 Bomer received plaudits from most reviewers . Crystal Bell of the Huffington Post called his appearance " perfect casting " and Bomer as one of her favorite guest stars . Strecker and VanDerWerff praised the " hilariously bad acting advice " in Cooper 's master class , and VanDerWerff said that the storyline of Blaine being " overshadowed by his charismatic older brother " worked " because the actors were so damn committed to it " . Houston Chronicle 's Bobby Hankinson was not fond of Cooper 's appearance , and described it as " an old @-@ school sitcom cliche to introduce long @-@ lost or oft @-@ neglected family members " . Dodge noted that Bomer 's role " didn 't overshadow everyone else , like some guest stars do " . 
