed to be stopped but only Santana the bitch got to play the victim card. And she's the one who's still bullying people, Dave isn't. People like Santana are the reasons why kids kill themselves every day. But I've come to expect hyprocrisy from Santana defenders who think she can bully everyone and not have to take it or who think her actions to stop Karofsky are okay but that she shouldn't have to be confronted for all the bullying she's put people through. You don't have to touch or threaten someone to put their life in danger, Santana's perfected that kind of bullying. Just because you don't take her bullying seriously doesn't mean other people ignore it, think it's funny, or are willing to let the bitch get away with it.
December 30, 2011 at 2:05AM ESTKay I must have missed the point when Glee became a 24/7 PSA, it's a dark comedy with adult themes. Sue pushed people from stairs, there have been jokes about bulimia, teen pregnancies and premature ejaculation and Santana's always been a bitch because that's her character. And honestly, people who like Santana admit that she's not perfect and she's done wrong, so this comment is completely moot.
December 30, 2011 at 9:00AM ESTBell Please point me in the direction of where I said Santana isn't wrong for what she does? I have said it multiple times. I'm not addressing what she does to other people, I'm addressing this one incident of her coming out and how it was wrong. I could write a long list of the wrong she has done but that doesn't excuse anyone else's actions either. Yes, Santana does need to be reprimanded for the things that she does but that doesn't make what Finn did any less wrong. I don't even really like Santana but as a person with a gay best friend, I am offended with the way her storyline was handled. I'm glad Dave was put gto a stop and I hope they help get Santana's crap together. So in closing:Santana is an uber bitch but that doesn't make what other people do any better. All were wrong in this situation. Pushing people out of the closet when they aren't ready for it is never cool. Even for jerks like Santana
December 30, 2011 at 7:55PM ESTbell And where the hell did she tell Rory to kill himself? She said disappear. Last time I checked, that doesn't mean die. I took it as her telling him to move back home and just go away.
December 30, 2011 at 10:35PM ESTjennyqt
December 29, 2011 at 1:40PM EST Reply to CommentGlad you mentioned how wretched the handing of Santana's coming out was. Blech! I don't even get why they effed it up so badly. What was gained beyond ruining Naya's Emmy chances? This show could be the best on TV, instead it's the most inconsistent and lame.
Monet I agree with you. I really thought this was going to be the episode where Naya could be nominated for an Emmy but the horrible writing messed that up for her. The "coming out" episode was so badly written and I was actually a little offended by it at the end.
December 29, 2011 at 5:28PM ESTJane
December 29, 2011 at 1:43PM EST Reply to CommentWell said! All that build up for Santana's story only for it to be ruined in one episode. It was all about Finn. And don't even get me started on the fact that Brittany has been shoved in the background and pretty much muted.
And yes enough Blaine! So sick of that character. I really though adding new writers would improve the show. It's only made it worse.
Sandy I enjoy Blaine and hope we see more of him as they develop his character more. The less Brittany the better unless she is dancing - I understand Rory better than I understand her mumbling.
December 29, 2011 at 1:52PM ESTF.A It's not about just having less Brittany in general, it's about the fact she should have had a role in Santana's coming out story. It doesn't make sense that the writers didn't give her any voice during this. It affects her too.
December 29, 2011 at 2:38PM ESTBlaine has already gotten too much screen time and way too many songs. Plus I find him really boring. I'd rather they give more attention to Tina who hasn't had any focus at all even though she's one of the original cast members.
Donnie
December 29, 2011 at 2:01PM EST Reply to CommentDan has always come across as a crotchety old man incapable of having fun, so I'm not shocked to see great shows like True Blood, AHS, and Glee on the list. You've really cornered the "Andy Rooney With A Beard" market, Dan.
December 29, 2011 at 2:16PM EST-Daniel
sam Why would you ever admit to such an egregious lack of taste?
December 29, 2011 at 2:18PM ESTA
December 29, 2011 at 2:56PM EST Reply to CommentThis show has turned into a right mess. The writers are under the (wrong) impression that Everybody Loves Blaine and wants to hear him sing zillions of pointless solos which could have gone to more talented members of the club, so that's why they're shoving him down our throats at every opportunity. He's a terribly written and unlikable character. In general, the writers don't seem to know what they're doing at all, and are more concerned with money and gimmicks than writing a decent show. Can't wait until the cast move on to better things.
Zane " the writers don't seem to know what they're doing at all, and are more concerned with money and gimmicks than writing a decent show. "
January 13, 2012 at 8:58AM ESTWord. They started 'writing' not stories but whatever temporary gimmicks they thought would amuse the fandom and the lack of concept is obvious.
