I was really surprised at how much I liked the new characters — I was expecting to not like Sunshine or Sam and to think that Coach Beiste was a character tossed in solely to be a ~rival~ for Sue like Molly Shannon was last season. But no, we got three relatively (for Glee) well-defined characters over the course of the episode! I was happy.

... and ngl, I am thrilled at the development of Sunshine joining Vocal Adrenaline. I think that will be interesting to see, particularly if they stay somewhat consistent and don't go crazy. LIKE ... FUNK ... I also love that over the course of maybe thirty seconds, they introduced a character that is quite possibly crazier than Jesse and Shelby combined. Oh Carmel.