I’m quite sure I’ve talked on this blog about the need to get the little stuff right so people believe the big stuff. If you make the storytelling internally consistent, you can get people on board with pretty much anything. 

Recently Partner 1 started a rewatch of Glee, which I’ve never seen before. I’m not particularly invested in it, but I’ve now seen a few episodes. In one of the early episodes, Kurt becomes the kicker for the football team, which is apparently terrible. 

Except it’s not. In the game that’s shown at the end of the episode, WMHS is down 6-0. Apparently the other team’s defense is pretty stout; they show a lot of big hits and failed plays by the WMHS offense. Okay, I can believe that. 

But no one seems to be talking about the WMHS defense. Either they’re really good, or their opponents’ offense is equally as bad as theirs — they only scored two field goals, or one touchdown with no extra points. That’s pretty impressive work by the WMHS defense. 

I know, I know, offense is flashier, but defense wins championships. It would’ve dragged the episode down to show the defense doing their jobs, but maybe at least some sort of acknowledgment that they held the opponents to only six points would’ve been nice. And, I mean, Kurt is the hero of the game for tacking on the extra point that puts WMHS up 7-6, but I’m sure someone on the defense probably did even more work to make sure the opponents didn’t run up the score. 

I know it’s a small thing, but as a football fan it rankled me a little. In the grand scheme of things it really doesn’t matter, and the realism was sacrificed in the name of good storytelling, but it’s a small thing they could’ve fixed that would’ve made me believe the big stuff even more.