History Recap / GleeS6E11WeBuiltThisGleeClub

However, we have one last piece of business to attend to. They say all good things come to an end, and for Glee, and these recaps, our {{Music/Journey}} is about to reach its end...

* BackForTheFinale (of this part of the season) in StockFootage: Credited for this episode are Creator/JonathanGroff, Creator/DiannaAgron, Ashley Fink, Samuel Larsen, Vanessa Lengies, [[Music/CelticThunder Damian McGinty]], Creator/HeatherMorris, Creator/NayaRivera, Mark Salling, Harry Shum Jr., Dijon Talton, Jenna Ushkowitz, and of course, Creator/CoryMonteith on top of the main cast as "Special".

As the glee club readies itself for Sectionals, Rachel receives a surprise visit from Jesse St. James (Jonathan Groff), who reveals that he has been cast as the male lead opposite her in the new musical. Despite telling Sam that she's made up her mind, Rachel is still unsure as to whether she should go back to college. Meanwhile, Roderick and Spencer ask Kitty and Will to help them improve their dance moves, which results in Spencer spraining his ankle. Despite the injury being severe, Spencer opts for a cortisone injection so that he can still perform with his friends. Roderick, however, finds a better solution by incorporating Spencer into the Sectionals set in a unique way. Before the day of the competition, Sue glitter bombs the choir room, taints the McKinley water supply and sets fire to Will's car—all seemingly for revenge. Her coaching of Vocal Adrenaline also results in an overblown competition set, complete with human cannonballs. This ostentatiousness costs them the victory, with New Directions emerging as the winners. Afterwards, Sue tells Will that, because he stood up for her during Geraldo Riviera's exposé, she had sabotaged Vocal Adrenaline by deliberately alienating the judges, while also helping New Directions improve their physiologies with her earlier shenanigans, thereby ensuring their victory. After Sectionals ends, Rachel tells Jesse that she has decided to return to NYADA and turn down the musical. Though disappointed, he accepts her decision and offers her a place to stay in New York; the two then share a kiss before parting. As the glee club celebrates their victory and sends off a departing Rachel, they have the previous trophies put back on display with the latest one as Sue looks on with approval.

This is it remaining Gleeks; the last episode before the GrandFinale, and the final chance for Murphy to essentially end the series on a huge DownerEnding. Will his obsessions with marginalizing some characters while overemphasizing others show in the writing? Will his penchant for tantrums cause characters to say things you know he'd say in real life? Will his residual hatred for Creator/DiannaAgron cause him to run Quinn through the mud one last time? We find out... now!

With Ian Brennan bringing us aboard one final time, we start the penultimate episode with Will teaching steps to the combined New[[superscript:5]] Directions and Warblers. However, despite at least compromising on the uniforms, the infighting continues as Skylar says that Will's dance moves won't help them win against VA, and he'd be right in most cases. Turns out Sue has VA running over hot coals while ND-Warblers continue to fight amongst themselves. The Warbler side of the group believe that the strongest should be showcased, therefore Spencer and Roderick get demoted to the back of the group, not because they're the unrivaled tallest but because they apparently suck at dancing. They're far better than Finnsauce, and he was always up front... Anyway, Kitty, the veteran of the group, agrees that they need to step up the moves and sends the two of them to the back as we hit the TitleCard.

We're at Roderick's locker which spills its contents as Spencer arrives, the two cleaning up while lamenting their status. Fortunately, the collective brain cells spark as they realize that yeah, Will's got moves, he's also got platitudes, whereas they have a more Wilde taskmistress amongst their ranks. We then cut to the auditorium where we find Rachel going over sheet music as Sam arrives. Now, we're gonna remind you, and we apologize for it, that their brief fling was merely her in need of copulation. There's a reason we're reminding you, and we'll see it momentarily. In the meantime, Sam continues trying to convince Rachel to return to [=NYADA=]; while he never went, he doesn't wanna see her make the same mistake again. To whit, he produces a list of people who graduated before they became successful. Here's a list of ''Glee'' stars who graduated college: Creator/DarrenCriss. Now we know why she wants to skip it; hell, she produces her own list of those who dropped out and became successful: Creator/LadyGaga, Coco Chanel, and of course, [[Music/BarbraStreisand Babs]]. Point to Rachel. Sam gives up and bails while the forever omnipresent Brad Ellis reveals that he was watching the whole thing and knows what Rachel wants to sing to express her emotions or whatever, cuing up some Roxette. However, since this is best served as a duet, and there's one former character we've haven't seen, it surprises no one that from the back, A Wild Jesse St. James Appears after a three-year absence and joins in. Oh, hey Jesse. What are you doing here? After another killer Groff/Michele duet, Rachel shoos Brad away and asks him that very question - he's visiting his mother, but what is she doing here. She belongs in New York. He also says that if she takes the play, he'll be her leading man. Is this what makes her want to run back to [=NYADA=]!? Ha! New Haven for sure, but not [=NYADA=]. Besides, Dear Lucy knows how to make everything better... Anyway, as the gleeks begin to suspect something, hence why we reminded you of Rachel and Trouty's brief dalliance, we cut to Will and Kitty helping Roderick and Spencer dance, and Will is commending their efforts even though they suck - much unlike season 3. Spencer then sprains his ankle really badly and is told not to put pressure, let alone dance on it. Spencer insists he will, and asks for some horse painkillers or something (super-cortisone) so he won't feel the pain. Even though he could do permanent damage and never walk again. Ah, but "never walking again" is a fickle prognosis on Glee, he just needs the power of friendship, some guy in rehab getting a boner, and a UST-ful day with smoking hot members of their preferred sex to cure it. It's called the "Faberry Method" and OH MY GOD could the ending be ''MORE'' telegraphed. FacePalm.

