Glee Season 1 Episode 21 Review

This episode starts with Mercedes, Kurt, Artie and Tina going down the hall talking about how great regionals will be next month.  Rachel interrupts them and tells them that they need to come to the auditorium because it’s an emergency.  When they arrive they see Jesse on stage with Vocal Adrenaline.  Rachel asks what he’s doing up there with them and he informs her that he’s transferred back to Carmel High.  Seems that they are in the Glee’s auditorium because the blogs say that they are finished and want to show the glee clubbers that they aren’t by performing “Another One Bites The Dust” by Queen.  After the performance Artie informs them that it’s a Carmel High tradition to psyche out the competition a few weeks before a show.  it’s called a funkification, they show what they have and the competition spirals into a deep funk.  Once they finally reach their rehearsal room they see that it has be tee-peed aka toilet papered.

As they clean up the toilet paper and wonder how they got into the auditorium, Coach Sylvester comes in and tells them that she gave them a key.  She then goes on to make plans on redesigning the choir room into her trophy annex.  She then goes on to tell the group that they have no shot at winning regionals.  As she is talking Will asks to see her trophy then proceeds to smash it against the wall.  Sue then hits him with the line of the night; “trophies are like herpes, you can try to get rid of them but they just keep coming back…”  He then kicks her out.

Later that night… Back at Will’s apartment… Will and Terri are signing their divorce papers with regret and apprehension.  Before she leaves she comes over to Will and tells him that he’s still that 16 year old boy to her *the one she fell in love with* and always will be, then she kisses him on the forehead and leaves.

The next day… In the Choir room…  Mr. Schuester comes in to talk to the group about regrets and asks who has some.  They each go on to name something that they regret doing or someone they regret being with.  He doesn’t want them to regret losing to vocal adrenaline at regionals if they give it their best.  He also thinks that they should somehow get back at them for tee-peeing their choir room.  As they are brainstorming, Puck realizes that it’s up to him and Finn to do something for revenge.  They slash the tires of all of Vocal Adrenaline’s Range Rovers.

In Prinicipal Figgin’s office… Puck takes the rap for slashing the tires as Ms. Corcoran berates him with Mr. Schuester and Coach Sylvester looking on.  Prinicipal Figgins expels Puck and Finn because they committed a felony.  Since Ms. Corcoran doesn’t want them to get expelled she says that they money can come out of the Glee club budget.  Problem with that is that they don’t have that kind of money in the budget.  Finn suggests that they get jobs and will pay her the money in one month.

Later that day… Will is spotted buying some weed from Sandy because he seems to be depressed.  As they talk about how to get out of the funk, Sandy tells him that Vocal adrenaline has a weakness…

In the choir room… Mr. Schuester writes the work Funk on the board and tells them that they are going to get ‘funked up’!  He tells them that they can beat Vocal Adrenaline by doing a funky number  because you have to have soul to be funky and Vocal Adrenaline is more of a machine.  Their assignment for the week is to turn the school into funky town. When Mercedes says she has this one under control, Quinn says that she can and wants to get funky too.  They all laugh.  She says that she will have something prepared for the next day. 

In Mr. Schuester’s office… Rachel is bummed about Jesse breaking her heart and babbling on and on.  Will begins to drift off into his own thoughts on how to beat Coach Sylvester.  By charming her and then dumping her right before her  big competition.

later in the practice room… Will is going over a few things when Sue comes in to kick him out and he starts to lay on the charm. Thick.  He starts by saying that the way the light is hitting her makes her look stunning.  After showering her with compliments, he asks her to help with this song he is thinking about for regionals, he wants to know if it’s too suggestive.  he begins to dance seductively as he sings “Tell Me Something Good” by Rufus and Chaka Khan. After his hot performance Sue acts as if it had no effect on her and nonchalantly walks out of the room.

later… Finn and Puck are working at ‘Sheets and Things’ with Terri to pay off the damages they did to Vocal Adrenaline’s car tires.  Sandy is shopping and asks the guys about some pink things for his bathroom, when they say they don’t know he berates them and tells them that he needs music to shop. Puck then goes to the stereo, turns it up, grabs his guitar and he and Finn begin to sing/rap “Loser” by Beck as he walks through the store.  soon the rest of the staff joins in only to find that it’s just a dream that Puck is having.  After Terri turns down the music and sends Puck away, she hears Finn ask her how to fold a sham, but for a split second she thinks it’s Will.

