Speaker 1: Hey everyone. Before we get into this episode, we wanted
Speaker 1: to give you a heads up.
Speaker 2: We will be discussing storylines related to sexual assault. The
Speaker 2: conversation may contain details that some listeners may find distressing
Speaker 2: or triggering.
Speaker 1: Your well being is so important to us, so please
Speaker 1: take care while listening. And that's what you really missed
Speaker 1: with Jenna.
Speaker 2: And Kevin an iHeartRadio podcast.
Speaker 1: Welcome to you, And that's what you really missed podcast,
Speaker 1: Season four, episode twenty. You heard that right, twenty. We're
Speaker 1: almost happy before twenty. How does that even happen? This
Speaker 1: is called lights Out.
Speaker 2: The original air date was April twenty fifth, two thousand
Speaker 2: and thirteen. And Jenna, on the day that we're recording.
Speaker 1: This, it's our anniversary.
Speaker 2: It's our friend anniversary, the day we met sixteen years ago.
Speaker 2: So I'm glad you remembered.
Speaker 1: It's a momentous occasion. It's also crazy that our anniversary
Speaker 1: is this in sixteen years, since I'm I'm only eighteen,
Speaker 1: So I mean.
Speaker 2: I know, in my whole life, I remember when you
Speaker 2: were just a baby, a fetus.
Speaker 1: Okay, So in the news number one song was When
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Speaker 2: Classic number one movie was Oblivion.
Speaker 1: I loved this movie, you did, I've mar seen it.
Speaker 2: I love a sci fi moment. I do too. I'm
Speaker 2: surprised beautiful looking too, It's really beautiful.
Speaker 1: I'll check this one out.
Speaker 2: You should watch it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, no, I will for sure. Glee News this Week.
Speaker 1: On April twenty seven and twenty thirteen, the cast and
Speaker 1: Creakley celebrated wrapping their fourth season at the Season four
Speaker 1: Rap Party. And this one was seven to twelve a
Speaker 1: m private area upstairs. I don't quite remember which one
Speaker 1: this one was, but it was. Was it Hollywood in Highland?
Speaker 2: No, that was early. It was like season one or two.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you're right, Okay, anyway, we had a Glee rap party.
Speaker 1: It was the day before mine and Harry's birthday. And
Speaker 1: that's about it. That's all we remember. The parties like
Speaker 1: start to meld, to get all the parties.
Speaker 2: I feel like I missed so many too that I
Speaker 2: don't really know. I don't know why I missed them.
Speaker 2: Like we got off, like we we were done, and
Speaker 2: so we would just like to disappear vacation. That's exactly right,
Speaker 2: that's right. This was Georgia by Paris Barklay, our friend
Speaker 2: pres Barkley. I'll never forget it because I always remembered
Speaker 2: him lighting the choir room when the lights first go out,
Speaker 2: really when we had the flashlights. Yeah, and I'll never
Speaker 2: forget Paris. Wasn't there with his flashlight talking to us?
Speaker 1: Oh?
Speaker 2: Yeah he was? Wow, I remember that. Yeah, it was
Speaker 2: very fun. He was also so gigly. He is just
Speaker 2: like the biggest kid, and he some of the most
Speaker 2: serious storylines and episodes that he's directed previously, and then
Speaker 2: in this the premise itself is so silly. Yes, the
Speaker 2: light's going out that he was and we're like, how
Speaker 2: are we going to shoot? This was just lit by flashlights,
Speaker 2: and so he was so giggly and just like having
Speaker 2: fun the whole thing. I don't know, it's not that serious.
Speaker 2: Let's figure it out. Sure that works? Which is so
Speaker 2: much fun.
Speaker 1: That's right.
Speaker 2: S JP is back, I mean heaven, thank god. Yeah,
Speaker 2: I mean, more of her.
Speaker 1: Have her own show. Wouldn't that be a concept.
Speaker 2: And there's also little versions of Rachel Santana and Kurt
Speaker 2: very so sweet gut punch. Emotionally, there's a lot of
Speaker 2: songs in this episode. You've lost that love and Feeling
Speaker 2: sung by the new directions Everybody Hurts by writer We
Speaker 2: Will Rock You by new directions, Little Girls by Sue.
Speaker 1: Oh my Gosh, and at the Ballet by Isabelle Hurt
Speaker 1: Rachel and Santana's.
Speaker 2: Have you heard the Barber streisand version of it?
Speaker 1: Yes, it's all I mean, this version, this song itself
Speaker 1: is so iconic. And then you get a Barber version,
Speaker 1: I mean you get in so many versions, and then
Speaker 1: we get this version, which is beautiful? Are you kidding?
Speaker 2: It really is? And then Longest Time by the new directions.
Speaker 1: So Santana mentions Run Joey Run from season one and
Speaker 1: this and this is the third time this song is mentioned,
Speaker 1: the first time being in Laryngitis and the second one
Speaker 1: in prom Queen. They just want to haunt my dreams.
