History Recap / GleeS1E2Showmance

* "Push It," by Salt-N-Pepa, performed by New Directions

New Directions prepares for their first performance at a school assembly. Sue finds a copy of the Show Choir Rule Book, prompting Will to ask the ND members to recruit their friends. Will and Terri start looking for a [[BigFancyHouse new home]], prompting Will to take on night janitor duties. Rachel admits her feelings for Finn and joins the Celibacy Club. Quinn, Brittany, and Santana ([[FanNickname The]] [[AscendedFanon Unholy]] [[PowerTrio Trinity]]) join the New Directions, at first to keep Finn away from Rachel and make sure they [[HilariousInHindsight don't look like]] [[TheBeard beards]] to the football team, but then Sue requests they spy on the group.

* PowerTrio: The three cheerleaders.

[[caption-width-right:350: Meet the source of 90% of Glee's FanficFuel.]]

As Will exits his car, he is accosted by Rachel, who wants to show him sheet music for a solo she thinks is perfect for her. Will takes it and the camera pans so we see Finn grab Rachel's suitcase of a bag, then onto Mercedes, Tina, and Artie behind them, who also grab Mr. Schue to show off their vocal runs, waving goodbye just as Will once again finds Kurt, near a dumpster, surrounded by Titans. He always leaves just before the boy meets tomorrow's lunch, and we're guessing Kurt's DeathGlare confirms this. Kurt hands off his bag, and insults them.

Emma bumps into Will, and they talk briefly before Quinn and Santana tell them to get a room and inform Will that he has been summoned to Sue’s office. Sue reveals that to qualify for Sectionals, New Directions needs twelve members.

Quinn lambasts Finn about being in New Directions as Rachel overhears. Quinn offers some mild petting in exchange for him quitting, but Finn rejects her after a moment’s consideration. Quinn complains that people think he’s gay now and that she’s his beard.

After Finn leaves, Quinn confronts Rachel, warning her to stay away. Rachel assures her she has no interest in Finn, bragging that Glee's stock is rising every day, only for reality to provide a counterpoint in the form of yet another slushy.

Cut to the choir room and the glee club are performing Le Freak, through no choice of their own. Unfortunately for Will, what was popular when he was sixteen doesn't work so well now. The whole club complains that the song sucks, and even Kurt concedes the song's "really gay". Not helping matters is Will announcing that he's making them do it in their first live performance, at a school assembly.

Will and Terri go househunting. As Terri talks about cutting down Christmas trees, we cut to where they live now and having breakfast with Terri's sister Kendra and her children. Everyone discusses Will and Terri getting a [[BigFancyHouse bigger house]], we see Will on the brink of going postal.

Back to the househunting, Will's making a case for something cheap but Terri sells him on the idea of a more extravagant house. This leads to Will getting a second job as night janitor.

At the glee club, people are bickering and Rachel is making moon eyes at Finn. Will arrives with a current song: “Gold Digger”.

While Terri renovates the house to suit her purposes, Emma hears someone trying to throw up in the student bathrooms. She opens a stall to reveal Rachel being unable to take back her lunch. In Emma's office with her multitude of pamphlets, Rachel confesses her feelings for Finn. She explains she wanted to be thinner, like Quinn. Emma tells Rachel to use common interests, hoping Finn'll see her in a positive light.

We go to Finn and Rachel in Figgins' office, having been caught using the Cheerios! personal copier to make flyers for the glee club. Figgins issues a harsh punishment: pay Sue for the copies. Will begins to internalize his personal problems, lashing out at the glee club and telling them are definitely doing disco for the assembly, also reminding them he's in charge. Rachel uses this as an excuse for alone time with Finn under the guise of practicing for the assembly, only for Finn to say he has a Celibacy Club meeting.

Will remorsefully admits to Terri he can't find another job. Terri lashes out, tired of the compromising. Will ends up taking a job as night janitor, offering to work at half salary. Figgins agrees.

Celibacy Club features Quinn and her friends talking about not having sex. The only non-Cheerio! member is Rachel, who’s clearly there for Finn. The genders are separated for the first half hour, then come together for innocent couplings. In the boys' group, idling by as Finn throws a football and narrates about only joining to get into Q's spanks. We also have the first appearance of one Jacob Ben-Israel (Josh Sussman), who obsesses over Rachel.