The next day… Coach Sylvester is writing in her diary about what happened between her and Will the day before.  She admits to having feeling for him, sexy non murdering feelings.  She thinks that she may be falling in love with him.  As she jots this down Will knocks on her door with some flowers for her, along with some carbo gels.  He tells her that he doesn’t get it either but that you can’t deny their chemistry.  He then goes on to tell her that his divorce has opened his eyes to a whole new world of possibilities. The only thing he wants is Sue. He wants to take her to dinner this week and she agrees.

Back at Sheets and Things… Terri is helping Finn fold a sham and as they talk she decides that she will help him with his Glee assignment to help them both get out of their funk.

In the choir room… Quinn is preparing to perform her piece for the class.  She begins with a speech about how it’s hard being pregnant and not getting the respect she deserves.  As she’s talking, in walks a group of pregnant girls that she calls the unwed Mothership connection.  they get into place and she begins to sing “A Man’s World” by James Brown. *She tried, she really did but umerra it didn’t work*.  The rest of the group looks on in shock.  Afterwards they come up to congratulate and hug her, all except Mercedes who has this look of disgust on her face. *the same one that I have, one of being unfulfilled.*

Later that night… Sue is at the restaurant with a track suit and some pearls on waiting on Will to arrive but he has stood her up.  she decides to go to Will’s apartment.  *He is expecting her and it’s part of his plan.*  She then berates him for standing him up only for him to have her realize that what he did to her is exactly what she has done to him and the glee club.  she ruined his marriage, terrorized the glee club, and sabotaged his relationship with Emma.  He tried to play nice but realized that cruelty was the only way to get her attention. He tells her that he has no interest in dating her and kicks her out.

The next day in the hall… Will sees Santanna crying and walks up to ask if she’s alright. As she walks away he asks Kurt what is happening and he tells him that Coach Sylvester won’t get out of bed and the Cheerios haven’t practiced in days.  The girls are beginning to crack.  Without nationals some of the girls won’t get scholarships.

Back in the choir room… Puck, Finn, and Mercedes get ready to perform their version of “Good Vibrations” by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch.  After their performance, Mr. Schuester tells them that it was a great performance but it wasn’t funk just because the name of the group has funky bunch in it.  they realize that they in such a funk that they can’t even pick the right song.

later in the library… Mercedes approaches Quinn about her performance and tells her that even though she’s not a minority she understands how it feels at times.  Quinn goes on to tell her about how she feels when people prejudge her.  In a gesture of good will, to help her release at least a little of her stress Mercedes tells Quinn that she can move in with her and that she has already cleared it with her parents.

Later at Sue Sylvester’s home…  Will goes to see how Sue is doing.  Her house is filled with trophies.  He goes on to tell her that her pulling out of nationals with devastate some of her kids.  She tells him that she’s tired of those kids, she has devoted her life to them and has nothing to show for it.  She is so lonely that she doesn’t even like Will but was jumping at the chance to be with him.  He then apologizes for what he did to her and gets her back on her feet.  His motivation works and she is up and back at it.

The next day in the hall… Rachel receives a call from Jesse telling her to meet him in the parking lot. She excitedly goes out to meet him in the parking lot.  As she runs to him, his smile turns into a sinister scowl.  As soon as she stops the Vocal Adrenaline crew come out of nowhere and pummel her with eggs from every direction!

Back in the Choir room… Rachel is telling them what happens and the guys decide to go out and beat up Vocal Adrenaline but Mr. Schuester stops them.  He tells them that they are amazing no matter what Vocal Adrenaline says or does. He tells Rachel to call Jesse’s cell phone, when she does Mr. Scuester takes to phone and tells them that they need to meet in the glee auditorium Friday at  3 sharp.

Later that night.  Will is at his apartment watching Sue and the Cheerios accept another national title.  At the end of the interview she is asked where she is going to put the huge trophy, right after she says that she knows just the place the doorbell rings.  In walks some cheerios with the trophy.  They set it up in the middle of his Apartment.  She then gives him two options. 1. the  trophy can be installed in the choir room inside a bulletproof case as a daily reminder of his failure as a man and an educator or 2. he can kiss her on the lips. With tongue!  Just as he leans in to kiss her she stops him and says that she’s not going to do it and even his breath stinks of mediocrity and it’s making her sick, walking out.  the next day, the trophy is installed in the choir room.

In the auditorium… Vocal Adrenaline sit and wait as Rachel comes out to introduce the crew.  After telling them that they are about to do something that Vocal Adrenaline could never pull off the group begins  the last performance of the night of “We Want The Funk” By George Clinton and Parliment Funkadelic to a shocked Vocal Adrenaline.  After the performance, Jesse tells one of the members that they’ve never done a funk song and now he’s depressed.