The Glee Project (2011–2012): Season 1, Episode 8 - Believability - full transcript
- So here's what you missed on
the glee project. It is so on.
First lindsay kissed a boy
and made him cry.
- The kiss between him and
lindsay makes me so jealous.
- During sexuality week,
sam smoldered hard
At anything that moved.
It was all a bit too steamy
for saintly cameron.
- [laughs]
- In the end,
he sacrificed himself...
- Maybe this isn't for me.
- And saved his best friend
damian to live another day.
Talk about the luck
of the irish.
Now only five contenders remain
as they compete
For a seven-episode
guest-starring role on glee.
And that's what you missed
so far on...
SINC: -THE TUUNZ-
Here, There, Everywhere!
- [laughs] oh!
- Yay!
- Yeah, finally!
- Are we singing the whole song?
- We're singing the whole song.
- Oh, I'm so excited!
- Ooh, I'll let you.
So this week's homework
assignment is true colors
By cyndi lauper.
I think that singing
the whole song
Will be vocally
more challenging
Than singing a tiny part.
It's gonna be different
but I'm very excited.
- ♪ can't remember when
I last saw you laughing ♪
- The dynamics have changed
a lot, you know, obviously.
Cameron's left and, you know,
he was my best mate, of course,
So I don't feel I can talk
to any of the guys
The way I could talk
to cameron.
You know, we're all friends,
but it's beginning to feel
More like a competition.
- Things are getting close
to the end,
And now I have the drive
to win this competition
Like no other drive
I've ever had in my life.
- I kind of like the freedom of
picking a girls' song, though,
And being able to mess with it,
you know?
I've been here
for eight weeks now.
Never even done
a last-chance performance
Or been in the bottom three.
I think the only thing
I'm thinking is,
What are we trying to
make people believe?
I feel very believable
today.
The only question I keep
asking myself is,
Am I trying
to make them believe
What they want me
to make them believe?
You guys want to go practice?
- Yep.
[school bell rings]
- This homework assignment
is amazing.
I love the song.
We're gonna blow
the guest star away.
I'm excited for whoever
it's gonna be.
- Oh!
- [laughs]
- Aah!
[clapping]
- Hi, guys.
How are you?
- So robert rolls
into the choir room
With jenna ushkowitz.
She's been with glee
since the beginning,
And I'm really stoked,
and might I add,
She looks beautiful
in person.
- I'd like to introduce
jenna ushkowitz,
Who plays tina on glee.
- Hi, guys.
How are you?
I've heard so much
about you guys.
Congratulations for making it
this far.
- Thank you so much.
- So this week's theme
is believability,
And this week's challenges
are gonna be all about
Taking on character,
emotion, and story.
Speaking of which,
jenna, you play someone
Who's very different
from yourself.
- Of course, this is tina.
This is not me.
Um, you have to really pull from
your life, your personal life,
To create a character.
- The song we're singing today,
true colors,
Jenna sang on glee,
So I think
she's the perfect mentor
To help us connect
with our inner emotion.
- This song is
very important to me.
I love this song.
I think it's just a really,
really beautiful song
To sing to a friend or to
somebody very special.
I sang it to my friends
in the glee club.
- Lindsay, you're up first.
- Good luck, everyone.
I can't wait
to hear you sing.
[intro to true colors]
♪ ♪
- ♪ you with the sad eyes ♪
♪ don't be discouraged ♪
♪ oh, I realize ♪
- ♪ it's hard
to take courage ♪
♪ in a world
full of people ♪
♪ you can lose sight
of it all ♪
♪ and darkness
still inside you ♪
♪ make you feel so small ♪
- ♪ show me a smile then ♪
♪ don't be unhappy ♪
♪ can't remember when ♪
♪ I last saw you laughing ♪
♪ if this world
makes you crazy ♪
♪ and you've taken
all you can bear ♪
- ♪ you call me up ♪
♪ because you know
I'll be there ♪
♪ and I'll see
your true colors shining ♪
♪ yeah, yeah ♪
♪ your true colors ♪
- ♪ and that's why
I love you ♪
♪ so don't be afraid ♪
- ♪ to let them show ♪
♪ your true colors ♪
- ♪ true colors ♪
- ♪ are beautiful
like a rainbow ♪
[applause]
- yay. So good.
Thank you.
- So, what do you think,
jenna?
- You guys were amazing.
You were so great.
Alex, your voice
is incredible.
I was very captivated
by you.
- Thank you.
- Damian, it was--
it was dreamy.
[laughs]
it was so sweet
And just so heartfelt.
- Thanks.
- Samuel, awesome.
It was such a strong choice.
Your intensity, it was
just so spot-on,
So it was really,
really great.
- Thank you so much.
- Sam is a good actor,
But there's really only oe
That he makes.
Just kind of a...Look.
Kind of just squints
and stares at you intensely,
Which is, you know,
great for certain things,
And then for others,
it's not so awesome.
- Lindsay, you are
a wonderful actress
And it was such a sweet,
beautiful rendition of the song.
It was really, really great.
- Thank you.
- And hannah,
you sounded incredible.
So, just joyous
and I could tell, like,
It was very specific
When you were trying to
cheer somebody up.
You just put a smile
on my face. It was wonderful.
It was a really, really,
really tough choice.
Um, but hannah, it worked.
'cause I'm picking hannah.
- Oh, my god.
- [laughs]
- yay!
- It was awesome. I can't
wait to work with you.
- Oh, thanks.
This is my first one.
This is really cool.
- Yay!
- Oh!
So, since I win
the homework assignment,
I get a mentoring session
with jenna, and I am pumped.
Um, I think it's really, really
going to help me out this week.
- So this week's big group
number is...
- Paramore's
the only exception.
- Oh!
- Oh, my god.
- It's one of my favorites,
for sure.
- I love that song.
- This video is about
that very painful feeling
That almost every high school
student has experienced--
Being in love with someone
who doesn't know you exist.
- Mm.
- Mm.
- I had a thing for damian
in the beginning.
I know that there's, like,
nothing that's going to happen
Just because I know that
he just sees me as a friend.
So this--this is definitely
something I can relate to.
- There won't be choreography
this week.
It's all about your vocals
and acting skills.
- I do believe that
I am a believable actress,
And I've been complimented
on my subtle acting,
And I just hope that that
trickles on into this week.
- You guys were amazing.
Thank you so much.
Hannah, I will see you soon.
- See you later, guys.
[applause]
- bye.
- Whoo!
- [sighs]
- Hannah, girl.
I'm a little upset that
there's no choreography,
Because I'm a mover,
I'm a shaker.
- I'm so sad I'm not
doing floor work.
Man!
- I think this week will be
the hardest acting challenge
We've ever had
throughout the competition.
Let's--as if we were
being able to pick
Our own person that
we were in love with,
A friendship,
who would you pick?
- I'd pick hannah.
- I, honestly, though,
I think that if I got you,
I would--not that I'm, like,
not okay with playing it,
Like, girl on girl, whatever,
like, 'cause I'm cool with that.
- I would make it more
friendship.
- But, I think, yeah, like,
You would be the cool,
popular girl
And I'm just like, ehhh,
Carrying my books
to math class,
Like, I really wish
I was her friend, wahh.
- You know, honestly, I'm ready,
I'm ready to hit on a girl
After last week.
- Hannah, because--
- I picked hannah.
- Because I love her.
Because I love her but
she doesn't know I exist, so...
- [snickers]
true.
[laughs]
- [laughs]
[school bell rings]
- Hello.
- Hi.
- This song is going to be a
challenge for these contenders.
I'm gonna try to get as much
range in their performances
As I possibly can.
- ♪ when I was younger ♪
♪ I saw ♪
♪ my daddy cry ♪
- I don't know,
I just need to hear
A little bit more,
um, pain, I guess.
I don't feel like you're
telling me a story yet.
- ♪ my daddy cry ♪
- oh.
- ♪ and curse at the wind ♪
- oh, yes.
Yes, yes, yes.
- Thanks.
- Did you feel it?
- Yeah.
- ♪ you are
the only exception ♪
- You're just pushing
really hard.
Can you try one
that's just more smooth?
- ♪ oh, and I'm on my way
to believing ♪
- That was totally right.
Now do it
with more confidence.
- Cool.
- I felt like you were,
"oh, am I right?
Am I right? I'm not sure."
- Yeah.
- So tell me about,
How are you gog to
convey the story?
- I'm kind of getting
to the head space
When my father died.
[crying]
I'm sorry.
[sniffling] I'm sorry.
- No, don't be sorry.
- There's just so much pain
that I've always held back
And I've just never wanted
to bring up or use.
[sniffles]
- It's something
that I don't think
You ever
can really get over 100%.
You just have to live
with it,
And you're doing that.