Back on the female side of things, Santana [[ShakingTheRump shakes her ass]] to the admiring crowds of other cheerleaders, including Brittany (Creator/HeatherMorris), perennial dumb blonde with both a HeartOfGold and a [[ReallyGetsAround super sex drive]] that is legend amongst [=McKinley=] students.

Cut to the boys discussing... premature arrivals and how to... not. Finn, of course, brags about how it's not a problem for him, when we then view evidence to the contrary: it's a problem, and his own little trick? Well, Carole tried to teach him how to drive, and he would up mowing down a mailman. Thus he must chant "mailman".

The sexes have now come together, and Quinn has inflated some balloons. This is the immaculate affection, a dance that they're going to practice by holding balloons between their crotches and staying far apart enough to not pop it.

While Finn and Quinn pair up, Rachel is stuck with Jacob. Finn pops early, totally his zipper's fault, and Puck grinds right into Santana with a technique he must have mastered to keep that balloon inflated. Rachel, not up for slow dancing and sexing up some rubber one bit, calls bullshit on the whole proceedings and claims that celibacy doesn't work in high schools. Quinn's not happy with this, but Rachel tells everyone that girls like sex just as much as boys.

Later, Emma finds Will cleaning gum off of desks in his janitor uniform, which he’s embarrassed about. Will properly realizes Emma has OCD, leading to a near kiss moment.

Back with the glee club, Rachel decides to sex up the assembly. It'll make people want to join. This leads to another number, Salt n Pepa's "Push It", where Rachel climbs Finn like a tree and Finn has a small freakout at Kurt slapping his ass. Quinn stews, outraged at both the sex on display and the fact that it involves her boyfriend.

Cut to Figgins' office. Sue rakes Will across the coals for the performance only to have Figgins, after giving Will a list of religious songs his pastor has approved for glee performance, dock some of the Cheerios! dry cleaning budget and give it to Will. Will finds Rachel and rakes her across the coals, handing her the list of songs they can choose from -- all containing 'Jesus' or... "what's a Luftballon?".

In the teacher's lounge, Ken hands Emma a ticket for a "toola-palooza". Emma shuts him down, only for Ken to remind her she is pining over a married man, and that while he's not the perfect catch, she can do a hell of a lot worse than him.

In the auditorium, Rachel is trying to find Finn's vocal range. After taking a break, Rachel prepares a picnic for them. Finn says Rachel was insane at first, but her voice touched his heart. After Finn compliments her on her Celibacy Club rant, plus the toasting of virgin Cosmos, Rachel says he can kiss her if he wants to, and a BigDamnKiss ensues. Unfortunately, the aforementioned hormones kick in, Finn has to chant "mailman" and hauls ass, leaving Rachel.

At a doctor's office, Terri is in for an ultrasound, only to discover it's an hysterical pregnancy.

Quinn, Brittany, and Santana try out for New Directions and Will is surprised, but impressed when they give one unholy heaven of a performance of one of the religious songs. They join at first to keep Finn away from Rachel and make sure they don't look like [[TheBeard beards]], but then it's revealed that Sue, at first a little less than pleased that the goddesses of [=McKinley=] have joined the ranks of the losers, now has [[TheMole inside women]]. Quinn doesn't care so much if she can get her boyfriend back, and Sue doesn't care so much about that.

Will joins Emma at a fountain, but she’s still rattled by Ken, so she politely tells him off. Will heads home to find Terri. She sees his distraught face and instead of giving him the news about the hysterical pregnancy, she swaps at the last minute to say it's a boy. Will still quits the janitor's job.

Rachel isn't happy that Will's giving Quinn ''her'' solo in "Don't Stop Believin'". Rachel [[HoistByHisOwnPetard hoisted herself]] on this one: "Say a Little Prayer" was on Figgins' list and Quinn owned it, Quinn hasn't been aggravating him like Rachel, and there should surely be some chemistry between boyfriend and girlfriend they can sell. Will also owns up to pushing too hard. This is also another reason he has listened to the club as a whole and given someone else a shot. Will emphasizes fun over the spotlight, and that simply will not do for young Rachel. She heads to the auditorium to conclude business for the week by belting her feelings via Music/{{Rihanna}}, the knife twisted just a bit by a montage featuring her seeing Finn and Quinn together.

Next Time: Will gets a mid-life crisis and he's nowhere near middle age, while Sue looks to use this and her inside women to divide and conquer.