Darren is one of the weakest actors on the show, his character never had any depth considering they intended him to be a one episode contender, and in the third season they're scrapping together some vague personality for him that just doesn't work. Combined with his overexposure, his saintifying and how Kurt got reduced from a strong motivated character to a lovesick fool... it's a pain to watch honestly and so I stopped.
Norma
December 29, 2011 at 3:03PM EST Reply to CommentBut of course Santana the abusive bully gets off scot-free for three seasons now and blames all her cruel behavior on the fact that she's gay and no one says anything. She's an offensive bitch and NOT good for the gay community and she needs to be punished. She should have been expelled for her blatant dodgeball bashing of Rory but nope, not Santana, she never has to face consequences. The worst of 2011 is the writers inability to call Santana out as the bitch she is and continuing to let her bully the other kids until they all end up with eating disorders and killing themselves.
Dean Santana has been horribly outed, that's more than every other character ever paid. Everyone on Glee has flaws. Finn is homophobic and sexist, Kurt is biphobic and judgmental, Quinn is certifiably insane, Artie is sexist, Rachel is backstabbing. The males have been all portrayed as saint-like, but that's not surprising since this show is aimed at drooling teen girls and straight women.
December 29, 2011 at 5:43PM ESTNorma What's not surprising is how people can't see how much the girls get away with on the show and that they continue to be defended by people like you. The girls have been abusive and never apologize. Santana bullies everyone, still bullies them, and has never had to apology. She makes homophobic comments toward Kurt all the time but is never called out on it. She's the one person who has shown no willingness to change because she's never called out on anything. She's a horrible bully who doesn't care about anyone but herself and who can't accept her part in anything because she always puts the blame on someone else. Santana is a bitch who has no problem in outing other people's secrets or making comments about their sexuality but runs crying when it's done to her. Not to mention her outright manipulation of Brittany all the time. She doesn't deserve to be in a relationsip.
December 29, 2011 at 6:15PM ESTAlex Tbh Glee isn't a PSA. Every character of the show, male and female, is flawed and no relationship is perfect (maybe Mike and Tina but that's only because the writers of the show don't care enough about them to give them layers) but the males are portrayed as heroes and saviors while the girls as mean bitches, psycho bitches or dumb bitches without redeeming qualities. Everyone recognizes that the girls of the show aren't perfect but the males, especially hero!Finn, are all portrayed as saintly and pure creatures with good intentions and while the girls may not apologize verbally, they're constantly punished through misogynistic and sexist storylines of which they're not even the actual protagonists.
December 29, 2011 at 9:42PM ESTNorma Santana punished for her actions.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. She refuses to even admit that she's a bully and just because people refuse to accept that they're are girls exactly like Santana and Rachel in real life doesn't mean I ignore their bitchiness and bullying and abusive on the show. Santana gets treated as comic relief when the truth is she's just a bitch who never apologizes.
December 29, 2011 at 11:23PM ESTmalkum oh your right, santana never gets punished. i guess being outed in a crowded hallway which leads to your grandmother kicking you out of her house isnt punishment as opposed to poor finn who cheats, lies, bullies and outs people and has to face the torture of always being the hero.
December 30, 2011 at 2:53AM ESTNorma Santana has never been punished for her actions and she refuses to even acknowledge that she's a horrible person. Not once has she ever tried to make amends for her bullying, her manipulations, her abuse, but instead she enjoys hurting people. Just because you're incapable of understanding that kids who make mistake and say or do things when they're pushed passed their breaking point then do their best to make up for it are normal doesn't mean the rest of the world agrees with you're 'let's pretend Santana's not a horrible bullying bitch who should get away with everything' attitude. It's not 'poor victim Santana', she's the abusing bully who hasn't learned anything and is still bullying kids because she gets away with it and people like you are okay with that. Disgusting.
December 30, 2011 at 7:13PM ESTApril
December 29, 2011 at 3:16PM EST Reply to CommentThe most offensive part of that episode and the storyline was the writers and the idiots who think that it's only gay kids who are killing themselves because of bullying. Santana gets away with bullying everyone while all the people she's bullied rally around her. She hasn't stopped bullying people and just because she's gay doesn't give her the right to bully people, no matter what she thinks. Her bullying people could have easily lead to a suicide of that person but of course that's ignored. As a lesbian who also had trouble coming out, Santana's character is offensive and one of the exact reasons homophobic people have against us. They think we want special rights to get away with things they can't and that's exactly what Santana is doing. She needs to take her offensive bullying ass to a place where no one has to put up with her.
