Season Parallels
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Pilot - Audition - The Purple Piano Project - The New Rachel
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A male is seen singing in the shower as somebody sticks their head from behind a wall to listen. |
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A performance intimidates Rachel and/or the New Directions. | ||||
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A member of New Directions breaks up with their boyfriend/girlfriend despite having strong relationship with him/her last season(s) |
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Tina and Mike | |
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A slushie to the face. | ||||
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Football coach is introduced. |
N/A | |||
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A teacher gets in trouble for or is accused of doing something illicit. |
N/A |
Cassandra drinking alcohol | ||
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Auditions to get into Glee Club take place. |
Marley, Jake, Stoner Brett, and De'wanda | |||
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The Glee club sings a song to inspire. |
Don't Stop Believin', to inspire themselves |
Empire State of Mind, to inspire new members |
We Got the Beat, to inspire potential members |
Chasing Pavements, to inspire themselves |
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Rachel/New Rachel/Rachelesque character sings a solo. |
Anything Goes/Anything You Can Do (Harmony - Rachelesuque character) |
New York State of Mind (shown as intercut duet with Marley) It's Time (Blaine - New Rachel) Chasing Pavements(Marley - New Rachel) | ||
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A song is sung in the Courtyard. |
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Blaine has a solo in the courtyard with Cheerios and the title starts with "It's" |
N/A | |||
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Beiste makes a pig squeal. |
N/A |
In Figgins' office |
In the teachers' lounge |
N/A |
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The opening montage is with Jacob interviewing the kids of the Glee Club. |
N/A |
About their summer |
About their senior year |
About what their newfound popularity is like and who the "new Rachel" is going to be |
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Quinn watches the final performance from the balcony. |
N/A |
Alone |
N/A | |
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The final number is performed by at least one of original 6 members. |
Don't Stop Believin', featuring Rachel, Finn, Mercedes, Artie, Tina, and Kurt |
What I Did For Love, sung by Rachel |
You Can't Stop The Beat, sung by Rachel, Finn, Mercedes, Artie, Tina, and Kurt |
Chasing Pavements, featuring Tina and Artie |
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A performance is sung in front of people, who either didn't notice or disliked it. |
N/A |
N/A | ||
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Tina and Mike feel offended. |
N/A |
From Jacob |
From Sue |
N/A |
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Sue creates a plan. |
N/A |
To kick Beiste out of McKinley |
To remove arts programs |
N/A |
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A confrontation with the Cheerios. |
N/A | |||
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A rival for Rachel is introduced. | ||||
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Quinn walks down the hall with a new look. |
N/A |
N/A | ||
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A New Directions female rejoins the Cheerios. |
N/A |
N/A | ||
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A New Directions member is jealous of a new student. |
N/A | |||
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Rachel dislikes a performer who auditions for the New Directions with a Broadway song, who has a peculiar name, and is a brunette |
N/A |
N/A | ||
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Someone asks when they start rehearsals for glee club |
N/A |
N/A | ||
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Kurt is harassed by a football player |
N/A | |||
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Mike and Tina perform together |
N/A |
N/A | ||
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Sue mentions that she has hepatitis |
To the Cheerios |
N/A |
On TV during Sue's Corner |
N/A |
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A mash-up is performed |
That's the Way (I Like It)/(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty |
N/A | ||
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A sing off takes place |
N/A |
N/A | ||
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Recent pop songs of the year are performed |
N/A | |||
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A female character who is brunette, has a strong and powerful voice and the potential to be in the lead is introduced | ||||
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Rachel sings a duet |
Don't Stop Believin', with Finn |
New York State of Mind, with Marley (sung separately, intercut) | ||
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Brittany sings in the first song of the season |
N/A |
N/A | ||
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Something important happens to Mike and Tina between the Summer. |
N/A |
They start to date. |
They break up. | |
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Someone watches New Directions performing. | ||||
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Someone changed significantly during the summer break. |
N/A |
Santana getting a boob job. |
Tina becoming sassy and getting an assistant. | |
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New Directions' group number in the auditorium is performed in clothing of a specific colour. |
Red |
N/A |
Purple |
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Someone isn't welcomed by the New Directions |
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Showmance - Britney/Brittany - I Am Unicorn - Britney 2.0
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The plot revolves around the Glee club members being unhappy with Will's decision |
About performing Le Freak |
Will wants the Glee club to do an easy listening song, when they want to sing Britney Spears music |
Setting up a Booty Camp |
N/A |
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Sexual performance at pep rally |
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A female character is referred to as an object |
Quinn refers to Rachel as "That Thing" |
Rachel admits that the boys in the school are "objectifying" her |
N/A |
Phil Lipoff says to Marley "You came out of THAT?" when referring to her overweight mother |
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Brittany's first one |
Brittany's first appearance |
Brittany's first solo |
Brittany runs for Class President |
Brittany's first voiceover and first time getting kicked off the Cheerios. |
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Brittany is delusional |
N/A |
Thinks Dr. Pepper is a dentist, thought she was kidnapped and probed by aliens, and has Britney Spears fantasies |
Thinks ponies become unicorns when they do good deeds. |
Thinks she is doing a voice-over. |
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A New Direction girl singing directly to crushes |
Rachel sings Take a Bow |
Rachel sings The Only Exception. |
N/A |
Marley sings Everytime |
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Brittany realizes her self-worth and gains a new kind of confidence to do something |
N/A |
Has a Britney Spears fantasy and gains the confidence to step up and perform |
To run for class president because she is a "bicorn" |
In the end of episode she gets back her confidence |
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Rachel gets a solo |
Somewhere (Although she is accompanied by her mother and considered as duet) | |||
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Emma's boyfriend is introduced |
Admits she's dating Ken |
Introduces Carl |
N/A |
N/A |
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Jacob Ben Israel gets over-excited about the New Directions performance at the pep rally |
First one to cheer at the end of Push It |
Makes repeated remarks about how hot the performance is and pinches a dude's butt (starts the 'Sex Riot') during Toxic |
N/A |
N/A |
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An adult special guest star appears |
N/A |
John Stamos as Carl Howell |
Idina Menzel as Shelby Corcoran |
Kate Hudson as Cassandra July |
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All the songs are in the theme in except one |
N/A |
All the songs are Britney Spears songs except for The Only Exception |
All the songs are from West Side Story except for I'm The Greatest Star |
All the songs are Britney Spears songs except for Boyfriend and Crazy |
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There's a toilet scene between a student and a teacher |
Rachel and Emma |
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Brittany finds her confidence |
N/A |
To sing |
To run for class president |
To make a comeback |
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Quinn joins / rejoins the glee club for a reason other than to sing |
To keep an eye on Finn and acts as a spy for Sue |
N/A |
Rejoins to try to get Beth back |
N/A |
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Will gets angry with a student |
With Rachel, because of sexual performance at the Assembly |
With Kurt, because of the insistence to do a Britney Spears number at the Assembly |
With Quinn, because she blames him for everything that happened to her |
With Brittany, because she lip-synced in the pep rally performance. |
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John Stamos |
Emma mentions him |
John Stamos appears for the first time, as Dr Carl Howell |
N/A |
N/A |
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Santana sticks up for Brittany when Kurt is arguing with her. |
N/A |
When they're discussing why Brittany doesn't want to do Britney Spears songs. |
When Kurt gets mad at Brittany for putting up the unicorn campaign posters. |
N/A |
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Finn and Rachel kiss |
On the stage |
In the locker room |
At the repair shop |
N/A |
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Rachel is left on stage. |
After Finn kisses her |
N/A |
When Rachel is helping Kurt audition |
N/A |
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Britney Spears Tribute Episode |
N/A |
Yes |
N/A |
Yes |
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Rachel has a conflict with another person about her which then makes her sing a song |
N/A |
Rachel and Finn. Rachel feels threatened about their relationship working. She then sings Baby One More Time |
Rachel and Shelby. About their kinship. They then sing Somewhere |
Rachel and Cassandra. About Rachel's lack of sex appeal makes her sing Oops... I Did It Again |
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Brittany's first solo of the season which is by Britney Spears |
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The last song performed is a solo | ||||
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The plot revolves around Brittany |
N/A |
She gains confidence with Britney Spears songs |
Helping Kurt with his campaign |
Walks trough a spin in her life missing Santana and being kicked out of the Cheerios |
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Brittany is sad |
N/A |
Because she doesn't want to live under Britney's shadow |
Because she thinks she disappointed Kurt as his campaign manager |
Because she misses Santana and was kicked off the Cheerios |
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"It's Brittany B*tch" is said by Brittany |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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"Leave Brittany Alone" is said |
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By Santana |
N/A |
By Brett |
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The performances are reproduced the same way as the originals Britney's performances |
N/A |
N/A |
Acafellas - Grilled Cheesus - Asian F - Makeover
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Episode names are the result of snappy wordplay |
Acafellas |
Grilled Cheesus |
Asian F |
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Kurt and Mercedes have a bump in their friendship |
Mercedes has crush on Kurt but Kurt is gay |
Mercedes being a Christian and Kurt being an atheist |
A small conflict between Mercedes and Kurt (as seen in It's All Over) |
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Mercedes' first released solo of the season |
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Mercedes sings a solo inspired by Kurt |
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Mercedes is called "Effie" |
N/A |
N/A | ||
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"Yentl" is incorporated |
Mentioned by Dakota Stanley |
Papa, Can You Hear Me? is sung by Rachel |
N/A | N/A |
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We discover something about Kurt |
He's gay |
He's an atheist |
N/A |
He owns a fashion site. |
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Cheerio-assisted number aimed against Kurt |
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A song title refers to "Ruling The World" |
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Religious theme |
N/A |
Finn thinks he has found God in the form of his grilled cheese sandwich |
Will wants to learn how to pray with Emma |