After the break (ha), we're backstage with Hummelberry, as Kurt says a year (or thereabouts) prior, Rachel was in the same position, and she wasn't happy, never getting a chance to enjoy herself. He says he'll support her, but she needs to be happy too, and that coaching ND was the happiest she's been in a while. Kurt reveals that Blaine got accepted to NYU, and the only thing that has Rachel actually considering what to do is when he asks (rhetorically) how many people have the chance to go back in time a few years and choose the other road? Everyone, should fanfic be believed, and she could just ask for Brittany's time machine. We know it works. We cut to Will checking Sam out at the water fountain. This is how Santana deduced that Karofsky is gay, but we don't think the writers remembered that because this shot is a direct allusion to that but they're never going to make Will gay. In canon. Scattered around the choir room are boxes sent from GLAAD (the group that assess the representation of the queer community in media, and more memorably got Dianna and Naya to say they like girls), which start ticking. Have the group finally decided that ''Glee'' is doing nothing good and have managed to send bombs into the fictional world to get rid of it for us in reality? Is Sue playing a trick on them? No, the boxes shoot confetti to rain down on them and then wish them good luck at Sectionals, Kurt deducing that the confetti jack-in-the-boxes are a gift for hosting the trans choir. Still wrong, it was indeed a set-up from Sue, which they come to realize when they read the label saying "it's not fun to be glitter-bombed, is it?" Then, more ticking and it's coming from the piano. The piano erupts in glitter, Will goes to find Sue, but not before finding himself in the same position his wife was in [[Recap/GleeS1E5TheRhodesNotTaken six years past]], that being put on the end of a Technicolor Yawn, this time thanks to Sam and some bad meat loaf. However, it turns out to be a Suedemic, as the entire staff start Technicolor Yawning. Turns out, Sue put eye drops in the [=McKinley=] water system. He chases after her, but before they can get into another fourth wall breaking argument a nurse that isn't a ''Spring Awakening'' alum this time runs down the hall screaming that somebody's car is on fire. Guess who? We'd call this DisproportionateRetribution but for Sue, that's every day of the week. But then, we get another moment we thought we'd never see. We cut to a salon where Sue goes to have her haircut so she can look as attractive as ever when she beats New Directions. The sassy stylist then takes her wig off, revealing Will's finally snapped and took a page out of Sue's playbook, Sue's face dropping when she realizes. Head --> shaved. Sue decides to use the [=McKinley=] locker room to train VA in, reminding Beiste [[Recap/GleeS5E10Trio how easy it is to sneak into the school]]. Sue and Beiste have their first fight, being one of few stable friendships on this show. Stop, Murphy, stop. You've done enough.

And now, Sectionals 2015, the final set of judges being [[Recap/GleeS1E13Sectionals the vice-comptroller from the first Sectionals]], Rod Remington, and a Westminster Dog Show winner. Yes. We start with the filler, the Falconers from the John James Audubon Institute for Rehabilitative Ornithology. This is of course the go-to when you need music but don't want to make it fit a storyline or offend/upset anyone any more than has already happened. It's a tried and tested Glee technique, and right now it'll do for us. After we see some people sing in bird costumes (how much did Murphy drink?), we see VA start doing circus tricks to some songs that everyone expected would be performed this season even before anything was announced; namely Starship and Toni Basil. And because we're neck deep in CallBack, we of course, get VA members shooting out of cannons into the audience, which we all wanted to see, just not see our [[Recap/GleeS2E11TheSueSylvesterShuffle Brit-Brit]] shot out of one. Because Santana would've torn it to shreds with her bare hands. And even though it is a song that would have been more appropriate for New Directions to sing, for those who were still doubting Clint of Vocal Adrenaline's actual vocal adrenaline, by the second half of "We Built This City" he's really showing how he actually is very good. Max George served his role well. Cut to Spencer hobbling into the choir room on crutches. He says he'll be great once he's been injected with that horse semen or whatever it was. The fan fictions are writing themselves. Besides, now is not the time for Alistair to drop trou. Will tries to teach the new kids a show circle with Kitty, then tells Rachel to give them a pep talk. Spencer's back in the locker room about to get his fill of magic spunk when Roderick bursts in with a better idea. I don't know, he can dance on crutches? They'll bring one of the wheelchairs out of the prop store?

