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Glee Meets Buffy: A Melodious Dream or a Musical Mess?

Apparently Joss Whedon has been tapped to direct an episode of Glee. This news should make me deliriously giddy since the "Once More With Feeling" episode of Buffy is pretty much my favorite thing in the world and right now I'm insanely obsessed with Glee. But for some reason, I'm not jumping for joy. I don't think I have a fever, so I'm chalking it up to the fact that I'm worried that while Ryan Murphy's shows have a surreal quality to them and Whedon's sci-fi shows have a humanistic quality to them, the combination of the two sensibilities somehow won't mesh -- like somehow all that goodness together is just going to be terrible. You know how really hot people seem to have ugly kids? It's like that.

I know it is a ridiculous thing to be worried about, but I have high standards for the man who brought Buffy and Dr. Horrible into my life, and I have equally high standards for a show that makes my heart sing with happiness and gives Jane Lynch a chance to be the most amazing character on television right now. There's no way that this episode could ever be as good as I want it to be -- my expectations are just too high. So I've started dreading it instead, so that if it turns out just to be decent, I'll be overjoyed. It's sort of like doing reverse psychology on myself. Hopefully, it will work. I was pleasantly surprised by Joss's work on the bat-filled episode of The Office, but I'm far less attached to that show than I am to Glee. And if somehow Sue Sylvester turns out to be a giant snake demon, I'm out.

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October 19, 2009 6:47 PM
Ames
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This just made my day!

October 19, 2009 7:14 PM
Seminnepateama
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Breathe Angel...it will be ok, Joss will make it work and we will all be better for the experience!

October 19, 2009 9:59 PM
Craig
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I'm more worried about poor Demian. He... er... doesn't really get this whole "love for Joss Whedon" thing.

October 19, 2009 11:46 PM
Chelsea
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Goddamnit, I don't watch this show, but my love for Joss will demand that I watch his episode. He should direct an episode of Breaking Bad when it comes back or something. A show that I watch, please?

October 20, 2009 3:00 AM
Dan
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I love his work, but really... how many people pay that much attention to the direction of an episode of television - especially when the director didn't also script the episode?

October 20, 2009 9:54 AM
Rebecca
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C'mon. You gotta have faith! It will be nothing short of INCREDIBLE. :)

October 20, 2009 11:55 AM
jenn
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he should bring NPH along with him, there is no doubt in my mind that NPH is a fan, and what better way to guest on the show than when Joss Whedon is directing!

October 20, 2009 12:35 PM
Kristen
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I am so unbelievably thrilled for Joss to be directing an ep of this. The man is brilliant (yes, I said it), and this show is all kinds of awesome. The two together can't help but be awesometastic. I have such very high hopes for a wonderful episode. It would be even better if he were writing it as well, but I guess you can't have everything.
Also- seconding the suggestion that he bring NPH with him. Cause that would be freaking awesome.

February 23, 2012 12:29 AM
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