Speaker 2: I love it. I love the show referencing itself because
Speaker 2: we know how memorable Run Joey Run was. There was
Speaker 2: a cut scene between Blaine and Becky where Blaine worries
Speaker 2: about Becky and tries to find out what happened with her,
Speaker 2: and Sue, interesting, Yeah, because you do wonder what happened.
Speaker 2: They set up that storyline last episode and they don't
Speaker 2: really get anything. Well, we start to see something. Becky
Speaker 2: talks to Figgins for a little.
Speaker 1: Bit, doesn't she Yeah, that's right. Finn originally appeared in
Speaker 1: the Blaine Becky Sue storyline in this episode, but obviously
Speaker 1: due to Corey's absence for the rest of this episode,
Speaker 1: these scenes were rewritten and reshot, which we did not
Speaker 1: do often was reshoot.
Speaker 2: No writer sings in every new direction song in this episode.
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, big stories for him. This episode was
Speaker 1: submitted for consideration of Sarah Jisica Parker for the twenty
Speaker 1: thirteen Emmy's As It Should.
Speaker 2: When listing people coming to New York City Ballet Gala,
Speaker 2: Isabelle mentions Darren and Christopher, a reference to Darren and Chris.
Speaker 1: Or Darren Chris maybe. Ryan revealed on Twitter that at
Speaker 1: the ballet was Sarah Jessica Parker's idea. Yeah, sheute.
Speaker 2: I think it's great. I also do love how it's
Speaker 2: their ode, sort of like the Metcala. Yeah, the biggest
Speaker 2: event of the year. Jane performed Little Girls from the
Speaker 2: musical Annie, and Ryan picked the song in honor of
Speaker 2: Jane making her Broadway debut in Annie in May of
Speaker 2: twenty thirteen playing Miss Hanagan and the role, the role
Speaker 2: that sings that song. We went and saw her with
Speaker 2: christ and chennow with.
Speaker 1: We did go to we have to talk about that
Speaker 1: and Jessica Sanchez the running up on season eleven American
Speaker 1: I don't meet her acting debut in this episode is
Speaker 1: Freedom Romero and we'll see a little bit more of her.
Speaker 2: What a voice?
Speaker 1: I mean, what everse since she's so tiny?
Speaker 2: Okay, so Jenna this episode?
Speaker 1: Wait, Kevin, wait what we went? What we have to
Speaker 1: talk about seeing Jane in Annie?
Speaker 2: Okay? Great? I brought my friend James and Kristin Chenowith
Speaker 2: was there. And why were we all there? I don't know.
Speaker 2: Actually I have no idea why we were all in
Speaker 2: New York.
Speaker 1: I feel like we were there for something. Either we
Speaker 1: were shooting something or or maybe maybe and we all
Speaker 1: decided somebody plan for us to go see Jane, probably Megan.
Speaker 1: The show is still very popular at this time, but
Speaker 1: it's Jane's Broadway debut if I'm correct, And of course
Speaker 1: we want to see Jane on Broadway. Do little Miss
Speaker 1: hand again. So there's a big group of us that
Speaker 1: go to see this. Now in any setting where there's
Speaker 1: more than two of us, which we've talked about before.
Speaker 1: Generally you get recognized and generally people start to freak out.
Speaker 1: There was about ten of us. It was so chaotic.
Speaker 1: I remember they had to take us backstage at intermission
Speaker 1: to sit in the stage manager's office because we were
Speaker 1: getting so bombarded. Yes, and like the show wasn't going
Speaker 1: to be able to start on time, right, That.
Speaker 2: Was very nice they took care of us. That was
Speaker 2: really nice of them to sort of rescue.
Speaker 3: No.
Speaker 1: Literally, they're very kind. But we did get to see
Speaker 1: her and she was absolutely amazing. It was I understand
Speaker 1: why you were saying though, like you're nervous for your
Speaker 1: friends on stage, because I was like, I remember being
Speaker 1: like so nervous for her, but like, there's no reason
Speaker 1: to me. She was absolutely stunning and you're born to
Speaker 1: play that role, you know.
Speaker 2: It's it's it's like you just especially because it's it's theater,
Speaker 2: it's live, and I never seen it. I obviously know
Speaker 2: she's brilliant, Yeah, but I never seen on a stage
Speaker 2: in that way. And you're like, I hope, yeah, I know,
Speaker 2: I know, Okay, same when I saw you, like, I
Speaker 2: just never seen you do theater before, so I was worried.
Speaker 1: I know, I get it, and then I get it.
Speaker 1: Was because you're nervous. No, just kidding. It's fine.
Speaker 2: It was so good. She was so good. That was
Speaker 2: so much fun.
Speaker 1: That was really fun. We were there for upfronts. It
Speaker 1: was upfronts. Okay, in and out, but we decided to
Speaker 1: go see her. It's not also when I auditioned or
Speaker 1: into the woods, into the woods, it might have been.
Speaker 1: This might have been that trip that tracks with timing
Speaker 1: twenty thirteen.
Speaker 2: That was an amazing trip. I had this incredible I
Speaker 2: remember the hotel room Fox had me in. Oh yeah,
Speaker 2: jess Meyer was also in town.
