Episode 3x08 Blast from the Past
Special Guest Star: Joseph Gordon Levitt as Erick Reed
Santana is at Emma's office discussing how lame she felt after one of her best friends (Ivy) told her glee club was lame, and she was not going to audition. She says she doesn't understand, if Ivy likes singing and is good at singing she should really like glee club. Emma tells her not to feel discouraged, if she likes what she's doing she should continue doing it, and if she wants Ivy to give it a try, she should show her how fun it is.
Karofsky comes to kurt, and tells him he's a little confused about wether he shoul come out or not. Kurt tells him that's only his desition, he can not make it for him, but if what he wants is a little persuation, he should come over to Kurt's house that afternoon. "It's not a date" Kurt adds to avoid any kind of confussion just like in episode 5.
Kurt leaves Karofsky, heading to glee club practice. He founds a man standing in the hallway staring at some pictures. "Excuse me, are you lost? can I help you?" says Kurt. "Yeah, do you know where can I find Will Shuester?" He asks. "Sure, he's in charge of the glee club! I was just heading to glee club practice, come with me!" "You're kidding! Will Shuester is a glee club coach?" says the man kind of laughing. "Yeah, do you know him?" "Yeah! Erick Reed, I went to highschool with Will..." "Oh, Kurt Hummel, nice to meet you!"
At Glee Club Practice Will tells everybody to sit down, He says sectionals are comming and they need to be readier than ever!, Kurt comes into the classroom with Erick.
Erick: "Will Shuester!" says Erick from behind. Will turns arround to see his old friend.
Will: "Erick Reed! What are you doing here?" Says Will surprised.
Erick: "What? can't an old friend pay a visit?"
Quinn: "Are we missing something here?"
Will: "I'm sorry guys, this is my old friend, Erick, from highschool!"
Erick: "Very nice to meet you all! Will and I are very good friends, you know? we used to have a band! I gotta say, we used to dream about being on the music bussiness, but I never thought you would do it coaching a glee club!"
Will: "What can I say? Those who can't do, teach"
Finn: "Mr. Shue, you used to have a band?"
Will: Well you could say that, we only played on my basement!
Erick: Oh but we were really good, although I always thought I should be the vocalist!
Will: Are You Kidding? you were never as good as I was singing!
Mercedes: Let us decide!
Will: What?
Mercedes: Sing something, and we will decide wich of you is better!
They both agree and both start singing "Into the Night" by Carlos Santana ft. Chad Kruger. They all enjoy the performance and at the end of it Will and Erick kind of fight about who's better and the kids just laugh about it.
It's Lunch time and Rachel gathers all glee clubbers to tell them Matt invited them to hear him play with his band, since they will be playing for them on sectionals. Puck, Sam and Finn start mocking him. Rachel says it's important to hear them play before the competition.
Will is at the teacher's lounge having lunch with Erick. They're talking about old times. Sue comes by, "Who's your friend Shuester? He's like a cheap version of you with darker hair!" she says. "Wow! I didn't know Rossie O'Donell was blonde now..." Says Erick Throwing the joke back at her. "I will NEVER be as fat as Rossie O'Donell... I don't like you!" She says leaving them alone. They both laugh and, after that, Erick tells Will the real reason why he's there is because he left his wife and he didn't know where to go because he didn't have the money for a hotel since he didn't have job. Will tells him there's no problem and he can stay with him while he figures out what to do. Erick thanks him and complements him about how great his life is and he's his role model. When he tells him this, Will realizes he never told him about his divorce and his drinking problem, and just when he was about to tell him, Terri comes in.
T: Erick?
E: Terri! it's so nice to see you!
T: When did you get here? OMG it's been so long!
E: I know! I was just telling Will I left my wife, I came to stay with you guys, if that's not a problem...
T: Oh... Actually...
Will: (Interrupting Terri) We were thinking of going on trip this weekend, but never mind, we'll postpone it!
Terri realizes Will doesn't wanna tell him about the divorce. He brings him apart to talk to him about this, Will says it's because he's going through a break up himself, and telling him about this wouldn't be a good idea, plus it would only be for a little while. They get back to Erick and Terri tells him they'd be glad to have him.
E: That's great you guy's I promess I'll make it up to you!
