Actually, both Quinn and Rachel (between them and Emma there was a point where I was really not sure the writers had any clue about women. For a few running episodes, women seemed to exist for no other reason than to mentally mess with men and produce babies.)
Quinn's lying to Finn was really bothering me a lot. I really liked her moment where she says she'll take care of having this baby and herself by herself. It felt like she was taking responsiblity (and, okay, I'm not sure how she'll manage to do that considering she was living in Finn's house BUT I liked the sentiments). And I can understand, especially at that age and with such unsupportive mentors and family, wanting any support you could get but it often felt very conniving what Quinn did.
Previous to it actually happening, I thought I'd really hate it, if Rachel here the one to spill the beans about the big "Finn's not the Daddy" secret. But they managed to do it with finesse, making it as much about her desire for Finn to be happy as her desire to have Finn. And they also showed Rachel understanding how, in the short term, her plan backfired. Finn is not initially happy (He'll probably be glad in the long run he was told the truth, but now he's really hurt). Plus, they showed her realizing the she also hurt Quinn. Often TV has characters doing things but either not seeing the side effects of their actions or there being not side-effects or consequences. It's weird since TV is trying to tell a story, but... anyway, I thought the complex emotional fallout gave both girls a depth I'd felt was occasionally missing earlier in the season. Plus, I liked the scenes where Rachel is pretty gracious about Mercedes getting the ballad number.
Weirdly, I did not like Finn's story in the mid-season finale. I'm not sure how much I buy Will being able to be a mentor to Finn; Will's speech that changed Finn's mind seemed very fake. Buuuuut... maybe that's just me. Sadly, Finn seems to just be there some of the time, both emotionally and as a character to move the story forward, but his little voice-overs about "Oops! Shouldn't be thinking about Rachel's chest!" or "Drizzle is a nice name!" are cute enough and funny enough to overlook that.
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Quinn's lying to Finn was really bothering me a lot. I really liked her moment where she says she'll take care of having this baby and herself by herself. It felt like she was taking responsiblity (and, okay, I'm not sure how she'll manage to do that considering she was living in Finn's house BUT I liked the sentiments). And I can understand, especially at that age and with such unsupportive mentors and family, wanting any support you could get but it often felt very conniving what Quinn did.
Previous to it actually happening, I thought I'd really hate it, if Rachel here the one to spill the beans about the big "Finn's not the Daddy" secret. But they managed to do it with finesse, making it as much about her desire for Finn to be happy as her desire to have Finn. And they also showed Rachel understanding how, in the short term, her plan backfired. Finn is not initially happy (He'll probably be glad in the long run he was told the truth, but now he's really hurt). Plus, they showed her realizing the she also hurt Quinn. Often TV has characters doing things but either not seeing the side effects of their actions or there being not side-effects or consequences. It's weird since TV is trying to tell a story, but... anyway, I thought the complex emotional fallout gave both girls a depth I'd felt was occasionally missing earlier in the season. Plus, I liked the scenes where Rachel is pretty gracious about Mercedes getting the ballad number.
Weirdly, I did not like Finn's story in the mid-season finale. I'm not sure how much I buy Will being able to be a mentor to Finn; Will's speech that changed Finn's mind seemed very fake. Buuuuut... maybe that's just me. Sadly, Finn seems to just be there some of the time, both emotionally and as a character to move the story forward, but his little voice-overs about "Oops! Shouldn't be thinking about Rachel's chest!" or "Drizzle is a nice name!" are cute enough and funny enough to overlook that.