Glee (TV Series)

The Rhodes Not Taken (2009)

Matthew Morrison: Will Schuester

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• Will Schuester : Hey, Em. Just trying to figure out the setlist for Saturday.

  Emma Pillsbury : I just got back from the emergency room. Had them give me four decontamination showers. I think they call that "the full Silkwood".

  Will Schuester : What happened?

  Emma Pillsbury : Kurt was drunk and he ralphed on me. Not really fessing up to how he got the booze just yet, but I'm pretty sure it's not a fake ID, because he looks like an eleven year old milkmaid.

• Will Schuester : Guys, I'd like to introduce you to someone very special. This is April Rhodes. She's our newest member.

  Finn Hudson : Wait, so old people can join Glee Club now?

  April Rhodes : Old, huh? You guys look like the world's worst Benetton ad.

• April Rhodes : So, did I sleep with you?

  Will Schuester : [taken aback]  Um... I was a freshman when you were a senior.

  April Rhodes : ...So, did I sleep with you?

• 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.

• 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.