Friday, November 25, 2011

Season 3, Episode 9: EXTRAORDINARY MERRY CHRISTMAS

The episode opens with Mercedes decorating a tree and singing "All I Want For Christmas Is You." The rest of the Glee kids join her as they dance and decorate the choir room. Rachel gives Finn a Christmas list with 15 items on it. She tells him to chose five things from it. Finn thinks that material items isn't what Christmas is about. Sue tells Kurt, Artie and Blaine that she is volunteering at the homeless shelter on Friday and wants them to put on a show. They don't believe her at first, but eventually agree to help after she explains it is her first Christmas without her sister and is trying to distract herself. Rory tells the guys that his mother isn't able to come visit this Christmas. He sings "Blue Christmas." After having a depressing Christmas the previous year, Rachel and Tina want them to focus on the pageantry. Will tells them that PBS wants them to perform on its Christmas special this year. Sam and Rory talk about how tough it is to be away from family. Sam invites him to his home and agrees to be his Christmas sponsor. Artie tells the PBS rep his two demands are that Star Wars be a part of the show and it be done in black and white. It will be an homage to a Judy Garland Christmas special. He agrees, as long as it's done on the cheap. Rachel sings "River" as a kind of audition for Artie. Artie finds it's too depressing and says it doesn't fit his vision, which is of an evening in Blaine and Kurt's chalet. He wants fun. Sam doesn't agree with over-the-top, cheesy Christmas and leaves to go work a Salvation Army bucket. Rachel drops another hint about her present. Finn gives her a card describing a pig he's bought in her name that will feed a hungry family for a month. She's not impressed, and wants him to stick to the list. Rachel and Blaine sing "Extraordinary Merry Christmas" and Artie is impressed. Sue drops by and says everybody at the shelter is excited about the show on Friday. They say it will conflict from their PBS special. They won't be doing it that night, and remind Sue how awful she's been to them in the past. None of the glee club members feel bad about this except for Quinn and Sam. We get an intro for the "Glee Club Holiday Spectacular," directed by Artie and brought to us by Breadstix. The show opens with Blaine and Kurt at home singing "Let It Snow." Kurt then addresses himself and Blaine to a live audience. Rachel and Mercedes show up with gifts. Kurt gets a knock-off Liz Taylor necklace and Blaine a bow tie with Capri pants. Rachel talks about the best parts of Christmas not being purchasable and the foursome breaks into "My Favorite Things." After a message from the sponsors Finn and Puck drop by. The gang tells them they're worried Santa won't be coming due to climate change. Finn and Puck respond with "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town." Mike, Brittany, Tina and Santana drop by with some back-up dancers and sing "Christmas Wrapping." Rory drops by dressed as Itchy the Christmas elf and instead of reading Frosty The Snowman he reads a Biblical passage about Christ's birth to remind them what Christmas is supposed to be about. At the soup kitchen Quinn tells Sam she's doing better. He says he's glad she turned it around. The others stop by with food and the tree. They said Rory helped them see the light. The whole group performs "Do They Know It's Christmas?" which makes the children happy. In school Rachel tells Finn she named her pig Barbara, after her hero. She says she's sorry and all that matter is that she loves him. He says he got her something else and hands her a piece of paper that says he's named a star after himself, because she's already one and whenever she is lonely she can look up at him. He gives her a small box with a pair of earrings. She says it's time she starts giving back and they leave. They go to Sam and Rory who are working for the salvation army to raise money. They donate hundreds of dollars after taking back the ear rings and the ipod Rachel got Finn. They then join in and help Sam and Rory raise money after realising that Christmas is more than just material things.
SONGS: All I Want For Christmas Is You
Blue Christmas
River
Extraordinary Merry Christmas
Let It Snow
My Favorite Things
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Christmas Wrapping
Do They Know It's Christmas?
THIS IS THE LAST EPISODE OF GLEE BEFORE A QUICK BREAK. GLEE WITH RETURN WITH ALL NEW EPISODES IN JANUARY 2012! HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Friday, November 11, 2011

Season 3, Episode 9: HOLD ON TO SIXTEEN

Quinn tells Rachel she plans to get Shelby fired by exposing her affair with Puck. Rachel points out that since Puck is 18 what they are doing isn't illegal. Quinn hints that the goal is to have Shelby to lose custody of Beth. Rachel thinks this would be her hitting rock-bottom. Will and Finn look at songs for sectionals, which for the first time since the '60s will be held at McKinley. Finn thinks they need to figure out a new singer and suggests going after Sam, who now lives in Kentucky. While Kurt and Blaine have coffee they are approached by Sebastian. The Warblers have won their sectional already. When Blaine leaves the table Sebastian and Kurt admit their mutual dislike and Sebastian says he's planning on taking Blaine from him by the end of the school year. Finn and Rachel go looking for Sam and see that he's a male stripper. Backstage he tells them this is the best-paying job he can find and his parents have no idea. They ask him to come back to McKinley in time for sectional. He says his dad won't allow it. Sam takes Rachel and Finn to his house and asks for permission. Sam says he misses being a teenager and his parents say he can go. Sam returns to the New Directions choir room. He grabs his guitar and sings "Red Solo Cup." Santana walks in afterwards and makes jokes about his mouth. Quinn puts the moves on Sam. He tells her to enjoy her senior year and not try to grow up faster than she needs to. Mike tells Tina he's applied to the Pre-Med program at Stanford, primarily because his dancing is tearing his family apart. She tries to convince him to stick to his dream and he pushes away. Puck tells Will he doesn't think they have much chance to win sectional without the girls. Sam tries to convince them they should push sex in their dance moves. This causes a rift between him and Blaine, who says he isn't for sale. Blaine and Finn start to bury the hatchet. Finn wants to make sure they do everything they can to win, without any regrets. It seems to work. Mercedes tells Sam that they had a summer fling, but it's over. She reminds him she has a new, very large boyfriend. He says he's going to fight for her and we see her smile as she walks away. Tina goes to see Mike's father. She brings him a bootleg DVD of his son's performance in West Side Story. He tries to tell her that the path of performer is going to be filled with difficulty and limited opportunity. She says she's well-aware of the challenges but it's something she and Mike were born to do. She thinks he should help his son honor his gift. Before New Directions goes on stage for sectionals the Trouble Tones come to see them. Santana says she has talked Shelby into letting New Directions them join them for regionals if they lose. Will doesn't like it because it seems like they are rubbing in the fact that they have a better shot of winning. The competition starts and The Unitards perform first. Rachel and Kurt realise the lead singer who is singing "Buenos Aires" is Harmony from the NYADA mixer at the start of the year. At the end of the performance, Quinn leave the auditorium. Rachel chases Quinn down in the hall and tries to stop her from telling Figgins about Shelby. She wants her to at least wait until the Trouble Tones perform, or short of that give Shelby the courtesy of telling her first. Rachel knows first-hand that doing the wrong thing feels awful. Quinn tells Shelby what she's going to do. Shelby tells Quinn that all of a sudden she'll find her youth has passed her by. The Trouble Tones perform. Santana and Mercedes lead them in "Survivor/ I Will Survive" The crowd loves it. New Directions starts with The Jackson 5's "ABC." During the performance Mike sees his father in the crowd. Kurt also sees that Sebastian is in the audience. They then sing Janet Jackson's "Control" and Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror." Afterwards Mike's dad rises to his feet in applause and Quinn gives Puck a hug. Backstage New Directions celebrate. Finn and Blaine hug. Mike's dad asks to speak with Mike and Tina. He tells Mike he thinks that Mikes path is dancing and he must follow it. He wants Mike to apply to dance schools and they embrace. Mike thinks he's missed the deadlines but Tina says she sent in his applications just in case. The judges announce that The Unitards came first place, Harmony is happy that she is only a sophomore and already this good. They then announce that second place is the Troubletones and first place is New Directions. Quinn tells Rachel she's not going to tell Figgins about Shelby and Puck. She loves Beth and doesn't want to ruin her life. She thanks Rachel for helping her make the right choice. Quinn is thinking about applying to Yale's drama school. Quinn talks to Mercedes, Britney and Santana about losing things. She says that in six months everything will be different and she doesn't want to grow up just yet. Quinn says that both Will and Rachel have agreed to let them sing lead on at least one number per competition. New Directions is performing a victory number and she asks them to join them. Mercedes, Santana, Britney and Sugar join New Directions and together they perform "We Are Young."
SONGS: Red Solo Cup
Buenos Aires
Survivor/ I Will Survive
ABC
Control
Man In The Mirror
We Are Young
NEXT EPISODE: Extraordinary Merry Christmas- With New Directions back in a happy place, they get into the Christmas spirit and pay homage to the 60's television Christmas specials. Mercedes is caught in a love triangle between Shane and Sam. Will considers taking his relationship with Emma to the next level.

Glee- The Music: Volume 7

Another glee album is coming to a store near you just in time for Christmas. Glee- The Music: Volume 7 contains 15 hit songs from the first 8 episodes of season 3. Here is the track list....
1. You Can't Stop The Beat
2. It's Not Unusual
3. Somewhere
4. Run The World (Girls)
5. Fix You
6. Last Friday Night
7. Uptown Girl
8. Tonight
9. Hot For Teacher
10. Rumour Has It/ Someone Like You
11. Girls Just Want To Have Fun
12. Constant Craving
13. ABC
14. Control
15. Man In The Mirror
GLEE- THE MUSIC: VOLUME 7 IS IN STORES DECEMBER 6, 2011!