N/A |
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Someone's parents appear |
Will |
N/A |
Mike's and Emma's |
N/A |
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Puck sings |
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Dinner with parents |
Will's parents |
Burt & Carole with Kurt and Finn (supposedly) |
Emma's parents |
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Someone talks about doing inventory |
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The episode ends with a number where all members are wearing white |
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A character has a flashback to their childhood, and we see their child version. |
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Mercedes has two female background singers in her solo |
N/A |
Tina and Brittany |
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Puck ribs Finn about his dancing |
They get into a fight during Acafellas practice |
N/A |
Puck makes fun of Finn during Booty Camp |
N/A |
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Mercedes is greatly featured |
She has a crush on Kurt |
She tries to help Kurt and takes him to church |
Mercedes competes for the part of Maria against Rachel |
N/A |
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Kurt goes to the Sing-Along Sound of Music |
Kurt and Mercedes plan on going until they get in a fight |
Kurt plans on going but Burt has a heart attack, stopping his plans |
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N/A |
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Someone is shown with a medical issue |
Henri, the Acafellas member without thumbs |
Burt, with a heart attack |
Emma, with her OCD |
N/A |
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Someone starts his/her campaign for Senior Class President |
N/A |
N/A |
Brittany with the flashmob for Run The World (Girls) |
Blaine (w/ Sam as VP) / Brittany (w/ Artie as VP) |
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A Song about ruling the world is sung related with a Presidential Campaign |
N/A |
N/A |
Run The World (Girls) related with Brittany's Campaign |
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Preggers - Duets - Pot O'Gold - The Break-Up
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Pregnancy talks in the hallway |
Finn approaches Quinn in the hallway. She tells him she’s pregnant |
Rachel approaches Kurt in the hallway. He says “Not another pregnancy” |
Brittany says that Selena Gomez isn't pregnant. |
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A secret is mentioned |
Quinn reveals her pregnancy and tells Finn it's his baby, when it is really Puck's |
Sam reveals to Quinn that he's got a secret he's ashamed of. He said he dyed his hair to look popular as the new transfer student |
Brittany & Santana are dating |
Blaine Cheated on Kurt |
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New male glee club member(s) are introduced |
Puck, Matt and Mike |
Sam |
Rory |
N/A |
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Tina gets to sing |
N/A |
N/A | ||
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Kurt appear in the boys locker room |
Kurt interacts with members of the football team in the boys locker room |
Kurt talks to Sam while he's taking a shower |
N/A | |
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Kurt discusses his sexuality with his dad |
He comes out to his father |
They discuss how lonely Kurt feels because he is the only openly gay student at McKinley |
Kurt believes that voters won't vote for his dad because he has a gay son, but then Burt assures Kurt that he is proud of him and "[doesn't] care who knows it" |
N/A |
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Rachel and a solo |
Rachel is angry about losing the solo |
Rachel purposely tries to not get a solo |
N/A |
N/A |
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Mike does something for the first time |
Mike's first appearance |
Mike's first song |
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Mercedes and Santana convince each other to do something |
N/A |
Santana convinces Mercedes to sing a duet with her |
Mercedes convinces Santana to join Shelby's glee club |
N/A |
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Quinn discovers she's pregnant |
N/A |
Quinn sees Beth face to face for the first time |
N/A | |
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We see an intimate moment between Brittany & Santana |
N/A |
The make-out scene in Brittany's bedroom |
Holding hands at Breadstix |
Kiss in Santana's room. |
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We find out something about Puck concerning a woman and a baby |
We find out he fathered Quinn's baby |
N/A |
He kisses Shelby after bonding over Beth |
N/A |
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Puck does something illegal/inappropriate |
N/A |
Steals an ATM and goes to juvie |
Kisses Shelby |
N/A |
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Finn tries to help someone to be accepted at the school |
Kurt, on McKinley Titans |
Rory, on joining the glee club and making new friends at school |
N/A | |
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There's a relation between Brittany and a guy's virginity |
N/A |
Artie loses his virginity to her |
Rory wants to lose his virginity to her |
N/A |
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Someone is not feeling part of the group |
Rachel |
Kurt |
Santana |
Blaine |
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A member of and New Directions quits because of solos |
Rachel |
N/A |
Santana and Brittany |
N/A |
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Santana and Breadstix |
N/A |
Not winning the duets contest |
Going on a date with Brittany to Breadstix |
Meeting for the "Left Behind" club. |
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A song about an event that's going to happen or happened at night was sang. |
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N/A | ||
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Brittany's bedroom is seen |
N/A |
N/A | ||
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At least 1 couple is featured to have conflict/intimacy |
Finn and Rachel, Kurt and Blaine, Brittany and Santana, Will and Emma | |||
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Katy Perry Song is performed by Blaine |
N/A |
N/A | ||
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Either Kurt or Blaine feel lonely |
N/A |
Kurt |
N/A |
Blaine |
The Rhodes Not Taken - The Rocky Horror Glee Show - The First Time - The Role You Were Born to Play
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The students do a performance with an adult |
With April, Last Name |
With Carl, Whatever Happened to Saturday Night? |
N/A |
With Mercedes and Mike, Born to Hand Jive and with Finn, Juke Box Hero |
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A guest star's performance impresses the Glee Club |
April, Maybe This Time |
N/A | N/A | |
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The school musical |
Cabaret |
The Rocky Horror Show |
West Side Story |
Grease |
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Rachel calls Finn the hottest guy in school |
N/A |
When he says that he isn't hot enough to take off his clothes |
Hallway scene | N/A |
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Jealousy/Problems between Will and Emma |
Emma says to Will "So you have had feelings for someone other than your wife, "implying that she's jealous of April |
Will is jealous of Carl |
N/A | Emma lies and says she wants to go to Washington D.C. with him, but later tells him she doesn't |
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Will is questioned what his motives are for doing something controversial and if it's really worth it |
Emma questions him about letting April join the club |
Figgins questions him about Rocky Horror |
N/A | N/A |
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A new character appears | ||||
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A promiscuous character is introduced |
N/A | N/A | ||
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Episode title begins with "The" |
The Rhodes Not Taken |
The Rocky Horror Glee Show |
The First Time |
The Role You Were Born To Play |
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Second word in the episode title begins with "R" |
Rhodes |
Rocky |
N/A |
Role |
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A released single has a 2nd performance |
Don't Stop Believin' (Quinn's Version), first performed during Pilot) |
There's a Light (Over At The Frankenstein Place) is shown at two separate times in the episode |
A Boy Like That/I Have A Love was split up and the 2nd part of the song was performed later in the episode | N/A |
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Kurt does something that makes him lose his innocence |
He gets drunk |
N/A |
He loses his virginity | N/A |
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Someone mentions putting something in a pipe and smoking it. |
By April |
N/A |
By Santana during America | N/A |
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Someone cries after a performance |
Kurt after Maybe This Time |
N/A |
Coach Beiste after Tonight |
Blaine after Hopelessly Devoted To You |
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Puck talks about Rachel |
Saying that she makes him set himself one fire, but "boy can she sing" |
N/A |
He thought he will be Rachel's first. | N/A |
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One part of Finchel gets mad at the other for something the other purposefully did that's wrong |
Finn takes advantage of Rachel to get her back in the glee club so he can apply to college |
N/A |
Rachel wants to have sex so that she can play Maria better | N/A |
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Finchel takes a step forward |
They kiss |
N/A |
They sleep together |
N/A |
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Finn tries to motivate someone to join/rejoin Glee Club |
Rachel, after she quits to Cabaret Production |
No |
No | |
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Sue tries to interfer on the musical |
Yes (With Sandy Ryerson) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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The longest title of all episodes of their respective seasons |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Vitamin D - Never Been Kissed - Mash Off - Glease
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Mash-up competition (and the winner is never revealed) |
Boys vs Girls |
Boys vs Girls |
New Directions vs The Troubletones |
N/A |
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The competing schools in the upcoming sectionals are revealed |
Jane Addams Academy's Choir and Haverbrook School for the Deaf's Choir | N/A | ||
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Finn plays a drum roll when Will reveals the competing schools |
On the drums |
On a book |
N/A | N/A |
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Glee club has a weird fad |
Using anti-drowsy drugs |
Imagining Beiste to cool down |
Playing dodgeball while singing. And the lead singer is the last to be hit. | N/A |
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The first mash-up performed uses a Bon Jovi song while wearing leather jackets, and is the first song sung |
Boys with It's My Life/ Confessions Part II |
Girls with Start Me Up/ Livin' On a Prayer |
N/A | N/A |
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New Directions does something that causes a trouble between Will and a woman |
The Glee kids get anti-drowsy drugs from Terri, which leads to her being fired |
The Glee kids imagine Beiste to cool down, which almost leads to her resigning |
N/A | N/A |
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Puck and math classes |
Puck mentions having not attended a math class the past 2 years |
Puck and Artie discuss tutoring for geometry because Puck is failing |
Shelby is Puck's substitute teacher for Geometry | N/A |
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Scene done in the football locker room between teachers |
Ken & Emma |
Beiste & Will |
N/A | N/A |
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Another teacher is present for the mashup competition |
Emma |
Beiste |
Shelby | N/A |
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A student bullies others to hide their own closeted homosexuality, which someone finds out about |
N/A |
Karofsky bullies Kurt and then kisses him, revealing his own closeted homosexuality |
Santana bullies Finn and Rory, then gets outed by Finn | N/A |
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An upset student runs out of an office with only adults present |
N/A |
Puck runs out of Figgins' office because he's angry about having to do community service |
Santana runs out of Sue's office sobbing after she finds out that she's going to be outed on television | N/A |
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Kurt refuses to be bullied |
N/A |
Blaine tells Kurt to refuse to be the victim, and he stands up to Karofsky |
Kurt stands up for Rory, and states in his campaign for class president that he refuses to let anyone be bullied | N/A |
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Kurt wants to be part of the girl's team in the Mash Up competition, but Will won't let him. |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A | N/A |
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Mercedes, Santana, and Brittany earn solos in an all-girl mash-up number |
N/A | N/A | ||
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An all-girl mash-up performance is sung in a certain color dress, with Mercedes singing 1 of the 2 main leads |
