Watercooler: In Praise of Glee's Santana

Amber Riley, Naya Rivera, Louise Morris See, for this reason you need to make Christmas lists, kids! Several months ago, Watercooler requested Santa for any couple of things when it comes to Glee, and last evening, we've got the main one we wanted probably the most: More Santana. Actually, it had been just like a "a really special Santanisode" that saw the spitfire who once declared "the only real straight I'm is straight-up bitch" formally adopting her Sapphic self and displayed the always-scrumptious Naya Rivera's capability to be a variety of fierce, funny and believably vulnerable. Her version of "Constant Craving" with Idina Menzel? Which was just extra awesome-sauce quietly. Not too this is actually the very first time Rivera has become the interest she so highly warrants. All season, as the relaxation people happen to be wondering if Karovsky can get several scene this season, Santana's coming-out story continues to be brewing, and 2 days back, we've got that Finn slap that seemed a great deal like "buckle her in, it's gonna get Lima Levels-adjacent up in here!" Lawdy, made it happen ever! Between your scene together with her grandmother and also the "I Kissed a womanInch number, the main focus on La Lopez composed for most of the hour's lesser moments. Our only worry is how this story goes came from here. Clearly, she'll take some help handling the aftershocks to be openly outed (because of that anti-Sue commercial), therefore we really hope the authors handle it properly. Not sensibly - we'd never request that from people that just put an instructor into mattress having a student - just realistically. Like, maybe use guidance counselor Emma as not only an Obsessive-compulsive disorder point. Or have Blaine take a rest from being smugly self-impressed to mentor her regarding how to be a well-modified gay teen with great hair like him. Just please, don't reduce her to another weepy, whiny martyr like last year's canonization of St. Kurt. That mess has become travelling in roll-neck ponchos and Santana warrants so a lot better than that. Would you agree? How whenever they handle Santana's story since everybody knows she's "Lebanese"? Sign up for TV Guide Magazine today!