On the subject of Glee: did anyone else raise an eyebrow during this week's episode at the Dina and Sparky Lohan disses? I'm not saying I shed any tears, but it didn't escape my attention either.

For those not in the know: much ado circulated in Hollywood Gossipland recently when several Glee cast members bumped into Lindsay Lohan and apologized for a derogatory line about her that aired in the Gwyneth Paltrow episode (uttered by Gwyneth herself). In light of that moment having made major buzz, it seemed a little extra icky when Glee turned around this week and included in Katie Couric's list of people that Sue Sylvester beat to win The Biggest Loser Award both Linday's mother Dina and her little dog Sparky.

Now, mind you, I never did understand what the cast apologized for in the first place. Sure, I can see wanting to smooth things over when you find yourself in the awkward position of being in same room with someone you zapped in front of millions of TV viewers, but the cast was hardly responsible for the line; that's the purview of the writers. Plus, it was delivered by Gwyneth and not a regular cast member, so again, nothing for the cast members to own. But even if you give them credit for wanting to distance themselves from the behavior of the writers and director who let the line go, I personally think the line itself was a fair shot. Ms. Lohan has made a public spectacle of herself, and she can hardly expect to be safe from the jabs and zingers that come with the circus she's created. Is she someone to be pitied, a victim of success that came too fast at too young an age, from which no adult in her life had the good sense to protect rather than exploit her? Perhaps. But she was the one who doodled colorful epithets on her own fingers for all the court cameras to see, so a little public ridicule is hardly unjust.

Even so, one has to wonder what the writers were thinking when they threw in potshots #2 and 3 (and after all, what did the poor dog ever do to anyone?). Was it a slap at the cast for having effectively publicly chastised the writers by apologizing to Lindsay? Was it merely an oversight, or perhaps filmed before The Big Apology even took place? Hard to say. But just in case the folks at Glee were wondering: we noticed.