blame alcohol blame alcohol fourteenth episode second season television series glee thirty sixth overall episode written directed aired united_states fox february episode mainly centers issues drinking students coming drunk school increasing numbers plans assembly warn students dangers drinking asks glee club director students perform song send positive messages avoiding alcohol lea_michele throws party glee club students gets drunk wake perform songs alcohol influence assembly ends abruptly song alcohol interrupted singers entire high school avoiding blame alcohol given positive reception reviewers disagreement messages including regard drinking alcohol rachel party lauded song performed don want assembly song received episode featured cover versions songs released singles available digital download singles debuted billboard hot original song appeared episode sung rachel released premiere episode watched million american viewers earned nielsen rating share demographic episode total viewership ratings slightly previous episode comeback watched million american viewers acquired rating share demographic airing television plot concerned recent drinking incidents schedules assembly commissions glee club perform song dangers alcohol lead singer rachel lea_michele sings song written finn cory_monteith realizes needs inspiration write song throws house party club attended member kurt crush attendees kurt finn drunk rachel share long kiss game perform don want karaoke duet spends night kurt bed fully clothed kurt father mike pleased level intimacy roof tells kurt ask permission time kurt agrees asks educate gay relationships kurt come advice future monday glee club members arrive school hung perform song blame club director impressed realistic acting thinks song inappropriate assembly drinking football coach shannon dot marie jones join night cowboy bar reduce stress perform song beer gets drunk home marks students papers drunk school guidance counselor leaves sexually tinged message rachel asks kurt dismay accepts argue suggests bisexual kurt denies existence kurt visits rachel date warns rachel gay temporarily confused assembly perform song comes abrupt end rivera throw later rewards club performance success fellow students belief glee club acting assembly coach publicly playing message left voice mail emma meant school public address system classes session realizes tell students abuse alcohol convinces entire club pledge drink upcoming nationals competition tells urges ride home drink regardless late rachel kisses sober makes realize gay instead disappointed tells kurt relationship man turned gay songwriting gold production blame alcohol written creator directed second time glee director outing having acclaimed fourth episode season blind item popular gay character wondering bisexual encounter published february editor chief entertainment news website speculation set centered glee showrunner creator sent email website published february stated gay gay think important young kids know character couple hours gay website took note murphy statement current cover article magazine murphy quoted saying openly question real think people love discussion love pointed murphy question sexuality clearly decides fact gay posted time referring original story quoted article added new sentence murphy coming episode guess moral story don play spin bottle drunk wine original song included episode sung ostensibly written rachel song written wrote episode composer episode featured cover versions don want sung beer recorded sung performed morris blame pain rendition amber riley leads marked jones singing debut glee recurring guest stars appear episode include glee club members cheerleader potter football coach shannon jones kurt friend reception ratings blame alcohol broadcast february united_states fox received million american viewers initial airing according nielsen ratings episode garnered nielsen rating share demographic tied highest night episode total viewership ratings slightly increased previous episode comeback watched million american viewers received rating share demographic original airing canadian broadcast february blame alcohol drew million viewers placed fourteenth weekly program rankings improvement comeback aired week ranked eighteenth watched million viewers australia episode watched million viewers march glee sixth watched night twentieth week episode broadcast april attained million viewers million watched cable week viewership marginally comeback attracting fewer viewers critical response reaction episode split majority reviewers favorably impressed significant minority disappointed message episode conveyed storytelling decisions atlantic described glee best loud true life ign robert_canning gave episode great rating called main storyline comical human gave episode wrote week glee puts beer alcohol related issues perspective result humorous ironic leaves wanted todd_vanderwerff wrote episode aren terrible gave mtv stated episode left sour taste added combines humor life lessons found called episode wasted opportunity buddytv harper episode concluded glee happened los_angeles_times saw message differently wrote leave glee tackle potentially topic like teenage drinking manage entertain surprise important life lessons time called breezy sharply written episode rated high middle range concluded night hour glee level superior series sticks mid season important episodes ride scenes featured rachel party acclaimed reviewers called parade funniest sight gags acting scenes glee produced described acting stand handled entire arc like seasoned colleague said showed glee best added dialogue group dynamic clean specific kids like actual kids vanderwerff pointed club members felt like kids like miniature said party best episode rolling_stone praised finn breakdown drunk girl demonstrated glee girls harper wrote party scenes left lot desired reviewer atlantic waited control hurt america youth shocked appalled dangers drinking worst thing happened rachel tried flip gay guy kurt scenes father evoked opinions reviewers canning mention great conversation kurt felt real kids situation noted glad wasn easy talk houston_chronicle agreed said debate existence refreshing glee portray conversation like goes reality good treat kurt like saint time wrote kurt showed stated completely kurt wasn fair sort add allowed flawed sudden confusion sexual orientation deemed false note called speech key harper unhappy major plot points like gay character thinking straight instigated wrapped hour said thought accept date kurt friend kurt agreed sort work potential relationship silly love songs episode similar reactions kurt scene reviewers agreed reasonable kurt characterized kurt flawed episode especially scene dad kept taking offense dad guidelines described kurt unsettling argument wrote kurt smackdown father odor propaganda history canning said moved kurt asking father step comfort zone educate gay men enjoyed realistic tension exists father gay son harper harshly critical story line sue regularly accused alcoholic took exception characterized sue throwing intensity homosexual choir director stairs twice false note said particularly difficult vanderwerff called kind funny reviewer noted mercedes wrong complains songs convey alcohol bad suggested pink sober haunting cover kiss moving untitled happen songs assembly music performances musical covers performances episode given positive reception reviewers rachel duet don want called best number episode vanderwerff went said best number far went favorite time called fun noted pits glee rounded pop vocalists gave performance wrote sounds like modernized version old song totally works declared needs join rachel harper characterized cute duet said super keen seeing pair fair enthusiastic gave stars enthusiastic blame gave stars wrote song sing nationals called better performances seen glee gang gave billboard thought version better original harper sure declared way better version described informed rendition said song clean pass dirty club hit liked harmonies hook said song gave vanderwerff said enjoyable numbers season gave beer noted glee best occasion calls added total lack irony ends making good prepared hate song jones morrison clearly fun recording song country percent attitude ultimately gave wrote wait alto country showcased morris brittany lauded performance called performance night praised mad dance skills awesome vocals wrote brittany owned rendition cnn gave brittany awesome performance gave song noted morris better voice original artist rendition case bunch talented kids making simple song better praised dance centered performance said wished rachel mercedes sung lead vanderwerff liked morris number said didn buy song selected assembly chart history cover versions released singles original song released debuted billboard hot appeared musical charts hot rendition don want debuted number number hot songs hot blame number number canadian hot number number canadian hot don want featured sixth soundtrack album series glee music volume beer chart
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