History Recap / GleeS4E8Thanksgiving

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The Warblers performing "Whistle", about oral sex. Also, Quinn cutting short her reasons why Jake Puckerman should stay away from the innocent girls and being deliberately vague about her affair with a professor.

* TheCameo: Creator/DiannaAgron as Quinn Fabray, Mark Salling as Noah Puckerman, Harry Shum Jr as Mike Chang, Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones.

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Next Time: The fallout from Sectionals, plus the most visually revolting moment in Glee history. And that's not hyperbole.

It's time for Glee's only ThanksgivingEpisode. While there hasn't really been a lot to be thankful for thus far, that changes with the arrival of a familiar pair of wedge heels. Yes folks, for the first of three times this season, we are graced by the presence of one Lucy Quinn Fabray hallelujah! She's in the auditorium leading off a mashup close to home, soon joined by the rest of the ND alumni, minus two obvious exceptions. Each of them, Mike included, gets solo lines, and it's the perfect opportunity for Mercedes and Santana to show off their skills with runs. Afterwards, a group hug ensues, Finn looking more than relieved with having these guys over the new kids as we are thankful to hit the TitleCard.

We see Marley with a V/O, saying that when she was seven, she had a dream of being on stage; now with Sectionals, she'll have her chance. As she shows Mama Rose her dress, we then reveal that while Mama's lost weight, child has not. As mentioned last time, this episode will mark the culmination of Kitty's attempts to [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslight]] Marley into bulimia, with a horrific endgame yet to come. As a side effect of the Wilde machinations, Marley's V/O spells out a mindset that puts the pressure of a win onto her, which coupled with the physical effects can only lead to ruin. From there, it's to Breadstix for an ND alumni dinner, where we find out that sadly, Lucy hasn't used the train pass she and Rachel each have. Right, this is obviously coverup for clandestine Faberry time each weekend. Besides that, we find that Q, not surprisingly, has straight A's, and even got into one of the fame Yale secret societies. Huzzah. The alumni definitely haven't come back to town to spend Thanksgiving with their families, so Finn decides to rope them into a lesson, as we cut to the choir room with said alumni. The idea is to learn from the vets so Sectionals is a slam dunk, which to be fair it usually is. As such, the vets are paired up with their expys, or close equivalents.[[note]]Big Puck with Little Puck, Mike with Ryder, Marley with Santana (as Rachel's not there), Kitty with Quinn, Unique with Mercedes.[[/note]] After we get the name of the non-Warbler opponent for Sectionals (Rosedale Mennonites), we find out Marley/Blaine have the duet, and the showstopper... "Gangnam Style". Right. Time to say it: Finn, Happy Thanksgiving, you're an idiot. Santana agrees, only for forceful Finn to reiterate the point made above, that they never lost Sectionals and thus we've now officially [[TemptingFate tempted fate]] and therefore the gleeks can see the outcome from a mile away. San does also make a point that Brittany's the best dancer but can't dance on her own and thus Finn announces auditions. Sam, for reasons to be abstractly revealed next episode, tries to volunteer as tribute, but is thankfully shot down. From there, we cut to Jake at Ryder's locker telling him he went out with Marley. Ryder is displeased, but is starting to sense Jake may have the stronger feelings, so he backs down for now. Cut to NY and thus Kurtchel, Rachel telling Kurt that while she didn't get the ''Theatre/TheGlassMenagerie'' part, there is a [=NYADA=] showcase where she can get her second wind. Speaking of, Kurt's auditioning again, even sending Madame Tibadeaux a letter with Vogue.com stationary. Yeah, because they'd totally let you get away with that in real life. The underlying theme of course is that they're happy staying far away from their exes; while we can understand from an emotional standpoint, it's very clear that despite everything, they understandably would much rather spend Turkey Day in said exes arms. Rachel offers the peptalk to Kurt as we go to break.

