 Karofsky 's reappearance and interaction with Kurt in the third season episode " The First Time " received very positive reviews . Anthony Benigno of The Faster Times characterized the scene with Kurt and Karofsky as " subtle " and " a home run " , and Entertainment Weekly 's Abby West called it a " perfect little nuanced scene " , while Michael Ausiello of TVLine said it was his " favorite scene of the episode " . His next appearance in " Heart " , again with Kurt , was described by Slezak as " electric , with Kurt tenderly giving the ' just friends ' speech to Dave " . Entertainment Weekly 's Joseph Brannigan Lynch thought the plot of having Karofsky be Kurt 's secret admirer was " vaguely stalker @-@ ish on Karofsky 's part , and contrived on the part of the show " , and Robert Canning of IGN predicted that after Karofsky had been seen by his classmate , it would " just be an episode or two before Karofsky gets bullied into thinking about suicide , if not actually taking his own life " . When he reviewed the next episode , " On My Way " , which featured Karofsky 's suicide attempt , Canning stated that his " cynicism [ in the " Heart " review ] was won over by a powerfully acted and directed story " . He also said , " the initial locker room scene was heartbreaking " and " Max Adler 's subtle facial expressions were brilliant " . 
