2x13: Hudson vs. Schuester
Episode Synopsis: Mr. Schuester (Matthew Morrison) challenges Finn to see who's the better Glee Club director after he experiences jealousy of Finn's success in leading his club to Nationals. Kurt and Blaine agree to be friends and Kurt has news concerning NYADA.
{Scene starts in the William McKinley Glee Club and shows Rachel, Brittany, Kitty and Marley sitting in stools in front of the classroom while the rest of New Directions stares at them with a smile. Finn, Sam, Artie and Jake look at one another and nod as Mr. Schuester gives them a smile}
[Sam]
Hey! Where the drums at?!
{Finn bangs on the drums as the song starts and the girls smile at the guys. Sam walks over to Brittany and he smiles at her, causing her to chuckle}
[Artie]
Oooooh, whoa
[Sam]
Ooh, girl you're shining
Like a Fifth Avenue diamond
And they don't make them like they used to
You're never going out of style
{Jake walks over to Marley and Marley grins towards him as Jake spins her around in her stool}
[Jake]
Ooh, pretty baby
This world might have gone crazy
The way you save me
Who could blame me
When I just want to make you smile
{Artie wheels over in his chair towards Kitty as Kitty smile sat Artie}
[Artie]
I wanna thrill you like Michael
I wanna kiss you like Prince
Let's get it on like Marvin Gaye
Like Hathaway
Write a song for you like this
[Sam, Artie, Jake and Finn]
You're over my head
I'm out of my mind
Thinking I was born in the wrong time
One of a kind
Living in a world gone plastic
Baby you're so classic
Baby you're so classic
(Artie: Baby you,)
Baby you're so classic
{Finn walks over to Rachel and she grins as he puts an arm around her shoulder and stares into her eyes}
[Finn]
Four dozen roses
Anything for you to notice
All the way to serenade you
Doing it Sinatra Style
[Finn and Artie]
I'm a pick you up in a Cadillac
Like a gentlemen bring the glamour back
Keep it reel to reel in the way I feel
I could walk you down the aisle
{Sam, Jake, Finn and Artie stare at Brittany, Marley, Rachel and Kitty and they don't notice Santana looking sadly at Brittany and Kurt feebly looking over towards Blaine}
[Sam]
I wanna thrill you like Michael
I wanna kiss you like Prince
Let's get it on like Marvin Gaye
Like Hathaway
(With Artie: Write a song for you like this)
[Jake, Finn, Artie and Sam]
You're over my head
I'm out of my mind
Thinking I was born in the wrong time
Love and rewind
Everything is so throwback-ish
I kind of like it, like it
Outta my league
Old school chic
Like a movie star
From the Silver Screen
You're one of a kind,
Living in a world gone plastic
Baby you're so classic
Baby you're so classic
Baby you're so classic
[Artie]
Baby you're class and baby you're sick
I never met a girl like you ever til we met
A star in the 40's, centerfold in the 50's
Got me tripping out like 60's, hippiesJake: Oh, whoa)
Queen of the discotheque
A 70's dream and an 80's best
Hepburn, Beyoncé, Marilyn, Massive
Girl you're timeless, you're so classic
{Finn, Jake, Artie and Sam take Rachel, Marley, Kitty and Brittany and they dance with them as Santana looks disgusted and Puck stares at her in confusion}
[Jake, Finn, Artie and Sam]
You're over my head
I'm out of my mind (Artie: Out of my mind)
Thinking I was born in the wrong time
Love and rewind
Everything is so throwback-ish
I kind of like it, like it
Outta my league (Artie: Wooh!)
Old school chic
Like a movie star
From the Silver Screen
You're one of a kind,
Living in a world gone plastic
Baby you're so classic
[Artie]
Ooooh
"Happy Valentine's Day!" Jake, Finn, Artie and Sam spoke in unison as they looked at the girls who were currently clapping their hands and smiling widely. "Love…"
"Jake,"
"Finn,"
"Artie,"
"And last but not least, the greatest impressionist in the world, Mr. Sam Evans!" Brittany and some of the other Glee members thought it was hilarious, but Finn, Jake and Artie shot Sam a look of annoyance.
"That was not how we rehearsed it." Artie told Sam as Sam shrugged his shoulders.
"Sorry, but I can't help it if the girls love my impressions." Sam spoke in a southern accent before facing Brittany with a grin. "George W. Bush." Brittany laughed and went over to give Sam a hug, but Santana was staring on from her seat, shaking her head slowly as she was slowly seething.
"That was great guys!" Mr. Schuester got up from his seat and made his way over to Jake, Artie, Sam and Finn as he ushered the three current Glee boys and their girlfriends back to their seat. Finn stood next to Mr. Schuester as they looked back over towards the group of kids. "Now, before we continue this lesson this week, I would like to thank Finn, Rachel, Kurt, Santana and Puck for coming back on such short notice. I also would like to personally congratulate them since their Glee Club is going to Nationals in Los Angeles!"
"What?!" Tina's eyes widened as a smile appeared on her face.
"That's amazing!" Marley clapped her hands for them while Finn felt his cheeks turn red.
"Congratulations, guys." Artie spoke as he stared at Finn. "That's incredible. And on your first go too?"
"We're so proud of you guys." Tina added. "I mean on your first try as a new show choir, you made it all the way to Nationals. When Mr. Schuester started leading the Glee Club, we only got as far as Regionals before we didn't even place. That must mean Finn is a great Glee Club teacher." Finn opened his mouth to say something but Rachel turned around with a grin.
"Finn is an amazing Glee Club instructor and I'm not just saying that because I'm being biased." Rachel said. "I really mean it. I mean he listens to everyone's ideas, he does things that's the best for the Glee Club and it also helps that he's just as talented as everyone in the club and has Madame Tibideaux on his side to prevent Cassandra July who is the Sue Sylvester of NYADA from destroying his good name and the Glee Club. All in all, Finn is an amazing instructor and that means he's going to be a great music teacher in his future." Finn smiled appreciatively towards Rachel as she gave him a loving smile in return. Mr. Schuester noticed that everyone was starting to talk at once towards Finn, and they had so many questions for him.
"So, you are going to help us for Regionals, right?" Marley stared at Finn who exchanged her smile.
"Of course we're going to help you with Regionals." Finn clapped his hands while noticing Marley was still looking at him. "If Mr. Schuester doesn't mind of course." As the Glee Club looked at Mr. Schuester, Mr. Schuester gave his Glee Club his nod of approval.
"Finn, you are always welcome to help the Glee Club. I'm sure it will be fun." Mr. Schuester said, causing the Glee Club to clap their hands excitedly. "So Finn, what did you have in mind first?" Finn grabbed one of the stools that was in the front of the room from his performance and put them to the side. Then he grabbed his iPhone from his pocket and attached it to one of the speakers.
"Well, I learned this when I was just randomly dancing around in my loft while folding laundry." Finn admitted, causing Santana to burst out into laughter. "Santana, shut up."
"What? It's hilarious? You shaking your little butt while dancing to the radio?" Santana laughed. "I would pay $500 bucks to see that."
"Anyway, when you dance it improves the use of your lungs and you use your lungs to sing." Finn said. "So what I was thinking was we get everyone dancing and then try to have them sing. What do you guys think?"