*** In this episode, Rachel decries celibacy. Compare and contrast her behaviour in episodes like "The Power of Madonna", "Grilled Cheesus", "Sexy", and "The First Time".

* ShakingTheRump: One way to get the other cheerleaders to appreciate you.

Emma bumps into Will, and they talk briefly before Quinn and Santana tell them to get a room and inform Will that he has been summoned Sue’s office. Sue reveals that to qualify for Sectionals, New Directions needs twelve members.

Back on the female side of things, Santana [[ShakingTheRump shakes her ass]] to the admiring crowds of other cheerleaders, including, Brittany (Creator/HeatherMorris), perennial dumb blonde with both a HeartOfGold and a [[ReallyGetsAround super sex drive]] that is legend amongst [=McKinley=] students.

The TitleCard today is stamped, Series/LALaw style, on the license plate of Will's AllegedCar. As he exits, he is accosted by Rachel, who is eager to satiate her vast ego by procuring sheet music for a solo perfect for her. Will snatches it with no promises made, and we follow TheOner to see Finn grab Rachel's suitcase of a bag, then onto Mercedes, Tina, and Artie behind them, who also grab Mr Schue to show off their vocal runs, waving goodbye just as Will once again finds Kurt, near a dumpster, surrounded by Titans. He always leaves just before the boy meets tomorrow's lunch, and we're guessing Kurt's DeathGlare confirms this. Kurt hands off his bag, delivers this this one-liner:

''"One day, you will [[FutureLoser all work for me]]"''.

Cut to Emma bumping into Will, their awkward little crushes showing as nervous giggle filled rambling ensues. Unfortunately, the mood is spoiled by Quinn and Santana telling them to get a room and informing Will that he has been summoned into the tracksuit clad lion's den. Sue, catching up on her reading, reveals that to qualify for Sectionals, New Directions needs twelve members (and regardless of what would be changed to fit an episodes narrative, this remained a consistent rule).

We cut to Quinn lambasting Finn about being in ND as Rachel not so subtly overhears. Quinn tries to bribe Finn out of loserdom, offering up some mild petting ("Under the shirt?" "Over the bra.") via bargaining if Finn quits; Finn has to think about that for a moment, but remembers his morals and rejects her. Quinn responds in kind:

''"People think you're gay now, Finn. And you know what that makes me? Your big gay beard!"''

After Finn leaves, Quinn confronts Rachel, warning her to stay away. This is the first time that roommates Lea Michele and Dianna Agron have scenes together, and you can tell right away they have amazing chemistry -- it's stuff like this that led the show to renown. Rachel assures her she has no interest in Finn, bragging that Glee's stock is rising everyday, only for reality (and Puck) to provide a counterpoint in the form of yet another slushy.

Cut to the choir room and the glee club are performing Le Freak, through no choice of their own. Unfortunately for Will, what was popular when he was sixteen doesn't work so well now, as a near errant kick from Rachel triggers Mercedes' CatchPhrase, the whole club saying the song sucks, and even Kurt conceding the song's "really gay". He would know, of course, some harsh criticism there. Not helping matters is Will announcing that he's making them do it in their first live performance, at a school assembly.

As we hit the proper TitleCard six minutes in, we cut to Will and Terri househunting. As Terri talks about cutting down Christmas trees, we cut to where they live now and having breakfast with Terri's sister Kendra and her tornado-like children. Clearly, discipline is at a premium, except when it comes to the sister's HenpeckedHusband. As everyone discusses the apparent ForegoneConclusion of them getting a [[BigFancyHouse bigger house]], we see Will on the brink of going postal.

Back to the househunting, Will's making a case for something cheap/simply affordable but Terri is demanding extravagance. You know, a grand foyer ''and'' a sun nook. She needs them. Of course, she sells him on the idea of the perfect happily ever after and sweet little Will, wanting to provide everything for his wife and future child, decides on his own that they can have it all. This leads to Will getting a second job as night janitor.

Returning to the glee club, bear witness to infighting and Rachel making moon eyes at Finn. Will arrives, with a current song! Though we must question the appropriateness of "Gold Digger" for these school kids to perform. Of course, it was enjoyed by many teenagers and is also censored for the show. This is also the first time Matthew Morrison gets to show off his moves as well.

