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Q: Tonight's Glee deals with an "unthinkable event," and the local newspaper in Newtown, Connecticut—the one that introduced itself to the world with that photo—is warning that it might be difficult for some residents to watch. The episode reportedly deals with a shooting at the show's fictitious McKinley High, in Ohio, that may hit, according to the Newtown Bee, "close to home" for the Newtown community. 
  
 Shannon Hicks of the Bee reported today that a Newtown resident, Andrew Paley, heard about the episode from a friend, Michael Slezak, who works for TVLine.com. Slezak, who posted "10 Scoopy Tidbits" from the episode, reportedly told Paley after seeing a screener that it was "pretty intense." Paley, according to Hicks, thinks the timing is "a little soon for the subject to be covered by a show with such a young fanbase, including many residents of Newtown." He was also not happy that no one from Fox or Ryan Murphy's camp called anyone involved with Newtown politics or the school system: "I think it's terrible that the writers and producers of that show didn't think to contact someone in Newtown to let us know this was coming." 
  
 Per Slezak's preview, the episode takes the often funny and silly (and these days not-so-good) show into dark places. Slezak reports that coinciding with a rehearsal about "last chances," two gunshots ring out in the halls. The action is "claustrophobically confined to the choir room, where Schue and Beiste hit the lights, find hiding places for the students and try to keep down any noise that might attract the attention of a shooter/shooters," and at one point the members of the glee club record messages for their loved ones. Per Just Jared, songs in tonight's episode include Elton John's "Your Song" and John Mayer's "Say." Murphy, the show's creator, tweeted words of praise for the episode: 
  
 Just saw the rough cut of next week's "Shooting Star". It is the most powerful emotional Glee ever. So proud of the cast & crew. — Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) April 3, 2013 
  
 In the days following the Newtown school shooting the entertainment industry had tread carefully. Now, months later, it still seems to be hitting some sour notes. 
  
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 Brittany gets a group hug in the “Shooting Star” episode of “Glee.” ( Adam Rose/Fox) 
  
 “Glee” has covered many controversial topics in its four seasons — eating disorders, teen pregnancy, pill addiction, etc. — but its newest episode Thursday night covered unchartered territory: The gun control debate, as a result of a potential school shooting. 
  
 In this instance no one got hurt. The two gunshots that rang through the halls of the high school were an accident. However, the show didn’t reveal that to be the case until the end of the episode. This meant there were long, unsettling stretches of students sitting in the darkness, hiding under tables and desks and sobbing, while leaving devastating video messages for their loved ones, as they waited to see what was going to happen. 
  
 “Love you all,” a shaken Mr. Schuester, the glee club director, told the terrified students. 
  
 Setting aside the fact that the gunshots were a false alarm, the disturbing images, particularly in the wake of the horror of events such as Newtown, brought up a question: Why, exactly, did “Glee” feel the need to tackle such a sensitive issue? 
  
 The most cynical and obvious reason would be: ratings. The average episode of “Glee” gets about 6 million viewers, a decline from the whe n the show first came on the air and was one of the buzziest shows around. 
  
 Fox hasn’t said whether the show is coming back for Season 5 — we’ll find out soon, as the 2013-2014 season upfronts are about a month away. But if executive producer Ryan Murphy and crew are trying to make headlines, was tapping into a gut-wrenching issue the best way to accomplish the goal? 
  
 Reactions — many negative — were already pouring in before the episode aired. (“‘Glee’ devotes an episode to the hot trend of school shootings,” the A.V. Club wryly wrote.) 
  
 Meanwhile, The Newtown Bee reported that residents of Sandy Hook are angry with Fox for not providing a warning in advance of the upsetting episode. “I think it’s terrible that the writers and producers of that show didn’t think to contact someone in Newtown to let us know this was coming,” a Sandy Hook residents is quoted as saying. “A lot of people watch that show. They shouldn’t be upset by it.” 
  
 (For the record, Murphy was scheduled to take questions during a conference call earlier this week about the episode, but it was postponed due to Murphy’s “production schedule,” according to Fox. ) 
  
 And if the images of a potential school shooting weren’t enough, a scene toward the end of the episode shows a gun control debate, as cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester claims the gun was hers, taking the fall for the student who brought the gun to school. 
  
 “I’m sorry, but in light of recent events, I feel more safe with it in my office,” Sylvester tells the principal after she confesses that she owns the gun. 
  
 “Look, Sue, I’m not going to argue the merits of armed teachers right now,” the principal says. 
  
 “It’s a different world from when you and I started teaching...the safety net of the public mental health system is gone,” she replies. “Parents with troubled kids are too busy working three jobs to look after them. And the gun yahoos have everyone so worked up about Obama taking away their guns, that every house has a readily available arsenal.” 
  
 Since that type of dialogue is prime for debate, “Glee” isn’t shying away from riling people up — and at this point, it seems all there is to gain is headlines. 
  
 After all, it’s no secret that “Glee” experienced an spectacular plummet from the top after it was the show everyone was talking about in the 2009-2010 TV season. Though ratings weren’t out of this world (it debuted with about 10 million viewers), the show was inescapable in the pop culture-sphere — not to mention all the cash coming in through iTunes downloads of songs, DVD sales, soundtracks, etc. 
  
