Glee Britney Spears Episode: Official Review

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If you love Glee and you love Britney Spears, you might have enjoyed the Fox series' tribute to the pop superstar last night. But you also might not have, since there was basically no plot, no attempt at storytelling and generally no point.

While the Britney covers were cool to a point, was this even TV? Or more of a mash-up of music videos, Spears imitations and the occasional, funny one-liner?

Brittany as Britney

Heather Morris (Brittany) as Britney on Glee.

There wasn't even original Glee music, the hallmark of the show, which fans know connects the material to the characters in a very personal way. Not Tuesday.

The numbers were chosen basically because there was a Facebook campaign for a Britney episode and the star's manager lobbied for it. Not exactly organic.

Don't get us wrong, there were plenty of good lines and some of the covers were actually pretty good. But you can't abandon all storytelling like this as a stunt.

Even its previous tribute episodes, in which the show paid homage to Madonna and Lady Gaga, helped advance the plot and actually felt like Glee. It's doable.

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    BritneyFanFOREVER

    Britney is an awesome singer and performer! You rock AWESOME to a new level. Keep up the good work girl. I like britney and all the music that she has done. She is a POP PRINCESS! Good luck in everything that you do. LOVE YOU!!!

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    Holla

    I'm not a fan of Glee but their version of Toxic kicked ass

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    NicoleLovesConnor

    Heyy xx Im a really big glee fan i have recorded like every single glee i love the one where the racheal goes out with finn and the glee club teacher was singing and dancing to impress the ginger girl too make her go out with him because she wants to go out with him and he wants to go out with her ... Please if you wanty to contact me send me a something about glee too lilychick2010@hotmail.com Thanks From NicoleLovesConner

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    sugacheri

    Best episode everr!!! Heather is amazingly hot and talented. And I agree with Harold. Don't hate jealous freak. And what do you know? gleek rhymes with freak.

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    Susan

    Was Brit really on???? It seem as though the cast out-performed Ms.Spears...and it was alot of hype over what in 2 minutes, pleaaaase....So she can take her clothes off on a moments notice, she's been trying to take em off since she was 16...Go ahead Brit head over to Playboy..you know that's what you really want.