Dance with Somebody is the seventeenth episode of Glee's third season and the sixty-first episode overall. It premiered on April 24, 2012.
Mercedes, Kurt, Santana, and Rachel pay tribute to Whitney Houston, causing Will to discuss the famous icon with Emma. He decides that Whitney Houston may be a good way to start to say goodbye as New Directions will be losing members soon due to graduation. Blaine accuses Kurt of cheating with another guy he met at the music store who texts him and compliments him daily. Santana and Rachel grow closer after a Whitney duet and as Joe assists Quinn with her therapy, she seems to be making progress.
The episode was directed by Paris Barclay and written by Ross Maxwell.
Plot[]
How Will I Know starts the episode off, with Mercedes, Kurt, Santana, and Rachel singing. Will watches them as they sing in the hallway.
In Emma's office, Will talks to Emma about how they still seem to be taking Whitney's death quite hard. Emma tells him that it's because they see her as their childhood, and they are still holding on to her so they don't have to say goodbye to their high school lives. She explains to him about how hard she took it when Princess Dianna died, showing him a pamphlet.
In the choir room, Will tells the group they will be singing Whitney as a way to say goodbye to her and to each other and the high school. By Blaine's locker, Kurt talks to him about what song he should perform for the week, and then how he should use one for his NYADA audition. He asks if Blaine wants to come to the sheet music store, but he declines. He leaves Kurt, a little upset.
While looking through music, Kurt runs into a boy named Chandler who compliments him on his outfit. He tells Kurt that he is looking for sheet music he can use to sing for his NYU audition. After a brief conversation he asks for Kurt's number.
Santana and Brittany singing "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
Brittany performs I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) with Santana. Quinn watches hurt, especially after Brittany tells her that she dreams of her dancing (and flying and breathing fire), which Joe notices.
Joe confronts Quinn about it, and then convinces her to allow him to go to her physical therapy. Will talks to Emma, surprising her that he has hired Mr. Lavender, the best wedding planner in Lima, to plan their wedding. He asks her about moving the wedding to May, she agrees in the end.
Rachel talks to Kurt about her practicing for a Whitney song. He gets a text from Chandler and shares the text with Rachel, who looks shocked. When she starts questioning, he tells her that Blaine seems to have no interest with him anymore.
Joe and Quinn
Joe and Quinn perform Saving All My Love for You and the club watches, blushing at the chemistry between the two.
Santana and Rachel perform So Emotional, getting New Directions whooping along. During the performance, Kurt continues to text Chandler, while Blaine watches, saddened.
In the girls' bathroom, the girls confront Quinn about her and Joe's relationship. She tells them that she thinks Joe isn't into her because of her chair.
Will comes home to meet Emma and Mr. Lavender discussing things for the wedding. When they talk about venues, Will gets frustrated when Mr. Lavender says he could find an available stage. Emma pleaded to Will about moving the date of the wedding to September. Will becomes annoyed at Mr. Lavender and Emma and fires Mr. Lavender.
In the football locker room, Joe talks to Sam about his feelings for Quinn, saying he couldn't control his "feelings" for her. He feels conflicted about his religion conflicts to his physical needs.
In Kurt's room, he finds Blaine with his phone. Blaine confronts him about Chandler's texts. He asks if he likes him, feeling that he is cheating on him. Kurt tells Blaine he likes how he makes him feel compared to what Blaine is acting like. He says he is sorry for making him upset, saying that what Kurt's doing with Chandler is not right, but it's ok.
The next day Blaine performs It's Not Right But It's Okay to a shocked group after he dedicates it to anyone who has ever been cheated on. After it, he leaves, tearing up.
At Santana's locker, Rachel confronts her about how amazing their duet was.
Rachel asks Santana to put her photo in Santana's locker.
She is saddened that it was their last duet, seeing as they hated each other. Rachel wants to be friends before they graduate, asking to put a picture of her in her locker. She hugs her and leaves. As she leaves, Santana puts the picture up, smiling.