"What I think?" Tina wondered. "Let's do this! I mean this could help us with our vocals. So what song did you have in mind?" As Tina asked, Finn pressed the button on the radio and everyone immediately stood up when they recognized the song.
Con los terroristas!
Ey Shake!
Ey Shake!
Ey, ey, ey, ey
Shake, Ta, Ta
And do the Harlem Shake!
Everyone continued to dance but while they were dancing, Mr. Schuester couldn't help but furrow his eyebrows. The kids were having a great time and they willingly tried what Finn suggested. It took pulling teeth for them to do what he would suggest. He even noticed Kitty was having a great time and she was usually the surliest out of the bunch. Mr. Schuester wouldn't admit it, he couldn't admit it…but maybe…he was jealous of Finn? No, that wasn't an option. He was not jealous of his former student because he was able to get them to dance. As soon as the song finished, Finn pointed towards Marley with intensity.
"Marley, sing a note, any note." Finn instructed. Marley stared at Finn, finally singing a few lines of Sara Barellies's song Bottle It Up."
"There'll be girls across the nation that will eat this up, babe I know that it's your soul but could you bottle it up…" Marley immediately grinned from ear to ear as she faced Finn. "Wow, I can sing it really good!"
"That was the point." Finn shared her enthusiasm. "You see, when you sing there's multiple muscles that work together in order for you to sound your best. When you do something that gets your heart pumping like exercising or dancing, you're working all the muscles in your abdomen and your lungs, which is what you use the most to sing. That's why all those singers go to the gym and you see pictures of them coming out of them on TMZ." Everyone suddenly became more interested in what Finn had to say as Mr. Schuester's eyes widened slightly. Finn was bringing in celebrities and TMZ into his lesson? Mr. Schuester tried to think back on when he did that…which was never.
"So that is the key to winning? Exercise?" Tina questioned.
"Exactly, you got it." Finn clapped his hands while pointing to Tina. "Even I started going to the gym. I made it my New Year's resolution to improve my singing voice and the one way I've done that was by working out. And now look at me…I think I'm pretty hot and I can carry a tune. Right Rachel?" Rachel giggled as Santana stared over at her, rolling her eyes playfully towards her friend. "So, cardio works best."
"All right, raise your hand if you think that Finn is the best Glee Club instructor ever because he just blew my mind!" Brittany shouted as everyone started raising their hands in unison. Mr. Schuester continued to gaze at them and he didn't want to admit it…but he felt a bit betrayed. Finn was better than him at being a teacher…and Finn wasn't even a teacher yet! Mr. Schuester couldn't help it, but he let it get into his mind for the rest of the afternoon.
"You should have seen their faces, Emma." Mr. Schuester sat in the teachers' lounge the next morning while his fiancée Emma Pillsbury stared at him as he poured cream into his coffee. "Finn walked in the room, sang a song with some of the guys in Glee Club, gives them a lesson about how dancing works their singing muscles and they all favor him. I mean, he's not even a real teacher yet and everyone loves him."
"I think you're just overreacting." Ms. Pillsbury grabbed a grape from her container and plopped it in her mouth. "I mean, Finn's just home because you called him to help. Besides, on his first try of leading a Glee Club, he led them to a Regionals victory. Now he's probably going to lead them and win Nationals."
"Emma, I love you…but you're not helping." Mr. Schuester gave his fiancée a small smile. "I actually feel like Finn is better than me…"
"And maybe he is better than you, William." Mr. Schuester knew that voice from anywhere. As he turned around, he noticed Sue Sylvester and Roz Washington standing behind him. Sue was the Principal of McKinley and Roz was the cheerleading coach for the Cheerios, and neither of them made Mr. Schuester's life any easier. "I mean, think about it. He's done more in his 19 years of life than you've done in your 150. Not only that but he doesn't have hair that makes him look like a hobbit and to top it all off he doesn't have a butt chin like you do."
"Gee Sue, thanks." Mr. Schuester sardonically answered as he took a sip of his coffee. "Back to what I was saying, I feel like I'm losing my edge with these kids…and it seems that they like Finn's teaching methods better." Mr. Schuester continued to think as his eyes widened with interest. "You know what? I need to bust out the rapping again." Ms. Pillsbury clapped her hands with excitement, but Sue simply rolled her eyes with annoyance.
"Oh hell to the no!' Roz spoke from the coffee pot. "You are not going to bust out the rapping because your white ass can't rap!"
"Black Sue's got you there William." Sue pointed over to Roz before leaning in closer towards him. "Let me give you a bit of advice, William. If you feel threatened by Finn's appearance at McKinley then you need to do something about it."
"What do you think I should do?" Mr. Schuester raised an eyebrow with interest.
"I think that you should show him that you're the teacher and he's the student." Sue answered with a hint of mischief in her eye. "If you put Finn in his place then he'll back off from your Glee Club. I know you asked him to come so you could possibly win Regionals, which will never happen, but Finn is stepping over the line, and it's up to you as the Glee Club instructor of the New Directions to show Finn that he's not welcome to just take over your Glee Club, even if his idiocy is preventing him from seeing that he's doing so. So William, what are you going to do? Are you going to let Hudson take over your Glee Club or are you going to go in there and fight for what's yours?" Mr. Schuester continued to listen to Sue's words and the more Sue spoke to him, the more the words made sense. Finn was trying to take over his Glee Club; at least Sue made it sound that way. Mr. Schuester needed to put Finn in his place—and he knew exactly how to do it.
"I really want to thank you for coming to help us even though your schedule is pretty hectic." Marley said as she and Finn walked down the hallways of McKinley towards the choir room. "I mean, you guys just won Regionals and the fact that it was your first time actually leading a Glee Club is remarkable."
"I wouldn't say it's remarkable." Finn winced slightly although he had to admit he was so proud that his team was able to pull through and win. "But our team was amazing. Of course I have to give Rachel the credit for coming up with a great set-list for Regionals. She was the main star of the Glee Club, along with another member of our club, Simone Barberrie."
"Simone Barberrie." Marley grinned. "That's a nice name. Is she nice?" Finn hesitated to answer Marley's question and as the both of them continued their walk to the choir room…
BAM!
Both Marley and Finn were hit with a sticky slushie, a feeling that Finn knew all too well. Finn licked his lips slightly to taste the slushie before wiping it off his face. It's good to be home, Finn thought to himself. However, he was knocked out of his thoughts when he saw Marley on the verge of tears. Finn didn't know what came over him but he suddenly was worried and felt that he should have done something.
"Marley? Are you okay?" Finn asked as he leaned down to her level. Marley continued to stare at her baby blue dress, observing that it was stained with a red slushie.
"It took me forever to buy this dress." Marley softly said. "I bought this dress because Jake and I were going to go out for a Valentine's Day dinner later and now it's ruined." Marley sniffed as some tears dripped down her face. "My mom and I don't have a lot of money so just to get this dress was a hassle enough…" Finn looked up and noticed a cheerleader laughing along with some of the members of the football team. So those were the dummies that ruined Marley's dress and made her cry…
"HEY!" Finn yelled towards the cheerleader as she turned her head towards Finn. At that moment, Finn didn't care that he was slushied…but he did care that Marley had worked hard just to wear something nice only for it to be ruined in a split second. "Do you know what you just did?!"