We return to a makeshift Booty Camp led by Mike; as you'd expect, Ryder is outclassing Jake by a Lima mile, as such he gets the slot. While the men show off the moves, we cut to the ND women learning stage presence by the Unholy Trinity. Lucy points out that the slightest quiver in Santana's face told where to move next. Individuality is fine, but synchronicity is key. To demonstrate, the three cue up some Supremes and of course they still got it, Sugar especially happy to see her parents dance together if not ''back'' together, plus her favorite song to boot. Afterwards, we see Marley about to spew and Santana notices, Marley covering it up nicely as we cut to Quinn with her number one fangirl Kitty, who was probably the freshman from the end of season 3 who told her to never change. Kitty opens up her locker to reveal five letters: WWQFD? The answer is who, and Rachel Berry. Q is both stunned and flattered, but then notices Marley talking to Jake and asks what's up with her. Kitty, naturally, spins a tale of the Little Puck taking after the Big Puck, charming her up just to get in the undershorts. Quinn is of course appalled at the not at all true plans of the GenerationXerox as we pan over to said Marley showing amazement at Jake not getting the dance slot. He tells her that it's a tradeoff for Ryder being cool about the two of them, then tries to take Marley to lunch, only for her to say she's got rehearsals and presumably a date with the porcelain gods. Cut to the dance studio where Brody arrives to tell the class that Cassie's skipping out and he's filling in. Rachel is "thrilled" at being taught by the love interested who was second-hand humped last episode, and tells him as such. Brody sorta correctly does say that though he put the moves on her, she broke it off for Finnegan and he's free to hump as he pleases. He does apologize and asks about her Thanksgiving plans, offering to spend it with Kurtchel. She agrees as we cut to the half-brothers Puckerman. Now we need to mention that Noah has gotten rid of the mohawk, and this is more of that subtle CharacterDevelopment we talked about, as it shows him slowly begin to shed his immaturity. Of course, we said slowly, as Quinn walks up and gets in Jake's face about not pressuring Marley. Jake is of course confused where her attack came from, and Puck just says that she's crazy to him, but does look concerned because he doesn't want his brother to make his mistakes. That and it's pretty much obvious he's still in love with her as we go to break.

We return to Vogue.com shutting down for the night as Kurt leaves, or so we think, as we see Isabelle wrapping up as well. He invites her to Thanksgiving and she accepts with friends, asking if Kurt and Blaine reunited. He says to the contrary, declaring he's moved on, Isabelle saying fine, but it's better if an apology is accepted first. He contemplates as we cut to Quinn telling Kitty what facial gestures to make at the judges so as to blatantly kiss up to them. The more things change... though to be fair at least there's no malice or insanity backing her up. Kitty leaves as Santana arrives, saying Kitty's evil and Q disagreeing. We'd say that the obvious best way to solve these kids' problems is for the alumni to have scenes all by themselves in a sarcastic manner, but we're preferring seeing these guys, even if they're OOC. We then see how right Santana is as we cut to her digging through Marley's bag (going through people's shit is something she has to do), finding laxatives. A twinge of recognition shows on Quinn's face and we again feel sorry for these two being under Sue Sylvester's control, but she stays solid in her fight, though it's not really so much of a fight when you're bragging about being a mistress to a 35yo professor, future divorcee he may be. We have two responses to this:

* In-Universe: Yes Lucy, because spreading for a married man is a sure-fire way to a diploma. Fuck you Murphy.

* Our Recaps: And now we know what her and Rachel do during their clandestine weekends - Play naughty professor and the kinky student.

