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Funeral
With Jesse no longer “helping” New Directions, they are in New York!
First off, besides minor changes for my own continuity’s sake, most of the episode is staying in!
Keeping in:
About 85%? I love Kurt continuing his streak of crimes to sing For Good, the Finchel content is actually sweet. For a finale this episode is nonconsequential.
Klaine still do say “I love you” for the first time in Lima Bean.
Here’s what changes:
Quinn’s motivations (?)
Since she and Finn broke up amicably she no longer has a reason to “ruin” their chances at Nationals. Instead, she focuses herself on writing, and tries to put her competitive nature into getting them a win.
She, with Sam, Mercedes, Santana and Rachel, write “Pretending.” At this point, they decide that Rachel and Finn will sing part of the song, while Santana and Mercedes sing the other part.
Santana writes her feelings about Brittany into it.
Will and Broadway
Will, who has been consistently struggling with small-town mentality, realizes that though he loves performing, that time is gone for him. Instead, he uses the moment to try and fuel his student’s dreams, and vows that next year, he will be different. It’s a season’s worth of actual growth.
Finchel Kiss
It stays in, but this time, the reason they lose is linked to the fact it throws off Santana and Mercedes a bit-not by much-but they are visibly stumbled. They are able to sing it just fine, but the pause is long enough to cost them. The whole time, Santana is looking at Brittany, but instead of longfull pining, she smiling, and it’s more a promise than a sorry.
Plus, you know, they came up with these songs and choreo two nights before.
END
So, S2 ends with the crew together, 12th place, but they are, despite their loss, are much happier, and already are planning for next year. Sue, in Will’s office, tells him she’s allocated a portion of the Cheerios budget for the Glee Club, and swears that she’ll stop trying to tear them down.