Anywaty, after the break, it's time for the final performance of New Directions. Roderick is up at the front first for Hozier because Noah Guthrie has been amazing this season. Kitty is the only person who has a solo in every song, because this is Kitty so people care and she deserves it. Besides, Becca Tobin has helped to make this season somewhat tolerable. Myron once again makes several costume changes, dressing up like [[Series/DanceMoms Maddy Ziegler]] to dance to Sia, which has to be sung by Madison because she's the one least likely to shred those sharps. Spencer also appears, swinging on a chandelier in his blazer and foot cast. For a sprained ankle? Admittedly nice visual, though, as we end with some Stix, Spencer on a crutch and not at all out of place. Seriously, he's not. Afterwards, the judges are as horrible and seeking RefugeInAudacity as normal, the one who was the memetically snarky comptroller brought back for nostalgia complains that she's worth more than judging show choir competitions and they're somehow even worse than last time. Rod remarks about how attractive the girls are, even if they can't sing or dance. Especially Jane. What a creep. After revealing the sponsor and Kitty's love for waffles, New Directions is 5-5, and while there were a lot of ForegoneConclusion this season, this was not one of them. Murphy is in fact, that evil. And speaking of, when [=WildeBerry=] are holding up the trophy it looks like they're about to go in for a kiss (and no we would not have complained) but then Myron hugs Kitty's waist and ass and Skylar grabs the trophy and the moment is broken. Damn it all.

We start the penultimate home stretch with Will running into Sue, who apparently saw Will's testimonial from last episode and had a change of heart: playing a long game, she designed the VA setlist to make the judges subconsciously disturbed, a similar tactic used by Kitty and Rachel to get ND to win the Invitational. She eyedropped the water to make everyone lose weight and spike the metabolism, planted the glitter bombs to trigger a stress hormome and increase their alertness, and blew up Will's car ForTheEvulz. MagnificentBastard. After one last token "threat", we're in the auditorium where Jesse goes to see Rachel, he really can't stay away, and offers her his couch in New York until she gets a place of her own or any of her friends offer instead - Brittana, Klaine, Artina, are all in the BigApplesauce. She turns him down because she's going back to [=NYADA=] (still in New York and of course we saw this coming...) and not doing the show. Jesse says he's sad he won't get to be her boyfriend on stage every night - is this show ''Theatre/SpringAwakening''? Please let it be, because half-naked Rachel overrides her kissing a man, while Lucy Q sits in the front row half turned on and half ready to castrate. Still, he's proud of her for getting her training. Well, to be fair, it will probably solidify her a reputation again and show the Broadway circuit that she's grown and humbled. Rachel says that she'll still be at opening night, and bring him an [[Recap/GleeS1E21Funk egg]]. He then kisses her and leaves as the gleeks promptly figure out the trope known as SecondLove. Cut to the choir room as the new trophy is added to the case. The new kids are all proud of their first trophy, as Will tells them to remember this years from now, the fun and the friendship. They may scatter, but New Directions will be forever. To drive home that point, we get a tear-inducing flashback to all the old kids (the actual "originals", none of season 4 or 5) getting handed their trophies through the years before Rachel eventually gets given this trophy to put in the cabinet, smiling at the memories. This is the start of the massive GrandFinale boom. After six years, the entire creative crew and cast pull out all the stops and they do good. Our usual snark aside, kudos to Glee.

We're at Roderick's locker which spills its contents as Spencer arrives, the two cleaning up while lamenting their status. Fortunately, the collective brain cells spark as they realize that yeah, Will's got moves, he's also got platitudes, whereas they have a more Wilde taskmistress amongst their ranks. We then cut to the auditorium where we find Rachel going over sheet music as Sam arrives. Now, we're gonna remind you, and we apologize for it, that their brief fling was merely her in need of copulation. There's a reason we're reminding you, and we'll see it momentarily. In the meantime, Sam continues trying to convince Rachel to return to [=NYADA=]; while he never went, he doesn't wanna see her make the same mistake again. To whit, he produces a list of people who graduated before they became successful. Here's a list of ''Glee'' stars who graduated college: Creator/DarrenCriss. Now we know why she wants to skip it; hell, she produces her own list of those who dropped out and became successful: Creator/LadyGaga, Coco Chanel, and of course, [[Music/BarbraStreisand Babs]]. Point to Rachel. Sam gives up and bails while the forever omnipresent Brad Ellis reveals that he was watching the whole thing and knows what Rachel wants to sing to express her emotions or whatever, cuing up some Roxette. However, since this is best served as a duet, and there's one former character we've haven't seen, it surprises no one that from the back, A Wild Jesse St. James Appears after a three-year absence and joins in. Oh, hey Jesse. What are you doing here? After another killer Groff/Michele duet, Rachel shoos Brad away and asks him that very question - he's visiting his mother, but what is she doing here. She belongs in New York. He also says that if she takes the play, he'll be her leading man. Is this what makes her want to run back to [=NYADA=]!? Ha! New Haven for sure, but not [=NYADA=]. Besides, Dear Lucille knows how to make everything better... Anyway, as the gleeks begin to suspect something, hence why we reminded you of Rachel and Trouty's brief dalliance, we cut to Will and Kitty helping Roderick and Spencer dance, and Will is commending their efforts even though they suck - much unlike season 3. Spencer then sprains his ankle really badly and is told not to put pressure, let alone dance on it. Spencer insists he will, and asks for some horse painkillers or something (super-cortisone) so he won't feel the pain. Even though he could do permanent damage and never walk again. Ah, but "never walking again" is a fickle prognosis on Glee, he just needs the power of friendship, some guy in rehab getting a boner, and a UST-ful day with smoking hot members of their preferred sex to cure it. It's called the "Faberry Method" and OH MY GOD could the ending be ''MORE'' telegraphed. FacePalm.

