Will is enjoying the material benefits of coaching Vocal Adrenaline, but cannot connect emotionally with the job because his students take the choir far too seriously. When Clint and the other members egg Rachel and Blaine, Will puts his foot down and invites choir alumna Wade "Unique" Adams (Alex Newell) to help him teach a lesson on tolerance—which ends up falling on deaf ears, as the students later vandalize newly-transgender Sheldon Beiste's car in the hopes of distracting New Directions so that they will have to spend time learning about tolerance instead of rehearsing for Sectionals. This demeaning act forces Will to kick out Clint (which proves a futile effort when the choir's financial backers get wind of it) and makes him reconsider his future at Carmel High. Meanwhile, Rachel's childhood home is finally sold, and to help ease her transition, Sam organizes a farewell party for the house in her basement. There, after singing a duet that Kurt surreptitiously prearranged, Blaine kisses his former fiancé, and the act leads to his breakup with Karofsky. However, when he is about to break the news to Kurt, he finds him, Walter, Rachel and Sam about to go out on a double date. Finally, after hearing helpful advice from his wife, Emma (Jayma Mays), Will tricks Vocal Adrenaline into thinking they will pull a prank on New Directions, when in reality he has them hear Unique and a transgender choir serenade Sheldon and make his transition into his new identity easier. He then decides to quit and, at the behest of Rachel and Kurt, becomes a consultant for New Directions.
Next Time: A wedding six years in the making.
Songs:
- "You Give Love A Bad Name" by Bon Jovi, performed by Clint and Vocal Adrenaline
- "Same Love" by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Mary Lambert, performed by Unique and Will
- "All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainor, performed by Mercedes and Roderick with New Directions, Kurt, Artie, Sam, Blaine and Rachel
- "Somebody Loves You" by Betty Who, performed by Blaine and Kurt
- "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper, performed by Sam and Rachel
- "I Know Where I've Been" from Hairspray, performed by Unique with Beiste and the transpersons choir
Tropes:
- The Cameo
- Alex Newell as Unique
- Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones
- Jayma Mays as Emma Pillsbury-Schuester
- Kevin McHale as Artie Abrams
- Chekhov's Gun: The stroller.
- Chekhov's Lecture: Clint thinking that VA should be more intolerant as a reverse of Will trying to get them to be the opposite.
- Dramatically Missing the Point: Will wants to teach VA about being tolerant, but also how to win. Clint takes from this that being intolerant will throw the other teams off their game.
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: This is not the first time that somebody has asked if Sam is a girl. He isn't.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Will inadvertently gets VA to treat the other teams even worse.
- Very Special Episode: Dealing with Rachel's house being sold and Beiste returning to school after gender reassignment.