We then seen this is the most apropos song one can play at the moment, as we montage Terri renovating the house to suit her purposes. This ends at Emma in the ladies room, using student bathrooms, only for her to hear an attempt at un-digesting. She opens a stall to reveal Rachel being unable to take back her lunch, leading to another memorable line:

--> Rachel: "I guess I don't have a gag reflex."
--> Emma: "One day when you're older, that'll turn out to be a gift."

Cut to Emma's office and her multitude of pamphlets, many of which CrossTheLineTwice [[RuleOfFunny with the sole purpose of eliciting a chuckle]]. After being handed one about throwing up, Rachel confesses her feelings for Finn. She explains she wanted to be thinner, like that girl Quinn Fabray. She then asks Emma if she ever liked someone so much that all she wanted to do is lock herself in a room, turn on sad music and cry? Emma denies it, but there's [[GilliganCut a quick cut]] to her in her car in the rain singing "All by Myself". After nearly revealing her own feelings, Emma tells Rachel to use common interests, hoping Finn'll see her in a positive light.

After the break, we return to Finn and Rachel in Figgins' office. We are of course led to believe they did the dirty, when in actual fact they were caught using the Cheerios! personal copier. Making flyers for the glee club. Sue [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking reacts accordingly]]. Figgins issues a harsh punishment: pay Sue for the copies. Will begins to internalize his personal problems, lashing out at the glee club and telling them are definitely doing disco for the assembly, also reminding them he's in charge. Rachel uses this as a excuse for alone time with Finn under the guise of practicing for the assembly, only for Finn to say he has a Celibacy Club meeting.

At Casa de Schue, Terri and Will are taking a bath together and Will remorsefully admits he can't find another job. Terri lashes out, tired of the compromising. A insane rant ensues, leading to Will taking a job as night janitor, offering to work at half salary. Figgins, naturally, agrees.

Celibacy Club, Quinn's little project, features her and her minions spewing proverbs about never getting it on. We see only one non-Cheerio! member, new girl Rachel What's-her-face, and she's clearly there for Finn. Unluckily, she's putting up with the cheerleading no-sex fest because the genders are separated for the first half hour, then come together for innocent couplings. Cut to the boys' group idling by as Finn throws a football and narrates about only joining to get into Q's spanks, Puck [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar catching a whiff of his fingers]]. We also have the first appearance of one [[AbhorrentAdmirer Jacob Ben-Israel]] (Josh Sussman), an unfortunate fellow of [=McKinley=], who obsesses over Rachel.

Back on the female side of things there is Santana showing off her ample ethnic hindquarters, [[ShakingTheRump shaking dat ass]] to the admiring crowds of other cheerleaders, with the approval of all and sundry -- whoever designed skirts to cover nothing and yet leave everything to the imagine is one genius who has given these girls every opportunity to keep boys eating out of their hands -- including Quinn and another soon to be prominent face, [[TheDitz Brittany]] (Creator/HeatherMorris), perennial dumb blonde with both a HeartOfGold and a [[ReallyGetsAround super sex drive]] that is legend amongst [=McKinley=] students. We also hear the club motto:

''"It's all about the teasing and not about the pleasing."''

Rachel is displeased. Cut to the boys discussing... premature arrivals and how to... not. Finn, of course, brags about how it's not a problem for him, when we then naturally view evidence to the contrary: it's a problem, and his own little trick? Well, Carole tried to teach him how to drive, and he would up mowing down a mailman. Thus he must chant "mailman".

The sexes have now come together, and Quinn is inflating balloons. This is the immaculate affection, a dance that they're going to practice by holding balloons between their crotches and staying far apart enough to not pop it. To keep room for the Holy Spirit between them for when they actually start going to celibacy balls with the opposite sex.

''"If the balloon pops, the noise makes the angels cry."''

It surprises no one that while Finn and Quinn pair up, poor Rachel is stuck with JBI (and I'm sorry, but this guy takes the nerd stereotypes and ramps them up to levels that are borderline if not straight up creepy). Finn pops early, totally his zipper's fault, and Puck grinds right into Santana with a technique he must have mastered to keep that balloon inflated. Rachel, not up for slow dancing and sexing up some rubber one bit, calls bullshit on the whole proceedings and claims that celibacy doesn't work in high schools. Quinn's not happy with this, but Rachel declares to everyone:

''"Girls want sex just as much as guys do."''