 Then, starting in Season 2, things started to go awry — storylines were out of control, guest stars (from Gwyneth Paltrow from John Stamos) started to take over. The show landed a post-Super Bowl slot, but even that couldn’t stop the lack of buzz. 
  
 This current fourth season was going to be an experiment anyway, as Murphy decided to send half the cast away to college, and bring some new characters into the high school. Even with guest spots from Kate Hudson and Sarah Jessica Parker, reactions from viewers have been decidedly mixed. 
  
 And now, this latest episode seems aimed to simply provoke. 
  
 “Just saw the rough cut,” Murphy tweeted last week about the controversial episode. “It is the most powerful emotional Glee ever. So proud of the cast & crew.” ||||| In the April 11th installment of "Glee," titled "Shooting Star," Fox's episode description states that "an unthinkable event occurs at McKinley High." 
  
 Many are reporting that the episode features a school shooting and fans have been warned that it's "an emotional roller coaster." So much so, in fact, that a Newtown, Connecticut victims advocacy group is suggesting fans avoid it altogether. 
  
 The organization released this warning via email: 
  
 According to someone who blogs for an Internet site that is a TV spoiler site, the TV show, "Glee" that airs tonight on Fox is going to depict a school shooting from the vantage point of the students hiding in the dark. He said it is extremely harrowing and it even freaked him out and he's not from here. I would suggest if you do watch this TV show to either not watch it tonight or watch with caution. 
  
 Although the episode is sure to spark controversy, series creator Ryan Murphy is happy with the result. Murphy took to twitter last week to express his excitement. 
  
 Just saw the rough cut of next week's "Shooting Star". It is the most powerful emotional Glee ever. So proud of the cast & crew. — Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) April 3, 2013 
  
 TVLine's Michael Slezak also called the episode "harrowing," and said that "the hour is bound to upset some folks, and likely to infuriate others." But, he added, "You can’t say it’s not filled with powerful images and performances that stick with you after the credits stop rolling." 
  
 Will you tune in for "Glee's" "Shooting Star" episode tonight? 
  
  
  
 "Glee" airs on Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on Fox. 
  
 Glee Episode Stills Glee Episode Stills ||||| Glee has never been a show that's afraid to push the envelope, but after tonight's "Shooting Star" episode, there's one question America has to be asking: was it too soon for a school shooting? We're not even four months past Sandy Hook. Newtown parents are only now slowly finding their voice and coming out to talk about the horrors of losing their children. 
  
 And already Glee turned a national tragedy into fodder for a TV show? Again, I ask, is it too soon? 
  
 Granted, Glee episodes are known to take on tough topics. Domestic violence. Teen suicide. Bullying. 
  
 The writers and producers have experience with controversy, and they seem to have readied themselves for what was to come. This was not a slam bam thank you ma'am treatment of school shootings. 
  
 The episode began with some Brittany silliness, but the ordinariness of what was going on in the choir room when shots rang out in the halls of McKinley High drove home just how serious this was. It could happen to anyone, anywhere, just like that. 
  
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 Matthew Morrison and Dot Jones treated their roles as teachers charged with protecting their students from what they thought was a shooter on the loose inside their school with the appropriate gravitas. And the way the kids broke down, desperately texting, recording last messages for their families, tugged at the right heart strings. 
  
 And yet, even with all they did right, it was hard not to notice what was wrong about tonight's Glee episode. 
  
 The timing. 
  
 The "only on a TV show" aftermath -- wherein students were allowed back into the building while police were still searching for the gun used in the shooting. 
  
 The fact that the reason Becky Jackson brought a gun to school and accidentally shot it off in Coach Sylvester's office was never fully explained. Sue's decision to take responsibility for Becky's mistake got the full focus, but the message of the various reasons a kid might bring a gun to school was lost. 
  
 The timing. 
  
 This was certainly a risk for Glee. The question is: was it a smart one? 
  
 Did you feel the school shooting theme was appropriate? 
  
 Image via Fox |||||
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Some in Newtown, Connecticut, weren't happy with last night's episode of Glee, in which a character brings a gun to school, and a shooting occurs. At least two warnings were issued in advance of the episode: In the Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks wrote that the episode "may be a little much for some residents to stomach." The senior editor of TVLine.com clued in his friend, a Newtown resident, about the episode, warning him it may be too "intense" for local viewers, and that friend in turn notified the Bee. (The Atlantic Wire spotted the article.) A Newtown victims advocacy group emailed out a warning, the Huffington Post reports. The email from Newtown Action Alliance called the episode "extremely harrowing" and urged locals to either not watch, or "watch with caution." That wasn't enough for one resident, who told the Bee, "I think it’s terrible that the writers and producers of that show didn’t think to contact someone in Newtown to let us know this was coming." We won't give away the plot around the shooting, but we will share the Washington Post's take on what it produced: "long, unsettling stretches of students sitting in the darkness, hiding under tables and desks and sobbing, while leaving devastating video messages for their loved ones, as they waited to see what was going to happen." For details on the episode's plot, click here.