Well, I think the problem in the episode is that a couple of different things got conflated, as often happens when you have only so much time, and they didn't make enough difference between them. I think the show did a pretty good job of establishing that Kurt is used to just being him and his dad, and he didn't want anyone around being there for him in any way. So when Mercedes said he should believe in something, I wish she would have said, "like love" or something like that. Because Kurt's actual problem was that he couldn't take anything in.
I mean, when all those people were praying, they were mostly praying with Carol, who had every right to be there. And while it wasn't Kurt's responsibility to tell Finn, or deal with Finn's feelings, Kurt was working really hard to push everyone away.
So at the end when Kurt says that what's sacred to him is Burt, one hopes that he'll find something outside of that, too. It's understandable why he has become so guarded, but he needs to learn to open up to people other than his dad or he's going to have a problem.
I sort of saw it as that AA thing, where it doesn't have to be god, but it's good when addicts stop thinking of themselves as omnipotent. But I think it's probably better to be Puck, and pray for someone because you want to, but not tell them because they don't want to hear it.
So I totally get your problem with the ep, and I have a lot of problems with the ep myself, but I wish they had made this part clearer because you know, Kurt is going to spin himself into butter pretty soon.
(Also the AV Club recap is worth reading if only for the long bit in the comments where they talk about Glee doing Jesus Christ Superstar.)
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Date: 2010-10-06 03:30 am (UTC)I mean, when all those people were praying, they were mostly praying with Carol, who had every right to be there. And while it wasn't Kurt's responsibility to tell Finn, or deal with Finn's feelings, Kurt was working really hard to push everyone away.
So at the end when Kurt says that what's sacred to him is Burt, one hopes that he'll find something outside of that, too. It's understandable why he has become so guarded, but he needs to learn to open up to people other than his dad or he's going to have a problem.
I sort of saw it as that AA thing, where it doesn't have to be god, but it's good when addicts stop thinking of themselves as omnipotent. But I think it's probably better to be Puck, and pray for someone because you want to, but not tell them because they don't want to hear it.
So I totally get your problem with the ep, and I have a lot of problems with the ep myself, but I wish they had made this part clearer because you know, Kurt is going to spin himself into butter pretty soon.
(Also the AV Club recap is worth reading if only for the long bit in the comments where they talk about Glee doing Jesus Christ Superstar.)