Tuesday’s episode of Glee, “Dream On,” was explosive in many little ways - and it’s what everyone’s talking about after several hours of prime time TV.

The episode inched us ever-closer to the Regionals competition, where feature glee club New Directions will go head-to-head with the more successful Vocal Adrenaline. Neil Patrick Harris and Idina Menzel were among the long line of guest stars, but arguably the night was won by Joss Whedon. The director has been a main topic of Twitter discussion since it was announced he would direct the episode, and now the Gleeks are filled with praise for his management of the popular show.

Twitter and FOX forums also lit up with praise for Neil Patrick Harris, the episode’s very fun dance number and the amazing twist - though, some are still scratching their heads over the development. Many are taking the twist at face value, but some are still searching for devious plots meant to wreck the glee club’s chances at the all-important Regionals competition.

The Glee Regionals event is, in the grander scheme of things, a small high school competition occurring in a tiny town in the middle of Ohio. And it’s becoming one of the most dramatic stories ever produced on television, with all the talent, money and music being poured into the thing. Through the magic of television, the most mundane real events can become the stuff of fictionalized legend. Tuesday’s Glee twist has amped up the Regionals event, which won’t be featured on the show until the season finale (naturally).

Haven’t seen the episode yet? Don’t want to know about the shocking, jaw-dropping twist involving Vocal Adrenaline, Jesse St. James and Rachel Berry? Turn back now - this is your only spoiler alert.

Idina Menzel, who plays Glee’s Vocal Adrenaline coach when she isn’t strutting her stuff on Broadway, is Rachel Berry’s mother! Or, so we think. Jesse St. James (Jonathan Groff) was asked by the coach, whose name is Shelby Corcoran, to plant a cassette tape among Rachel’s things for the express purpose of revealing the true identity of her mother. During the exchange between coach and student, Jesse admitted to “kind of” having warm feelings for Rachel.

Menzel, best-known for her roles on Broadway in Wicked and Rent, is contracted to play in 5 episodes of Glee (so far). Earlier this year, fans lobbied to have Menzel portray Rachel Berry’s mother because of her strong resemblance to Lea Michele. At the end of “Dream On,” the two gorgeously sang “I Dreamed a Dream,” a performance which has been receiving scads of fan praise since it debuted.

But is this all leading up to a warm, happy reunion…or bitter disappointment? Is it possible that this mother twist is part of Vocal Adrenaline’s larger goals of destroying New Directions? Isn’t that a little too diabolical for a tiny little high school competition? Or is that the real twist, soon to be revealed in an upcoming episode?

Either way, it’s bad storytelling…and, I’m going to tell you why. Here’s the big question: what sort of weird relationship does Shelby, a school teacher, have with Jesse St. James, a high school student? Why would revealing paternity involve staging a fake relationship and playing with the emotions of a 16-year-old girl, particularly when a mother’s love is supposed to be at the root of all this playacting? Why would the characters Shelby and Jesse have found themselves in a position to make this sort of Devil’s arrangement, and how could they not come up with a much better reveal idea? In what world would an educator reveal something so personal about herself to a 17-year-old child in the first place? Jesse St. James comes out of the plot suddenly smelling like a rose, but Rachel Berry’s “mother” becomes a truly wicked and devious character, rife with dark undertones and emotional instability. Plot holes, plot holes, plot holes.

When viewers have too many questions, the story isn’t being told accurately. Listen, I’m a fan of great music and over-produced theatrical numbers - same as anybody. But when we’re featuring all those exciting elements at the risk of delivering a half-told story, we’re on the wrong track.