'Glee' Season 3, Episode 5: Kurt & Blaine's 'First Time' Is Simply Sweet

Do you remember your first love? That can't-eat, can't-sleep, reach-for-the-stars, over-the-fence, World Series forever kind of love? Last night, Fox's 'Glee' reminded us what that felt like with their controversial 'First Time' episode, which included the show's first gay sex scene. But more importantly, 'Glee' showed the world that a boy and a girl and a boy and a boy go through the same trials and the same achievements, the same loves, the same losses and the same firsts.

Recently, the Parents Television Council slammed the episode, for encouraging teenagers to have sex. However, last night's "controversial" episode didn't have a single shot of gratuitous teen sex, nor did the characters bare any skin. That's because last night's episode wasn't about teens having sex. It was about love.

Kurt and Blaine didn't have sex after getting wasted at Scandals, the only gay bar in Lima, OH. No, instead, they waited for a time when it felt right and comfortable.

Unlike most teen shows on television, Finchel (Finn & Rachel) Klaine's (Kurt & Blaine) first times were tender, sweet and almost too private. It was so refreshing to see two couples share such an intimate moment. It wasn't raunchy or needlessly provocative. It was sweet. It was everything you imagine your first time to be -- and everything it should be -- regardless of sexuality.

I also can't remember the last time a network show was so progressive. Kurt and Blaine, and their extremely normal relationship, inspires gay youth in a way that we haven't seen on network television yet. I think that they're amazing role models for all teens -- gay or straight.

Watch the "controversial" clip below.

Comments

[maz13]

11:48 PM on 12/12/2011

im sorry, that was NOT a sex scene, nothing was shown, there wasn't even any kissing. everything that was implied was still shown in a sweet and tasteful way. people will get riled up and angry over anything, you only have to watch the clip to realise that this is not about gay or teenage sex, but has a much more heartwarming message of love.

[maz13]

11:41 PM on 12/12/2011

im sorry that was NOT a sex scene. everything was IMPLIED, there wasn't even kissing, i really don't understand how people could get so riled up over this.

[John Hazelton Smith]

03:49 PM on 11/17/2011

If this show had been on HBO we would have seen some hot action.

[Andrew Brittan]

02:11 AM on 11/14/2011

that was it? what's all the fuss about :-/

[cliffhammond]

06:34 PM on 11/12/2011

I've never watched Glee. Is the music that good all the time?

[John Hazelton Smith]

03:48 PM on 11/17/2011

Yep.

[Sara Janmaat]

09:28 PM on 11/11/2011

Laying next to one another on a bed and looking longingly into each other's eyes isn't a 'sex scene'. Nor is going to the aftermath and having the couples grin at one another. My point being that I hope there hasn't been too much backlash over what was WAY over hyped and ended up being nothing at all, as is often the case on Glee. You get all this hype and then pretty much nothing at all.

[Tonya Cox Willis]

06:41 PM on 11/11/2011

Ok, I cried. And I'm not ashamed. *sniffle*

[edfou5]

02:17 PM on 11/11/2011

I've never seen Glee but that was a beautiful clip.

A comment for those in and following the Parents Television Council.

Teenagers don't require anything to "encourage" them to have sex. Your "God" took care of that quite nicely when he (or she) made them.

[Ron in NYC]

11:28 AM on 11/14/2011

It doesn't take much to have the 'smut police' going ballistic over anything sexual. Most of them still have a 1950s mindset. If they want to be in denial and think school kids aren't having sex, they can dream on. Art imitates life. Next, it'll be the WCTU being revived. Glee is always tastefully written and produced. "Just Say NO! To the Parents Television Council" You're out of synch with America.

[Jerry Callaio]

10:58 PM on 11/10/2011

Best episode of Glee yet.........as far as Blane and Kirk are concerned.......tastefully done!

Bravo!

[Cacey]

08:26 PM on 11/10/2011

Sex is a big part of it but the brain is still the biggest sex organ and that goes for all of us.

[coloagnt]

10:37 AM on 11/10/2011

Ironic this comes from Fox... who in their news division cannot stand LBGT community or tolerance. Instead of being FOX sheep perhaps they should ask why such a gross level of hypocrisy exists and why they allow it?!!!!

[Evan Joseph Ringle]

11:57 AM on 11/11/2011

Fox entertainment is suprisingly liberal.

[Yikesits]

06:49 PM on 11/12/2011

Fox would be anti Jesus if it would make money. What ever brings the $$ in.

[Razorback Guy]

04:20 AM on 11/10/2011

The scene with Kurt & Blaine was so sweet, far from what you'd often see on other shows or in movies. The 'One Heart' number from West Side Story" had me in tears. Gay or Straight, there's a difference when you've dated for a while and love each other. So touching and well handled and the actors interaction seemed very real.

[usorthem3]

02:20 AM on 11/10/2011

That was a perfect story of the reality of life 2 day. Diversity in everyone's life leads 2 paths not always understood or accepted.

[Balancement]

11:32 PM on 11/09/2011

Flagged again.

[Ron in NYC]

11:58 PM on 11/09/2011

But then, so is adultery, self-righteousness and a multitude of other sins the Bible admonishes us about, but people always seem to get hung up on homosexual behavior. I wonder why that is?

[TicTucTo]

09:23 PM on 11/09/2011

... come on now, folks. This does not qualify as a "sex scene."

[JennMostrom]

01:39 AM on 11/10/2011

Yes, but even the suggestion that fully grown gay people were once idealistic teenagers in love having sex for the first time is enough to sent the PTC and their ilk into a tizzy. Can't you just hear them screaming, "but children aren't gay - it's this sort of leftist brainwashing propaganda that glamorizes that gay lifestyle and confuses them into choosing to be gay!" (Gag me.) It wouldn't have mattered if Kurt and Blaine never so much as touched during the entire episode - it would still be "controversial" to some groups.