Glee: red herrings, plots that went nowhere, and stuff that made no sense

[rm]

1. Wasn't Quinn supposed to have some vengeance plotline this episode? Where did that go? Instead she got a haircut? Did she have an actual narrative that was excised so we could get the Klaine and Samcedes post-Nationals stuff?

2. Remember the shooting spoilers from NY, specifically the Tiffany & Co scene with the key and the post-it note and all the ridiculous speculation we engaged in? I could see it in the window when Kurt leads Rachel away from Tiffany, but clearly it wasn't anything. Was it a plotline at one point? Or were the creators just trolling us again?

3. Okay, when Blaine and Kurt have their ILU scene, Blaine says they are on their way to buy sheet music. Blaine is out of uniform and Mercedes says she'll see Kurt later in class. Later, we see Kurt in class in the same outfit he was wearing in the Lima Bean. This raises the following questions:

- While Blaine's out of uniform status can be explained away by the frequently different calendars public and private schools run on, what the fuck sort of schedule do Kurt and Mercedes have that it's a) shocking to run into each other in the middle of the day, b) sheet music stores are open that Kurt and Blaine have time to go to and c) class happens sometimes after that? Can anyone untangle this? ANYONE AT ALL?

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[shadings.livejournal.com]

This gif from tumblr accurately sums up everyone's confusion re: #1



I don't know about #2, either, except there was also speculation going on about how Carole was going to be in this ep and had something to do with the key, so maybe that whole thing got cut?

As for #3, could it be that the flight back from New York arrived some time in the early morning and so all the Glee kids got to take the morning off school, and Kurt immediately decided that instead of catching up on any sleep he would meet up with Blaine? I know that occasionally happens at my school if we have a trip and arrive back at an ungodly hour; we get to skip a couple of classes in the morning, but have to attend the rest of the day. I don't know if this is at all likely for a day school like McKinley (I'm at a boarding school, and also not in the US), but...

[shadings.livejournal.com]

Crap, just realised my theory for #3 doesn't work because I'm pretty sure from the way Rachel's talking to Finn near the end, it sounds like Finn's been avoiding her for a while now. Maybe days. Not just a couple of hours. :| Oh well, guess it's just more Glee handwaving.

Or yeah, what shia_labeouf said also seems plausible, except again, this is me talking from an English boarding school POV where we sometimes have like lunch breaks that last longer than two hours if we're lucky. Dunno if that ever happens in state schools in the US.