Nicole
December 29, 2011 at 3:27PM EST Reply to CommentThe story of Santana's coming out was "marvelously" acted by Naya Rivera? Give me a break. Naya is a good actress, and I agree that the writing for that episode was awful, but her acting in the scene with her grandma was nothing less than cringeworthy. She's been forced to the frontlines of the Glee machine while the actors who should have the main focus (Lea, Cory, Chris) have been pretty much marginalized, and it's not doing Glee any favors.
Katie Honestly I think that Cory, Chris and Lea have been used to much and that's what hurt this show. It was supposed to be an ensemble but now their having to throw the other characters some bones since they marginalized them all. Am I happy about it? No not really I don't care for Rory or Blaine but I want to see the other veteran cast members and to be honest I think Cory is getting more screen time than Lea and Chris he's in almost every storyline.
December 29, 2011 at 4:22PM ESTMichele Cory definitely has not been getting more screen time than Lea or Chris and he definitely hasn't been overused. He's been in the background of Lea's storylines mostly and the one thing that was going to be a big storyline for him with the recruiter got turned into a five second thing so the writers could do another love triangle. Lea's had and is going to have big storylines and so has Chris. What's hurt the show is shoving those three in the back and giving more focus to boring characters with no developped personality like Blaine and constantly telling the audience that it's okay for Santana to be a bitch because she's gay.
December 29, 2011 at 4:28PM ESTKatie Actually Cory has been in lots of storylines this year just not his own. He's been in Santanas, he's been the leader of the Glee club and instrumental in bringing Sam back. Lea on the other hand hasn't had her own storyline this season she didn't even get a real story with Idina Menzel. I dislike both Blaine and Santana so I wouldn't mind seeing less of them. But I would enjoy seeing the vets that are not going to be here next season like Tina and Artie I'd also like to see if Quinn has a split personality of some sort because shes nice then mean. I don't watch Glee for Rachel, Finn or Kurt I enjoy them but I like the rest of the characters to.
December 29, 2011 at 4:37PM ESTMichele Lea's had a ton of storylines. She had the play, she had the losing her virginity, selfish Christmas, election, cheating, she has one almost every episode, it gets resolved, and she starts another one. Cory's mostly been a prop for her storylines. Tina and Artie are juniors, they're staying next year, and all the vets who are leaving have had plenty of focus.
December 29, 2011 at 4:45PM ESTMark Glee is supposed to be an ensabmle show but you wouldn't know it because all the focus is on Rachel, Kurt, Finn and now Blaine.
December 29, 2011 at 4:57PM ESTI almost gave up watching last season because it turned into the Kurt Show.
Raychel Finn and Kurt have actively hijacked some minor characters' storylines (and Finn's involvement in Santana's completely destroyed it).
December 29, 2011 at 5:49PM ESTRach Santana being an irredeemable unapologetic bullying bitch is what ruined the storyline. And she continues to bully now, she's learned nothing, she's still unapologetic, and people don't feel sorry for someone as horrible as Santana.
December 29, 2011 at 6:19PM ESTBella Cory and his three facial expressions do not deserve more screen time. He's one of the worst singers, dancers and actors.
December 29, 2011 at 10:53PM ESTMike Cory is one of the top three 'kid' actors on the show. Naya and her over the top crying and acting need to be shoved into the background again.
December 29, 2011 at 11:25PM ESTBella Never said Naya was my favorite but I like her better than cory. He either underacts or over acts. He has the same three facial expressions and nothing he does is believable.
December 30, 2011 at 1:36AM ESTMike Cory is very believeable, he doesn't get the praise he deserves because he plays a simple character and people like you don't understand how hard that is. Naya gets overpraised because of her storyline and she's always overacting and underacting and all her supposed emotional scenes have been cold and unbelieveable.
December 30, 2011 at 1:53AM ESTMalkum Naya is one of the best actors on the show and one of the top 3 singers. She doesn't get enough praise, if she did she would have gotten the nominations she deserved at the GG this year. Cory is one of the 3 weakest singers and isn't a very good actor. The fact is that Glee has basically became the Finchel and Klaine show and its getting so annoying and lastly yes, santana is a bitch but that is never a reason to be outed. look at Dave in s2, he bullied and threatened kurt but kurt is a better person then hypocrite finn and never used his sexuality against him.