But I think it is important
that you're letting it out.
- Being that my father died
when I was six years old,
I never had a male influence
in my life all the time.
I'm really just feeling
every bit of emotion
That I've ever felt of
longing to have a father,
And hopefully it's
coming across in my vocals.
♪ and that was the day
when I promised ♪
♪ I'd never sing of love ♪
♪ if it does not exist ♪
♪ ♪
- Ah.
- Ah.
- You're getting
a believability for sure.
I'm almost kind of speechless
about alex.
He's never given
such a heartfelt
And simple performance
before.
It was magical.
- I just started to cry
and break down,
And I couldn't stop,
and I started shaking,
And I didn't know
what to do.
And she just came
and started talking to me,
And it just made everything
feel better,
Because she always knows
what to say.
- Yeah.
- Well, I'm proud of you.
- Yeah.
- Thanks.
- Hello.
- Hi.
- Let's, um, do a run-through
and see what we can get.
- ♪ leave me with some kind
of proof it's not a dream ♪
♪ oh ♪
♪ ♪
- How are you doing?
- I'm fine.
- Uh-oh.
- Sorry.
[sniffling]
I'm fine.
- You are?
- Mm-hmm.
- What are you thinking about?
- Home.
- Thinking about the things
you left behind.
- Yeah.
- And is it worth it?
- It is.
- So go ahead
and let it out.
- ♪ I've got a tight grip
on reality ♪
♪ but I can't ♪
- I don't know,
I just feel like
Lindsay is forcing
emotional drama
Instead of letting it
happen naturally.
Got it.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- You're awesome.
- Did she just say,
"you're awesome"?
- I'm sure she was
talking to you.
[laughs]
- No, no, no, I know
she was talking to me,
But I know
she didn't mean it.
That's what I'm getting at.
- Oh.
- I have felt
on more than one occasion
That she's not being
100% real.
- That's emotional.
- Yeah?
- Yeah. I don't know.
I just talked about
how I do miss home
And, like, I miss being able
to talk to my mom, you know,
And, like, the people
that I love,
And what you sacrifice
to be at a place like this
And for your career
and it was just heavy.
[school bell rings]
- I'm supposed to be
in love with alex,
And damian is sitting, like,
right in front of alex,
So I'm getting
a little bit distracted.
- I just wish it was
making me feel something.
[school bell rings]
- What's up, gang?
How's everything? Good?
What's up, alex?
All right, so this is
the library.
Hannah, you're gonna be
over there.
- Okay.
- There's definitely
this side of me
That's nervous
about this week.
This is the first time I've
ever really been examined
As an actor, which is crazy
to even say,
'cause I've never even
considered myself an actor
And it is freaky,
but at the same time,
I know that freaking out
And letting the nerves
get the best of me
Is just gonna make
my performance worse.
- I think this could be
the best big group number yet.
In this video, each contender is
singing to another contender,
So hannah is longing for alex,
who is longing for damian,
Who is longing for lindsay, who
is longing for samuel
Who is longing for hannah.
I love the fact
That this is gonna be done
so much in close-up,
So we're really going to
be able to analyze
Their acting
and their screen presence
And I happen to love
the song, so...
- Here we go,
and playback, please.
[intro to
the only exception]
- I'm supposed to be
in love with alex,
And damian is sitting, like,
right in front of alex,
So I'm getting
a little bit distracted.
- Cut.
- ♪ my daddy cr-- ♪
- One more time.
- You know what, hannah?
You know what I mean?
- Yeah.
- Cool.
- I don't want to focus
on that.
I want to be focusing
on the competition
And the fact that I won
the homework assignment.
Jenna says, do every performance
like it's my last.
- You're here for a reason.
- Yeah.
- You know,
just stick with that
And sing
like it is your last time.
- ♪ oh ♪
- Yeah.
That was so good. Okay, good.
- Thanks.
- All right. See,
I'm glad we did that because--
- Yeah.
- There's--they're just "ohs"
but they're "ohs."
- Yeah, like,
I want you so bad.
- Yeah. Just go for--you don't
have to be afraid of it at all.
Just use it and the emotion
behind will--
Will change your vocals
completely.
- Here we go.
And playback, please.
- ♪ as he tried
to reassemble it ♪
- That was so much better.
- Cool, thanks.
- ♪ and that was the day
when I promised ♪
- I'm kind of already
in character.
I'm thinking of my father,
and I feel like
Just being in this mindset
will help me be believable.
- Alex, he seems like
a little bit too down.
It doesn't feel like love.
It feels like depression
or something.
- He's pining after his dad.
- He's pining after his dad.
And I mean, I guess,
the truth is,
No matter what they think,
You as an audience
have to believe
He's pining after damian.
- So you love damian. We gotta
see that without singing it.
You ready?
- Good?
- Yeah.
[intro to the only exception]
- ♪ and my mama swore ♪
♪ she would never ♪
♪ let herself ♪
- oh, that was better.
- ♪ forget ♪
- Oh, that was great.
- Cut.
- Cut!
- I know.
- I didn't thinkhe could do.
- I am really nervous about
the big group performance.
I'm a person
who cannot sit still.
I have to do something.
You know, I just have
so much movement in me.
You know, not in a good way.
I can't dance.
And knowing that the judges
are sitting,
Looking at a close-up,
makes me nervous.
I just hope to god my eyebrows
don't start dancing.
- And playback, please.
- ♪ you are
the only exception ♪
♪ you are the only
exception ♪
- So this is
what's happening.
♪ you are ♪
- I'm gonna tell him.
- Absolutely. Sure.
- And playback.
- ♪ I know you're leaving
in the morning ♪
♪ when you wake up ♪
- I think lindsay's performance
is really nice.
I just wish it was making me
feel something.
- Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
- Cut.
- Cut.
- One more time.
- Lindsay,
we need a little more--
We need a little more
twinkle.
Okay?
- Yeah.
- It's there,
but we need just a--
- A little more.
I'm feeling kind of anxious
Because it is kind of
just us,
Essentially by ourselves,
with our own close-ups,
Kind of in our faces
and kind of intense.
And it is nerve-racking beca+'e
this is a competition.
- Cool. Let's go again.
- This is what I want to do
with my life.
Cameras everywhere.
Makeup chicks just like,
le-dah dah dah.
Life is good.
- Samuel's up now,
so this is the first time
That he can't fall back on
the bad boy/cool guy look.
- Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.
- He has to really, like,
be vulnerable.
So I'm gonna go see right now.
- Cool.
- Good luck.
- All right.
- ♪ you are
the only exception ♪
- Samuel
is definitely simple.
- ♪ you are
the only exception ♪
- Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut.
I think that if, um,
She is somebody that
you're really longing for,
You wouldn't be
as confident
As to
just stare through her.
- Okay.
- Maybe one where
you're kind of, like,
Almost--almost
a little nervous.
- I hope that he can
incorporate
Some more vulnerability
Or a sense of longing
into that performance.
This was one of the more
difficult big group numbers.
Since acting is all about
connecting to the camera,
The contenders
had to convey emotions
Through subtle performances.
Now we will have to watch
the video
To decide who will be
performing for ryan.
- Cue playback, please.
[beeps]
[intro to
the only exception]
♪ ♪
- ♪ when I was younger ♪
♪ I saw ♪
♪ my daddy cry ♪
♪ and curse
at the wind ♪
♪ he broke his own heart ♪
♪ as I watched ♪
♪ as he tried to
reassemble it ♪
- ♪ and my mama swore ♪
♪ she would ♪
♪ never let herself forget ♪
♪ and that was the day ♪
♪ when I promised ♪
♪ I'd never sing of love ♪
♪ if it does not exist ♪
- ♪ but darling ♪
♪ you are
the only exception ♪
♪ you are the only
exception ♪
♪ you are
the only exception ♪
♪ you are the only
exception ♪
- ♪ oh ♪
♪ oh ♪
- ♪ I've got a tight grip
on reality ♪
♪ but I can't let go ♪
♪ of what's
in front of me here ♪
♪ I know you're leaving
in the morning ♪
♪ when you wake up ♪
♪ leave me with
some kind of proof ♪
♪ it's not a dream ♪
♪ oh ♪
- ♪ you are
the only exception ♪
♪ you are the only
exception ♪
- ♪ you are
the only exception ♪
- ♪ yeah, yeah ♪
- ♪ you are
the only exception ♪
- ♪ oh, and I'm on
my way to believing ♪
♪ yeah ♪
♪ and I'm on my way
to believing ♪
♪ ♪
- All right, everybody.
That is a wrap.
Excellent job.
- All right.
[applause]
[school bell rings]
- It was
a little disconnected
From what the purpose
of the song was.
- The performance fell short,
I think.
You will be performing
for ryan tonight.
