Duets (12 Oct. 2010)

The glee club works on a duet assignment, and Finn and Rachel plan to throw the competition so that Sam can have a shot at winning. Meanwhile, a love triangle between Mike, Tina and Artie ... See full summary »

Director:

Eric Stoltz

Writers:

Ryan Murphy (creator), Brad Falchuk (creator),

Stars:

Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Jessalyn Gilsig

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Dianna Agron	...	Quinn Fabray
Chris Colfer	...	Kurt Hummel
Jessalyn Gilsig	...	Terri Schuester (credit only)
Jane Lynch	...	Sue Sylvester (credit only)
Jayma Mays	...	Emma Pillsbury (credit only)
Kevin McHale	...	Artie Abrams
Lea Michele	...	Rachel Berry
Cory Monteith	...	Finn Hudson
Heather Morris	...	Brittany Pierce
Matthew Morrison	...	Will Schuester
Mike O'Malley	...	Burt Hummel
Amber Riley	...	Mercedes Jones
Naya Rivera	...	Santana Lopez
Mark Salling	...	Noah 'Puck' Puckerman (credit only)
Jenna Ushkowitz	...	Tina Cohen-Chang

Storyline

The glee club works on a duet assignment, and Finn and Rachel plan to throw the competition so that Sam can have a shot at winning. Meanwhile, a love triangle between Mike, Tina and Artie develops.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Music | Musical | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 October 2010 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Productions, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to Fox's "Behind the Scenes in Brittany's Bedroom," Brittany has 30 notches carved into her bed to represent her "conquests." They can be seen on the front left top rail.

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Goofs

Kurt mentions that "Make 'Em Laugh" in "Singin' in the Rain" is a duet. It is, in fact, a solo number performed by Donald O'Connor. The closest to a duet it gets is when he uses a life-size rag doll as a prop. The big Gene Kelly/Donald O'Connor number is "Moses Supposes".

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Quotes

Brittany Pierce: I was going to order us one really, really long piece of spaghetti like in 'Lady and Tramp.' And I've been practicing nudging meatballs across the table with my nose.

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Connections

References Summer Stock (1950)

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Soundtracks

"Le Jazz Hot!"
(uncredited)
Music by Henry Mancini
Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse
Performed by Chris Colfer

User Reviews

Just a music fan..

I only watch 'Glee' for one reason... I love music! The fact is they could throw out all the story lines and just sing and I would like the show much more. But as the story lines are geared to introducing the varied musical styles/songs, I endure.

There have been several episodes over the past two seasons that have really stood out, musically, for me. Most notably, "Home" from season one with Kristin Chenoweth ("Pushing Daisies".. and a superb singing voice) and Matthew Morrison ("Will Shuster") performing a mash-up duet of Burt Bacharach's "One Less Bell to Answer" and Luther Vandross' styled cover of "A House is Not a Home". Brilliant performance!

The more I watch the show, the more impressed I am with Lea Michele's ("Rachael") voice. Watching her sing last season I kept comparing her to a young Barbra Streisand and in a few performances she blew me away with her Streisand'esquire singing style and range.

In this episode she performs a wonderful duet with Chris Colfer ("Kurt") of "Happy Days Are Here Again" and pays homage to Streisand in voice and in dress. A Great Performance!

The duets by "Kurt" & "Rachael" and "Mercedes" & "Santana" duet of Ike & Tina Turner's classic "River Deep - Mountain High" are the two superb musical standouts of this episode.