In either case, she starts mocking how Santana's still just a cheerleader with no direction. This sounds crazy, but we're going to imagine that it's the Quinn-Santana way of telling each other to get their shit together and ask for help. As you'd expect with these two tempers, they lay hands on each other's faces, however before they lay hands on ''other'' body parts (and in the process find out how sturdy the choir room piano really is), Brittany joins them (not like that) and wants them to be friends because she loves them both, obviously one more than the other. Cut to Ryder trying to learn both the steps and the lyrics to "Gangnam Style", a tall order for both. Jake arrives to tell him not to oversimplify, that it should come naturally. Remember, this one takes ballet. He starts the moves and as you'd expect is slightly better, but he insists on helping Ryder; they then watch the video on the laptop Dalton left for them as we got to break.

We return to Bushwick as Brody preps the turkey and says no singing. Weston you bastard. Rachel goes to butter up the turkey and as you'd guess it's in such a way that makes it clear she'd rather be buttering up... yeah. Since Kurtchel will always be in Lima regardless of where they are, talk turns to Sectionals, Rachel talking about psyching herself up and that cuts to Marley doing the same. But in a most disturbing fashion. To wit:

->''"You are ready for this. You look really good. Your voice is strong. It's time to make a little girl's dream come true. [[MadnessMantra I'm so hungry. But at least my dress fits]]."''

...good god. We cut to Unique prepping as well, seems her parents want her to dress like a boy when performing (what about last season?), but she will not be ashamed to be her anymore. Marley gushes over her, saying she wishes she was that confident. We get the pre-show pep talk and show circle as we cut to the auditorium for Sectionals 2012 and the judges: a obituary editor, a locomotive historian, and a local "catfish queen". The Warblers go first with some Music/FloRida, then quick as a [[IncrediblyLamePun flash]] it's everyone's favorite future superhero with some 1D because Murphy hates us. Afterwards, we see Marley wild-eyed and terrified as Jake tries to calm her down; the bulimia plus the self-doubt is combining to lead us to both something very very bad and a break.

We return to Bushwick, where Rachel is reminiscing over family traditions with the Papas Berry. Brody produces the turkey as Isabelle's friends arrive and of course Kurt never told Rachel because comedy. Isabelle arrives and thus there is no excuse not to mashup Scissor Sisters and Broadway, Brody and Kurtchel clearly enjoying themselves. Back to [=McKinley=] and an unexpected Schuester arrives to bear witness to tragedy. We're not kidding. After the Rosedale Mennonites mashup two old standards, we cut to backstage where Sam notices Will and thus the pressure to perform well rises. We then see Blaine's phone ring; it's Kurt, who tells him that while he's trying to forgive him, he's not there yet. Come Christmas, they need to have a talk and sort everything out. Blaine agrees, hanging up as Isabelle approaches Kurt and embraces him.

We return from break for ND's turn at bat, however before that we see Marley at the makeup table as it's obvious she's near the end of her rope. Jake approaches her and she lets it all out; not slept in days, sweating profusely, fear of failure at a high. Ryder interrupts and tells Jake to take the dance lead, saying he appreciates the gesture but if they're gonna win, they need their best. From there, it's to the stage and apparently Blaine and Marley have already performed their duet as we jump right into the showstopper, with Tina on vocals because of course. However, in a moment we all knew was coming, Marley's vision slows, then speeds up, the music warps, she gets listless and the episode ends the way we knew it would end: Marley hits the floor as we fade to black. Happy Thanksgiving indeed.

* ''Over the River and Through the Woods/She'll be Coming Round the Mountain'' by Lydia Maria Child and Music/CarlSandburg, performed by the Rosedale Mennonites
* ''GangnamStyle'' by Music/{{PSY}}, performed by Tina and Ryder with New Directions

* FridgeBrilliance[=/=]CallBack: Quinn has three lines all by herself in the opening of the episode and they are: "I'm sitting in a railway station/Got a ticket for my destination/Where my love life's waiting silently for me". She got a train pass to New York to visit Rachel the last time she was on the show. Even without the last line (which implies she loves Rachel, [[SarcasmMode shockingly]]), it's still a reminder of this.

