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Recap - 'Glee': 'Grilled Cheesus'

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The episode begins with Finn making a grilled cheese sandwich. In voiceover, he explains: "It all started a week ago. I was super hungry but my mom was gone so I busted out the George Foreman. It wasn't making cool grill marks like it used to after I tried to use it to dry my shoes, but when it comes to grilled cheese, I'm not that fancy. And when I pulled the sandwich out I saw the face of God, literally. I had made a grilled cheesus." The toast marks on the sandwich have formed in the shape of God.

Finn explains that he is not religious, but decided to pray to the sandwich to see what it felt like. He asks the snack to let McKinley High win their first football game, explaining that God owes it to Artie for making him use a wheelchair. He adds that if they win, he will make sure glee club honours Him. Later, McKinley High win the game and Finn praises "grilled cheesus".

Meanwhile, Kurt arrives at his dad's garage to bring him his breakfast. Burt tells him to be home early on Friday night for a family dinner with Carole and Finn. Kurt explains that he can't go as he wants to attend a Sound Of Music singalong, adding that it is a "once in a lifetime event". Burt points out that their Friday night dinners are a family ritual which Kurt's mother started, but Kurt claims that Friday nights are important to teenagers. "Those dinners are sacred," Burt tells him, but Kurt says that The Sound Of Music is sacred to him. "If we start giving up Friday night dinners we've got nothing to hold onto," Burt says. "If we don't schedule time, we don't hang out. If we don't hang out, our lives go by." Kurt refuses to attend the dinner on Friday, suggesting that they make it Thursday instead. As Kurt leaves, Burt admits that he is disappointed in him.

At glee club, Finn reveals that something has happened to him that is shaking him to the core. When Puck asks if he is coming out, Finn replies that a man has come into his life - Jesus Christ. He asks if they could pay tribute to Him in music. Kurt reveals that he doesn't go to church because "most churches don't think much of gay people or women... or science". Brittany admits that she falls asleep whenever she prays, but the other glee club members seem impressed with the idea. Will suggests that the songs could be about spirituality rather than God. Meanwhile, Puck says that "true spirituality is about enjoying the life you've been given", adding: "I see God every time I make out with a new chick." He performs 'Only The Good Die Young'.

Back at the garage, Burt is serving a customer when suddenly he collapses. Back at school, Emma runs down the corridor to Will. The pair go to find Kurt, who is speaking French in class. "Kurt, can we talk to you outside?" Will asks. At the hospital, a doctor arrives and Kurt immediately asks after his father. The doctor reveals that Burt is alive but adds that his heart attack was caused by arrhythmia. He explains that Burt has a lack of blood to the brain, which made him lose consciousness and is keeping him in a coma. He admits that he doesn't know when Burt will wake up. Will, Emma and Kurt go to see him, but Kurt asks for a minute alone. When they have gone, Kurt takes his father's hand and says: "Dad, can you hear me? If you can hear me, squeeze my hand. I'm holding yours right now. Just squeeze back. Come on Dad, just squeeze my hand."

Meanwhile, Finn is praying to "grilled cheesus" again. "I need to ask you something," he says. "I'm dating Rachel. She's great but she's kind of a prude. I'm kind of going crazy. Her boobs aren't great but they're still girl boobs and I would really like to touch them. I've dedicated a week of my musical life to you. I hope you can see it in your heart to answer my prayers."

Back at glee club, Santana and Brittany approach Kurt and tell him that they are sorry about his dad. Finn storms in, demanding to know what has happened. "It didn't occur to me to call you," Kurt tells him. "He's not your father." However, Finn replies: "He's the closest I'm going to get. I don't know what it looks like to everyone else, but I thought we were sort of family." Kurt takes his bag off the seat next to him so that Finn can sit down. Will arrives, and Mercedes explains that she would like to sing a song to tell Kurt what she's feeling. She explains that it is a spiritual song, before performing 'I Look To You'.

Afterwards, Kurt thanks Mercedes and praises her voice, but adds that he doesn't believe in God. The rest of the club are shocked, but he continues: "You've professed your beliefs, I'm just stating mind. I think God's like Santa Claus for adults. Otherwise, God's kind of a jerk, isn't he? I mean, he makes me gay then has his followers going around telling me it's something that I chose, as if someone would choose to be mocked every single day of their life. And right now, I don't want a heavenly father. I want my real one back." Mercedes points out that he can't prove there is no God, but Kurt says that he can't prove there isn't "a magic teapot floating around on the dark side of the moon with a dwarf inside of it that reads romantic novels and shoots lightning out of its boobs". While Brittany asks if God is "an evil dwarf", Quinn angrily says they shouldn't be talking like this. Kurt apologizes but tells her: "I can't believe something I don't. I appreciate your thoughts but I don't want your prayers."