Speaker 1: Which hotel? Did you stand?
Speaker 2: The Mandarin, Oriental and Columbus Circle.
Speaker 1: The time Warner Building. That's right, unbelievable. Yes, that was
Speaker 1: the trip.
Speaker 2: Yeah it was.
Speaker 1: This was when I launched my book. Oh was it
Speaker 1: also that there was my book tour when you came
Speaker 1: to visit you guys all came to my little event
Speaker 1: that Will had. Yeah, okay, this was a really good trip.
Speaker 2: It was a great trip.
Speaker 1: Good memories. Okay, yes, okay, back to the episode. Okay,
Speaker 1: sorry episode summary please, no, this is all great.
Speaker 2: When the power goes out of McKinley High. Will enlist
Speaker 2: the members of the New Directions to unplug and perform
Speaker 2: acous numbers. Meanwhile, Isabelle Right asks Kurt to volunteer at
Speaker 2: the Vogue dot Com charity event with Rachel and Santana
Speaker 2: in tow So fun. So the power we're in, we're
Speaker 2: at school. The power goes out at McKinley, and Will
Speaker 2: immediately inspired. He has inspired to keep going. Also, if
Speaker 2: this was in real life, wouldn't the school like shut
Speaker 2: down for the day, Like everybody just gets sent home.
Speaker 1: I was literally thinking that. I was like, in no
Speaker 1: world would they keep kids at school? It's a safety
Speaker 1: hazard while the power goes out.
Speaker 2: And everybody's like learning numbers really quickly or these are
Speaker 2: things that they just have and you know they can
Speaker 2: do off the dome like they're ready.
Speaker 1: I mean, well, the whole thing was. Will had an
Speaker 1: assignment actually for once coming in that we are like,
Speaker 1: you know, bigger than life, you know, big numbers, and
Speaker 1: then all of a sudden, the power goes out and
Speaker 1: he's inspired by the moment as he normally the one
Speaker 1: time he has a lesson plan and here we are
Speaker 1: doing unplugged, which is very different.
Speaker 2: Arty cannot handle it melt down without his sense. I
Speaker 2: was also bummed because Artie says, I can't do Miguel
Speaker 2: without my sense, and I was really excited to do
Speaker 2: a Miguel's song.
Speaker 1: And you didn't get to It's like this feels like
Speaker 1: a tease. Oh my gosh, this is crazy.
Speaker 2: Though we lose power and all these people performed songs
Speaker 2: and shooting it, Like we mentioned, we were really like
Speaker 2: practically using just these flashlights. So like I had that
Speaker 2: headlamp on, but I had to look at certain people
Speaker 2: at certain times so people would be lit.
Speaker 1: Oh that's funny. There were like a couple of underchair
Speaker 1: lights that I remember them like underlighting us.
Speaker 2: A little bit.
Speaker 1: But we really were in the dark. It's very calm,
Speaker 1: and it.
Speaker 2: Made everybody, you know, in the dark, like everybody's like quieter. Yeah,
Speaker 2: it was. It was really peaceful to shoot all of this.
Speaker 2: It was really nice.
Speaker 1: We had like acoustic like being like you know, serenaded
Speaker 1: by like cord on the guitar and like you know.
Speaker 2: Yeah those also like those numbers so like the writer
Speaker 2: and Sam numbers are really beautiful. They sound so good.
Speaker 1: A writer has a lot of numbers in this song,
Speaker 1: like obviously sings in a ring new direction song in
Speaker 1: this episode, and he's also had a bunch of solos
Speaker 1: in the past few episodes.
Speaker 2: Really has a big storyline this episode.
Speaker 1: He has a very strong in this episode.
Speaker 2: And that's that's sort of the The big thing that's
Speaker 2: happening amongst the new directions is Writer. The catfish storyline
Speaker 2: is back, trying to figure out who's catfishing, who's catfishing
Speaker 2: catfishing the catfish or is not giving it away. And
Speaker 2: then when Sam performs, and when Artie has his little meltdown,
Speaker 2: Sam is opening up about like this is not that tough,
Speaker 2: just because we don't have electricity right now, things are worse.
Speaker 2: He's wearing his hard in his sleeve. And then encourages
Speaker 2: Ryder to do the same thing with McKinley because like
Speaker 2: you're and like kitties doing the same thing, like you
Speaker 2: are putting all the eggs in this mysterious basket of
Speaker 2: this person you don't know. And so then that's when
Speaker 2: Writer comes back and performs. Also just an aside here
Speaker 2: practically speaking, yeah, I know that Glee Club is supposed
Speaker 2: to happen after school. It's like an extracurricular but in
Speaker 2: this episode, it is fully like the only class they're
Speaker 2: taking that day, like they are the.
Speaker 1: Only class we ever take in school. It is the
Speaker 1: only class we go to.
Speaker 2: Because they're leaving having sidebars outside of it, and then
Speaker 2: coming back and leaving and coming back right, they're.
