Glee "On My Way"

Glee's winter finale has garnered much attention over the sensitive topics discussed in the episode of teen suicide and bullying. People have been torn on whether or not Glee handled the issue correctly. The main issue which is such a concern is that such a big issue of teen suicide was folded into an already packed episode with Regionals, Finn and Rachel's wedding and the cliff hanger ending showing Quinn getting hit by a car. Although I commend the show for tackling the issue I don't feel they did enough. As much as I love the touching scene in the hospital between Karofsky and Kurt it shouldn't have happened. The show didn't go far enough and really Karofsky should have been successful in his attempt. In fact I though he was dead which I thought was a bold yet admirable statement from the show only to be disappointed when it tuns out that his dad found him in time. My problem with his failed attempt is that everything turns out fine. It's too much of a fairy tale when teen suicide and especially suicide's by bullied gay teens are being carried out all the time.

They took so much time to show Karofsky's struggle with what he was going to do only making his follow through that much more emotional. Other article I have read about the episode think that with everything else in the episode that Karofsky's suicide become trivialized but I think it's that fact that he survives which makes it trivial. What it says to me is that if you commit suicide it'll be okay because someone will save you and you'll make a new friend. He should have died to show the real repercussions of what happens to teens struggling. Yes the hospital scene is touching but we've seen it before with Santana and her grandmother refusing to accept her. The show needed to move beyond that and they failed to do that.

They did deal with the aftermath of Karofsky's attempt to a certain extent with Kurt going to the god Squad for help because he was so affected and felt bad for not returning Karofsky's calls but the show could have done such a better job. We already knew Kurt has rejected Karofsky on Valentine's Day so they should have built on that. Showed Kurt rejecting the calls and Sebastian mocking him and end with the suicide of Karofsky. Maybe since now they're going on a hiatus that wouldn't be the best thing to do but it would have made for more of a shocking ending then what they end up with. Instead they endanger Quinn, either putting her in the hospital or the grave as a cliff hanger as a stance against texting and driving. To top it off they have the wedding of Rachel and Finn to deal with. One word: Ridiculous.I do admit that I enjoyed Jeff Goldblum as one of Rachel's Dads but it took away from what really mattered in the episode.