[school bell rings]
- What's up? And how are we
feeling about today?
- [bleep] myself is the correct
explanation, I believe.
Very nervous.
You know, I'm not gonna
lie to ya.
I've prepared myself for
being in the bottom three.
I'm not a negative person,
but I just believe
That because I've been there
four times,
I'm just gonna
be there again.
- I'm pretty scared.
I don't want to be there.
After this video shoot,
and, you know,
Doing close-ups
and stuff like that,
Just being a little bit
not as happy with my performance
As I usually am,
I feel like
it's a definite possibility
I'm meeting ryan, gonna end up
in the bottom three.
- Only time can tell
what is gonna happen.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
- Hi.
- Hey.
- As you can see,
zach isn't with us today
Since there was
no choreography this week,
But we have nikki
to help us
With this difficult decision
today.
- Hello.
- Hi.
- So it's that time, guys.
Three of you will be doing
last-chance performances
For ryan tonight.
Only two of you are safe.
Hannah, I wanted to tell you
that I thought
In the homework assignment,
You have never sounded
more beautiful
However,
at the actual shoot,
I thought you seemed
distracted.
You're such a good actress.
I was just surprised.
Do you--do you know why?
- I just--I was confused,
and I-I tried my best, so...
- Damian, I thought you did
a great job at the video shoot.
It really made me proud
Because you haven't really
acted before, have you?
- Not that intense ever.
That was just incredible.
I didn't think
it was gonna be that hard.
You know,
I'm gonna be honest.
I didn't expect it
to be that tough.
- Lindsay, it's no denying
that you are a great actress.
But on the shoot this week,
zach,
Who is one of
your biggest fans,
Commented that you didn't
make him feel anything,
As several of the other
contenders did.
- Lindsay, I have to say
that in the studio this week,
You did frustrate me
a bit.
- I'm sorry.
- It was almost like
you came in
Emotionally prepared
to have a breakdown
Because you saw some of
the other contestants
Maybe have a real moment.
It may have not been
what you intended,
But, um, it didn't come across
true to the moment.
- Well, it's just, a lot of
things have been building
Just by being here,
and I'm sorry
If it came off false,
but it--it wasn't at all.
- Samuel,
at the video shoot,
To be honest, I didn't
feel the romantic side
That I wanted to from you.
I just wanted to feel
more vulnerability and longing,
And the performance fell short,
I think.
- Alex, it took you a while
to warm up on the shoot.
From the very beginning,
you did connect to a deep place,
And that was very powerful,
But it made your performance
read kind of sad.
It was a little disconnected
From what the purpose
of the song was.
But when you were given the note
to focus more on longing,
You took it, and I think
your performance
Was breathtaking, really.
- Thanks.
- You will
not have to perform
A fifth time
for ryan tonight.
- Thank you so much.
- Lindsay, you will be
performing for ryan tonight.
- Okay.
- Hannah, you also will be
performing for ryan tonight.
- All right.
It's on.
[laughs]
- So samuel and damian,
that leaves you guys.
Damian, you've performed
for ryan four times already.
Do you think you have it
in you to do a fifth?
- [laughs]
yes, I do.
But I don't want to.
But I have it in me, yeah.
But I'd just rather not.
- Samuel, you have yet
to perform for ryan.
Are you ready to sing
for him if you have to?
- Yeah.
- Samuel, you are going to be
performing for ryan tonight.
- Oh, my god.
I did not expect this.
I've been to hell and back,
but I am gonna fight
Until, you know,
until--until the death
To win this competition.
I'm blown away.
- So hannah, lindsay,
and samuel,
It's time to prepare for your
last-chance performances.
- Lindsay, you will be singing
maybe this time
From the musical cabaret.
- I have no idea
what that song is.
- You don't? Oh, you--I think
you'll know it when you hear it.
- I will learn it tonight.
- Yeah.
- [laughs]
- Samuel, you're gonna perform
animal by neon trees.
- Nice!
- [laughs]
- yes!
- I'll take that
as an "I know it."
- I'm already imagining this
place, like, fully packed,
You guys screaming my name,
and I'm just like, let's go.
- Cool. Good.
- So, I'm ready.
- Hannah, your song is back
to December by taylor swift.
- Yay!
- [laughs]
- I love that song!
Thank you!
- So the next time
I see you on the stage,
I'll be with zach and ryan.
Can't wait to see
your performances.
You guys are all gonna be
incredible.
It's gonna be
a great show tonight.
- All right.
I definitely feel like
the underdog in this situation,
Competing against lindsay
and samuel.
That just makes me
want to work even harder,
So I feel a lot more
competitive than usual.
- ♪ something's bound
to begin ♪
I'm nervous,
I'm very nervous,
But I'm just
going to sing it.
I think it's gonna be
intense,
Against, you know,
personalities,
And--and talent,
like sam and hannah,
It's not gonna be easy.
- [groans]
I've never been in
the bottom three before.
You know, at first,
I'm kind of feeling like
This song is a big song
to take on,
And I didn't even know it until
I started to open my mouth.
And my throat's closing up
because my nerves
Are getting a little bit
of the best of me.
♪ oh, oh, what are you
waiting for? ♪
The only thing I'm really
worried about
Is that, you know,
ryan won't like me.
I get so caught up
and think too much
And think, okay,
I gotta show them what--
What they want to see,
even if it's not me.
I could totally be
going home this week.
It's just how--
how this goes.
- All right,
let's get ready.
- ♪ mmm ♪
- I don't want to go home.
I didn't come here
to get fifth place.
[school bell rings]
- Tonight, you have
a very hard road.
I don't root for you,
and I don't know why.
Of the three people who came
across the stage tonight,
You know, I think you were
the most unrelatable.
- Can you really see
all of them that you're pulling?
- Yeah.
- [groans]
- Oh, wait, I want to see.
- Holy [bleep].
- [laughs]
- Ew!
Let me pluck one.
Come on,
come on, let me pluck one.
- Hannah, no.
- Lean back, lean back.
- Don't--don't cut me.
- Now grab it
and pull it out.
- Aah!
- I think she grabbed,
like, eight.
- [groans]
[laughter]
- [groans]
[laughter]
- Oh, that was deep.
- This is too much fun.
I could do this all day.
Lift up that nose.
[school bell rings]
- Who's first up?
- Uh, hannah is first.
- Oh, hannah.
- When she got
in the music video shoot,
She kind of struggled, but she
was aware she was struggling,
Which I was impressed with, so--
- okay.
- Great.
- Hey, hannah.
- Hello.
- Hi, hannah.
- Hi.
I'm going to be singing back
to December by taylor swift.
[intro to back to December]
♪ ♪
♪ I'm so glad you
made time to see me ♪
♪ how's life? ♪
♪ tell me,
how's your family? ♪
♪ I haven't seen them
in a while ♪
♪ you've been good,
busier than ever ♪
♪ we small talk,
work and the weather ♪
♪ your guard is up,
and I know why ♪
♪ because the last time
you saw me ♪
♪ still burns
in the back of your mind ♪
♪ you gave me roses ♪
♪ and I left them there
to die ♪
♪ so this is me,
swallowing my pride ♪
♪ standing in front of you ♪
♪ saying I'm sorry
for that night ♪
♪ and I go back to December
all the time ♪
♪ 'cause this is me,
swallowing my pride ♪
♪ standing in front of you ♪
♪ saying I'm sorry
for that night ♪
♪ yes, I go
back to December ♪
♪ turn around and make it
all right ♪
♪ yes, I go back to December
all the time ♪
♪ ♪
[applause]
- Well, hannah, you know,
I love you, I root for you.
I have to be honest
with you.
Tonight, you have
a very hard road
Because I thinyou're up
against two performers
Who are better singers
than you,
And I think that you're
aware of that.
The thing that you have,
perhaps more than them,
You really are the show.
You know, you're the person
that people want to see win,
And you've got
a great degree of heart,
But I wish you would be more
confident about yourself.
- Me too.
- I really do.
- It's something I've been
struggling with my entire life.
Like, you know, I was bullied
when I was a kid and, like,
I've just always been
the big girl,
And it's hard, you know,
to keep going,
But I'm getting better.
- I wish that you saw
what we see.
- I catch glimpses.
- [laughs]
- But you need to stand
in front of the mirror longer.
- I know.
I actually did that earlier.
I gave myself a pep talk.
Just being here has put me
miles ahead of where I was,
So I definitely
appreciate that and, uh...
- Well, that's great.
- Yeah.
Thank you so much.
- You're welcome.
- Thank you, hannah.
- Thanks, hannah.
- Yeah.
- I thought she did great.
- She did.
Okay, who's next?
- Next is lindsay.
And lindsay's a great actress
with an amazing voice--
As I've said over and over,
the best voice
I think
that we've heard of everyone.
