Season 2, Episode 18: BORN THIS WAY

While the glee club are rehearsing for Nationals, Finn accidentally whacks Rachel in the nose, breaking it. The doctor suggests that Rachel can get a nose job so she looks better and it may make her able to belt even higher notes when singing. The rest of the glee club tries to convince Rachel not too saying you shouldn't change who you are. Santana protests saying that everybody in the glee club has something they would like to change about themselves and they just should because it will make them happy. Will is worried that this will cause them to not believe in themselves. He talks to Emma who is still struggling with her OCD. She refuses to see a phyciotrist because she was born this way and she has to deal with it. That gives will an idea. In glee club (which Emma sits in), he explains this weeks assignment is too perform a song expressing the things you don't like about yourself and at the ends of the week they will all perform Lady Gaga's Born This Way together. Emma explains their costumes will be a white shirt with a word or phrase printed on it expressing what they don't like about themselves. Emma shows them an example where her shirt says GINGER. Will later tells her it should have said OCD. Emma says it is something she just has to live with. Quinn agrees to go to the doctors with Rachel as long as Rachel votes for her as prom queen. Rachel asks the doctor to take some photos to see what her nose would look like if it was exactly like Quinn's. They sing a duet of "I Feel Pretty/ Unpretty." Rachel shows the photos to the glee club. Finn speaks out and says she is beautiful and she shouldn't get a nose job. Rachel says she has made up her mind and will get a nose job. Lauren confesses to Puck her desire to be prom queen. Puck promises that they will be king and queen. They then start their campaign. Quinn is worried that Lauren will win because the school wants a prom queen that is different and not pretty because it is inspiring to be yourself. Quinn and Lauren argue where Quinn says Lauren doesn't know anything about her. In glee club Finn performs "I've Gotta Be Me" where his dancing has improves thanks to Mike. Santana also wants to be prom queen and knows Sam isn't cool enough to help her get votes. She then spots Karofsky and thinks he might be use full. She then see him checking out Sam. Santana realises he is gay and comes up with a killer plan to get votes: by getting Kurt to come back to the school. She's knows that Kurt won't come back until Karofsky changes or leaves. Santana talk to Karofsky and says she knows about him. She opens up to him and confesses she is a lesbian. She explains that he has 2 choices: to go out with her and run for prom king and queen and apologise to the glee club or she will tell everybody he is gay. He agrees and apologises to the glee club who don't accept it. Kaorfsky and Santana announce their relationship which disgusts everybody. They also announce they have started a club that watches the hallways for bullies. Principle Figgins, Will, Karofsky, His Dad Paul, Kurt and Burt have a meeting where Karofsky apologises and asks Kurt to come back. Burt gets mad saying that karofsky is making it up. Will asks for Kurt's opinion. Kurt wishes to speak to Karofsky alone. The others leave and Kurt asks Karofsky what he is playing at. Karofsky explains everything about what Santana did. Kurt agrees to come back as long as Karofsky goes with him to gay group meeting. The glee club all gather in the lunch area where Kurt shows up claiming he is back at McKinley. Blaine and the Warblers how up. Blaine says he still has Kurt after school and on the weekends but the others don;t and will miss him. They sing his "Somewhere Only We Know" to say goodbye. Lauren walks past Quinn in the hallway and calls her Lucy. Quinn and Lauren go into a class room where Lauren explains she did research on Quinn and discovered she didn't do her junior year at McKinley. Lauren tries to find her file from her old school but there is no Quinn Fabrey, however she finds Lucy Fabray. Lauren looked up the photo in the year book and found a girl who looks a lot like Quinn but fat with red hair, pimples, a large nose and glasses. Quinn admits that her real name is Lucy and her middle name is Quinn. She explains that she used to look like that and everybody called her Lucy Caboosy. When she started to do ballet she lost some weight and did many other sports including cheer leading and became skinny. She died her hair blonde and go pro active for her pimples and got contacts. When her Dad got a new job and they moved she asked for a nose job and he said yes and she asked her parents to call her Quinn. Lauren tells Quinn she better check the ballot board. Quinn races to it to see a poster of her when she looked like that. Everybody laughs at her and she runs off crying. In glee club Kurt performs "As If We Never Said Goodbye." Puck tries to convince Rachel not to get a nose job and asks her to go to the mall. Rachel goes with Puck where Kurt is and explains Barbra Streisand has a nose like Rachel's and Barbra wouldn't be proud that Rachel got a nose job. He takes her down stairs where a flash mob happens, dancing to Duck Sauces "Barbra Streisand." Quinn tells Finn the campaign is off. Finn tells her she shouldn't matter about it because its in the past and the two of them share a lovely moment in each others arms. Quinn walks past some girls looking at her Lucy poster. The girls tell Quinn they are going to vote for her and Quinn decides she is still going to run for prom queen. Lauren apologises for doing it to her and the two of them start talking and become friends. Britney shows Santana her shirt and gives Santana one that says LEBANESE. Santana realises it is meant to say Lesbian and Santana refuses to wear it and takes it and walks away. Will convinces Emma to go to a session with a phyciotrist. Emma goes and spends almost the full hour cleaning a table. The phyciotrist tells her it is series and she needs help. Emma confesses she is scared. Emma is told it is okay to be scared and she needs to come in every week and start taking medication everyday. Later on Emma takes the medication. The glee club gather in the auditorium wearing their shirts. Will shows them one he made which says BUT CHIN. Nobody knows where Santana and Rachel are. Rachel shows up saying she isn't going to get the nose job but she can't perform the song because she can't dance heavily. The glee club then perform "Born This Way." Santana and Karofsky watch where Santana is wearing the Lebanese shirt. During the song, Emma shows up to show will her new shirt which says OCD. Will, Emma and Rachel all run out on stage at the end to join in.
SONGS: I Feel Pretty/ Unpretty
I've Gotta Be Me
Somewhere Only We Know
As If We Never Said Goodbye
Born This Way
NEXT EPISODE: Rumours- Sue's plans to take down the glee club continue with the help of Terri. As Rumours go around the school that Quinn and Sam are hooking up, Rachel and Finn have a steak out near a motel and discover a much more shocking secret. Meanwhile April Rhodes returns to convince Will to go on the road with her and be in her new musical.