"Oh, I'm sorry…" the girl sardonically said as she gave Marley a smirk. "Did I do something wrong? I thought red was a better color for her. You understand, right?"
"No, I don't understand." Finn angrily spoke back as the girl crossed her arms. "I want you to apologize to her right now. And then I want you to take the stains out of her dress!"
"You can't tell me what to do." The girl continued to glare at Finn. "Besides, what the hell are you doing here? You're a little too old to be in high school, considering that you're wearing a wedding band on your finger. What's the matter, were you too dumb for the 12th grade that you had to do it over and over again?" As the girl continued to taunt Finn, he felt his fists clench into a ball. Who was this girl and why was she mocking him?
"I suggest that you come apologize to Marley. Now." Finn glared. The girl slowly made her way over to Finn and Marley as she held the cup close to her.
"I'm sorry." The cheerleader said before her face turned snarky. "I'm sorry that you have to have a fat mom that can't seem to stop stuffing her face and that you're poor and can't seem to do anything about your terrible fashion sense and that you're such a goody-goody that it makes me want to punch you in the face." Finn was about to get into the cheerleader's face when Kitty, Brittany, Rachel and Santana made their way over to them.
"Hey! What's going on here?" Rachel gazed from Finn to the girl as the girl smirked over at Marley.
"Nothing, I was just having fun with the Finn and Marley, or as I like to call them Farley is all." Kitty simply shook her head over towards the girl and let out a tired sigh.
"Bree, you're being a bitch and that's saying a lot coming from me." Kitty pointed towards Marley and Finn. "Now I want you to apologize to the both of them now before Brittany and I claw your eyes out."
"I also won't hesitate to pull your weave out since you're messing with my Finnocence and his friend." Santana added. "Do you know where I'm from? Lima Heights. Do you know what happens at Lima Heights? Bad things!" Bree stared at Finn and Marley before letting out a sigh.
"I'm out of here." Bree turned around and walked away with the other football players. Finn glared over at Bree while shaking his head as Brittany stared at Finn with worry.
"Don't let Bree get to you, Finn." Brittany said. "She does that to a lot of people and I mean a lot."
"Yeah, the bitch is pure evil." Kitty said. "The other day she took a freshman's cheerleading uniform and washed it. The uniforms are dry clean only and the freshman girl's uniform made it look like she was a giant. Bree took a picture of her in her shrinked out dress and plastered it all over the school, embarrassing the poor girl. Her mother pulled her out of school before anyone could say anything. I'm just going to warn you. Steer clear of her. She's going to manipulate you until there's no tomorrow…and she's not going to hesitate to eat you alive."
"But are you both okay?" Rachel wondered, staring at Marley and Finn who were both covered in slushies. "Because you don't see to be okay."
"I'm fine." Finn assured Rachel. "Marley on the other hand, I'm not so sure. That was the dress she was going to wear on her date tonight and…Bree messed it up."
"Oh, no worries." Rachel grabbed Marley's hand and started to lead her away from Finn. "Come on sweetie. I have a bleach pen in my purse. I'll just take away the stains and your dress will be good as new for your date with Jake Puckerman." Marley felt a bit better as Rachel led her down the hall, and Finn admitted that he felt a bit better as well. He wasn't sure what caused him to suddenly gain worry for Marley, or why he was so defensive towards Bree—but he kind of felt good.
"Don't worry about Bree, Finn." Kitty patted Finn's shoulder as she, Brittany and Santana started to make their way down the hallway. "She'll get what's coming to her." As the three of them made their way down the hall, Finn stuffed his hands in his pockets and simply scoffed. He had no idea who Bree thought she was—but she wasn't going to humiliate Marley. Not while Finn was here.
Kurt made his way to the choir room where he spotted Blaine working on a song for Glee Club and if Kurt could admit it, he was nervous and terrified. He didn't want Blaine to see him in fear that Blaine was going to turn him away but Kurt knew that they were going to see one another eventually. They hadn't talked since Kurt came to Lima, and he didn't want Blaine to hate him for the rest of his life. Kurt entered the room and slowly paced around the piano, noticing that Blaine was still singing. After a few moments, Blaine turned his head and spotted Kurt standing by the piano, simply giving his ex-boyfriend a small smile.
"So, was that a song that you were working on for Glee Club?" Kurt questioned. Blaine nodded his head slowly, looking back at the song that was in front of him.
"Yeah." Blaine said. "I thought that if I sang my feelings, then I would get something's off my chest."
"I'm guessing that I'm some of those feelings that you want to sing out." Kurt softly spoke as Blaine slowly nodded his head. "I dreaded coming here, you know. I dreaded walking in the doors of the choir room and seeing you give me the stink eye for something I did to you back at New York. I know that I've been terrible to you and I know that I wasn't faithful but…I'm really sorry Blaine, and I don't want our breakup to mean that we're not going to at least be friends again. I need you in my life…whether it be romantic or platonic." As Kurt pleaded, Blaine pursed his lips, unsure if there was more to say.
"You really are sorry, aren't you?" Blaine questioned.
"Trust me. I am sorry." Kurt nodded his head with a sigh. "I never meant to hurt you. I mean, you're my best friend and you were the first friend I made when I transferred schools for a spell." Blaine continued to stare at Kurt before relenting slightly.
"I did miss you." Blaine admitted. "I miss talking to you…but I know that you're not ready to get back into a relationship just yet." Kurt nodded his head slowly, agreeing with the words Blaine said.
"I need to find myself in New York first before I can find myself in a relationship." Kurt said. "You understand?"
"Yeah, I understand completely." Blaine put his hand up while giving Kurt a grin. "I understand Kurt. You don't have to say anything. I understand." Kurt couldn't help but appreciate the fact that he and Blaine were on speaking terms again. The breakup didn't hurt any less, but as long as Blaine and Kurt were talking that was all that mattered to him.
"Oh, so I was going to tell you…" Kurt took a paper out of his pocket and handed it to Blaine. "I have an audition for NYADA."
"You have an audition?" Blaine's eyes widened with surprise as he stared at the letter. "Wow Kurt…wow. That's great."
"I know that you didn't get your audition letter yet, but you will." Kurt patted the piano while giving it rhythmic taps. "I have faith in you, Blaine…you're going to get into NYADA…and there will be nothing that's going to stop you. You're amazing…and everyone is going to see just how amazing you are as well." Blaine felt touched hearing Kurt's words, and although there wasn't a chance of them getting back together at this very moment, it felt nice to have Kurt in his corner, being there for him.
"I really hope I get into NYADA…this is my one shot at doing something that means the world to me…if you understand what I mean." Blaine raised an eyebrow with hope.
"I understand." Kurt said. "Well, if you want I could help you find a song to sing if you plan to audition…"
"That…that would be great." Blaine quickly agreed. Kurt went over to the portfolio full of song choices as the two of them started to skim through them. As they skimmed, Kurt and Blaine slowly looked at one another while trying to be as sneaky as possible. They didn't want the other to know that there were still feelings in the air—there would probably always be feelings…but right now they knew that a relationship wouldn't be the best thing for their friendship. Maybe when Blaine graduated and moved to New York they could start fresh, but for right now,…it would have been for the best if they were just friends.
