Well. One of Glee's greatest weaknesses in the past has been their inability to have more than one awesome episode in a row. Thus, my hopes were not high going into "Night of Neglect," particularly given that it seemed, based on the promos, to be a Sue-heavy episode.
My expectations were accurate. This episode was decent, not fantastic and not appalling, so for Glee it's pretty much a win. I liked the storyline with Mercedes for the most part, and I thought the Will and Holly thing was a great example of the writers realizing when a relationship has run its course.
Other pluses: Blaine and Kurt are super adorable. Rachel was less shrill than usual, though not as fantastic as in "Original Song". Mike Chang and Brittany respectively popped up and reminded me that they exist, in a good way.
Minuses: Not enough Puck or Sam, or Santana (though that scene with Karofsky was priceless). Also, it didn't feel like enough happened to merit an hour of show, which of course is a not infrequent complaint with Glee.
Thoughts on next week: "Born This Way" hasn't even been released on the album of the same name yet, but trust Glee to already have a tribute episode. It's supposed to be a 90-minute epic, so we'll see if any good comes of that. The last episode that was advertised as being this big was the post-Super Bowl installment, which was a disaster. So I guess it's only upward from here.
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