JBI asks if that's accurate. Gross. Almost as gross? Will cleaning gum off a desk. Emma enters, and Will is clearly embarrassed to have her see him in his janitor uniform. More giggleflirting ensues as Will properly realizes Emma has OCD, leading to a near kiss moment. It'd be a MeetCute if they didn't already know each other pretty gosh darn well.

Back with the glee club, and the [[MultipleReferencePun ego has landed]], though tinged with what could pass as a bit of kink: Rachel decides to sex up the assembly. It'll make people want to join. This leads to another "inappropriate for real life" number, Salt n Pepa's "Push It", also known as Rachel literally climbs Finn like a tree while Finn has a small freakout at Kurt slapping his ass. As this goes on, we see Emma's hidden bad girl emerge slightly, while [[DissonantSerenity Figgins sways]] and Quinn stews, outraged and what-not at both [[AllWomenArePrudes the sex on display]] and the fact that it involves her boyfriend.

Cut to Figgins' office. Sue rakes Will across the coals for the performance only to have Figgins, after giving Will a list of religious songs his pastor has approved for glee performance, dock some of the Cheerios! dry cleaning budget and give it to Will (in Europe, Sue, ''really''?!). Will finds Rachel and rakes her across the coals, handing her the list of songs they can choose from -- all containing 'Jesus' or... "what's a Luftballon?".

In the auditorium, Rachel is trying to find Finn's vocal range. After taking a break, Rachel prepares a picnic for them. Finn says Rachel was insane at first, but her voice touched his heart and, ah, now we know for sure who ''Glee'''s primary OfficialCouple is going to be. After Finn compliments her on her Celibacy Club rant, plus the toasting of virgin Cosmos, Rachel says he can kiss her if he wants to ("I want to"), and a BigDamnKiss ensues. Unfortunately, the aforementioned hormones kick in, Finn has to chant "mailman" and hauls ass, leaving Rachel.

At a doctor's office, Terri is in for an ultrasound, only to discover [[{{Sting}} DUNDUNDUN]] it's an hysterical pregnancy. Body totally acts like it's pregnant, but there ain't no baby.

Quinn, Brittany, and Santana ([[FanNickname The]] [[AscendedFanon Unholy]] [[PowerTrio Trinity]]) try out for New Directions and Will is surprised, but impressed when they give one unholy heaven of a performance of one of the religious songs. They join at first to keep Finn away from Rachel and make sure they [[HilariousInHindsight don't look like]] [[TheBeard beards]], but then it's revealed that Sue, at first a little less than pleased that the goddesses of [=McKinley=] have joined the ranks of the losers, now has [[TheMole inside women]]. Quinn doesn't care so much if she can get her boyfriend back, and Sue doesn't care so much about that. Yes, note, it was originally Quinn's idea to join glee club, and it was this that gave Sue the idea to plant minions in there to take it down.

Back in Will's tangle of people to talk to, he joins Emma at a fountain. Unfortunately, Emma is still rattled by Ken, so she politely tells Will off. Will heads home to find Terri lying about being pregnant -- so she doesn't upset Will and/or drive him off, she sees his distraught face and instead of giving him the news she swaps at the last minute to say it's a boy. Will still quits the janitor's job.

Choir Room. Rachel isn't happy that Will's giving Quinn ''her'' solo in "Don't Stop Believin'". Rachel [[HoistByHisOwnPetard hoisted herself]] on this one: "Say a Little Prayer" was on Figgins' list and Quinn owned it, Quinn hasn't been aggravating him like Rachel, and there should surely be some chemistry between boyfriend and girlfriend they can sell. Will also owns up to pushing too hard. This is also another reason he has listened to the club as a whole and given someone else a shot. Will emphasizes fun over the spotlight, and that simply will not do for young Rachel. She heads to the auditorium to conclude business for the week by belting her feelings via Music/{{Rihanna}}, the alleged knife twisted just a bit by a montage featuring her seeing Finn and Quinn together.

Next Time: Will gets a mid-life crisis and he's nowhere near middle age, while Sue looks to use this and her inside women to divide and conquer.

* BlatantLies: Upon finding out she's not pregnant, rather than be honest and tell Will, she tells him they're having a boy.

