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* TakingTheHeat: Sue takes the fall for Becky, who brought the gun to school and shot it by accident. She gives up her entire career and her legacy to protect the future of a kid she cares about like her own child.

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* TakingTheHeat: Sue takes the fall for Becky, who brought the gun to school and shot it by accident. [[MoralityPet She gives up her entire career and her legacy to protect the future of a kid she cares about like her own child.]]
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* TakingTheHeat: Sue takes the fall for Becky, who brought the gun to school and shot it by accident. She gives up her entire career and her legacy to protect the future of a kid she cares about like her own child.
* VerySpecialEpisode: This episode covers the topic of school shootings in America, which, sadly, has been a very relevant issue. It treats the topic with an extremely serious tone without any comedic factors present whatsoever, which is something that, up until this point, had only been the case for Karovsky's suicide attempt.

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* BottleEpisode: Once the gunshots go off until they're given the all clear by authorities, nearly all of episode takes place in the choir room (bar the few times we see Brittany, who was alone in the bathroom, and one scene with Tina and Principal Figgins outside the school), which is extremely jarring, and extremely effective at creating suspense.

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* BottleEpisode: Once the gunshots go off until they're given the all clear by authorities, nearly all of episode takes place in the choir room (bar the few times we see Brittany, who was alone in the bathroom, a bathroom stall, and one scene with Tina and Principal Figgins outside the school), which is extremely jarring, and extremely effective at creating suspense.


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* MoodWhiplash: This could be described as "Mood Whiplash: The Episode". The episode presents itself as just more of Brittany's {{Cloudcuckoolander}} shenanigans, but once the gunshots go off, all the goofiness is gone. This is TruthInTelevision, as shootings like this one generally start as completely ordinary days until the shots ring out.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: When the gunshots go off, Brittany is in the bathroom and doesn't have her phone on her. Sam spends the episode becoming increasingly worried for her, and trying to leave the safety of the choir room to go find her to make sure she's alright, saying that they can't just leave her all alone out there with no way to contact anyone. Mr. Shue and Coach Beiste have to physically restrain him to keep him from jeopardizing the rest of the students' safety by doing this. Eventually Mr. Shue relents and goes to find Brittany himself, bringing her to the safety of the choir room.
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* BottleEpisode

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* BottleEpisodeBottleEpisode: Once the gunshots go off until they're given the all clear by authorities, nearly all of episode takes place in the choir room (bar the few times we see Brittany, who was alone in the bathroom, and one scene with Tina and Principal Figgins outside the school), which is extremely jarring, and extremely effective at creating suspense.

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* ''Say'' by John Mayer, performed by New Directions.

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* ''Say'' by John Mayer, Music/JohnMayer, performed by New Directions.



* WhamEpisode: As said, the second of the three significant Wham Episodes in Glee history.

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* WhamEpisode: As said, the second of the three significant Wham Episodes in Glee history.history.
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* NotImportantToThisEpisodeCamp: Because the focus is on [=McKinley=] itself, Rachel, Kurt, and Santana are absent; this was the third episode Lea Michele didn't appear in. Also absent is Finn, attending Lima Community College and still on the outs with Will over kissing Emma; Sugar and Joe are also absent.
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* ContentWarnings: This episode starts with this reading, "This episode of 'Glee' addresses the topic of school violence. Viewer discretion is advised.", although this did not appear on online streams.

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* ContentWarnings: This episode starts with During the initial airing of this reading, episode, a content warning read "This episode of 'Glee' addresses the topic of school violence. Viewer discretion is advised.", although this did not appear on online streams.

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%% * AdultFear
%% * AmbiguouslyGay: Kitty. Both her words to Marley and Ryder for different reasons.
%% * AxesAtSchool
%% * BottleEpisode
* ICallItVera: Sue's name for her gun is "Uma Thurman."

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%% * AdultFear
%% * AmbiguouslyGay: Kitty. Both her words to Marley and Ryder for different reasons.
%% * AxesAtSchool
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AxesAtSchool: School shooting episode, America.
* BottleEpisode
* ContentWarnings: This episode starts with this reading, "This episode of 'Glee' addresses the topic of school violence. Viewer discretion is advised.", although this did not appear on online streams.
* ICallItVera: Sue's name for her gun is "Uma Thurman."Creator/UmaThurman."
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* NotImportantToThisEpisodeCamp: Because the focus is on [=McKinley=] itself, Rachel, Kurt, and Santana are absent; this was the third episode Lea Michele didn't appear in. Also absent is Finn, attending Lima Community College and still on the outs with Will over kissing Emma, Sugar and Joe are also absent.

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* NotImportantToThisEpisodeCamp: Because the focus is on [=McKinley=] itself, Rachel, Kurt, and Santana are absent; this was the third episode Lea Michele didn't appear in. Also absent is Finn, attending Lima Community College and still on the outs with Will over kissing Emma, Emma; Sugar and Joe are also absent.
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* NotImportantToThisEpisodeCamp: Because the focus is on [=McKinley=] itself, Rachel, Kurt, and Santana are absent; this was the second of three episodes Lea Michele didn't appear in. Also absent is Finn, attending Lima Community College and still on the outs with Will over kissing Emma, Sugar and Joe are also absent.

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* NotImportantToThisEpisodeCamp: Because the focus is on [=McKinley=] itself, Rachel, Kurt, and Santana are absent; this was the second of three episodes third episode Lea Michele didn't appear in. Also absent is Finn, attending Lima Community College and still on the outs with Will over kissing Emma, Sugar and Joe are also absent.
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* NotImportantToThisEpisodeCamp: Because the focus is on [=McKinley=] itself, Rachel, Kurt, and Santana are absent; this was the second of three episodes Lea Michele didn't appear in. Also absent is Finn, attending Lima Community College and still on the outs with Will over kissing Emma, as well as Sugar and Joe.

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* NotImportantToThisEpisodeCamp: Because the focus is on [=McKinley=] itself, Rachel, Kurt, and Santana are absent; this was the second of three episodes Lea Michele didn't appear in. Also absent is Finn, attending Lima Community College and still on the outs with Will over kissing Emma, as well as Sugar and Joe. Joe are also absent.

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