Season 3, Episode 7: I KISSED A GIRL

Figgins tries to suspend Santana for two weeks after she slapped Finn. She's upset because that means she'll miss Sectionals. At the last minute, Finn lies to Figgins and says it was actually a stage slap, saving her from suspension. After the meeting, Finn tells Santana he thinks she acts out because she she's not being honest with herself. He gives two options: return to New Directions for the week for a special lesson or be suspended. Rachel is desperate to help Kurt win senior class president, but he's currently trailing Brittany in the polls by 17 points. Since he won't get into NYADA without winning, he tells Rachel he's considering cheating. Finn wants the week to be dedicated to Lady Music Week, songs by ladies and for ladies. The idea is for Santana to know they have a group of people who supports her. Kurt and Blaine sing "Perfect" in honor of Santana. This does not make her feel better. Sue writes in her journal about her campaign being in trouble. She's straight, but the attack ad about her being gay could sabotage her chances. She needs to make it clear she's straight. She consults her book of past booty calls, where she finds the perfect man. Will and Emma offer to help Beiste count the election votes. She talks about how great her relationship with Cooter is going. Puck sings "I'm the Only One" and tells Santana it was for her, despite his frequently looking at Shelby throughout the performance which Quinn suspiciously notices. She asks him if he wants to come over and have sex with her that weekend. He turns her down, saying she's selfish and crazy. Finn tells Santana he's worried about what could happen to her if she isn't honest with who she is. He says her being his 'first' means something and he doesn't want anything to happen to her. Finn and the New Directions boys sing a slowed down version of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun". Santana seems reflective during the song and thanks Finn afterwards, therefore reconciling the two. While picking up a preposterous order of chicken, Beiste sees Sue sitting with Cooter. Sue calls it a date and says he's been her regular booty call for decades. When Beiste seems upset, Cooter says he didn't think she was interested. He says he isn't looking for a buddy. The day of the election for both congress and senior class president arrives and Kurt has many concerns. In the voting booth, Kurt thinks his whole career depends on whether he wins. The Congressional voting is being held there as well, meaning Beiste has to watch Cooter with Sue. Beiste sings "Jolene." After the commercial airs, the sophomore rugby captain, Josh Coleman, tries to tell Santana he can make her normal. All the Glee girls come to her defense and sing Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl." Santana tells New Directions she told her parents who were okay with it and the only person left to tell is her grandmother. Figgins calls Kurt and Burt into his office. He says there was an irregularity with the votes. There ended up being more ballots than there are seniors. Kurt admits he thought about cheating, but didn't end up doing so. Kurt tells Rachel and Finn he's lost the election and may end up being suspended. After he leaves, Rachel tells Finn it was her. He tells Rachel she has to tell Figgins she was the one who cheated. Puck gets a call from Shelby. Beth slipped and cut her lip. Puck insists a plastic surgeon fix her. This leads to Shelby and Puck hooking up. Afterwards, she says it was a mistake. Puck is pissed when she tells him to leave, calling her a coward. Santana tells her grandmother that she is a lesbian and explains how Britney makes her finally feel that thing called love and she is tired of fighting with herself everyday and she doesn't want to hide it anymore. Santana's grandmother takes the news badly and calls her selfish, saying that it is a sin not because she has done it but because she has spoken of it and it should have been kept a secret. Santana's grandmother tells her to leave and that she doesn't want to see her again. Santana is devastated. Puck and Quinn start to fool around. When he says he doesn't have protection, she doesn't seem to care. She seems to want them to make another baby. Puck points out they just spent a week helping Santana and nobody has taken the same time to help her. He tells her she doesn't need a baby or a man to be special. Quinn accepts this on the condition he lies down with her and holds her. He does so and confesses his fling and feelings for Shelby. Burt won the election. Sue finished third. Beiste walks in and confronts Sue and Cooter. Cooter tells Beiste he has feelings for both her and Sue. Beiste says she's in love with him and will do anything to win him back. Will and Shelby tell the kids they are proud of them and look forwards to Sectionals. Kurt stands up and sincerely congratulates Brittany for her win. Blaine tells Kurt they'll figure something out to get him into NYADA. Santana stands up and performs "Constant Craving" with parallels of Shelby, Kurt and Rachel also singing. After the song, Rachel comes into the room with tears in her eyes. She tells everyone she confessed to rigging the election and apologises to Kurt. She says she has been punished by being suspended for a week, the incident going on her permanent record and she is not allowed to perform at Sectionals.
SONGS: Perfect
I'm The Only One
Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Jolene
I Kissed A Girl
Constant Craving
NEXT EPISODE: Hold On To Sixteen- It's New Directions verses The Troubletones as Sectionals arrives. Finn and Rachel track down their old friend, Sam Evans to help them win. Quinn struggles to accept not getting Beth back which jeopardises New Directions chances of winning.

Season 3, Episode 6: MASH OFF

The episode opens with Puck speaking in voice over that he's in love with Shelby and wants to make it work. Puck talking about his fourth period Geometry with Shelby leads to a performance of "Hot for Teacher." Rachel disapproves of the subject matter. Puck assures Will he just digs Van Halen. We see one of Sue's ridiculous political ads attacking Burt. Will is frustrated by her tactics. Kurt is upset by Brittany's class president campaign and Sue's dirty campaigning against Burt. Sue thinks he should start slinging mud. Both of McKinley's choirs have drawn the same Sectionals competition. Will and Shelby think they should channel the competitive spirit of the two teams. New Directions and The Troubletones are summoned to the auditorium. The two clubs start bickering until Will and Shelby come out singing a mash-up of Lady Gaga's "You and I" and Eddie Rabbitt's "You and I". The point is combining two conflicting things can be nice. They want each group to but together a mash-up, with the idea to have a Mash Off. Shelby tells Puck it isn't a good idea for them to be together. He says he's in love with her and has compiled a three-reason list: "You're hot." "I'm hot." and he wants a father figure for Beth and why not her real father. She struggles to be convincing, as she thinks it's a crush he'll get over. Finn thinks New Directions should mash up Hall & Oates (one of the few musical groups that stuck together through thick and thin) and wants to give Rory the solo. Rory is at first nervous. Blaine assures him it's perfect. Quinn is pushing Puck about getting Beth from Shelby. Quinn tells Shelby she wants to join The Troubletones. Shelby says she'll think about it. Finn tries to get Rory into trash talking The Troubletones, mostly Santana, which leads to an after school dodge ball challenge. Rachel wants Shelby to sign a letter of recommendation she wrote for herself for NYADA. Shelby signs it and tells Rachel she is proud of her. Rachel suggests maybe Shelby will want to write the letter herself and is stunned when Shelby tells her that other kids without her resume don't have a chance in hell of getting into NYADA. This makes Rcahel think about Kurt and how she betrayed him. Rachel tells Kurt she misses their friendship. He isn't having it. During the dodge ball game, the two teams sing a mash-up of Pat Benatar's "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" and Blondie's "One Way or Another." Albeit already winning, The Troubletones team up on Rory, giving him a bloody nose. Kurt comes to his defense. Mercedes suggests The Troubletones go with Adele. She tells Santana to lay off New Directions and nominates herself to be president. She gets the votes and Santana appears to lighten up. Santana approaches Finn to apologize, then proceeds to trash him for several minutes. She walks away and Finn yells the real reason she's acting this way is that she won't come out of the closet. She's in love with Brittany, and is terrified Brittany might not love her back. He calls her a coward for not admitting who she really is. After another over-the-top Sue attack on Burt, Burt is furious at Will for letting Sue get away with this. He wants to start fighting fire with fire. Puck seems to be getting comfortable with Beth. He proceeds to break down and reveals to Shelby what Quinn tried to do to get Beth taken away. He says he no longer considers Beth an accident and wants to be a part of her life. New Directions goes first in the mash-up; a combination of "I Can't Go for That" and "You Make My Dreams", complete with wigs and outfits. The senior class presidential speeches begin. A hockey player, Rick "The Stick" Nelson is first, promising teachers will have to answer to students. Brittany follows with a promise to go topless on Tuesdays. Kurt pledges to ban dodge ball at McKinley. This receives a modest response. Rachel withdraws her candidacy and urges everyone to vote for Kurt, the only non-negative candidate. Kurt asks Rachel why she did it. She thinks being president would put him over the top for acceptance into NYADA. She doesn't want to go unless he was there. Shelby says she isn't sure Quinn joining The Troubletones is a good idea. She confronts her about what it really means to be a mother. Quinn calls her a "cash whore" for giving up her child for money. Shelby tells her to leave. She wants Quinn nowhere near Beth, and says she hopes this is a wake-up call for her. Santana is called into Sue's office where Burt and Will are waiting. They tell her another candidate in the race has a niece who overheard her conversation with Finn. He is running an attack ad against Sue where he asks why she promoted a lesbian to be Cheerios captain and specifically identifies Santana. Santana becomes devastated.. She states she hasn't told her parents yet and run out of the room crying. The Troubletones perform a mash-up of "Rumour Has It" and "Someone Like You". Afterwards, seeing Finn whispering to Rachel, Santana jumps off the stage and yells at him for the fact everyone is going to know about her now. Everyone is shocked as Santana slaps him.
SONGS: Hot For Teach
You And I/ You And I
Hit Me With Your Best Shot/ One Way Or Another
I Can't Go For That/ You Make My Dreams
Rumour Has It/ Someone Like You
NEXT EPISODE: I Kissed A Girl- The Troubletones and New Directions come together to help Santana with her forced coming out. The two clubs are given the same assignment to sing songs empowering women. The senior class president election approaches and somebody is caught messing with the ballot which causes New Directions to have a major setback for Sectionals.

