 Gerrick Kennedy , in a review of " Mattress " for the Los Angeles Times , noted that in previous reviews he had " never been shy of [ his ] disdain for Mrs. Schuester " . He called her " manipulative , heartless [ and ] shrill " , and added that " this whole train wreck of a fake pregnancy just added fuel to the fire that became a raging inferno of hate for Terri . " He also noted : " Gilsig 's superb acting isn 't exactly doing anything to extinguish those flames " , and while he still isn 't " in full @-@ on Team Terri uniform [ ... ] she did at least have my attention on the sidelines , as opposed to filing my nails until halftime . Baby steps , right ? " Kennedy praised the confrontation scene , and wrote that it was " devastating " to watch and that his hate for Terri " vanished " once the lie was over . Kennedy described : 
