The Power of Madonna

GLEE
Season 1, Episode 15: The Power of Madonna
TV-14
Review by Ian

Songs Covered:
Express Yourself - Madonna (covered by Glee club girls)
4 Minutes - Madonna, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake (covered by Kurt and Mercedes)
Vogue - Madonna (covered by Sue)
Like a Virgin - Madonna (covered by Santana, Finn, Emma, Will, Rachel and Jesse)
What it feels like for a girl - Madonna (covered by Finn, Puck, Arty, Will and Kurt)
Like a Prayer - Madonna (covered by whole club)
Borderline/Open your Heart - Madonna (covered by Finn and Rachel)

Episode Recap:
Will (Matthew Morrison) thinks the glee club's guys need a lesson in treating women with respect, so he has the club sing Madonna songs.
Sue (Jane Lynch) who is still blackmailing Figgins (Iqbal Theba), puts Kurt (Chris Colfer) and Mercedes (Amber Riley) on the cheerleading squad to annoy Will.
Will and Emma (Jayma Mays) break up after he finds out she's a virgin, they figure that they need to spend some time apart.
Santana (Naya Rivera) offers to have sex with Finn (Cory Monteith) to not make him a virgin anymore, and he reluctantly accepts, trying to annoy Rachel (Lea Michele).
Rachel and Jesse (Jonathan Groff) think about having sex but they cancel out at the last minute, unlike Finn.

Episode Review:
While I think this was one of the more overrated episodes of television this year (some people called it the best episode of the 2009-2010 television season), I thought it was awkward in some parts, cheesy in the others, great in the remaining parts.
I particularly liked the 4 minutes cover more than I thought I would, and the Like a Virgin cover was extremely awkward. Imagine if I was watching that performance with my family. I can't even begin to think of the faces I would make with my eyebrows towards the television.

Overall Episode Grade: B

(MORE) Dream Glee Songs!
Since this show is so popular and predictable, I'm posting more of my dream songs I would like to see Glee cover!
Head over Feet - Alanis Morissette (covered by Rachel)
Lady Marmalade - the p!nk, mya, lil kim and christina aguilera version (glee club girls)
Baby One More Time - Britney Spears (any of the girls could do it)
I Want You Back - Michael Jackson (whole Glee club, it could sound great)
Hey, Soul Sister - Train (glee club guys)
Bubbly - Colbie Caillat (covered by Rachel)
Fireflies - Owl City (covered by whole club)

Some of these sound stupid, but I thought 4 minutes would be stupid when I first heard Glee was doing it, but I was wrong, so give these ideas a chance.

AAAAAAND.... Glee themed episodes ideas(since Madonna was a theme)
Michael Jackson
Britney Spears (it's not my idea but it's been tossed around and I would consider it if I were Ryan Murphy)
DISNEY CLASSICS EPISODE (Part of your world - Rachel; Reflection - Rachel; A Whole New World - Finn and Tina or Rachel; Colors of the Wind - Mercedes; Circle of Life - whole club; I Won't Say I'm in Love - glee club girls; I'll Make a Man out of You - glee club guys)