She's here because she wasn't
quite as empathetic
In this--in this piece
as everybody else.
- Hello.
- Hello.
- My name is lindsay,
And I will be singing
maybe this time
From the musical cabaret.
[intro to maybe this time]
♪ ♪
- ♪ maybe this time ♪
♪ I'll be happy ♪
♪ maybe this time,
he'll stay ♪
♪ ♪
♪ maybe this time ♪
♪ mbe this time
love won't hurry away ♪
♪ all the odds are ♪
♪ there in my favor ♪
♪ something's bound
to give in ♪
♪ it's got to happen ♪
♪ happen sometime ♪
♪ maybe this time I'll win ♪
♪ 'cause all the odds are ♪
♪ there in my favor ♪
♪ something's bound
to give in ♪
♪ it's got to happen ♪
♪ happen sometime ♪
♪ maybe this time ♪
♪ maybe ♪
♪ this time ♪
♪ I'll win ♪
♪ ♪
[applause]
- very good.
- Thanks.
- You know, the thing about you,
I'm gonna be honest.
I think you're
a fantastic singer.
I mean, you're very clearly
in the lea michele mode.
When I need
the next lea michele,
Clearly of all the girls,
you're that person.
The difference between
the two of you is,
I root for lea
but I don't root for you
And I don't know why.
There's just something
about you that I struggle with.
Like, are you the show?
Are you an underdog?
Will you make me cry?
Will I believe that
you're not going to win?
- Um, I've just been taught
my entire life
To be really strong,
So maybe that's it.
- But I think--I think that
there's a way to be strong
And to be vulnerable
at the same time.
- In my life,
I can't be vulnerable.
- Well, you have to be.
Why are you so afraid
to show that?
- Um, it's just because
I've been taught...
- Overcompensation.
- My entire life
to just be so--
[sighs] I don't know
how to describe it.
I'm almost programmed,
as it were,
To just kind of
be perfect,
And I hate being that way.
I catch a lot of
awful crap for that, and--
- Like what?
- Like, I'm adopted.
And, um, it's kind of like,
I had to be the best
So that I could prove
to my family
That I kind of belonged.
I-I don't--I'm not a jock,
I'm not--I'm not perfect
like they are,
And so I strive, if that
makes any sense.
- Right now,
that's the girl that--
I've never seen that
before,
So suddenly, I'm like,
oh, okay.
There--there you are.
- It's 'cause I never show it.
- I think that when, you know,
when you come out here
And you've said that there's
no room for imperfection
In your life,
I don't think that people
relate to that.
What we need
is a heroine.
We need somebody who,
Young girls, particularly,
can invest in,
And I keep wanting you
to step into those shoes.
- Right.
- I think you can go.
- Thank you.
- Bye.
I think what I said to her
was the truth,
For what we need.
- It's just hard to figure
who she is.
She's not quite dianna,
she's not quite lea,
She's not quite, you know.
- Well, that's the problem.
I think she just has to be
who she is.
- No, I agree.
So samuel is here
Because he goes to
a little bit of a place
Of being
kind of aggressive.
- Hello.
- Hello.
- Whoa, this is kind of high.
I didn't expect that.
- This is the first time
in the entire competition
You've been here.
- Yes.
- So, what are you
gonna sing?
- I'm gonna sing animal
by neon trees.
[intro to animal]
♪ ♪
♪ here we go again ♪
♪ I kinda want to be
more than friends ♪
♪ so take it easy on me ♪
♪ I'm afraid
you're never satisfied ♪
♪ ♪
♪ here we go again ♪
♪ we're sick like animals ♪
♪ we play pretend ♪
♪ you're just a cannibal ♪
♪ and I'm afraid ♪
♪ I won't get out alive ♪
♪ ♪
♪ no, I won't sleep
tonight ♪
♪ oh, oh,
I want some more, oh ♪
♪ whoa-oh, what are you
waiting for? ♪
♪ take a bite
of my heart tonight ♪
♪ whoa-oh,
I want some more ♪
♪ oh, oh, what are you
waiting r? ♪
♪ what
are you waiting for? ♪
♪ take a bite of my heart
tonight ♪
♪ oh ♪
[applause]
Right.
I'm not picking that up.
Mm-mm.
- Um...
- Chh-ah.
- Of the three people who came
across the stage tonight,
You know, I think
you were the most unrelatable.
I think you're very,
um, special, but I also think
That you're rarefied,
but that's not the show.
You can move, you're sexy,
you've got a vibe.
You know what to say,
but are you the show?
Are you an outcast?
Are you an underdog?
You're almost too slick
for me,
And I don't see
the soft side of you.
- Yeah.
- I think it would have
been fascinating
If you would have
come out here
And you would have--
if you would have
Just been, um,
vulnerable
And emotional as opposed to,
you know, russell brand.
I would have been much more
interested in that guy.
I want something
swoon-worthy from you.
Does that make sense?
- Yeah, totally.
- The other thing that I thought
was interesting about you
From what I've heard is,
when we had the lesson
A couple weeks ago where
you were paired with a guy,
You actually said, "I'm not
comfortable playing this
Because I'm afraid that
they would write me gay."
- Because my parents are
so conservative christians
And stuff like that,
it's the separation
Between acting and real life,
and I understand
That my mom wouldn't
want me to be gay.
I get that. She is--
that's how she was raised.
But at the end of the day,
like, I told her, I'm like,
"it is acting, you know?
"I don't have to
kiss a girl
"and then go fall in love
with her.
I can simply do something
to make a scene look good."
And she totally
understood that,
And she was like,
"you know what?
Whatever happens,
I'll support you."
And that's--that's really
the only thing that bothers me.
- Well, you know,
it's interesting,
'cause the reason that I was
very interested in cameron
Was because I think
that there really is
A great void on this show
to be filled,
Which is to write a character
who is christian--
- Mm-hmm.
- Who is also a bunch
of different things.
Somebody who holds fast
to those beliefs,
I think, is an important thing
for us to add to the show.
- Completely.
- So, where's that guy?
- The back of my neck says
"jesus christ," seriously.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- I'm interested
in the softer side of you,
Like the christian boy
side of you,
The religious side of you.
- I feel like, on the show,
people have a misconception
Of--of--of what people
in high school are.
- That's right.
- They have a misconception
about me.
Like, um, you know,
I do love god.
I love jesus so much,
but at the same time,
Like, I can play
rock music.
- Okay, very good.
Thank you.
At the end of the day,
with these kids,
It's always
who's the most talented,
And it's a hard decision
Because I think people
will root for hannah
Quicker and more obviously.
- She's made it this far because
she's such a great actress.
- Mm-hmm
- And you really--when you
see hannah on the screen,
You're just in love with her.
- But lindsay is also on-screen
a great actress.
I mean, they're
the two actresses...
- Yeah.
- Of the bunch.
That's the tough thing.
- And sam's great too.
I'm just worried that he can be
a little one-dimensional.
- I love both of you guys
a lot.
I don't know.
It's been really cool.
- I promised myself
I would not cry today.
- Oh, get ready.
I really have no idea
what's going to happen.
I try to
get inside ryan's head
And figure out
what he's thinking,
But anything could happen.
- I feel--I feel that we have
become a family, and--
- Absolutely.
- To be absolutely honest,
I am really preparing myself
to go home
'cause I just feel like
I just did horribly.
- I don't know
who should go.
- It's very clear to me.
- All right, let's hit it.
[ ♪ ]
- Hey, everybody.
It's really, really hard,
but the list is up,
So go take a look.
[muffled conversation]
[overlapping chatter]
- you're my inspiration.
- Love you, guys.
- I want to win this competition
more than I want to breathe,
More than I want to exist.
I believe I want this
more than anyone here.
- Being here is such
a surreal experience,
And I don't want it
to end,
So I really would like
to make it to the end.
- I want this
more than anything,
And I feel like I've worked
really hard for it,
So I hope that I am safe.
- [exhales]
[groans]
- Shoot.
- This has been the most
wonderful experience
I could ever ask for,
honestly.
It's been my dream for a very
long time to be on glee,
And, um, I mean, right now,
it kind of feels like
That dream is over,
but I know
That only good is going
to come of this.
It's definitely the best thing
that's ever happened to me.
- ♪ buh buh buh ♪
- ♪ buh buh buh ♪
- ♪ oh oh ♪
- ♪ buh buh buh ♪
♪ buh buh buh ♪
♪ oh oh ♪
- ♪ there's nothing
you can say ♪
♪ there's nothing
you can do ♪
♪ and there's no other way ♪
♪ when it comes to
the truth ♪
- ♪ so keep ♪
- ♪ keep holding ♪
♪ on ♪
♪ 'cause you know
we'll make it through ♪
♪ we'll make it
through ♪
[school bell rings]
- Ooh.