Season 3, Episode 5: THE FIRST TIME

Artie reveals that directing is his true passion. With the opening night of the musical coming up, Blaine and Rachel rehearse a scene and sing "Tonight." The other directors are impressed. Artie thinks the two of them lack passion and he asks them about their first sexual experience. They admit to being virgins. Artie tells them he's concerned it will impact their performance. Finn tells Rachel a recruiter from Ohio State will be coming to visit him. That doesn't seem to change her plans to attend the arts school in New York. His parents are going to be out of town. She is going to come over. Kurt and Blaine talk about how safe they're being sexually. Kurt seems worried they haven't "been all the way" yet. Blaine says he wants to make sure Kurt is comfortable about it when it eventually happens. Coach Beiste tells Artie she's a virgin also. She tells him she has the hots for an Ohio State recruiter named Mankins. Blaine goes back to Dalton Academy and watches a Warblers performance of Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl," even joining in. He got them tickets for West Side Story. Blaine meets a new guy, Sebastian, who asks him about leaving Dalton. Blaine says he misses Dalton, but McKinley is where his heart is. During this conversation we cut to Rachel and Santana singing "A Boy Like That." Sebastian says he would like to meet him again. Blaine agrees. Finn asks Puck for help choosing a condom. Puck says he doesn't use them. Mankins drops by the locker room and tells the team he'll be in the stands Friday night. Blaine asks Kurt if he thinks they should be more adventurous. Artie takes Mankins aside and tells him he needs to ask Beiste out again. Blaine and Sebastian have coffee. Sebastian seems interested in cheating. Blaine tells him he doesn't want to screw up what he has with Kurt. Kurt stops by and gets introduced. Sebastian suggests getting them both fake IDs and taking them to a gay bar. Kurt accepts, over Blaine's hesitation. Finn and Rachel toast to their four-month anniversary with sparkling cider. After dinner, they start to fool around. Rachel seems interested in going all the way. When she admits she wants to get it out of the way in time for the play, Finn is upset and leaves to get dessert. Mike's father has learned he lied to him and is appearing in the musical. He wants him to quit. Mike refuses. Mike assures him he will be a professional dancer and doesn't want to be a doctor. His father tells him if he doesn't quit he's no longer his son. Mankins brings Beiste some flowers and asks her out. Beiste doesn't think she's the kind of woman he'd be interested in. He says he thinks she's beautiful and says "Friday, after the game." Rachel tells some of the other girls she and Finn almost fooled around. Quinn, Santana and Brittany all think she should wait. Tina said it was a great experience "because I was with someone I loved." She says she and Mike knew that it was right. Kurt and Blaine go to the gay bar. It's drag queen night. Blaine and Sebastian dance together. Kurt runs into Karofsky at the bar. He's at a new school and says he feels accepted at places like that. They toast to baby steps. Kurt heads for the dance floor and starts grinding on Blaine. In the parking lot Blaine grabs Kurt and says he wants them to have sex right there. Kurt is offended Blaine is hammered and spent half the night dancing with another guy. Blaine walks home. Opening night arrives. Five minutes before the curtain raises. Artie begins to panic - he didn't do a very good job. The cast walks over, presents him with yellow roses, and thanks him for being so confident in his directing of their musical. He talks about being in a chair and what being a director did for him. We see the performance of "America." After the song, Blaine wonders to Rachel how they "as virgins" as supposed to top that. Rachel says they should tap into the fact Tony and Maria were soul mates who found one another against all odds. Since Rachel and Blaine both know what that's like. She says they'll be fine. After the performance, Blaine and Kurt talk on the empty stage. Blaine tells him Sebastian doesn't mean anything to him and their first time shouldn't be in the back of a car when one of them is drunk. Blaine invites him to an after party. Kurt says he wants them to go to his house indicating that they will have sex. Rachel shows up at Finn's door. He tells her the recruiter told him his football career will probably end in high school. He's devastated - his dreams are dead. Rachel says they'll figure out new dreams together. She tells Finn she was being stupid the other night and now is simply a girl with the boy she loves. Blaine and Kurt have sex as do Finn and Rachel. During the musical Blaine and Rachel think of their boyfriends as they sing "One Hand, One Heart."
SONGS: Tonight
Uptown Girl
A Boy like That
America
One Hand, One Heart
NEXT EPISODE: Mash Off- The rivalry between New Directions and The Troubletones heats up as Finn and Santana begin to dish insults to each other. Will and Shelby make the kids have a mash up competition between the two groups. Meanwhile, Puck tries to get Shelby while Quinn tries to get Beth back.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Glee The Concert Movie DVD

In August, Glee The 3D Concert Movie hit the cinemas for only two weeks and gleeks were promised they would get a DVD come Christmas and here it is. On December 20, Glee The Concert Movie will be released on DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D and a 4 disc set with all of them plus a Digital Copy. For those who did not see the movie in cinemas then here is a quick summary: The cast perform about 20 musical numbers from seasons 1 and 2 which include hits like Don't Stop Believing, Valerie, Loser Like Me, Somebody To Love, Empire State Of Mind and many more. You also get to see back stage interviews with the cast and stories from the fans about their experiences that relate to the show. Special guests also appear such as Holly Holiday and The Warblers. The DVD will also have some extra clips and songs not seen in cinemas which include:
- Sue's Introduction
- Kurt & Blaine Skit
- Extra Warbler Clip
- Performance: Dog Days Are Over
- Performance: Friday
- Extended Performances of some of the songs that were cut short.

The regular and Blu-ray DVDs will not have the 3D feature but you can see the 3D on the Blu-ray 3D version. Overall the movie gives you that magical glee feeling and makes you remember why you love the show so much and it's a perfect gift for Christmas.
GLEE THE CONCERT MOVIE IS AVAILABLE ON DVD & BLU-RAY (+3D) DECEMBER 20!

Glee- The Music: The Christmas Album, Volume 2

Christmas is coming up and Glee is getting into the yuletide spirit with their second Christmas album. Once again there is twelve magical Christmas tracks and this year the 2 winners and 2 runner-ups of the glee project will be featured on the album along side 2 original songs. Several of the songs will be featured in this years Christmas episode which airs December 13. Here is the tracklist....
1. All I Want For Christmas
2. Extraordinary Christmas (original song)
3. Santa Baby
4. Christmas Eve With You (original song)
5. Little Drummer Boy
6. River
7. Do You Hear What I Hear (ft. Lindsay & Alex from TGP)
8. Let It Sonw
9. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (ft. Samual from TGP)
10. Christmas Warapping
11. Blue Christmas (ft. Damian from TGP)
12. Do They Know It's Christmas
GLEE- THE MUSIC: THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM, VOLUME 2 IS IN STORES NOVEMBER 15!

Friday, October 21, 2011

Season 3, Episode 4: POT O' GOLD

Brittany is speaking with a new Irish student named Rory Flannagan she clearly thinks is a leprechaun. She wants him to grant her a wish, making her a box of Lucky Charms with only marshmallows. Quinn and Puck give Shelby concealer to help with the bags under her eyes. They want to babysit for Beth to help her out.On the latest Sue's Corner she rallies against the budget of West Side Story. She doesn't think the school can afford $2,000 for a musical during such uncertain times. Due to pressure caused by Sue's TV speech, Figgins has to pull the funding for the musical. Will still has the flexibility to find money himself. Mercedes recruits Santana to join her in Shelby's choir, which will be all-girl group. She always wants her to bring Brittany. Finn overhears this. Will and the Glee kids talk about Mercedes leaving and the musical losing funding. Blaine thinks they should try and move past the setbacks. Finn tries to shut him up. Will says the plan is to sell ads in the program. Kurt volunteers to spearhead the efforts. Finn stops by and sees Rory who reveals he is a forren exchange student. He mentions Brittany told him if he grants her three wishes, she'll let him get into her pot of gold. He doesn't have many friends and asks if Finn will be his. Finn agrees on the condition he helps him keep an eye on Santana. The second Shelby leaves, Quinn begins planting things designed to get Child Protective Services to take Beth away. Puck doesn't like it, but he says he does want to get Beth back. Kurt tells Burt about the money situation. An angry Burt recruits several local business owners who donate the money. He brings the money to Figgins. On the way out he runs into Sue and threatens to go after her campaign. She's not intimidated. Rory lies to his mother on the phone and tells her he's having a great time. He gives Brittany the cereal box. She tells him her next wish is her cat starts pooping the candy bars she feeds him. Rory sings "Bein' Green" as we see just how tough he has it fitting in at McKinley. Santana want to know if she and Brittany are actually dating, then says she's thinking of joining Shelby's choir but won't unless Brittany comes with her. Brittany needs time to think. Quinn wants Puck to quit the pool cleaning job he loves. She's called CPS and thinks they need to start making more money when they get Beth back. Shelby tells Puck she's recommended him for a year-round job cleaning pools at her condo. Will tells the kids about the money being raised to keep the musical going. Blaine asks for the chance to remind everybody what this is all about. He helps lead them in "Last Friday Night." Santana complains afterwards Blaine will replace Mercedes as a featured voice and the rest of them won't get a shot. An angry Santana tells Rory he's going to grant her a wish. Rory tells Brittany that Santana found out about him and wished she would join the other choir. Will drops by Burt's garage to ask him to run against Sue. He's already looked into the idea. He will have to run as a write-in candidate. Burt thinks art can save lives, like his son's. Will wants to be his campaign manager. Puck shows up at Shelby's door and thanks her for believing in him. While there, he removes the stuff Quinn planted to get her in trouble. He sings a version of "Waiting for a Girl Like You" to help Beth calm down. After Beth goes down, Shelby talks about how hard it is to raise a kid by herself. She's upset she has nobody to share the experiences with. Puck offers his help if she ever needs it. Rory gives Finn a head's up. Brittany is leaving. In trying to convince her to stay, Finn slips and calls Brittany an idiot. She and Santana quit New Directions to join Shelby's group. Burt is given equal time on the local TV station. He points out how much the Cheerios spend and makes the point arts are the way to invest in the future. He formally announces his campaign. Shelby and her new foursome select Troubletones as their new name. They perform "Candyman" Finn and Will watch the song. They seem very concerned. Finn tells the Troubletones he was impressed with what he saw. He apologizes to Brittany. She accepts. Rory stops by to claim his pot of gold. Brittany says she knows leprechauns don't exist. Santana tells him to get lost. Finn and Kurt tell Burt and Carole they are behind his decision to run, even if it could men he'll have to move to Washington. Sue drops by their table. She gives Burt a giant hamburger. Her new tactic is to push - Glee's budget could be better used for special education programs. Finn stops the hockey guys from bullying Rory. He says he'll grant him a wish. Finn brings Rory to the next Glee meeting. Rory auditions for the club singing "Take Care Of Yourself" as Puck kisses Shelby.
SONGS: Bein' Green
Last Friday Night
Waiting For A Girl Like You
Candyman
Take Care Of Yourself
NEXT EPISODE: The First Time- The opening night for the musical is only days away and Blaine and Rachel try to make their performance better by trying to have sex with their boyfriends. Kurt and Blaine's relationship if threatened when a new Warbler named Sebastian shows up and has eyes for Blaine.

