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I really hope this all New York all the time switch is just for the remainder of this season and not the entirety of the sixth and final season. It's just not right to not have some of time spent in Lima, at McKinley with New Directions still in existence. It's just not really Glee without New Directions still going. I mean they had all these beautiful sentimental remembrance of Finn moments in the Nationals episode, but then Ryan Murphy turns around and disbands the glee club Finn loved so much. How does that make sense? It just feels disrespectful to the memory of Finn and keeping it alive seemed to be important for a minute there anyway. But now New Directions is no more, Will's not even at McKinley anymore, and it all feels so wrong. Not to mention how unfair it is to create a plot twist that basically cuts half of the current cast out of the show because their characters weren't old enough to graduate and all randomly move to New York. The show has it's guaranteed 6th season and no one is trying to get a seventh so it doesn't need to do big shake up to get better ratings or something. They really don't have to worry about that stuff much at all. The show is ending and McKinley and New Directions should be a part of that last season. I don't care if half the show is New York, but some of it should be McKinley. New Directions should be restored and Will belongs there with them. When the show ends, I want it to be worthy of the beautiful early seasons. And that means New Directions and Will should be there for all the amazing, special kids who come through McKinley's halls and need that home that New Directions as always been. There should always be that place to belong and be yourself with Will always as the leader until he's old and gray and retiring. And the old NDer's always coming home to share their stories and successes with new kids. Hope. That's Glee. And that's all I'm saying. And sorry that this was super sappy but I needed to say it.
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It's because the split focus wasn't gelling. Although I personally didn't mind the new cast. But the old cast were all now graduating after slowing down the school year, and they most of the favorites are in New York. So they would have brought in new kids to keep it in Lima. And just Will and the old newbies plus the new kids aren't going to keep the audience...
Doesn't mean they won't go back to Lima in the fall. I am sure they are testing out how Glee: New York does...
In the end it's doesn't matter if Finn's legacy is in Lima. The fact is the show feels they need to see how the show does, by showing the kids growing up and in the older feeling of New York. Focusing on the originals, or fan favorites...
But they know they can't move everyone to New York given the structure of the ages of the kids.
I think Glee's poor ratings mean the show is willing to take the risk to see how the show does by going all New York.
If they go back to Lima in the fall, if it doesn't work or even if does work and they want to go back. They can use the closing up the show in the sixth season storyline of the show to reinstate the Glee club. And work on bringing back the reputation and glory again...
Using some of the well known alumni of New Directions, and even Rachel to bring the club back to it's glory. I know the end of the season will look at Rachel's first big Broadway show. Doesn't mean it will end up going well....
She could decide to go back to Lima to get the Glee club back, before in the series finale going back to New York to conquer it again.
At this point, the ratings are forcing the show's hand. And also Cory's death. If he had lived, the show would have stayed split. Unless the ratings had continued to drop even with him alive, and they still might have moved everything including Finn to New York. But Ryan had a very direct version of what he wanted to play and had to change it up completely with Cory's death...
The show didn't have many choices at this point given the ratings...and where the storyline potential was....