- All right,
let's do this.
- ♪ you can lean on ♪
- What do you think
they're gonna want?
- This is the last round
before the final.
- I will fight tooth and nail
to get there.
- Oh, stop.
- ♪ every time that you-- ♪
- [groans]
- Just when we
Had finally
reached a decision,
We got a phone call
from ryan.
- For more information on
the glee project,
SINC: -THE TUUNZ-
Here, There, Everywhere!
the glee project. It is so on.
First lindsay kissed a boy
and made him cry.
- The kiss between him and
lindsay makes me so jealous.
- During sexuality week,
sam smoldered hard
At anything that moved.
It was all a bit too steamy
for saintly cameron.
- [laughs]
- In the end,
he sacrificed himself...
- Maybe this isn't for me.
- And saved his best friend
damian to live another day.
Talk about the luck
of the irish.
Now only five contenders remain
as they compete
For a seven-episode
guest-starring role on glee.
And that's what you missed
so far on...
SINC: -THE TUUNZ-
Here, There, Everywhere!
- [laughs] oh!
- Yay!
- Yeah, finally!
- Are we singing the whole song?
- We're singing the whole song.
- Oh, I'm so excited!
- Ooh, I'll let you.
So this week's homework
assignment is true colors
By cyndi lauper.
I think that singing
the whole song
Will be vocally
more challenging
Than singing a tiny part.
It's gonna be different
but I'm very excited.
- ♪ can't remember when
I last saw you laughing ♪
- The dynamics have changed
a lot, you know, obviously.
Cameron's left and, you know,
he was my best mate, of course,
So I don't feel I can talk
to any of the guys
The way I could talk
to cameron.
You know, we're all friends,
but it's beginning to feel
More like a competition.
- Things are getting close
to the end,
And now I have the drive
to win this competition
Like no other drive
I've ever had in my life.
- I kind of like the freedom of
picking a girls' song, though,
And being able to mess with it,
you know?
I've been here
for eight weeks now.
Never even done
a last-chance performance
Or been in the bottom three.
I think the only thing
I'm thinking is,
What are we trying to
make people believe?
I feel very believable
today.
The only question I keep
asking myself is,
Am I trying
to make them believe
What they want me
to make them believe?
You guys want to go practice?
- Yep.
[school bell rings]
- This homework assignment
is amazing.
I love the song.
We're gonna blow
the guest star away.
I'm excited for whoever
it's gonna be.
- Oh!
- [laughs]
- Aah!
[clapping]
- Hi, guys.
How are you?
- So robert rolls
into the choir room
With jenna ushkowitz.
She's been with glee
since the beginning,
And I'm really stoked,
and might I add,
She looks beautiful
in person.
- I'd like to introduce
jenna ushkowitz,
Who plays tina on glee.
- Hi, guys.
How are you?
I've heard so much
about you guys.
Congratulations for making it
this far.
- Thank you so much.
- So this week's theme
is believability,
And this week's challenges
are gonna be all about
Taking on character,
emotion, and story.
Speaking of which,
jenna, you play someone
Who's very different
from yourself.
- Of course, this is tina.
This is not me.
Um, you have to really pull from
your life, your personal life,
To create a character.
- The song we're singing today,
true colors,
Jenna sang on glee,
So I think
she's the perfect mentor
To help us connect
with our inner emotion.
- This song is
very important to me.
I love this song.
I think it's just a really,
really beautiful song
To sing to a friend or to
somebody very special.
I sang it to my friends
in the glee club.
- Lindsay, you're up first.
- Good luck, everyone.
I can't wait
to hear you sing.
[intro to true colors]
♪ ♪
- ♪ you with the sad eyes ♪
♪ don't be discouraged ♪
♪ oh, I realize ♪
- ♪ it's hard
to take courage ♪
♪ in a world
full of people ♪
♪ you can lose sight
of it all ♪
♪ and darkness
still inside you ♪
♪ make you feel so small ♪
- ♪ show me a smile then ♪
♪ don't be unhappy ♪
♪ can't remember when ♪
♪ I last saw you laughing ♪
♪ if this world
makes you crazy ♪
♪ and you've taken
all you can bear ♪
- ♪ you call me up ♪
♪ because you know
I'll be there ♪
♪ and I'll see
your true colors shining ♪
♪ yeah, yeah ♪
♪ your true colors ♪
- ♪ and that's why
I love you ♪
♪ so don't be afraid ♪
- ♪ to let them show ♪
♪ your true colors ♪
- ♪ true colors ♪
- ♪ are beautiful
like a rainbow ♪
[applause]
- yay. So good.
Thank you.
- So, what do you think,
jenna?
- You guys were amazing.
You were so great.
Alex, your voice
is incredible.
I was very captivated
by you.
- Thank you.
- Damian, it was--
it was dreamy.
[laughs]
it was so sweet
And just so heartfelt.
- Thanks.
- Samuel, awesome.
It was such a strong choice.
Your intensity, it was
just so spot-on,
So it was really,
really great.
- Thank you so much.
- Sam is a good actor,
But there's really only oe
That he makes.
Just kind of a...Look.
Kind of just squints
and stares at you intensely,
Which is, you know,
great for certain things,
And then for others,
it's not so awesome.
- Lindsay, you are
a wonderful actress
And it was such a sweet,
beautiful rendition of the song.
It was really, really great.
- Thank you.
- And hannah,
you sounded incredible.
So, just joyous
and I could tell, like,
It was very specific
When you were trying to
cheer somebody up.
You just put a smile
on my face. It was wonderful.
It was a really, really,
really tough choice.
Um, but hannah, it worked.
'cause I'm picking hannah.
- Oh, my god.
- [laughs]
- yay!
- It was awesome. I can't
wait to work with you.
- Oh, thanks.
This is my first one.
This is really cool.
- Yay!
- Oh!
So, since I win
the homework assignment,
I get a mentoring session
with jenna, and I am pumped.
Um, I think it's really, really
going to help me out this week.
- So this week's big group
number is...
- Paramore's
the only exception.
- Oh!
- Oh, my god.
- It's one of my favorites,
for sure.
- I love that song.
- This video is about
that very painful feeling
That almost every high school
student has experienced--
Being in love with someone
who doesn't know you exist.
- Mm.
- Mm.
- I had a thing for damian
in the beginning.
I know that there's, like,
nothing that's going to happen
Just because I know that
he just sees me as a friend.
So this--this is definitely
something I can relate to.
- There won't be choreography
this week.
It's all about your vocals
and acting skills.
- I do believe that
I am a believable actress,
And I've been complimented
on my subtle acting,
And I just hope that that
trickles on into this week.
- You guys were amazing.
Thank you so much.
Hannah, I will see you soon.
- See you later, guys.
[applause]
- bye.
- Whoo!
- [sighs]
- Hannah, girl.
I'm a little upset that
there's no choreography,
Because I'm a mover,
I'm a shaker.
- I'm so sad I'm not
doing floor work.
Man!
- I think this week will be
the hardest acting challenge
We've ever had
throughout the competition.
Let's--as if we were
being able to pick
Our own person that
we were in love with,
A friendship,
who would you pick?
- I'd pick hannah.
- I, honestly, though,
I think that if I got you,
I would--not that I'm, like,
not okay with playing it,
Like, girl on girl, whatever,
like, 'cause I'm cool with that.
- I would make it more
friendship.
- But, I think, yeah, like,
You would be the cool,
popular girl
And I'm just like, ehhh,
Carrying my books
to math class,
Like, I really wish
I was her friend, wahh.
- You know, honestly, I'm ready,
I'm ready to hit on a girl
After last week.
- Hannah, because--
- I picked hannah.
- Because I love her.
Because I love her but
she doesn't know I exist, so...
- [snickers]
true.
[laughs]
- [laughs]
[school bell rings]
- Hello.
- Hi.
- This song is going to be a
challenge for these contenders.
I'm gonna try to get as much
range in their performances
As I possibly can.
- ♪ when I was younger ♪
♪ I saw ♪
♪ my daddy cry ♪
- I don't know,
I just need to hear
A little bit more,
um, pain, I guess.
I don't feel like you're
telling me a story yet.
- ♪ my daddy cry ♪
- oh.
- ♪ and curse at the wind ♪
- oh, yes.
Yes, yes, yes.
- Thanks.
- Did you feel it?
- Yeah.
- ♪ you are
the only exception ♪
- You're just pushing
really hard.
Can you try one
that's just more smooth?
- ♪ oh, and I'm on my way
to believing ♪
- That was totally right.
Now do it
with more confidence.
- Cool.
- I felt like you were,
"oh, am I right?
Am I right? I'm not sure."
- Yeah.
