5. Underused Good Characters And Overused Awful Characters
Glee has become a beacon in the television world for attempting to thrust its most popular characters into the spotlight no matter how insufferable they were and basically treating the others like they didnt exist. This season with the separation, its become even worse and more apparent, with most of the characters either mere shadows of themselves or so underused you forget they were ever on the show. In the New York front, we had three interesting new people that provided foils and more depth and layers to our beloved originals as they tried to tackle the big city. Isabelle, Cassandra, and Brody were thrusted into the fold and actually held their own. You either loved or hated them; however they provided more angst and a picture of city life, something that in earlier season the series made sure to shy away from: (Anyone remember everyone always whining about them being the only cultured ones and how Lima was the bottomless pit of the Earth, basically). They provided for some interesting storylines and driving points, however by mid-season, only Brody remained and it seemed as if you just groaned whenever you saw him on screen because instead of the individual we saw in the early episodes, he became a mere plot device to drive Rachels new bitchin attitude. In the Lima front instead of getting anything new, we instead got the Blaine and the carbon copy show. They decided to do one of major things that makes a television show jump the shark, introduce carbon clone copies of earlier characters. Its easy to see why. Glee wanted to take a risk, without actually taking a risk. They wanted to keep the familiar and then try to do something new. They failed. Although the new characters have slowly, (yes, very slowly) been fleshed out, its like were watching a Wal-Mart version of the earlier seasons. Furthermore, the awful writing of the characters such as Wade, the transgender stereotype from hell has left little wiggle room for any of them to become likeable. It seems the only person, ironically, who is seemingly having any type of development, is Kitty, who started off as an identical counterpart to Quinn. It seems as though the only characters weve gotten acquainted with are extremely unlikable Rachel, Santana, Kurt, and Blaine all carry this sense of entitlement that makes their characters non-endearing and remotely intolerable. Wade, Marley, Jake, and Ryder all just seem to, as Tina once said, sway in the background unless needed for another horrid and nowhere plot-line and we forget that Artie, Tina, Sugar, and Joe are even in the Glee club. And lets not even get started on Will, Emma, and Sue. Its like watching one bad horror flick after another whenever theyre on screen.