Santana continued to gaze at Brittany as Brittany and Sam walked hand and hand towards the choir room, furrowing her eyebrows in disgust. There had to be something that she could have done in order to get Sam and Brittany to break up. Santana may have fooled Kurt when she said that she was truly happy in New York without Brittany, but Santana knew she still missed Brittany and she wanted to be together with her more than anything.
"Are you still obsessing over this?" Santana jumped when she turned around and spotted Puck staring over at her, giving a knowing look. "Santana, really this kind of has to stop. Someone is going to get hurt in all of this and I think it might be you."
"I am not going to get hurt, Noah." Santana crossed her arms, still staring at Brittany and Sam. "I am going to make sure that Brittany is in my arms and Trouty Mouth's date will be his chap stick since he seems to love it so much."
"Santana, I don't know…" Puck released a heavy sigh as Santana rolled her eyes. "Brittany seems to really love Sam…if you really loved Brittany, you would let her be happy. Trust me, I should know what it's like to meddle in a relationship where two people love each other. It doesn't turn out good."
"Apparently you don't know the power that Auntie Snixx has. I usually get what I want, Puckerman. And right now, all I want is Brittany." Santana smirked as she continued to make her way down the hall. "Just you watch; she'll be in my arms soon enough…and I'll be the one having the last laugh." As Santana continued to walk down the hallway, Puck released a tired sigh. He continued to make his way towards the choir room, patting Finn's back as Finn walked past him. As Finn continued to make his way down the hallway, he spotted Mr. Schuester walking towards him and pointing a finger at him.
"Oh, hey Mr. Schue." Finn greeted his former teacher as Mr. Schuester let out a tired sigh.
"Finn, what was that about in Glee Club yesterday?" Mr. Schuester spoke in an accusatory tone. "You made me look bad in front of the kids." Finn appeared muddled as he continued to stare at Mr. Schuester, still processing what he was talking about. "Just because you go to NYADA and you led your Glee Club to a Regionals title on your first try, doesn't mean that you can come to my Glee Club and tell me how to run it."
"Um…Mr. Schue, where is this coming from?" Finn wondered. "I'm not trying to tell you how to run your Glee Club."
"Really? Well to me it seems that way." Mr. Schue continued with his attitude. Finn was beginning to get annoyed himself. Where was Mr. Schuester coming from, saying that Finn was taking over New Directions? Mr. Schue invited him to come and spread knowledge to the Glee Club and now he's being accused of being a dictator. Finn didn't understand what Mr. Schue's problem was.
"All right, what is this really about?" Finn crossed his arms while raising an eyebrow to his former teacher. "Because I really don't understand why all the animosity all of a sudden. I'm not trying to take over your Glee Club, trust me I have more than enough problems as is. I don't need to add to another one. Oh wait a minute…" Finn let out a soft chuckle as he stared at his teacher. "You're threatened by me."
"What?" Mr. Schuester shook his head. Finn had read his mind, but he wasn't going to let Finn know that what he was saying was true. "I am not threatened by you."
"Oh really, so where is all of this coming from?" Finn raised an eyebrow. "You seemed excited for me to come and spread some wisdom and now all of a sudden, you don't want me to help? I think that you're worried that I would be a better Glee Club instructor than you…"
"So you really want to make that bet, huh?" Mr. Schuester became serious, as he got closer to Finn's face. "All right then…fine…I'll direct a half of the Glee Club and you direct the other half. With the Glee group we have, we're going to put on a little performance…whichever the Glee kids thinks is better, wins. Sounds fair?"
"More than fair." Finn smirked.
"I'm going to school you, Hudson." Mr. Schuester continued to glare at Finn. "I schooled you once…and I'll school you again."
"Prepared to eat my dust." Finn countered as he held his hand out for Mr. Schuester to shake. Mr. Schuester shook Finn's hand and continued to glare at him.
"You better bring it on…" Mr. Schuester started walking away from Finn as he made his way towards the choir room.
"I will bring it on…like Donkey Kong." Finn answered back, following his former teacher to the New Directions choir room.
"All right guys!" Mr. Schuester spoke twenty minutes later as everyone took their seats. "Finn and I decided to have a friendly little competition that involves all of you…we're going to split the Glee Club up. Half of you will go with Finn and half of you will stay with me. We're going to battle it out by putting on performances. Whoever has the best performance, will win the bet. Sounds good?"
"Sounds great but who gets to go with Finn?" Tina raised her hand.
"Since it's possible that everyone would try to fight to have a place on Finn's team…" Puck got up from his seat and stood between Finn and Mr. Schuester. "We're doing it by gender."
"Great idea." Mr. Schuester nodded his head. "Boys will work with Finn, girls will work with me."
"What?" Kitty's eyes widened as she faced Unique and Marley. "We're so screwed."
"What?" Mr. Schuester didn't understand Kitty's hesitance. "What are you talking about?"
"What do you know about putting together a girls number?" Unique asked without trying to sound rude. "I mean, I'm sorry but if anything Finn might know more about putting together a girls number."
"Does that mean we win by forfeit?" Artie questioned as Mr. Schuester rolled his eyes.
"No, the boys do not win by forfeit." Mr. Schuester argued back. "Finn, take your half of the Glee Club and I'll take care of mine." Finn nodded his head as he instructed the boys to follow him by motioning with his hand.
"All right, boys come on. Rachel, Puck I'm going to need your help." Finn instructed. "Kurt and Santana will stay here and help Mr. Schue and the girls."
"Sounds peachy." Kurt tried to sound enthusiastic while Santana gazed over at Brittany.
"I have no problem with that Frankenteen." Santana replied, however she didn't notice that Puck was still gazing over at her, shaking his head vigorously as he made his way out of the choir room with Rachel, Finn and the boy members of the Glee Club. The battle of the best Glee Club director was on…and this was one battle Mr. Schue was sure he wasn't going to lose.
"All right, we need ideas for a performance." Finn stood in the McKinley auditorium as Rachel, Puck and the boys of the Glee Club sat in the auditorium chairs. "Lay it on me, what do you got?"
"Well, if we're going to beat Mr. Schue and his Glee Club, we're going to need something that's eye catching." Ryder suggested. "What about we do a number that involves props."
"I'm not dressing up as a girl, just so we're clear." Puck raised his hand. Ryder and Jake exchanged quizzical looks but Artie, Sam and Blaine knew exactly what Puck was talking about.
"No one is dressing up like a girl." Finn looked over towards Puck, fixating his gaze back to the boys of Glee Club. "But I do like your idea of something eye catching and props, Ryder. I just need to wonder, what props are we going to use?"
"How about fire?" Blaine wondered.
"We want to make the performance light up, not the auditorium." Finn tried to pass on the idea, but he noticed Rachel's face expression when he shot down the fire idea. "Rachel?"
"What if we can include fire in the performance?" Rachel suggested. "But we find a way to make sure that it's not going to burn down the place…do you think Burt might have an idea on how to do that?"
