After the last season’s prom episode was so dramatic, most notably because of Kurt’s crowning as “prom queen”, Prom-asaurus had a lot to live up to.

It’s nice to see Brittany’s lack of Class Presidential activity brought up by the ever loveable Principle Figgins (the standard Glee method of plot development: let storylines slip, then tell themselves off for it at a later date), and her subsequent dedication to delivering a dinosaur-themed prom is classic Brittany.

When performing Ke$ha’s immature yet addictive ‘Dinosaur’ number at said prom, it seems that when it comes to the musical side of the show, Brittany may not have the greatest voice, but she has the most fun singing the ditzy numbers she is given, and pulls it off charmingly.

Elsewhere, Rachel is moping around because of messing up her NYADA audition. Because of the emotional climax of the last episode, it’s hard not to sympathise a little, even giving her a little lee-way to self-pity her way through ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry’. Her lack of self-esteem leads her to boycott the prom, alongside Blaine and Kurt, memories of Kurt’s former year humiliation still fresh in their minds (and also because, humorously, Blaine objects to the “no hair gel” prom rule enforced by Brittany). Along for the ride is flunking Puck and Sue’s right hand girl Becky, whose Sue-sized ego is brought down to earth when she is not nominated for prom queen. A touching moment between Puck and Becky occurs, when he crowns her queen of the anti-prom.

As these five oddballs spend the episode realising they do actually want to go to the prom (in a not entirely unpredictable storyline), elsewhere Quinn is determined to win the prom queen title by getting the wheelchair-sympathy vote, despite therapy having helped her walk again. The whole prom queen and prom king storyline is thoroughly uninteresting until Quinn and Santana decide to rig the vote so Rachel, arriving late to the prom, wins the title alongside Finn. It’s schmaltzy, but rooting for Rachel is surprisingly easy, as her strife over the past few episodes has been a real grounding to her character.

Musically, the episode falls a little flat, with only ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry’ and ‘Dinosaur’ really coming across as anything more than obligatory fillers. ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ is utterly cringeworthy, ‘Love You Like a Love Song’ is enjoyable but forgettable, and ‘Take My Breath Away’ would’ve sounded much better had it been sung by Rachel or Mercedes (the latter practically absent yet again).

Nevertheless, there is surely nothing to worry about on the song-front as we approach the end of the season and the lead-up to Nationals, for which Glee will undoubtedly return to musical form to surprise us with covers old, new, unexpected and wild.

Airs at 9pm on Thursday 10th May 2012 on Sky1.

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