Burt walks in on Kurt labeling all his possessions on what he will be taking to New York, leaving behind and throwing out. Burt feels that they have been too casual about Kurt leaving, not properly talking about it. He tells Kurt he doesn't want him to leave, not wanting to loose what he has with him now.
Kurt sings I Have Nothing, watching an uncomfortable Blaine slowly give into the song, he has tears in his eyes by the end.
Kurt's emotional rendition of I Have Nothing brings Blaine to tears.
In the locker room, Puck gives the ND boys a party bag for graduation as away for them to remember the moments they had together, no matter where they go and how much he will miss them.
In Emma's office, Blaine and Kurt have couple's counseling. Blaine shares that he hates how every conversation is about NYADA and how it makes him feel that he doesn't want to be with him anymore, how he thinks that in 4 months that he will be all alone without him, being alone without the love of his life. Kurt however reassures him promising that he would never leave him, and the two of them share a loving hug.
Will talks to Emma about how he has booked a camp ground for their wedding. She tells him they need to have it in November if he wants the stage, saying the kids will come back for the wedding. He asks what if they don't confessing he doesn't want them to go. She tells them that no matter where and when they have it. They will be there.
Kurt's locker
In the physical therapy, Quinn notices that Joe is having an erection. He feels embarrassed, but she tells him that it's fine. He tells her that he thinks she is perfect and feels like he doesn't have to do what God says for him to feel closer to him, wanting to be with Quinn. Joe asks what they have and she replies with, something new.
At Kurt's locker, Blaine compliments Kurt on his outfit, and sends him an "unscheduled" text. At first, Kurt tells him that he told Chandler not to text him anymore, but is surprised to find out he sent it. He asks him to blow off glee, but Kurt turns him down and says they only has a few left together.
Performance of "My Love Is Your Love"
In the April Rhodes Civic Pavilion, Mercedes and Artie are singing My Love Is Your Love alone and Kurt and Blaine join in, along with Rachel and Finn. Will was then shown watching as Puck, Santana with Brittany, Joe with Quinn, Sam and Tina with Mike join in.
Songs[]
| Song Title | Original Artist | Performer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| How Will I Know | Whitney Houston | Kurt Hummel, Mercedes Jones, Rachel Berry, and Santana Lopez |
| I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) | Brittany Pierce and Santana Lopez | |
| Saving All My Love for You | Joe Hart and Quinn Fabray | |
| So Emotional | Rachel Berry and Santana Lopez | |
| It's Not Right But It's Okay | Blaine Anderson with New Directions | |
| I Have Nothing | Kurt Hummel | |
| My Love Is Your Love | New Directions |
Guest Cast[]
Guest Stars[]
- Mike O'Malley as Burt Hummel
- Chord Overstreet as Sam Evans
- Joel McKinnon Miller as Richard Lavender
- Samuel Larsen as Joe Hart
- Justin Castor as Chandler Kiehl
Absent Cast Member[]
Trivia[]
- There's a spotlight on the Glee logo in the title-card.
- This is the first time where two consecutive tributes air in one season.
- This is the second tribute episode that isn't written by Ryan Murphy.
- This is the second tribute to a deceased artist. The first one was Michael.
- This episode drew a 2.7 rating 18 - 49 with 6.900 million total viewers. It is up three tenths from last weeks episode and is now back on the same level as Big Brother. Source
- Puck is missing during It's Not Right But It's Okay.
Mistakes[]
- When Blaine and Kurt are talking at Blaine's locker, the music note in his locker reverses during a camera angle change.
- When Kurt was in the music store, you can see a hand in the camera.
- After So Emotional, Rachel says they wasted three years to sing a duet when in fact they sang A Boy Like That/I Have A Love, I Kissed a Girl and We Found Love as duets earlier in the season.
- When Joe and Quinn are at the physical therapy the second time and are talking about Joe's faith, whenever the camera closes up on Joe's face, he has a lock of hair falling from the left side of his face. Whenever it shows both of them, the lock is tucked behind his ear.
- When Rachel is talking with Santana the photo that you can see in her notebook is there, then it's not, then it's there again before she gave it Santana.
Gallery[]
Videos[]
Glee Behind The Scenes - 3X17 "Dance With Somebody"