Halo/Walking on Sunshine, dressed in yellow |
N/A |
Rumour Has It/Someone Like You, dressed in black | N/A |
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Someone says "It's not personal" |
N/A |
Sam about picturing Coach Beiste to "cool off" |
Sue on TV and to Kurt about her smear tactics | N/A |
Throwdown - The Substitute - I Kissed a Girl - Dynamic Duets
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Parallel | ||||
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Sue tries to turn the Glee club against Will |
Dividing the kids by minority |
Giving Holly Will’s job |
N/A |
N/A |
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Finn and Gwyneth Paltrow |
Finn mentions Gwyneth Paltrow |
Finn dances with Holly Holiday, who is portrayed by Gwyneth Paltrow |
N/A |
Finn mentions The Avengers, in which Gwyneth Paltrow starred. |
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Glee club has a new director/co-director |
Sue |
Holly |
Shelby (to help out with the lesson) |
Finn |
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Will starts the episode feeling bad |
Feeling crazy |
Feeling sick |
N/A |
N/A |
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The glee club performs a fun Top 40 number | ||||
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The glee club performs a big number at the end in the auditorium |
N/A | |||
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The co-director tries to understand what the kids really want to sing, and recognises that Will always chooses music he likes |
Sue |
Holly |
N/A |
N/A |
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A McKinley High teacher has a romance with a guest star |
N/A |
Will and Holly |
Beiste and Cooter |
N/A |
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A woman seduces a guy who is at risk of getting her sick/pregnant but she says "I don't care" |
N/A |
Terri to Will |
Quinn to Puck |
N/A |
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Teacher singing with student |
N/A |
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Constant Craving -Shelby with Kurt & Santana |
N/A |
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A number is performed in order to show some support for a Glee Club member. |
Quinn |
N/A |
Santana |
Blaine |
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Mr. Schue is substituted |
N/A |
By Holly Holiday |
N/A |
By Finn Hudson |
| There is a number performed by females consisting of two or more people | N/A | Holly and Rachel sing Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag | The New Directions' Girls sing I Kissed A Girl | Marley and Kitty sing Holding Out For A Hero |
Mash-Up - Furt - Hold On To Sixteen - Thanksgiving
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A competition takes place |
N/A |
N/A |
Sectionals |
Sectionals |
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Plot involves a wedding |
Emma & Ken |
Burt & Carole/Rod Remington & Andrea Carmichael |
N/A |
N/A |
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Plans for Hawaii that never happened |
Emma and Ken's wedding |
Burt and Carole's honeymoon |
N/A |
N/A |
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Dance tutorials |
Will teaches Emma |
Kurt teaches Finn and Burt |
Will teaches ND Boys |
Mike teaches the boys during rehearsals and Jake shows Ryder a dance move. |
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"Puckleberry" happens/is mentioned |
Rachel and Puck hook-up |
Finn mentions "Puckleberry." |
N/A |
N/A |
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Karofsky's first one |
Dave Karofsky's first appearance |
Paul Karofsky's first appearance |
N/A |
N/A |
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Bullying to the Glee kids |
The Glee Kids are slushied by bullies |
Tina mentions that everyone on Glee has been bullied, but what Karosky is doing to Kurt is much, more severe |
N/A |
N/A |
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Rachel's boyfriend sings a love song |
Puck sings Sweet Caroline |
Finn sings Just the Way You Are. |
N/A |
N/A |
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Someone returns |
N/A | |||
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There is a fight involving at least one member of the new directions |
Finn and Azimo |
Sam and Dave |
Blaine and Sam |
Quinn and Santana (former members) |
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A teacher separates a student fight |
Ken separates Finn & Azimio |
Shannon separates Sam & Dave |
Will separates Blaine & Sam |
N/A |
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Someone quits/leaves the club. |
Finn |
Kurt |
N/A |
N/A |
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Finn joins forces with a gay guy who once made him uncomfortable/jealous |
N/A |
Kurt |
Blaine |
N/A |
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Member/s rejoined at the end of the episode. |
Finn |
N/A |
Brittany, Mercedes and Santana |
N/A |
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Quinn and revelation of a secret. |
Sue discovered that she is pregnant. |
N/A |
She planned to reveal Puck and Shelby's 'relationship'. |
She reveals to Santana that she is dating a 35-year old married Yale professor. |
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Puckleberry and/or bathroom. |
Puckleberry bathroom scene |
Mention of Puckleberry. |
Rachel sang the part of We Are Young about a friend being in a bathroom to Puck. |
N/A |
|
The episode starts with Quinn walking |
N/A |
N/A |
Walking to talk to Rachel |
Walking at the auditorium |
Wheels - Special Education - Extraordinary Merry Christmas - Swan Song
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Parallel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Kurt and Rachel sing a song from a musical, and in all cases but one, Kurt and Rachel sang each song separately, but the performances were mashed-up |
Kurt & Rachel both sing Defying Gravity from Wicked |
Kurt & Rachel both sing Don't Cry for Me Argentina, from Evita |
N/A |
N/A |
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Mentions of disabilities |
The episode focuses on Artie's physical disability and introduces two characters with mental disabilities, Becky Jackson and Jean Sylvester |
Episode title refers to students with disabilities |
Artie's physical disability |
N/A |
|
Interaction between Tina and Artie |
Tina and Artie begin dating |
Tina tells Artie that she thinks Mike and Brittany are cheating on them with each other |
N/A |
They run into each other in the lockers when Artie has joined the band & Tina the Cheerios |
|
Finn fights with his girlfriend |
Quinn |
Rachel |
Rachel | N/A |
|
Puck gets involved with Finn's problems |
Quinn |
Rachel |
N/A | N/A |
|
Rachel fights for a solo |
A solo at sectionals | N/A | ||
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Artie gets angry at his girlfriend |
Tina, for faking the stutter |
Brittany, for supposedly cheating on him |
N/A | N/A |
|
Lauren's first one |
Lauren's first appearance |
Lauren's first dance performance |
N/A | N/A |
|
Kurt auditions for a solo with a song from a musical, but doesn't succeed |
Defying Gravity, from "Wicked" |
Don't Cry for Me Argentina, from "Evita" |
N/A | N/A |
|
Puck saves the day |
Earned the money for their bus in sectionals |
Recruited Lauren as their 12th member for sectionals |
N/A | N/A |
|
Puck and an illegal substance |
Bought 'Chronic Lady' and used it as an ingredient in the cupcakes |
He told Rachel that he uses steroids |
N/A | N/A |
|
Admittance of missing someone |
N/A |
Kurt misses the New Directions and vice-versa |
Sam and Rory missing their family | Artie says he misses Sugar |
|
Puckleberry kiss. |
N/A |
Puck & Rachel made out |
Rachel kissed Puck on the cheek during the special | N/A |
|
Kurt has a solo from a musical |
Defying Gravity from Wicked |
Don't Cry for Me Argentina from Evita |
My Favorite Things from The Sound of Music |
Being Alive from Company |
|
Rachel faces a competition |
Defying Gravity Diva-Off |
Sectionals |
N/A |
Winter Showcase |
Ballad - A Very Glee Christmas - Yes/No - Glee, Actually
|
Parallel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Kurt admits he’s in love |
With Finn |
With Blaine |
N/A |
With Blaine |
|
Kurt helps the boy he likes |
Finn |
Blaine |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Will wants to keep his relationship with Rachel completely professional |
Rachel cleans Will's house and he drives her home |
Rachel invites Will to her house for Christmas Eve, and he politely declines |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Will is surprised to see someone at his house |
Rachel |
Sue & the Glee Club |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Finn makes a big decision about his relationship with Rachel |
N/A |
Officially breaks up with her |
Proposes to her |
N/A |
|
A male character tells his girlfriend's parents something about them |
Finn tells Quinn's parents that she is pregnant |
N/A |
Will tells Emma's parents that he wants to marry her |
N/A |
|
Finn's father's cause of death is discussed |
He was killed in battle (though later proven false) |
N/A |
He died of an overdose after being discharged from the military |
N/A |
|
An unlikely crush develops |
Rachel has a crush on Will |
N/A |
Becky has a crush on Artie |
N/A |
|
The final song is a New Directions number | ||||
|
Rachel sings a solo to someone |
Crush to Will |
Merry Christmas Darling to Finn |
|
N/A |
|
Rachel sings a solo to Finn |
N/A |
N/A | ||
|
It's a Christmas Themed Episode |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
There's a duet between Blaine and Kurt |
N/A |
N/A |
Hairography - The Sue Sylvester Shuffle - Michael - Sadie Hawkins
|
Parallel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
New Directions performs with another group | N/A | |||
|
A rival glee club of one gender does a Destiny Child's number |
Jane Addams Girls Choir (Bootylicious) |
Dalton Academy Warblers (Bills, Bills, Bills) |
N/A | N/A |
|
Mash-ups are performed |
N/A | N/A | ||
|
Wigs are involved |
N/A | Unique wears a wig | ||
|
Sue tries to destroy New Directions |
Trying to destroy Glee Club by demanding that Will give her the setlist |
Making Santana, Brittany & Quinn choose between Cheerios and New Directions |
N/A | N/A |
|
Quinn & Puck both play vital roles |
Quinn takes Puck babysitting to see if he would make a good father; Puck goes babysitting with Quinn |
Quinn is in conflict with whether she should choose the Cheerios or Glee club; Puck attempts to revive his friendship with Finn |
N/A | Puck attempts to helps his brother, Jake, out by keeping Kitty away from him. |
|
Finn & Quinn share a love scene in the hallway |
Quinn asks if they can be in love again |
Quinn asks Finn to kiss her to remind her why she loved him |
N/A | N/A |
|
Michael Jackson music is performed |
N/A |
MJ tribute episode | N/A | |
|
Someone is slushied for the first time |
N/A |
Artie |
Blaine | N/A |
|
A scene takes place in a parking garage |
Terri surprises Will with an old, beat-up version of the car he took her to prom with in a parking garage |
N/A |
Bad performance in a parking garage | N/A |
|
Neilson ratings for entire Series/Season at all time high or low |
6.1o million viewers, least watched of all time |
26.80 million viewers, most watched of all time |
9.07 million viewers, higher than most episodes in Season 3 and 2nd highest of the Season | N/A |
|
Member of ND is injured in some way |
N/A |
Tina |
Blaine | N/A |
|
Rachel sings a duet with a love interest |
Sings You're The One That I Want with her crush Finn |
Sings Need You Now with her ex Puck |
Sings I Just Can't Stop Loving You with her boyfriend Finn | N/A |
|
New Directions performs MJ wearing outfits from his music videos |
N/A |
Thriller/Heads Will Roll, dressed as Zombies from the Thriller Video |
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', wearing many classic MJ outifts | N/A |
|
The Warblers appear on the episode |
N/A |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Tina has a solo | True Colors | N/A | N/A | I Don't Know How To Love Him |
| Lauren talks about scholarships | N/A | Yes | N/A | Yes (Harvard) |
Mattress - Silly Love Songs - The Spanish Teacher - Naked
|
Parallel | Naked | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Public Performance |
N/A | N/A | ||
|
Mention of possible disqualification |
New Directions |
Dalton Academy Warblers |
N/A | Dalton Academy Warblers get disqualified |
|
Pajamas |
Jump performance |
Rachel, Kurt and Mercedes have a sleepover |
Another sleepover between Rachel, Kurt and Mercedes | Rachel during Torn |
|
Quinn tries to reclaim her past |
She tries to get into the Cheerios yearbook photo |
She gets back together with Finn |
N/A | N/A |
|
Finn leaves Rachel hanging |
He doesn't show up for yearbook photos |
He doesn't react when they kiss |
N/A | N/A |
|
Talks of a hypothetical gay marriage involving Blaine |
N/A |
Blaine says that if he and Jeremiah got married, the Gap would give him a 50% discount |
Rachel asks Kurt what he would do if Blaine proposed to him |
N/A |
|
Rachel singing with her hairbrush |
N/A |
N/A |
Sectionals - Comeback - Heart - Diva
|
Parallel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Someone breaks up with Quinn |
Finn |
Sam |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Sue attacks but is unsuccessful |
She tries to destroy Glee club by giving out their setlist to the competition |
She tries to destroy Mercedes & Rachel's friendship |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Rachel has a diva off / sing off with someone |
She and Mercedes both want the solo at Sectionals |
She and Mercedes sing Take Me or Leave Me |
N/A |