* BreadEggsMilkSquick: The list of approved non-sexy songs all have 'Jesus' or other Christian vocabulary in the title and are pretty sweet and upbeat and innocent, [[RuleOfFunny except one]] - Nena's "Neunundneunzig Luftballons" which is about ''kids' balloons being mistaken for foreign aircraft and leading to a 99 year war''. [[FridgeLogic Though it is in German, sort-of about balloons, and the vocals do sound very sweet]].
* EarlyBirdCameo:
** "All By Myself," which will be performed later in Season 2.
** Kurt does some of the moves from "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" when the club is practicing "Le Freak", he will perform that song in the next episode.

* HilariousInHindsight: The Unholy Trinity join because Quinn doesn't want to be seen as Finn's "big gay beard". Now, we're not saying that the cheerleaders aren't straight, but... yeh, the cheerleaders aren't exactly the straightest of folk.

* NoPeriodsPeriod: Sue to Will "For extra iron when you menstruate." Will: "I don't menstruate." Sue: "Neither do I."

After we get the proper TitleCard six minutes in, we cut to Will and Terri househunting. As Terri talks about cutting down Christmas trees, we cut to where they live now and having breakfast with Terri's sister Kendra and her tornado-like children. Clearly, discipline is at a premium, except when it comes to the sister's HenpeckedHusband. As everyone discusses the apparent ForegoneConclusion of them getting a [[BigFancyHouse bigger house]], we see Will on the brink of going postal.

Quinn, Brittany, and Santana ([[FanNickname The]] [[AscendedFanon Unholy]] [[PowerTrio Trinity]]) try out for New Directions and Will is surprised, but impressed when they give one unholy heaven of a performance of one of the religious songs. They join at first to keep Finn away from Rachel and make sure they [[HilariousInHindsight don't look like]] [[TheBeard beards]], but then Sue requests they spy on the group.

Sue is obviously a little less than pleased that the goddesses of [=McKinley=] have joined the ranks of the losers, but now she has [[TheMole inside women]]. Quinn doesn't care so much if she can get her boyfriend back, and Sue doesn't care so much about that. Yes, note, it was originally Quinn's idea to join glee club, and it was this that gave Sue the idea to plant minions in there to take it down.

Choir Room. Rachel isn't happy that Will's giving Quinn ''her'' solo in "Don't Stop Believin'". Rachel [[HoistByHisOwnPetard hoisted herself]] on this one: "Say a Little Prayer" was on Figgins' list and Quinn owned it, Quinn hasn't been aggravating him like Rachel, and there should surely be some chemistry between boyfriend and girlfriend they can sell. Will also owns up to pushing too hard. This is also another reason he has listened to the club as a whole and given someone else a shot. Will emphasizes fun over the spotlight, and that simply will not do for young Rachel. She heads to the auditorium to belt her feelings via Music/{{Rihanna}}, the alleged knife twisted just a bit by a montage featuring her seeing Finn and Quinn together.

Back on the female side of things there is Santana showing off her ample ethnic hindquarters, shaking dat ass to the admiring crowds of other cheerleaders, with the approval of all and sundry -- whoever designed skirts to cover nothing and yet leave everything to the imagine is one genius who has given these girls every opportunity to keep boys eating out of their hands -- including Quinn and another soon to be prominent face, [[TheDitz Brittany]] (Creator/HeatherMorris), perennial dumb blonde with both a HeartOfGold and a [[ReallyGetsAround super sex drive]] that is legend amongst [=McKinley=] students. We also hear the club motto:

Back on the female side of things there is Santana showing off her ample ethnic hindquarters, shaking dat ass to the admiring crowds of other cheerleaders, with the approval of all and sundry -- whoever designed skirts to cover nothing and yet leave everything to the imagine is one genius who has given these girls every opportunity to keep boys eating out of their hands -- including Quinn and another new show since the Pilot, [[TheDitz Brittany]] (Creator/HeatherMorris), perennial dumb blonde with both a HeartOfGold and a [[ReallyGetsAround super sex drive]] that is legend amongst [=McKinley=] students. We also hear the club motto:

Cut to the choir room and the glee club are performing Le Freak, through no choice of their own. Unfortunately for Will, what was popular when he was sixteen doesn't work so well now, as a near errant kick from Rachel triggers Mercedes' CatchPhrase, the whole club saying the song sucks, and even Kurt conceding the song's "a little gay". He would know, of course, some harsh criticism there. Not helping matters is Will announcing that he's making them do it in their first live performance, at a school assembly.

* EarlyBirdCameo: "All By Myself," which will be performed later in Season 2.