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Speaker 2: Writer comes back and performs this song, which leads to
Speaker 2: the storyline one of the craziest things I feel like
Speaker 2: the show has ever done. I agree now, and not
Speaker 2: in a good way.
Speaker 1: No, I'm curious to hear how people fans think about
Speaker 1: this storyline all in its entirety, because, like a writer's
Speaker 1: a lot going on, Like are we're just gonna We're
Speaker 1: just gonna throw this in there like it's something else,
Speaker 1: do you know what I mean? Like, this is not
Speaker 1: a storyline that should be taken lightly, that should pass
Speaker 1: over in one episode. I do appreciate people coming forward
Speaker 1: and living there, speaking their truths, like Kitty, you know,
Speaker 1: and Rider having that very sweet moment of understanding together.
Speaker 1: After this scene, I find that we're it's like everything
Speaker 1: under the kitchen sink a little bit right now, with Rider,
Speaker 1: and I'm just I'm feeling a little overwhelmed by his
Speaker 1: like the dyslexia and the catfish and the sexual assaulids.
Speaker 1: It just feels like, maybe we just pick one and
Speaker 1: go with that one for a while. It's it's a lot,
Speaker 1: it's a lot, and none of them should be taken lately,
Speaker 1: so you know what I mean. I just feel like
Speaker 1: we just we should have picked and chosen one. But
Speaker 1: that's not the craziest part. The craziest part is and
Speaker 1: I think I forgot about this, and I don't. I'm
Speaker 1: curious to hear your experience on this because the response
Speaker 1: that the guys have, specifically already and Sam have two
Speaker 1: Rider's confession is so tragic and awful and tone deaf
Speaker 1: and just so bad. I's do you remember this? Do
Speaker 1: you remember having that experience and that response to it?
Speaker 1: Did you and what did you do about it? Did
Speaker 1: you do anything about it? Because I don't remember it
Speaker 1: being that bad, but like washing it, I was like,
Speaker 1: this is really bad.
Speaker 5: Poor.
Speaker 2: I remember it very clearly and felt then how I
Speaker 2: feel now and how you feel now? Okay, And we
Speaker 2: all talked about it. You know, you rehearse the scene
Speaker 2: with Paris from part of the crew and you do it,
Speaker 2: and I just remember we were all like, oh my god,
Speaker 2: like Paris, this is like, I know, we just got
Speaker 2: to get through it, because I get I guess for
Speaker 2: story purposes to have like the contrariant or like to
Speaker 2: have the person who says like this the crazy thing
Speaker 2: in response, right, like it's drama for the television too,
Speaker 2: because I'm sure people do respond like that in real life,
Speaker 2: and so to have that voice, I just think there
Speaker 2: were two of them, and then one of them is
Speaker 2: the person who encouraged writer to speak up and be
Speaker 2: vulnerable in the first place, right, And it felt really
Speaker 2: out of character. I don't know. Arty has said some
Speaker 2: suspect things in the past. Yes, we know this, so
Speaker 2: maybe it's more in character for Artie to say that
Speaker 2: than Sam. But it just felt like I felt bad
Speaker 2: doing it.
Speaker 1: M I understand why. I understand why.
Speaker 2: And you're like looking at Blake doing the scene and
Speaker 2: you have to say this, and after every take I
Speaker 2: remember we were just like ugh, we were almost disgusted
Speaker 2: by like what was happening, and we didn't shoot it
Speaker 2: many times.
Speaker 1: Okay, I think I remember this now, like sitting there
Speaker 1: like it was pretty quick.
Speaker 2: Yes, I remember like getting up and walking around in
Speaker 2: between takes. It just felt like because you're doing so obviously,
Speaker 2: this is only one scene. And when people play characters
Speaker 2: who do really horrible things and they have to do
Speaker 2: that for months on end or years on end, yeah,
Speaker 2: you could see how it could take a toll where
Speaker 2: like this was one scene and our characters say like
Speaker 2: one or two horrible things, and it already like irked me, no,
Speaker 2: because it's also weird to know that this is being
Speaker 2: recorded and like filmed and it's going to go out
Speaker 2: in front of millions of people I know.
Speaker 1: And once again it's like you didn't write it, you're
Speaker 1: not responsible for it. But there are times in which
Speaker 1: characters will or sorry, actor, we'll speak up in advocacy
Speaker 1: for their characters. Now, I don't know that this was
Speaker 1: specifically the time to do this. I'm just saying like
Speaker 1: sometimes people choose to do that. Yeah, No, I think
Speaker 1: it was just like, yeah, this already this kid is
Speaker 1: just being terrible yea. Yeah, he's saying a really stupid
Speaker 1: immature thing. Yeah, for sure needs to get corrected. And
Speaker 1: like Tina Yah speaks up and corrects the situation. But
Speaker 1: it's like, I mean, yeah, I understand, yeah, you know. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and so it's like, sure, I'm going to do the part.
Speaker 1: I'm not going to sit there and be like any
Speaker 1: want to do this? No, no, of course, but it's
Speaker 1: I agree with you. It's tough to sometimes stomach those moments.