Season 3, Episode 3: ASIAN F

Mercedes shows up late again to booty camp to find Santana has re-sworn her allegiance to glee club. Mercedes fails to dance using the excuse that she is sick and Will tells her she needs to try harder. Will talks to Emma about how he hasn't met her parents and she says that it's a big step that's she isn't ready to take. Will feels like she is slipping away from him. Mike's father, Mike Sr. brings him to see Figgins. He's upset because Mike got an "Asian F" in chemistry, an A-minus. He thinks Mike should quit Glee and focus on what he feels are more important things. Mike promises to do better and asks for a chemistry tutor. Mercedes' boyfriend Shane spots her and Rachel hugging and thinks it's a mistake she's being so nice to Rachel given they are competing for the lead role in the musical. He tells her she's better. This leads to Mercedes performing "Spotlight" which becomes her audition song for the role of Maria. The directors love it. Rachel seems stunned by how strong Mercedes was. Mike, who has been working on his singing with Tina so he can be in the musical says he can't audition because he needs to get his grade up. Tina tells him that he shouldn't hide the fact that he wants to be a performer. Meanwhile, Rachel helps Kurt campaign for senior class president. They think he has it in the bag until Britney performs "Run The World (Girls)" in front of the school, making her go up in the polls. Beiste and Emma tell Will it's too close to call between Rachel and Mercedes for the role of Maria. The directors tells the girls they will be singing "Out Here on My Own" as kind of a run-off for the part. Rachel tries to hug Mercedes for good luck but she isn't having it. In the school's dance studio, Mike goes through some steps while debating what to do with his life. He hears his father and Tina, then ultimately decides to audition for the role of Riff, the second male lead, with "Cool." Afterwards, he says this is what he loves to do. It can never be a waste of his time. Shelby tells a Beiste she's having trouble getting anybody to join her rival Glee club. Beiste tells Will he should take the bull by the horns with regards to Emma's parents. Kurt tells Blaine that he is OK with Blaine being Tony is that's what the directors decide. Mercedes yells at the rest of the Glee members during another dance practice. She starts to storm off. Will says if she does, she's out of the club. This transitions into a performance of "It's All Over." Mercedes finds herself alone on stage and no longer in glee club. Mike's mother, Julia comes to see him at school. Mike's been skipping his chemistry tutoring. She had to cover for him. Mike tells her e doesn't want to be a lawyer or doctor. Art is what makes him feel alive. She says she just wants him to be himself. She'll help him talk to his father once the musical has been cast. She always wanted to be a dancer. Mike gives her a few lessons. Rachel and Mercedes have their sing-off. Before they sing, Finn and Shane each give them pep talks. Both sing well, but Rachel seems convinced Mercedes was better. Rachel asks Beiste is she can enter the race for senior class president. Kurt confronts Rachel about her telling Beiste she wants to run against him for president. She says she's worried she won't have anything special for her senior year since Mercedes may get the lead. Kurt thinks she is choosing her transcript over her friends. The directors tell Rachel and Mercedes they have decided to double cast the role of Maria. They are adding another week of performances. Each will have the lead for six shows. Mercedes thinks she was better and says the part was only double cast to protect Rachel's feelings. She withdraws her name. Rachel tells Finn about the way she got Maria. He thinks this means she'll withdraw from student class president. She isn't so sure. He says he isn't sure who he'd vote for. That night, Emma comes home to find Will has invited her parents over. She panics and reveals that her parents are "ginger-supremacists." They all have dinner where Emma's parents talk only about how gingers are mistreated and going to be extinct. They then make fun of Emma's OCD. Will gets mad and yells at them for being rude and horrible to their daughter and people with a non-red hair color. After they leave, Will and Emma head to bed where Emma begins to pray that she gets better. Will joins her in praying even though he doesn't know what he is doing. As Emma cries, Will sings "Fix You" which leads to the glee club singing it. Artie puts up the cast list for the musical revealing that Blaine got Tony, Santana got Anita, Mike got Riff, Kurt got Officer Krupke and Rachel got Maria. As the song closes, Mercedes approaches Shelby to tell her that she wants to join her group.
SONGS: Spotlight
Run The World (Girls)
Cool
It's All Over
Out Here On My Own
Fix You
NEXT EPISODE: Pot O' Gold- Irish exchange student, Rory Flanagan, arrives at McKinley and Britney thinks he is a magical leprechaun. The race for senior class president heats up, as does Sue's congress campaign. Meanwhile Mercedes tries to recruit new members for Shelby's group including Santana.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Season 3, Episode 2: I AM UNICORN

Britney asks Kurt if she can help campaign for Kurt's run for senior class president. Britney says that Kurt is a unicorn because he is proud to be who he is. Kurt accepts Britney's request. Will announces in glee club that Dustin Gooslby has been fired and nobody wants to take on his job as coach of Vocal Adrenalin. Will says they need to focus and work hard if they want to win Nationals so he says he cannot direct the musical but he has asked Emma, Coach Beiste and Artie to be co-directors. He also announces that Finn, Puck, Kurt, Blaine and Mercedes must all attend a mandatory booty camp to catch up on dancing. In the teachers lounge, Will is surprised when Shelby Corcoran shows up announcing that she is now a part time teacher here. She explains that after adopting Beth she moved to New York and became an actress but while working she missed Beth and worried she would miss her first words and steps. So when she was offered the job she couldn't say no. It turns out that Sugar Motta asked her rich father to pay the school and Shelby a lot of money to start a second glee club which stars Sugar. Will does not become threatened by the second glee club and instead is concerned about Rachel, Puck and Quinn being upset by Shelby's return. Shelby says that she needs to make a few things right. Sue meets Quinn in the girls bathroom where Sue blames the glee club for what went wrong with Quinn and asks her to do a video for her campaign explaining that. Quinn agrees. Shelby goes to visit Rachel in the auditorium where they talk and Shelby suggests that Rachel sings "Somewhere" as her audition song and Rachel does. Shelby then talks to Puck and Quinn and asks them to be a part of Beth's life because she doesn't want them missing out like she did with Rachel. Shelby says if she wants to see Beth she has to clean up her act. Quinn gets mad and says Shelby can't tell her what to do and storms out of the room. At booty camp, Blaine and Kurt talk about auditioning for the role of Tony in the musical. Kurt says Blaine would make a perfect Tony and Kurt becomes threatened. Blaine says since he is a junior he really doesn't deserve the lead role. Kurt agrees. Britney and Kurt get to work on campaigning for senior class president and Britney has a very over-the-top unicorn theme going on and Kurt wants it to be more tone down. Kurt goes to audition as the role of Tony and sings "I'm The Greatest Star" which Emma, Artie and Beiste love. Kurt listens to them discussing it after and they say that Kurt was good but he wasn't manly enough for the role so they should wait and see who else comes in. this makes Kurt upset. To make matters worse, Britney and Santana are putting up the unicorn posters all over the school and Kurt tells her to stop. Santana tells Britney that if Kurt doesn't like it she should just run for senior class president herself. Kurt with the help of Rachel auditions again and does a romantic reading from Romeo and Juliet to show his manly side which Beiste, Emma and Artie all laugh at. Kurt runs off stage upset. Puck goes to visit Shelby and Beth 9who is now just over 1 year old). He tells Shelby that he will do anything to be part of her life. Sue makes a video talking about how the arts ruined Quinn's life. Sue films Quinn yelling at Will saying that it's all his fault. He then gets mad at her for blaming it on the people who have been there for her ever since the day she got pregnant 2 years ago. Quinn leaves and Sue accidental ended up having her finger over the camera. Quinn goes to visit Shelby who is helping Sugar with her pitch. Quinn asks if she can see Beth and Shelby says not yet. Quinn then asks if she can see a photo. Shelby shows her a photo of Beth and Quinn starts to cry. Shelby says that Quinn can be a part of the family too. Burt gives Finn a job at his tire shop and Rachel helps out and says that Finn shouldn't commit his life to working their as he is talented enough to go to NYADA. Finn and Rachel kiss. Meanwhile Kurt complains that he is too girly to play the male roles and Burt says that's just who he is and if people don't like it he should write his own character and re-define the standards. Kurt ends up putting up a poster that is crossed between Britney and his ideas and Britney says she is proud of him but she can no longer help him because she is running for senior class president as well. Britney wishes him luck. At booty camp Finn is having trouble with his steps but finally masters them. The group celebrate and then turn around to see Quinn who's hair is blonde again, her piecing is gone and she doesn't have Gothic clothing on. She asks if she can rejoin glee club and the booty camp to catch up and Will says yes. The group welcome her back and Puck says he is proud of her. Quinn says that she plans to get full custody of Beth and if dying her hair and acting all nice again is what it takes then she is willing to do it. Puck does not seem happy about Quinn's plans. Blaine auditions for the musical with "Somethings Coming" which Kurt watches. The judges love it but discover he does not wish to play Tony. they ask him if he would read for Tony and Kurt walks away, upset while Blaine is not sure what to say.
SONGS: Somewhere
I'm The Greatest Star
Somethings Coming
NEXT EPISODE: Asian F- Emma's parents pay Emma a visit which causes problems for her and Will, Mike gets an A- (an Asian F) and his parents insist he quits glee club and stops dating Tina and Mercedes and Rachel go head to head for Maria in the musical which causes more drama than ever before in the glee club.