"You know…I could ask him." Finn began to think the fire would be a good idea…if it was planned accordingly. "I'm sure he would know how since he works with cars…all right…I think I have just the song we're going to do…"
That afternoon Finn drove his pickup truck into the mechanic as he scanned around looking to see if Burt was working. As Finn continued to stare around, he heard someone bang on the side of his truck, which caused him to wince. If someone had scratched the truck while Finn was here, he would surely get a talking to by his mother who always would tell him to drive carefully and to be careful where he parked. As Finn turned his head to view who probably dented his truck, he realized that it was Burt who banged on the side of the truck, allowing Finn to release a sigh of relief.
"My goodness, you scared me!" Finn shouted although he had a smile on his face. Finn got out of his truck in order to give Burt a hug. "I thought that I got into an accident in here."
"I didn't mean to scare you." Burt chuckled, noticing that Finn was staring back at the car. "Well, on second thought I did mean to scare you. So, what brings you to Lima, Ohio Mr. Regional Show Choir champion?"
"So you heard about that?" Finn laughed slightly as Burt put a hand on Finn's shoulder.
"Your mother won't stop talking about it." Burt led Finn over to his desk as Burt sat down. "We're both really proud of you, kiddo."
"Thanks but, it was really Rachel who helped." Finn admitted. "She's brilliant when it comes to stuff like that."
"I'm sure she is." Burt nodded his head. "So where is the missus?"
"She's with Puck working out choreography with the New Directions." Finn sat down in the chair across from Burt. "Dad, I need to ask you for a favor."
"Shoot." Burt acknowledged his son as Finn continued to talk.
"I need you to create like a stage fire." Finn explained. "I know that your forte is cars and stuff but…I think that you have the brains to put it together without burning down the school."
"So you want me to create like sparks for a performance? I never thought of you being flashy. Is something going on?" Burt wondered.
"Mr. Schue dared me to put on a better performance than him for Glee Club." Finn said. "For some reason, he thinks that I'm trying to steal his Glee Club and I'm trying to steal his thunder. I don't know what he's talking about, but I do love a good challenge. The only way that I'm going to prove to Mr. Schue that I'm just as good as he is, is if you help me. Please?" Finn continued to notice that Burt was thinking but after a few moments of silence, Burt gave his son a warm smile.
"What kind of father would I be if I didn't help my son in his time of need?" Finn and Burt grinned at one another, and that was when Finn knew that he was going to show Mr. Schuester that he was just as good of a Glee Club director—maybe even better.
{Scene changes to the next afternoon as the Glee Club girls sit in the auditorium with Mr. Schuester, Rachel, Puck, Kurt and Santana as Finn sits in the front row and nods his head while the Glee boys perform the song}
[Artie with New Directions Boys]
Oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh
Oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh
[Sam]
B-B-Be careful making wishes in the dark, dark
Can't be sure when they hit that mark, mark
And besides in the mean, mean time
I'm just dreaming of tearing you apart
[Ryder]
I'm the de-details with the devil
No now the world can never get me on my level
I just gotta get you off the cage
I'm a young lovers rage
Gonna need a spark to ignite
[Sam and Ryder]
My songs know what you did in the dark
{Finn presses a button and small fire sparks appear as the guys sing and the girls stand up and start cheering as Mr. Schuester looks shocked and worried}
[Sam, Ryder, Jake and Blaine]
So light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up (Artie: I'm on fire)
So light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up (Artie: I'm on fire)
[Artie with New Directions Boys]
Oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh (Jake: In the dark, dark)
Oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh (Jake: In the dark, dark)
[Blaine]
Writers keep writing what they write
Somewhere another pretty vein just died
I got the scars from tomorrow and I wish you could see
That you're the antidote to everything except for me
[Jake]
A constellation of tears on your lashes
Burn everything you love, then burn the ashes
In the end and everything collides
My childhood spat back out the monster that you see
[Jake and Blaine]
My songs know what you did in the dark
[Sam, Ryder, Jake and Blaine]
So light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up (Artie: I'm on fire)
So light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up (Artie: I'm on fire)
[Artie with New Directions Boys]
Oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh (Jake: In the dark, dark)
Oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh (Jake: In the dark, dark)
{Mr. Schuester continues to stare at them and he looks worried since he notices the girls getting into the performance}
[Artie]
My songs know what you did in the dark
[Sam]
My songs know what you did in the dark
[Sam, Ryder, Jake and Blaine]
So light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up (Artie: I'm on fire)
So light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up (Artie: I'm on fire)
[Artie with New Directions Boys]
Oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh (Jake: In the dark, dark)
Oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh (Jake: In the dark, dark)
[Artie, Blaine, Ryder, Jake and Sam]
Oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh
"WOOH!" The girls of the Glee Club stood from their chairs and they clapped their hands vigorously for the boys. Puck and Rachel gave Finn a thumbs up as Finn stared at the guys, all while Mr. Schuester became concerned.
"Nice job guys." Finn congratulated as he high fived the boys. "That was incredible."
"Well, you were the genius that was able to make Blaine's idea of fire come to life, with your father's help of course." Artie clapped his hands as the boys shared the enthusiasm.
"I have to say Finnocence, that was an amazing performance. I'm proud of you." Santana congratulated her friend. "I wonder why we never did any badass stuff while we were in Glee Club." Hearing Santana's comment caused Mr. Schuester to get up from his seat as he headed for the exit of the auditorium.
"Come on ladies…we have to plan our routine." Mr. Schuester exited the auditorium as the girls reluctantly followed.
"You guys did a really good job." Marley smiled at Finn, earning a smile back from him while she followed Mr. Schuester.
"That was an awesome performance, Finn." Brittany said as she made her way out of the auditorium. As the rest of the Glee girls followed, Finn's tiny victory suddenly felt hollow. What was Mr. Schuester's issue with him? He didn't understand it. Rachel noticed the disappointment on Finn's face and that was when she knew something had to be done…it was time to give her husband a 'Rachel Berry pep talk'.
"All right, so we need to come up with a musical number that's just as powerful as Finn's." Mr. Schuester paced around the choir room while the girls, Kurt and Santana stared at him. "We need something that screams 'winner'."
"I have no idea how we're going to do that." Kitty smirked, crossing her arms. "Finn's performance with the boys was kick-ass. The only way you're going to beat Finn is if you find five people who can belt higher than Rachel."
"Or Mercedes." Tina added.
"So let's think of ideas." Mr. Schuester wrote on the board as Santana let out a sigh.
"Mr. Schue, I don't mean to step all over the place here but...what is this competition with Finn really about?" Santana wondered. "I mean, all of a sudden you seem like you're threatened by him. I don't think Finn is trying to do better than you...I just think that you're being paranoid. Sure, that performance was awesome but..."
"But ours is going to be better." Mr. Schuester interrupted Santana. "Look, Finn walked into my Glee Club and basically told them how it was going to be! Well, he has his own Glee Club in New York and I have mine here!"
"No he didn't." Tina scrunched her face. "You asked him to give advice and he did...that's not stepping over boundaries. He even made sure it was okay with you."
"Mr. Schue, you're not jealous of Finn are you?" Marley questioned. "Because really, there's nothing to be jealous about."
"Why is everyone assuming that I am jealous of Finn?! I am not jealous of my former student! There's nothing to be jealous about! I'm better at him at being a Glee Club director and this is just to put him in his place!" Mr. Schuester turned back around, seeing Kurt and Santana were gazing at each other.
"J-E-A-L-O-U-S." Kurt spelled out.
