Glee (TV Series)

The Rhodes Not Taken (2009)

Lea Michele: Rachel Berry

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Quotes 

• Finn Hudson : You know what we should do?

  Rachel Berry : Elope?

  Finn Hudson : What?

  Rachel Berry : Nothing.

• Will Schuester : April is amazing. But she's not in the glee club anymore. It... I, uh... I screwed up bringing her here. It was about me, and Glee Club is supposed to be about you guys. You don't need her to be great.

  Mercedes Jones : But we need her for the second act.

  Will Schuester : I'll just have to go out there and tell them we had to cut the show short.

  [seeing how disappointed they are] 

  Will Schuester : Hey, guys. You were great. Don't worry. There will be other performances.

  Rachel Berry : [entering]  Excuse me? I think I might have a solution. In show business, when a star can't perform, her understudy steps in. I'd be happy to go in for April, if you'd let me.

  Mercedes Jones : Since when are you willing to be an understudy?

  Rachel Berry : Since I quit the play.

  Kurt Hummel : Really? Why?

  Rachel Berry : I realized being a star didn't make me feel as special as being your friend. If I'd let you down when you needed me the most, I'd never forgive myself. I know all the words to the song.

  Quinn Fabray : You don't know the choreography.

  Finn Hudson : Then we're gonna have to give her a lot of help out there.

  Will Schuester : Go get in your costume.

• Rachel Berry : Why didn't you tell me Quinn was pregnant?

  Finn Hudson : Who told you?

  Rachel Berry : Everybody knows but me. I'm the only fool who went out with you and let you kiss me, thinking you actually had feelings for me.

  Finn Hudson : But I... I do. Look, yeah, I haven't been totally honest with you, but that's different than lying. Well, maybe it's not that much different, but... but look, I need to get a music scholarship, so I can go to college, so I can get a good job so I can take care of my kid, and I can't do that if you don't come back to Glee Club. You should take it as a compliment.

  Rachel Berry : You could have just been honest with me.

  Finn Hudson : Look, I know what I did was wrong. I get that, but... that kiss was real.

  Rachel Berry : Whatever it was, it ruined any chance of me ever coming back to Glee. I hope you have fun playing house with Quinn while you languish in your little ensemble, but my dreams are bigger than that, and they're bigger than you.

• Will Schuester : Hey, can you give us the room, Rachel? We need to teach April the cues for "Don't Stop Believin'".

  Finn Hudson : Wait, she's singing the female lead?

  Rachel Berry : Wait, she's in the Glee Club? She's... ancient.

  April Rhodes : Talent doesn't age, sweetheart.

• April Rhodes : These high school boys are a lot hotter than they used to be. That Finn Hudson is one cutie pie I gots my eye on.

  Rachel Berry : Finn's taken, April.

  April Rhodes : Yeah, well, some guys like a little somethin'-somethin' on the side.

  Rachel Berry : I think your behavior is totally inappropriate, and your presence in this school is a complete travesty. What you choose to do with your life is your own business, but don't go around screwing up everyone else's.

  April Rhodes : I'm not afraid of you, sweetie. There was a time when I was the biggest star around here. And now that I've got that back... I'm never letting it go.

• Jacob Ben Israel : How does it feel to be just a sophomore and get the lead in the school musical?

  Rachel Berry : It's an honor. Frankly, one I feel I've earned. If there's anything I've learned in my sixteen years on the stage, it's that stars are rare, and when they're found, you have to let them shine.

  Jacob Ben Israel : [turning his recorded off]  Show me your bra.

  Rachel Berry : You mean the one I'm wearing?

  Jacob Ben Israel : Quid pro quo, Rachel. If you want a good review, show me your over the shoulder boulder holder.

  Rachel Berry : No way. You can't do that. My performance will stand on its own. Besides, no one reads the school paper, anyway.

  Jacob Ben Israel : Oh, but I'll post my scathing review online. You'll be finished on the high school stage. Now get those sweater puppies out of their cashmere cage.