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"After last week&amp;#039;s Willfest, Glee&amp;#039;s Valentine&amp;#039;s Day episode was refreshingly all about the kids again. And boy, did it pack a lot in! We were finally introduced to Rachel&amp;#039;s fathers, a certain someone made a comeback, and there was even time for questions of religion and sexuality. Even so, after the tragic events of the weekend, one moment will stick in people&amp;#039;s minds - Amber Riley&amp;#039;s stirring performance of &amp;#039;I Will Always Love You&amp;#039;. Sure, it comes as part of a teen love triangle, as Mercedes tells Shane that she kissed Sam, but decides that she can&amp;#039;t be with Sam either until she figures herself out.  But Riley does absolute justice to the song, and the rest of the glee club are visibly moved by her performance. It&amp;#039;s strange how this was filmed weeks ago, really; it has such resonance. And the simple title card at the end of the episode to pay tribute to Whitney Houston was perfectly judged. Let&amp;#039;s return to the rest of the episode, though, which was all about Valentine&amp;#039;s Day - Sugar&amp;#039;s hosting a party at Breadstix but needs a date, leading to a tussle between Artie and Rory.  Artie wins with a performance of &amp;#039;Let Me Love You&amp;#039; before Rory trumps him by saying he&amp;#039;ll have to return to Ireland at the end of the school year and pulling Michael Buble&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Home&amp;#039; out of the bag (ugh). It works, and Sugar agrees to date him, but I have a feeling Rory might have been lying about his visa situation - anyone else?  The thing I had been possibly most excited about for this episode, though, had to be the introduction of Rachel&amp;#039;s dads. And having Brian Stokes Mitchell and Jeff Goldblum make their entrance by squabbling over vocal runs in an impromptu performance of &amp;#039;Chapel of Love&amp;#039; did not disappoint. They were just as brilliant as I&amp;#039;d hoped, and contributed to one of the most interesting storylines Glee has at the moment - whether Finn and Rachel should really be getting married. Rachel&amp;#039;s dads Hiram and Leroy are pretending to be supportive in the hope that their daughter will rebel - leading to an awkward moment at dinner when they announce it&amp;#039;s time for &amp;quot;teenage lovemaking&amp;quot; and let Rachel and Finn go upstairs.  This leads to a great scene where we see Rachel and Finn really argue - sure, it was because Rachel didn&amp;#039;t want FInn to go to the toilet in her en suite, but the real fight was about whether they&amp;#039;ll actually cope with living together. Unfortunately for Hiram and Leroy, they agree they&amp;#039;ll manage - and decide to marry in May. But with Rachel&amp;#039;s dads unconvinced about the match and some of the other New Directions concerned for them, I&amp;#039;m betting it won&amp;#039;t be an easy ride. We also met The Glee Project&amp;#039;s Samuel Larsen, who joins McKinley as a Christian home-schooled kid called Joe Hart. I always thought he had marvellous charisma on the reality show, and sure enough he fitted in really well in the episode - he seemed like he&amp;#039;d been there for ages.   Larsen was involved with one of the more interesting storylines of the week - he and the rest of the bizarre &amp;#039;God Squad&amp;#039; (Mercedes, Quinn and Sam) are offering a Valentine&amp;#039;s sing-a-gram service to raise money. But when Santana and Brittany get admonished for kissing in the hall, Santana&amp;#039;s furious about the double standards in the school and challenges Joe, asking if he&amp;#039;d be happy to perform to Brittany for her. Unfortunately, Glee fails to fully engage in the possibilities here - we get some interesting discussion at the next God Squad meeting, but by the time of Sugar&amp;#039;s Valentine&amp;#039;s party Joe&amp;#039;s decided that hey, love is love, and he sings the song. Don&amp;#039;t get me wrong - that&amp;#039;s the conclusion you&amp;#039;d want him to make, but I wish we&amp;#039;d seen more of the struggle between his apparently intense upbringing and what he feels about Santana and Brittany&amp;#039;s relationship.  