It’s a good thing the songs are usually fun on this show,
cause it has no basis in reality.
In overarcing story news, The Warblers are disqualified for
drug abuse, and the news lady that reported the news went stormed out of the
newsroom over the fact that this was apparently news-worthy in the first place.
In the main plot arc of the episode, Tina has an idea to raise the money to get to regionals: a ‘Men of
McKinley’ calendar! But to make it Glee
worthy, it’s a sexy calendar, with as few clothes as possible. Because that would totally fly in a HIGH SCHOOL
SETTING, SHOW.
ANYway, sans clothes is the theme for the whole
episode. To start, we turn to Sam, who has managed to score a 340 on
the SAT, which is…not even possible, so good research there, show. The lowest possible score is 600, in case you
were wondering. This leads him to some
major soul-searching, and Sam realizes that his major asset is his body, and so
he decides to mentor all the guys on how to look exceptionally hot for the
calendar. Sam turns into a major diva, even storming out
of the calendar photo shoot in a diva rage.
Finally, Blaine talks some
sense into him, reminding him via video how awesome every thinks he is, and
that there are colleges that don’t require good grades.
In grown-up news, Finn
is still pretending to be one, and almost drinks a cup of coffee before Sue
walks in and threatens to kill the calendar.
Finn, though, has an ace up his sleeve: Sue posing naked for penthouse
in the 70’s. Sue denies the accusation,
of course, but Finn takes the challenge, and…tricks Sue into confessing on
tape, thereby cementing the calendar’s existence.
Apparently, Artie now
barely rates c-plot status, and so we get all of three scenes with him. First, he is not impressed with the idea of
going shirtless for the calendar, since he’s more PBS than CW, which…yeah. Then, we see him talking to Finn pulling out
from the calendar. Finally, when Sam is
done being a diva, he gets Artie to be in the calendar again. The end.
Poor Artie.
In boring love story news, Britany invites Marley over
for Fondue for Two, and asks her if she loves Jake. Marley demurs, but Britany insists she needs
to expose herself if she wants her relationship to be real or something. What this means for us is we get an entire
episode of Marley trying to tell Jake, a guy she has been dating for all of a
month, that she loves him. They finally
do, and Becky tells them what everyone wants to: “Get a room!”
Finally, in annoying Rachel
plot, she’s been asked to be in a fellow student’s senior thesis film. And in case you weren’t aware of the theme
yet, she needs to get NAKED! Episode
title, ZOMG! She has a debate with
herself(in the actually well used ‘Torn”), and decides that she will be a part
of it. Brody is all for it, and shows his support by walking around the
apartment naked. With Kurt there. Who is NOT okay with it. Kurt calls back-up in Santana and Quinn, and they have an intervention for Rachel, but
she decides to go for it anyway.
But then!
She gets to the studio, and can’t manage to drop robe, even
after she makes all the creepy crew guys disrobe to make her more
comfortable. She leaves, and then duets
with her girls to celebrate.
I really don’t think the writers and set designers of this
show have a grip on reality. I really
enjoyed the songs this episode, but the completely unrealistic story elements
completely took me out of the scenes, when it wasn’t putting me to sleep. Oh, and side note: I find it hilarious that Matthew Morrison
still gets first billing even though we haven’t seen him in six episodes.
Featuring:
“Torn” as sung by Rachel(s)
“Hot in herre/Centerfold” as sung by Sam and
Ryder
“A Thousand Years” as sung by Marley and Jake
“Let Me Love You” as sung by Jake
“Love Story” as sung by Rachel, Quinn and Santana
“This is the New Year” as sung by everyone
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