Season 3, Episode 1: THE PURPLE PIANO PROJECT

A new school year begins at McKinley High School and for Finn, Rachel, Kurt, Mercedes, Mike, Santana, Britney, Puck and Quinn- it's senior year. Lots of things have changed. Finn doesn't know what he is doing after high school. Mercedes and Sam broke up due to Sam moving out of state because his Dad got a new job and Mercedes is now with Shane, the new kid in school. Santana and Britney have rejoined the Cheerios, Lauren has quit glee club and dumped Puck, and Will and Emma are now dating. Although nobody has heard from Quinn until she shows up at school with pink hair, a nose ring, a tattoo, and punk clothes. Quinn quits glee club and starts smoking as she joins a group of bad girls called the skanks. Quinn refuses to go back to the way she was or re-join the Cheerios with Santana and Britney. Will tells the glee club that they need 2 members to compete now that they have lost Sam, Lauren and Quinn and this year they need to try really hard to win Nationals. Will brings in three purple pianos that were donated to the school because they are a little old and Will tells the kids whenever they see the pianos around the school they have to sing a song to recruit new members. Sue is behind in the polls for her new government campaign. Tina and Mike start playing music and singing in the hallway and Sue interrupts and destroys the piano. A teacher thanks Sue and says its annoying when the arts kids think they can do whatever they want. Sue gets an idea and on Sue's Corner announces that if she wins the election she will cut ALL arts programs in schools so that kids can focus on study. Will and Emma are shocked and plan to do whatever they can to stop it now that Sue is rising in the polls. A purple piano shows up at lunchtime in the cafeteria and the glee club perform "We Got The Beat" which is followed by a food fight with everybody throwing food at the glee club. In the choir room the club is convinced that they should just give up. She announces herself as Sugar and says she would like to join because they suck and she can make them better. She seems up herself and really bossy and she auditions revealing she is a terrible singer. Will tells her he will get back to her and Rachel demands that they not let her join. Will goes to Beiste for advice and she tells him that if he wants to win then he should make sure he has a team of dedicated and good players. Rachel goes to see Quinn and tells her that she should rejoin the glee club because they are a family. Quinn says no but she looks as if she wants to. Rachel tells Quinn to take some time and come back when she is ready. Meanwhile- Sue makes Santana and Becky co-captains which they are both not happy about. Sue tells Santana is she wants this position she has to once again become spy for her against the glee club and Santana sadly agrees. Sue asks Santana to destroy the purple pianos and make it look like an accident. During Cheerios try outs, Emma films a video of Will explaining to her what taking away the arts will do and then he throws glitter on her. They post the video on YouTube. Rachel and Kurt are determined to put their New York City dreams into action and talk to Emma about colleges in New York. Emma suggests NYADA (New York Academy of Dramatic Arts) which is really competitive to get into so they should check out the competition at an introduction night for the students applying. Rachel and Kurt decide to perform a song at the night to scare the other kids competing against them and rehearse with "Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead." Kurt also wants Blaine to transfer to McKinley so they can be together more and Blaine finally does so they can. He then auditions for glee club in the outside lunch area with "It's Not Unusual" where the Cheerios join in and pour gasoline on the purple piano. Santana tells Quinn to throw a lit cigarette on the piano and Quinn does causing it to burn down. Rachel and Kurt go to the introduction night where they discover all of their competitors are exactly like them including a girl named Harmony who seems very sweet but not so much on the inside. She then performs a spectacular performance of "Anything Goes/Anything You Can Do" with the others for Rachel and Kurt. Kurt and Rachel retreat to the car and feel humiliated and depressed about the competitions talent. They wonder if they really are good enough and eventually decide that they just need to try harder by starting a successful school musical, joining extra curricular clubs and winning Nationals. Will decides to tell Sugar that she can't be in the club and Sugar gets mad and storms off. Sue then tells Will that his video has somehow caused Sue to go even higher ranking in the polls. Will introduces Blaine as the newest member of the glee club. He then kicks Santana out for lighting the piano on fire. Will tells Santana that the club needs loyalty to win Nationals and Santana decides to not protest and just leave. Rachel announces she has decided this years musical should be West Side Story and Kurt announces he will be running for senior class president. With one piano burnt, one destroyed and one covered in food, the glee club feel that everybody hates them and Will tells them that's okay as long as they have each other. Even though they still need 2 members to join glee club, they do a performance of "You Can't Stop The Beat." Quinn watches them with a look of sadness and regret as she shows that she does miss glee club and still cares for them all.
SONGS: We Got The Beat
Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead
It's Not Unusual
Anything Goes/ Anything You Can Do
You Can't Stop The Beat
NEXT EPISODE: I Am Unicorn- Shelby Corcrain returns to teach at Mckinly where she tries to help Quinn and make her a part of Beth's life. This brings up sad memories for Rachel as the glee club compete for roles in the musical.

Monday, August 29, 2011

GLEE SEASON 3 COUNTDOWN!

The third season of glee is fast approaching, with only two weeks left until the premiere. We have the inside scoop on spoilers for next season. please note that if you do not wish to be spoiled than do not continue reading. We have a number of juicy details including story lines, songs, episode titles and more. Every week this post will be updated until the premiere with any new spoilers that come in. We will also be posting links to more promos and photos when they become available. So here is the juicy news:

The first episode will be titled "The Purple Piano Project."

The second episode will be titled "I Am Unicorn."

The third episode will be titled "Asian F."

Two new characters will be introduced, Sheila (unknown yet who's playing this character) and Sugar (played by Vanessa Lengies) as well as the two winners of the glee project, Damian and Samuel.

Lea Michele (Rachel) says her character has really great story lines with Chris Colfer's (Kurt) and Darren Criss' (Blaine) characters this season.

Quinn is going 'bad girl' with a new look including pink hair, goth clothes and even smoking. She will become distant from glee club.

Blaine will transfer to McKinley High and audition for glee club singing "It's Not Unusual" (Tom Jones).

Mike and Tina will have a relationship development and both have struggles with their parents.

Britney will want Artie back, much to Santana's disgust as she still loves Britney.

Coach Beiste will return.

Sue will be continuing her government plans to get funds into the health care system.

Will and Emma will have developments that could lead to a relationship.

The glee club will be performing "We Got The Beat" (The Go Go's) with Rachel on lead.

Dave Karofsky will return and once again have big story lines to do with his sexuality.

There will be another Christmas album released this year. It is being recorded now to get it out of the way so they can focus on the show more.

There will be more songs from the 70's/80's/90's periods and less mainstream modern music.

Santana will defiantly be back on the Cheerios and co-captain with Becky. It is likely that Britney will also be back on but it is not confirmed. Quinn will remain off the Cheerios.

Idina Menzel will return to reprise her roll as Shelby Corcrain, Rachel's birth mother and ex-coach of vocal adrenalin. She will have a long story line spread over at least 7-9 episodes that will include both Rachel and her new teaching job at McKinley. Shelby was last seen in the season one finale adopting Quinn's baby Beth. Beth will also be returning, now over a year old.

Most of the current cast members will graduate in the season three finale including Finn, Rachel and Kurt. It will be revealed in the first episode of the season, who else is graduating and who is not.

The glee club will of cause still be losers and be getting slushied.