- So tell me about,
How are you gog to
convey the story?
- I'm kind of getting
to the head space
When my father died.
[crying]
I'm sorry.
[sniffling] I'm sorry.
- No, don't be sorry.
- There's just so much pain
that I've always held back
And I've just never wanted
to bring up or use.
[sniffles]
- It's something
that I don't think
You ever
can really get over 100%.
You just have to live
with it,
And you're doing that.
But I think it is important
that you're letting it out.
- Being that my father died
when I was six years old,
I never had a male influence
in my life all the time.
I'm really just feeling
every bit of emotion
That I've ever felt of
longing to have a father,
And hopefully it's
coming across in my vocals.
♪ and that was the day
when I promised ♪
♪ I'd never sing of love ♪
♪ if it does not exist ♪
♪ ♪
- Ah.
- Ah.
- You're getting
a believability for sure.
I'm almost kind of speechless
about alex.
He's never given
such a heartfelt
And simple performance
before.
It was magical.
- I just started to cry
and break down,
And I couldn't stop,
and I started shaking,
And I didn't know
what to do.
And she just came
and started talking to me,
And it just made everything
feel better,
Because she always knows
what to say.
- Yeah.
- Well, I'm proud of you.
- Yeah.
- Thanks.
- Hello.
- Hi.
- Let's, um, do a run-through
and see what we can get.
- ♪ leave me with some kind
of proof it's not a dream ♪
♪ oh ♪
♪ ♪
- How are you doing?
- I'm fine.
- Uh-oh.
- Sorry.
[sniffling]
I'm fine.
- You are?
- Mm-hmm.
- What are you thinking about?
- Home.
- Thinking about the things
you left behind.
- Yeah.
- And is it worth it?
- It is.
- So go ahead
and let it out.
- ♪ I've got a tight grip
on reality ♪
♪ but I can't ♪
- I don't know,
I just feel like
Lindsay is forcing
emotional drama
Instead of letting it
happen naturally.
Got it.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- You're awesome.
- Did she just say,
"you're awesome"?
- I'm sure she was
talking to you.
[laughs]
- No, no, no, I know
she was talking to me,
But I know
she didn't mean it.
That's what I'm getting at.
- Oh.
- I have felt
on more than one occasion
That she's not being
100% real.
- That's emotional.
- Yeah?
- Yeah. I don't know.
I just talked about
how I do miss home
And, like, I miss being able
to talk to my mom, you know,
And, like, the people
that I love,
And what you sacrifice
to be at a place like this
And for your career
and it was just heavy.
[school bell rings]
- I'm supposed to be
in love with alex,
And damian is sitting, like,
right in front of alex,
So I'm getting
a little bit distracted.
- I just wish it was
making me feel something.
[school bell rings]
- What's up, gang?
How's everything? Good?
What's up, alex?
All right, so this is
the library.
Hannah, you're gonna be
over there.
- Okay.
- There's definitely
this side of me
That's nervous
about this week.
This is the first time I've
ever really been examined
As an actor, which is crazy
to even say,
'cause I've never even
considered myself an actor
And it is freaky,
but at the same time,
I know that freaking out
And letting the nerves
get the best of me
Is just gonna make
my performance worse.
- I think this could be
the best big group number yet.
In this video, each contender is
singing to another contender,
So hannah is longing for alex,
who is longing for damian,
Who is longing for lindsay, who
is longing for samuel
Who is longing for hannah.
I love the fact
That this is gonna be done
so much in close-up,
So we're really going to
be able to analyze
Their acting
and their screen presence
And I happen to love
the song, so...
- Here we go,
and playback, please.
[intro to
the only exception]
- I'm supposed to be
in love with alex,
And damian is sitting, like,
right in front of alex,
So I'm getting
a little bit distracted.
- Cut.
- ♪ my daddy cr-- ♪
- One more time.
- You know what, hannah?
You know what I mean?
- Yeah.
- Cool.
- I don't want to focus
on that.
I want to be focusing
on the competition
And the fact that I won
the homework assignment.
Jenna says, do every performance
like it's my last.
- You're here for a reason.
- Yeah.
- You know,
just stick with that
And sing
like it is your last time.
- ♪ oh ♪
- Yeah.
That was so good. Okay, good.
- Thanks.
- All right. See,
I'm glad we did that because--
- Yeah.
- There's--they're just "ohs"
but they're "ohs."
- Yeah, like,
I want you so bad.
- Yeah. Just go for--you don't
have to be afraid of it at all.
Just use it and the emotion
behind will--
Will change your vocals
completely.
- Here we go.
And playback, please.
- ♪ as he tried
to reassemble it ♪
- That was so much better.
- Cool, thanks.
- ♪ and that was the day
when I promised ♪
- I'm kind of already
in character.
I'm thinking of my father,
and I feel like
Just being in this mindset
will help me be believable.
- Alex, he seems like
a little bit too down.
It doesn't feel like love.
It feels like depression
or something.
- He's pining after his dad.
- He's pining after his dad.
And I mean, I guess,
the truth is,
No matter what they think,
You as an audience
have to believe
He's pining after damian.
- So you love damian. We gotta
see that without singing it.
You ready?
- Good?
- Yeah.
[intro to the only exception]
- ♪ and my mama swore ♪
♪ she would never ♪
♪ let herself ♪
- oh, that was better.
- ♪ forget ♪
- Oh, that was great.
- Cut.
- Cut!
- I know.
- I didn't thinkhe could do.
- I am really nervous about
the big group performance.
I'm a person
who cannot sit still.
I have to do something.
You know, I just have
so much movement in me.
You know, not in a good way.
I can't dance.
And knowing that the judges
are sitting,
Looking at a close-up,
makes me nervous.
I just hope to god my eyebrows
don't start dancing.
- And playback, please.
- ♪ you are
the only exception ♪
♪ you are the only
exception ♪
- So this is
what's happening.
♪ you are ♪
- I'm gonna tell him.
- Absolutely. Sure.
- And playback.
- ♪ I know you're leaving
in the morning ♪
♪ when you wake up ♪
- I think lindsay's performance
is really nice.
I just wish it was making me
feel something.
- Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
- Cut.
- Cut.
- One more time.
- Lindsay,
we need a little more--
We need a little more
twinkle.
Okay?
- Yeah.
- It's there,
but we need just a--
- A little more.
I'm feeling kind of anxious
Because it is kind of
just us,
Essentially by ourselves,
with our own close-ups,
Kind of in our faces
and kind of intense.
And it is nerve-racking beca+'e
this is a competition.
- Cool. Let's go again.
- This is what I want to do
with my life.
Cameras everywhere.
Makeup chicks just like,
le-dah dah dah.
Life is good.
- Samuel's up now,
so this is the first time
That he can't fall back on
the bad boy/cool guy look.
- Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.
- He has to really, like,
be vulnerable.
So I'm gonna go see right now.
- Cool.
- Good luck.
- All right.
- ♪ you are
the only exception ♪
- Samuel
is definitely simple.
- ♪ you are
the only exception ♪
- Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut.
I think that if, um,
She is somebody that
you're really longing for,
You wouldn't be
as confident
As to
just stare through her.
- Okay.
- Maybe one where
you're kind of, like,
Almost--almost
a little nervous.
- I hope that he can
incorporate
Some more vulnerability
Or a sense of longing
into that performance.
This was one of the more
difficult big group numbers.
Since acting is all about
connecting to the camera,
The contenders
had to convey emotions
Through subtle performances.
Now we will have to watch
the video
To decide who will be
performing for ryan.
- Cue playback, please.
[beeps]
[intro to
the only exception]
♪ ♪
- ♪ when I was younger ♪
♪ I saw ♪
♪ my daddy cry ♪
♪ and curse
at the wind ♪
♪ he broke his own heart ♪
♪ as I watched ♪
♪ as he tried to
reassemble it ♪
- ♪ and my mama swore ♪
♪ she would ♪
♪ never let herself forget ♪
♪ and that was the day ♪
♪ when I promised ♪
♪ I'd never sing of love ♪
♪ if it does not exist ♪
- ♪ but darling ♪
♪ you are
the only exception ♪
♪ you are the only
exception ♪
♪ you are
the only exception ♪
♪ you are the only
exception ♪
- ♪ oh ♪
♪ oh ♪
- ♪ I've got a tight grip
on reality ♪
♪ but I can't let go ♪
♪ of what's
in front of me here ♪
♪ I know you're leaving
in the morning ♪
♪ when you wake up ♪
♪ leave me with
some kind of proof ♪
♪ it's not a dream ♪
♪ oh ♪
- ♪ you are
the only exception ♪
♪ you are the only
exception ♪
- ♪ you are
the only exception ♪
- ♪ yeah, yeah ♪
- ♪ you are
the only exception ♪
- ♪ oh, and I'm on
my way to believing ♪
♪ yeah ♪
♪ and I'm on my way
to believing ♪
♪ ♪
- All right, everybody.