She and Kurt sing Bring Him Home at NYADA |
|
A lie comes back to bite concerning Quinn |
Finn finds out that Puck is the real father of Beth |
Sam finds out that Quinn was cheating on him with Finn |
N/A |
N/A |
|
An epic New Directions number is led by Finn and Rachel |
N/A |
N/A | ||
|
A long awaited kiss from a couple occurs |
N/A |
N/A | ||
|
A singing group is formed which consists of 4 people; They sing 2 songs in their debut episode. |
N/A |
N/A | ||
|
Cheating gets revealed. |
Finn finds out Puck's the father of Quinn's baby. |
Sam finds out Quinn cheated on him, by kissing Finn. |
Mercedes tells Shane she cheated on him, by kissing Sam. |
N/A |
|
Someone in the Glee Club is commented on for their mouth by a brunette of the opposite gender |
Rachel, about how she can't keep a secret, by Artie |
Sam, about how large his mouth is, by Santana |
N/A |
N/A |
|
In this episode, someone sings a song with the word "LOVE" in the song or in the song title. |
N/A |
The Justin Bieber Experience, with Somebody To Love |
Tike (L-O-V-E), Artie (Let Me Love You), Mercedes (I Will Always Love You) and New Directions (Love Shack) | N/A |
|
Santana have troubles with her relationship with Brittany |
N/A |
N/A |
Mr. Figgins won't allow them to kiss on McKinley High School. |
She received a call from Tina saying Brittany and Sam are dating. |
|
Sam and Santana interacts in this episode. |
N/A |
They start dating. |
He and the other members of The God Squad sing to Brittany and Santana in Valentine's Day party. |
They sing Make No Mistake, She's Mine. |
Hell-O - Blame It on the Alcohol - On My Way - I Do
|
Parallel | I Do | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Rachel kisses and goes after a boy from another school's show choir |
Jesse |
Blaine |
N/A | N/A |
|
A kiss with Will occurs at his home |
Emma and Shelby |
Beiste |
N/A | N/A |
|
Will does something he regrets |
Making out with Shelby |
Drunk-dialing Sue |
Contemplated suicide | Leaving Emma with all the planning for the wedding and dismissing her stress. |
|
Rachel's first |
Rachel's mom makes her first appearance |
Rachel's first time having a party & alcohol |
Rachel's first wedding | Rachel's first pregnancy scare |
|
A conversation with Rachel and a guy occurs by a piano |
Jesse |
Puck |
N/A | N/A |
|
Quinn and Puck discuss her body |
Puck calls her fat |
Quinn misses her abs |
N/A | N/A |
|
Rachel has a duet with a boy of another school |
With Jesse, Hello |
With Blaine, Don't You Want Me |
N/A | N/A |
|
A Glee club member has a date with an LGBT person. |
Finn, with Brittany and Santana. |
Rachel, with Blaine. |
N/A | Tina, with Blaine (At the wedding) |
|
Rachel sings a solo to Finn with lyrics about "giving hell" |
N/A | N/A | ||
|
There is mention of car accidents |
N/A |
Figgins talks about showing the students a 'grisly slideshow'. |
Quinn is hit by a truck while texting Rachel | N/A |
|
Rachel gives Finn hell |
Literally by Singing Gives You Hell |
Hangs all over him while drunk |
Makes him angry about the nude photo of him Sebastian made | Mentions her and Brody moving in together |
|
A wedding is supposed to take place in the episode, but doesn't. |
N/A |
N/A |
Rachel and Finn wedding (Because of Quinn's accident) |
Will and Emma wedding (Because Emma bails) |
|
Teenagers drinking alcohol |
N/A |
New Directions and Blaine |
N/A |
Quinn and Santana |
|
A girl goes after Blaine, with Kurt telling them that they are a "hag" for liking him |
N/A |
Rachel goes after Blaine, while Kurt tells Rachel that what she goes through is experienced "by many-a-hag about many-a-gay." |
N/A |
Tina gets jealous of Kurt because she still likes Blaine, but then he calls her a "hag" |
The Power of Madonna - Sexy - Big Brother - Girls (and Boys) on Film
|
Parallel | Girls (and Boys) on Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Emma reconsiders having sex |
Positively |
Negatively |
N/A | N/A |
|
Rachel doesn't want to have sex |
She decides she's not ready to lose her virginity |
She reaffirms her choice to stay a virgin |
N/A | N/A |
|
Will makes out with someone |
Emma |
Holly |
N/A | N/A |
|
Artie gets the girl |
Tina |
Brittany |
Quinn (As a good friend) | N/A |
|
A provocative dance number is performed |
N/A | N/A | ||
|
The episode features the topic of sex or virginity |
Emma, Rachel and Finn plan on losing their virginity |
Holly teaches Sex Ed |
N/A |
Rachel's pregnancy scare |
|
Someone is mistaken to be a relative of the Glee Club |
Jesse, as Will's son |
N/A |
Cooper, as Kurt's brother | N/A |
|
Emma sings a solo in a song |
N/A | You're All the World to Me | ||
|
Santana's first |
Santana sings for the first time |
Santana admits her feelings for Brittany for the first time |
N/A | Santana has the first real week in New York |
|
A guest mentors the Glee club, is wearing all black clothes and sits backwards in a chair in front of the class |
N/A |
Holly |
Cooper | N/A |
|
An adult performs a number with member(s) from the Glee Club |
Vogue, by Sue with Kurt and Mercedes |
Landslide, by Holly with Santana and Brittany |
Hungry Like The Wolf/Rio, by Cooper with Blaine | In Your Eyes, by Will with New Directions |
|
Sue calls a group of students "Sloppy Babies" |
The Cheerios |
N/A |
The New Directions | N/A |
|
A difficult relationship between Blaine and a relative is implied. |
N/A |
With his father. |
With his brother. | N/A |
|
Blaine says "I've TRIED talking to him!" after having bad communication with someone | N/A |
Kurt about sex |
Cooper about he doesn't giving attention to Blaine |
N/A |
| Somebody tells to Santana about being pregnant | N/A | Brittany | N/A | Rachel |
| New Directions Girls performs a Madonna's song | Express Yourself | N/A | N/A |
Material Girl as the Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend/Material Girl mash-up |
Home - Original Song - Saturday Night Glee-ver - Feud
|
Parallel | Feud | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Kurt sings a duet with a boy he likes which impacts their relationship |
Finn (A House Is Not a Home) |
Blaine (Candles) |
N/A | N/A |
|
Mercedes sings a solo about self-confidence | N/A | |||
|
A song is sung about a 2nd chance to make things right |
N/A | N/A | ||
|
Someone dies of a stroke |
April's wealthy boyfriend |
Pavarotti |
N/A | N/A |
|
Sue does something that puts a Show Choir in a tough situation |
Takes auditorium so that they can't practice for Regionals |
Fakes a cease and desist letter from MCR so they have no set list for Regionals |
Convinced Kurt and Mercedes to make Wade go onstage as Unique to jeopardize VA from winning Regionals | N/A |
|
Kurt's feelings are reciprocated |
Finn becomes his friend despite knowledge of the crush |
Blaine admits to liking Kurt and kisses him |
N/A | N/A |
|
A Regionals competition takes place |
N/A |
New Directions |
Vocal Adrenaline | N/A |
|
The episode starts with a song lead by Blaine |
N/A | N/A | ||
| Blaine sings a duet with someone | N/A | Candles with Kurt | N/A | I Still Believe/Super Bass with Sue |
Bad Reputation - A Night of Neglect - Dance with Somebody - Guilty Pleasures
|
Parallel | Guilty Pleasures | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
New Directions sings overlooked songs |
They sing songs with a bad reputation |
They sing songs that are under-appreciated |
N/A | Songs/Artists that they are embarrassed to like |
|
Someone gets heckled |
Sue |
New Directions |
N/A | N/A |
|
Sue conspires with someone to take down Will |
Emma |
The League of Doom |
N/A | N/A |
|
Members of New Directions feel less important than the rest of the group |
Mercedes, Kurt, Artie, Tina, and Brittany |
Mercedes |
Quinn | N/A |
|
Sandy appears |
The League of Doom and a heckler at the benefit |
N/A | N/A | |
|
Emma's relationship with someone is officially ended |
With Will |
With Carl |
N/A | N/A |
|
Someone officially ends her relationship with Will |
Emma |
Holly |
N/A | N/A |
|
Sue vs. New Directions |
New Directions tries to embarrass Sue by posting a video on YouTube |
Sue gets people to heckle them at their benefit. |
N/A | N/A |
|
Puck does Rachel a favor |
He helped Rachel in her Bad Reputaion Assignment |
He searched for poodles upon Rachel's orders. |
N/A | N/A |
|
"I transferred schools to be with you" is said by a New Directions boy to his diva during a fight |
Jesse to Rachel |
N/A |
Blaine to Kurt | N/A |
|
A member of New Directions sings a song in the choir room to apologize to their boyfriend |
Rachel sings Total Eclipse of the Heart to Jesse |
N/A |
Kurt sings I Have Nothing to Blaine | N/A |
| Whitney Houston is mentioned. | N/A | N/A | Whitney Houston tribute | Artie informs Jake that Bobby Brown allegedly got Whitney Houston hooked on crack. |
Laryngitis - Born This Way - Choke - Shooting Star
|
Parallel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
A Sammy Davis Jr. song is performed |
N/A |
N/A | ||
|
Rachel sees a doctor with Finn, and discusses surgery with the doctor |
She has a sore throat and Finn takes her; she protests when the doctor wants to perform surgery on her throat |
She goes to the doctor to see if her nose is broken with Finn because he was the one who broke it; the doctor recommends plastic surgery for her nose, which although she is hesitant at first, he soon has her convinced that she should do it |
N/A |
N/A |
|
A couple is formed to help someone pretend to be straight |
Kurt and Brittany |
Santana and Dave |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Kurt sings a solo from a musical about returning |
Rose's Turn from Gypsy:A Musical Fable for returning to his true self |
As If We Never Said Goodbye from Sunset Boulevard for returning to McKinley |
Not the Boy Next Door from The Boy from Oz about returning as a different person |
N/A |
|
The club sings about how they feel about themselves |
N/A | |||
|
The plot has something to do with someones appearance |
Puck loses his Mohawk |
Rachel wants to have a nose job |
Coach Beiste's bruises from being hit by Cooter |
N/A |
|
Finn sings a solo |
N/A |
N/A | ||
|
The assignment involves performances about yourself |
Expressing yourself |
Accepting yourself |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Puck has a big part in the episode. |
He loses his mohawk and popularity so he pursues Mercedes, who is popular at the time |
Arranges the Barbara-vention to stop Rachel from getting a nose job |
Puck's father returns and he fails his geography test |
N/A |
|
Puck and one of his parents |
His mother shaved off his mohawk |
N/A |
Puck's father returns |
N/A |
|
Puck sings a duet from a musical |
Lady Is a Tramp from Babes in Arms |
N/A |
The Rain in Spain from My Fair Lady |
N/A |
|
Something happens to Rachel that she fears will affect her singing and/or Broadway career |
She has laryngitis |
Her nose is broken |
She chokes during her NYADA audition |
N/A |
|
A dark/controversial theme is present in the episode |
Sean Fretthold's paralysis |
Anti-gay bullying |
Domestic violence |
School shooting |
Dream On - Rumours - Prom-A-Saurus - Sweet Dreams
| Parallel | Dream On | Rumours | Prom-A-Saurus | Sweet Dreams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A former and very talented member of the glee club returns, who is conspired by Sue to take down Will | Bryan Ryan | April Rhodes | N/A | N/A |
| Will sings two duets with a guest star | With Bryan Ryan, they sing Piano Man and Dream On | With April Rhodes, they sing Dreams and I've Slept With You | N/A | N/A |
| Artie is afraid of what someone else can give his girlfriend that he can't | Mike for Tina | Santana for Brittany | N/A | N/A |
| A secret is found out about someone | Artie dreams of dancing | Sam's family has become poor | N/A | N/A |
| Will is accused of being a pedophile | By Bryan Ryan | By Brittany | N/A | N/A |
| A car is used for a secret meeting | Jesse & Shelby | Rachel & Finn | N/A | N/A |
| Someone wants to find the truth about something | Jesse and Rachel search for the truth about Rachel's mother | Finn and Rachel try to find out whether or not Quinn is actually cheating on Finn | Finn | Blaine confronts Becky about the gunshots, suspecting that she knows something about what really happened |
| A relationship begins to unravel | Jesse & Rachel | Finn & Quinn | N/A | N/A |
| Will gives up his dream of being in a musical for the glee club | Les Misérables | Crossrhodes | N/A | N/A |
| The episode title contains the word "dream" or "dreams," or features a song with the word "dream" or "dreams" in the title | Dream On, I Dreamed a Dream and Dream a Little Dream | Dreams | N/A | Sweet Dreams |
| Someone tries to walk | Artie | N/A | Quinn | N/A |
| Quinn sings in a duet | N/A | I Don't Want To Know | Take My Breath Away | N/A |
| Sue makes plans that don't go as she hoped | Persuading Bryan Ryan to give more money to athletics than to performing arts | Getting Will to move to NYC | Preventing the punch from being spiked | N/A |
| A scene takes place in a hotel room | N/A | The motel room where the Evans family lives | The anti-prom | N/A |
| Sue mixes homemade drinks for someone | N/A | Cocktails, for April and Terri | Punch, for the prom | N/A |
| Alcoholic beverages are consumed | Will and Bryan get drinks in a bar | Sue, April and Terri drink Sue's homemade cocktails | Puck and the others drink beer at the anti-prom | The students in the college party drink alcohol. |
| Becky becomes enraged and knocks over xylophones | N/A | N/A | "Declares a war" on xylophones after losing the nomination for prom queen | Knocks over a xylophone when Blaine asks her if she knows anything about the gunshots |
| Rachel dresses up as Fanny Brice | N/A | N/A | In the auditorium while she is mourning the fact that she choked at her NYADA audition | While practicing the role of Fanny Brice before her Funny Girl audition |
Theatricality - Prom Queen - Props - Lights Out
