Loser Like Me

Several years ago, Glee made its first appearance on TV.
The show was an instant hit!
By second season, it garnered up to 11 million weekly views in the U.S. alone (The Sue Sylvester Shuffle episode had a staggering 26 million!).
Many people considered the show a lifesaver, or at the very least, a decent, positive and entertaining musical.
Glee appeared. Glee exploded. Glee became a worldwide phenomena.
Teens were crazy for the show.
Heck, even the girls in my class tried to create a glee club (unfortunately, the school wasn't so keen on having another singing club).
Although the club never made it, it was still a pretty good indication of how influential Glee had become in the span of 2-3 years.
I mean, who could forget the end of Season 3 when [SPOILERS] the New Directions finally won Nationals and become popular at McKinley? Rachel going to NYADA and bla bla everyone else doing other stuff [/SPOILER].

Season 3: The New Directions celebrating their victory at Nationals, while "performing" Tongue Tied by Grouplove.
Taken from fanpop.

What happened after that was... less pleasant.
If I took a drink whenever someone said "They should've ended it at Season 3" or "Things have went down since Season 4", I would've been through countless liver transplants by now.
Viewership (again, in the U.S. alone) essentially got halved by the end of Season 5.
People attribute the show's downward spiral to the new (but uninteresting and unoriginal) cast members, affectionately known as the Newbies.
Not only that, the storyline was getting stale and writing got sloppier by the seasons.
Factor that in with the insane amount of screen time Darren Criss/Blaine got (he's sung almost as frequently as Rachel, the main girl of the show), and insanity ensues.
Oh and who could forget the untimely departure of Cory Monteith, which caused the story to be hastily re-written.
Yes, sh!t happened.
And fans think Glee just isn't good anymore.
At least that's the impression I'm getting from the community (bar Tumblr, because that place is cray).

Season 4: Finn (played by Cory Monteith) singing Don't Dream It's Over after the New Directions (seemingly) decided to split up after losing Sectionals. Taken from Metatube.

Okay, maybe my sources aren't that reliable.
After all, the only places I've been to are the Youtube comment section and Glee's fanmade Wiki page.
I wouldn't know why the show suddenly started to su*k.
If you don't know me personally, you wouldn't have known that I've never watched Glee.
If you DO know me personally, you probably would've thought that I was struck by the "Glee effect" too back in 2010.
I wasn't a fan of Glee back then.
Everyone was totally into it (well, just the girls actually).
I would've never watched a single episode if my brother didn't have a couple of episodes on his computer at the time.
After that, I kept track of the plot loosely.
Not the convoluted love stories, but major events that one simply cannot avoid, like how the whole world (well, just the girls actually) jumped up with glee when Klaine kissed or when Vocal Adrenaline finally got "pwned".
Ahhh good times.

If you're still keeping up with all these things after six seasons, good job!
Taken from Glee's Facebook Page (yup, even they admit things are all over the place).

The last time I checked up on the show, they were entering Season 6 - their final season.
"Oh dear" I said to myself.
The fans must be pretty sad, I thought.
Well, looks like it's the exact opposite.
The show's had its 15 minutes of fame, and now it's ended up in gutter.
Although stuff like this happen everyday, it really saddens me to see it happen to Glee.
Fans of the show hate it now. That's harsh.
I checked out the summary of the final season, which appealed to me.
Similar to how crap Glee has became in reality, almost everyone in the Glee-verse has hit an all-time low in their lives.
And you know how much of an underdog supporter I am!
I couldn't help myself. I started watching, the sixth season onwards.
And I loved it! (You can laugh if you want)
I'm not a big fan of the original cast, contrary to the rest of the fanbase.
But I really enjoyed the new characters that were introduced into the show, labelled the New Newbies.
Too bad the writers were still focused on the original cast and only used the New Newbies as seat fillers for the glee club.
Fortunately, this week's episode of Glee featured the New Newbies 100%.
To make things even better, Kurt and Blaine did not appear all episode!
Another thing I love is how the characters are poking fun are making meta jokes, like how Rachel knows nothing about the New Newbies (because the show's always too focused on her).
Too bad the show's only 4 episode away from ending now. *sad face*
I just really hope they don't screw up the series finale!

Season 6: Introducing the New Newbies/New Direction. From left to right: Mason and Madison McCarthy (a.k.a incest twins), Jane Hayward (a.k.a token black female; no offence 0_0), Spencer Potter (a.k.a post-modern gay) and Roderick *last name to be announced* (a.k.a fat kid). God, I love them! Taken from Michael Hitcock's Twitter page.

To recap, I started watching Glee because:
a) I love/support the underdog.
b) The final season started with everyone leading miserable lives. #underdog
c) I find the New Newbies likeable (because they're underdogs?).

P.S. I ship Mason with EVERYONETHING!

Season 6: Mason McCarthy (played by Billy Lewis Jr.) being bossed around by a manic Brittany while helping her set up her wedding venue. He was sporting the same jacket as her twin sister, Madison. Oh look, my first GIF on this blog.
Taken from billylewisjrrps.

Listening to It Must Have Been Love - Glee Cast

Underdog since 1994,

TK