Sheesh, are we really discussing whether a show has "jumped the shark" in its very first season simply because some episodes didn't click with all viewers? Cripes, even Buffy the Vampire Slayer (a show I compare to Glee in terms of suspension of disbelief; not to mention quality writing) fans...
Sue's briar patch and "tearing up more than Michael Landon in a sweeps week episode of Little House on the Prairie" lines were among her best ever. Anytime you can shoehorn in Pa Ingalls and Song of the South; that's good writing.
Adam and Matt summed it up for me. Quinn's character isn't one-dimensional, and that is one of the great things about the show, and what raises it above most "teen angst" dramedies.
The Brittany/Santana thing is my favorite subplot. The little touches are hysterical, and the linking pinkies thing last episode was a perfect break for what was (for me . . . and for Finn) an extremely uncomfortable scene.
Yeah but in Fame, the students were the elite of the elite, the stars of the school, admired by fellow students and faculty for the exceptional talents they were.
In Glee? Ehhh, not so much.
Glee has become a Wednesday night ritual for me. I saw the premiere, thought it was cute, but musicals are not my forte. A couple episodes later, my decidedly-not-a-musical-fan brother told me that it was the funniest show on TV and I had to watch it. I caught up on Hulu and haven't missed an...