Glee - "Wheels" Episode Recap

It's been awhile since I had a Glee post to make! Due to the World Series it wasn't on for a couple of weeks or whatever but it was back wit ha fresh episode this week and it was all I'd been waiting for!

As most people know, I am a huge Artie fan [Kevin McHale is love]. So I was just waiting and waiting for an episode to feature him. Nearly everyone else had been featured in some way up until this point and even though he got to sing a bit on "Somebody to Love" [which they cut out] and then a lead on the boys mashup, I was just anticipating when they finally would have an Artie-centered episode and this week was it!

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This week on Glee, we find out that the school doesn't have the budget to afford a handicap accessible bus for regionals/sectionals [whatever the heck it is]. The principal informs Mr. Schuester that in order to fly to the different competitions, the Cheerios have someone who donates money or raise the money themselves. Mr. Schue decides then to approach the Glee kids with the idea of a bake sale in order to raise the funds to get the handicap-friendly bus. Initially the kids are resistent, thinking that Artie won't mind because he's used to having his father drive him seperately. We learn that the auditorium doesn't have handicap ramps either, and that Artie does feel a big dejected because of the other Gleeks' resistence to hold the bake sale. Mr. Schue gives them the ultimatum that either they raise the money and they all ride to the sectionals together or they don't go at all. He also assigns them to 3-hours per day in a wheel chair and informs them they will be performing a number in wheel chairs.

The bake sale seems to be a flop and meanwhile Sue is forced to hold open tryouts to fill Quinn Fabray's spot on the Cheerios, with Mr. Schue supervising the auditions. It appears to him that she is up to something, when she picks a mentally handicapped girl for the open spot. He spies on her too, siting that she is being cruel to her, in which Sue says she treats everyone the same and states that she shouldn't treat the girl any differently just because she has a handicap, which kind of puts Mr. Schue in his place.

Throughout the episode we see Quinn and Finn struggling as she recieves bills for the sonograms and doctors visits for the baby. Finn has been unable to obtain a job and Quinn is afraid her parents are going to find out about the pregnancy if they don't pay for the bills sooner than later. The baby's true father, Puck [who has really been shown in a diferent light lately], offers what little money he has leftover from his summer pool-cleaning business, which she rejects, and the two of them have a very heart warming and cute scene in the home-ec room. I love Puck.

During their time in wheel chairs, it is shown that Artie and Tina seemingly have some sort of feelings for each other which aren't known. It is also shown that using the the wheel chair as an act, Rachel has helped Finn get a job, threatening to sue for discrimination if he isn't hired. The wheel chair and the desire to be a good guy and not a Lima-Loser prompts Puck to make some "special" treats for the bake sale which have people gobbling them up.

We also see thoughtout the course of the episode that Rachel and Kurt are going to compete for the solo of the Wicked song, "Defying Gravity". Kurt's father had went to the principal and Mr. Schue and stated that he would sue for sexual discrimination if Kurt was not allowed to audition for the song. Mr. Schue announces that after the "Diva Off" each Glee member will cast a vote to determine who will be singing the song. After a harrassing phone call to Kurt's father, Kurt purposely throws the audition so that his father won't have anymore harrassment and embarassment. There are some touching moments between the two of them.

In a cute scene with Artie and Tina, they race in wheel chairs and then she gets out of hers, eager to give Artie a kiss, which he seems very pleased with [after having previously told her that his penis is in working condition]. Following the kiss, Tina admits to him that her stutter isn't real and is just a defense mechanism she created years ago to keep people at a distance because she was so shy. Artie is offended and displeased with this confession because he thought they had something in common and it turned out to just be a big lie.

There is another cute Puck/Quinn moment where he tries to give her money again and tells her he wants to buy a house and they can all be a family [she, him and the baby] but it turns out it was just the bake sale money. She seems impressed with his efforts but Finn comes and whisks her away to practice, leaving me feeling like Puck is way too good of a guy for this bad boy image and for Quinn.

Artie tells that troop that he is going to let his dad drive him to sectionals and use the money to give to the school for handicap ramps in the auditorium. Mr. Schue then discovers that the ramps have been paid for by Sue Sylvester and they charter the bus using the money. We find out in the end of the episode that Sue actually has a sister who is mentally handicapped and in a home. She visits her everyday to read to her and we see a truly caring and beautiful side of Sue which brought me, personally to tears.

Oh yeah, the whole Glee casts performs a rousing rendition of "Proud Mary" in the wheelchairs. Very well choreographed. Ze end.