Monteith as a "good, natural actor". Kevin Fallon of The Atlantic was unhappy with both weddings, and Canning said they "took up most of this episode, and unfortunately neither were entirely successful". Several reviewers noted the "homage" of the wedding procession dance, including Hankinson, Anthony Benigno of the Daily News and Jarett Wieselman of the New York Post; the Wall Street Journal invited readers to compare the original viral "JK Wedding Entrance Dance" YouTube video and the subsequent dancing procession from the "Niagara" episode of The Office with Glee version in "Furt", while Stack made his own comparison, and said Glee was "just about as good" as the original, and "a blast to watch". Sue Sylvester's marriage to herself was lambasted by many critics, including Vanity Fair Brett Berk, who said it "was about as compelling as a hair lollipop". Patrick Burns of The Atlantic was also unimpressed, especially "because the main plot points of this episode are otherwise so effective"; his colleague Fallon was brief and to the point: "Blergh." There was disagreement on the bullying storyline. Some critics, including Canning and Hankinson, praised it, while others had reservations, such as Brown, who characterized it as "heavy-handed", and Fallon, who considered it "well-acted" but "far too stagnant". The Sam and Quinn storyline was panned by VanDerWerff, who wrote "the series has wasted whatever chemistry the two had in 'Duets' on scenes where Sam talks about how he wants to be the most popular kid in school", and by Kubicek, who criticized the lack of consistency in Sam's characterization. Music and performances The musical performances and cover versions in the episode attracted generally positive reviews, though a few reviewers noted that the program had been on for twenty-three minutes before the first song appeared. While Fallon said it was an "interminable wait" for the first musical number, "Ohio", and Reiter cited the delay as flaw, James Poniewozik of Time thought it a "credit to the episode" that he had not noticed the absence of music to that point. Flandez and Futterman commented favorably on all the musical numbers, though Canning felt the songs were a "disappointing aspect of this episode", and none were "exceptionally memorable". The duet of Burnett and Lynch on "Ohio" was well received. Jean Bentley of AOL TV praised it as "simply magnificent", Zap2it Hanh Nguyen called it a "fantastic job" and Flandez said it was "lovely"