We're at Roderick's locker which spills its contents as Spencer arrives, the two cleaning up while lamenting their status. Fortunately, the collective brain cells spark as they realize that yeah, Will's got moves, he's also got platitudes, whereas they have a more Wilde taskmistress amongst their ranks. We then cut to the auditorium where we find Rachel going over sheet music as Sam arrives. Now, we're gonna remind you, and we apologize for it, that their brief fling was merely her in need of copulation. There's a reason we're reminding you, and we'll see it momentarily. In the meantime, Sam continues trying to convince Rachel to return to [=NYADA=]; while he never went, he doesn't wanna see her make the same mistake again. To whit, he produces a list of people who graduated before they became successful. Here's a list of ''Glee'' stars who graduated college: Creator/DarrenCriss. Now we know why she wants to skip it; hell, she produces her own list of those who dropped out and became successful: Creator/LadyGaga, Coco Chanel, and of course, [[Music/BarbraStreisand Babs]]. Point to Rachel. Sam gives up and bails while the forever omnipresent Brad Ellis reveals that he was watching the whole thing and knows what Rachel wants to sing to express her emotions or whatever, cuing up some Roxette. However, since this is best served as a duet, and there's one former character we've haven't scene, it surprises no one that from the back, A Wild Jesse St. James Appears after a three-year absence and joins in. Oh, hey Jesse. What are you doing here? After another killer Groff/Michele duet, Rachel shoos Brad away and asks him that very question - he's visiting his mother, but what is she doing here. She belongs in New York. He also says that if she takes the play, he'll be her leading man. Is this what makes her want to run back to [=NYADA=]!? Ha! New Haven for sure, but not [=NYADA=]. Besides, Dear Lucille knows how to make everything better... Anyway, as the gleeks begin to suspect something, hence why we reminded you of Rachel and Trouty's brief dalliance, we cut to Will and Kitty helping Roderick and Spencer dance, and Will is commending their efforts even though they suck - much unlike season 3. Spencer then sprains his ankle really badly and is told not to put pressure, let alone dance on it. Spencer insists he will, and asks for some horse painkillers or something (super-cortisone) so he won't feel the pain. Even though he could do permanent damage and never walk again. Ah, but "never walking again" is a fickle prognosis on Glee, he just needs the power of friendship, some guy in rehab getting a boner, and a UST-ful day with smoking hot members of their preferred sex to cure it. It's called the "Faberry Method" and OH MY GOD could the ending be ''MORE'' telegraphed. FacePalm.

We're at Roderick's locker which spills its contents as Spencer arrives, the two cleaning up while lamenting their status. Fortunately, the collective brain cells spark as they realize that yeah, Will's got moves, he's also got platitudes, whereas they have a more Wilde taskmistress amongst their ranks. We then cut to the auditorium where we find Rachel going over sheet music as Sam arrives. Now, we're gonna remind you, and we apologize for it, that their brief fling was merely her in need of copulation. There's a reason we're reminding you, and we'll see it momentarily. In the meantime, Sam continues trying to convince Rachel to return to [=NYADA=]; while he never went, he doesn't wanna see her make the same mistake again. To whit, he produces a list of people who graduated before they became successful. Here's a list of ''Glee'' stars who graduated college: Creator/DarrenCriss. Now we know why she wants to skip it; hell, she produces her own list of those who dropped out and became successful: Creator/LadyGaga, Coco Chanel, and of course, [[Music/Barbra Streisand Babs]]. Point to Rachel. Sam gives up and bails while the forever omnipresent Brad Ellis reveals that he was watching the whole thing and knows what Rachel wants to sing to express her emotions or whatever, cuing up some Roxette. However, since this is best served as a duet, and there's one former character we've haven't scene, it surprises no one that from the back, A Wild Jesse St. James Appears after a three-year absence and joins in. Oh, hey Jesse. What are you doing here? After another killer Groff/Michele duet, Rachel shoos Brad away and asks him that very question - he's visiting his mother, but what is she doing here. She belongs in New York. He also says that if she takes the play, he'll be her leading man. Is this what makes her want to run back to [=NYADA=]!? Ha! New Haven for sure, but not [=NYADA=]. Besides, Dear Lucille knows how to make everything better... Anyway, as the gleeks begin to suspect something, hence why we reminded you of Rachel and Trouty's brief dalliance, we cut to Will and Kitty helping Roderick and Spencer dance, and Will is commending their efforts even though they suck - much unlike season 3. Spencer then sprains his ankle really badly and is told not to put pressure, let alone dance on it. Spencer insists he will, and asks for some horse painkillers or something (super-cortisone) so he won't feel the pain. Even though he could do permanent damage and never walk again. Ah, but "never walking again" is a fickle prognosis on Glee, he just needs the power of friendship, some guy in rehab getting a boner, and a UST-ful day with smoking hot members of their preferred sex to cure it. It's called the "Faberry Method" and OH MY GOD could the ending be ''MORE'' telegraphed. FacePalm.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Recap/GleeS3E22Goodbye "This is your glee club now. Take care of it, and it'll take care of you."]]]]