Speaker 2: Yeah I felt dirty, Yeah, yeah, I get it.
Speaker 1: So yeah, the boys have a very specific response, but
Speaker 1: Rider does come out and admit that he was assaulted
Speaker 1: by his babysitter, his female babysitter, and then he and
Speaker 1: Kitty have a very nice scenehere. Kitty admits that she
Speaker 1: was also assaulted at a sleepover, which they kind of bond,
Speaker 1: which was really nice.
Speaker 2: And these stories felt really realistic and grounded totally.
Speaker 1: Yes, I've heard similar stories.
Speaker 2: And I thought Becca's. I thought both their performances were great,
Speaker 2: very good. Yes, And I thought Becca, like Bereca brought
Speaker 2: to her story as Kitty, was also like really special. Yeah,
Speaker 2: because it was still like through the lens of I'm outspoken,
Speaker 2: I speak directly and bluntly, but like here's the deal. Yeah,
Speaker 2: on like an artistic level, it's nice to see, like,
Speaker 2: you know, your friends have like these really exceptional moments
Speaker 2: and showing their abilities and skills, but she's still giving
Speaker 2: them shit for like why aren't we dating? Like why
Speaker 2: are you wasting your time with this person who is
Speaker 2: not showing up? Because you're projecting all the things you
Speaker 2: want it to be, you know, And she's like, I'm
Speaker 2: right here.
Speaker 1: Interesting. Interesting. Another note that the I thought it was
Speaker 1: an interesting choice to come to use those flashbacks and
Speaker 1: everybody hurts, Yes, I forgot about those completely.
Speaker 2: I did too.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm not sure it resonated with me the way
Speaker 1: I think they had hoped it would. Like sexual sexual
Speaker 1: assault is such a different level, and obviously the bullying
Speaker 1: and the slushing and people really feeling very vulnerable in
Speaker 1: school or attacked in some way. But I was like, me,
Speaker 1: could have done without it. Yeah, it kind of feels
Speaker 1: like a uh, let's fill this equivalent, let's fill this Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: let's fill this time.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: I don't know anyway, Just being honest, some of these
Speaker 1: moments in this episode, we're like, Okay, you do the
Speaker 1: best you can with what you have, you know, right,
Speaker 1: tell me about Sue Kevin.
Speaker 2: Sue is journaling again, God, yeah, and she's teaching her
Speaker 2: own workout fitness class, Sue ninety X and Blaine shows
Speaker 2: up and they have a really funny interaction. I love
Speaker 2: them together. They have great chemistry, and he admits that
Speaker 2: he was going to he was setting up for her
Speaker 2: demise from the inside, which she appreciated, which again I love.
Speaker 2: I love what an evil character respects when other people
Speaker 2: are plotting and doing evil things, even if it's against them. Yes,
Speaker 2: like good game is good game? Yeah, like whatever's right?
Speaker 2: And she shows up like you know, saying that come back,
Speaker 2: we need your roses being weird with Becky. Becky hasn't
Speaker 2: been the same without you. Then Sue on the bleachers,
Speaker 2: Becky walking up in the exact same outfit is so good,
Speaker 2: and Becky confirming that Roz is being insane, and we
Speaker 2: get a couple of some of the most unhinged ros
Speaker 2: lines this episode, like just when you think she's on one,
Speaker 2: just wait, And I also love that they cut to
Speaker 2: they like whip pan, which is the whole thing is
Speaker 2: called like the whip right, yep, And they whipped to
Speaker 2: another scene like since the pilot that was a staple
Speaker 2: of how Glee is filmed. You whip and you whip
Speaker 2: to the scene of Roz and Becky's face, and then
Speaker 2: I love They whip back and Sue is referencing the
Speaker 2: scene that she did not see take place. Obviously, Becky
Speaker 2: has told her what's happened, but I just I love
Speaker 2: when that happens. And then Sue goes into which I
Speaker 2: think is one of the most hilarious settings and premises
Speaker 2: for a number. Ugly goes into Little Girls while the
Speaker 2: like in the bleachers while the cheers are dancing to
Speaker 2: something with a very different beat.
Speaker 5: Oh.
Speaker 1: The thing that we also did forget to mention is
Speaker 1: we will rock you. First, I had forgotten what we did.
Speaker 1: And when we shot this, I was like, listen, I
Speaker 1: was watching it, and I was like, was I there?
Speaker 1: And then I very vividly remembered.
Speaker 2: Shooting it because I think we shot this very quickly.
Speaker 2: We did.
Speaker 1: But you remember the tap number in the middle that
Speaker 1: they did. Oh yeah, so there's this like floor if
Speaker 1: you go back and look, that's like tin boiler or something. Yes,
Speaker 1: and Jacob and Melissa and maybe Heather, we're all given
Speaker 1: like a moment. Maybe it was just in rehearsal and
Speaker 1: that's why, or we shot it that they were tapping
Speaker 1: on it like we were using obviously all the things
Speaker 1: on the stage to make the sounds of the song.
Speaker 1: It felt very isolated in the moment it so flashed.
