‘Finchel’ becoming an official (legal) couple would be the biggest mistake of both of their lives.
With only seven episodes left this season on Glee, time is running out for Finn (Cory Monteith) and Rachel (Lea Michele) to make up their minds: Will they be spending the rest of their post-McKinley High lives together, or not? And since everyone on the show — be they friend, parent, or overly-involved teacher with boy-band tendencies — is weighing in with their opinion, I figured I’d offer mine up too. I think I speak for many fans when I say that Finn and Rachel tying the knot would be a disaster.
I’m fully aware that Glee exists in a realm free of logic (why do they rehearse a million songs during the year, then perform two or three un-rehearsed songs at sectionals?!) but this is one issue I think should be handled realistically. Since the show began, Rachel has had Broadway in her sights, and her focus never wavered until she saddled up with Finn, who’s never really known what he wanted to do with his life. (Sing? Play football? Join the army?)
And Finn did nothing to help his cause on the April 10 episode when he told Rachel he wanted to move to California with Puck (Mark Salling), who’s apparently thinking of opening a very lucrative pool-cleaning business. Seriously. What is that?
Here’s the thing: I like “Finchel” as much as the next gleek, and I firmly believe there are no other characters on the show more suited for either of them. But that’s just it; there are so many other characters out there in this great big world that could be right for them, and they both deserve to find them.
I’d now like to defer to Quinn (Dianna Agron), who put all of my thoughts into one blunt response to Rachel on the Jan. 31 episode:
“I’m all for making the most of the next few months, but I’d hate the idea of dragging an anchor from my past into the bright lights of my future. Rachel, you have an amazing life ahead of you. As hard as it may be, if you want everything that you’ve ever dreamed of, you’re going to have to break up with him. … You and Finn are a lovely couple, but if you really want to be happy, you’re going to have to say goodbye.”
Preach, Quinn.
Gleeks, where do you stand on Finchel’s highly questionable future? Should they get married, or would that be an epic mistake?
— Andy Swift
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izabelle
Posted at 4:51 PM on May 27, 2012
Utica
Posted at 4:38 PM on April 24, 2012
They are the best couple on glee and they should get married and settle in the middle of new York and carlifornia. Anyway did Quinn die?????
Erin
Posted at 7:05 PM on May 6, 2012
revindarenata
Posted at 7:08 PM on April 16, 2012
No! Rachel and finn supposed to be together as one…I hope ryan murphy agree that, cause they’re just too cute! Maybe one of them make up their mind. If they break up, I don’t wanna watch glee anymore. EVER in my whole life, I will be dissapointed with glee. I hope finn’s not with quinn. If the quinn and finn are back, then I HATE GLEE like when finchel are breakin up at the season2:D
Brittany
Posted at 7:15 PM on April 12, 2012
I think that as much as they have been through that they should end up together they belong together
Jen
Posted at 6:57 PM on April 12, 2012
They’re the WORST couple of Tv history. I stopped watching the show because I was tired of them and that’s the truth.
Lisa
Posted at 5:47 PM on April 15, 2012
I think Finn and Rachel are very cute together. They’re much better than Finn/Quinn or Rachel/Jesse. I’m getting sick of all the hate people on the internet are giving them. FINCHEL IS ENDGAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jen
Posted at 5:53 AM on April 20, 2012
Just because they’re endgame, doesn’t mean they’re a good couple. They’re AWFUL TOGETHER and will forever be Glee’s BIGGEST JOKE!
ziggy
Posted at 9:36 AM on April 12, 2012
I agree that Rachel has had her sights on one thing her entire life, Broadway and NYC, and that in reality Finchel wouldn’t last past high school. But of course this is Glee, and they have had us invest alot of emotion into this teenage love story, remember the epic “I just can’t stop loving you” in the Michael episode. “I may not have it all but I’ll have what matters most, you’re the love of my life”. Teen marriages can work, my mom and dad met in 3rd grade, married right after high school and have had successful careers and family life, for over 25 years. But I’m going to enjoy the show no matter what happens to Finchel. It’s in the writers hands not ours.
Gabby
Posted at 6:19 PM on May 22, 2012
i think that finn and rachel are the cutest couple ever! i am however a flip flopper when it comes to this issue of them getting married… i think they should most deffinetly get married! its just a matter of when! you only live once and no matter how many more people there are out there, you can see how much in LOVE they are with eachother! on the other hand, they both need o experience life….that doesnt mean they have to break up but maybe just focus on moving in together and school life because really…if they can do that, it will bring them even closer together….. all i know is they HAVE to stay together, married or not! <3
Chris
Posted at 1:50 AM on June 1, 2012
Does anyone think Jesse will come back into the fold after vouching for Rachel during Nationals? As much as I would hate to see it happen I think its a probability. I will most likely never watch another episode if it does happen.