Back in Glee Club practice, Will tells them this week will be the 3rd annual boys-vrs-girls mash-up competition, and the special guest judge this year will be Erick. They get devided into their groups and start working on them. Kurt comes to Shue and begs him to let him be on the girls' team this time. When Erick hears this he tells him he should give it a chance working with the boys, he should learn how to work with any team he gets to work with. Kurt decides to give it a try.
Later, Santana comes to Ivy and she tells her about the mash-up competition, she says she would like her to come and see them. Ivy doesn't know wether to agree or not. Santana comfronts her and tells her it felt awful when she told her glee club was lame, because that's something she really liked doing. And she would never say that about something she loves. Ivy feels bad and agrees to go.
Later that night they all go to see Matt's band play. Matt recieves them very politely and takes to the basement where the rest of the band is. (They can't help making comments about Mr. Shue's old band) He introduces them the rest of the band. He asks Rachel to help him bring some snack for all of them. They go to the kitchen and he tells her when he invited her to meet his band, he didn't thought she was going to bring the whole club. Rachel doesn't know what to say but Matt realizes she doesn't feel very comfortable on dates. They go back to the basement and the band starts playing "Kryptonite" by 3 doors down.
After they're done, Rachel asks them all what do they think and they all say they were really good and agree to let them play for them on sectionals.
Meanwhile, Kurt wasn't there because he was with Blaine and Karofsky at his house. They both say they feel it's very important for him to be true to himself, he shouldn't be afraid of letting the world know he's gay Karofsky says what worries him the most is his father and how he will react. They both tell him they're sure he will understand, but he will never know if he doesn't tell him. They tell him they think he's a very strong person and that not everybody can handle coming out. But they're sure he will.
Terri arrives to Will's apartment and tells him she thinks it's an awful idea and that it won't work out. "Terri! you're here! we were waiting for you to have dinner!" says Erick. During dinner they all remember stories about when they were all in highschool. Suddenly bedtime comes and Erick is staying on the couch, but Terri and Will have to go to bed together wich is very uncomfortable, but after dealing with it, they start talking about how their life is going. Will tells her about his drinking problem and how he messed up with Emma. Terri says she has gone out on a few dates but they were really bad, and her mother has been helping her but she feels very alone. By now, they both really understand eachother.
It's the guys turn to perform and they do a mashup on "This Love" by Maroon 5 and "Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones. After they finish, they're all fascinated with their performance. Specially Erick who had not realized how special the club was.
Meanwhile, at lunch Sue keeps trying to insult Erick but he keeps throwing insults back at her wich makes her very angry. Erick is sitting by himself and Emma comes to join him and they start talking. Erick tells her he's staying with Will and it would be great if she joins them for dinner.
Also, the guys on the glee club come to Rachel and tell her how awesome her boyfriend is (except for Finn). For Rachel is very uncomfortable because she's still very confused about her feelings towards him.
Erick comes to Will and tells him he invited Emma for dinner. Will doesn't know what to say, so he just says it's a great Idea.
The girls are talking about how great the guys did. Erick hears them and tells them they can do a lot better than that and he decides to help them on their mash-up. They go to a classroom and the last thing they do is work on it. Instead, he tells the girls about the story with his wife. We can see all the girls with tears in their eyes and making comments like "That is sad" or "that is so romantic". He tells them they split up because things weren't the same and she got sick of him. They tell him he should sing to her. He starts singing "When you Really Love A Woman" by Bryan Adams.
Later they're at Will's apartment and the doorbell rings. It's Emma. They all sit to have chinese. They all have a really uncomfortable dinner. Terri calls Will to the kitchen and tryes to persuade him to tell Erick the truth but he doesn't want to. "I know what this is! You are trying to show him your life is better than his!" she says. "That's not it!" Says Will. "Of Course it is! You were always jealous of him. He was always scoring chicks while you were to busy dating me! Everyone seemed to like him a lot! teachers seemed to like him better!" Says Terri. "Alright! Alright! That's what this is all about!" Says Will. "Will, I sweare, If you don't tell him, I will!". They keep on having dinner and Erick sugests opening a bottle of scotch. Will Says he can't but he doesn't wanna tell him why. "Oh for God's Ake! He's in rehab! that's why he can't drink! And you know what else? We got divorced more than a year ago, instead he's been dating that redheaded you brought as date!" No body knows what to say. "Well I should now go home! I don't see a reason now for sleeping one more night on the same bed with my ex husband. Come Emma, I'll take you home!"
The rest of the episode comes next.
Edited on 07/19/2011 3:23pm
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