Christina Aguilera's stellar cover of "It's A Man's World" at the Grammy's is forever burned in my brain, so Quinn's rendition naturally suffered in comparison.
I tend to agree with the after school special setup of the basement scene, but I think a more effective educational piece would have addressed the use of "That's so gay.", a fairly common phrase amongst young adults, which basically equates "gay" with "stupid." I do think most teens are aware of...
I also see the Soundtrack Vol. 1 will be out on November 3rd and Vol. 2 on December 8th. I've held off on purchasing individual tracks (at $1.29 each!) for this reason.
I just checked. On My Own is available. I think it was only available as a free video clip from the show, but not it looks like it is a straight up song.
Funny, I took the fancy dinner a totally different way. I thought she was trying to seduce him so she would actually get pregnant to hide the fact she wasn't. And her compromise was just a manipulation along those lines, to soften him up. But you made some good points and I'll have to watch it...