History Recap / GleeS5E7PuppetMaster

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We return to see Sue lead the school board down the hall, her having gotten a makeover showing that yes, ShesGotLegs. Harris apologizes for his earlier mistake. She leads them into the choir room... and Figgins promptly arrives to try and blame her for the hallucinations, saying they're the result of a gas leak. Sue is one step ahead, fixing it herself and since Figs tattled he gets his pay cut in half. Oops. Sue is officially principal, then tries to ask Harris out. Susan should've quit while you're ahead because yep, he turns her down and sometimes you can't win for losing, though this of course means Sue will be out for all the blood. Cut to the stage where Blaine has a slight meltdown, then decides to make a Tina puppet because yes. The unamused full-sized Cohen-Chang arrives, relenting enough to tell Blaine that ND understands his pressures and apologizes, even offering him a lead at Nationals. Blaine is humbled, handing Puppet!Tina to actual Tina as we cut to Marley annoyed. Guess by whom? Yep, seems Jake figured he'd try for her again, but this time, she won't have it, declaring herself a friend only. Good Girl.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Any of Sue's comments to Blaine about having his hand and/or fist up something's butt, especially considering he's gay.

[[caption-width-right:350: ''What does the [[{{Network/FOX}} Fox]] say?''[[note]]It says yes, there's a season and a half left. Deal with it.[[/note]]]]

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: It's not even up for discussion. It ends up, [[AlphaBitch Bree]] was just late. Also, unlike the earlier [[AlphaBitch Alpha Bitches]], Bree doesn't make a HeelFaceTurn.

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Played mostly straight, since Bree is the AlphaBitch of Season Five. It ends up, Bree was just late. Also, unlike the earlier [[AlphaBitch Alpha Bitches]], Bree doesn't make a HeelFaceTurn.

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Played mostly straight, since Bree is the AlphaBitch of Season Five. It ends up, Bree was just late. Also, unlike the earlier [[AlphaBitch AlphaBitches]], Bree doesn't make a HeelFaceTurn.

After the break, and after Sue bins the heels, we see her approach Will. Since he's helped her find her feminine side [[Recap/GleeS1E8MashUp before]], she asks him again. He tries to counter with money for Nationals costumes, only for her to correctly refuse on grounds that, well... remember in Season 1 when April Rhodes bought the auditorium, thus explaining all the costumes and props used until then? Right. One, we'll explore this later on, two, Will, for not remembering all this time, you're an idiot. As Will leaves, the hallucinogens kick in and it's Sue's turn for the MushroomSamba, a duet with Will appropriately set to some Fred Astaire. Afterwards, it's Becky that wakes her up as we cut to Bree... dragging Jake to a corner of the school... yep. Truly cementing his status as GenerationXerox, once again, a Puckerman has knocked up a Cheerio!. Somewhere in Air Force basic training, and somewhere in either Yale or Rachel's bed, Big Puck and Dear Lucille are suddenly hit with Deja Vu. Anyway, Jake is displeased, and from there, we get very sad MoodWhiplash as we cut to Blaine, DominoMask and all, sneaking into Sue's office to retrieve Puppet!Kurt. Okay, we get missing your fiancee. But ''really'' Anderson? And of course Sue catches him and gives him detention thus preventing him from attending Pamela Lansbury's first gig. After a slightly creepy sight gag of the puppet supposedly coming to life, we cut to full-sized Kurt calling Blaine, who tries to explain the puppet, while in another sight gag, we see real Kurt swapped for said puppet. Point is Kurt is not amused, and he gets twice as unamused as we cut to the venue and shocking no one, it's an all but empty house, the one person there only getting the "[[Series/MurderSheWrote Lansbury]]" part of the name. PL is dilapidated as we go to break.

We return to see that Sue is starting to get desperate, asking Unique for help. She's a bit more accepting as we cut to the "Beck-fast Club" I mean detention, where permanent resident Becky sits, alongside Blaine and Jake, in for starting another fight. Blaine's Braine wanders and with puppets on the mind, the hallucinations return, this time serving as reason for Blaine to self-monologue about how his control issues are keeping him from his friends. Jake bails to find that Bree's late meaning Beth doesn't have to worry about a cousin. Praise. She gives him a deserved, but extremely hypocritical TheReasonYouSuckSpeech as we go to break.