| Parallel | Theatricality | Prom Queen | Props | Lights Out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Burt-Kurt-Finn scene | Burt kicks Finn out of the Hummel house after he insults Kurt | Kurt shows off his Prom outfit to Burt and Finn | N/A | N/A |
| Someone sneaks into an auditorium during a performance | Rachel during Shelby's Funny Girl | Jesse during Rachel's Rolling in the Deep | Beiste during Puck's Mean | N/A |
| Rachel sings a popular Top 40s number as a duet with someone from her past around the piano in the auditorium. The song is sung in the Key of B and sounds drastically different from the original version | Poker Face | Rolling in the Deep | N/A | N/A |
| Rachel talks to someone from her past in the auditorium | Shelby | Jesse | N/A | N/A |
|
Someone makes their outfit | New Directions members | Kurt | Tina and the underclassmen | N/A |
| The guys (excluding Kurt) serenade a New Directions girl | Quinn with Beth | Brittany with Isn't She Lovely | N/A | N/A |
| Someone tells Kurt that he shouldn't try to make such a big spectacle of himself | Finn | Burt and Blaine | N/A | N/A |
| Kurt and Karofsky have a scene in the hallway | Karofsky starts bullying Kurt | Karofsky tearfully apologizes to Kurt | N/A | N/A |
| Some people get in a fight | Finn with Burt | Finn with Jesse | Puck with Rick The Stick | N/A |
|
Finn gets kicked out of something because of a fight | Hummel house | Prom Venue | N/A | N/A |
| New Directions dresses up | Theatricality Outfits | Prom Dresses and Prom Suits | As each other | N/A |
| Homemade outfits | Gaga costumes | Kurt's kilt | New Directions' costumes for Nationals | N/A |
| Kurt cries in front of a guy he likes | Finn | Blaine | N/A | N/A |
| Kurt is bullied | By Karofsky | By anonymous | N/A | N/A |
| Karofsky's last appearance for the season | Not seen again till Britney/Brittany in S2 | Last seen at WMHS. Next seen in The First Time in S3 | N/A | N/A |
| Someone gets hurt/injured | Kurt gets pushed against a locker | Quinn slaps Rachel | Tina slips and hits her head. | N/A |
| Finn dresses flamboyantly | Lady gaga shower curtain outfit | N/A | as Kurt | N/A |
| Somebody asks to sing a duet with someone | Rachel asks Shelby with Poker Face | N/A | Tina asks Rachel with Flashdance... What A Feeling | N/A |
| The New Directions members outside of their regular outfits. | In Lady Gaga and Kiss costumes | Prom gowns and tuxes | Dressed as other characters | N/A |
| Tina is grossed out by Finn | Complains that she "pictured him licking stuff" in Shout It Out Loud | N/A | That Kurt (as Finn) wanted to have sex with her in her dream | N/A |
| Sue says that someone is rolling over its grave | N/A | John McCain | Jennifer Beals | N/A |
Funk - Funeral - Nationals - Wonder-ful
| Parallel | Funk | Funeral | Nationals | Wonder-ful |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The episodes names both start with "Fun" at the beginning of the word, however both have a depressing theme that has something to do with sadness | Funk | Funeral | N/A | N/A |
| Something that definitely ends a relationship happens in a parking lot | Jesse eggs Rachel | Finn breaks up with Quinn | N/A | N/A |
| Quinn tries to prove she feels something | About her life and her pregnancy | About her relationship with Finn | N/A | N/A |
| New Directions is against Jesse St. James | Because he, along with the rest of Vocal Adrenaline TP-ed their choir room, putting them in a funk and him egging Rachel | Rigging the auditions for Nationals soloist and giving hurtful critique | At Nationals competition, since Jesse is the new coach of Vocal Adrenaline | N/A |
| Terri as a manager | Terri talks about being a manager | Terri gets to be a manager | N/A | N/A |
| Jesse messages Rachel to meet him for something important | Egging her | Winning the auditions | N/A | N/A |
| Will and Sue "grow closer" in a way | Will seduces Sue | Will comforts Sue after the death of her sister | N/A | N/A |
| Will and Terri say goodbye | Their divorce is finalized | Terri announces she's moving to Miami | N/A | N/A |
| Terri admits that she still has feelings for Will despite the situation | After the divorce is finalized, she tells him she'll always think of him as the 15-year-old she fell in love with | Sue wants Terri to destroy Will and the Glee Club, but she saves them instead | N/A | N/A |
| New Directions perform a group number to a group of people | Give Up the Funk | Pure Imagination | Paradise By The Dashboard Light | N/A |
| The relationship status between Rachel and Jesse changes | They break up | They sort of get together | N/A | N/A |
| Quinn has a major role | She sings a solo and talks about her life | Finn breaks up with her | She joins the Troubletones and is able to dance again | N/A |
| Two people give a speech about someone they admire | N/A | Sue and Will about Jean | Finn and Rachel about Mr. Schue | N/A |
Journey - New York - Goodbye - All or Nothing
| Parallel | Journey | New York | Goodbye | All or Nothing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition between New Directions & Vocal Adrenaline | Regionals | Nationals | N/A | N/A |
| A Mash-up is sung by New Directions | Any Way You Want It/Lovin',Touchin', Squeezin' | I Love New York/ New York, New York | N/A | N/A |
| Rachel and Finn sing a duet | Faithfully | Pretending | Roots Before Branches | N/A |
| Rachel & Finn share moment of affection after their duet | Holding hands | Kiss | N/A | |
| New Directions loses the competition | Regionals | Nationals | N/A | N/A |
| The New Directions "Don't even place" | Finish 3rd of 3 at Regionals | Miss top 10 at Nationals | N/A | N/A |
| Mr. Schuester buys the group pizza | At his apartment for the set list nomination party | In New York while working on the songs | N/A | N/A |
| Rachel and Finn start dating at the end of the episode | Finn & Rachel appear to be dating at the end | Finn & Rachel get back together at the end | N/A | N/A |
| Artie and Tina harmonise together for at least a line | To Sir, With Love | Light Up The World | In My Life | N/A |
| Finn tells Rachel he loves her | Before the performane | Numerous times during the episode | He tells her in the car that he loves her forever. | N/A |
| Mr. Schuester performs a number | Over the Rainbow | Still Got Tonight | Forever Young | N/A |
| Surprising "I Love You" is said | Finn to Rachel, Puck to Quinn | Blaine to Kurt & Kurt to Blaine | Quinn to Puck | Brittany to Sam & Sam to Blaine |
| Rachel and Finn have a confrontation before their duet | Faithfully | Pretending | Roots Before Branches | N/A |
| A scene about Quinn and love involving Puck | "Did you love me?" "Yes, especially now." | N/A | Quinn tells Puck that she loves him and they kiss. | N/A |
| Finn and Rachel surprising kiss | Rachel kisses Finn on the stairwell | The kiss at the end of Pretending | N/A | N/A |
| New Directions face and overcome tough news right before the competition | Sue being a judge | Will going to Broadway | N/A | |
| The title implies travel | Journey | New York | Goodbye | N/A |
| Both episodes have special guest stars and a special appearance | Josh Groban, Jonathan Groff, Idina Menzel, Olivia Newton-John | Jonathan Groff, Cheyenne Jackson, Patti LuPone | Gloria Estefan, James Lipton | |
| This episode marks the last appearance in the season of a male member of New Directions who joined in the 4th episode. | Matt Rutherford | Sam Evans | Rory Flanagan | |
| Finn and Rachel share a kiss in the school | A kiss in the stairwell | A kiss in the library | A kiss in the auditorium, during the graduation ceremony | N/A |
| An outstanding performance from Vocal Adrenaline | Bohemian Rhapsody | As Long as You're There | N/A | N/A |
| There is an unexpected twist at the end | Sue gives New Directions a chance | Sam and Mercedes holds hands | Finn and Rachel break up. | Will and Emma have a wedding |
| Last appearance of a couple. The couple is seen holding hands at the end of the episode, then breaks up over the summer | Tina and Artie | Sam and Mercedes | N/A | N/A |
| There is a change in Rachel's and Finn's relationship status. | They get together. | They get together again. | They break up. | N/A |
| Puck sings a duet. | Over the Rainbow with Mr. Schue. | N/A | Glory Days with Finn. | N/A |
| Someone wears a sailor-type outfit | Kurt | N/A | Sugar | N/A |
| My Cup is performed | N/A | In the hotel room for the first time | N/A | Mentioned by Brittany, then performed briefly, with Artie joining in |
Competition Episodes
Sectionals
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Parallel | ||||
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New Directions wins and advances to Regionals |
Beating Jane Addams Academy and Haverbrook School for the Deaf |
Beating The Hipsters and tying with the Dalton Academy Warblers |
Beating The Unitards and The Troubletones | N/A |
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New Directions use a substitute for a twelfth member |
Jacob for Finn, but Finn returns just in time and replaces Jacob |
Lauren for Kurt, but Lauren becomes a regular member |
Sam, Bassist and Drummer for Mercedes, Santana, Brittany and Rachel |
N/A |
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Finn breaks up with his current girlfriend |
Quinn |
Rachel |
N/A |
N/A |
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New Directions compete against a group of 1 gender |
They compete against Jane Addams Academy |
They compete against the Dalton Academy Warblers |
They compete against the Troubletones |
They compete against the Dalton Academy Warblers |
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Emma & Will are standing outside the bus before New Directions leave |
Will is disappointed because he can't go with the kids to the Sectionals, Rachel sticks her head out the window and sadly watches him as he walks away |
Emma approaches Will outside the bus before they leave for Sectionals, she tells him that she won't be able to go with them. This makes Will sad, Rachel sticks her head out the door and tells him to come on the bus |
N/A |
N/A |
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There is a major problem and nobody expects to win, yet they do |
Their set list is stolen |
Everybody hates each other and don't want to perform with a specific person |
There are only two girls in the group and Rachel isn't allowed to compete |
Marley faints at the end of Gangnam Style |
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The episode ends with a non-competition number performed by New Directions, which shows a scene related with Emma's current relationship |
During My Life Would Suck Without You, Will is running for Emma, and kisses her |
During Dog Days Are Over, Carl & Emma are in her office celebrating their marriage |
N/A |
N/A |
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The New Directions' number starts with someone singing while the performer comes down by the stairs |
Rachel sings Don't Rain On My Parade |
Quinn & Sam sing(I've Had) The Time of My Life |
N/A |
N/A |
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A New Directions girl sings lead in one of the songs in the competition |
Rachel sings Don't Rain On My Parade |
Santana sings Valerie |
Tina sings ABC |
Tina sings Gangnam Style |
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Rachel gave up her solo |
She has given the solo for sectionals to Mercedes |
She declines Will's offer to sing lead on their celebratory song, giving the honor to Tina and Mercedes |
N/A |
N/A |
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New Directions hide a secret from Rachel |
Puck is the father of Quinn's baby |
Finn had sex with Santana |
N/A |
N/A |
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Something happened in the episode before Sectionals that will cause someone unable to attend/perform in Sectionals |
Will got disqualified because of the mattress incident (Mattress) |
Kurt transferred because of bullying (Furt) |
Rachel got banned for stuffing the ballot boxes in the school election (I Kissed a Girl) |
Will won't be able to couch New Directions since he went for a sabatical (Dynamic Duets) |
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One of the original 6 members is unable to participate (with ND) in Sectionals or threatens to quit |
Finn quits |
Kurt is at Dalton |
Rachel is suspended |
N/A |
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A song from Evita is sung in the episode |
N/A |
N/A | ||
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Sectionals episode is followed by the Christmas episode |
N/A |
N/A | ||
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A celebratory song is sung after the competition |
N/A | |||
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Emma with the students in the audience |
N/A |
N/A | ||
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Mike and Tina having problems with their relationship |
N/A |
Tina thinks that Mike is cheating |
Mike being mad at Tina for interfering with his family problem |
N/A |
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Rachel holds hands with another girl in a group song after the competition |
N/A |
Quinn in The Dog Days are Over |
Santana in We Are Young |
N/A |
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The setlist doesn't call for Rachel having a solo |
Rachel gives her solo to Mercedes |
Will doesn't give her a solo after Emma suggests that he spread the solos around |
Rachel is suspended and can't perform at Sectionals overall |
Rachel has graduated |
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Mercedes only performs in 1 song at Sectionals, in which she gets a lead |
N/A |
N/A |
- At some point in the episode, New Directions are at least one member short of the twelve-member requirement, but the place(s) are filled just before Sectionals.
