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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Come with me, and you'll be, in a world of Pure Imagination.]]'']]

As New Directions gets closer to Nationals, Will brings in Jesse to give advice on how to win the championship; Rachel is the only one happy with his efforts. Sue sabotages the club's travel itinerary to New York, though Will's ex-wife Terri ultimately fixes the damage. When Sue's sister Jean dies and Sue is unable to cope, Finn and Kurt get the club to help them plan her funeral. Finn breaks up with Quinn due to his lingering feelings for Rachel.

Next Time: ''[[Music/FrankSinatra Start spreading the news...]]''

!!Songs
* "Back to Black" by Amy Winehouse. Performed by Santana.
* "Some People" from ''Gypsy''. Performed by Kurt.
* "Try a Little Tenderness" by Otis Redding. Performed by Mercedes.
* "My Man" from ''Theatre/FunnyGirl'' (as performed by Barbra Streisand). Performed by Duh.
* "Pure Imagination" from ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory''. Performed by New Directions.

!!Tropes present in this episode:
* AwardBait: All over the place. Especially in the eponymous funeral.
* BrickJoke: Rachel's gold stars come back.
* BuryYourDisabled: Although the whole series averts it with Artie, Jean is killed off due to minor pneumonia possibly brought around by her Down's Syndrome.
* CallBack: The entire sequence of Rachel signing up to be the lead vocalist is a callback to her first audition in the Pilot.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: A blink-and-you-miss-it one, but when Rachel sings "My Man" and imagines singing to Finn, behind him you can see a poster advertising the "Nessie Club".
* GlassesPull: Sue.
* HopeSpot: Sue was told her sister wouldn't live past thirty. And then she turned fifty and Sue thought the two of them were going to grow old together. And then she died.
* ItsAlwaysSunnyAtFunerals
* {{Jerkass}}: Jesse, most prominently in this episode. He's a dick to pretty much everyone except [[MoralityPet Rachel]].
* LittleBlackDress: Rachel wears one during her performance of "My Man."
* LonelyFuneral: Sue is scared Jean's funeral will end up this way, which is why she agreed to letting the glee club help.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Averted with the promo, which didn't even show any details about the funeral plot.
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