It’s
a fresh new year for the students of McKinley High, while the rest
start their new lives abroad. Season 4 has the same take on high
school life but with a few new comers to the stage such as Marley
Rose (Melissa Benoist) and Puck’s half-brother Jake (Jacob Artist).
Rachel begins school at NYADA where she meets junior Brody Weston
(Dean Geyer) and attends dance classes with tough dance instructor
Cassandra (Kate Hudson). Everyone struggles to adjust to the changes,
some more than others. The writers this year have really emphasized
on identity more than ever and cover topical issues such as dyslexia,
bulimia, infidelity and gender.
‘Unique’
aka Wade and Sam Evans (Chord Overstreet) were promoted to main roles
on Glee, while Mr.Schue has moved to Washington to fight for the Arts
and Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) returns to hating the Glee club.
In
Episode 8, Finn continues to guide the ‘New Directions’ as
sectionals approaches quickly and fellow glee members (Quinn, Puck,
Santana, Mercedes and Mike Chang) return home for thanksgiving. Finn
calls in favour for the graduated glee members to help mentor the new
comers.
Quinn
brags about her new life at Yale, as she has started dating a
professor and was invited to join a secret women’s society at the
college. She takes Kitty (Becca Tobin) under her wing, only to find
out that Kitty and many others still idolise her. “Every day I ask
myself what would Quinn Fabray do?” Kitty says.
Back
in New York City, Rachel and Kurt are contemplating whether to come
home for the holidays but decide to stay and start a new tradition.
While Rachel is still upset about Brody’s sexual encounter with her
arch enemy Cassandra, Kurt also can’t seem to let go of Blaine
(Darren Criss) even after all that has happened. Brody suggests he
cooks dinner for them and Kurt invites his boss Isabelle Wright
(Sarah Jessica Parker) which turns into a party.
Marley,
the new star for ‘One Directions’ is still conscious about her
body and continues on her ‘weight loss plan’ that Kitty (the new
head Cheerleader) has referred her to. Jake proves to be a good
friend, as he allows Ryder take the dance number with Brittany. As
anxiety takes over, Marley panics she will let the team down and
Ryder decides that Jake should do what’s best for them all, dance.
This
episode has performances of songs like ‘Gangnum
Style,’
Flo Rida’s ‘Whistle,’
One Direction’s ‘Live
While We’re Young,’
and a mash up of Simon and Garfunkel’s ‘Homeward
Bound’ and
‘Home’
(Phillip Phillips).
Watch
next week for the second part of this two part-sectionals episode!
Review by Jessica Tisdell
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