It's time for Glee's only ThanksgivingEpisode. While there hasn't really been a lot to be thankful for thus far, that changes with the arrival of a familiar pair of wedge heels. Yes folks, for the first of three times this season, we are graced by the presence of one Lucille Quinn Fabray hallelujah! She's in the auditorium leading off a mashup close to home, soon joined by the rest of the ND alumni, minus two obvious exceptions. Each of them, Mike included, gets solo lines, and it's the perfect opportunity for Mercedes and Santana to show off their skills with runs. Afterwards, a group hug ensues, Finn looking more than relieved with having these guys over the new kids as we are thankful to hit the TitleCard.

We see Marley with a V/O, saying that when she was seven, she had a dream of being on stage; now with Sectionals, she'll have her chance. As she shows Mama Rose her dress, we then reveal that while Mama's lost weight, child has not. As mentioned last time, this episode will mark the culmination of Kitty's attempts to [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslight]] Marley into bulimia, with a horrific endgame yet to come. As a side effect of the Wilde machinations, Marley's V/O spells out a mindset that puts the pressure of a win onto her, which coupled with the physical effects can only lead to ruin. From there, it's to Breadstix for an ND alumni dinner, where we find out that sadly, Lucy hasn't used the train pass she and Rachel each have. Right, this is obviously coverup for clandestine Faberry time each weekend. Besides that, we find that Q, not surprisingly, has straight A's, and even got into one of the fame Yale secret societies. Huzzah. The alumni definitely haven't come back to town to spend Thanksgiving with their families, so Finn decides to rope them into a lesson, as we cut to the choir room with said alumni. The idea is to learn from the vets so Sectionals is a slam dunk, which to be fair it usually is. As such, the vets are paired up with their expys, or close equivalents.[[note]]Big Puck with Little Puck, Mike with Ryder, Marley with Santana (as Rachel's not there), Kitty with Lucille, Unique with Mercedes.[[/note]] After we get the name of the non-Warbler opponent for Sectionals (Rosedale Mennonites), we find out Marley/Blaine have the duet, and the showstopper... "Gangnam Style". Right. Time to say it: Finn, Happy Thanksgiving, you're an idiot. Santana agrees, only for forceful Finn to reiterate the point made above, that they never lost Sectionals and thus we've now officially [[TemptingFate tempted fate]] and therefore the gleeks can see the outcome from a mile away. San does also make a point that Brittany's the best dancer but can't dance on her own and thus Finn announces auditions. Sam, for reasons to be abstractly revealed next episode, tries to volunteer as tribute, but is thankfully shot down. From there, we cut to Jake at Ryder's locker telling him he went out with Marley. Ryder is displeased, but is starting to sense Jake may have the stronger feelings, so he backs down for now. Cut to NY and thus Kurtchel, Rachel telling Kurt that while she didn't get the ''Theatre/TheGlassMenagerie'' part, there is a [=NYADA=] showcase where she can get her second wind. Speaking of, Kurt's auditioning again, even sending Madame Tibadeaux a letter with Vogue.com stationary. Yeah, because they'd totally let you get away with that in real life. The underlying theme of course is that they're happy staying far away from their exes; while we can understand from an emotional standpoint, it's very clear that despite everything, they understandably would much rather spend Turkey Day in said exes arms. Rachel offers the peptalk to Kurt as we go to break.

