![]() Holly Holliday & New Directions: “Happy” - Grade: C+ (not enough funk, too “Up with People,” no?) Puck (and the original New Directions): “Keep Holding On” - Grade: A. Santana and Brittany (with Mike and Jake): “Valerie” - Grade: A ![]() Rachel, Mercedes and Kurt: “Defying Gravity” - Grade: A+ (Rachel wins by a nose, if I’m being honest) Quinn, Santana and Brittany: “Toxic” - Grade: A (loved the castanets and sexually heightened “Cell Block Tango” staging!) Grades for the Week’s Musical PerformancesĪpril, Will & New Directions: “Raise Your Glass” - B+ “I just have you guys and the memories of the people on this wall.” “I don’t have any more pep talks,” he weeps. In the interim, Schue gathers the Original Flavor New Directions in the auditorium, where Finn’s plaque is now hanging, and gives a tearful speech. (Whoops!) But April’s not done yet: She calls in legendary sub Holly Holliday, and the duo vows (over copious vino) to save the glee club. Plus, Schue’s outrageous spending has depleted the fund April already donated to New Directions. Alas, though, Sue discovers April’s assets (and private island) have been frozen - thanks to her association (ahem) with Bernie Madoff. NEW DIRECTIONS’ LAST STAND | Will’s (and New Directions’) boozy pal April Rhodes (Kristin Chenoweth) returns to the scene and tells Sue that because the McKinley Auditorium is paid for by the April Rhodes Charitable Foundation, that New Directions will/should be allowed to continue there. Santana pushes her away, says she’s worked too hard to get over her high school flame to go back now, but Brittany states her case pretty dramatically and clearly: She tells Santana that she’s seen the world, and that she’s sure Santana’s girlfriend Dani is great, but “you can’t recreate what you and I have.” Outcome: To be determined next week, methinks! Santana reboots Brittany’s love of singing and dancing, and as the old lovers hang out, it’s Brittany who leans in and goes for the kiss. Sure enough, she chases him down the halls of McKinley, kisses him, and coos the word “stay.” A(I know, I’m the worst.)ĭOES BRITTANA = LOVE? | Brittany returns for the New Directions farewell, too, but Santana becomes alarmed to see her old girlfriend has been turned into something of a math robot - with no joy or outside life - now that she’s at MIT. Later, staring at Finn’s memorial jersey in the locker room, Puck shares that he knows who his soulmate is, and says he’ll stick around if Quinn wants him. The argument ends up with Quinn giving the uptight dude’s nose a good, hard squeeze - and Puck tossing him into a dumpster. Biff, though, blows up when Quinn finally confesses she has a back tattoo - and a baby she gave up for adoption. Puck (and Mike, Artie, and Santana) all notice Quinn suppressing her past and her personality - and help to wake her up to the sad reality. QUINN FABRAY 7.0 | Quinn arrives with her old-money Yale boyfriend Biff McIntosh (Chace Crawford), and puts on a prim, fawning display clearly designed to impress him - even as her eye is clearly drawn to Puck (and his hunky Air Force uniform). Too late, though: Schue announces it was a tie anyhow. There, the gals share their high-school-fueled insecurities and a sweet embrace - and then return to the choir room to call off the competition. ![]() Berry to the bathroom for a word of comfort. They engage in a diva-off to the tune of “Defying Gravity” (with Kurt, oddly, snagging a line or two), but before it’s put to a vote, Santana brutally shreds Rachel in front of everyone, and it’s Mercedes who follows Ms. TWO DIVAS ENTER, ONE DIVA LEAVES (WEEPING) | Rachel, hot off her Broadway casting, and Mercedes, hot off her label deal, arrive at McKinley’s farewell celebration for the soon-to-shutter New Directions and wonder how come there’s no red carpet or confetti, then renew their rivalry to be the club’s top (vocal) dog (during a very funny appearance on Fondue for Two). If, however, you were too busy replaying old episodes of Fondue for Two, here’s what you missed on Glee. RELATED | 2014 Renewal Scorecard: What’s Getting Cancelled? What’s Returning? What’s on the Bubble? Run the World: Did the Season 2 Finale Make a Strong Case for Another Season? Grade It!
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