This is it remaining Gleeks; the last episode before the GrandFinale, and only final chance for Murphy to essentially end the series on a huge DownerEnding. Will his obsessions with marginalizing some characters while overemphasizing others show in the writing? Will his penchant for tantrums cause characters to say things you know he'd say in real life? Will his residual hatred for [[{{Creator/DiannaAgron}} Dianna Agron]] cause him to run Quinn through the mud one last time? We find out... now!

It's time for Sectionals! New[[superscript:5]] Directions are going up against Vocal Adrenaline, still coached by Sue. She has them running over hot coals and the [=McKinley=]-Dalton gang are still infighting, Will just getting round to choreographing something. Skylar says that Will's dance moves won't help them win against VA, and he'd be right in most cases. Spencer and Roderick get demoted to the back of the group, not because they're the unrivaled tallest but because they apparently suck at dancing. They're far better than Finnsauce, and he was always up front... From everyone's facial acting, we're guessing this is going to change.

Sam tries to convince Rachel to go to college, by giving her a list of people who graduated before they became successful. Here's a list of ''Glee'' stars who graduated college: DarrenCriss. Now we know why she wants to skip it. The forever omnipresent Brad Ellis reveals that he was watching the whole thing and knows what Rachel wants to sing to express her emotions or whatever, starting to play the piano. And hey, A Wild Jesse St. James Appears after a three-year absence and joins in. Oh, hey Jesse. What are you doing here? Rachel shoos Brad away and asks him that very question - he's visiting his mother, but what is she doing here. She belongs in New York. He also says that if she takes the play, he'll be her leading man. Is this what makes her want to run back to NYADA!? Ha! New Haven for sure, but not NYADA. Besides, Dear Lucille knows how to make everything better...

Will and Kitty are helping the boys dance, and Will is commending their efforts even though they suck - much unlike season 3. Spencer then sprains his ankle really badly and is told not to put pressure, let alone dance on it. Spencer insists he will, and asks for some horse painkillers or something (super-cortisone) so he won't feel the pain. Even though he could do permanent damage and never walk again. Ah, but "never walking again" is a fickle prognosis on Glee, he just needs the power of friendship, some guy in rehab getting a boner, and a UST-ful day with smoking hot members of their preferred sex to cure it. It's called the "Faberry Method".

Kurt and Rachel talk about New York, and he mentions that Blaine got accepted to NYU. The only thing that has Rachel actually considering what to do is when he asks (rhetorically) how many people have the chance to go back in time a few years and choose the other road? Everyone, should fanfic be believed, and she could just ask for Brittany's time machine [[{{Fanon}} We know it works]]. We now have Will checking Sam out at the water fountain. This is how Santana deduced that Karofsky is gay, but we don't think the writers remembered that because this shot is a direct allusion to that but they're never going to make Will gay. In canon. Scattered around the choir room are boxes sent from GLAAD (the group that assess the representation of the queer community in media, and more memorably got Dianna and Naya to say they like girls), which start ticking. Have the group finally decided that ''Glee'' is doing nothing good and have managed to send bombs into the fictional world to get rid of it for us in reality? Is Sue playing a trick on them? No, the boxes shoot confetti to rain down on them and then wish them good luck at Sectionals, Kurt deducing that the confetti jack-in-the-boxes are a gift for hosting the trans choir. Still wrong, it was indeed a set-up from Sue, which they come to realize when they hear more ticking and it's coming from the piano. The piano erupts in glitter, and then Sue walks in saying that it's not fun to be glitter-bombed, is it? It was four years ago when Will glitter-bombed her, and she did say she'd get him for it. He chases after her, but before they can get into another fourth wall breaking argument a nurse that isn't a ''Spring Awakening'' alum this time runs down the hall screaming that somebody's car is on fire. Will's face drops. We'd call this DisproportionateRetribution, for Sue, that's every day of the week.

Then Sue goes to have her haircut so she can look as attractive as ever when she beats New Directions. The sassy stylist then takes her wig off, revealing Will's finally snapped and took a page out of Sue's playbook, Sue's face dropping when she realizes. Head --> shaved. Sue decides to use the [=McKinley=] locker room to train VA in, reminding Beiste [[Recap/GleeS5E10Trio how easy it is to sneak into the school]]. Sue and Beiste have their first fight, being one of few stable friendships on this show. Stop, Murphy, stop. You've done enough. He cuts to competition, the go-to when you need music but don't want to make it fit a storyline or offend/upset anyone any more than has already happened. It's a tried and tested Glee technique, and right now it'll do for us. Some people sing in bird costumes (how much did Murphy drink?), and then VA start doing circus tricks to some songs that everyone expected would be performed this season even before anything was announced. This includes, of course, shooting cheerleaders out of cannons into the audience, which we all wanted to see, just not see our Brit-Brit shot out of one. Because Santana would've torn it to shreds with her bare hands.

Even though it is a song that would have been more appropriate for New Directions to sing, for those who were still doubting Clint of Vocal Adrenaline's actual vocal adrenaline, by the second half of "We Built This City" he's really showing how he actually is very good. The last time he appears ever. Max George served his role well.