We return to a makeshift Booty Camp led by Mike; as you'd expect, Ryder is outclassing Jake by a Lima mile, as such he gets the slot. While the men show off the moves, we cut to the ND women learning stage presence by the Unholy Trinity. Lucy points out that the slightest quiver in Santana's face told where to move next. Individuality is fine, but synchronicity is key. To demonstrate, the three cue up some Supremes and of course they still got it, Sugar especially happy to see her parents dance together if not ''back'' together, plus her favorite song to boot. Afterwards, we see Marley about to spew and Santana notices, Marley covering it up nicely as we cut to Quinn with her number one fangirl Kitty, who was probably the freshman from the end of season 3 who told her to never change. Kitty opens up her locker to reveal five letters: WWQFD? The answer is who, and Rachel Berry. Q is both stunned and flattered, but then notices Marley talking to Jake and asks what's up with her. Kitty, naturally, spins a tale of the Little Puck taking after the Big Puck, charming her up just to get in the undershorts. Lucille is of course appalled at the not at all true plans of the GenerationXerox as we pan over to said Marley showing amazement at Jake not getting the dance slot. He tells her that it's a tradeoff for Ryder being cool about the two of them, then tries to take Marley to lunch, only for her to say she's got rehearsals and presumably a date with the porcelain gods. Cut to the dance studio where Brody arrives to tell the class that Cassie's skipping out and he's filling in. Rachel is "thrilled" at being taught by the love interested who was second-hand humped last episode, and tells him as such. Brody sorta correctly does say that though he put the moves on her, she broke it off for Finnegan and he's free to hump as he pleases. He does apologize and asks about her Thanksgiving plans, offering to spend it with Kurtchel. She agrees as we cut to the half-brothers Puckerman. Now we need to mention that Noah has gotten rid of the mohawk, and this is more of that subtle CharacterDevelopment we talked about, as it shows him slowly begin to shed his immaturity. Of course, we said slowly, as Dear Lucille walks up and gets in Little Puck's face about not pressuring Marley. Little Puck is of course confused where her attack came from, and Puck just says that she's crazy to him, but does look concerned because he doesn't want his brother to make his mistakes. That and it's pretty much obvious he's still in love with her as we go to break.

* TheCameo: Creator/DiannaAgron as Lucille Quinn Fabray, Mark Salling as Noah Puckerman, Harry Shum Jr as Mike Chang, Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones.

* FootFocus: The episode opens with Quinn('s feet) walking onto the stage.

We see Marley with a V/O, saying that when she was seven, she had a dream of being on stage; now with Sectionals, she'll have her chance. As she shows Mama Rose her dress, we then reveal that while Mama's lost weight, child has not. As mentioned last time, this episode will mark the culmination of Kitty's attempts to [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslight]] Marley into bulimia, with a horrific endgame yet to come. As a side effect of the Wilde machinations, Marley's V/O spells out a mindset that puts the pressure of a win onto her, which coupled with the physical effects can only lead to ruin. From there, it's to Breadstix for an ND alumni dinner, where we find out that sadly, Lucy hasn't used the train pass she and Rachel each have. Right, this is obviously coverup for clandestine Faberry time each weekend. Besides that, we find that Q, not surprisingly, has straight A's, and even got into one of the fame Yale secret societies. Huzzah. The alumni definitely haven't come back to town to spend Thanksgiving with their families, so Finn decides to rope them into a lesson, as we cut to the choir room with said alumni. The idea is to learn from the vets so Sectionals is a slam dunk, which to be fair it usually is. As such, the vets are paired up with their expys, or close equivalents.[[note]]Big Puck with Little Puck, Mike with Ryder, Marley with Santana (as Rachel's not there), Kitty with Lucille, Unique with Mercedes.[[/note]] After we get the name of the non-Warbler opponent for Sectionals (Rosedale Mennonites), we find out Marley/Blaine have the duet, and the showstopper... "Gangnam Style". Right. Time to say it: Finn, Happy Thanksgiving, you're an idiot. Santana agrees, only for forceful Finn to reiterate the point made above, that they never lost Sectionals and thus we've now officially [[TemptingFate tempted fate]] and therefore the gleeks can see the outcome from a mile away. San does also make a point that Brittany's the best dancer but can't dance on her own and thus Finn announces auditions. Sam, for reasons to be abstractly revealed next episode, tries to volunteer as tribute, but is thankfully shot down. From there, we cut to Jake at Ryder's locker telling him he went out with Marley. Ryder is displeased, but is starting to sense Jake may have the stronger feelings, so he backs down for now. Cut to NY and thus Kurtchel, Rachel telling Kurt that while she didn't get the Theater/TheGlassMenagerie part, there is a [=NYADA=] showcase where she can get her second wind. Speaking of, Kurt's auditioning again, even sending Madame Tibadeaux a letter with Vogue.com stationary. Yeah, because they'd totally let you get away with that in real life. The underlying theme of course is that they're happy staying far away from their exes; while we can understand from an emotional standpoint, it's very clear that despite everything, they understandably would much rather spend Turkey Day in said exes arms. Rachel offers the peptalk to Kurt as we go to break.

