Best episode: "The Substitute." Gwyneth Paltrow simply radiated excitement and energy throughout this hour. The one drawback? It made me wish Holly Holiday was the leader of New Directions instead of Will. But it also showcased Glee at its best: great songs, funny lines and sheer fun.

Worst episode: "Britney/Brittany." This wasn't a showcase for storylines or characters. It just served as an excuse to feature a few Britney Spears songs. It came across like a shallow, paid advertisement for the pop star.

Best character: Brittany. She's done the impossible, out Sue Sylvestering Sue Sylvester in terms of the best one-liners from the season. Aside from cracking us up with her belief that "adultery" means acting like "a dolt," though, Brittany also caused us to tear up with her adorable sensitivity, as best evidenced in the Christmas episode.

Worst character:
Will Schuester. It's hard to see where they're really going with Will. He creeped us out with his quasi stalking of Emma and he spends every episode lecturing the students. But can you blame them for not always listening to someone whose own life is such a mess?

Best performance: It's too difficult to choose between so many incredibly-sung renditions ("Teenage Dream" and "Le Jazz" would likely top that list), so gonna go with "Valerie" from Sectionals here. Seriously, I could watch Brittany and Asia Mike dance around on stage for hours.

Best cast addition:
Sam and Blaine (tie). Sorry, can't choose between these stud muffins. All I can say is that their presence makes me hopeful that all will be okay when various characters graduate in 2012.

Hopes for 2011: Fewer societal messages, more focus on relationship developments. When Glee tackles an issue such as religion or homosexuality within the context of well-written, planned-out storylines, it can have an affect like no show on television.
But when it tries too hard to hammer certain points home (e.g. bullying), it comes across like a PSA that doesn't ever treat characters as human beings, but just as message-delivering props.

Overall grade: B.

Will is the worst character...really?
I actually don't agree with anything except that Blaine is the best addition so far.

I agree with most of these actually!
But I loved this episode- Gwyneth Paltrow was great!

& the hopes

And Will being the worst character.

I would have voted the Blaine one but I don't agree that he should be tied with Sam!

I'm saying it again Santana was amazing =)

Same as Ana, I would have voted for Blaine as the best addition but Sam's just gotten worse and worse since he joined the cast. I started out completely in love with him, but now he doesn't interest me at all. :/ I only sorta like him during his scenes with Quinn.

I love Brittany, but Kurt's outdoing her this season IMO.

Valerie is effing brilliant, but not the best.

Special Education, Never Been Kissed, and Duets were all much better than The Substitute.

And while the hopes for 2011 kind of confuzzles me, I think I agree. I'm pretty sure it's saying more character/relationship development than just stand-alone episode messages that never continue? :P

Will absolutely SUCKS this season. He, Finn, and Rachel are my least faves.

yes yes yes!!!

blaine was soooooooooooooo much better than sam and i love brittany and valerie

Brittany proved herself to be completely adorable, and she won my heart with her awesomeness. I'm glad they focused more on her character this season.

I hardly agree with these.
But this and Will as worst character.

Blaine, not Sam. Can't stand Sam

I can hardly agree with anything on this list. except for the fact that the writers need to get theri sh*t togehter. best cast addition was Beiste. Blaine has no character whatsoever so far and Sam on the other hand has too many. hard to say which was the ebst episode I guess I enjoed Duets the most. and NBK to a point. as for best performance? to me its still Dont go breaking my heart.

i only agree with this one

brittany is awesome

or brittany or valerie but this ep has gwyneth in soooo hey!! xxxxxx

If they were to do this with Season 3, here's how I'd see it:

Best Episode- "Mash Off"
Worst Episode- "Dream On"
Best performance- "Rumour Has It/Someone Like You"
Hopes for 2012- More focus on characters' graduation, more Brittana moments
Worst Character- Sebastian
Best Cast Addition- Rory, Sam, Blaine, and Harmony (tie)
Overall grade- A- (or B+)