Later, Sue and Will are in Principal Figgins's office. Sue is complaining about the glee club's spirituality lesson, pointing out that there should be a separation of the church and state. Figgins suggests that the children should be able to express their beliefs, but Sue says it cannot happen in a public school. "If your kids want to praise Jesus in class, I suggest they enrol in the Sweet Holy Mother Of God Academy on Jesus Street," she tells Will.

Meanwhile, Finn is in Rachel's room and she asks him if they can talk. She admits that his new-found love for Jesus is affecting her. "I want this relationship to go the distance, but once I'm 25 and have won a bunch of Tonys and I'm ready to have intercourse and babies I want to know that those babies will be raised a certain way," she tells him, adding that she wants them to be Jewish. Finn is thrown by Rachel's suggestion that she won't have sex until she's 25, but explains that he understands her desire to have Jewish children. Rachel thanks him and they lie down on the bed. "I'd like to give you something in exchange for what you gave me," she tells him, before resting his hand on her breast. "Thank you grilled cheesus!" Finn whispers.

S02E03 - Sue Sylvester and Kurt
Elsewhere, Sue tries to find out what is happening in glee club from Brittany and Santana. Santana admits that Kurt is not enjoying the religious comments. Later, Sue approaches Kurt and tells him that she doesn't like what's going on, but adds that she can't go to the board without a complaint from a student. Kurt asks if she wants him to be the scapegoat, but Sue replies: "I know I mess around with you guys for fun. I admit it, it aids my digestion. But I'm not joking here - I want to be your champion."

Glee S02E03: Grilled Cheesus - Sue Sylvester
Later, Emma storms into Sue's room and asks why she intervened. "There's a boy in glee club who might lose his father," she says. "How can you get in the way of giving that poor child a little bit of comfort? Tell me what horrible, horrible thing happened to you that made you such a miserable tyrant." Sue replies: "Since I was a little girl I've had exactly one hero. My big sister was the sun and the moon to me, but while I was still very young I noticed that other people didn't feel the way I did. People were rude to her, cruel, they laughed at her, so I began to pray. I prayed for her to get better and nothing changed. So I prayed harder, and after a while I realized that it wasn't that I wasn't praying hard enough, it's that no-one was listening. Asking someone to believe in a fantasy, however comforting, isn't a moral thing to do. It's cruel." Emma claims that Sue is being a little arrogant, but Sue points out that being arrogant is telling someone that if they don't believe in God, no matter how honest their intentions, they're going to hell. Emma asks Sue to keep her beliefs to herself, and Sue replies: "So long as you do the same. That kid could lose his father at any moment. You should start preparing him for that."

Back at glee club, Will explains that they can still sing whatever songs they want outside of school. "I hope you're happy, Kurt," Quinn complains. Will points out that Kurt had the right to speak his mind, but Mercedes tells Kurt that siding with Sue won't do anyone any good. "It's doing me some good," he replies. "Now I don't have to sit around listening to you mental patients talking about how there's a God when I know there isn't one."

Glee S02E03: Grilled Cheesus - Finn
In the changing rooms, Finn takes "grilled cheesus" out of his locker and thanks it for letting him touch Rachel's breasts. He asks if he can be made quarterback now. Puck enters and asks what Finn is doing. Finn claims that he prays before he eats. Puck admits that he went to temple with his nan. "I know it makes me a wuss, but I'm bummed about Kurt's dad," he says. "I know what it's like not to have a father." He asks what Finn prays about, and Finn replies: "The same stuff."

Later, Rachel takes Finn to the park and reveals that she doesn't want anything to come between them and God. She adds that she hopes God hears her song as a prayer for Burt. She begins to sing 'Papa Can You Hear Me?', and continues at the hospital with Quinn, Carole and Mercedes, who have lit some candles. Kurt stands outside watching, before entering and asking what's going on. They explain that they are taking it in turns to pray for Burt. Kurt says he didn't ask them to do that, and reveals that he has found a Sikh friend who is going to try acupuncture on Burt. "Needles pierce the skin better than songs," he says. "Please leave now." Rachel says they just wanted to do something, but after they leave Kurt blows out the candle.

