Line #44 Recap/GleeS4E21Wonderful


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:I even asked Barbra to be at your audition.]]
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4	Welcome to a tribute episode showcasing [[Music/StevieWonder songs in the key of life]].
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6	Kurt returns to Ohio for Burt's appointment and stops by [=McKinley=] to help the New Directions prepare for Regionals, along with Mike and Mercedes. Artie is keeping a secret from his mom (special guest star Creator/KateySagal), but Kitty steps in to help Artie come clean. Rachel worries when Cassandra finds out about her Funny Girl audition, but is surprised when Cassandra changes her attitude towards her.
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8	Next Time: The Season 4 finale, Regionals 2013, the reveal of "Katie", and the final flight of the majestic Rainbow Bicorn.
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10	!!Songs (All by Music/StevieWonder)
11	* ''Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours!'' performed by Kitty with New Directions
12	* ''Superstition'' performed by Mercedes, Marley, and Blaine, with Kurt, Mike, and New Directions
13	* ''You Are The Sunshine of My Life'' performed by Kurt with Kitty, Marley, and Tina
14	* ''I Wish'' performed by Jake with Marley and Mike
15	* ''Uptight (Everything's Alright)'' performed by Cassie with [=NYADA=] students
16	* ''Higher Ground'' performed by Mercedes
17	* ''For Once In My Life'' performed by Artie with New Directions
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19	!!Tropes:
20	* BlatantLies: Cassie claims that she found out about Rachel's call back from Music/BarbraStreisand in a Target. Also, depending on your stance, her claim that she never hated Rachel.
21	* CallBack : Mercedes' album is ''Hell to the No'' ; named for the song she wrote in Season 2.
22	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: One of Rachel's NYADA groupies refers to Creator/MerylStreep as a "legendary legend".
23	* FridgeBrilliance: Learning how Cassie SUPPOSEDLY never hated Rachel, fans thought up lots of different reasons why she gave her the supposedly-demeaning "schwimmer" nickname:
24	** As an AffectionateNickname - she's not mocking Rachel's looks, but just applying it to her and/or thinks it's cute.
25	** To make her fight harder for what she wants. Yes, it's mean, but it's part of a plan.
26	** Because in ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Schwimmer's character turned his hobby into a very successful career and she wants Rachel to do the same.
27	** Also in ''Friends'', the character Rachel gets together with Schwimmer's character, so her surname would be this. Yes it's a boring theory.
28	** A play or corruption of "swimmer", from the tadpole nickname for promising new students.
29	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Creator/HeatherMorris is missing because she's super pregnant and can't work as much; Creator/NayaRivera apparently enraged Creator/LeaMichele/the producers so much they cleared her trailer.
30	* RealitySubtext: Creator/LeaMichele (Rachel) and Creator/KateHudson (Cassie) absolutely adore each other, which seeps into their later friendly scenes together, making these affectionate.
31	* TheCameo: Harry Shum Jr as Mike Chang & Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones.
32	* TitleDrop: "I'm trying to be wonderful... sometimes I'm sweet, sometimes I'm sour. Keeps it interesting." - Kitty. And by "it", she means ''Glee''.

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