Line #6 Recap/GleeS6E04TheHurtLockerPartOne


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Yeh, whatever did [[LongBusTrip happen to Matt]]?]]
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4	Sue organizes an invitational for New Directions, Vocal Adrenaline and the Dalton Academy Warblers, despite the fact that Rachel and Kurt's group is still small and unprepared. Sue also works behind the scenes in order to take down Will for constantly annoying her, as well as to reunite Kurt and Blaine—a relationship that she has secretly been shipping. In order to accomplish her goals, she hypnotizes Sam and instructs him to make amorous advances toward Rachel as they take piano lessons from Blaine, have him forget, and then allow him to break her heart so that she becomes distracted from her duties as choir director. She also has a hypnotized Sam pit Will against Rachel by spreading lies about a fictional animosity that Rachel has toward him. Finally, she investigates the genealogies of Blaine and Karofsky and informs them that they're third cousins, while also having Blaine learn that Karofsky's previous boyfriends were all bears. Meanwhile, Kurt meets an online date named Walter (Harry Hamlin), only to learn that he is a man in his 50s who only recently came out. The episode ends with Vocal Adrenaline's invitational set.
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6	Next Time: Part 2 of our case study on altered states, featuring two cases of ForegoneConclusion, a former couple trapped in an elevator, and Rachel having LesYay with someone ''not'' Quinn Fabray. Plus, [[{{Franchise/Saw}} Jigsue]]. Madness.
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8	!!Songs:
9	* ''Bitch'' by Meredith Brooks, performed by Sue.
10	* ''A Thousand Miles'' by Music/VanessaCarlton, performed by Rachel and Sam.
11	* ''Rock Lobster'', by Music/TheB52s, performed by Clint with Vocal Adrenaline.
12	* ''Whip It!'' by Music/{{Devo}}, performed by Vocal Adrenaline.
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14	!!Tropes:
15	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Sue's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Will being closed by saying that he ruins Journey's music.
16	* BitingTheHandHumor: Sue reminds the glee club that they need 12 members to compete, calling it the only rule that any remembers or cares about, but always forget until right before the show. ([[NoFourthWall Who writes this!?]])
17	* CallBack: Sue's hurt locker contains (amongst other things) a life-size model of Al Roker, specifically labelled as such. In the episode "[[Recap/GleeS4E14IDo I Do]]'', Quinn says that the only man she maybe likes is Al Roker. - What on earth has Sue been doing... {{Squick}}.
18	* DisproportionateRetribution: Sue to everything that has ever even looked at Lima, it would seem.
19	* FanSpeak: Prior to this episode, "The Hurt Locker" was a name among fans (especially Brittana fans) for the lockers by which Santana and Brittany conducted much of their relationship.
20	* {{Fanon}} - HilariousInHindsight CallBack: Figgins' sister is called Abigail Figgins-Gunderson, and many fans like to think that she's married into a family and now related to Missy Gunderson, whoever the fuck she is, which is the only reason why the random girl was nominated for Prom Queen [[Recap/GleeS3E19Promasaurus in season 3]].
21	** The all new theory that instead of everything happening in Rachel's mind, Sue has manipulated everything in the Glee-verse from the beginning of time.
22	* FreezeFrameBonus: The wall from Sue's hurt locker, as shown (in part) in the picture above, contains the following (among much more):
23	** A newspaper article called ''Glee club loses again'' with "Loses" highlighted.
24	** The picture from [[Recap/GleeS1E12Mattress the 2009 yearbook]] in the middle, with a note pointing to Matt saying "Missing".
25	** A "STOP" sign with the words "Just" and "believing" added above and below, spelling out "Just stop believing" - Sue's ire towards the glee club's endless optimism and a reference to ''Don't Stop Believin'.''
26	** A note saying "TRAITORS" by pictures of The Unholy Trinity.
27	** A ticket to ''Funny Girl'', suggesting that she saw Rachel and/or Santana perform on Broadway.
28	** A program from the same performance, but with "UN" added in front of the name.
29	** A copy of Mercedes' album.
30	** The photo of Rachel that she had Santana put in her locker.
31	** A baby photo, presumably of Beth. (or Baby Robin, who's been MIA for two seasons).
32	** Sam's modelling shoot photos.
33	** Karofsky articles, on football and his attempted suicide.
34	** A note saying "Phase 1" next to glee club drama.
35	** Muckraker articles, including the Rumours one with the blind items circled.
36	** A map of NYC, with the exact location of the Bushwick loft marked.
37	** Screencaps of private moments made to look like they were taken from CCTV, including Will and Beiste kissing.
38	** Lots of pictures of Klaine, kissing with hearts drawn around theme, including new ones.
39	** A photo of Kurt performing ''Single Ladies'' in his basement, and others with "Porcelain" written on.
40	** A program from Kurt's nursing home production of ''Theatre/{{Peter Pan\|1954}}''.
41	** Rachel's hair. RACHEL'S HAIR!
42	** Defaced pictures of Figgins, including the staff photo of him in his janitor uniform.
43	** A note saying "Unholy Trinity" by pictures of the three, with "UN" underlined in red.
44	** A picture of Brittany leaning back in bed, legs spread and looking satisfied.
45	** A photo of The Unholy Trinity in a compromising position I'm sure we've never seen before... huh.
46	* {{Hypocrite}}: Sue says that Will has "the emotional depth of a 12-year-old girl". She then is outed as a massive Klaine fan, who are usually accused of being emotional 12-year-old girls. (The writers have been exploring the internet.)
47	* IncestSubtext: One of the InUniverse ways Sue tries to break up Blaine and Karofsky.
48	* MarketBasedTitle: Was simply called "The Hurt Locker" in the UK, like the episode's single. However, this is a subverted example because [[Film/TheHurtLocker the film of the same name]] proved more successful and popular in some parts of the UK than the US.
49	* NightmareFuel: InUniverse - imagine being one of the glee kids and finding out about this. Or, imagine what Sue must have done with her Cheerios! and that doll of Al Roker if Quinn has previously explicitly mentioned him and only him as men that she thinks are OK.
50	* NoFourthWall: Sue is speaking as an AudienceSurrogate as much as a character, and she seems to know it.
51	* RoomFullOfCrazy: The "hurt locker" is like all the insane contents of Sue's deranged mind were spewed out into a storage cube.
52	* ShotForShotRemake: The music video for ''A Thousand Miles".
53	* StalkerShrine: The eponymous "hurt locker", where Sue stores symbols of all she hates -- and secretly what she loves, namely Klaine. It is ''way'' more scary than sweet though.
54	* TakeThatAudience: Sue is made out to be a stereotypical obsessive Klaine shipper, and the creepiness is likely meant to attack the real life ones. Also AudienceSurrogate.
55	** The writers are probably trying to make the obsessive fans see how creepy and crazy they come off, especially to the actors.
56	* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Figgins and Gunderson.
57	* WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief: And we are willing. It's hilarious.

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