Glee S02E03: Grilled Cheesus - Coach Beiste
At the football match, Finn suggests a different tactic. When they begin the play, Coach Beiste complains that they are doing something different from what she suggested. Suddenly, Sam collides with another player and ends up dislocating his shoulder. Coach Beiste explains that they shouldn't change tactics and reveals that Sam will have to go to hospital. "Congratulations," she tells Finn. "You're quarterback again."

Later, at glee club, Will congratulates Finn on getting the job as quarterback and leading the team to win their second game, but Finn looks guilty. Kurt decides to give a speech and thanks the group for their "kind emails and queries". "I need to express myself, so with your permission I've prepared a number for the occasion," he says. "On the day of my mom's funeral, when they were lowering her body to the ground, I was crying. That was it, the last time I was ever going to see her. I looked up at my dad and I just wanted him to say something, to make me feel like my whole world wasn't over. And he just took my hand and squeezed it. And just knowing that those hands were there to take care of me - that was enough. This is for my dad." Kurt tearfully performs 'I Want To Hold Your Hand'. In flashbacks, we see Kurt as a child riding his bike and falling over, with Burt coming to check on him. We also see Kurt feeding Burt fairy cakes at a tea party, and a flashback to the funeral of Kurt's mother.

Later, Mercedes approaches Kurt in the corridor and asks to talk to him. She admits that although he is going through a scary time, she feels as if she doesn't know how to be around him anymore. Kurt agrees and apologizes for pushing his friends away. Mercedes asks him to come to church with her, adding that her church normally dedicates a service to someone and she would like to honor Burt. Kurt agrees.

Meanwhile, Finn visits Emma and frantically tells her that he is the reason Sam got hurt. He explains that the three things he asked "grilled cheesus" for came true. "I didn't mean for anyone to get hurt," he says. Emma tells him that they won the football match because they have a coach "who watches the plays rather than biting their toenails", and adds that God didn't let him touch Rachel's breasts, but Rachel did. She asks what Finn and Rachel were doing beforehand, and Finn admits that he was yawning because they were talking about emotional stuff. "She felt close to you," Emma explains. "Thus the inappropriate touching." She continues: "God works in all kinds of mysterious ways but He doesn't spend a lot of time trying to speak to us through sandwiches." Finn admits that he is a bit disappointed, explaining that he thought he had a direct line to God and now feels as if he's just floating around in space. "You're not alone," Emma says. "The big questions are really big for a reason. They're hard, everybody struggles with them." Finn leaves and performs 'Losing My Religion'. As he moves through the school, he spots Kurt sitting tearfully in the library. The performance ends in glee club, where Mercedes complains that they can't sing about faith but can sing about losing faith. Finn admits that he used to think there was a God, but is now not so sure.

On Sunday, Kurt admits that he is impressed everyone has dressed up so much to go to Mercedes's church. She leaves him to join the choir, but before the service she asks the congregation to dedicate their prayers to Burt and Kurt. "You've got to believe in something more than you can touch, taste or see," she tells Kurt. "Life is too hard to go through alone without something to hold onto, something sacred." She performs 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' with the choir. As the congregation get up to clap and dance, Kurt begins to smile. The woman next to him pulls him up too and nods at him as he claps along.

Meanwhile, Sue is playing checkers with her sister, who complains that Sue is letting her win. Sue asks Jean if she believes in God, but Jean asks Sue if she does. Sue admits that she doesn't, explaining: "When we were little girls, you were perfect in my eyes, and I watched the world be cruel to you." Jean admits that she believes God never makes mistakes and asks if she can pray for Sue. "That would be nice," Sue replies.

Back in the hospital, Kurt is talking to his father. He recounts a story of their first Friday night dinner after his mother died, explaining that Burt made chicken but when they cut into it, it was raw. "We cracked up before we remembered we weren't supposed to yet," he continues. "I'm sorry about the other day, Dad. I should have let those guys pray for you. It wasn't about me, it was about you, and it was nice. I don't believe in God, Dad, but I believe in you and I believe in us. You and me, that's what's sacred to me, and I'm so sorry I never got to tell you that." As Kurt holds his father's hand, Burt's finger begins to twitch and Kurt calls for the nurse. "Dad, I'm right here," he says. "I'm not going anywhere."

Back at glee club, New Directions perform 'One Of Us'. As they sing, Sue joins Will in the audience. "The kids really wanted to do the song, Sue, so I let them," Will tells her. "Are you going to get me fired? Report me?" However, Sue simply replies: "No." Meanwhile, Finn takes the "grilled cheesus" out of the fridge. When 'One Of Us' ends, he throws a napkin down onto the empty plate.


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