- Radio Times
- Review by:
- Jack Seale
No Rachel or Kurt this episode: boo. We’re back at McKinley High for some not too subtle baton-passing. Asked to co-direct the glee club’s production of Grease, Finn is soon standing on the football-pitch sideline looking for the new him. He finds Ryder (Blake Jenner, winner of The Glee Project season two) dancing in the endzone and sets about grooming him for performance and teaching him how to sing classic rock with a face like someone who just got lemon in a paper cut.
It’s left to Sue Sylvester to save the episode. Her take on Grease: “An oversexualised minstrel show featuring teen pregnancy and the ridiculously unnecessary lubrication of lightning.”
About this programme
5/22. In an episode set solely in Ohio, Finn is wallowing in self-pity so Artie persuades him to help co-direct the school's production of Grease. But Sue objects to Unique playing a female character, while Blaine is too heartbroken to take the male lead. Enter footballer Ryder Lynn - played by Glee Project-winner Blake Jenner - who is persuaded by Finn to try out for Danny. Meanwhile, as Will prepares to leave for Washington, DC, Emma has second thoughts about going with him.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Blaine Anderson
- Darren Criss
- Sue Sylvester
- Jane Lynch
- Artie Abrams
- Kevin McHale
- Finn Hudson
- Cory Monteith
- Brittany Pierce
- Heather Morris
- Will Schuester
- Matthew Morrison
- Sam Evans
- Chord Overstreet
- Mercedes Jones
- Amber Riley
- Mike
- Harry Shum Jr
- Tina Cohen-Chang
- Jenna Ushkowitz
- Emma Pillsbury
- Jayma Mays
- Principal Figgins
- Iqbal Theba
- Coach Beiste
- Dot-Marie Jones
- Sugar Motta
- Vanessa Lengies
- Wade `Unique' Adams
- Alex Newell
- Joe Hart
- Samuel Larsen
- Marley Rose
- Melissa Benoist
- Kitty Wilde
- Becca Tobin
- Ryder Lynn
- Blake Jenner
- Jake Puckerman
- Jacob Artist
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