“GLEE” is back!!

The premiere episode, “Hell-o” airs on Tuesday, April 13 at 9:28 – 10:30PM on Fox. Jane Lynch has been reinstated and is back and even more of a bitch than before. The glee club won at Sectionals and is looking forward to Regionals. Rachel (Lea Michele) sang Barbra Streisand’s “Don’t Rain on my Parade” at sectionals and brought me to tears along with probably many other people watching. She was fantastic. So now they are trying to prepare for Regionals but there are a few problems. Rachel finds a new guy she likes who belongs to a rival glee club. Mr. Schuester (Matthew Morrison) doesn’t know about the whole dating business with Emma (Jayma Mays) now that he’s left his crazy wife, and there is singing and dancing that is outstanding. Rachel and Finn (Cory Monteith) sing some great songs. And the new guy that Rachel likes, Jesse (Jonathan Groff) has a beautiful voice. However, he comes from a rival glee club, so there is a question there about that relationship. Jonathan Groff has been on the stage and has quite a resume. The writing in this episode is sharp and crisp and very funny. Their writing team is the best. I don’t know how this show ever came about or why there hasn’t been anything like it before, but this is a winner. I don’t mean this one episode, I mean the entire series. I worry what will happen when they all graduate from high school . . . or will they?

The second episode, “The Power of Madonna” airs Tuesday, April 20 at 9:00 – 10:00PM on Fox. Sue Sylvester tells the principal she wants Madonna songs blasted on the loudspeaker all day as they empower women. Mr. Schuester hears them and decides it would be a good idea to have his glee club choose Madonna songs as its next assignment as they might make the girls realize their strength and independence and the guys would see the error of their misogynistic ways. The guys don’t know the meaning of misogynistic, but they go along with the whole idea anyway. Mr. Schuester thinks the boys have been bullying the girls, and the Madonna music might help straighten things out. There is a scene done in black and white with Madonna music and Sue in her Madonna hair style and makeover that Mercedes (Amber Riley) and Kurt (Chris Colfer) have given her. That scene is fantastic! So much goes on in this episode and the dialogue is sharp, very funny and clever, but I’ve said that before. I really can’t say enough about this series. Ryan Murphy really struck a chord with viewers with this series.

The third episode, “Home” airs Tuesday, April 27 at 9:00 – 10:00PM on Fox. This is a very touching episode and so well done. Kurt sings, “A House is not a Home,” by Burt Bacharach. I had tears all the way through it. Kurt has a high, beautiful voice and always sings beautifully. In this episode, Kurt sets his single dad up on a date that creates problems throughout the show. Sue tells the Cheerios to go on a weird diet – her own concoction – because they are getting ready for a big interview by “Splits” magazine. And an exciting part of the show is Kristin Chenoweth who returns and saves Will and the glee club. Her voice is so good that it’s always thrilling to hear her sing. I think Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan have created something that is unlike anything else on TV. It’s funny, snarky, touching, clever and never mean-spirited. It’s not like the other sitcoms that seem to be all the same. Their humor is perfect, and of course, the music is wonderful. I don’t know why there wasn’t something like this before . . . maybe because Ryan was busy making “Nip/Tuck” which I watched and liked but certainly wasn’t about glee clubs! I don’t remember ever having tears in my eyes watching it either. So keep on doing exactly what you have been, and don’t let those kids ever graduate!