Glee: Season 3, Episode 1

The Purple Piano Project (20 Sep. 2011)

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Its fall and that means back to school for the students and faculty at McKinley High. The New Directions clan returns after a devastating loss at Nationals, so Mr. Schuester assigns a ... See full summary »

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Its fall and that means back to school for the students and faculty at McKinley High. The New Directions clan returns after a devastating loss at Nationals, so Mr. Schuester assigns a project to get them back on track. Meanwhile, Sue Sylvester starts her congressional campaign. Written by Fox Publicity

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Trivia

When Emma is providing Kurt and Rachel with college counseling, she says, "Kent State has a wonderful musical theater program and a macabre backstory, so if you're having a bad day, or you don't get the lead in the musical, you can say to yourself 'you know what? Things really could be worse.'" Emma is referring to the incident on May 4, 1970, in which members of the Ohio National Guard fired 67 rounds into a crowd of unarmed college student war protesters on the Kent State campus, killing four students and wounding nine others. This incident is now seen by many historians as a turning point in national attitudes about U.S. involvement in Vietnam. See more »

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When Kurt and Rachel are talking in the car it is raining on Rachel's side of the car. The camera then cuts to Kurt and the first two times his side of the car is completely dry until the third cut to him. See more »

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Finn Hudson: The truth is, I have no idea what I'm doing. I look around, and everyone knows where they're headed, or at least what they want. I'm lost. It's like I can't even remember who I am anymore.
[gets slushied in the face by several students]
Finn Hudson: Now I remember.
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References Deliverance (1972) See more »

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"Big Spender"
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Written by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields
Performed by Vanessa Lengies
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