The inevitable has finally occurred on this week’s episode of Glee! The scenario that so many have dreamed of week after week has come to fruition. No, I’m not talking about Sue Sylvester being fired or Emma being placed in quarantine or Schuester’s hair rejecting all the product and fro-ing out. And although my own personal reveries consist of Quinn Fabray and myself…going on a date of course…that is not what has happened either, unfortunately. This week we finally lay witness to Schuester’s discovery of Terri’s baby bump pillow and coming very close to pulling a Tom Cable (Too soon?) while demanding that she lift her shirt – only to find her sans baby.
Despite the blow-out between Schu and Terri probably being the most dramatic moment of the episode (season maybe?) the show focuses around the upcoming yearbook photos rather than the domestic crisis in the Schuester residence. Every year the Glee club photo is vandalized by the school leading to multiple psychological issues by involved members. Sue decides to take advantage of this and talks Principal Figgins into eliminating any Glee club picture at all. Understanding the history of such yearbook vandalism, the kids were more than willing to sit this one out like Barry Sanders was ready to let the Lions go through winless seasons without him.
Rachel, of course, in her pursuit of celebrity status, does her best to convince the rest of the team to feel proud of being photographed after Mr. Schu convinces Figgins to allow him to purchase a quarter page ad for the price of $300 (Enough for two captains). Everyone on the team is much too smart than to put their reputation on the line as Rachel puts her best canvassing foot forward, except for who else but the kid with a blank stare that could defeat a blind person in a staring contest, Finn. With the help of Lily Allen’s Smile (Which perhaps surprisingly I respect, a lot), Rachel is able to reel Finn in to her individually motivated plan to be photographed as many times as possible.
When Finn ultimately realizes that a Hitler mustache and buck teeth aren’t his best look, he decides to stand up Rachel at the photo shoot. It’s at this moment that Rachel is able to find an opening with the photographer to do a mattress commercial and is bent on performing without the approval from Mr. Schu– because, hey, if this isn’t the first step towards celebrity status then Robert Pattinson isn’t the greatest actor of our time…oh wait, what?
The crew does an entertaining performance of Jump while flipping and flying on mattresses (I can’t imagine mini-Quinn was too happy with that kind of activity). In thanks for the job well done, the mattress king sends along a whole bunch of new mattresses to the Glee room. Fast forward post Schu-Terri rumble and Schu is stuck sleeping in his office only to find a conveniently placed stack of mattresses. How……….Convenient!
The next day Schu is informed of the commercial done by his club and also informed that it has disqualified them from sectionals because of its professional involvement after accepting the opened mattress as a gift (Sue being victorious over Schu twice in one episode is seriously a problem by the way). After serious pleading to no avail Schu realizes he has to take a bullet for the team and let them compete on their own and to only disqualify himself. In doing this, a new sense of pride is (re)stored in the Glee club. Quinn, who had decided to get back on the Cheerios by any means necessary enlightens Sue to the fact that the squad always receives free stuff and will snitch if Sue does not give Glee one of their own pages for the yearbook. The team finished with Michael Jackson’s Smile and takes the picture with the understanding that it will inevitably be defaced. More to come on a coach less Glee club…
Wednesdays at 9pm on Fox
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