The Singsations Podcast: A Glee Retrospective

Olive and Eliza recap and review the tenth episode of season 4: Glee, Actually! We're chugging along through the slog of filler episodes this season, while Glee tries to figure out what it even wants to be post-2012. Klaine kind of gets back together, Puck kind of comes back to Lima, and good things finally happen to Marley! It's a Hannukah miracle! Episode contains no known trigger warnin...

Olive and Eliza recap and review the ninth episode of season 4: Swan Song! The New Directions officially disband after a devastating loss at Sectionals, leading to Sue Sylvester's first triumph is several episodes. And speaking of triumphs, our prayer's for "good things for Kurt Hummel" are FINALLY answered in the epic audition/concert that sets him apart from all the others! Epi...

Olive and Eliza recap and review the eighth episode of season 4: Thanksgiving! While this episode may give us absolutely nothing to be thankful for, there's certainly plenty to talk about as Glee releases some of the worst song covers known to humankind! Jenna Ushkowitz did NOT deserve this... But maybe Glee viewers everywhere DID. Be sure to check out our guest, George's, podcasts! Uncomm...

Olive and Eliza recap and review the seventh episode of season 4: Dynamic Duets! The show truly goes off the rails in this not-quite-Halloween episode featuring all the superhero costumes you could ever want! Blaine revisits Dalton and gets introduced to the new mega-villain of the season, who proceeds to get thoroughly roasted by your hosts. Be sure to follow John Osborn on his platforms! https:/...

Olive and Eliza recap and review the sixth episode of season 4: Glease! The New Directions kick off their production of Grease within a week, famously one of the most expensive, largest cast shows high schoolers could ever do. That's not a problem though, as the Glee club's budget and cast size is only ever a problem when the writers remember it is! In case you missed Rachel Berry last epi...

Olive and Eliza recap and review the fifth episode of season 4: The Role You Were Born to Play! Finn Hudson is back at McKinley and off to a rocky (horror) start as he gets pulled into directing their production of Grease - with a love triangle already brewing for the new kids! Blake Jenner makes his debut after winning the Glee Project, with the most milk-toast character since Powered Toast Man....

Olive and Eliza recap and review the fourth episode of season 4: The Break Up! This episode devastates with some of the most brilliant and heart-breaking covers Glee has ever showcased. Remember those couples you've grown to love and care about for the past 3 seasons? Throw them out the window - it's Brody time! Episode contains no known trigger warnings. Please message us on social media...

Olive and Eliza recap and review the third episode of season 4: Makeover! As we finalize the reinvention of Rachel Berry, this episode truly feels like a blast from the past with enough 2012 jokes it almost hurts. Remember Sarah Palin? Remember Bush? We'd rather not, and yet we suffered through the episode to bring you this - you're welcome! Episode contains no known trigger warnings. Plea...

Olive and Eliza recap and review the second episode of season 4: Britney 2.0! If you're ready for the steep nose dive of the once-great New Direction, here it comes! While there are plenty of great covers in this episode, there are twice as many reasons to hate the ridicule of Britney Spears within the media of the 2010s. Even when Britney's not the center of attention, all the new charact...

Olive and Elizarecap and review the first episode of season 4: the New Rachel! While the New Directions compete over who can be the new annoying main character, things aren't so great up for the real Rachel in New York. Your hosts learn a lot about Kate Hudson in this episode, and even more about getting upset at characters switching sides for the first time in four seasons! Thanks for rejoini...

Olive and Eliza make the Glee cast go to college - or at least, the colleges they should've gone to instead! Where would our New Directions be if the Glee writers had any direction in guiding them off to fulfilling lives? Thanks for joining us for these silly lil mini-episodes to kick off season four - we'll see you in hell soon! Twitter: @SingsationsPod Instagram: singsationspod Facebook:...

Olive and Eliza discuss the question for the ages: what if Glee was a TV show made today? Who would we cast, and how would it be a better show overall? In this two-part mini-episode, the hosts discuss various headcanons to kick off the viewing of Season 4 - here's to Glee's inevitable plummet into terror! Twitter: @SingsationsPod Instagram: singsationspod Facebook: The Singsations Podcast...

