I'll Stand By You (Finn Hudson x OC)

EIGHTY FIVE

Season 4, Episode 19:  Sweet Dreams

Ownership of Glee:  FOX, Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk

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"Big news, guys. I just got a direct tweet from the Greater Midwest Regional High School Show Choir Board of Directors. The theme for this year's regionals is..." Will is cut off by Brittany.

"Sweaters." Brittany says.

"...dreams." Will finishes.

Brittany sighs. "Close."

"As you know, some of the past judges we've had haven't been that bright, or that sober, so our best bet is to take the dream theme literally. We'll start out with "Dream Weaver" and then we'll segue into "Sweet Dreams" and we'll bring it home with "You Make My Dreams Come True." Okay?" Will says.

Marley and Angie are frowning.

"Marley, you're frowning." Will comments.

"No. I just don't know any of those songs." Marley says.

"Well, you'll know them soon enough because we're learning them today." Will says.

Marley clears her throat. "Maybe... could we try some original songs, like you did two years ago?"

Sam — sorry, Evan — nods. "Yeah, my twin brother Sam told me you guys totally crushed regionals two years ago with those sweet tunes."

"Well, S... um, Evan, that was a different time and a different team." Will remarks.

"Will, could we at least talk about the set list?" Angie asks.

"I mean, when Finn was here, we got to help..." Artie is cut off.

"Do I have to remind you guys how lucky we are to even be at regionals? We're there on a technicality, which means there's absolutely no room for even the smallest of mistakes. Trust me. Anybody else have something they want to say?" Will interrupts.

No one else says anything.

Will nods. "Great. Brad, warm 'em up."

Angie looks in disbelief.

Will's trying to make them lose Regionals.

/ / /

Will is having New Directions practice their set list the next day. "All right, guys, let's get right into it. And remember, the trick is the change in vocal quality from the smooth, sultry sounds of Gary Wright to the commanding tone of Annie Lennox, and then back to the poppy fun of Darryl Hall."

"Uh, Mr. Shue? Um, we kind of got together as a group after you gave us these songs yesterday, and we came up with some... alternatives." Blaine says.

Angie nods in agreement. They'd had a secret glee club meeting to arrange a new set list for Regionals.

Will looks shocked. "Why would you do that?"

"Mm, you might need some woman
parts to help you sell that." Unique says.

"I'll go get Evan." Sam says.

"Sam, sit down. Honestly, I don't even know what's going on in this room anymore. What happened to you guys? Openly defying me? Unique, you need to tone it down with the whole boob thing. Sam, we all know you don't have a twin brother, and frankly, it's distracting. And, Angie, I am disappointed in you for allowing this to go on." Will says.

"I'm sorry, but we're just trying to..." Angie is cut off.

Will interrupts. "No, what you were trying to do is not rehearsing the song list that I gave you, and that is unacceptable. So here's what's going to happen. I'm going to go to the teachers' lounge and get the coffee that I skipped to get here early, and when I get back in five minutes, you will be ready to rehearse... my songs." Will says strictly.