Noun of the Week

The noun of the week is the most recent episode of Glee. "The Quarterback."

As most people know, Cory Monteith (Finn) passed away in July from a drug overdose. Not only was he really loved in the show, but he was loved by all of the coe-stars that had the honor of working by his side to produce such a successful show. Because of the unfortunate situation of Cory, this put the making of the show in a predicament.

While watching the show I searched for the realism within it the episode where they dealt with the passing of Cory and his character Finn. I believe that they captured the realism during certain aspects, but not during the whole show. I have immense respect for the monologue Kurt gave at the beginning of the show. He described his feelings and excited perfectly how someone died is not a representation of who there person was.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY8wHVrP5RY to 1:06 is the monologue I was talking about.

There were total raw moments within the episode that actually made the viewer feel something. Not only were the actors playing the role of how their character grieved, but they also flashed moments of there actual self grieving. Moments in the show, the actors weren't acting, they were truly spilling how they felt. That was beautiful.

This episode wasn't only made for the rates, comments, reviews, and closure to the fans of Glee, but this was a necessity of the ones who worked with Cory, who became best friends with him through the making of Glee.

Although the whole episode wasn't just focused on Finn's death, they incorporated a great amount of his memory in the show. Not just the memory of Finn, but the memory of Cory as well.

Another great thing that happened in the show was each character captured a different form of grief, the felt with the death in a very realistic way. None of the felt with Finn's death the same, they all had their sudden bursts on anger, sadness, guilt, etc.

The most realistic scene was with Finn's mother, I won't lie, it made me cry. I cried. I could not imagine what it would be like to lose a child, and I have witnessed first hand how a mother acts when she loses someone so dear to her heart, someone she raised and loved. That alone is heart breaking to think about.

Overall, great depiction of the situation. Although the episode was rocky, the actors brought forward realness.

-Saige