
Sam states that he is going to fight to win back Mercedes. Sam approaches Mercedes in the hallway, and they have a conversation about their past relationship. He confronts Finn about the problems Finn has with him, to which Finn admits that he was jealous of him. Tina tries to intervene with Mike's father, but he remains convinced that dancing is too risky a path for Mike.Īfter a brief argument in the choir room between Blaine and Sam, which resulted in Blaine storming out angrily, Finn walks in the McKinley gym to find Blaine boxing a punching bag, and he explains that he was in the Fight Club back at Dalton. When she tries to argue with him, Mike is angered and tells her if she doesn't understand maybe they should break up. Tina is appalled when Mike tells her that he will not be applying to dance schools as planned, but has instead applied to Stanford's pre-med program to please his father. When Blaine goes to get more coffee, Kurt warns Sebastian to stay away from his boyfriend. The Warblers revealed to have won their Sectionals. Kurt and Blaine are at the Lima Bean when Sebastian interrupts them and joins them at the table. For the two final performances they need to be able to compete, New Directions recruits its bassist and drummer to instead sing and dance. In the hallway, Quinn attempts to reconnect with him to help her reclaim Beth, but he rebuffs her. At the end of the performance Santana walks in and reads him a welcome back note from her notebook, stating that she has written one just in case he was ever coming back. He is then seen in the choir room performing Red Solo Cup with the other members. Unknown to his parents, Sam is dancing at a strip joint to help paying family expenses he wants to return to McKinley, and his parents agree to let him go. Finn and Rachel travel to Kentucky to ask Sam to come back to McKinley High for Sectionals.

The New Directions needs 12 members to compete, but only has nine with Rachel suspended from school. Sam and Mike during the performance of Red Solo Cup

Rachel insists that she will ruin Beth's life if she takes her from her true mother, Shelby. She wants to reclaim Beth and sabotage Shelby's rival glee club (The Troubletones) prior to Sectionals competition. Quinn plans to get Shelby fired for sleeping with Puck.
