Christmas came a little early for me when I received my advanced review copy of Glee, Vol. One: Road to Sectionals yesterday. If you want to see all of the DVD set’s general info (such as episode listings), then you should visit my recent post: “Glee” Season 1, Vol. 1: Road to Sectionals – Dec. 29th!

Some of the first things that I noticed when I played the DVD were all the cool menus! Everything is organized quite nicely, and each menu screen has a different background featuring the different Glee characters. It plays the a cappella music that is used for background music and scene transitions in the show. I really like it. :)

From the title menu, you can choose to automatically play all the episodes, you can select a specific episode (which is handy since it features a nice episode summary), you can go to the ‘set up’ and adjust the subtitles (English, Spanish, French or Portuguese) and lastly, you can watch the bonus features!

Now I’ll get into the bonus features, aka ‘Extras’. The first is called Welcome to McKinley! and it features the hilarious Principal Figgins. With the help of McKinley’s AV club, Figgins has created a welcome video for 8th graders that are about to start school at McKinley High. Iqbal Theba, the actor who plays Figgins, has perfect comedic timing and I promise that the entire video (which is a little over 5 mins long) will crack you up.

Next is a Glee Music Video. It features the Glee cast’s version of Somebody to Love and is edited together very well. It uses a lot of promo footage that was shot when the show was new (bits of which might look familiar from early Glee promos) and adds in some scenes from the first few episodes. Then they creatively edit in some of the song lyrics and the result is a video that perfectly capture’s the feeling of Glee‘s early days. I LOVE it. :)
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Glee 1.02 – Showmance
Episode Review
by Emily (yokaputo)

And Glee is back to rule the school once more. Last night, Glee finally returned with a new episode called “Showmance”, and I think this episode was a first glance on how the series is going to be done as whole. We got to see how the songs are going to be incorporated into the show, the various issues that our characters will face, and a deeper look at the characters themselves.

In the episode, one thing is clear from the start. It is going to be the Gleeks versus the Cheerios. While the Gleeks come out with confidence right at the beginning, it is clear that they are still at the bottom of the social ladder. However, that is what the whole episode is about in my opinion as throughout the whole episode we see various lines and battles being drawn.
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