Speaker 2: Over in the Yes, I think it was in the
Speaker 2: product like a thing specifically built for and shot like
Speaker 2: specifically like isolated. It felt like a much bigger thing. Yes, okay,
Speaker 2: but we shot all of that so quickly because I
Speaker 2: also think it was like there's only so much you
Speaker 2: could do. The lighting is how the lighting is. Yeah,
Speaker 2: And also Paris had done so many episodes at this
Speaker 2: point he knew what to do and also a master
Speaker 2: of shooting within the group on the auditorium stage, like
Speaker 2: he basically invented how to do that on Glee correct,
Speaker 2: you know, like the free form sort of rock out,
Speaker 2: even though this was a little less free form. But
Speaker 2: it was also very exciting to get to do a
Speaker 2: queen again.
Speaker 1: I mean always.
Speaker 2: I just remember though, like overall, because we were in
Speaker 2: the dark so much, I was falling sleep all the time.
Speaker 1: I feel the same.
Speaker 2: I was like sleeping through this whole episode, yes, like
Speaker 2: during the choir of numbers and you're just watching like
Speaker 2: it is candlelight. I can't stay awake.
Speaker 1: So when I mentioned that there was everybody hurts and
Speaker 1: they were flashbacks. I actually just found a picture. It
Speaker 1: wasn't a flashback. I got slushy it again. Oh right,
Speaker 1: they were like fake flashbacks. They were fake flashbacks in
Speaker 1: which I then had to recreate those flashbacks and get
Speaker 1: slushy in the showers. And this was a bad one
Speaker 1: because I was kind of naked already. I have the
Speaker 1: video of it too. Actually, I feel like I remember
Speaker 1: when they shot it. I feel like, did we It
Speaker 1: was like, come on, you, Glani's were we setting up
Speaker 1: something in another place? And you guys did very fast.
Speaker 1: That's right. This whole episode was.
Speaker 2: Like God because we were towards the end of the
Speaker 2: season where we're behind, we had to finish by a
Speaker 2: certain date, and it's like Paris can do this.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, if there's anybody who's gonna do his Paris.
Speaker 1: But still it felt like entirely too rushed the whole
Speaker 1: thing very fast, the blob and then Becky eventually comes
Speaker 1: clean to figure it's about what happened during the shooting.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we haven't discovered what the fallout will be from
Speaker 2: that exactly.
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Speaker 2: And then we have New York Happening, which I love,
Speaker 2: you know, I love when the friends are poning and
Speaker 2: the other friend to be like, look, you need to
Speaker 2: get your life together. Santana, We're worried about you. I also,
Speaker 2: you know, the episode started with Ian doing the voiceover
Speaker 2: of saying Santana moved into the loft. She has no
Speaker 2: bedroom and no job, no direction. So it starts off,
Speaker 2: you know, with that setup of what is Santana doing
Speaker 2: because obviously she's so talented and and it sort of
Speaker 2: feels like of talking to themselves, like what are we
Speaker 2: doing with the character Santana?
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, we got her in New York.
Speaker 2: What can we do with her? And s JP is
Speaker 2: back and has this really great scene with Chris, and
Speaker 2: she's still like the best boss, so supportive, Like you know,
Speaker 2: he's saying, I'm in Niata. I thought you guysod fired me.
Speaker 2: And she's like, no, no, it's fine, but I do
Speaker 2: need you to be the celebrity wrangler for the biggest
Speaker 2: social event of the year.
Speaker 1: That's the ballet. Meanwhile, you had mentioned that Santana they
Speaker 1: is like trying to figure out what she's going to
Speaker 1: do with her life, and she's like, I know where
Speaker 1: I'm going to do with my life. I just to
Speaker 1: figure it out, right. So Kurt is very excited to
Speaker 1: enlist his friends obviously to work at the New York
Speaker 1: City Ballet gala and they're going to be wrangling celebrities.
Speaker 1: Rachel's going to help. Santana's not that interested, but she
Speaker 1: comes along and admits that she's been neglecting her love advance,
Speaker 1: which is kind of funny because we've never known Sinton
Speaker 1: to be a dancer, But I buy it for this episode.
Speaker 2: I thought it was so funny. It was like, this
Speaker 2: is wild, like a Santana being a ballerina shirt great.
Speaker 6: And.
Speaker 1: Obviously that leads us into the most gorgeous shot number
Speaker 1: of the episode.
Speaker 2: Yeah, all of this just to get to at the ballet.
Speaker 1: They sound wonderful. They're storytelling at its finest. They look
Speaker 1: a plus plus. They look great, and we get the
Speaker 1: light number. Oh my gosh, that's right. We do get
Speaker 1: the full number. You have to and you give Sjp
Speaker 1: what she wants.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 2: The light choreo was so beautiful.
Speaker 1: It's perfect.
Speaker 2: It's so so good. I mean, they all sound so good.
Speaker 2: Those harmonies at the end when Leah and Naya are
Speaker 2: just like belting high, one higher than the other, and
Speaker 2: it's isn't this song normally? Is it normally spend a
Speaker 2: three parts?
