That hater-juice is best served cold.

damn, that’s the longest blog title i’ve ever had! lol i usually keep ‘em short. oh well. since i’m an unemployed writer and most of my television love is put on hold for the summer, i decided to do a list series every once in a while. today’s will focus on my favorite finchel (that’s finn and rachel—yes i’m a dorky shipper) moments of the first season. i know a lot of you peeps like puckleberry (puck/rachel) and jesse/rachel (what’s their ship named?), but i think finn and rachel have the best chemistry on the show. and after all, this is my blog. so deal.

warning: if you’re not a glee fan and not a fan of finn, you might not like what you’re about to read. but if that’s the case, you must also be a robot, so i don’t really care

anyway here we go….

10. sad clown hooker. (hairography)

rachel takes some not-so-good advice from kurt and dresses up as sandy from grease, much to finn’s horror. underneath the insults, he tells her that she should just be herself because that’s what he really likes about her. hell, he even compliments her sequined leg warmers. that’s love.

9. “that kiss was real.” (the rhodes not taken)

while trying to scheme to get rachel back into the club, finn gets caught up in a kiss with her. but when rachel finds out why he took her on a date and that quinn is preggers, she slaps him. he may have lied, but he admits that the kiss was the real thing.

8. hello goodbye hang on (hell-o)

first rachel loved finn but he was with quinn. then finn loved rachel but she was with jesse. all this tension played itself out perfectly in the group’s rendition of “hello goodbye.” they just can’t seem to get the timing right. and the ending shows that neither is ready to let go just yet.

7. jealous finn (mash-up)

i love nothing more than watching finn get jealous. because for the longest time, it was hard to get his feelings for rachel to even show. so when i saw his reaction to puck singing to rachel, i couldn’t help but smile. don’t think we didn’t catch your envious eyes, finn.

6. jessie’s girl. (laryngitis)

swoonnnnn. seriously, who didn’t want cory monteith in this moment? ahhh. he never sounded better and damn, he never looked better. and finally, finn is letting everyone know about his feelings for rachel. bout time.

5. “nobody likes me.”….”i like you.” (wheels)

should he be saying this to a girl when he has a pregnant girlfriend? ehhh, but this moment was so subtle and cute. i think the best moments between finn and rachel are the subtle looks and the subtle yet obvious admiration. it’s what makes this couple great.

4. the duets.

i couldn’t pick just one. “faithfully,” “no air,” “borderline/open your heart”—they’re all amazing. i even love the little moments in “somebody to love,” “don’t stop believin,” and “total eclipse” because they say so much about how the characters are feeling without dialogue. come on, i’m not the only one who got all that subtext during “total eclipse?” or all the sexual attraction in “borderline?”

3. “i don’t give up that easy.” (hell-o)

after finn’s ego breaks up with rachel, she goes off and finds love (or more infatuation) with vocal adrenaline’s lead guy jesse. soon after breaking up and going on an unsuccessful date with santana and brittany, finn realizes maybe rachel is the only girl that really gets him. too late, she says. although, you can see it in her eyes that she’s definitely not over him. well, as he adorably says to her…he’s not just a random guy and he’s going to fight for her.

2. the first kiss. (showmance)

this is where i fell in love with them. the whole moment was so realistically awkward and you could feel the sexual tension through the tv screen! i just thought it was adorable how vulnerable they both were in the moment. finn’s supposed to be this popular jock, but shows his nervous side while spending some alone time with the most hated girl in the school.

rachel: “you can kiss me if you want to.”

finn: “i want to.”

1. finn’s surprisingly early and adorable “i love you.” (journey)

um, how could you not “aw” at that moment? i know a lot of people found it premature (no pun intended, i swear!), but to be honest, i thought it was perfect. he didn’t plan it. he just blurted it out in the most perfect way. besides, after a season-long struggle for finn, i think it’s safe to say rachel is the only one who’s always there for him.

rachel: “break a leg.”

finn: “i love you.”

…ok so basically this post just proved my obsession for cory monteith. oh well.