GLEE-CAP: The Rocky Horror Glee Show

By: Oct. 27, 2010
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Let's do the Time Warp, Gleeks! This week Glee takes on one of the most provocative musicals of all time, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. After talking to Emma about her date with Carl to see Rocky Horror, Will decides to take on Rocky Horror for a full production (he plans to charge admission to finance the club's trip to New York for Nationals) as an assignment for the Glee Club. Initially, the Glee Clubbers are confused by Mr. Schue's choice of show, but soon begin to dig into the idea of performing the racy musical.

Real-life couples Finn and Rachel take on the fictionalized couple of Brad and Janet; however the idea of being in his underwater makes Finn suddenly very body conscious. The body conscious Finn is not aided by the fact studly Sam will be playing the role of Rocky, baring his well-toned body.

Worried about his body being not up to par, Finn turns to Sam, who tells Finn to cut out all the junk food and begin working out.  Will turns to Emma to help with the production in the form of doing the costumes, to which she soon enlists Carl's help.  Sue, not pleased by Will's idea to perform Rocky Horror, forces her way into the production, much to Will's dismay. However, in true Sue form, she's using the production as a front to get material for her Sue's Corner segment.

Everything is moving forward with the production: Rachel and Finn knock "Damnit, Janet" out of the park in rehearsals, Finn is becoming more and more okay with his body as he begins working out, and the kids are having a great time with the assignment. However, everything comes to a halt when Mike's parents tell him he cannot participate in the show, leaving the production without a Dr. Frankenfurter.

After getting into the costuming aspect, Carl suddenly wants in on the production, auditioning with "What Ever Happened to Saturday Night", which prompts Sue and Will to protest his involvement, especially considering they need a Frankenfurter, and not an Eddie.  However, Mercedes steps up to the plate and decides to take on the role of Dr. Frankenfurter, giving "Sweet Transvestite" an R&B-diva makeover.

After revealing to Finn that he's not too fond of his own body, Sam begins to have second thoughts of playing Rocky, prompting Mr. Schue to assume the gold shorts.  In preparation, Will asks Emma to help him rehearse, which ends with Emma getting "dirty" with Will while singing "Touch A- Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch Me" as Santana and Brittany playfully watch and sing-a-long.

After Sue's Corner airs and tears apart the production, Will realizes that doing the production doesn't need to be seen by an audience to truly allow the Glee Clubbers to feel it completely. Also, Will confronts Emma about his real reasoning behind doing the production, revealing he still loves her, but realizes perhaps Carl may be the best thing for her, at the moment. Mr. Schue tells the Glee Clubbers that the production will still go on, but without an audience, allowing them to finish out their production and do The Time Warp.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the World Series, there will be no new episode of Glee next week. Glee will return with a new episode, November 9th.  Count your Gold stars and drink a Slushie! See you next time, Gleeks!

 


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