Speaker 1: It's three. Yeah, yes, it worked perfectly and hearing s
Speaker 1: JP singoar was great. I love this number. I don't
Speaker 1: think I appreciated this number as much when it first
Speaker 1: was saved, but I'm appreciating it a lot.
Speaker 2: It's one of those moments I don't know, I'm reminded of,
Speaker 2: like it's crazy that we could do this on TV.
Speaker 2: Yeah with sarg Yeah, Like it's so special and rare,
Speaker 2: and it's done in such a high level, right, you
Speaker 2: have like four of the most talented people plus some
Speaker 2: of the most talented crew and the world making this
Speaker 2: beautiful thing happen, and it's so nice. It's also like
Speaker 2: unabashedly musical theater, nerdy and queer and all of these
Speaker 2: things on primetime Fox TV again, you know, week after week,
Speaker 2: and like when is at the Ballet going to be
Speaker 2: on Fox or network television at all?
Speaker 3: I know?
Speaker 1: And people are going to be exposed to that kind
Speaker 1: of the music in the art.
Speaker 2: Yeah, It's like even if people don't know what show
Speaker 2: it's from, whether that's from a show or that it's
Speaker 2: a very famous musical theater song, it's still just a
Speaker 2: wonderful performance and they're getting exposed to this song.
Speaker 1: And exactly, yeah, that is kind of the episode we
Speaker 1: do do the Longest Time at the end, which I
Speaker 1: was like, oh, a Billy Joel song and not a
Speaker 1: Billy Joel themed episode, but you know me and my
Speaker 1: billy I'll take it.
Speaker 2: I loved Longest Time, did you? I loved doing Longest Time.
Speaker 2: It was like one of my favorites.
Speaker 1: Really.
Speaker 2: I don't know why I love singing it. I loved
Speaker 2: performing it, Oh, because if we were all out of
Speaker 2: our mind. I think when you spend like a week
Speaker 2: in the dark and then we're all in the light
Speaker 2: and performing the song and it's all capella and we're
Speaker 2: acting crazy. Everyone's normally when you're doing backgrounds, you're singing
Speaker 2: like words, mouthing words. We were doing all these different
Speaker 2: harmonies and oohs and ohs at different moments. It was challenging,
Speaker 2: so we all had to actually really learn it this time.
Speaker 2: And Melissa, I just remember her if you watch her
Speaker 2: at the very end when she's doing her ad libs
Speaker 2: and she has her arms out, she's doing the damn
Speaker 2: she's doing the full mump dance because she thought she
Speaker 2: sounded so insane. She's like, She's like, I just come
Speaker 2: out of nowhere and I'm like time, and so she
Speaker 2: took it seriously and it's just and it made me
Speaker 2: giggle so much, and I was like, Kevin, get it together,
Speaker 2: because me on screen was just looking at her and laughing,
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, because she I like that joy was
Speaker 2: was what we were all contagious and we loved it. Yeah.
Speaker 2: I had a really good time shooting this episode.
Speaker 1: It's so funny. I did too.
Speaker 2: It's nice to break it up with something different.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, for sure. It just it does feel very
Speaker 1: rush in my memory, like, yeah, everything very very quick.
Speaker 1: Let's rate some numbers. Great, so you've lost that love
Speaker 1: and feeling A yeah, I mean it's great. It's solid
Speaker 1: A A everybody hurts an yeah, I great, A minus
Speaker 1: we will rock you B plus B plus yep, I agree,
Speaker 1: Little Girls, Our Fairy ex close at the Ballet A
Speaker 1: plus plus.
Speaker 2: Yeah, all the all the pluses.
Speaker 1: Longest time. What are you going to give it, Kevin?
Speaker 2: Uh, just for my personal joy, I'd give it an
Speaker 2: A plus, give it an A. I'll give it an A.
Speaker 2: At the ballet is like a plaus ps psst plus.
Speaker 1: Make sure so long as time is Yeah, I guess
Speaker 1: I listened to it, I like it and crating it's
Speaker 1: not one of my favorite Billies songs. Is maybe why
Speaker 1: I don't like I'm not as attached to it. But okay,
Speaker 1: that's fair. That's an average day, I think, hey minus
Speaker 1: maybe Yeah, Okay, let's do some tarty takes. You know,
Speaker 1: I think we're getting ready for the finale, and so
Speaker 1: this is kind of like it was fun to switch
Speaker 1: it up. There's some stuff that happens, but like really
Speaker 1: just waiting in the water for full last next two episodes. Okay,
Speaker 1: some tarty takes. Let's do cringe moments. I mean, obviously,
Speaker 1: Sam and Artie's reaction to writers confession is yesinge.
Speaker 2: That and paired with Roz continually calling Becky Sue's adult
Speaker 2: baby fair best dance move. Oh there was some nice dancing.
Speaker 2: The tap that we both forgot happened.
Speaker 1: Right, Jake, I'm doing tab the Sioux Dancer size of
Speaker 1: class with Darren.
Speaker 2: And longest time was cute. Like the partner stuff was
Speaker 2: really cute.