There will be less guest stars this season and more focus on the current characters.

Chord Overstreet (Sam) will not be returning this season.

New Directions will perform "You Can't Stop The Beat" (Hairspray) in the first episode.

PROMO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbR8MmCmoHQ
GLEE RETURNS SEPTEMBER 20 ON FOX!

Saturday, August 27, 2011

The Glee Project: Season 1 Overview

Over the last couple of months, a new reality show known as 'The Glee Project' aired on Oxygen. The point of the show was to find the next big glee star who would win a 7 episode contract to be on glee with the possibility of the contract being extended to even more episodes. After the top 12 were decided, every week the group would have a homework assignment and sing a song as a group where a guest judge would pick the person they thought did best for the theme. Then there would a be a music video were the homework assignment winner would star. The three who performed the worst in the video would go into an elimination where Ryan Murphy would decide one to go home. Here is how the weeks went....
WEEK 1- Theme: Individuality
Music Video: Firework
Eliminated: Bryce
WEEK 2- Theme: Theatricality
Music Video: We're Not Gonna Take It
Eliminated: Ellis
WEEK 3- Theme: Vulnerability
Music Video: Mad World
Eliminated: Emily
WEEK 4- Theme: Dance Ability
Music Video: U Can't Touch This
Eliminated: McKynleigh
WEEK 5- Theme: Pairablity
Music Video(s): The Lady Is A Tramp
Nowadays
Baby, It's Cold Outside
Don't You Want Me
Eliminated: Matheus
WEEK 6- Theme: Tenacity
Music Video: Under Pressure/ Ice Ice Baby
Eliminated: Marissa
WEEK 7- Theme: Sexuality
Music Video: Teenage Dream
Quit: Cameron
WEEK 8- Theme: Believability
Music Video: The Only Exception
Eliminated: Hannah
WEEK 9- Theme: Generosity
Music Video: Sing
Eliminated: Nobody
WEEK 10- Theme: Gleeality
Music Video: Raise Your Glass
WINNERS: Damian & Samuel

In a surprise twist, there were two winners instead of one (Damian and Samuel) while the runner ups Lindsay and Alex were awarded guest rolls on glee for 2 episodes. The series over all did well and there is most likely going to be a second season next year. You can expect to see more of Damian and Samuel when they appear on glee this season.
GLEE RETURNS SEPTEMBER 20 ON FOX!

Glee: The Complete Second Season

The complete second season of glee is about to hit the shelves and we have the inside scoop on what to expect. Like the first season, the second season DVD will be volumes 1 & 2 put together. The DVD will spread over 6 discs and contain bonus features such as: The Making of "The Rocky Horror Glee Show", An Exclusive Bonus Song - "Planet, Schmanet, Janet", Getting Waxed With Jane Lynch Featurette, The Wit of Brittany, Glee at Comic-Con 2010, Glee Music Jukebox, "Building Glee’s Auditorium" with Cory Monteith, A Day in the Life of Brittany, Shooting Glee in New York City, Guesting on Glee, Stevie Nicks Goes Glee, Sue’s Quips and Santana’s Slams. Episodes include....
DISC 1:
Audition
Britney/Brittany
Grilled Cheesus
Duets
DISC 2:
The Rocky Horror Glee Show
Never Been Kissed
The Substitute
Furt
DISC 3:
Special Education
A Very Glee Christmas
The Sue Sylvester Bowl Shuffle
Silly Love Songs
DISC 4:
Comeback
Blame It On The Alcohol
DISC 5:
Sexy
Original Song
DISC 5;
A Night Of Neglect
Born This Way
Rumours
DISC 6:
Prom Queen
Funeral
New York
GLEE: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON IS AVAILABLE ON DVD AND BLU-RAY SEPTEMBER 13, 2011! GLEE RETURNS SEPTEMBER 20 ON FOX!

Glee: Season 2, Volume 2

The second volume of the second season of glee is about to be released. The DVD will be contained of the final 12 episodes of the second season that aired earlier this year. The episodes will be spread over four discs and will have special features which include: Glee Music Jukebox, "Building Glee's Auditorium" with Cory Monteith, A Day In The Life Of Brittany, Shooting Glee In New York City, Guesting On Glee, Stevie Nicks Goes Glee, Sue's Quips and Santana's Slams. The episodes include...










DISC 1:
The Sue Sylvester Bowl Shuffle
Silly Love Songs
DISC 2:
Comeback
Blame It On The Alcohol
Sexy
Original Song
DISC 3:
A Night Of Neglect
Born This Way
Rumours
DISC 4:
Prom Queen
Funeral
New York

GLEE; SEASON 2, VOLUME 2 IS AVAILABLE IN STORES SEPTEMBER 13, 2011!

Friday, August 5, 2011

Glee: The 3D Concert Movie

This past summer the glee live tour swept across the US, Canada and the UK, keeping gleeks entertained while they wait for the third season of the show. While performing, behind the scenes footage of the cast was filmed along with a large number of performances from the concert. This footage has now been made into a 3D concert film which will hit cinemas next week on the 12th of August. The movie is in cinemas for 2 WEEKS ONLY and is in 3D to give gleeks an experience as if they themselves were there. It goes for one hour and forty minutes and includes the biggest hits from the first two seasons. The album for the movie is now available. Here is the list of songs that are performed in this 3D movie spectacular:
1. Don't Stop Believin'
2. Dog Days Are Over
3. Sing
4. I'm A Slave 4 U
5. Fat Bottomed Girls
6. I Want To Hold Your Hand
7. Ain't No Way
8. P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)
9. Born This Way
10. Firework
11. Teenage Dream
12. Silly Love Songs
13. Raise Your Glass
14. Happy Days Are Here Again/ Get Happy
15. Lucky
16. River Deep, Mountain High
17. Forget You
18. Don't Rain On My Parade
19. Jessie's Girl
20. Valerie
21. Loser Like Me
22. Safety Dance
23. Somebody To Love
GLEE: THE 3D CONCERT MOVIE HITS CINEMAS AUGUST 12!
GLEE RETURNS FOR ITS THIRD SEASON THIS SEPTEMBER!

Friday, May 6, 2011

Season 2, Episode 22: NEW YORK

New Directions finally make it to New York City which they are all excited about. They look back on the last 2 years of their life and see how far they have come. Finn reminds them they still have 2 original songs to write before Nationals. They go and check into the hotel where Will puts them in lock down saying they can't go sight seeing until they have done the songs. Will then leaves to go do some paper work. But really he goes to April Rhodes musical on Broadway which Will will be in. The group fail at writing songs once again and decide to go out into the city and find some inspiration. While exploring the city they sing "I Love New York/ New York, New York." Meanwhile on Broadway, Will finds an empty stage and decides to sing "Still Got Tonight" on it. Will is told he has talent by a man who watched him. Later that night Finn is moaning about Rachel and Puck, Artie, Mike and Sam convince him to ask her out on a romantic New York date. The next night the two of them go on a date. They go to a restaurant where Rachel sees her idol Patti La Pone. She talks to her and Rachel is told that she should never give up on her dream. Rachel is stoked. At the end of the date, Puck, Sam, Artie and Mike sing "Bella Notte" as they walk through the city. Finn goes in to kiss Rachel but Rachel says she can't do it and walks away. The next morning Kurt takes Rachel to Broadway. Rachel says when she graduates next year she is going to go to college in New York. Kurt says he will too. Rachel says she thinks she has to choose between her dream and Finn because Finn wont want to come to the city. Kurt and Rachel sneak into the theatre where Wicked is performed so Rachel can experience singing on a Broadway stage. They perform "For Good" from Wicked which makes Rachel realise her love is her dream. Back at the hotel, Quinn talks to Santana and Britney about how upset she is over the Los of Finn. Santana suggests a hair cut will cheer her up. Dustin Goolsby and Will talk about how their dreams have failed but how Will has a chance. Will says the glee club has been the best part of his life. He returns to the hotel room where the kids say Dustin told them Will is planning to leave. They tell him they are happy for him but he makes up his mind and says he isn't going to leave because they have a competition to win. They then share a group hug. The next day at the Nationals competition they get excited that they have a chance to win. One of the show choirs then performs "Yeah!" Will tells Dustin that New Directions ARE going to win. Rachel finds Sunshine in the bathroom who is nervous and wants to go back to the Philippines because she is sick of Vocal Adrenalin. She wonders why Rachel was so mean to her. Rachel says its because Sunshine was good and she was jealous. Rachel says Sunshine needs to go out and perform. the two of them hug and Sunshine goes out on stage and sings "As Long As You're There." Finn and Rachel prepare to go out and perform. Finn tells her that he wants her back but she says she needs to focus on her dream. They two of them perform "Pretending" which finishes with them kissing on stage in front of everybody. Everybody goes quiet. The rest of the group joins in and they sing "Light Up The World" which the crowd loves. After the show while they wait for the top 10 to be announced to go on to the showcase the next day, Jesse gets mad at Finn but Finn says Jesse is just jealous because they shared a passionate kiss. Kurt says they posted the list of the top 10. The group go over to the board and discover that they did not place in the top 10. hey came 12Th. At the hotel Santana gets really mad at Finn and Rachel because they spoiled their chances with that kiss. The whole plane ride home they don't talk to each other. Back in Ohio Kurt tells Blaine all about it. Kurt says he is happy because they still get to do glee club and try again next year and they had a lot of fun in New York. Blaine and Kurt tell each other that they love each other. Sam and Mercedes show up and act suspicious. When they walk away the two of them hold hands. At school, Britney tells Santana she shouldn't be so upset because the glee club is like a family and they can't stay mad at each other. Britney confesses her love for Santana and the two of them walk down the hallway together. Rachel finds Finn hiding from everybody in the library. Finn is upset that he ruined everything. Rachel tells him that performing is about doing passionate things in the moment. Finn and Rachel both say that kiss was worth it. Rachel says after graduation she is going to leave. Finn says they still have another year and the two of them get back together. They go to the last glee club meeting before the summer break. The glee club all celebrate their success from the last two years as Will shows them the very small 12Th place trophy from Nationals.
SONGS: I Love New York/ New York, New York
Still Got Tonight
Bella Notte
For Good
Yeah!
As Long As You're There
Pretending
Light Up The World
NOTE: THIS EPISODE IS THE SEASON FINALE. GLEE WILL RETURN FOR SEASON 3 THIS SEPTEMBER!

