"You think Puck and Santana will acknowledge my existence if we're not in glee club together." "She has a point."

I don't even know where to begin about last night's episode of Glee. I can probably sum what I thought about it in two words: SIMPLY AMAZING!

Going in to the episode there were a few things that I was hoping would happen. I definitely haven't been secretive about my love for Jesse St. James, so my biggest hope was that he would end up sabotaging Vocal Adrenaline's performance and try to win back Rachel's heart in the end. Unfortunately, earlier in the day yesterday I read an interview Jonathan Groff gave about the filming of the episode and how it was his last. I guess there goes my hope of a Rachel/Jesse reconciliation. At least I still have hope that Glee provided the exposure necessary to make Jonathan Groff a big star.

Back to what actually happened.

We find out Sue is going to be a judge at Regionals; Mr. Shue and New Directions freak out and think they don't stand a chance to win; they realize it's not about winning but the "journey" and decide to do a medley of Journey songs for their performance; Quinn reconciles with her mother, goes into labor and rushes to the hospital with New Directions coming along for support; Vocal Adrenaline (well, Jesse mainly, with a bunch of past So You Think You Can Dance dancers backing him up) KILLS it with Bohemian Rhapsody; Quinn has a baby girl; Rachel and Shelby have a touching moment backstage about heart and family (where Shelby finds out about Quinn's new baby); the judges Olivia Newton John, Josh Groban, Rod Remington and Sue Sylvester debate about which group should win; Vocal Adrenaline ends up winning which leads to New Directions being forced to disband by Principal Figgins; Emma sticks up for glee leading to a revelation by Mr. Shue that he loves her, even though she's now dating her dentist; New Directions performs a touching thank you to Mr. Shue, witnessed by Sue; Sue decides that she'll give glee some of her Cheerios budget to keep them around another year; the show ends on a happy note with Mr. Shue and Puck singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow and all the glee clubbers happy!

That's that, in a very large nutshell. I really do think that this was the best episode of the season, which is appropriate, it being the finale and all. I'm not surprised that they had Vocal Adrenaline beat New Directions in the end...it really is too soon for them to be the "best." I was very happy to discover that Quinn's baby was being adopted by Shelby, meaning that Idina Menzel will hopefully be around a lot next season. I am very excited to see where season 2 takes us.

Now for the music. I pretty much loved every performance this week, so I'll include the studio versions of them all!











I'll leave you now as the crew at McKinley High left us for the summer, with Puck and Mr. Shue's lovely rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow:



Until Next time... xoxo

Title Quote: Puck and Mercedes, "Glee"

"Do you wanna hear my research that proves my mother is Bernadette Peters? "

Apparently this is becoming a theme: my weekly Wednesday gush about the previous night's episode of Glee.

What do you get when you combine Glee, Joss Whedon, Neil Patrick Harris and Idina Menzel? Amazingness! That's what. Pretty much the moment they announced Idina Menzel would be appearing on Glee, I think everyone knew she would end up being Rachel Berry's birth mother. How could she not? They look almost identical. I'm so glad that they decided to make Jesse St. James' infiltration into New Directions a way to help Rachel discover that Shelby was indeed her mother, rather than to help it implode.

And how outrageous was Neil Patrick Harris' Bryan Ryan? I don't watch How I Met Your Mother (although I'm told that I should), but I am a fan of NPH and I was very excited to hear that he'd be on the show. His duets with Mr. Shue, both the Piano Man in the bar and the Dream On audition for Les Mis, were incredible. I had no idea he had such amazing chops!

As per usual, here are my two favorite songs from the night:





As a MAJOR Lady Gaga fan, I can't wait for next week's episode, featuring her songs. And, I can't wait for Kurt's rendition of Bad Romance!

Until next time... xo

Title quote: Lea Michele, "Glee"