December 30, 2011 at 2:49AM ESTMike Naya didn't get the nomination because her acting isn't good, she's one of the most overpraised ones on the show. Her reactions shots are horrible, she looks bored, and when she has to do something, she overacts so badly that it's ridiculous. Cory's character is 75% about reaction shots and he's always right on. It's not easy to play that kind of character. There's a reason Cory, Lea and Chris are always mentioned as the big three and Naya isn't. Not everyone is fooled by the overpraise.
December 30, 2011 at 9:38AM ESTSantana is a hyprocrite who bullies everyone to their breaking point but who can't handle being bullied and who uses and insults other people's sexuality. You have one kid who was pushed relentelessly passed his breaking point and said something he shouldn't have then tried to make up for it. Then you have the bitch who ignored all the people who told her she already went too far and she went further then refused to accept her part in pushing him there and is still unapologetic and remorseless about all the bullying she's done and continues to be a bully.
Jearaldo Cory's character is him. I've met the guy in person and it feels like exactly the same person. The same tone and the same expressions. It'snot hard to "act" when you're just being yourself. He's mastered like 4 facial expressions contrary to the above post. I've never seen anyone give Cory praise other than fans. There haven't been any posts about how he deserves any award as far as I've seen, Naya has though. Honestly, Naya has the chops but it with the horrible writing and the way everyone seems to be doing worse this year, I won't exactly blame her. It sucks to see talent being smothered. She acts the part the way its given to her. I don't see Naya while I'm watching Santana. They're two completely different entities and that isn't something I get with Cory.
December 30, 2011 at 8:01PM ESTjohn LOL ofr those people who think that Cory is like Finn. Just because you met Cory doesn't means that you know him. He has more facial expressions that you are unable to get. He does subtle very well in both his comic and dramatic acting and his delivery is always on point. For me he plays the most convincing teenager on the show even though he is the oldest of the "kid" actors. Cory doesn't get much praise because his character is an everyman which usually doesn't get much attention from the media. Naya is a great comic actress and very good in drama but her crying scenes in Mash Off and I Kissed a Girl were kind of flat.
January 1, 2012 at 10:41PM ESTyoadrians
December 29, 2011 at 5:59PM EST Reply to CommentTo put "American Horror Story" on the list of the 10 worst TV shows of 2011 shows a lack of responsibility. I'm not saying the show was great - a guilty pleasure at best, a muddled-up mess at worst - but if you're saying that it's one of the 10 worst of the year, well, I think you're going to have a hard time convincing anyone of that. If this is a list of, "The 10 Worst Shows that I wanted to love but ultimately didn't end up loving", well, then you're fine.
December 29, 2011 at 6:19PM ESTBut no. By any standard I choose to judge, I'd put "American Horror Story" on my -- emphasis on "my" -- list of the year's worst TV shows.
-Daniel
Anonymous
December 29, 2011 at 6:30PM EST Reply to CommentI hate how the couple 'Klaine' gets more depth, storylines, kissing than the couple 'Brittana'. When Santana came out, Finn was her best friend. Brittany didn't say one word. Santana is getting the come out story and Brittany isn't getting one.
Anonymous
December 29, 2011 at 6:32PM EST Reply to CommentI love how Santana's bff in the episode after she was outed was Finn. Not Brittany, Brittany didn't say one thing in that episode. Brittany barely said anything in the whole season. Brittany could of been there for her girlfriend, not Finn. I also love how Brittany's not getting a come out story.
Guest
December 29, 2011 at 6:37PM EST Reply to CommentIt's hilarious how Tina's lines can be counted per episode.
Devon
December 29, 2011 at 7:40PM EST Reply to Comment- Naya Rivera's Emmy/GG chances went completely down the toilet with "I Kissed A Girl", I'd be majorly pissed if I were her. The talentless writer of that pile of misogynistic crap should be fired stat since the only decent scene was the one with Santana and her abuela (and even that was mediocre at best) and that was written by Ali Adler. So much for being a Santana episode, it was completely devoid of her POV and her girlfriend was MIA. Awful.
- American Horror Story is a decent show, I wouldn't put it in the worst of 2011 but the description was very funny and I kinda agree. Kudos.
Krystal
December 29, 2011 at 8:47PM EST Reply to CommentFinn ruins everything!....That is all.
Rolf
December 29, 2011 at 9:17PM EST Reply to CommentIMO, I think I'd put Dexter ahead of all of the shows you have in front of it, other than H8R. Does anybody expect anything from True Blood, or a Ryan Murphy show anymore? At the worst, these were expected disasters, and at best, the most bizarre form of bat-shit guilty pleasure.