Spencer then hobbles into the choir room on crutches. Oh, yes, we're guessing that [=McKinley=] is hosting this competition, too. He says he'll be great once he's been injected with that horse semen or whatever it was. The fan fictions are writing themselves. Besides, now is not the time for Alistair to drop trou. Will tries to teach the new kids a show circle with Kitty, then tells Rachel to give them a pep talk. Spencer's back in the locker room about to get his fill of magic spunk when Roderick bursts in with a better idea. I don't know, he can dance on crutches? They'll bring one of the wheelchairs out of the prop store? When New Directions do perform, Roderick is up at the front. Kitty is the only person who has a solo in every song, because this is Kitty so people care and she deserves it. Besides, Becca Tobin has helped to make this season somewhat tolerable. Myron once again makes several costume changes, dressing up like [[Series/DanceMoms Maddy Ziegler]] to dance to "Chandelier", which has to be sung by Madison because she's the one least likely to shred those sharps. Spencer also appears, swinging on a chandelier in his blazer and foot cast. For a sprained ankle? Admittedly nice visual, though.

The judges are as horrible and seeking RefugeInAudacity as normal, the one who was the memetically snarky judge over 100 episodes ago in season one and brought back for nostalgia complaining that she's worth more than judging show choir competitions and they're somehow even worse than last time. Rod remarks about how attractive the girls are, even if they can't sing or dance. Especially Jane. What a creep. After revealing the sponsor and Kitty's love for waffles, New Directions is announced to have won, and again, this is not a ForegoneConclusion. Murphy is in fact, that evil. Sue tells Will that she designed the VA setlist to make the judges subconsciously disturbed, a similar tactic used by Kitty and Rachel to get ND to win the Invitational. She also planted the glitter bombs to spike up the adrenaline, and blew up Will's car ForTheEvulz. Speaking of WildeBerry, when they're holding up the trophy it looks like they're about to go in for a kiss (and no we would not have complained) but then Myron hugs Kitty's waist and ass and Skylar grabs the trophy and the moment is broken. Damn it all.

Jesse goes to see Rachel, he really can't stay away, and offers her his couch in New York until she gets a place of her own or any of her friends offer instead - Brittana, Klaine, Artina, are all in the BigApplesauce. She turns him down because she's going back to NYADA (still in New York...) and not doing the show. Jesse says he's sad he won't get to be her boyfriend on stage every night - is this show ''Theatre/SpringAwakening''? Please let it be, because half-naked Rachel overrides her kissing a man, while Lucy Q sits in the front row half turned on and half ready to castrate. Still, he's proud of her for getting her training. Well, to be fair, it will probably solidify her a reputation again and show the Broadway circuit that she's grown and humbled. Rachel says that she'll still be at opening night, and bring him an egg. He then kisses her and leaves.

The new kids are all proud of their first trophy, and Will gives them a speech about the future and all their trophies and all their memories, and a tear-inducing flashback to all the old kids (the actual "originals", none of season 4 or 5) getting handed their trophies through the years plays before Rachel eventually gets given this trophy to put in the cabinet, smiling at the memories. This is the start of the massive GrandFinale boom. After six years, the entire creative crew and cast pull out all the stops and they do good. Our usual snark aside, kudos to Glee.

However, we have one last piece of business to attend to. They say all good things come to an end, and for Glee, the [[{{Music/Journey}} Journey]] is about to reach its end...

* BackForTheFinale (of this part of the season) in StockFootage: Credited for this episode are Creator/JonathanGroff, Creator/DiannaAgron, Ashley Fink, Samuel Larsen, Vanessa Lengies, [[Music/CelticThunder Damian McGinty]], Creator/HeatherMorris, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Harry Shum Jr., Dijon Talton, Jenna Ushkowitz, and of course, Creator/CoryMonteith on top of the main cast as "Special".

It's time for Sectionals! They new[[superscript:5]] Directions are going up against Vocal Adrenaline, still coached by Sue. She has them running over hot coals and the [=McKinley=]-Dalton gang are still infighting, Will just getting round to choreographing something. Skylar says that Will's dance moves won't help them win against VA, and he'd be right in most cases. Spencer and Roderick get demoted to the back of the group, not because they're the unrivaled tallest but because they apparently suck at dancing. They're far better than Finnsauce, and he was always up front... From everyone's facial acting, we're guessing this is going to change.

The judges are as horrible and seeking RefugeInAudacity as normal, the one who was the memetically snarky judge over 100 episodes ago in season one and brought back for nostalgia complaining that she's worth more than judging show choir competitions and they're somehow even worse than last time. Rod remarks about how attractive the girls are, even if they can't sing or dance. Especially Jane. What a creep. After revealing the sponsor and Kitty's love for waffles, New Directions is announced to have won, and again, this is not a ForegoneConclusion. Murphy is in fact, that evil. Sue tells Will that she designed the VA setlist to make the judges subconsciously disturbed, a similar tactic used by Kitty and Rachel to get ND to win the Invitational. She also planted the glitter bombs to spike up the adrenaline, and blew up Will's car ForTheEvulz. Speaking of WildeBerry, when they're holding up the trophy it looks like they're about to go in for a kiss (and no we would not have complained) but then Myron hugs Kitty's waist and ass (and we should mention at this point that Myron is camp enough to where you wonder if he's trying too hard) and Skylar grabs the trophy and the moment is broken. Damn it all.