Olive and Eliza recap and review the FINAL EPISODE of season three; Goodbye! This might've just been a perfect ending to the first three seasons of Glee, but it's certainly not the end of our podcast! thanks to everyone who's listened along and laughed with us for the past year, and be sure to join us next year when we tackle the onslaught of season 4! Godspeed and happy holidays! Trig...

Olive and Eliza recap and review episode twenty-one of season three; Nationals! Resident Twitter bully John Osborn joins us for the (not quite) finale of our season as the New Directions ships off to Chicago for the most important performance of ALL TIME! Or so the show would like us to believe... We are also graced with the stunning performance of a Meatloaf classic. Say your prayers for Olive to...

Olive and Eliza recap and review episode twenty of season three; Props! Tina gets thrown around like a human prop this episode after banging her head on a mall fountain, gracing us with images of Darren Criss in a mohawk. It may just be filler before we get to the most epic performances of the year, but who ever said the road to Chicago was easy? Episode contains discussion of marital abuse throug...

Olive and Eliza recap and review episode nineteen of season three; Prom-asaurus! While McKinley High throws one of the weirdest prom themes ever, the glee club struggles to find thematically appropriate songs and just wings it. We're torn on whether Rachel Berry is horribly annoying or weirdly justified for her annoying-ness in this episode... Maybe both? Episode contains no known trigger warn...

Olive and Eliza recap and review episode eighteen of season three; Choke! Kurt and Rachel have the biggest and best performances of their lives coming up... or at least, one of them does. Although we'd love to focus on how amazing Chris Colfer turned his audition, things quickly turn sour. Puck and Beiste both deal with some heavy realizations about their loved ones and their futures, spliced...

Olive and Eliza recap and review episode seventeen of season three; Dance With Somebody! Join us for this beautiful tribute to the late Whitney Houston as the New Directions try to shove in as many covers as they can before graduation! With the ever-looming specter of time slowing approaching each senior, relationships are all put to the test when trust is challenged - nothing that can't be wr...

Olive and Eliza recap and review episode sixteen of season three; Saturday Night Glee-ver! Your hosts go bonkers for disco music this weeks as the New Directions are forced to come to terms with their impending graduation. As much as we'd love to praise the absolute banger performances this week, we're a bit too distracted by another uncomfortable plotline with underage characters and gett...

Olive and Eliza recap and review episode fifteen of season three; Big Brother! All eyes are on Blaine in this episode as his hot but insufferable older brother comes to town to give acting lessons and credit score ratings. Puck is coming around to fuck with Finn's life once again, but shouldn't that really be expected at this point? Also: theme parks should be more handicapped accessible!...

Olive and Eliza recap and review episode fourteen of season three; On My Way! Everything you could imagine happens this episode HAPPENS, with Regionals and Sebastian rearing their ugly heads. Sue has fallen to sub-level villain status as Sebastian commits actual crimes, and the Warblers don't seem to mind... On the bright side, there's Cough Syrup. Episode contains heavy discussion of suic...

This week, Olive and Eliza are recapping season three, episode thirteen, Heart! Things get wild as the New Directions gear up for Valentine's Day, the Berry and Hudson-Hummel parents team up to try and convince Finn and Rachel what Eliza has been saying for weeks (do NOT get married this young!), while Rory and Artie have a mid-off to try and get Sugar Motta (she's back) to be their date....

Olive and Eliza recap and review episode twelve of season three; The Spanish Teacher! Ricky Martin guests stars this episode and the patient night school teacher explicitly designed to teach Will Schuester how to do his job. The drama gets a little dragged, out but we'd like to think it's in the pursuit of a good lesson. We can't ask much from the adults on this show, but can at least...

Olive and Eliza take a look at episode eleven of season three: Michael! Between advocating for finishing college before you get married, Eliza hating on Sebastian, and griping again about the New Directions never doing the same song twice, our hosts still find time to cringe at some of the cinematography and be baffled about the inclusion of 2013 YouTube sensations. This episode features so. many....

Olive and Eliza recap and review episode ten of season three, Yes/No! There are many scenes in this episode that have us screaming NO, such as Artie getting thrown into a pool or the REAL Helen Mirren being roped into the zany world of Glee! Did you know McKinley had an Olympic swimming pool on school grounds? We sure didn't, and we're glad we're not being proposed to there. 33:50-38:1...