Guilty Pleasures (Glee)
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| "Guilty Pleasures" | |
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| Glee episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 17 |
| Directed by | Eric Stoltz |
| Written by | |
| Featured music | |
| Production code | 4ARC17 |
| Original air date | March 21, 2013 |
| Guest appearances | |
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"Guilty Pleasures" is the seventeenth episode of the fourth season of the American musical television series Glee, and the eighty-third episode overall. Written by Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner and directed by Eric Stoltz, it aired on Fox in the United States on March 21, 2013. Kelley Mitchell, Jennifer Greenberg, Melissa Buell, Tym Shutchai Buacharern, Paula Jane Hamilton and Darla Albright were nominated at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series for this episode.
Blaine Anderson (Darren Criss) and Sam Evans (Chord Overstreet) take over the glee club while Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) is out sick, and have New Directions perform their musical guilty pleasures in order to strengthen the bond between its members. Blaine and Sam perform "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" as a demonstration, and Sam later performs "Copacabana", followed by Blaine, who performs "Against All Odds". Sam notices that Blaine directs the song at him, and Blaine admits he had a crush on him. Sam reveals that he's known for a while and respects Blaine's feelings as they reaffirm their friendship.
Marley Rose (Melissa Benoist), Kitty Wilde (Becca Tobin), Brittany Pierce (Heather Morris), Tina Cohen-Chang (Jenna Ushkowitz) and Wade "Unique" Adams (Alex Newell) perform "Wannabe", and Artie Abrams (Kevin McHale) notes how Kitty became closer to New Directions. The girls later confront Jake Puckerman (Jacob Artist) over performing a Chris Brown song, and although he claims that they should differentiate an artist's personal life from their work, he agrees to change the song and performs "My Prerogative".
In New York, Santana Lopez (Naya Rivera) returns to the loft, and Brody Weston (Dean Geyer) moves out after his fight with Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith). Santana reveals to Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) that Brody was a gigolo, and Rachel later confronts him at NYADA, where they decide that their relationship has definitely come to an end. Rachel thanks Santana for not giving up on trying to make her see the truth. Santana and Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer) later comfort Rachel, and they sing "Mamma Mia" together, simultaneously with New Directions, who perform it to celebrate the success of the assignment.
Production
The episode was written by Glee executive producers Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner and directed by Eric Stoltz.[1] Shooting continued as late as February 25, 2013.[2]
Recurring characters in this episode include glee club members Wade "Unique" Adams (Alex Newell), Marley Rose (Melissa Benoist), Jake Puckerman (Jacob Artist), Kitty Wilde (Becca Tobin) and Ryder Lynn (Blake Jenner), and NYADA junior Brody Weston (Dean Geyer).[1]
Seven songs from the episode are being released as singles: Barry Manilow's "Copacabana" performed by Overstreet, Radiohead's "Creep" performed by Michele and Geyer, Bobby Brown's "My Prerogative" performed by Artist, Phil Collins's "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" sung by Criss, Wham!'s "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" performed by Criss and Overstreet, Spice Girls' "Wannabe" performed by Newell, Benoist, Tobin, Ushkowitz and Morris, and ABBA's "Mamma Mia" performed by Michele, Rivera, Colfer and New Directions.[3][4]