"Boy, don't know how Finn got you acting like this..." Santana added as Kurt and Santana high-fived one another.
"I am not jealous." Mr. Schuester decided to change the subject, glancing to the girls. "All right, song choices...throw 'em at me."
"XO by Beyonce." Unique suggested.
"Anything by Ke$ha." Brittany said.
"Mickey by Toni Basil." Kitty added.
"The Power of Love by Celine Dion." Tina thought aloud.
"Bubbly by Colbie Callait." Marley figured. Mr. Schuester shook his head at every suggestion, causing Santana and Kurt to gaze at each other in confusion.
"Wait, you're not going to even consider any of the suggestions?" Kurt asked. "I think that The Power of Love is an iconic classic. I'm sure Tina can pull off Celine Dion."
"And what, the rest of us sway like props in the background?" Kitty scoffed, rolling her eyes in disgust.
"I've been doing that for four years." Tina pointed out.
"Sorry, did you say something?" Kitty turned around, pretending she didn't hear Tina. Tina growled and muttered under her breath as Mr. Schuester rubbed his temples.
"We're not getting anywhere, so I'm going to pick the song and what we're going to do." Mr. Schuester walked to the computer in the corner and started looking up lyrics to a song. The girls turned to Santana and Kurt, hoping that they could talk some sense into Mr. Schuester.
"Mr. Schue, this is the girls performance." Santana said. "I mean, when the boys were with Finn, he let them suggest the song and the performance and..."
"Again with the 'Finn did this', 'Finn did that' nonsense!" Mr. Schuester groaned. "Santana, I know you think you're trying to help but stop! I know what I'm doing." Santana leaned back in her chair and put her hand up.
"Mr. Schue's not going to listen to me." Santana said. Mr. Schuester's eyes widened as he thought he found the perfect song for the girls.
"All right, I have the perfect song. Come here." Mr. Schuester instructed the girls. The girls got up form their seat and walked over to the computer, their eyes widening in horror.
"No!" Marley shouted.
"We can't do that song!" Kitty agreed.
"What's wrong with it? I think it's fine." Mr. Schuester printed out the lyrics, handing them to the girls. "This song is perfect for your voices and I already have costumes planned out. We're doing this song and I don't want to hear another word."
"But Mr. Schue..." Tina started to say as Mr. Schuester raised an eyebrow towards her. Tina stood silent as Kurt and Santana looked weary. They weren't sure this was a good idea-no, they knew this wasn't a good idea.
"Should someone tell Finn about this?" Kurt mumbled as he and Santana started walking towards the seats in the choir room.
"No...I think he should be surprised." Santana answered. "Trust me...everyone will be surprised with this number."
"I just don't understand it…" Finn sighed as he and Rachel sat in The Lima Bean that afternoon while drinking hot chocolate. "I'm trying to make Mr. Schue proud and suddenly it feels like I'm the worst person in the world because I wanted to be just like him."
"Finn, Mr. Schue is probably just jealous." Rachel assured him as she took a sip of her hot chocolate. "I mean he realized you were so good with the kids…and you both have different teaching methods. You like to incorporate ideas from everyone and you make it happen. I found that Mr. Schue had the, 'we're doing this and you're going to like it' attitude. No wonder the kids like you so much."
"You really think they like me that much, Rachel?" Finn raised an eyebrow with an amused smile. "Or is that just you being loveably biased again?"
"As much as I would love to be loveably biased, I can't." Rachel giggled. "The kids really love you Finn, and Mr. Schue was impressed with your performance. He was just a little…intimidated. He didn't think you could actually bring fire into the performance and make it look amazing. If anything, I felt like those boys were in a rock concert." Rachel leaned closer to Finn as she put her hands on his cheeks, noticing that Finn was staring into her eyes. "You did an amazing job on that performance with those boys and you should be so proud. I just know for a fact that you're going to blow this competition out of the water. The song was appropriate, the choreography was great and best of all…you listened to everyone's ideas…even when Blaine's fire idea seemed a bit crazy, although you were hesitant; with some quick convincing, you were able to make it happen. When you want something, you go for it by any means possible and you don't just involve you. You involve everyone around you…that is what makes you a great teacher." Rachel nuzzled her nose to Finn's as he grinned towards her.
"You really think I'm cut out for this teacher thing…" Finn was amazed. "I just don't want to let you down…"
"You could never let me down, Finn…never." Rachel insisted as she pressed a kiss to his cheek. "I'm so proud of you, babe…you did a great job with the boys and you proved to me that when you have your mind set…good things happen. I love you, Finn and I'm extremely proud…" Finn pressed a kiss to Rachel's lips as the both of them got lost into their own little world. As Finn released his lips from Rachel's for a moment, he looked up and noticed hearts were hanging over them.
"Hmm, I never knew the Lima Bean was so festive this time of year…" Finn chuckled.
"You gotta love Valentine's Day, huh?" Rachel muttered while pressing another kiss to Finn's lips. As Finn and Rachel continued to kiss, they heard someone walk by them while letting out a groan.
"Get a room." The voice belonged to none other than Bree. "You're scaring the young people." Finn and Rachel parted their lips, as Finn looked slightly worried.
"I do look young…right?" Finn started touching his face as Rachel chuckled, moving herself onto Finn's lap.
"Who cares what that arrogant cheerleader thinks?" Rachel nuzzled her nose into Finn's cheek as she traced kisses down to his neck. "Maybe we should take her advice though and get a room…"
"Hmm?" Finn raised his eyebrows suggestively as he picked Rachel up bridal style, causing her to laugh. "What are we waiting for my love? Let's go celebrate Valentine's Day although it's not today!" Rachel laughed as Finn carried her out of The Lima Bean, but Bree continued to shake her head in anger as she watched the married couple in their honeymoon stage bliss.
"All right!" Mr. Schuester sat the Glee Boys, Finn, Rachel, Puck, Kurt and Santana in the choir room the next afternoon. "Finn, your performance with the Glee boys was…average..." Hearing those words caused Artie and Sam to quizzically stare at one another. If anything, the performance was one of the best performances they had ever done. "But, the girls have you beat since they're going to bring out the magic of Katy Perry."
"Katy Perry again?" Puck grumbled as he looked to Finn. "What is this Glee Club's obsession with her?"
"The least we could do is hear them sing, right?" Finn glanced to Mr. Schuester who took his seat. Mr. Schuester clapped his hands, and Tina, Kitty, Marley, Brittany and Unique came out wearing costumes inspired by Katy Perry's Teenage Dream music video—, at least the dress of course.
"Mr. Schue, I don't think that this song is a good idea." Marley spoke up which caused Finn and Rachel to look at one another.
"Nonsense, the song is fine." Mr. Schuester waved his hand dismissively. "Katy Perry must have loved animals because she wrote a song about a bird, so why not sing a song about a bird."
"Oh no." Santana and Kurt gazed at one another as Blaine stared at them.
"What song are they going to sing?" Blaine asked Kurt.
'Watch…and enjoy the train wreck." Kurt whispered back as the song started to play. As soon as it did, the boys of the Glee Club started to wince, and Finn even opened his eyes in shock. He couldn't believe Mr. Schuester chose this song…then again, Mr. Schue was pretty naïve.
