Who will Whedon kill when he directs Glee?

When it leaked today that Joss Whedon will be directing an episode of Glee later this season, the twitterverse practically exploded with squeals of fanboys across the world. To be fair, I just retweeted the original report from TVGuide’s Mike Ausiello … I did not, in fact squeal. The good news for Dollhouse fans (all three of us) is that this commitment will in no way affect Dollhouse’s chances for a back nine pick up. Because, really … Does anyone expect a pick up at this point?

My first thought when I heard the news was that Whedon was being brought in to kill someone off  (In fact, my words were literally “What…  They want to kill off a beloved, unsuspecting character already?”). Apparently I’m not the only one who had that reaction, so much so that Joss actually jumped onto Whedonesque.com to deny the “rumors” (that I may have started) about a death.

Whom will I kill? When will that go away? Is death really the only thing I’m known for? I’d hope not. You know how many people in the world actually die? ALL OF THEM. You know how many I’ve killed? Statistically, somewhat fewer. Can’t we focus on another element of my work? Having said that, probably Principal Figgins. (No! I kid! God.)

Is the first season too early to kill someone off? I don’t think so. Angel saw Doyle leave after nine episodes. Heck, on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a character we were lead to believe was a main member of the cast didn’t make it to episode three. I think fans of Glee everywhere could get behind the death of a certain not-pregnant character, right?

Clacked by Ivey West
on Oct 20, 2009 @ 09:00 EST5EDT