Official Season Two Electronic Products List

1. Glee- The Music: The Rocky Horror Glee Show CD (OCTOBER 19, 2010)
2. Glee- The Music: The Christmas Album CD (NOVEMBER 9, 2010)
3. Glee- The Music: Volume 4 CD (NOVEMBER 26, 2010)
4. Glee- Karaoke Revolution: Volume 1 GAME (NOVEMBER 30, 2010)
5. Glee- Season 2, Volume 1 DVD (JANUARY 25, 2011)
6. Glee- Karaoke Revolution: Volume 2 GAME (MARCH 1, 2011)
7. Glee- The Music: Volume 5 CD (MARCH 8, 2011)
8. Glee- Encore DVD (APRIL 12, 2011)
9. Glee- The Music: Presents The Warblers CD (APRIL 19, 2011)
10. Glee- The Music: Volume 6 CD (MAY 23, 2011)
11. Glee- Season 2, Volume 2 DVD (SEPTEMBER 13, 2011)
12. Glee- The Complete Second Season DVD (SEPTEMBER 13, 2011)
THIS POST WILL BE UPDATED ONCE THE RELEASE DATES FOR PRODUCTS 11 & 12 ARE ANNOUNCED!

Official Season Two MAIN Song List

Empire State Of Mind
Telephone
Billionaire
Listen
What I Did For Love
I’m A Slave 4 U
Me Against The Music
Baby One More Time
Stronger
Toxic
The Only Exception
Only The Good Die Young
I Look To You
Papa, Can You Hear Me?
I Want To Hold Your Hand
Losing My Religion
Bridge Over Troubled Water
One Of Us
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
River Deep, Mountain High
Le Jazz Hot
Sing!
Lucky
Happy Days Are Here Again/ Get Happy
Science Fiction Double Feature
Damn It, Janet
Whatever Happened To Saturday Night?
Sweet Transvestite
Touch A Touch A Touch A Touch Me
There’s A Light (Over At The Frankenstein Place)
Time Warp
Planet, Schammet, Janet
One Love (People Get Ready)
Teenage Dream
Start Me Up/ Livin’ On A Prayer
Stop! In The Name Of Love/ Free Your Mind
Forget You
Make Em’ Laugh
Nowadays/ Hot Honey Rag
Singing In The Rain/ Umbrella
Ohio
Marry You
Sway
Just The Way You Are
Don’t Cry For Me Argentina (Rachel Solo)
Don’t Cry For Me Argentina (Kurt Solo)
The Living Years
Hey Soul Sister
(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life
Valerie
Dog Days Are Over
We Need A Little Christmas
Deck The Rooftop
Merry Christmas Darling
Baby, It’s Cold Outside
The Most Wonderful Day Of The Year
Last Christmas
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
O Christmas Tree
Jingle Bell
You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Angels We Have Heard On High
O Holy Night
Welcome Christmas
Need You Now
She’s Not There
Bills, Bills, Bills
Thriller/ Heads Will Roll
Fat Bottomed Girls
P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)
When I Get You Alone
Firework
Silly Love Songs
Baby
Somebody To Love
Take Me Or Leave Me
I Know What Boys Like
Sing
Don’t You Want Me
Blame It (On The Alcohol)
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
Tik Tok
Do You Wanna Touch Me
Animal
Kiss
Landslide
Afternoon Delight
Misery
Blackbird
Hell To The No
Candles
Raise Your Glass
Get It Right
Loser Like Me
All By Myself
I Follow Rivers
Turning Tables
Ain’t No Way
I Feel Pretty/ Unpretty
I’ve Gotta Be Me
Somewhere Only We Know
As If We Never Said Goodbye
Born This Way
Dreams
Never Going Back
Songbird
I Don’t Wanna Know
Go Your Own Way
Don’t Stop
Rolling In The Deep
Isn't She Lovely
Friday
Jar Of Hearts
I'm Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance
Dancing Queen
Back To Black
Some People
Try A Little Tenderness
My Man
Pure Imagination
I Love New York/ New York, New York
Still Got Tonight
Bella Notte
For Good
Yeah!
As Long As You're There
Pretending
Light Up The World

Season 2, Episode 21: FUNERAL

Will announces to the glee club that Jesse will be the new glee club consulting and the glee club will do original songs and have auditions to see who the lead singer will be. Santana, Kurt, Mercedes and Rachel all sign up. Finn don't want to because Jesse has torn him down. Finn still believes Jesse is up to no good. Sue and Terri get Howard Bamboo to help hack into principle Figgins email account to tell the airlines that are taking New Directions to New York that they want to stop in Lybia. They three of them succeed but Terri doesn't feel right about doing it anymore. Sue kicks Becky off the Cheerios and Becky asks Will if she can join glee club. Will rejects her as they are only a week away from Nationals. He then gets mad at Sue for doing that to Becky. Sue tells Will that Becky reminds her of her sister Jean who died the day before. Will feels bad and comforts Sue as she tells the story of how Jean got ammonia and died in her sleep. Sue wishes to be alone. Santana auditions for a Nationals solo with "Back To Black." Jesse rejects her and says she didn't match the songs meaning. Kurt then performs "Some People" which Jesse says should be sung by a girl. Rachel tells them that Jesse has good ideas and experience. Mercedes auditions with "Try A Little Tenderness." Jesse tells Mercedes her song was lazy because she didn't even move. Rachel then performs "My Man" which Jesse loves. The others say it is unfair and rigged. Will says he will make the final decision on Friday. Kurt and Finn both take flowers to Sue as they know how it feels to lose somebody. Sue tells them she isn't handling it and can't go to collect Jeans things at the hospital or plan a funeral. Kurt and Finn offer to help with all of that. They ask the glee club and Jesse turns them down. Finn stands up to him and demands that they do it. They all agree. While clearing out Jeans things, Sue wishes to through everything out including a tape of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory which was Sue's favorite movie. That gives Finn and Kurt an idea. Emma helps Will pack his things for New York for the next few months as Will has decided he will spend the summer break on Broadway with April Rhodes and be back by September when school returns. Emma tells him he should tell the kids but he doesn't want to worry them before the competition. The time for the funeral comes. Sue enters to see that many people have arrived including the glee club who have made the funeral willy wonka themed. Sue starts to make a speech about how she will miss Jean and wants to hold her. She cannot finish it so Will does for her. The glee club then performs "Pure Imagination" while videos of Jean and Sue together play on a TV. After the ceremony Quinn tells Finn she is proud of him. He then says he is breaking up with her because he still loves Rachel and their relationship isn't working out. Quinn starts to cry and leaves the car wanting to quit glee club. Finn is pleased he can now go back to Rachel. He goes to meet her and give her a flower in the auditorium but Jesse shows up and kisses Rachel. the two of them walk off holding hands leaving Finn devastated. In glee club Will tells them that they are all going to sing together at Nationals. Finn says he is glad Quinn didn't quit glee club. Quinn says if she did her plan for New York wouldn't work. Sue lets Becky back on the Cheerios and makes her captain. Sue then asks her for a hug which is long and emotional and reminds her of hugging Jean. Sue thanks Will for what the glee club did and she decides she is going to stop trying to destroy the glee club. She then explains the whole problem about Lybia. Terri shows up gives Will some new tickets to New York that she got because a manager at the airport is a supporter of the arts and loved the glee clubs sab story. Terri apologises for everything and says she is going to Miami because she got a job as a manager at sheets and things. She says her goodbye to Will and leaves, finally moving on.
SONGS: Back To Black
Some People
Try A Little Tenderness
My Man
Pure Imagination
NEXT EPISODE: New York- In the epic season finale, New Directions travel to New York City to compete against Vocal Adrenalin at Nationals. But when they discover that Will is leaving to be on Broadway, it puts their dream to win Nationals on the line. Meanwhile, Will & Emma and Finn & Rachel have trouble admitting their feelings to one another.

