Dream On (Glee)

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" Dream On " is the nineteenth episode of the American television series Glee . The episode premiered on Fox's network on May 18, 2010. It was directed by Joss Whedon and written by the creator of the series Brad Falchuk. Neil Patrick Harris guest star as former glee club star Bryan Ryan. Working as an auditor of the school board, he threatens to cut the club's joy off the budget, bitterly because it never reaches the dream of its own show business. Rachel (Lea Michele) tries to find her real mother, and Artie (Kevin McHale) struggles with her desire to walk. The episode title is a reference to the song Aerosmith "Dream On", also performed during the episode.

This episode features a cover version of seven songs, four of which are released as singles, available for digital downloads, and three of which are included on the Glee sound album album: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers . "Dream On" was watched by 11.59 million American viewers and generally received positive reviews from critics. Maureen Ryan from Chicago Tribune, Bobby Hankinson from Houston Chronicle, Gerrick. D Kennedy from Los Angeles Times and Todd VanDerWerff from The A.V. Club all regard it as one of the best episodes of the season, while Aly Semigran of MTV, Entertainment Weekly Tim Stack and Raymund Flandez from The Wall Street Journal praised the music show. Blair Baldwin of Zap2it instead felt that the songs were inconsistent, and while Harris's appearance was generally well received, Eric Goldman of IGN felt that the plot was less impactful.

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Plot

Bryan Ryan (Neil Patrick Harris), a former high-profile member of McKinley High, came as the auditor of the school board. He speaks to the club happily, asking everyone to write their biggest dreams on a piece of paper. He then takes Artie's paper (Kevin McHale) and throws it into the trash, making the point that their dreams will never come true. Having failed to realize his own dreams, he intends to trim the glee club. Glee's club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) assured him that it was not too late to pursue his dream and sing "Piano Man" with him. They both auditioned for Jean Valjean's role in local production of Les MisÃÆ' Â © rables, singing "Dream On" as a duet. Bryan decided not to cut the club happy, and even presented them with new costumes and sheet music, but changed his mind when cheerleader Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) announced that Will got the lead role. Will surrender his role in Les MisÃÆ' Â © rables to Bryan to rescue the glee club.

Rachel (Lea Michele) confesses in Jesse (Jonathan Groff) about his lifelong dream to discover his mother's identity. As they searched through the record box from his basement, Jesse took the tape from his jacket and pretended it was from the box. The tape was labeled as a message from mother to daughter. Rachel refused to listen to the tape, stating that she was not ready. Jesse then meets Shelby Corcoran (Idina Menzel), Vocal Adrenaline coach, who reveals that she is Rachel's biological mother, but a contract agreement with Rachel's two fathers prevented her from meeting Rachel until Rachel was 18 years old. Jesse reveals that although he has "befriended" Rachel just to get more acting practice, she actually started to like it. He begged Jesse to convince Rachel to listen to the tape. Back at Rachel's house, Jesse started the tape when Rachel entered her bedroom, then left her to listen. In the recording, Shelby sang "I Dreamed a Dream", which leads to a duet with Rachel in dream sequence, ending with Rachel back to her room in tears.

After Bryan's disappointing speech, Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz) took Artie's paper from the trash and learned that her greatest dream was to become a dancer. Tina wants to dance with Artie, but she falls from her wand when she tries to stand up from her wheelchair. Tina entertains Artie by showing him some of the latest research in the care of spinal cord injury. While waiting for Tina to buy pretzels at the mall, Artie fantasized about being able to stand up from a wheelchair and dance to "The Safety Dance" in the flash mob car sequence. He then asked Emma Pillsbury counselor (Jayma Mays) for advice on how to deal with the possibility of running again in the light of new research, but was disappointed when Emma told him that such treatment might not be available for long. Tina continues to offer to dance with her but she refuses, insisting that she chooses another couple but agrees to sing during the dance. Tina chose Mike (Harry Shum, Jr.) as her dance partner when Artie leads the glee club into "Dream a Little Dream of Me".

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Production

"Dream On" was filmed in March 2010. In October 2009, Michael Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly reported that 20th Century Fox, the studio behind Glee , had approached Joss Whedon about directing an episode during the first season of the event. The creator of the Ryan Murphy series is a fan of Whedon's work, and praised the musical episode of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series, commenting: "Joss directed one of the major musical episodes in television history about Buffy so this is very good, if not unexpected, fitting, I'm glad he'll lend me his amazing fantastic talent. "Whedon considers Glee his favorite television show, but underestimates his influence over the episode. Asked by Ileane Rudolph from TV Guide whether the episode will feature songs from Buffy , or his 2008 musicals The Awful Sing-Along Blog , Whedon replied: "I must say resonance 'is not possible.' This episode is not about me.This is the next episode of Glee Hopefully my hand will not be seen on show. "Whedon feels that his job is anonymous:" to find the most interesting way to present a story without attracting attention on himself. " He admits his tendency to kill favorite fan characters, mocking that he plans to kill Principal Figgins (Iqbal Theba).