{The girls start prancing around the room, the boys look shocked, and Puck looks at Finn with a revolted look}
[Unique and Brittany]
I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock, cock
Your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock
I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock, cock
Your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock
[Tina]
Word on the street, you got something to show me, me
Magical, colorful such a mystery
I'm intrigued for a peek, heard it's fascinating
(Brittany and Kitty: Come on baby let me see,
What you're hiding underneath)
[Unqiue]
What's up your sleeve, such a tease
Wanna see the show, oh
In 3D, a movie
Heard it's beautiful, oh
Be the judge
And my girls gonna take a vote
(Brittany and Kitty: Come on baby let me see
What you're hiding underneath)
[Tina]
I want the jaw dropping, eye popping, head turning, body shocking
(Brittany, Marley and Kitty: Uh, e, e, uh, uh, e, e, uh)
I want my heart throbbing, ground shaking, show stopping, amazing
(Brittany, Marley and Kitty: Uh, e, e, uh, uh, e, e, uh)
[Brittany and Kitty]
Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock
Don't be a chicken boy, stop acting like a bitch
I 'ma peace out if you don't give me the payoff
(Marley: Come on baby let me see, what you're hiding underneath)
[Brittany, Tina, Unique and Kitty]
Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock
What you're waiting for, it's time for you to show it off
Don't be a shy kind of guy I bet it's beautiful
(Marley: Come on baby let me see, what you're hiding underneath)
[Unique and Brittany]
I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock, cock
Your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock
I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock, cock
Your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock
I wanna see your
[Marley]
Skip the talk, heard it all, time to walk the walk
Break me off, if you're bad show me who's the boss
Need some goose, to get loose, come and take a shot
(Brittany and Kitty: Come on baby let me see,
What you're hiding underneath)
[Tina]
I want the jaw dropping, eye popping, head turning, body shocking
(Brittany, Marley and Kitty: Uh, e, e, uh, uh, e, e, uh)
I want my heart throbbing, ground shaking, show stopping, amazing
(Brittany, Marley and Kitty: Uh, e, e, uh, uh, e, e, uh)
[Brittany and Kitty]
Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock
Don't be a chicken boy, stop acting like a bitch
I 'ma peace out if you don't give me the payoff
(Marley: Come on baby let me see, what you're hiding underneath)
[Brittany, Tina, Unique and Kitty]
Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock
What you're waiting for, it's time for you to show it off
Don't be a shy kind of guy I bet it's beautiful
(Marley: Come on baby let me see, what you're hiding underneath)
[Unique and Brittany]
I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock, cock
Your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock
I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock, cock
Your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock
[Tina and Marley]
Oh my god, no exaggeration
Boy all this time was worth the waiting
I just shed a tear, I am so unprepared
[Unique and Kitty]
You've got the finest architecture
End of the rainbow looking treasure
Such a sight to see, and it's all for me
[Brittany]
Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock
Don't be a chicken boy, stop acting like a bitch
I 'ma peace out if you don't give me the payoff
(Marley: Come on baby let me see, what you're hiding underneath)
[Brittany, Tina, Unique and Kitty]
Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock (Marley; Whoa, oh)
What you're waiting for, it's time for you to show it off (Marley: Oh, oh)
Don't be a shy kind of guy I bet it's beautiful
(Marley: Come on baby let me see)
[Unique and Brittany]
I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock, cock (Marley; I wanna see your)
Your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock (Marley: I wanna see your)
I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock, cock
Your peacock, cock, cock (Marley: I wanna see your)
[Marley and Brittany]
Come on baby let me see, what you're hiding underneath
As the girls finished their number, their faces turned to stone as they stared at Mr. Schuester with anger. The boys looked completely revolted and even Santana and Rachel had to admit that number was a bit too much.
"Um, Mr. Schue, you do know what that song is about, right?" Artie hesitantly asked Mr. Schuester.
"Sure I do, it's about the beautiful bird, the peacock, right?" Mr. Schuester questioned. "I mean, that's what it's about…?"
"Oh for the love of God, Mr. Schue you chose a song about a girl asking to see a guy's penis." Santana bluntly said as Mr. Schuester's eyes widened. He turned back towards the girls as Marley rolled her eyes.
"I told you we shouldn't have done the song." Marley pointed out as the other girls began nodding their heads in unison.
"We were trying to tell you that the song was inappropriate but you went ahead and chose it anyway." Tina added. Mr. Schuester looked over at Finn, wanting Finn to just triumphantly gloat and say 'I told you so'. Instead, Finn looked sorry for Mr. Schue. Mr. Schue out of all people didn't deserve this…it wasn't Mr. Schue's fault that he struggled with pop culture and was still living in the past. Mr. Schuester just couldn't believe the mess he caused. In trying to prove to Finn that Finn was just the student—it turned out that Finn was the better Glee Club instructor…and he had to admit, it sucked.
"Um, I'll be right back." Mr. Schuester got up from his chair and exited the room, causing everyone to worry.
"I think I should go and talk to him." Finn looked over to Rachel with a sigh.
"It wouldn't hurt…I mean he kind of feels dumb right now." Santana said from behind them. "He chose a vulgar song and this wasn't the first time. He did Toxic with the Glee Club two years ago and from what the rest of the Glee Club was telling me, they also did Blurred Lines." The thought that the Glee Club performed Blurred Lines intrigued Finn because he himself had to learn the hard way to never sing a sexist song in Glee Club.
"I'll be right back." Finn got up from his chair and made his way out of the classroom while the rest of the Glee Club looked on. As Finn walked towards the auditorium, he noticed Mr. Schuester staring at the trophy case in the hallway. Finn slowly made his way over to Mr. Schuester as he stuffed his hands in his pockets, still trying to comprehend what just happened between them. "Hey, Mr. Schue?"
"I'm surprised you're not laughing at me right now." Mr. Schuester scoffed slightly. "I messed up big time…and…I just proved to myself and the rest of the Glee Club that I'm actually a worse instructor than you are."
"What? You are not the worst instructor ever." Finn sighed, patting Mr. Schuester's back lightly. "If anything I feel like I'm the worst instructor."
"Are you kidding?" Mr. Schuester faced his former student, wondering what Finn meant. "The kids in Glee love you, they listen to your ideas and they all think I'm some oldie."
"Trust me, some of the kids in this school don't like me and they think I'm an oldie as well." Finn chuckled. "Rachel and I went to the Lima Bean the other day and…well, Bree called me old. It wasn't outright but…there's something wrong with that girl."
"Yeah, she's not the friendliest…I think she's worse than Kitty, Quinn and Santana combined before they all joined Glee Club." Mr. Schuester slightly joked. "You were right you know…"
"What was I right about?" Finn wondered.
"I was jealous of you." Mr. Schuester admitted. "The first time I led a Glee Club, we lost Regionals and the first time you led a Glee Club, you're leading them to Nationals. You're doing more with your kids than I've ever done with mine. Instead of saying how proud I was of you, I was so busy being petty. I'm sorry Finn…I really am sorry."