Regionals
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Parallel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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A "Break a leg" is said |
Rachel to Finn |
Finn to Rachel |
N/A |
N/A |
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Kurt is on the losing team |
New Directions |
Dalton Academy Warblers |
N/A |
N/A |
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Sue is present at regionals |
As a judge |
As a coach |
In the audience |
N/A |
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Aural Intensity prepares a number to appeal to the judges |
Magic/You Raise Me Up, to Josh Groban and Olivia Newton-John |
Jesus Is My Friend, to Sister Mary Constance & Tammy Jean Albertson |
N/A |
N/A |
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A couple forms and sings a duet |
Rachel & Finn sing Faithfully |
Kurt & Blaine sing Candles |
N/A |
N/A |
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During the group number Rachel & Artie sing a line front and center on the stage |
N/A |
N/A | ||
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New Directions competes with Aural Intensity |
Came in second. |
Came in third. |
N/A |
N/A |
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There is a Rachel/Artie moment in the final song number of New Directions |
N/A |
N/A | ||
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New Directions perform in black and gold |
Boys: All black with gold tie Girls: Gold/Black design with black lining |
N/A |
'Boys: All black with gold accessories Girls: All black with gold lining |
N/A |
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New Directions has a theme to their songs |
Journey Medley |
Original Songs |
Songs to Inspire |
N/A |
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The Warblers are featured with 2 songs, led by a specific member |
N/A |
Candles & Raise Your Glass Led by Blaine |
Stand & Glad You Came Led by Sebastian |
N/A |
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Rachel performs a solo, in which her inspiration is Finn |
N/A |
N/A | ||
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New Directions sits around the auditorium stage discussing their lives |
before Glee club and how it changed them. |
N/A |
after high school and future dreams. |
N/A |
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A scene with Rachel and Quinn seen in the promo is cut from the episode |
N/A |
Quinn resting her head on Rachel's shoulder |
Quinn trying to talk Rachel out of marrying Finn |
N/A |
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Kurt and Blaine are seen holding hands after the competition |
N/A |
After burying Pavarotti |
In the hallway when Quinn is shown back in her Cheerios uniform |
N/A |
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Someone outrageously announces the results |
Sue sarcastically calls Aural Intensity"Not-at-all-stupidly-named" when she announces them as 2nd Place |
The Lieutenant Governor's wife drunkenly announces New Directions' win |
The vampire-dressed judge announces the results in an evil, vampire-like voice |
N/A |
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At least one of Rachel's parents is in the episode |
N/A |
N/A | ||
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Regionals requires at least 1 song of a certain genre |
N/A |
Anthems |
Inspirational Songs |
Dreams |
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A Brittana moment as the winners are being announced |
Brittany and Santana holding hands |
N/A |
Brittany standing behind Santana holding her hand |
N/A |
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At least one original song is sung |
N/A |
N/A | ||
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Three songs are sung |
Faithfully, Any Way You Want It/Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' and Don't Stop Believin' (Regionals Version) |
N/A |
Fly/I Believe I Can Fly, What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) and Here's to Us | |
|
Artie has a solo in at least one of the songs |
Any Way You Want It/Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' and Don't Stop Believin' (Regionals Version) |
N/A |
Nationals
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Parallel |
TBA | ||
|---|---|---|---|
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Nationals is held in a popular city |
New York |
Chicago |
Los Angeles |
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Several special guest stars appear |
Patti Lupone, Cheyenne Jackson |
Lindsay Lohan, Perez Hilton, Rex Lee |
N/A |
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A New Direction member(s) cheer up a Vocal Adrenaline member because they got nervous before performing |
Rachel cheers up Sunshine |
Kurt and Mercedes cheer up Wade/Unique |
N/A |
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Santana mentions that she would go "all Lima Heights" out of anger |
When she loses it after the competition, since Rachel and Finn kissed, losing it for them |
During rehearsals before competition in order to boost everyone's confidence levels |
N/A |
Christmas Episodes
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Parallel | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Kurt and Blaine have a duet | |||
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Rachel sings a solo in the auditorium around blue Christmas trees and fake snow falling |
N/A | ||
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References to other Christmas shows/specials |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
The Star Wars Holiday Special, The Judy Garland Christmas Special and A Charlie Brown Christmas |
Love, Actually/It's a Wonderful Life |
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A Christmas album is produced, containing songs from the episode | |||
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Artie's Re-Walk is mentioned |
Artie gets the Re-Walk |
It is revealed the Re-Walk broke the day after Artie received it | N/A |
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The tile card is altered |
The background is green |
A Santa hat sits upon the final "e" in "Glee" |
The title is wrapped in Christmas lights |
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One song from the episode isn't on the Christmas album | N/A | ||
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Puck sings a Duet with a 'bro' |
N/A |
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town with his best bro Finn |
Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah with his half-brother Jake |
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There's a big Christmas Event |
N/A |
The T.V. Christmas Special |
The Christmas Concert |
| Someone pays Kurt a surprise visit. | Will visits him at Dalton | N/A | Burt and Blaine visit him at New York |
| Part of the episode is in black 'n white | N/A | Christmas Special for the T.V. | Artie's dream fantasy |
| Coach Beiste helps Brittany believe something that isn't true | Dresses up as Santa Claus to make her believe in him | N/A | Pretends to marry her and Sam before the "apocalypse" |
| Someone's part in a studio version of a song was sang by someone else in the episode. | Quinn sang Kurt's parts in The Most Wonderful Day of the Year | N/A | Marley sings some of Brittany's parts in Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas |
| The New Directions perform the last number of the Christmas episode in some way to Sue Sylvester. | Welcome Christmas | Do They Know It's Christmas? | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas |
| Sue Sylvester goes from doing the wrong thing to doing the nicest thing. | Giving all the gifts back and decorating Will's apartment with the help of the New Directions | Running the food and entertainment at a homeless shelter. | Selling her 7000 year old "Bamboo" tree to raise money for Marley and her mom's financial struggles. |
Valentine's Day Episodes
|
Parallel | I Do | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Artie sings to the girl he likes who sits on his lap and says something to do with Artie's disability |
P.Y.T to Brittany who says: "That's my man and his legs don't work." |
Let Me Love You to Sugar who says: "Wheel me to class baby." | N/A |
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Mike performs with another member of New Directions while showing his affection for Tina | N/A | ||
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Someone is serenaded | Marley | ||
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Tina sings to Mike | N/A | ||
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An unreleased song | N/A | ||
|
Kurt makes an assumption about Blaine |
He assumes he is the one Blaine wants to sing to |
He assumes Blaine is sending him Valentine's Day cards | N/A |
|
Sam and cheating |
Quinn cheats on him |
Mercedes discusses her cheating with him | N/A |
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Kurt & Blaine are in the final performance which is held at Breadstix, and has the word "Love" in the title | N/A | ||
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Two songs are performed by a singing group other than New Directions | N/A | ||
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Someone confesses their feelings to someone else and gets turned down. |
Kurt confesses his feeling to Blaine and gets turned down. |
Dave confesses his feelings to Kurt and gets turned down. | N/A |
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A party at Breadstix at the end of the episode |
Lonely Hearts Club Dinner |
Sugar Shack | N/A |
Prom Episodes
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Parallel | ||
|---|---|---|
|
|
Kurt becomes Prom Queen |
Brittany is nominated for Prom King |
|
Santana runs for Prom Queen with her gay boy/girlfriend, who goes for King |
Dave Karofsky |
Brittany Pierce |
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"Prom" is the first word of the title | ||
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Santana sings a duet with a good, female friend |
|
|
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Artie and Sam perform a modern, popular song with other male(s) | ||
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Puck makes an attempt to spike the punch with alcohol, together with an ally |
(Artie gets busted by Sue) |
(Puck succeeds) |
|
In order to spike the punch with alcohol, he tries to distract Sue. |
He tries to seduce her. |
He tells Becky to distract her. |
|
Brittany and Tina sing back-up for a friend at Prom |
Blaine, I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You |
Santana, Love You Like a Love Song |
|
Rachel prepares a Prom number in the auditorium with the help of a male, entering from the doors |
Jesse, Rolling in the Deep |
Kurt and Blaine, Big Girls Don't Cry |
|
Finn gets annoyed by someone/gets in a fight, which get stopped by Sue. |
Finn gets annoyed after watching Jesse dancing/flirting with Rachel and gets in a fight with Jesse. |
Finn gets annoyed with Quinn after finding out she can walk, and then gets in a fight with her and Joe. |
|
A major episode for Samcedes. |
Their romance begins |
They are revealed to be a couple again after several months. |
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A non-candidate wins Prom Queen with write-in votes | ||
|
Rachel asks a guy who likes her "What are you doing here?" |
Jesse in the auditorium |
Finn in the hotel room |
|
Brittany talks about chickens |
Is confused about whether eggs contain baby chickens |
Says she got accepted to work at a chicken factory |
Other Things:
- Quinn and Santana run for Prom Queen.
- Quinn and Finn run for Prom King and Queen together.
