In this episode, New Directions competes against Kurt and the Warblers at Sectionals with Mike and Brittany as the featured performers. In other news, Finn and Rachel fight over Finn’s earlier affair with Santana, and end up breaking up when Rachel discloses that she tried to seduce Puck in revenge.

The highlight of this episode (IMHO) was the end, the performance at the end, that is.  Tina and Mercedes sang a powerful “Dog Days Are Over”, with the rest of New Directions backup dancing. Another must see was the dance routine that Brittany and Mike performed during the New Directions sectionals performance.

A fan fav will surely be Quinn and Sam (Chord Overstreet’s) performance of The “Time of My Life”, but to me that scene felt like a rehash of Finn and Rachel’s performance in last Season’s finale. The tie between New Directions and the Warblers (Kurt’s new school) also felt a little contrived to allow them both to advance to the next level while still allowing them to compete in this episode, but on the up side, Blaine will still be in the picture.

Featured Music

• Don’t Cry for Me Argentina (Distance Duet)
  • Chris Colfer’s Solo
  • Lea Michele’s Solo
• The Living Years
• Hey, Soul Sister
• (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life
• Valerie
• Dog Days Are Over

Watch the Full Episode

Here’s a list of the songs from Glee’s Season 2 premiere. Be aware that the Glee Cast performs most of these songs but several songs that are not featured might not be recorded by the cast. In those cases, the original recording or recommended recording is shown below.

• Empire State of Mind (Glee Cast Version) – Empire State of Mind (Glee Cast Version) – Single
• Telephone (Glee Cast Version) – Single – Glee Cast
• Billionaire (Glee Cast Version) – Single – Glee Cast
• The Best of Poison – 20 Years of Rock (Remastered) – Poison
• The King and I: (Music from the Motion Picture) – The King And I – Motion Picture Soundtrack
• Listen (Glee Cast Version) – Single – Glee Cast
• What I Did for Love (Glee Cast Version) – Single – Glee Cast