"It's okay Mr. Schue." Finn assured him. "I probably should have gloated a little less…"
"No, you had every right to gloat." Mr. Schuester interrupted Finn. "You won Regionals on the first try…and you have a group of kids at NYADA that love you. You really are special Finn and you are going to be an amazing teacher. I just know it. I've never seen you care so much about something before. I guess I was just petty because I thought I had to prove something…"
"You don't have to prove anything." Finn slightly shook his head. "In my book, you're already the best Glee Club instructor in the world. And if anything, everything I learned, I learned from you…cross my heart and hope to die." Mr. Schuester grinned and pulled Finn in for a hug as the two of them stood in the hallway for a few moments.
"Do you think that you could forgive your old Glee Club teacher?" Finn didn't have to think twice about Mr. Schuester's request.
"Of course I can forgive you." Finn smirked. "You know Mr. Schue, we've been so busy fighting about who's the better Glee Club teacher…that I kind of miss the group numbers that we used to do when I was in Glee Club. Do you think that we could do one right now? For old times' sake?"
"You know…I think we can." Mr. Schuester nodded his head as he led Finn back towards the classroom. "Oh and Finn?"
"Yes, Mr. Schue?" Finn raised an eyebrow towards Mr. Schuester.
"Stop calling me Mr. Schue…" Mr. Schuester gave Finn a smile. "Call me Will." Finn nodded his head and shone the biggest smile he possibly could.
"All right, Mr. Schue." Finn quickly said but Mr. Schuester simply chuckled at him. Mr. Schuester poked his head into the Glee Room and noticed that everyone was staring at him and the girls had taken off their Katy Perry wigs.
"All right guys…Finn and I officially made up and…I just wanted to apologize to you guys and to Finn publicly for all that I put you guys through. I was trying to prove that I was the better instructor…but of course we all know that I'm the best at being myself. I can't be Finn and I can't be anyone else. So, I was thinking…maybe to make it up we could have one more musical number together?"
"YEAH!" The Glee Club kids immediately nodded their heads as Mr. Schuester gazed at Kurt, Santana, Rachel and Puck.
"I hope you guys don't mind in joining in as well…after all, Glee Club was your home first." Mr. Schuester told his alumni that was there.
"Well, I guess since Mr. Schuester is begging us to sing…" Rachel gave Puck a nudge in his ribs as he nodded his head towards Mr. Schuester.
"BRAD, HIT IT!" Mr. Schuester pointed towards Brad the pianist who was sitting by the piano as he started playing his signature instrument. Mr. Schuester was trying to prove that he was better than Finn was, but in the end he realized he was pretty crazy to think that he should have been in a competition with him. Finn and Mr. Schuester were two different Glee Club directors…but no matter what would happen, it made Mr. Schuester feel better that Finn looked up to him and always took his sound advice…and Mr. Schue didn't feel so crazy after all…
{Brad starts playing the piano as Mr. Schuester and the other members of the Glee Club walk out into the hallway where there are kids}
[Mr. Schuester]
Friday night I crashed your party
Saturday I said I'm sorry
Sunday came and trashed me out again
[Finn]
I was only having fun
Wasn't hurting anyone
And we all enjoyed the weekend for a change
[Puck]
I've been stranded in the combat zone
I walked through Bedford Stuy alone
Even rode my motorcycle in the rain
[Santana, Brittany, Rachel and Tina]
And you told me not to drive
But I made it home alive
So you said that only proves that I'm insane
{The Glee Club starts walking down the hallway as everyone stares at them with interest}
[Mr. Schuester with Puck and Santana]
You may be right
[Finn with Rachel and Puck]
I may be crazy
[Finn and Mr. Schuester with New Directions]
But it just may be the lunatic you're looking for
[Mr. Schuester]
Turn out the light
[Finn]
Don't try to save me
[Finn and Mr. Schuester with New Directions]
You may be wrong for all I know
But you may be right
{More kids watch as they walk down the hallway and they start following the Glee Club as Sue Sylvester comes out of her office and looks slightly outraged}
[Blaine and Kurt]
Well remember how I found you there
Alone in your electric chair
[Finn and Rachel]
I told you dirty jokes until you smiled
[Santana and Brittany]
You were lonely for a man
I said "Take me as I am"
[Artie and Tina]
Cause you might enjoy some madness for a while
[Mr. Schuester]
Now think of all the years you tried to
[Mr. Schuester, Kurt and Puck]
Find someone to satisfy you
I might be as crazy as you say
[Finn and Rachel]
If I'm crazy then it's true
And it's all because of you
And you wouldn't want me any other way
{They run into the auditorium and the rest of the student body follows them as Sue and Bree enter the auditorium and look outraged}
[Mr. Schuester]
You may be right
[Finn]
I may be crazy
[Mr. Schuester and Finn with New Directions]
But it just might be a lunatic you're looking for
[Mr. Schuester]
It's too late to fight
[Finn]
It's too late to change me
[Mr. Schuester and Finn with New Directions]
You may be wrong but for all I know you may be right
[Mr. Schuester]
You may be right! (New Directions; You may be right)
[Finn]
I may be crazy (New Directions; I may be crazy)
[Mr. Schuester and Finn with New Directions]
But it just might be a lunatic you're looking for
[Mr. Schuester]
Turn out the lights (New Directions: Turn out the lights)
[Finn]
Oh, don't try to save me (New Directions: No, no, no, no)
{Everyone cheers and Mr. Schuester gives Finn a hug as the others look out at the McKinley
[Mr. Schuester and Finn with New Directions]
You may be wrong but for all I know you may be right
[New Directions]
You may be wrong (Mr. Schuester: You may be wrong but you may be right)
You may be wrong (Mr. Schuester and Finn: You may be wrong but you may be right)
You may be wrong (Mr. Schuester, Finn and Rachel: You may be wrong but you may be right)
[Mr. Schuester, Finn, Rachel, Santana, Puck, Kurt, Artie, Blaine, Tina and Brittany with New Directions]
You may be wrong but you may be right!
{Everyone starts cheering as Finn and Mr. Schuester hug it out on stage}
GUEST STARRING
Matthew Morrison as William Schuester
Melissa Benoist as Marley Rose
Jacob Artist as Jake Puckerman
Kevin McHale as Artie Abram
Jenna Ushkowitz as Tina Cohen-Chang
Chord Overstreet as Sam Evans
Blake Jenner as Ryder Lynn
Heather Morris as Brittany Pierce
Darren Criss as Blaine Anderson
Alex Newell as Wade "Unique" Adams
Becca Tobin as Kitty Wilde
Mike O'Malley as Burt Hummel
Nene Leakes as Roz Washington
Jayma Mays as Emma Pillsbury
Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester
Erin Westbrook as Bree
SONG(S):
Classic (Originally by MKTO): Performed by Artie Abrams, Sam Evans, Jake Puckerman and Finn Hudson
My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light 'Em Up) [Originally by Fall Out Boy]: Performed by Artie Abrams, Sam Evans, Ryder Lynn, Blaine Anderson and Jake Puckerman
Peacock (Originally by Katy Perry): Performed by Wade "Unique" Adams, Brittany Pierce, Tina Cohen-Chang, Kitty Wilde and Marley Rose
You May Be Right (Originally by Billy Joel): Performed by Will Schuester, Finn Hudson, Noah "Puck" Puckerman, Santana Lopez, Rachel Berry, Kurt Hummel and New Directions