Non-Episode Specific
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Parallel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Kurt drinks a Shirley Temple |
N/A | N/A | ||
|
Flash mob scene at the mall |
Safety Dance in (Dream On) |
N/A | N/A | |
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Finn stares at Quinn talking to her current boyfriend across the hallway and claims that he's not over her in voice-over |
Puck in Hell-O |
Sam in Silly Love Songs |
N/A | N/A |
|
Finn mentions Braveheart |
In Funk |
In Prom Queen |
N/A | N/A |
|
Talks of using humans as props |
In Throwdown, Quinn asks Mr. Schue "Do you expect us to just sway back here like props?" |
In Funeral, Jesse mentions that if a member of Vocal Adrenaline dies, their body is used as a prop |
In Props, Tina feels like she is just a "human prop" because she doesn't get enough solos | N/A |
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A diva of New Directions puts a picture of the boy he/she is in love with, in her/his locker after their first meeting. The boy was the lead singer in the Glee Club of another school, but he quits it and joins to New Directions because he wanted to get closer to the mentioned diva |
Rachel puts a picture of Jesse (Hell-O) up. He quits Vocal Adrenaline and joins to New Directions (The Power of Madonna) |
Kurt puts a picture of Blaine (Never Been Kissed) He quits Dalton Academy Warblers and joins New Directions (The Purple Piano Project) |
N/A | N/A |
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An older Blonde woman joins/directs New Directions, wins the kids over and becomes a bad influence, diverting the focus on invitations/sectionals, which causes problems for Will. She and Will become friends. She helps him with a number, returns in a later episode in the season and helps Will with a problem. She has some kind of relationship with Will. |
April Rhodes causes the kids to shop lift, drink, look at porn magazines etc., because of her drunken behavior; afterwards she helps Will with Last Name (The Rhodes Not Taken). She returns in a later episode and helps Will buying him the Auditorium (Home). She has a one-sided crush with Will. |
Holly Holliday causes Will to lose his job, but afterwards helps him with the Singin' In the Rain/Umbrella mash-up (The Substitute). She returns and helps Will teaching sex classes to New Directions (Sexy). She was in a relationship with Will from Sexy to A Night of Neglect |
N/A | N/A |
|
Near to the season finale, a song from the movie "Funny Girl" is performed |
Shelby sings Funny Girl in Theatricality (Originally, this episode was going to be aired after Funk) |
N/A | N/A | |
|
Kurt performs a number from "Gypsy: A Musical Fable" in the auditorium, wearing skull-print clothing. |
N/A | N/A | ||
|
Kurt does something that causes him to lose some of his innocence |
Gets drunk (The Rhodes Not Taken) and uses Pseudophedrine like a drug (Vitamin D) |
Gets kissed by a guy for the first time (Never Been Kissed) |
Loses his virginity (The First Time) | Has a one night stand with Blaine. (I Do ) |
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A coach makes the kids choose between the sport or Glee |
Ken Tanaka makes the football players choose between football and Glee (Mash-Up) |
Sue makes the Cheerios choose between cheering and Glee (The Sue Sylvester Shuffle) |
N/A | N/A |
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Some New Directions member(s) joins the Football Team and help them to win a game with a big group number |
Kurt joins and the team perform Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) in Preggers |
New Directions Girls joins and the team perform Thriller/Heads Will Roll (The Sue Sylvester Shuffle) |
N/A | N/A |
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A diva mentions the story of Barbra Streisand about her nose and her career |
Rachel to Dakota (Acafellas) |
Kurt to Rachel (Born This Way) |
N/A | N/A |
|
A New Directions boy thinks he's going to be father, but it's false |
Finn (Preggers) |
Artie (Sexy) |
N/A | N/A |
|
A New Directions member shows a very low knowledge about pregnancy |
Finn thinks Quinn got pregnant because a jacuzzi (Preggers) |
Brittany thinks she's pregnant because a stork made its nest and Mercedes and Finn think that cucumbers can cause aids (Sexy) |
N/A | N/A |
|
A girl wipes a slushie off a boy, who is a romantic interest |
Rachel wipes a slushie off Puck (Mash-Up) |
Quinn wipes a slushie off Sam (Duets) |
Mercedes wipes slushie off Sam (Yes/No) | N/A |
|
Someone damns Rachel's talent in a competition episode |
Kurt in Sectionals |
N/A | N/A | |
|
A change occurs in Quinn's body because of cheating, and she tells an implausible lie about it |
Quinn tells an implausible lie to Finn to cover up how she got pregnant (Preggers) |
Quinn tells an implausible lie to Sam to cover up how she got Mono (Comeback) |
N/A | N/A |
|
Rachel gets a solo declaring her independence from Finn as well as a shot of her walking away from him and crying, and in the same episode, Finn gets jealous of her and Jesse |
Rachel sings Gives You Hell (Hell-O) |
Rachel sings Jar of Hearts (Prom Queen) |
N/A | N/A |
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Will goes to Sue's house to help her with her depression, and there's another woman present |
Imelda (Funk) |
Emma (Comeback) |
N/A | N/A |
|
Kurt Hummel mentions an aunt/uncle who didn't appear, or at least, didn't appear in the season that the person was mentioned |
Aunt Mildred (The Rhodes Not Taken) |
Uncle Andy (Furt) |
N/A | N/A |
|
New Directions members have a hallway telephone conversation sequence |
About Sectionals and Rachel (Sectionals) |
About The Rachel Berry House Party Train Wreck Extravaganza (Blame It on the Alcohol) |
N/A | N/A |
|
A New Directions girl claims to not like the food she has been given, to which the giver responds "But you ate all of it/them" |
Santana to the waitress at BreadstiX (Hell-O) |
Lauren to Puck (Silly Love Songs) |
N/A | N/A |
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New Directions loses a very talented member one episode before a competition |
Jesse before Regionals (Funk) |
Kurt before Sectionals (Furt) |
Rachel before Sectionals (I Kissed a Girl) | N/A |
|
Will introduces Jesse to the club, Rachel is the happiest and Finn is the least pleased about it |
As a member (The Power of Madonna) |
As a consultant (Funeral) |
N/A | N/A |
|
Rachel suddenly has a crush on "an impossible love" and they sing a duet. The crush only stays for less than one full episode |
A crush on Will; they sing Endless Love (Ballad) |
A crush on Blaine; they sing Don't You Want Me (Blame It on the Alcohol) |
N/A | N/A |
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Kurt and Rachel sing a "Glinda & Elphaba" song from the musical "Wicked" |
Defying Gravity in (Wheels) |
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Someone can't come out (but do eventually) |
Kurt tells Mercedes he can't come out (Acafellas) |
Dave tells Kurt he can't come out (Prom Queen) |
N/A | N/A |
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Will and an other adult have a fight in the auditorium, in front of the New Directions members, who were rehearsing before the fight |
Will with Carl; ND were rehearsing There's a Light (Over At the Frankenstein Place) (The Rocky Horror Glee Show) |
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Mercedes mentions the crush she had on Kurt in a talk of girls/divas |
Advising Rachel (The Power of Madonna) |
Advising Kurt (Silly Love Songs) |
N/A | N/A |
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A song from a musical is performed in a dream sequence between a student and a Glee Club Director |
Shelby and Rachel perform I Dreamed a Dream (Dream On) |
Will and Mike perform Make 'Em Laugh (The Substitute) |
Shelby and Rachel perform Somewhere (I Am Unicorn) | N/A |
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A song about drinking/partying is sung by the New Directions in front of an audience while the blonde lead singer is intoxicated |
April in Last Name (The Rhodes Not Taken) |
Brittany in Tik Tok (Blame It on the Alcohol) |
N/A | Brittany in Gimme More . (Britney 2.0 ) |
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Someone mentions Linda Blair throwing up |
Terri to Will (The Rhodes Not Taken) |
Santana to Mercedes, Tina and Mike (Blame It on the Alcohol) |
N/A | N/A |
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Artie's girlfriend tries to help him walk |
Tina looks up information online about curing paralysis (Dream On) |
Brittany asks Santa Claus to make Artie walk, and later, she's with Artie when he uses the Re-Walk (A Very Glee Christmas) |
N/A | N/A |
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An episode which has three words which start with the same letter in the title |
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One of Beth's parents suddenly appears with a drastic change in his/her hair |
Puck shaves off his mohawk (Laryngitis) |
Quinn has short hair (New York) |
Quinn has pink hair (The Purple Piano Project) | Quinn has long hair (Thanksgiving ) |
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A scene in which two characters are shown to be at night in a car with the windows covered in rain |
Shelby and Jesse (Dream On) |
Mercedes and Rachel (A Night of Neglect) |
Kurt and Rachel (The Purple Piano Project) | N/A |
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Mercedes is involved in a diva-off duet |
Mercedes vs Santana (Laryngitis) |
Mercedes vs Rachel (Comeback) |
Mercedes vs Rachel (Asian F ) | N/A |
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Artie is all-body covered in a type of food |
N/A |
Artie covered in a slushie (The Sue Sylvester Shuffle) |
Artie covered in spaghetti (The Purple Piano Project) | N/A |
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Santana fights someone over Puck |
Santana fights Mercedes over Puck (Laryngitis) |
Santana fights Lauren over Puck (Silly Love Songs) |
N/A | N/A |
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Some girls help to Kurt to seem straight |
Tina (Preggers) and Brittany (Laryngitis) |
N/A |
Rachel (I Am Unicorn) | |
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Puck and Rachel scenes |
Walking in the hallway, he approaches her in the hallway, making out, and Comfort Room scene (Mash-Up) |
Walking in the hallway, he approaches her in the hallway, making out (Special Education), and Comfort Room scene (Born This Way) |
N/A | N/A |
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Rachel asks Puck to do a number with her |
N/A | N/A | ||
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Puck standing up for Rachel |
Removing the Glist from her locker (Bad Reputation), gathering the boys to pay back Jesse from egging Rachel (Funk) |
Saying 'I kinda like her', when Santana said that everybody is just pretending to like Rachel (Special Education) |
N/A | N/A |
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Someone insults Rachel's personality but praising her singing |
Puck said that Rachel makes him want to light himself on fire [but boy can she sing] (The Rhodes Not Taken) |
Kurt's exact quote is 'She can be difficult, but, boy, can she sing' (Funeral) |
N/A | N/A |
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Rachel's ex-boyfriend walking out on her right after the break up |
Puck left her on the bleachers (Mash-Up) |
Finn left her on the parking lot (A Very Glee Christmas) |
N/A | N/A |
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Finn sings a solo in the mid season premiere |
N/A | N/A | ||
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Mention of Ann Coulter |
By Emma (The Power of Madonna) |
Sue dresses up as Ann Coulter (Rumours) |
N/A | N/A |
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Rachel sings a duet with a future boyfriend/ex-boyfriend in the mid season premiere |
Sings Need You Now with Puck (The Sue Sylvester Shuffle) |
N/A | N/A | |
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Song about a weeknight sung |
Whatever Happened to Saturday Night? sung by Carl in The Rocky Horror Glee Show and Friday sung by Puck, Sam, and Artie in Prom Queen |
Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) sung by Blaine in Pot O' Gold and Tonight sung by Blaine and Rachel in The First Time. | N/A | |
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A new gay male character is introduced as a member of the Dalton Academy Warblers about a quarter of the way into the season |
N/A | N/A | ||
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Blaine sings a song by Katy Perry |
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Blaine sings in the courtyard after a transfer from Dalton Academy to McKinley High |
N/A |
Somewhere Only We Know after Kurt's transfer (Born This Way) |
It's Not Unusual after his own transfer (The Purple Piano Project) | N/A |
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A member of New Directions walks down the stairs at Dalton Academy and walks in on a Warblers performance. |
N/A |
Kurt walks in on Teenage Dream in Never Been Kissed |
Blaine walks in on Uptown Girl in The First Time | N/A |
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Santana runs down the hallway |
N/A |
Brittany and Santana run during Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me (The Rocky Horror Glee Show) |
She runs down the hallway after being outed by a commercial (Mash Off) | N/A |
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A sex riot happens |
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A song is sung about a disposable cup |
N/A | N/A | ||
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Mention of Lindsay Lohan |
Emma mentions her when talking about bad role models for teenage girls (The Power of Madonna) |
Holly has the students discuss how crazy she is and how many times she has been in rehab in Spanish class (The Substitute) |
Lindsay Lohan appears as a judge at Nationals (Nationals) | N/A |
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The second episode after a long hiatus is the first and/or only tribute episode of the season | ||||
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Someone says "In __ years, you won't be thinking about ______________ or ____________. |
Will gives a speech to get the glee club's spirits up (Journey) |
N/A |
Kurt to Rachel when she enters the student council election (Asian F) | N/A |
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Emma and Will sing a duet while one of them is with someone else |
Thong Song while Emma is with Ken and Will is with Terri |
Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me while Emma is with Carl |
N/A | N/A |
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Rachel offers vocal lessons |
to Sean (Laryngitis) |
N/A |
to Quinn (Hold on to Sixteen) | N/A |
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Rachel holds hands with another girl in a group number after Sectionals |
N/A |
With Quinn in Dog Days Are Over (Special Education) |
With Santana in We Are Young (Hold on to Sixteen) | N/A |
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Someone transfers from McKinley to avoid harassment over their sexuality |
N/A |
Kurt transfers in Furt |
Dave transfers prior to The Purple Piano Project as revealed in The First Time | N/A |
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New Directions performs a heartfelt number in white as the final song of the episode (the episode being early in the season) | N/A | |||
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Rachel and Kurt sing a song from a musical based on witches and/or wizards | N/A | |||