Speaker 5: I guess.
Speaker 1: So let's just say I'd like to say the tap
Speaker 1: because it never happens. That's true. We love a tap moment.
Speaker 1: Best song at the Ballet at the ballet, the ballet.
Speaker 1: Best performance by a prop. I think you're your head helmet, the.
Speaker 2: Helmet and the headlamp. Yeah, and all of we will
Speaker 2: rock you, all of those instruments, like the garbage cans.
Speaker 2: I was literally like, what to do.
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna swipe this pole against all the things
Speaker 1: on the But.
Speaker 2: I think a lot of this episode, honestly, was that
Speaker 2: because we were in shadows and the dark, you can
Speaker 2: sort of do it. Also, like I got to be
Speaker 2: on my phone for all of chords and I'm which
Speaker 2: I was like, this is I'm like, I'm just chilling.
Speaker 2: I don't do anything.
Speaker 1: Best line Okay, well the callback to run Joey Run.
Speaker 1: There we could do best worst line Santana. All Right,
Speaker 1: you know what, Rachel, if you're still obsessing over what
Speaker 1: you're gonna sing at your funny girl callback, maybe may
Speaker 1: I suggest your best gam ever run Joey Run. I
Speaker 1: do love that line.
Speaker 2: I loved and the lights first go out, Sam goes
Speaker 2: Zombie Apocalypse and Unique goes or Beyonce's halftime. Yeah, I
Speaker 2: love that.
Speaker 1: Performance. MVP.
Speaker 2: Wow.
Speaker 1: There were a lot of good performances in this episode.
Speaker 1: To be honest, there were.
Speaker 2: I probably Blake. Blake had a lot to do, he did,
Speaker 2: he heard a lot, and Becca had some nice moments
Speaker 2: and I had some nice moments, Yeah for sure. But
Speaker 2: you know, thank you Paris for another great experience.
Speaker 1: Always always just a joy.
Speaker 2: And you know when you have to do those like sensitive,
Speaker 2: uncomfortable things, Paris sets you at ease, and it's just like,
Speaker 2: let's see it, let's just try it. This is a
Speaker 2: safe space, go for it. And like you know, like
Speaker 2: we were all there to make the thing that was
Speaker 2: written on the page come to life, and so like
Speaker 2: that's our.
Speaker 1: Task, and that's preach. That's what Paris says.
Speaker 2: So shit we found On TikTok we have two videos
Speaker 2: Jenna speaking of Billy Joel. Darren recently yeah hosted Elsie Fest,
Speaker 2: his wonderful like musical theater concert he does. And lo
Speaker 2: and behold look who came out to performy blam.
Speaker 1: And they did a Billy Joel song. Yes they sure did.
Speaker 1: Oh my god, Rody Addict on TikTok post of this. Wow,
Speaker 1: look at that backdrop of the Sunset chords out there. Beautiful?
Speaker 1: What a location for this Selsi fast get it Darren,
Speaker 1: I know wonderful. It's not the same venue as I
Speaker 1: did with him.
Speaker 2: And there's another video of the Warblers post Max Adler.
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, Max is there performing together.
Speaker 1: Oh we love our reunion. Elsie Fest is really fun,
Speaker 1: you guys, if you haven't been, you want to go.
Speaker 2: I was texting with Darren afterwards and I have to come.
Speaker 2: I need to just stand on them.
Speaker 1: I did one of his Harry Potter musical members with
Speaker 1: him a couple of years ago.
Speaker 2: Also, j C from and Sync came out to perform. Yeah,
Speaker 2: I mean legend. Also speaking of musical theater, j C,
Speaker 2: who I can't believe is a friend of mine, along
Speaker 2: with Jimmy Harry created a new musical concept album show
Speaker 2: that hopefully will get madely based off of Frankensiegin. He's
Speaker 2: working on it for years and the music is so
Speaker 2: good and he's singing all of it for the you know,
Speaker 2: for this and it along with some other incredible singers,
Speaker 2: and like he's never sounded better. The music is so cool.
Speaker 2: It ranges like a whole lot of different genres and
Speaker 2: tells the story in a whole new way.
Speaker 1: It's I can't wait to check it out.
Speaker 2: It's quite brilliant, and his voice is just so good.
Speaker 1: You guys so good.
Speaker 2: Go pre order the Playing with Fire Musical concept album.
Speaker 2: It's just it's great, and they're like two of the
Speaker 2: nicest guys and they're working so hard on it. It's great.
Speaker 2: And I'm so jealous that he and Darren got to
Speaker 2: sing together.
Speaker 6: I know.
Speaker 2: I mean, so, if I ever do Elsfest, then we
Speaker 2: have to have j C come back.
Speaker 1: Obviously.
Speaker 2: Yeah, maybe we can get five of us and we
Speaker 2: can do a full and sync or whatever he wants.
Speaker 1: I don't want to force jac to do in sank
Speaker 1: if he doesn't want to, Okay, whatever he wants. Okay,
Speaker 1: that's this episode. Thanks for joining us for episode twenty
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