Glee: Michael

This episode was not nearly as good as Yes/No, and that is unfortunate. Mercedes begins the episode by mentioning how upset she was that for sectionals, she wasn't able to sing any Michael Jackson songs, and so the whole Glee club decides to focus his songs for the week. And thus another theme episode begins. The plot was thinner and weaker than the latest new episode, and the songs weren't nearly as well done.
The main plot dealt with the New Directions going head to head against the Wrablers, where both Blaine (Darren Criss) and Kurt (Chris Colfer) attended.  But now the Wrablers are headed by the cute, but horribly nasty Sebastian, who loves Blaine but hates the New Directions with a passion, especially Kurt. After hearing from Blaine that they were preparing Michael Jackson numbers, and so the Wrablers announce that they will also do that. So the two groups meet and have a show-off that ends horribly for Blaine as Sebastian tosses some tainted slushy in his eyes. Santana takes the jab personally, and later has her own sing-off with Sebastian, singing easily the best number of the show, Smooth Criminal, with two guys in the middle playing the cello as though their lives depended on it. But Santana, sneaky as she is, taped a recorder to her underboob and captured the confession that Sebastian had laced the slushy with rock salt, but it was meant for Kurt. Yet, the New Direcitions opt not to turn the information over to the police, instead they want to crush the Wrablers at regionals and want Sebastian to be there so they can enjoy it all the more.
There were also two other side plots. Sam somehow gets Mercedes to sing a debut with him, which she does reluctantly, though it ends with a kiss. And that was it.
And then there was Finn and Rachel. Though Kurt got his letter for NYADA, he is a finalist, but Rachel had still not received hers, so after talking to Quinn (who strongly discouraged Rachel from accepting), she still said yes which made both of them very happy, and then at the end, Rachel finally gets her NYADA letter, she is also a finalist. And yet another cliffhanger. Too bad the episode wasn't any good, not really, the songs were weird, and largely unknown, and some of them, especially the last one just didn't blend in with the show, but it could have been worse, much worse, but unfortunately, it is probably one of my least favorite episodes of the season. Grade: B-