We return to see Sue lead the school board down the hall, her having gotten a makeover showing that yes, ShesGotLegs. Harris apologizes for his earlier mistake. She leads them into the choir room... and Figgins promptly arrives to try and blame her for the hallucinations, saying they're the result of a gas leak. Sue is one step ahead, fixing it herself and since Figs tattled he gets his pay cut in half. Oops. Sue is officially principal, then tries to ask Harris out. Susan should've quit while you're ahead because yep, he turns her down and sometimes you can't win for losing, though this of course means Sue'll be out for all the blood. Cut to the stage where Blaine has a slight meltdown, then decides to make a Tina puppet because yes. The unamused full-sized Cohen-Chang arrives, relenting enough to tell Blaine that ND understands his pressures and apologizes, even offering him a lead at Nationals. Blaine is humbled, handing Puppet!Tina to actual Tina as we cut to Marley annoyed. Guess by whom? Yep, seems Jake figured he'd try for her again, but this time, she won't have it, declaring herself a friend only. Good Girl.

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Played mostly straight, since Bree is the AlphaBitch of Season Five. It ends up, Bree was just late. Also, unlike the earlier AlphaBitches, Bree doesn't make a Heel-Face-Turn.

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Played mostly straight, since Bree is the AlphaBitch of Season Five. It ends up, Bree was just late.

We return to see that Sue is starting to get desperate, asking Unique for help. She's a bit more accepting as we cut to the "Beck-fast Club" I mean detention, where permanent resident Becky sits, alongside Blaine and Jake, in for starting another fight. Blaine's Braine wanders and with puppets on the mind, the hallucinations return, this time serving as reason for Blaine to self-monologue about how his control issues are keeping him from his friends. Jake bails to find that Bree's late meaning Beth doesn't have to worry about a half-sibling. Praise. She gives him a deserved TheReasonYouSuckSpeech as we go to break.

After the break, we're in a dance studio with Jake still choreographing Cheerios! and clearly tired of doing so. All well and good, but the thing is we see Bree amongst them, kinda sluggish... ho boy. We'll explain later as we cut to Blaine thanking Jake for sticking up for him in the teaser. He then tells him about the puppet hallucination, inviting him to take a hit too. Yeah, Blaine? Right now that may be the least of his worries. Back in the choir room where Jake won't teach ND how to dance either. He sits where Blaine sat and that cues up his MushroomSamba, namely him, Bree, and Marley mashing up two of Janet's finest, another ShotForShotRemake. Afterwards, as Figgins wakes Jake up, we're in an arts class, where Blaine apparently is inspired by his hallucination that he wants to make a puppet Kurt. The teacher rightfully asks why and Blaine misses Kurt more than we thought. And yes, we then get Blaine down the halls with his fiancee analog and this is both strange and sad. Speaking of, we cut to Sue... in tracksuit and stilettos. Oh my. She trips on her own feet, then rightfully confiscates Puppet!Kurt because she wants Harris to see that everything is perfect. Blaine then sheds a tear. Right.

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[[caption-width-right:350:"Remove your fist from puppet-Hummel"]]
This is the episode where Blaine becomes Rachel. Would you like more?

It also seems to be a crossover with Series/SesameStreet. More?

When Will is absent due to school inspections, Blaine tries to boss the Glee club around. It doesn't go over well. Pamela Lansbury plays their first gig; despite previously stating they're an "indie band," the other members seem awfully interested in having the "right" audience. Sue is smitten with the school superintendent, but he mistakes her for a man.

* ''Into The Groove'' by Music/{{Madonna}}, performed by Kurt, Elliot, Dani, and Rachel with Santana (as "Pamela Lansbury")

* ''TheFox'' by Music/{{Ylvis}} performed by New Directions and Pamela Lansbury[[note]]''We Can't Stop'' by Music/MileyCyrus was recorded to be performed instead, but this was changed.[[/note]]

* ''Cheek to Cheek'', by Creator/FredAstaire from ''Film/CheekToCheek'', performed by Sue and Will.

* ImagineSpot: Kurt's Pamela Lansbury dream, Sue's ''Film/CheekToCheek'' fantasy.

!!! Plot

!!! Songs

* "Into The Groove" - Performed by Pamela Lansbury
* "You're My Best Friend" - Performed by Blaine
* "Nasty/Rhythm Nation" - Performed by Jake, Marley, The Cheerios, and New Directions
* "What The Fox Say" - Performed by New Directions and Pamela Lansbury


!!! Tropes

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment : The most WTF episode in a pretty WTF season.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion : Played mostly straight, since Bree is the AlphaBitch of Season Five. It ends up, Bree was just late.
* ShoutOut: To ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'', during detention.
* SplitScreen : While Blaine and Kurt are on the phone.
* TheEighties : Heavily invoked during the first number, skinny ties, plastic accessories, and neon palate included. We also see an Eighties Sue during her flashback.