That is a wrap.
Excellent job.
- All right.
[applause]
[school bell rings]
- It was
a little disconnected
From what the purpose
of the song was.
- The performance fell short,
I think.
You will be performing
for ryan tonight.
[school bell rings]
- What's up? And how are we
feeling about today?
- [bleep] myself is the correct
explanation, I believe.
Very nervous.
You know, I'm not gonna
lie to ya.
I've prepared myself for
being in the bottom three.
I'm not a negative person,
but I just believe
That because I've been there
four times,
I'm just gonna
be there again.
- I'm pretty scared.
I don't want to be there.
After this video shoot,
and, you know,
Doing close-ups
and stuff like that,
Just being a little bit
not as happy with my performance
As I usually am,
I feel like
it's a definite possibility
I'm meeting ryan, gonna end up
in the bottom three.
- Only time can tell
what is gonna happen.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
- Hi.
- Hey.
- As you can see,
zach isn't with us today
Since there was
no choreography this week,
But we have nikki
to help us
With this difficult decision
today.
- Hello.
- Hi.
- So it's that time, guys.
Three of you will be doing
last-chance performances
For ryan tonight.
Only two of you are safe.
Hannah, I wanted to tell you
that I thought
In the homework assignment,
You have never sounded
more beautiful
However,
at the actual shoot,
I thought you seemed
distracted.
You're such a good actress.
I was just surprised.
Do you--do you know why?
- I just--I was confused,
and I-I tried my best, so...
- Damian, I thought you did
a great job at the video shoot.
It really made me proud
Because you haven't really
acted before, have you?
- Not that intense ever.
That was just incredible.
I didn't think
it was gonna be that hard.
You know,
I'm gonna be honest.
I didn't expect it
to be that tough.
- Lindsay, it's no denying
that you are a great actress.
But on the shoot this week,
zach,
Who is one of
your biggest fans,
Commented that you didn't
make him feel anything,
As several of the other
contenders did.
- Lindsay, I have to say
that in the studio this week,
You did frustrate me
a bit.
- I'm sorry.
- It was almost like
you came in
Emotionally prepared
to have a breakdown
Because you saw some of
the other contestants
Maybe have a real moment.
It may have not been
what you intended,
But, um, it didn't come across
true to the moment.
- Well, it's just, a lot of
things have been building
Just by being here,
and I'm sorry
If it came off false,
but it--it wasn't at all.
- Samuel,
at the video shoot,
To be honest, I didn't
feel the romantic side
That I wanted to from you.
I just wanted to feel
more vulnerability and longing,
And the performance fell short,
I think.
- Alex, it took you a while
to warm up on the shoot.
From the very beginning,
you did connect to a deep place,
And that was very powerful,
But it made your performance
read kind of sad.
It was a little disconnected
From what the purpose
of the song was.
But when you were given the note
to focus more on longing,
You took it, and I think
your performance
Was breathtaking, really.
- Thanks.
- You will
not have to perform
A fifth time
for ryan tonight.
- Thank you so much.
- Lindsay, you will be
performing for ryan tonight.
- Okay.
- Hannah, you also will be
performing for ryan tonight.
- All right.
It's on.
[laughs]
- So samuel and damian,
that leaves you guys.
Damian, you've performed
for ryan four times already.
Do you think you have it
in you to do a fifth?
- [laughs]
yes, I do.
But I don't want to.
But I have it in me, yeah.
But I'd just rather not.
- Samuel, you have yet
to perform for ryan.
Are you ready to sing
for him if you have to?
- Yeah.
- Samuel, you are going to be
performing for ryan tonight.
- Oh, my god.
I did not expect this.
I've been to hell and back,
but I am gonna fight
Until, you know,
until--until the death
To win this competition.
I'm blown away.
- So hannah, lindsay,
and samuel,
It's time to prepare for your
last-chance performances.
- Lindsay, you will be singing
maybe this time
From the musical cabaret.
- I have no idea
what that song is.
- You don't? Oh, you--I think
you'll know it when you hear it.
- I will learn it tonight.
- Yeah.
- [laughs]
- Samuel, you're gonna perform
animal by neon trees.
- Nice!
- [laughs]
- yes!
- I'll take that
as an "I know it."
- I'm already imagining this
place, like, fully packed,
You guys screaming my name,
and I'm just like, let's go.
- Cool. Good.
- So, I'm ready.
- Hannah, your song is back
to December by taylor swift.
- Yay!
- [laughs]
- I love that song!
Thank you!
- So the next time
I see you on the stage,
I'll be with zach and ryan.
Can't wait to see
your performances.
You guys are all gonna be
incredible.
It's gonna be
a great show tonight.
- All right.
I definitely feel like
the underdog in this situation,
Competing against lindsay
and samuel.
That just makes me
want to work even harder,
So I feel a lot more
competitive than usual.
- ♪ something's bound
to begin ♪
I'm nervous,
I'm very nervous,
But I'm just
going to sing it.
I think it's gonna be
intense,
Against, you know,
personalities,
And--and talent,
like sam and hannah,
It's not gonna be easy.
- [groans]
I've never been in
the bottom three before.
You know, at first,
I'm kind of feeling like
This song is a big song
to take on,
And I didn't even know it until
I started to open my mouth.
And my throat's closing up
because my nerves
Are getting a little bit
of the best of me.
♪ oh, oh, what are you
waiting for? ♪
The only thing I'm really
worried about
Is that, you know,
ryan won't like me.
I get so caught up
and think too much
And think, okay,
I gotta show them what--
What they want to see,
even if it's not me.
I could totally be
going home this week.
It's just how--
how this goes.
- All right,
let's get ready.
- ♪ mmm ♪
- I don't want to go home.
I didn't come here
to get fifth place.
[school bell rings]
- Tonight, you have
a very hard road.
I don't root for you,
and I don't know why.
Of the three people who came
across the stage tonight,
You know, I think you were
the most unrelatable.
- Can you really see
all of them that you're pulling?
- Yeah.
- [groans]
- Oh, wait, I want to see.
- Holy [bleep].
- [laughs]
- Ew!
Let me pluck one.
Come on,
come on, let me pluck one.
- Hannah, no.
- Lean back, lean back.
- Don't--don't cut me.
- Now grab it
and pull it out.
- Aah!
- I think she grabbed,
like, eight.
- [groans]
[laughter]
- [groans]
[laughter]
- Oh, that was deep.
- This is too much fun.
I could do this all day.
Lift up that nose.
[school bell rings]
- Who's first up?
- Uh, hannah is first.
- Oh, hannah.
- When she got
in the music video shoot,
She kind of struggled, but she
was aware she was struggling,
Which I was impressed with, so--
- okay.
- Great.
- Hey, hannah.
- Hello.
- Hi, hannah.
- Hi.
I'm going to be singing back
to December by taylor swift.
[intro to back to December]
♪ ♪
♪ I'm so glad you
made time to see me ♪
♪ how's life? ♪
♪ tell me,
how's your family? ♪
♪ I haven't seen them
in a while ♪
♪ you've been good,
busier than ever ♪
♪ we small talk,
work and the weather ♪
♪ your guard is up,
and I know why ♪
♪ because the last time
you saw me ♪
♪ still burns
in the back of your mind ♪
♪ you gave me roses ♪
♪ and I left them there
to die ♪
♪ so this is me,
swallowing my pride ♪
♪ standing in front of you ♪
♪ saying I'm sorry
for that night ♪
♪ and I go back to December
all the time ♪
♪ 'cause this is me,
swallowing my pride ♪
♪ standing in front of you ♪
♪ saying I'm sorry
for that night ♪
♪ yes, I go
back to December ♪
♪ turn around and make it
all right ♪
♪ yes, I go back to December
all the time ♪
♪ ♪
[applause]
- Well, hannah, you know,
I love you, I root for you.
I have to be honest
with you.
Tonight, you have
a very hard road
Because I thinyou're up
against two performers
Who are better singers
than you,
And I think that you're
aware of that.
The thing that you have,
perhaps more than them,
You really are the show.
You know, you're the person
that people want to see win,
And you've got
a great degree of heart,
But I wish you would be more
confident about yourself.
- Me too.
- I really do.
- It's something I've been
struggling with my entire life.
Like, you know, I was bullied
when I was a kid and, like,
I've just always been
the big girl,
And it's hard, you know,
to keep going,
But I'm getting better.
- I wish that you saw
what we see.
- I catch glimpses.
- [laughs]
- But you need to stand
in front of the mirror longer.
- I know.
I actually did that earlier.
I gave myself a pep talk.
