It was supposed to be all about Lady Gaga, but last night's episode of "Glee" wound up being way more about Barbra. While the episode, titled "Born This Way" in honor Gaga's self-acceptance anthem, featured the hit song, it didn't exactly—pardon the expression—hit things on the nose.

When Mr. Schuester urged everyone—except an inexplicably missing Sue Sylvester—to accept themselves as they are, here's what went down with whom:

Rachel: After Finn's epically bad dancing knocked her to the floor, Rachel suffered a broken nose. She soon suffered a broken spirit, too, after her doctor suggested she get a nose job. Since that's her biggest insecurity, Rachel considered doing it, even bringing Quinn along for a doctor's visit to model her face after hers (this, thankfully, lead to the best performance of the night, a mash-up of TLC's "Unpretty" with "I Feel Pretty" from the musical "West Side Story"). After pleas from her glee-mates, including a flash mob dance at the mall to Duck Sauce's "Barbra Streisand" courtesy of Kurt, Rachel ultimately decided to honor her idol Babs and keep her nose as is.

Quinn and Lauren: With Quinn still on her rampage to take the title of prom queen, Lauren, a former beauty pageant winner herself, decided to shake things up by running too. But Lauren took it one step too far and exposed Quinn's dirty little secret to the whole school. Turns out, before she transferred schools, Quinn—or Lucy rather—was an overweight dork who was picked on (she even was given a mean-spirited nickname, Lucy Caboosey). After she and Lauren very quickly made nice, Quinn came to terms for the first time with her past and present self.

Santana: There was a whole lot of scheming and denial going on with Santana last night. In an attempt to win the title of prom queen from both Lauren and Quinn, the self-proclaimed "bitch" made a shrewd attempt to make everyone like her by getting Kurt back to school. How did she do this exactly? By posing as Karofsky's beard (and vice versa) and turning him into an anti-bully crusader. The only thing was, both were faking who they really were on the inside and out.

Kurt: In spite of Santana's twisted motives, Kurt did come back to McKinley High School (yay!) but only after some serious negotiating with Karofsky (he promised not to out him if he became educated through PFLAG) and a tearful goodbye from Blaine and the Warblers (they serenaded him with a lovely version of Keane's "Somewhere Only We Know"). It was a welcome comeback for the finally-comfortable-in-his-own-skin Kurt, who did a rendition of "As If We Never Said Goodbye" a song by— whom else?—Ms. Streisand.

Emma: One person definitely not comfortable with herself yet was Ms. Pillsbury. While she was ready to 'fess up about her insecurities about gingerhood (no, she does not smell like copper or get sun burned indoors at night and she does have a soul, thankyouverymuch), she wasn't ready to face the truth about her extreme OCD. While she had the support of Will, Emma did make her first big strides towards recovery when she went to see a therapist. The scene proved to be one of the most poignant and educational (without being preachy) moments in "Glee" history.

The whole gang: Everyone came to terms with facing—and embracing—their flaws. Finn, for instance, sang and danced about his lack of, well, dance skills to Frank Sinatra's "I've Gotta Be Me," while Tina realized she needed to be the change she wanted to see in the world, with or without contacts. In the very last scene, they all wore T-shirts proudly displaying their biggest insecurities (even Mr. Schue and his butt chin took part in the fun) and sang along to Gaga's "Born This Way."

I get what Ryan Murphy and co. were trying to do with this episode, and while it was a noble effort, it didn't quite work the way it was supposed to. But the issue wasn't with the message, but the holes and abrupt changes in the story lines. Why would Lauren do something so mean-spirited to Quinn when it's against her very nature to be that way? What was with Mercedes' out-of-nowhere insecurity reveal ("No weave")? Where was Sue—the biggest bully on the show—during all of this? Why was this episode 90 minutes long (with so little of the plot moving forward) and touted as a Lady Gaga episode, but featured just one of her songs? So many frustrating questions with so few satisfying answers, Gleeks.

Tell me, Crushers, did you feel let down with the "Born This Way" episode, too? Or did it inspire and uplift you? Let us know in the comments section below and on Twitter!