...good god. We cut to Unique prepping as well, seems her parents want her to dress like a boy when performing (what about last season?), but she will not be ashamed to be her anymore. Marley gushes over her, saying she wishes she was that confident. We get the pre-show pep talk and show circle as we cut to the auditorium for Sectionals 2012 and the judges: a obituary editor, a locomotive historian, and a local "catfish queen". The Warblers go first with some FloRida, then quick as a [[IncrediblyLamePun flash]] it's everyone's favorite future superhero with some 1D because Murphy hates us. Afterwards, we see Marley wild-eyed and terrified as Jake tries to calm her down; the bulimia plus the self-doubt is combining to lead us to both something very very bad and a break.

* TheCameo: Creator/DiannaAgron as Lucille Quinn Fabray, Mark Salling as Noah Puckerman, Harry Shum Jr as Mike Chang, Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones, Creator/SarahJessicaParker as Isabelle Wright.
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* The Cameo: Creator/DiannaAgron as Lucille Quinn Fabray, Mark Salling as Noah Puckerman, Harry Shum Jr as Mike Chang, Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones, Creator/SarahJessicaParker as Isabelle Wright.

Kurt and Rachel have decided to stay in New York for Thanksgiving because plane tickets are expensive. Maybe you could have used your train pass and got a ride with Quinn? Speak of the Agron and she will appear in her first of three appearances this season! Dear Lucille's in the auditorium by herself and starts singing, before the other five kids that graduated join her. Each of them, Mike included, gets solo lines, and it's the perfect opportunity for Mercedes and Santana to show off their skills with runs. They then hug, Finn looking more than relieved with having these guys over the new kids.

The alumni definitely haven't come back to town to spend Thanksgiving with their families, so Finn has paired them all up with their expy to mentor them. Except Marley, who gets Santana because Rachel is needed in New York. Finn is also scrapping the idea of using songs that could win at Sectionals, and is making them learn "Gangnam Style". Time to say it: Finn, you're an idiot. Tina gets a lead, finally, and we're going to guess it's racist. Finn then auditions the boys to see who will dance, and Ryder - though he's only marginally better than Finn - gets it. Actually, that's probably the reason he does get it. Kitty is Quinn's fangirl, probably the freshman from the end of season 3 who told her to never change, and has gathered all of the girls to watch a performance by the Unholy Trinity - who most definitely do still got it.

Quinn asks Kitty if there's something wrong with Marley, who she noted was distracted and didn't look well. Kitty lies, and this sets up Santana vs. Quinn for the first time this season. They turn out to be quite close the next two times Quinn will dare to make an appearance. Because Quinn now thinks that Puck II is praying on sweet little Marley, she goes to lecture him in the halls, with original flavor Puck watching. Jake is confused where her attack came from, and Puck just says that she's crazy to him, but does look concerned because he doesn't want his brother to make his mistakes.

Brody is making Thanksgiving dinner for the New York kids because he slept with Cassie because Rachel was still pining over Finn. Kurt invites his boss to their party. She notices that Kurt is happier and this lets us find out that Kurt is over Blaine, but not forgiving him, but he should forgive him. Isabelle asks if she can bring friends to the party, and Kurt of course agrees.

