Rachel asks Mercedes to perform another ballad, but Mercedes insists, with the rest of the club agreeing, that Rachel is the best choice to perform " on the fly". Will finds Finn in the locker room and talks to him about how special he is and that the club needs him.Įmma confronts rival choir directors Grace Hitchens ( Eve) and Dalton Rumba ( Michael Hitchcock), while New Directions chooses new performance pieces for their set list at the last minute. Emma calls Will, who convinces Finn to help his New Directions teammates. New Directions arrive at the event to discover their competitors have received an advance copy of their set list and are performing all three of their chosen songs thanks to Sue's plan to sabotage the glee club. Angered by their betrayal, Finn quits the club on the eve of sectionals, and has to be replaced by school reporter Jacob Ben Israel ( Josh Sussman), who is only going to stalk Rachel. Meanwhile, Rachel has deduced that Puck impregnated Quinn and tells Finn, who then beats up Puck and confronts Quinn, who tearfully admits the truth. Rachel agrees that Mercedes deserves to sing the solo and the two hug. Mercedes sings " And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" to wild applause. Mercedes ( Amber Riley) jealously objects to this, and much to Rachel almost feeling dismayed, she agrees to give it to Mercedes. With two group songs selected, Rachel says that she'll sing the solo ballad. Emma takes over as faculty advisor of the club as they start working on their set list for sectionals. They hide this fact from Rachel ( Lea Michele), believing that she will tell Finn. Most of the glee club has learned that Puck ( Mark Salling), not Finn ( Cory Monteith), is the father of Quinn's baby, and begin to mistrust Quinn. ![]() Guidance counsellor Emma Pillsbury ( Jayma Mays) postpones her own wedding by a few hours so that she can take the club in his place, although her fiancé, football coach Ken Tanaka ( Patrick Gallagher), feels she is choosing Will over him. Plot Īs a result of a technicality in the show choir competition rules, glee club director Will Schuester ( Matthew Morrison) is not allowed to accompany New Directions to sectionals. James Poniewozik of Time felt that by concluding the pregnancy storyline in "Sectionals", Glee was able to "clear the decks for a second half of the season as the confident show it now is". The episode's musical performances attracted praise, as did the development of Will and Emma's relationship, though Dan Snierson of Entertainment Weekly suggested it may have been preferable to leave their romance unresolved. viewers, and received mostly positive reviews from critics. "Sectionals" was watched by 8.127 million U.S. The episode features covers of six songs, studio recordings of four of which were released as singles, available for digital download, and are also included on the album Glee: The Music, Volume 2. The episode sees the return of Eve and Michael Hitchcock as rival glee club directors Grace Hitchens and Dalton Rumba. Will Schuester ( Matthew Morrison) is unable to take the students to sectionals and Emma offers to take them. Football coach Ken Tanaka ( Patrick Gallagher) plans his wedding with Emma ( Jayma Mays) on the same day as the sectionals competition. Glee club member Finn ( Cory Monteith) discovers he is not the father of his girlfriend Quinn's ( Dianna Agron) baby. "Sectionals" sees the glee club win the sectionals round of competition, advancing on to regionals. The episode was written and directed by series co-creator Brad Falchuk, and serves as the mid-season finale for the show's first season. ![]() It premiered on the Fox network on December 9, 2009. " Sectionals" is the thirteenth episode of the American television series Glee. ![]() 13th episode of the 1st season of Glee " Sectionals"
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