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An episode is named after a type of teacher |
N/A | N/A | ||
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Benedict Arnold's traitor ways are mentioned |
Kurt nicknames Rachel that for dating Jesse (Hell-O) |
N/A |
Puck mistakenly calls Blaine "Eggs Benedict" for saying they were singing MJ (Michael ) | N/A |
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"Do you think you can love two people at once?" is asked by or to Finn |
Finn to Terri (Vitamin D) |
Quinn to Finn (Silly Love Songs) |
N/A | N/A |
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Someone puts Will's job in jeopardy. |
N/A | N/A | ||
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Someone in Kurt's life gets hospitalized. |
N/A |
Burt gets hospitalized due to a heart attack (Grilled Cheesus ) |
Blaine gets hospitalized after being hit with a tampered slushie. (Michael) Dave later attempts suicide and ends up in the hospital. (On My Way) | N/A |
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Blaine gets drunk and hurts Kurt's feelings. |
N/A |
Gets drunk at Rachel's party, and ends up making out with Rachel. (Blame It on the Alcohol) |
Gets drunk at Scandals and tries to be intimate with Kurt. (The First Time) | N/A |
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A member of New Directions gets food thrown in their face by a male member of their rival team, who also happened to like them. |
Jesse and Vocal Adrenaline throw eggs at Rachel in a parking lot. (Funk) |
N/A |
Blaine gets a slushie thrown in his face by Sebastian in a parking garage. (Michael ) | N/A |
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After said member of New Directions get attacked by food, New Directions teaches the rivaling show choir a lesson through song in the auditorium (Kurt, Mercedes, Artie, and Puck all have solos in both songs). |
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N/A |
New Directions sing "Black Or White" for rights to sing Michael Jackson at Regionals. (Michael) | N/A |
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"What would 'a famous idol who's name starts with an M' do?" is asked by a teacher in a tribute episode. This teacher mentions the acronym earlier. |
"What would Madonna do?" is asked by Sue (WWMD) |
N/A |
"What would Michael Jackson do?" is asked by Will (WWMJD) | N/A |
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Themed set list for a competition |
Journey Medley at Regionals |
Original Songs at Regionals and Nationals |
Jackson Medley at Sectionals and Inspirational Songs for Regionals | N/A |
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Brittany and Santana moments during Home (Song) |
Santana links pinkies with Brittany before resting her head on Brittany's shoulder. (Home) |
N/A |
(Home) | N/A |
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Two members of New Directions sing a duet between Madonna and another artist in a tribute episode |
Kurt and Mercedes sing 4 Minutes, by Madonna and Justin Timberlake |
Brittany and Santana sing Me Against the Music, by Britney Spears and Madonna |
N/A | N/A |
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Will supports someone before/after a disappointing loss at Regionals, putting them into a funk |
N/A | N/A | ||
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A cut Faberry scene during Regionals |
N/A |
Quinn visiting Rachel's house, leaning her head on her shoulder and a couple more scenes (Original Song) |
Quinn yelling at Rachel in the bridal shop (On My Way) | N/A |
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Brittany and Santana holding hands during the results at Regionals. |
N/A | N/A | ||
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Warblers enjoying New Directions performance. |
N/A | N/A | ||
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Mercedes participates in a performance including a church choir |
Bridge over Troubled Water (Grilled Cheesus) & Ain't No Way (A Night of Neglect) | N/A | ||
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The word "Glee" is inserted into a movie title for an episode |
N/A | |||
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Santana wears red in two duets that she sings with the same female who also wears a certain color twice |
N/A |
Mercedes during River Deep, Mountain High and Dancing Queen, wearing purple |
Rachel during A Boy Like That/I Have A Love and I Kissed a Girl, wearing white | N/A |
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Finn threatens to beat someone up, followed by the New Directions boys, but is stopped by Will |
Threatens to go all Braveheart on Vocal Adrenaline for egging Rachel. (Funk) |
Threatens to go all Thunderdome on the football team for slushying Artie (Sue Sylvestor Shuffle) |
Threatens to beat "That Sebastian kids' ass" for blackmailing Rachel with a nude photo of him. (On My Way) | N/A |
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Singing in the shower scene |
Finn sings Can't Fight This Feeling (Pilot) |
Sam sings Every Rose Has It's Thorn in (Audition) |
Blaine sings Fighter in (Big Brother) |
Brody sings Sister Christian in (The New Rachel) |
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Gay character sings an emotional song towards a family member, starts singing in the hallway and ends in the auditorium |
Kurt sings Rose's Turn towards his dad (Laryngitis) |
N/A |
Blaine sings Fighter towards Cooper (Big Brother) | N/A |
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Member of New Directions sings a duet with a family member on a stage. |
Rachel and Shelby sing Poker Face (Theatricality) |
N/A |
Blaine and Cooper sing Somebody That I Used To Know (Big Brother) | N/A |
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A tribute episode made to a pop singer with their first name in the episode title |
Madonna (The Power of Madonna) |
Britney Spears (Britney/Brittany) |
Michael Jackson (Michael) |
Britney Spears (Britney 2.0) |
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Kurt is accused of cheating on Blaine |
N/A |
Finn and Rachel think he's cheating on Blaine with Sam (Rumours) |
Blaine thinks Kurt's cheating on him with Chandler (Dance With Somebody) | N/A |
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Couple Counseling with Emma |
Quinn and Finn about popularity in Mash-Up |
Rachel and Finn about Finn's first time with Santana in Special Education |
Mercedes and Sam about their feelings for each other in The Spanish Teacher Kurt and Blaine about their relationship status in Dance With Somebody | N/A |
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Brittany sings a Ke$ha song in front of a crowd |
N/A | N/A | ||
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An episode tittle that represents a vocative |
N/A | N/A | ||
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Students make fun of Beiste, then apologize through song. |
N/A |
The Glee guys (And Tina) imagined Beiste in underwear in order to cool down in compromising situations, then later sing Stop! In the Name of Love/Free Your Mind in Never Been Kissed |
The Glee girls poke fun at Beiste getting punched, then later sing Shake it Out in Choke | N/A |
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A parent walks into the auditorium during a song at competition |
N/A | N/A | ||
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Principal Figgins dances to a song that New Directions are performing | N/A | |||
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A gay member of New Directions says that Mercedes is black and that he/she is gay |
N/A | N/A | ||
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Will sings saying good-bye to something. |
Leaving On A Jet Plane to McKinley High (Pilot - director's cut) |
Still Got Tonight to his Broadway dream (New York) |
| N/A |
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Blaine removes his sunglasses and tosses them to a fellow male student during a musical number designed (at least in part) to surprise another gay character |
N/A |
When I Get You Alone (Silly Love Songs) - Sung to Jeremiah, Glasses to Jeff |
It's Not Unusual (The Purple Piano Project) - Surprising Kurt, Glasses to Kurt | N/A |
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Kurt spies on rival show choir |
N/A |
The Dalton Academy Warblers (Never Been Kissed) |
Vocal Adrenaline (Props) | N/A |
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A love triangle between Quinn, Rachel and Finn blooms and then followed by a love triangle between Jesse, Rachel and Finn. The two relationships also intersect with one another - when Quinn and Finn broke up, Jesse and Rachel started dating. |
Starting from Pilot and ending with Sectionals (Episode) (Quinn/Finn/Rachel) Starting with Hell-O and ending with Funk (Jesse/Finn/Rachel) |
Starting with The Sue Sylvester Shuffle and ending with Funeral (Quinn/Finn/Rachel)Starting with Prom Queen and ending with Nationals (Jesse/Finn/Rachel) |
N/A | N/A |
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Someone wants Kurt to dress like a girl, but he refuses. |
N/A |
Will wants Kurt to play Dr. Frank-n-Furter (The Rocky Horror Glee Show) |
Sue wants Kurt to dress like a girl for Nationals (Props) | N/A |
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The Warblers Serenade a gay character and Kurt looks pissed. |
N/A |
They sing When I Get You Alone to Jeremiah and Kurt looks angry/jealous. (Silly Love Songs) |
In a cut scene in Michael, the Warblers sing I Want You Back to Blaine, and Kurt looks pissed. (Michael) | N/A |
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Someone asks "What are you doing?" in a dismayed tone to an Anderson, and they respond "What?" |
N/A |
Jeremiah asks Blaine that after the Warblers Gap Attack. (Silly Love Songs) |
Blaine asks Cooper that after he keeps criticizing Blaine. (Big Brother) | N/A |
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A student crushing on a teacher. |
N/A | |||
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A male New Directions member makes his debut after a long hiatus. |
Rory in Pot O' Gold | |||
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A male New Directions member joins/is introduced in the episode before the school musical. |
N/A |
Sam before The Rocky Horror Show |
Rory before West Side Story |
Ryder before Grease |
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Rachel sings a split screen duet with someone who is auditioning |
Maybe This Time with April - Audition for New Directions (The Rhodes Not Taken) |
Don't Cry For Me Argentina with Kurt - Audition for a solo at Sectionals (Special Education) |
Out Here On My Own with Mercedes - Audition for West Side Story (Asian F) |
New York State of Mind with Marley - Audition for New Directions (The New Rachel) |
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Finn says something offensive |
Indirectly calls Kurt a fag (Theatricality) |
Sings With You I'm Born Again with Rachel in a priest costume (Duets) |
Calls Brittany stupid (Pot O' Gold) |
Calls Sue's baby retarded (The Role You Were Born to Play) |
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Kurt mentions how good the bagels are in New York |
N/A |
He and Rachel eat bagels at Tiffany's (New York) |
N/A |
He mentions New York has decent bagels to Burt (The New Rachel) |
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Mother of a New Directions Member works at McKinley |
N/A |
N/A |
Rachel's Mother (Shelby) |
Marley's Mother |
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New Directions boy walks into a girls' bathroom and their friend calls them out on it. |
N/A |
Puck walks into a girls' bathroom to talk to Rachel about her nose (Born This Way) |
Puck walks into the girls' bathroom to talk to Quinn about Beth (I Am Unicorn) |
Wade walks into the girls' bathroom to talk to Marley about Grease (The Role You Were Born To Play) |
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McKinley Alumnus helps out New Directions |
April joins New Directions and wins them over (The Rhodes Not Taken) |
April helps them with Fleetwood Mac week (Rumours) |
N/A |
Finn directs Grease with Mike and Mercedes' help (The Role You Were Born To Play) |
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Kurt and Rachel break into a building, get caught, but don't get in trouble. They end up singing a song from a musical |
N/A |
They break into the Gershwin Theater and sing For Good from Wicked (New York) |
N/A |
They break into Vogue.com office and sing You're Never Fully Dressed from Annie, mashed up with The Way You Look Tonight (Makeover) |
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Someone collapses after a performance and their boyfriend rushes to their aid. |
Quinn falls during rehearsals for Sectionals and Finn and Puck rush to her aid. (Sectionals) |
N/A |
Blaine collapses after being hit with a tampered slushy after performing Bad with ND and the Warblers, and Kurt rushes to his aid. (Micheal) |
Marley faints after performing Gangnam Style at Sectionals and Jake and Ryder rush to her aid. (Thanksgiving) |
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Mention of Quinn dating a much older guy. |
N/A |
N/A |
Rachel mentions Quinn dated a forty year old truck driver (The Purple Piano Project) |
Quinn mentions she's dating a 35 year old professor. (Thanksgiving) |
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A Song from Chicago is performed. | ||||
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Burt has health issues. |
N/A |
Has a heart attack (Furt) |
N/A |
Reveals that he has cancer (Glee, Actually) |
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We see a wedding take place/almost take place. |
Ken and Emma (Sectionals) |
Burt and Carole (Furt) |
Finn and Rachel (On My Way) |
Will and Emma (I Do) |
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A marriage proposal |
Ken to Emma (Vitamin D) |
Burt to Carole (Furt) |
Will to Emma and Finn to Rachel (Yes/No) |
N/A |
| Someone lusts after someone else of the same gender |
Kurt after Finn | Santana after Brittany | Sebastain after Blaine |
Blaine after Sam |
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A member of the New DIrections sings with the member of a rival Glee Club | Rachel sings Hello with Jesse (Hello). | Rachel sings Rolling in the Deep with Jesse (Prom Queen). | Santana sings Smooth Criminal with Sebastain (Michael). | Blaine sings Dark Side with the Warblers (Dynamic Duets). |
| A member of the New Directions sings a number from the current McKinley High School Musical with a guest star |
April Rhodes (Kristen Chenoweth) and Rachel sing Maybe This Time (Cabaret) | Carl Howell (John Stamos) and the New Directions sing Whatever Happened to Saturday Night? (Rocky Horror Picture Show) | Shelby Corcoran (Idina Menzel) and Rachel sing Somewhere (West Side Story) | Cassandra July (Kate Hudson), Santana and Unique sing There Are Worse Things I Could Do(Grease) |
| Rachel sings a Duet with a Special Guest Star |
Maybe This Time(Kristen Chenoweth) I Dreamed a Dream(Idina Menzel) Poker Face (Idina Menzel) | Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag (Gwyneth Paltrow) |
Somewhere (Idina Menzel) |
All That Jazz(Kate Hudson) Next To Me(Idina Menzel) |
| Sandy caresses Hank in Pilot. |
Karofsky forces a kiss on Kurt (Never Been Kissed) |
Brittany hints at being sexually abused at a cheerleading camp (The First Time) |
Ryder admits to being molested by his female babysitter (Lights Out) |
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