Santana is now confronting Quinn. We'd say that the obvious best way to solve these kids' problems is for the alumni to have scenes all by themselves in a sarcastic manner, but we're preferring seeing these guys, even if they're OOC. Quinn says she was just protecting Marley, but Santana thinks that Puck II is a sweet kid, especially with Puck guiding him, and that Kitty is the problem. She also found laxatives in Marley's bag (going through people's shit is something she has to do) that she knows are Sue Sylvester's. A twinge of recognition shows on Quinn's face and we again feel sorry for these two being under Sue's control, but she stays solid in her fight and starts mocking how Santana's still just a cheerleader with no direction whilst she's in Yale fucking her professor [[strike: while wishing she was fucking Rachel]]. This sounds crazy, but we're going to imagine that it's the Quinn-Santana way of telling each other to get their shit together and ask for help. Slapping ensues, but before the Quinntana fans get the palpations, Brittany joins them (not like that) and wants them to be friends because she loves them both.

Jake tells Ryder that he sucks at dancing but teaches him how. Remember, this one takes ballet. Also preparing is Kitty, taking in the waist of Marley's dress, and Marley, downing laxatives like [=M&Ms=]. Sugar and Joe appear just in time to change and Unique is also staying as Unique, even though her parents want her to dress like a boy when performing (what about last season?). The party in New York starts, with a wild bunch of glam rock stars appearing at the loft with Isabelle, and launching into a ridiculous mash-up. Some songs are done in Lima, and Kurt decides to call Blaine at this point, just before New Directions are going to perform. He says they need to talk, but not now. Marley collapses on stage during their song.

* ''Let's Have a Kiki/Turkey Lurkey Time'' by Music/ScissorSisters and from ''Theatre/PromisesPromises'', performed by Rachel, Kurt, Isabelle Wright, and the partygoers

* ''Come See About Me'' by The Supremes, performed by the Unholy Trinity

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: A variant. When the Unholy Trinity performs, we hear Sugar shout "Do my favorite". By this time, Vanessa Lengies was made aware of the "[[{{Fanon}} Sugar From The Future}}]]" fan theory and decided to incorporate it into this episode, implying that in the future, "Come See About Me" became her favorite song.

Santana is now confronting Quinn. We'd say that the obvious best way to solve these kids' problems is for the alumni to have scenes all by themselves in a sarcastic manner, but we're preferring seeing these guys, even if they're OOC. Quinn says she was just protecting Marley, but Santana thinks that Puck II is a sweet kid, especially with Puck guiding him, and that Kitty is the problem. She also found laxatives in Marley's bag (going through people's shit is something she has to do) that she knows are Sue Sylvester's. A twinge of recognition shows on Quinn's face and we again feel sorry for these two being under Sue's control, but she stays solid in her fight and starts mocking how Santana's still just a cheerleader with no direction whilst she's in Yale fucking her professor [[strike: while wishing she was fucking Rachel]]. This sounds crazy, but we're going to imagine that it's the Quinn-Santana way of telling each other to get their shit together and ask for help. Slapping ensues, but before the Quintana fans get the palpations, Brittany joins them (not like that) and wants them to be friends because she loves them both.

Kurt and Rachel have decided to stay in New York for Thanksgiving because plane tickets are expensive. Maybe you could have used your train pass and got a ride with Quinn? Speak of the Agron and she will appear in her first of two appearances this season! Dear Lucille's in the auditorium by herself and starts singing, before the other five kids that graduated join her. Each of them, Mike included, gets solo lines, and it's the perfect opportunity for Mercedes and Santana to show off their skills with runs. They then hug, Finn looking more than relieved with having these guys over the new kids.

Kurt and Rachel have decided to stay in New York for Thanksgiving because plane tickets are expensive. Maybe you could have used your train pass and got a ride with Quinn? Speak of the devil! Quinn's in the auditorium by herself and starts singing, before the other five kids that graduated join her. Each of them, Mike included, gets solo lines, and it's the perfect opportunity for Mercedes and Santana to show off their skills with runs. They then hug, Finn looking more than relieved with having these guys over the new kids.