Dexter had the most precipitous fall from grace - that's saying something, considering the Lumen season was rather meh - and I feel most spurned by that once great show, than these other shows which never sniffed Dexter's greatness. Even Michael C. Hall's acting couldn't survive being embarrassed by this season.
Oops, I forgot The Event was up there as well. Its too removed from my memory to accurately rank it, so I'll still say Dexter should hold that coveted number 2 spot.
December 29, 2011 at 10:23PM ESTI think you make a very good point regarding Michael C. Hall. I always said that no matter how erratic "Dexter" was, Hall was never less than excellent, but in the last three or four episodes, you could almost see him thinking, "How the heck am I supposed to play this tripe?" and he spiraled down with the show. That's probably a crime that could have warranted higher placement here...
-Daniel
Farah
December 29, 2011 at 10:46PM EST Reply to Comment"And with "Glee," you can always count on the writers to screw things up whenever they threaten to get good. Like how did the story of Santana's coming out -- marvelously acted by Naya Rivera -- get drowned in the reprecussion-free hideousness of Finn's involvement?" -- Exactly. Santana wasn't even the protagonist of her own storyline, I don't understand why it was suddenly all about Finn's road to redemption and he was this big savior of all the gays. No Santana point of view, no Brittany, nothing relevant. Possibly the most offensive shit Glee has ever produced.
I've never thought I'd say that but the new writers (Hodgson in particular - the hack who wrote the horrific episode that was supposed to be about Santana's coming out) are actually worse than the three Stooges (Ryan, Brad and Ian).
Holly It was not even close to being marvelously acted by Naya, it was generic and cold and unemotional but got overpraised because of the storyline. Typical. The biggest offensive part of Santana continues to be her whining refusal to accept her part in what happened and her bullying, bashing, homophobic ways. She doesn't get a free pass to make homophobic comments toward Kurt or Blaine just because she's gay, it still makes her a homophobic bitch. She still hasn't apologized for anything but continues to get away with bullying people, she outright manipulated Brittany into having sex with her, and she's never once shown to feel bad about anything except when it bites her in the ass. But Glee is all about letting the gay girl get away with anything she wants and blaming it on the fact that she;s gay. She's one of the most offensive characters on television and is detrimental to people who are fighting for equal rights. She's just a bitch with an entitlement problem.
December 29, 2011 at 11:34PM ESTKujo
December 30, 2011 at 12:31AM EST Reply to CommentS6 of Dexter was just plain indefensibly bad. The worse season in the shows history by a mile. A damn shame since I liked the previous season a lot, and it was kind of bounce back season for me (I didn't enjoy the Trinity killer plot of S4).
Not sure how they'll spin the Deb thing next season, but it can't possibly be worse right?
This show should have ended last season or the year before.
Cool Lester Smooth
December 30, 2011 at 1:26AM EST Reply to CommentI only watched the pilot of the event, but it had one the most laughably absurd moments i've ever seen in a tv show. some guy is in his SUV trying to stop a passenger plane from taking off for some reason. he somehow crashes through a fence and gets on the runway and while he's driving side-by-side with a 747, he yells to himself, "You're not getting past me!" the show tries to sell the moment as if he could stop the plane, but of course, being that it's a humongous plane and already going at a much faster speed, it easily goes by and takes off.
i'm not doing the scene justice here, but it was easily one of the dumbest things i've ever seen on tv and that's how i'll always remember the event.
War Chief Shake Zula
December 30, 2011 at 10:37AM EST Reply to CommentI never repressed The Event's existence. I have no choice but to acknowledge it to make me realize how royally the wrong showrunners can screw up alien-driven sci-fi. I only wish I had been less trusting of Falling Skies after being so recently burned, otherwise I wouldn't have been so monumentally burned by that, too...
Maria
December 30, 2011 at 10:53AM EST Reply to Comment"I may assume that "Criminal Minds" remains one of the 10 worst shows..."
I'm fairly sure you know as well as anybody else what they say about those who "assume", right?
Your only accomplishment with that phrase is that you've offended gratuitously some 16 million Americans, and several million people more from all over the world. Maybe congratulations should be in order.
War Chief Shake Zula People aren't going to care what Fienberg says if they still want to watch it.
December 30, 2011 at 12:07PM ESTThat said, people hate Criminal Minds, especially 2011-vintage Criminal Minds, for a reason...it's pure, unadulterated torture-porn that pretends to be well-meaning crime drama...
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