My first time

I remember vividly the first time I watched Glee . It was 2012 and a season 2 rerun was playing on tv . The episode featured the mash up of thriller and heads will roll . I remember finding it really boring at the time and I even thought it was a glee tv special because it felt as though I’d been watching for hours. Nevertheless I gave it another chance in 2015 and started watching from the very first episode. Needless to say today Glee is one of my all time favourite shows -probably even cracking the top 5 .

I started watching the first season with my mother but unfortunately some of the androgynous sexual content made for an uncomfortable viewing experience as she constantly made faces and dropped awkward comments. So by the end of season 1 I retired the idea of experiencing this show with someone else ( which was disappointing because half the enjoyment of watching a t.v. series is being able to discuss it with other people – unfortunately that wouldn’t be the case for me ). I dont blame my mother for feeling uncomfortable . It doesn’t mean that she is closed minded or judgemtal. This show undoubtedly has some explicit and inappropriate content.

However I didn’t give up and went on to enjoy the next five seasons much more by watching it alone and not having anything to feel uncomfortable about . Luckily for me I’ve grown up in a generation that is more accepting of human sexuality. So from then on I was able to enjoy the approximately 100 hours of music, drama, and truly compelling and heart wrenching storylines as well as characters.

I am a huge fan of ranking just about everything when it comes to shows. Top 10 best characters, top 10 sexiest characters, top 10 seasons, definitive ranking of the quality of seasons from worst to best. Ranking is a way of sharing information with other people and comparing different thoughts and ideas. Not all of us have someone in our life who appreciates and understands a show that is beloved to us and thus reaching out to the online television communities is the next best thing.

Whilst I’m a huge fan of ranking things and reading others’ rankings I am definitely not a fan of some of the rankings of all things Glee that are available on the internet. Some of the best YouTube channels have rankings of Glee songs or couples but they really only scrape the surface of a show that I can personally see on a daily basis (via Facebook groups , Reddit , what have you) has touched the lives of many people.

Unsurprisingly follow up posts will contain as many rankings as possible until even I get tired of them.

Also I just found out that gleeking has something to do with spitting. How wonderful 😐.