<P> The character of Finn has gotten mixed to positive reviews from television critics . VanDerWerff praised the "terrific" cast in the pilot episode, and wrote that Monteith and Michele "are both agreeable and a little desperate for an outlet as the show choir's central two singers". The Chicago Tribune's Maureen Ryan opined that "Cory Monteith gives quarterback Finn Hudson a jock - ish authority mixed with an appealingly square naivete ." Korbi Ghosh of Zap2it enjoyed Finn's "sweet nature" and observed, "it's clear that at Finn's core, he's a good person ." Shawna Malcom of the Los Angeles Times noted a contradiction in his characterization in the episode "Preggers"--she questioned whether the intelligence he demonstrated in striving for a football scholarship was incongruent in a character who believed he had impregnated Quinn by sharing a hot tub with her . </P> <P> Goldman welcomed the emergence of Finn's "darker side" as he manipulated Rachel in "The Rhodes Not Taken", as "up until now, Finn's been a bit too straight - laced to totally invest in". Denise Martin of the Los Angeles Times added, "Did anyone not want to kill Finn for coming on to Rachel to get her to come back to the club? (Yes, the logic was there . He wants to win a scholarship so he can provide for the baby he thinks is his . But a girl's heart is a fragile thing, and like Rachel tells him, he could have just tried being honest .)" In his review of "Ballad", Goldman commented: "Finn singing' I'll Stand By You' to the unborn baby he thinks is his was very sweet". He found the scene that followed Finn's revelation of Quinn's pregnancy to her parents the grimmest on Glee to that point . The intense sequence featuring Finn, Kurt and Burt in "Theatricality" garnered praise for Monteith from James Poniewozik of Time, who wrote: "One thing I love about his performance, here and throughout Glee, is that he plays Finn as a kid, which of course he still is . He's basically a good kid, but as his' faggy' outburst shows, he's flawed and often overwhelmed . And while he has little to do during Burt's lecture but react, his reactions are great: he's scared and defensive, but shows Finn's guilt at the same time ." </P> <P> When Finn's mother marries Kurt's father in the second season's eighth episode, "Furt", Stack was pleased to see Finn being featured: "It's been a while since we've gotten some Finn focus, and I think I just missed Cory Monteith . But I also forgot what a good, natural actor he can be ." While giving "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle" episode a "C" grade, VanDerWerff wrote as an aside, "Let's pause for a moment to give Cory Monteith some praise, though, since he was asked to do a lot of difficult things in this episode, in regards to selling the idea of Finn as a leader, bringing disparate groups together, and he mostly managed that task, much better than he has in past episodes ." While reviewing "Funeral", the season's penultimate episode, Gonzalez said, "I was glad that the writers chose (...) Finn and Kurt to be the ones to connect with Sue because I think they're two of the most genuine characters on the show . (...) I think they pulled it off well ." In his review of "Funeral", VanDerVerff noted that Finn was not the best vocalist among the male students: "the show hits on something very odd in its DNA: Finn continues to be the male lead of the group because he's the male lead of the show, less because he's the best singer New Directions has . (...) But because he's trying to get better, that's OK". </P> <P> At the conclusion of the second season, Poniewozik wrote that he had not found the relationship between Finn and Rachel "the most compelling story" of the season, and as such "didn't enjoy' New York' as much as (he) might have", and VanDerWerff commented that their storyline had "ceased being too interesting long ago ." However, the former conceded "I may not be that invested in Finn / Rachel, but the startling moment where the audience disappeared in the middle of their kiss made me feel like I was", and the latter opined that their kiss resonated, despite being unoriginal and "too neat way of suggesting that Rachel can't have both Finn and her Broadway dreams". </P>

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