Dark side is the seventh episode of Glee's fourth season and the seventy-thirdth episode overall. It premiered on November 29, 2012.
Mercedes, Mike, Puck, Quinn and Santana return to McKinley for the holidays. Kurt and Rachel however, decide to stay in New York for Thanksgiving to avoid drama, breaking the promise they made back before graduation about returning to McKinley on vacations. Finn decides to train the new joiners of the New Directions by pairing them up with the different alumni and plans PSY's Gangnam Style for the New Directions' big number at Sectionals. In New York, Kurt invites Isabelle and her friends to celebrate Thanksgiving with Brody, Rachel and him. Marley continues to lose weight and it eventually results in a major twist, effecting the New Directions.
It was directed by Bradley Buecker and written by former House writers and new consulting producers Russel Friend and Garret Lerner.
Plot[]
Songs[]
| Song Title | Original Artist | Performer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| I Want You Back | Michael Jackson | Warblers |
| Crazy/U Drive Me Crazy | Aerosmith/Britney Spears | Jake Puckerman and Marley Rose |
| The One That Got Away | Katy Perry | Artie Abrams, Brittany S. Pierce, Joe Hart, Sam Evans, Sugar Motta and Tina Cohen-Chang |
| Complicated | Avril Lavigne | Jane Hayward and Kitty Wilde |
| Dark Side | Kelly Clarkson | Blaine Anderson with Warblers and New Directions |
| Look What You've Done | JET | Kurt Hummel with New Directions |
Videos[]
 Crazy 'U Drive Me Crazy - Glee HD Full Studio-1 | |
|---|---|
 My Dark Side - Glee-0 |
Guest Stars[]
- Vanessa Lengies as Sugar Motta
- Samantha Marie Ware as Jane Hayward
- Samuel Larsen as Joe Hart
- Melissa Benoist as Marley Rose
- Jacob Artist as Jake Puckerman
- Marshall Williams as Spencer Porter
- Becca Tobin as Kitty Wilde
- Grant Gustin as Sebastian Smythe
Trivia[]
- None of the cast speak Korean, so they each had to learn to sing Gangnam Style phonetically.