I was pleased, though, to see Karofsky again - even if I&amp;#039;m not sure that having him suddenly fall in love with Kurt is the right way to go. I&amp;#039;m so glad that Kurt turned him down and pointed out that Karofsky had previously been his tormentor, because if that had gone any further it would be a ridiculously dysfunctional set-up for a relationship. That said, Max Adler&amp;#039;s always strong, and I&amp;#039;ve loved seeing Karofsky&amp;#039;s development. Having Kurt as his sensitive mentor is a nice touch, too. So &amp;#039;Heart&amp;#039; was one of those Glee episodes that has so much going on and yet in terms of pushing the storyline forward, it was a bit quiet. But it was certainly an entertaining instalment - the riotous performance of &amp;#039;Love Shack&amp;#039; at the end kind of summed it up.  Gleek Out!   That puppy Rory gave Sugar was unbelievably adorable. Let&amp;#039;s just ignore the fact that it is a completely irresponsible and ridiculous present to give.  I&amp;#039;m glad Samuel Larsen has joined Glee now, but I&amp;#039;m still devastated about the lack of episode time given to Glee Project runner-up Lindsay Pearce. Someone give that girl a job.  Blaine&amp;#039;s back!  Songs not mentioned in the main recap: &amp;#039;L-O-V-E&amp;#039; (Tina still exists!), &amp;#039;Stereo Hearts&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;You&amp;#039;re The Top&amp;#039; and a &amp;#039;Cherish&amp;#039; mash-up. &amp;#039;I Will Always Love You&amp;#039; just has to be the winner this week, though none were really duds (&amp;#039;You&amp;#039;re The Top&amp;#039; was utterly bizarre, but I loved that we were seeing what made Rachel so... Rachel.)  Did I see that right? Did Brittany say: &amp;quot;I love you&amp;quot; to Santana? And hearts explode across the land. (Also: the amazing playlist moment was so cute. Everything from &amp;#039;Monster Mash&amp;#039; to the Diff&amp;#039;rent Strokes theme tune to &amp;#039;Osama Yo&amp;#039; Mama&amp;#039;.)  I liked that we had more Puck this week, even if he has gone back to chasing sorority girls (and smearing chocolate over his face).  &amp;quot;We agreed to sing it straight, no vocal runs. That&amp;#039;s how Jennifer Hudson got kicked out of American Idol.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;d love to see you singing something straight.&amp;quot;  I love, love, love Leroy and Hiram and really hope we get more of them. Was it just me that spotted some simmering tension? Hope they don&amp;#039;t break up.  &amp;quot;Do you guys just carry those around?&amp;quot;  Santana being horrified by Finn and Rachel&amp;#039;s kiss was amazing. (Figgins&amp;#039; declaration that he&amp;#039;d rather see Santana and Brittany smooch was a bit disturbing.)  &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;d love to see you in a bridesmaid&amp;#039;s dress, Quinn. And you as well, Kurt.&amp;quot; FINN&amp;#039;S FACE. (Also, quick shout out to Finn&amp;#039;s bizarre pop-up during &amp;#039;Love Shack&amp;#039;.)  Sugar dates Rory because she feels worse for him than she does for Artie. Nice...  &amp;quot;One of the 12 apostles might have been gay. My guess is Simon because that name&amp;#039;s the gayest.&amp;quot;  How did Glee get away with that lube conversation? Because it was about cars, of course. Ahem. (Incredible.)  That whole dinner scene was ace actually, with everything from Hiram and Leroy&amp;#039;s supergroup to &amp;quot;never go to bed without moisturising&amp;quot; to the talk of Vienetta to the horrendous teenage love making bit.  Also: Seeing Rachel&amp;#039;s bedtime routine made me so happy. SO happy.  &amp;quot;Is he defiling our baby?&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Do you need a Xanax?&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;PS - he&amp;#039;s not in the Mafia!&amp;quot; What did you think of the episode? Leave your comments below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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