Glee: Saturday Night Glee-ver

What Happened, Yo!:

-Will is concerned about three of the seniors, Finn, Santana, and Mercedes, who he feels are all lost about plans for the future for lack of various things like ambition or a dream. In order to inspire the club (and them specifically), Sue and Will assign the album Saturday Night Fever as an assignment. Since most of the club hates disco, they sweeten the deal by offering a replica of the suit John Travolta wore in the movie. After an initial dance-off, Mercedes, Santana and Finn are picked as finalists for the prize.


-Mercedes is offended that Will doesn't think she has a dream. She performs Disco Inferno and tells everyone that she wants to be a star like Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston, but has no idea where to even get that process started, in addition to not having an supportive parents. Sam decides to help by uploading a video of her performance to YouTube. Later he shows her that almost all of the comments except 1 have been positive (And the one who wasn't happy just thought the video was going to be something else) in order to encourage her. Then they kiss.

-Santana tells everyone that she just wants to be famous, and ignores Will saying that that's a bad dream to have by saying that she'll probably be more likely to get it than others in the club. In an effort to help, Brittany uploads a sex tape the two of them made online, which becomes popular, but Santana isn't really happy about it. Brittany also has more ideas for Santana to be famous that Santana isn't that keen on. Later, she realizes that there's some things she won't do to be famous. Sue reveals that she's gotten Santana into a top Cheerleading school in Louisville as a potential start for Santana's future (Something that was actually one of Brittany's ideas).

-Finn is still unsure about his future but decides he shouldn't go to L.A with Puck. He and Rachel reconcile and Rachel decides that maybe they should look into some of Finn's dream. Will and Emma help pick up some pamphets for Finn to look at, but Finn secretly throws all the pamphlets out. Will sees him do it and confronts him, and Finn tells him that he just wants time to stop and doesn't have a dream. Will's sure he does and gets him to watch Saturday Night Fever. It inspires Finn, and gives him the courage to apply to The Actor's Studio, having decided he wants to be an actor and move to New York with Rachel.

-Everyone wins the disco contest thing and everyone gets a suit.

-Meanwhile, Wade, a member of Vocal Adrenaline (Now coached by Jesse St. James) who also happens to be Mercedes and Kurt's biggest fan comes to them for advice, because he wants to attend regionals as his alter-ego Unique, who is a drag queen. Mercedes and Kurt aren't so sure about it, but Sue tells them to encourage him to do it, as part of a plan to sabotage Vocal Adrenaline. They do it, but get second thoughts and try tp stop him. It's too late though and Unique is actually very popular at regionals, winning theirs.

I Liked This: There actually was a lot to like about Saturday Night Glee-ver. A lot of the strongest material in season 3 has been based around the fact that a lot of the Glee Club will be graduating this year and many of them are unsure what to do next, most of all Finn. So an episode which brought all this to the frontlines was bound to be a winner. Add in the fact that I'm a sucker for disco music and it would've taken a royal screw-up for me to hate this episode. Of course, of the three seniors who were spotlighted in this episode, we had spent the most time watching Finn be unsure what to do with his life. His story is moved along greatly here, and the scene where he tells Will that he just wants time to stop was probably the most effective scene of the episode. The conclusion with him applying to The Actor's Studio in New York, so he could become an actor and still be with Rachel was good, though I'm still not sure that this season will end with Rachel and Finn together.

As for the other stories, Santana's was quite funny, as Brittany tried to make her famous by releasing their sex tape spliced together with footage of Lord Tubbington doing household choirs. Brittany and Santana were in full-force this week, showing off just why they work as a couple, and the ending with Sue outlining a possible start for Santana that Brittany had helped come up with was sweet, and could provide a nice exit for the character, should Santana not return for season 4. Mercedes and Kurt helping out Wade (The final winner of the Glee Project who had to appear) get the courage to be Unique and dress in drag for Vocal Adrenaline's regionals was a good story, and I appreciated that even Kurt wasn't sure that Wade should dress in drag. As for Mercedes and Sam getting back together, the jury is still out on how promising this'll be, but you never know.

But...: It's a good sign when my biggest problem with the episode is that the title is terrible. The justification for why they were singing disco songs was pretty silly though. Also, what happened to Quinn? Sugar and Rory were missing too, but they're just recurring players. Where was Quinn?!

The Bottom Line: Saturday Night Glee-ver is a great episode of Glee, with lots of focus on the graduating seniors plans for next year (Which Glee always handles well), and lots of enjoyable tunes.

Grade: 85% (Great)

Memorable Moments

-Best Musical Number: Disco Inferno was probably my favorite, though Boogie Shoes and Stayin' Alive were pretty great.  

-Worst Musical Number: More Than A Woman probably stuck out to me the least.

-Random Plot Point Reference Alert: New Directions hates disco, but Will won his Nationals with it when he was a kid. All of this originates wayyyyy back from episode 2 Showmance.

-Sue: “You’ve been out of ideas since Madonna Week.” It's funny because it's true in a way.