However, we have one last piece of business to attend to. They say all good things come to an end, and for Glee, the [[{{Music/Journey}} Journey]] is about to reach it's end...

This is it remaining Gleeks; the last episode before the GrandFinale, and only final chance for Murphy to essentially end the series on a huge DownerEnding. Will his obsessions with marginalizing some characters while overemphasizing others show in the writing? Will his penchant for tantrums cause characters to say things you know he'd say in real life? Will his residual hatred for [[Creator/DiannaAgron]] cause him to run Quinn through the mud one last time? We find out... now!

It's time for Sectionals! They new[[superscript:5]] Directions are going up against Vocal Adrenaline, still coached by Sue. She has them running over hot coals and the [=McKinley=]-Dalton gang are still infighting, Will just getting round to choreographing something. Skylar says that Will's dance moves won't help them win against VA. Spencer and Roderick get demoted to the back of the group, not because they're the unrivalled tallest but because they apparently suck at dancing. They're far better than Finnsauce, and he was always up front... From everyone's facial acting, we're guessing this is going to change.

Sam tries to convince Rachel to go to college, by giving her a list of people who graduated before they became successful. Here's a list of ''Glee'' stars who graduated college: DarrenCriss. Now we know why she wants to skip it. Brad reveals that he was watching the whole thing and knows what Rachel wants to sing to express her emotions or whatever, starting to play the piano. Jesse appears and joins in. Oh, hey Jesse. What are you doing here? Rachel shoos Brad away and asks him that very question - he's visiting his mother, but what is she doing here. She belongs in New York. He also says that if she takes the play, he'll be her leading man. Is this what makes her want to run back to NYADA!? Ha!

Will and Kitty are helping the boys dance, and Will is commending their efforts even though they suck - much unlike season 3. Spencer then sprains his ankle really badly and is told not to put pressure, let alone dance on it. Spencer insists he will, and asks for some horse painkillers or something (super-cortisone) so he won't feel the pain. Even though he could do permanent damage and never walk again. Ah, but "never walking again" is a fickle prognosis on Glee, he just needs the power of friendship, some guy in rehab getting a boner, and a UST-ful day with smoking hot members of their preferred sex to cure it.

Kurt and Rachel talk about New York, and he mentions that Blaine got accepted to NYU. The only thing that has Rachel actually considering what to do is when he asks (rhetorically) how many people have the chance to go back in time a few years and choose the other road? Everyone, should fanfic be believed, and she could just ask for Sugar's time machine. We now have Will checking Sam out at the water fountain. This is how Santana deduced that Karofsky is gay, but we don't think the writers remembered that because this shot is a direct allusion to that but they're never going to make Will gay. In canon. Scattered around the choir room are boxes sent from GLAAD (the group that assess the representation of the queer community in media, and more memorably got Dianna and Naya to say they like girls), which start ticking. Have the group finally decided that ''Glee'' is doing nothing good and have managed to send bombs into the fictional world to get rid of it for us in reality? Is Sue playing a trick on them? No, the boxes shoot confetti to rain down on them and then wish them good luck at Sectionals, Kurt deducing that the confetti jack-in-the-boxes are a gift for hosting the trans choir. Still wrong, it was a set-up from Sue, which they come to realize when they hear more ticking and it's coming from the piano. The piano erupts in glitter, and then Sue walks in saying that it's not fun to be glitter-bombed, is it? It was years ago when Will glitter-bombed her, and she did say she'd get him for it. He chases after her, but before they can get into another fourth wall breaking argument a nurse that isn't a ''Spring Awakening'' alum this time runs down the hall screaming that somebody's car is on fire. Will's face drops.

Then Sue goes to have her haircut so she can look as attractive as ever when she beats New Directions. The sassy stylist then takes her wig off, revealing Will. This is when Sue's face drops. Head --> shaved. Sue decides to use the [=McKinley=] locker room to train VA in, reminding Beiste [[Recap/GleeS5E10Trio how easy it is to sneak into the school]]. Sue and Beiste have their first fight, being one of few stable friendships on this show. Stop, Murphy, stop. He cuts to competition, the go-to when you need music but don't want to make it fit a storyline or offend/upset anyone any more than has already happened. It's a tried and tested Glee technique, and right now it'll do for us. Some people sing in bird costumes, and then VA start doing circus tricks to some songs that everyone expected would be performed this season even before anything was announced. This includes, of course, shooting cheerleaders out of cannons into the audience, which we all wanted to see.

Even though it is a song that would have been more appropriate for New Directions to sing, for those who were still doubting Clint of Vocal Adrenaline's actual vocal adrenaline, by the second half of "We Built This City" he's really showing how he actually is very good. The last time he appears ever.

