Letter To FOX & Ryan

GleeClubOnline has a new writer!  Please welcome Rachel!  This is her first article:

Dear FOX Broadcasting Company & Ryan Murphy: creator of Glee;

I never doubted that your show would be an instant hit.  Some people did.  Not me.  I stood by you from day one, the very first episode last spring.  I knew this show would change the way people watch television.  Because of this immense confidence I can’t help but feel a bit jaded by the fact that you have sung your swan song tonight.  You should have known better.

You should have known that the whole world would fall in love with you, as I did.  You should have known that your show would knock the proverbial socks off of the competition.  You should have realized that this magnificent creation would have been picked up for far more than just thirteen episodes.  What kind of optimism do you possesses?  Not enough I tell you!!

I am a new mother and while I would not trade anything for the chance to be a mother to my daughter I have to confess that on Wednesdays I am counting down the seconds until she goes to bed.  For it is when she goes to bed that I feel alive.  My heart begins to race because I just know that I will be thoroughly entertained for one solid hour.  No crying, no tantrums, no bottles, poopy diapers, or mashed bananas.  Just me and my TV surrounded by my favorite Gleeks.

When I watch the show sometimes I feel like I am Mary Poppins and I have just jumped in to that chalk picture on the sidewalk.  I can imagine myself walking the halls of McKinley High headed to Glee rehearsal and to swoon, like Rachel did, over Mr. Shuester.  Oh Mr. Shuester. Give me a boy who can sing, dance, act, and is super cute and I am done for.

I must give credit however, where credit is due.  Tonight’s episode was everything I hoped it would be and more.  It was perfect in every way and perhaps the only acceptable way to leave your fans high and dry for four long torturous months.  My heart aches just typing those words.

In closing, I would like to say thank you for creating such an incredible show.  I would also like to say shame on you for not making 22 episodes.  Shame on your for giving us viewers such a phenomenal show and then yanking it away from us as if you were taking away our ability to breathe.  I sort of hate you.  And love you at the same time.  That being said, I will wait patiently for the return of this wonderfulness and watch my DVDs of it (already pre-ordered) in the mean time.

Regretfully,
Rachel