Whedon felt the title of the episode relate to the storyline, explaining that his goal was to check the desire at the core of the central character, including Will's desire to do, Rachel's desire to find her real mother and Artie's desire to walk again. He states: "I'm really lucky because there's a real phonetic coherence from the episode that brings them all together on an emotional level.For me, it's just a question that they do and do not feel random and you understand why all three stories are all on the show same. "

Kristin Dos Santos from E! Online commented on Whedon's propensity to work repeatedly with the same actor, and hopes that Dr. Terrible star Neil Patrick Harris may appear in the episode. Four months later, in February 2010, Dos Santos reported that Harris had signed a contract to appear on Glee . Murphy created a role primarily for actors, who received permission from CBS to appear on Fox for the episode. Ausiello reports that Harris will play Bryan Ryan, a former high school glee club rival, Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison), now a member of the Five School council, intending to take revenge for never fulfilling his own potential by cutting out the school art program. Morrison states that Harris's character is two years older than Will, and "get all the girls and good songs" during their school years.

Repeat character in "Dream On" is a member of the happy club Santana Lopez (Naya Rivera), Brittany Pierce (Heather Morris), Mike Chang (Harry Shum, Jr.), Matt Rutherford (Dijon Talton) and Jesse St James (Jonathan Groff) , Brenda Castle's astronomical teacher (Molly Shannon, appeared with her co-founder Kath & Kim, John Michael Higgins), and Vocal Adrenaline coach Shelby Corcoran (Idina Menzel). This episode features a cover version of seven songs. Will and Bryan duet on "Dream On" by Aerosmith, and "Piano Man" by Billy Joel. Bryan also sang "The Daydream Believer" by The Monkees, and a Les Misà © rables auditionee played by Wendy Worthington sang "Big Spender" from Sweet Charity . Artie performs "The Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats and "Dream a Little Dream of Me" by The Mamas & amp; Papas, and Shelby and Rachel sing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misà © rables . Each song except "Piano Man", "Big Spender" and "Daydream Believer" was released as a single, available for digital downloads, and "Dream On", "The Safety Dance" and "I Dreamed a Dream" i> Glee: The Music, Volume 3 - Showstoppers . "I Dreamed a Dream" was mapped at number 36 in the Singel Stage of Ireland.

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Ratings

In its original broadcast, "Dream On" was watched by 11.59 million American viewers and reached the rank of 4.8/12 in a demographic of 18-49. In the UK, this episode is watched by 1.54 million viewers and is the most watched show of the week on non-terrestrial channels. In Canada, it's watched by 1.86 million viewers, making Glee the most viewed event of the week. In Australia, Glee attracted the highest overnight audience with 1.30 million viewers, and won its timeslot in all major demographics. Its consolidated rankings are adjusted to 1.56 million, making "Dream On" the most viewed program of the week.

Critical response

This episode generally receives positive reviews from critics. Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune considers "Dream On" an episode of "great fun," "emotionally satisfying," and perhaps her favorite since the pilot. Ryan praised Whedon's directing, writing that it was clear "Whedon really gets what this show does when working". Lee Ferguson of CBC also called "Dream On" one of his favorite episodes of the season, commented that: "NPH easily outperformed several other new celebs (including Molly Shannon and Olivia Newton-John) who had stopped by the show", and hoped his character would back in the future.

CNN's Lisa Respers France praised both Artie and Rachel's storylines, and wrote that: "The character of Harris Bryan Ryan has it all: time, good singing and crazy chemistry with Jane Lynch's character Sue Sylvester." James Poniewozik from Time considers this episode "extraordinary in a way that goes beyond guest appearances", notes: "it's not only good compared to recent episodes, but entertaining, capturing and moving in a natural sense without exception." Bobby Hankinson from the Houston Chronicle called "Dream On": "one of the best episodes in one of the greatest freshmen seasons in history", while Gerrick D. Kennedy of Los Angeles Times > the same episode one of the best of the "season that has a new star", and Todd VanDerWerff from The AV Club rated episode "A" and called it "one of two or three episodes Glee best ever.. hell, that's probably the best. "

Aly Semigran of MTV reviewed the episode's musical performance positively, calling Piano Man "the series" "the most realistic music number" and wrote that "nothing approaches the incredible amount" which is a "Dream On" duet. Semigran noted that McHale's songs "prove that he is a force to be reckoned with", and call the duet "I Dreamed a Dream" "wooing," observing: "Pretty sure that's what the musical theater lovers dream about." Raymund Flandez of The Wall Street Journal mentions Michele and Menzel's number "one of the most touching duets in the show so far," stating: "The vulnerability they both convey is astonishing in its simplicity and perfection." Entertainment Weekly 's Tim Stack writes that the "Piano Man" duet is so good he hopes it has been released for download. He rated the songs sung "B" to "A" and called "Security Dance" one of his favorite moments from the episode, regarded it as "an exciting, enormous show - certainly one of the most complicated figures ever performed. before. "

Blair Baldwin from Zap2it writes that while the "Dream On" appearance begins perfectly, Harris "kills the song" with a song that touches the ears in the chorus. Baldwin also highlighted the issue of synchronization with the choreography "Safety Dance", and wrote that the Shum dance for "Dream a Little Dream" was "terrible" and "careless". Baldwin enjoys the show "I Dreamed a Dream", and hopes to be more consistent in the future. Eric Goldman of IGN rated episodes 7.7/10, writing that while he suspected the episode would be "very unusual", it was just "okay". He felt that the musical numbers "failed to really resonate", and called the Harris character "funny in theory" but ultimately "one-note" and less impactful, with a "failed" storyline. In December 2012, TV Guide named "Dance Dance" performed one of the best performances Glee .

In August 2010, the 62nd Emmys Primetime was awarded Harris an Emmy (out of two total) in the category of Best Guest Actor in the Comedy Category for her "Dream On" appearance and appearance.

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References

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External links

• "Dream On" on Fox.com
• "Dream On" in IMDb
• "Dream On" on TV.com

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