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Rachel runs through her audition song (“Promises, Promises”) in yet another Rachel Berry Takes New York montage. I have not missed these. She’s a great singer, but I can only watch her pull a rolling suitcase through the theater district so many times.

The fact that we got “(They Long to Be) Close to You” in all of its beautiful bare-bones glory as Sam stared longingly at Mercedes only to have her enthusiastically endorse this Sam and Rachel madness really threw me. But what is Glee going to do if not haphazardly throw characters into inexplicable couples like a drunk guy playing darts?

Naya Rivera should always be center stage, always. She has the kind of passion in her numbers that you only occasionally see from Lea Michele and Darren Criss.

Some episodes of Glee go so far down the rabbit hole that they can only be saved by Devo-inspired skirts and making your way in a rolling piano down the streets of Lima.

Maybe it wasn’t the best timing to try and talk sense into Santana, but it was in her and Brittany’s own best interest, not out of spite. (Perhaps his own heartbreak had a little bit of influence too, but on the whole, Kurt Hummel has never been out to get people just because their happiness threatens his own.) And it certainly didn’t warrant Santana’s attack getting personal, going as far as rubbing salt into Kurt’s wounds and suggesting that he was never good enough for Blaine, and even insulting Kurt’s appearance. (Which, to be fair, is more of a faux pas on the part of the Glee writers. These jabs at characters’ looks are simultaneously subtle jabs at the actors themselves, and it really isn’t cute for showrunners to pick on their own cast.) In fact, it’s a little sad that Santana’s rant about Kurt’s flaws was longer than her proposal speech and — dare we say — more passionate, too. Perhaps she needs to focus a little more on her relationship with Brittany and less on kicking others who are already down.

Speaking of that growth, Sedillo has some very strong feelings about one of the biggest draws of the show – the relationship between Kurt and Blaine (aka Klaine). "Life is not perfect and you have to take the good with the bad. You and your spouse get into a fight that doesn’t mean it’s over. It’s just a bump in the road. If there is cheating and there is regret and understanding, but there is a mutual decision to move on, that to me isn’t a toxic relationship. It’s about mistakes, it’s about regret, it’s about understanding, and it’s about forgiveness, which is what your life is about." It’s clear Sedillo also feels strongly that the story for Klaine is about two people taking responsibilities for their actions. "You have to sometimes take a look at [the situation] and sometimes maybe think ‘that’s something I can forgive’ and maybe I was partially at fault.” He adds, “It takes two to tango.” “Nothing in life is always or never. Nothing is absolute.” “Sometimes people make mistakes. If they are sorry and they show remorse, it’s your decision to forgive them. And only your decision.”