Spencer then hobbles into the choir room on crutches. Oh, yes, we're guessing that [=McKinley=] is hosting this competition, too. He says he'll be great once he's been injected with that horse semen or whatever it was. The fan fictions are writing themselves. Will tries to teach the new kids a show circle with Kitty, then tells Rachel to give them a pep talk. Spencer's back in the locker room about to get his fill of magic spunk when Roderick bursts in with a better idea. I don't know, he can dance on crutches? They'll bring one of the wheelchairs out of the prop store? When New Directions do perform, Roderick is up at the front. Kitty is the only person who has a solo in every song, because this is Kitty so people care and she deserves it. Myron once again makes several costume changes, dressing up like [[Series/DanceMoms Maddy Ziegler]] to dance to "Chandelier", which has to be sung by Madison because she's the one least likely to shred those sharps. Spencer also appears, swinging on a chandelier in his blazer and foot cast. For a sprained ankle?

The judges are as horrible and seeking RefugeInAudacity as normal, the one who was the memetically snarky judge over 100 episodes ago in season one and brought back for nostalgia complaining that she's worth more than judging show choir competitions and they're somehow even worse than last time. Rod remarks about how attractive the girls are, even if they can't sing or dance. Especially Jane. What a creep. After revealing the sponsor and Kitty's love for waffles, New Directions is announced to have won. Sue tells Will that she designed the VA setlist to make the judges subconsciously disturbed, a similar tactic used by Kitty and Rachel to get ND to win the Invitational. Speaking of those two, when they're holding up the trophy it looks like they're about to go in for a kiss but then Myron hugs Kitty's waist and ass and Skylar grabs the trophy and the moment is broken.

Jesse goes to see Rachel, he really can't stay away, and offers her his couch in New York until she gets a place of her own or any of her friends offer instead - Brittana, Klaine, Artina, are all in the BigApplesauce. She turns him down because she's going back to NYADA (still in New York...) and not doing the show. Jesse says he's sad he won't get to be her boyfriend on stage every night - is this show ''Theatre/SpringAwakening''? Please let it be. Still, he's proud of her for getting her training. Well, to be fair, it will probably solidify her a reputation again and show the Broadway circuit that she's grown and humbled. Rachel says that she'll still be at opening night, and bring him an egg. He then kisses her and leaves.

The new kids are all proud of their first trophy, and Will gives them a speech about the future and all their trophies and all their memories, and a tear-inducing flashback to all the old kids (the actual "originals", none of season 4 or 5) getting handed their trophies through the years plays before Rachel eventually gets given this trophy to put in the cabinet, smiling at the memories. This is the start of the massive GrandFinale boom. After six years, the entire creative crew and cast pull out all the stops and they do good.

* BackForTheFinale (of this part of the season) in StockFootage: Credited for this episode are Creator/JonathanGroff, Creator/DiannaAgron, Ashley Fink, Samuel Larsen, Vanessa Lengies, [[Music/CelticThunder Damian McGinty]], Creator/CoryMonteith, Creator/HeatherMorris, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Harry Shum Jr., Dijon Talton, and Jenna Ushkowitz on top of the main cast as "Special".

The judges are as horrible and seeking RefugeInAudacity as normal, the one who was the memetically snarky judge over 100 episodes ago in season one and brought back for nostalgia complaining that she's worth more than judging show choir competitions and they're somehow even worse than last time. Rod remarks about how attractive the girls are, even if they can't sing or dance. Especially Jane. What a creep. After revealing the sponsor and Kitty's love for waffles, New Directions is announced to have won. Sue tells Will that she designed the VA setlist to make the judges subconsciously disturbed, a similar tactic used by Kitty and Rachel to get ND to win the Invitational.

* MinorInjuryOverreaction: Spencer is told to not put pressure on his ''sprained ankle'' or he may never walk again.

Then Sue goes to have her haircut so she can look as attractive as ever when she beats New Directions. The sassy stylist then takes her wig off, revealing Will. This is when Sue's face drops. Head -> shaved. Sue decides to use the [=McKinley=] locker room to train VA in, reminding Beiste [[Recap/GleeS5E10Trio how easy it is to sneak into the school]]. Sue and Beiste have their first fight, being one of few stable friendships on this show. Stop, Murphy, stop. He cuts to competition, the go-to when you need music but don't want to make it fit a storyline or offend/upset anyone any more than has already happened. It's a tried and tested Glee technique, and right now it'll do for us. Some people sing in bird costumes, and then VA start doing circus tricks to some songs that everyone expected would be performed this season even before anything was announced. This includes, of course, shooting cheerleaders out of cannons into the audience, which we all wanted to see.

Even though it is a song that would have been more appropriate for New Directions to sing, for those who were still doubting Clint of Vocal Adrenaline's actual vocal adrenaline, the second half of "We Built This City" really showed how he actually is very good. The last time he appears ever.

* "Broken Wings" by Music/MrMister, performed by The Falconers

* "Hey Mickey" by Music/ToniBasil, performed by Vocal Adrenaline

* BackForTheFinale in StockFootage: Credited for this episode are Creator/JonathanGroff, Creator/DiannaAgron, Ashley Fink, Samuel Larsen, Vanessa Lengies, [[Music/CelticThunder Damian McGinty]], Creator/CoryMonteith, Creator/HeatherMorris, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Harry Shum Jr., Dijon Talton, and Jenna Ushkowitz on top of the main cast as "Special".
* CallBack: Sue actually shoots her performers out of cannons, something she's been planning since season 2.