Episode 2.16, "Original Song" Recap

Here's what happened on yesterday's last episode:

The Warblers opened the show with Maroon 5's Misery with an intensified energy......well, besides Kurt. Kurt admits that he is jealous of Blaine getting all the solos and all the numbers and he feels like the Warblers are actually "Blaine and the pips".

Meanwhile in Mckinley, Rachel tries another attempt in her songwriting gig and asks Finn about her new song "Only Child". Well, the song turned okay but it is not far from "My Headband". Finn thinks that Rachel played scared with her song and suggests she look deep inside herself and find where the songs are coming from. While their conversation is going, lurking around the corner is Quinn who seems very jealous with the ex-lovers. It turns out that Quinn wants to be the Prom Queen for the year and she thinks that being with Finn is the fast-ride to that status. However, she cannot get Finn with Rachel playing cute girl around so she plans to "keep her enemy closer" and befriend Rachel.

The scene shifts to the nail polishing Kurt who whistles beside Pavarotti the bird. Without doing anything at all, the bird drop dead so Kurt showed up in the Warbler meeting (should I say "parliamentary procedures"?) the next day with a recording tape. He sings a heart warming rendition of The Beatles Blackbird and ending up with tears streaking in his well-moisturized cheeks. Blaine was obviously moved and inspired by the solo and suggested to the group, through a point of order, that he wanted to do a duet with Kurt at the Regionals.

(Here comes the best part) While Kurt was decorating the casket of Pavarotti, Blaine approached him. Kurt asked Blaine why he picked him for a duet and Blaine said that while Kurt was singing he realized that Kurt was the one he is looking for (I blush). The two shared a kiss confirming their affection with one another. Although I am not for Kurt and Blaine, I still think that this kiss is hot.

Back at McKinley, Brittany asks Santana why she is not talking to her. Santana said that Brittany blew her off and that it's Brittany's lost. Sue, the new coach of Aural Intensity, enters the scene saying that she will get back to them by deserting her in Cheerios. So Brittany and Santana opens their locker and come all the dirts in their mouth and on their clothes. Brittany has no memories of putting dirts in their locker.

William received a cease and decease order from somewhere stating that they could not sing My Chemical Romance for the Regionals. Rachel raised again her suggestion that New Directions should sing original songs. As a part of her plot, Quinn backs Rachel saying that they do their best when they push themselves. Finn agreed and it was decided that New Directions will be having original songs for their set list. (Thus the title of the episode!). As a result, Santana wrote a "heterosexual song" for Sam titled Trouty Mouth which ended up with Sam being insulted. Puck tries to get another shot for Lauren and sings her his song Bad Ass Heart. Mercedes transforms her famous expression to a song and performs Hell to the No. All these were not considered for the regionals so Will asked the club their notion of pain. The kids all feels that being branded as a loser is their personal pain so they all agreed to write a song with a title Loser Like Me.

At the day of the competitions, Sue came to Will and said that New Directions is about to lose for singing original songs. Will comments that Sue is having too much of a confidence for a rookie and she said that Aural Intensity's set list is custom made for the panel of judges. It turned out that Sue let AI sing Jesus Is My Friend in order to touch the taste of the nun judge. The Warbler's performed the Blaine and Kurt's duet Candles from Hey Monday and finishing their number with Pink's Raise Your Glass.


Finn approached Rachel on the backstage saying that he was really impressed with the song. Rachel, broken hearted from knowing that Quinn and Finn are back together, asked him to listen very carefully in the song for she means every word of it. Rachel sings her every own song Get It Right which is inspired by her failed relationship with Finn and her desire to reconcile with her ex. Finn seemed amazed in the background. To cap off their number, New Direction sang their anthem Loser Like Me expressing their response to the people who brand them as loser. They ended up slushing the audience with red confetti.

During the deliberation,the Palin-esque judge Tammy Jones expressed that she is disturbed by the Warbler's performance because of the "gayness" of the number. Sister Mary Constance, whose liberality as a nun comes from the fact that she is a former stripper,  disagrees with Tammy saying that she enjoys the duet and she is not buying Aural Intensity's number. Rod Remmington raised New Direction in the deliberation and Tammy said that she didn't like Loser Like Me because she never felt like a loser even though she lost the recent election . Rod pushes them to vote afterwards. The governor's wife announced New Directions as the winner. While they were rejoicing, Sue punched the governor's wife straight to the face and she leaves the stage.

Days after the regionals, Blaine and Kurt buried Pavarotti and Blaine thinks that this "funeral" reminds Kurt about the death of her mother. Kurt admits that but the sadness is still compounded by losing the Regionals. Blaine said that they had won each other anyway and the two leaves the grave holding each other's hand.

Back in McKinley, Holly sends her congratulations via a flirty phone call to Will. Will gives Rachel the MVP award. Touched by the appreciation, Rachel delivers an emotional thank-you speech and she was approached by the team ending the episode with their happiest group hug.