The alumni definitely haven't come back to town to spend Thanksgiving with their families, so Finn has paired them all up with their expy to mentor them. Except Marley, who gets Santana because Rachel is needed in New York. Finn is also scrapping the idea of using songs that could win at Sectionals, and is making them learn "Gangnam Style". Tina gets a lead, finally, and we're going to guess it's racist. Finn then auditions the boys to see who will dance, and Ryder - though he's only marginally better than Finn - gets it. Actually, that's probably the reason he does get it. Kitty is Quinn's fangirl, probably the freshman from the end of season 3 who told her to never change, and has gathered all of the girls to watch a performance by the Unholy Trinity - who most definitely do still got it.

Brody is making Thanksgiving dinner for the New York kids because he slept with Cassie because Rachel was pining over Finn. Kurt invites his boss to their party. She notices that Kurt is happier and this lets us find out that Kurt is over Blaine, but not forgiving him, but he should forgive him. Isabelle asks if she can bring friends to the party, and Kurt of course agrees.

Santana is now confronting Quinn. We'd say that the obvious best way to solve these kids' problems is for the alumni to have scenes all by themselves in a sarcastic manner, but we're preferring seeing these guys, even if they're OOC. Quinn says she was just protecting Marley, but Santana thinks that Puck II is a sweet kid, especially with Puck guiding him, and that Kitty is the problem. She also found laxatives in Marley's bag (going through people's shit is something she has to do) that she knows are Sue Sylvester's. A twinge of recognition shows on Quinn's face and we again feel sorry for these two being under Sue's control, but she stays solid in her fight and starts mocking how Santana's still just a cheerleader with no direction whilst she's in Yale fucking her professor. This sounds crazy, but we're going to imagine that it's the Quinn-Santana way of telling each other to get their shit together and ask for help. They start slapping each other, but before it can get better, Brittany joins them and wants them to be friends because she loves them both.

Jake tells Ryder that he sucks at dancing but teaches him how. Remember, this one takes ballet. Also preparing is Kitty, taking in the waist of Marley's dress, and Marley, downing laxatives like [=M&Ms=]. Sugar and Joe appear just in time to change and Unique is also staying as Unique, even though her parents want her to dress like a boy when performing (what about last season?) The party in New York starts, with a wild bunch of glam rock stars appearing at the loft with Isabelle, and launching into a ridiculous mash-up. Some songs are done in Lima, and Kurt decides to call Blaine at this point, just before New Directions are going to perform. He says they need to talk, but not now. Marley collapses on stage during their song.

* FridgeBrilliance[=/=]CallBack: Quinn has three lines all by herself in the opening of the episode and they are: "I'm sitting in a railway station/Got a ticket for my destination/Where my love life's waiting silently for me". She got a train pass to New York to visit Rachel the last time she was on the show. Even without the last line (which implies she loves Rachel, shockingly), it's still a reminder of this.

* FridgeBrilliance[=/=]CallBack: Quinn has three lines all by herself in the opening of the episode and they are: "I'm sitting in a railway station/Got a ticket for my destination/Where my love lies waiting silently for me". She got a train pass to New York to visit Rachel the last time she was on the show. Even without the last line (which implies she loves Rachel, shockingly), it's still a reminder of this.

* ''Homeward Bound/Home'' by Music/SimonAndGarfunkel and Music/PhillipPhillips, performed by Quinn, Puck, Mike, Santana, Mercedes, and Finn.
* ''Come See About Me'' by Music/TheSupremes, performed by the Unholy Trinity

* ''Over the River and Through the Woods/She'll be Coming Round the Mountain'' by Music/LydiaMariaChild and Music/CarlSandburg, performed by the Rosedale Mennonites