Gleecap - Glee - The Rhodes Not Taken
Here's our inaugural GLEECAP written by Noelle Gruber!
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SPOILERS AHEAD!
This week on Glee, we're reminded that Rachel abandoned glee club to go be a star. Fox decides to use Quinn and her really weak vocals as a reminder. Thanks guys. Quinn runs out of the room as she falls victim to morning sickness and spares us all from listening to her much longer. Yay. Will mentions this to his wife, who we learned has been faking her own pregnancy. She's delighted because she's been planning to steal Quinn's future baby and pass it off as her own. This storyline can only get messier and I can't wait for the pregnancy reveals to finally happen.
Setting up this week, while at lunch Will recognizes their waiter as a former student of his. He informs Will that despite being 24, his teachers purposely fail him so he can continue taking part in their own glee club. This sets off a lightbulb in Will's head. With Rachel gone, they're going to need a replacement that can live up to the hype. What Will has in mind is an old highschool crush, April, played by none other than Kristin Chenoweth. She's a drunken blonde with a glee club gold star under her belt. Will finds out she dropped out of highschool three credits short and wants to bring her back to replace Rachel. I love the idea of having Kristin Chenoweth on the show. She'll bring a certain amount of crazy and sass that you can never have too much of.
The group isn't really feeling April as the latest addition to Glee. She's no Rachel. But April isn't having any of that and sets out to prove herself by belting out Maybe Its Me. Kurt sheds a tear.
It's no surprise that a crazy woman much older than the rest of the students isn't fitting in well. Will wants April to tone it down and try to win the others over. She happily accepts the challenge and sets her sights on Kurt first. She wins him over by giving him alcohol and some muscle magazines. Always fun right? Tina and Mercy are next and she decides to teach them how to shoplift stuff between their legs. That's a skill you can take to the bank.
Finn wants Rachel back in glee club so he can get a full scholarship to college and be able to properly care for (what he thinks) is his future child. He invites her bowling to give us an awkward date moment this episode.
"Do I have to put my fingers in the holes?" hahah this show never fails to give hilarious quotes. Get your minds out of the gutter... they're just bowling.
Oh boy. Kurt is drunk and just puked on Emma's shoes. That can't go over well. Will's plan is backfiring and he's concerned April is a bad influence on the other students. No really? He confesses that April is the only reason he joined glee club and that all he's ever wanted to do is perform with her. Naturally, she grabs a mic and runs onto a karaoke stage and straight out of American Idol audition songs they sing Alone by Heart. Time for a duet with some really awkward lip syncing.
Rachel and Finn are eating pizza and awkwardly talking about pepperoni while waiting for someone to bring up Glee. Her bowling ball is really pink. It looks like it belongs in Grease. Strike! They kiss and Finn seizes the oppotunity to tell her he wants her back in Glee. She very eagerly accepts.
Finally the other members of Glee start to notice Quinn's strange behavior and start brainstorming as to whats wrong with her. Mohawk guy is going to save them the trouble and inform them that she without a doubt has a bun in the oven. He just left out the little detail that he himself is the father and instead rats out Finn. Of course Rachel finds out and immediately goes to confront Finn. And by confront, i mean slap really heard in the middle of the hallway. He confesses his real intentions for wanting her back in Glee but she's not buying what he's selling. She goes back to the school musical and gets complete control of the show.
Time for the show. It's a texan theme apparently. April is drunk again. No surprise there. But apparently drunk works when you're singing Last Name by Carrie Underwood...a song about getting drunk and married in Vegas. There's a lot of butt smacking going on.
Back from commercial and Will isn't letting April go back out there in her condition. She agrees and wonders if she'd be more suited for broadway. Chuckles. Shoutout to Kristin's past on broadway. Rachel comes to save the day and we have a cheesy moment before a kickass finale of the group singing Somebody To Love. The lip syncing isn't even awkward here! And Mercy NAILS that last note. It's awesome all around. This episode was really good and finally tied up some loose ends so the story can finally progress and move forward. Next week should be good.