Season 2, Episode 20: PROM QUEEN

As Prom fast approaches at McKinley, Puck realises he has lost he bad assness and plans to make his comeback on the big night. He asks for the help of Artie but Artie doesn't want to mess things up as he tries to win Britney back. Figgins reveals that the musical entertainment for Prom has cancelled and he has enlisted the glee club. Will tells the kids they Will be performing and Mercedes gets upset because she doesn't have a date. Mercedes, Rachel and Sam all decide to go as a group. While Rachel is rehearsing for her song at Prom, Jesse St James showed up. They sing "Rolling In The Deep" He explains he was kicked out of college and returned to make amends with Rachel. He apologises for throwing an egg at her and asks her to Prom. Finn gets mad that Rachel said yes and Rachel tells him he can't make decisions for her because they are not together anymore. Artie serenades Britney by singing "Isn't She Lovely" but he is rejected by Britney. She decides to go on her own and dance with other peoples dates. Artie then agrees to help Puck by spiking the punch. Kurt asks Blaine to prom but Blaine once got bashed by some thugs at a prom. Kurt convinces Blaine to stand up for their rights and they agree to go to prom together. Before the prom, Jesse, Rachel, Sam and Mercedes meet up at bread sticks where they run into Quinn and Finn. Jesse and Finn start to argue before Finn ad Quinn leave. Prom kicks off with Sam, Artie and Puck performing "Friday" Followed by Rachel singing "Jar Of Hearts" where she and Finn look at each other. While Mercedes is sitting alone, Sam asks to dance with her and she says yes. Artie is caught spiking the punch by Sue and goes into her office for interrogation. He denies that Puck put him up to it. Eventually he confesses that to impress Britney he spiked the punch with lemonade hoping everybody would think its alcohol. Blaine performs "I'm Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance" during which Finn and Jesse get into a fight and Finn punches Jesse. Sue kicks the both of them out. The time comes for the prom King and Queen to be announced. All of the candidates including Quinn, Lauren, Santana, Puck and Karofsky go on stage. It is announced that the prom king is Karofsky. Santana gets excited that it is most likely her who will win the crown. To the shocking surprise of everybody the prom queen is announced and the inner is.....KURT! Everybody goes quiet and stares at Kurt. He runs out of the gym crying with Blaine running after him. Quinn and Santana both run out crying as well. Rachel follows Quinn into the bathroom where Quinn blames Rachel and slaps her. Quinn quickly realises how out of control she is and apologises. Santana feels stupid and assumes everybody knows she is a lesbian. Britney comforts her. Blaine comforts Kurt but he is too upset over the mean prank. Kurt feels bad that just went things calmed down he thought the bullying was over for good but everybody was just quiet because they were waiting for this moment. Kurt says he isn't going back out there. Quinn says she is transferring schools and Santana says when they go to new York she is running away to join a lesbian cult. Back in the bathroom Rachel doesn't care that she got slapped and she tells Quinn she is pretty and doesn't need to be prom queen. Britney tells Santana she should just come out of the closet and be herself. Santana says she can't just yet. Santana, Rachel, Britney and Quinn all go back out to the prom. Meanwhile in the hallway Blaine says they can just go home is Kurt wants. Kurt says he doesn't want to give those bullies the satisfaction and they are going to go back in there. Kurt and Blaine go back in where Kurt is given the prom queen crown. As tradition he then must dance with Karofsky as he is king. While walking down to the dance floor, Kurt tells Karofsky this is his moment to come out. Karofsky says he can't do it and runs away leaving Kurt alone. Blaine approaches Kurt and asks to dance. Kurt says yes. Santana and Mercedes sing "Dancing Queen" as the rest of the school joins in on the dance.
SONGS: Rolling In The Deep
Isn't She Lovely
Friday
Jar Of Hearts
I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance
Dancing Queen
NEXT EPISODE: Funeral- With only one week until Nationals, Jesse helps the glee club chose who will be singing what at Nationals and this causes tension in the club. Sue and Terri work together to try and destroy the glee club. While everything falls apart, an unexpected death rocks the school and changes everything.

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Glee: The Music- Volume 6

The final soundtrack from the second season of glee is coming to stores this month. On the day of the season finale (May 23) the new album featuring 18 songs from the final 6 episodes of the season will be released. The cover and track listing has been released and we have the scoop. The cover represents New York which is the city New Directions go to in the finale. This CD has all the voices of your favorite characters and guest voices such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Kristen Chenoweth and Jonathan Groff and some MORE original songs. Here is the track listing for this final glee soundtrack for the next few months...
1. Turning Tables
2. I Feel Pretty/ Unpretty
3. As If We Never Said Goodbye
4. Born This Way
5. Dreams
6. Songbird
7. Go Your Own Way
8. Don't Stop
9. Rolling In The Deep
10. Isn't She Lovely
11. Dancing Queen
12. Try A Little Tenderness
13. My Man
14. Pure Imagination
15. Bella Note
16. As Long As You're There
17. Pretending
18. Light Up The World
GLEE: THE MUSIC- VOLUME 6 WILL BE RELEASED MAY 23, 2011!

Official Season Two Episode List

1. Audition
2. Britney/Brittany
3. Grilled Cheesus
4. Duets
5. The Rocky Horror Glee Show
6. Never Been Kissed
7. The Substitute
8. Furt
9. Special Education
10. A Very Glee Christmas
11. The Sue Sylveter Bowl Shuffle
12. Silly Love Songs
13. Comeback
14. Blame It On The Alcohol
15. Sexy
16. Original Song
17. A Night Of Neglect
18. Born This Way.
19. Rumours
20. Prom Queen
21. Funeral
22. New York

Season 2, Episode 19: RUMOURS

Still out to destroy the glee club, Sue starts a school newspaper article completely about gossip so the glee club shatters from within. Sue also meets with Terri. Terri suggests a great idea would be to get Will out of the way because the glee club would crash and burn without them. Sue is intrigued by the idea. While Will is making papers he hears a familiar voice and looks up to see none other than April Rhodes right before his eyes. She tells him that her all white production of The Wiz was a disaster but she has a new plan which is to write her own musical about her story called Crossroads and she asks Will for help. Rachel asks Sam to prom but he rejects her as she is not his type and he isn't sure he is going. Britney starts an Internet gossip show called Fondue For Two. She talks to Tina and Mercedes on the show and reveals that Santana plays for the other team. While that secret bursts out, other rumours swell around the school in the newspaper including one that Quinn and Sam are hooking up in a motel. These rumours start arguments in the glee club. Britney reveals she meant that Santana no longer is on the Cheerios and is now only in glee club. Will tells April about the troubles in glee club. She says the glee club have a case of Fleetwood Mac, the band that had so many couple combinations and rumours and arguments but instead of breaking up like other bands they simply used the pain for their music. Will explains to the glee club that their assignment is to pick a Fleetwood Mac song from their Rumours album and sing it. Will and April perform "Dreams." Artie confronts Britney knowing that something is going on with her and Santana. Britney admits it and Artie breaks up with her and says she is stupid. He then sings "Never Going Back Again." Santana comforts Britney and in private sings her a song about how she truly feels. She then sings "Songbird." Britney invites Santana onto her web show to admit she is a lesbian. Santana doesn't show up leaving a note saying she can't do it. Rachel and Finn have a stakeout to near the motel to see if the rumours are true. They then see Sam exit with KURT! They assume that Kurt is cheating on Blaine and Sam is gay. They discuss it in glee club but Quinn denies it. Finn is suspicious of the way she denied it. Quinn gets mad at Finn when photos get out of Finn and Rachel in the car. Finn then gets mad at her and together they sing "I Don't Want To Know." Rachel suggests that Quinn is a better singer with Sam and says herself and Finns voices go better together and they should do a duet at Nationals. Quinn forbids Finn from ever singing with Rachel again and storms out. Rachel's talks to Kurt and Kurt denies that he is having an affair with Sam. Emma watches as April and Will sing together. At the end of the number, April asks Will to go on the road with her and be in her show. Will says he can't leave the glee club. Emma shows improvement on her OCD and thanks Will. She then tells him he should go be in Crossroads because its his dream. Will admits he really wants to go but says that the glee club and Emma saved him from a terrible marriage and work and he doesn't want to lose them now when they are so close to winning Nationals. Emma says he should think about it. Rachel and Finn go on another steak out and see Quinn and Kurt exit the motel. In glee club Rachel performs "Go Your Own Way" aimed at Quinn. Everybody starts blaming Sam for everything. Sam gets mad and says his Dad lost his job a few months ago, his family lost all his money and are now living in a motel because the bank took their house. He says Kurt brought him clothes and Quinn was baby sitting his little brother and sister. He then walks away upset. The glee club all feel bad. Rachel and Finn show up to his motel and apologise. They meet his little brother and sister. They tell Sam he has their back and they give him his guitar which he sold but they glee club all chipped in to get it back. Sam then cries. April talks to Terri and Sue where it is revealed Terri called in April in an attempt to get rid of Will. April states Will won't leave with her and she isn't going to fight it. Jacob talks to Santana about a rumour that her and Karofsky had sex in a car and that Jacob discovered it was her who posted the rumour online. Santana says her and Karofsky are officially involved and in front of Britney she says they are in love. The glee club get mad at Will when the newspaper says he is leaving to be in crossroads. Will says it isn't true and after that week they can't believe everything they hear. Will promises to stay. Sam shows up with his little brother and sister. Will and April watch as the glee club and Sam's siblings perform "Don't Stop" to cheer them up.
SONGS: Dreams
Never Going Back
Songbird
I Don't Want To Know
Go Your Own Way
Don't Stop
NEXT EPISODE: Prom Queen- When the entertainment for Prom falls through, Figgins gets the glee club to do some performances for the special night. On the night of the prom, the battle for prom king and queen is on but what shocking turn of events will cause the prom to be ruined and does it have anything to do with the return of Jesse St James.