Just being here has put me
miles ahead of where I was,
So I definitely
appreciate that and, uh...
- Well, that's great.
- Yeah.
Thank you so much.
- You're welcome.
- Thank you, hannah.
- Thanks, hannah.
- Yeah.
- I thought she did great.
- She did.
Okay, who's next?
- Next is lindsay.
And lindsay's a great actress
with an amazing voice--
As I've said over and over,
the best voice
I think
that we've heard of everyone.
She's here because she wasn't
quite as empathetic
In this--in this piece
as everybody else.
- Hello.
- Hello.
- My name is lindsay,
And I will be singing
maybe this time
From the musical cabaret.
[intro to maybe this time]
♪ ♪
- ♪ maybe this time ♪
♪ I'll be happy ♪
♪ maybe this time,
he'll stay ♪
♪ ♪
♪ maybe this time ♪
♪ mbe this time
love won't hurry away ♪
♪ all the odds are ♪
♪ there in my favor ♪
♪ something's bound
to give in ♪
♪ it's got to happen ♪
♪ happen sometime ♪
♪ maybe this time I'll win ♪
♪ 'cause all the odds are ♪
♪ there in my favor ♪
♪ something's bound
to give in ♪
♪ it's got to happen ♪
♪ happen sometime ♪
♪ maybe this time ♪
♪ maybe ♪
♪ this time ♪
♪ I'll win ♪
♪ ♪
[applause]
- very good.
- Thanks.
- You know, the thing about you,
I'm gonna be honest.
I think you're
a fantastic singer.
I mean, you're very clearly
in the lea michele mode.
When I need
the next lea michele,
Clearly of all the girls,
you're that person.
The difference between
the two of you is,
I root for lea
but I don't root for you
And I don't know why.
There's just something
about you that I struggle with.
Like, are you the show?
Are you an underdog?
Will you make me cry?
Will I believe that
you're not going to win?
- Um, I've just been taught
my entire life
To be really strong,
So maybe that's it.
- But I think--I think that
there's a way to be strong
And to be vulnerable
at the same time.
- In my life,
I can't be vulnerable.
- Well, you have to be.
Why are you so afraid
to show that?
- Um, it's just because
I've been taught...
- Overcompensation.
- My entire life
to just be so--
[sighs] I don't know
how to describe it.
I'm almost programmed,
as it were,
To just kind of
be perfect,
And I hate being that way.
I catch a lot of
awful crap for that, and--
- Like what?
- Like, I'm adopted.
And, um, it's kind of like,
I had to be the best
So that I could prove
to my family
That I kind of belonged.
I-I don't--I'm not a jock,
I'm not--I'm not perfect
like they are,
And so I strive, if that
makes any sense.
- Right now,
that's the girl that--
I've never seen that
before,
So suddenly, I'm like,
oh, okay.
There--there you are.
- It's 'cause I never show it.
- I think that when, you know,
when you come out here
And you've said that there's
no room for imperfection
In your life,
I don't think that people
relate to that.
What we need
is a heroine.
We need somebody who,
Young girls, particularly,
can invest in,
And I keep wanting you
to step into those shoes.
- Right.
- I think you can go.
- Thank you.
- Bye.
I think what I said to her
was the truth,
For what we need.
- It's just hard to figure
who she is.
She's not quite dianna,
she's not quite lea,
She's not quite, you know.
- Well, that's the problem.
I think she just has to be
who she is.
- No, I agree.
So samuel is here
Because he goes to
a little bit of a place
Of being
kind of aggressive.
- Hello.
- Hello.
- Whoa, this is kind of high.
I didn't expect that.
- This is the first time
in the entire competition
You've been here.
- Yes.
- So, what are you
gonna sing?
- I'm gonna sing animal
by neon trees.
[intro to animal]
♪ ♪
♪ here we go again ♪
♪ I kinda want to be
more than friends ♪
♪ so take it easy on me ♪
♪ I'm afraid
you're never satisfied ♪
♪ ♪
♪ here we go again ♪
♪ we're sick like animals ♪
♪ we play pretend ♪
♪ you're just a cannibal ♪
♪ and I'm afraid ♪
♪ I won't get out alive ♪
♪ ♪
♪ no, I won't sleep
tonight ♪
♪ oh, oh,
I want some more, oh ♪
♪ whoa-oh, what are you
waiting for? ♪
♪ take a bite
of my heart tonight ♪
♪ whoa-oh,
I want some more ♪
♪ oh, oh, what are you
waiting r? ♪
♪ what
are you waiting for? ♪
♪ take a bite of my heart
tonight ♪
♪ oh ♪
[applause]
Right.
I'm not picking that up.
Mm-mm.
- Um...
- Chh-ah.
- Of the three people who came
across the stage tonight,
You know, I think
you were the most unrelatable.
I think you're very,
um, special, but I also think
That you're rarefied,
but that's not the show.
You can move, you're sexy,
you've got a vibe.
You know what to say,
but are you the show?
Are you an outcast?
Are you an underdog?
You're almost too slick
for me,
And I don't see
the soft side of you.
- Yeah.
- I think it would have
been fascinating
If you would have
come out here
And you would have--
if you would have
Just been, um,
vulnerable
And emotional as opposed to,
you know, russell brand.
I would have been much more
interested in that guy.
I want something
swoon-worthy from you.
Does that make sense?
- Yeah, totally.
- The other thing that I thought
was interesting about you
From what I've heard is,
when we had the lesson
A couple weeks ago where
you were paired with a guy,
You actually said, "I'm not
comfortable playing this
Because I'm afraid that
they would write me gay."
- Because my parents are
so conservative christians
And stuff like that,
it's the separation
Between acting and real life,
and I understand
That my mom wouldn't
want me to be gay.
I get that. She is--
that's how she was raised.
But at the end of the day,
like, I told her, I'm like,
"it is acting, you know?
"I don't have to
kiss a girl
"and then go fall in love
with her.
I can simply do something
to make a scene look good."
And she totally
understood that,
And she was like,
"you know what?
Whatever happens,
I'll support you."
And that's--that's really
the only thing that bothers me.
- Well, you know,
it's interesting,
'cause the reason that I was
very interested in cameron
Was because I think
that there really is
A great void on this show
to be filled,
Which is to write a character
who is christian--
- Mm-hmm.
- Who is also a bunch
of different things.
Somebody who holds fast
to those beliefs,
I think, is an important thing
for us to add to the show.
- Completely.
- So, where's that guy?
- The back of my neck says
"jesus christ," seriously.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- I'm interested
in the softer side of you,
Like the christian boy
side of you,
The religious side of you.
- I feel like, on the show,
people have a misconception
Of--of--of what people
in high school are.
- That's right.
- They have a misconception
about me.
Like, um, you know,
I do love god.
I love jesus so much,
but at the same time,
Like, I can play
rock music.
- Okay, very good.
Thank you.
At the end of the day,
with these kids,
It's always
who's the most talented,
And it's a hard decision
Because I think people
will root for hannah
Quicker and more obviously.
- She's made it this far because
she's such a great actress.
- Mm-hmm
- And you really--when you
see hannah on the screen,
You're just in love with her.
- But lindsay is also on-screen
a great actress.
I mean, they're
the two actresses...
- Yeah.
- Of the bunch.
That's the tough thing.
- And sam's great too.
I'm just worried that he can be
a little one-dimensional.
- I love both of you guys
a lot.
I don't know.
It's been really cool.
- I promised myself
I would not cry today.
- Oh, get ready.
I really have no idea
what's going to happen.
I try to
get inside ryan's head
And figure out
what he's thinking,
But anything could happen.
- I feel--I feel that we have
become a family, and--
- Absolutely.
- To be absolutely honest,
I am really preparing myself
to go home
'cause I just feel like
I just did horribly.
- I don't know
who should go.
- It's very clear to me.
- All right, let's hit it.
[ ♪ ]
- Hey, everybody.
It's really, really hard,
but the list is up,
So go take a look.
[muffled conversation]
[overlapping chatter]
- you're my inspiration.
- Love you, guys.
- I want to win this competition
more than I want to breathe,
More than I want to exist.
I believe I want this
more than anyone here.
- Being here is such
a surreal experience,
And I don't want it
to end,
So I really would like
to make it to the end.
- I want this
more than anything,
And I feel like I've worked
really hard for it,
So I hope that I am safe.
- [exhales]
[groans]
- Shoot.
- This has been the most
wonderful experience
I could ever ask for,
honestly.
It's been my dream for a very
long time to be on glee,
And, um, I mean, right now,
it kind of feels like
That dream is over,
but I know
That only good is going
to come of this.
It's definitely the best thing
that's ever happened to me.
- ♪ buh buh buh ♪
- ♪ buh buh buh ♪
- ♪ oh oh ♪
- ♪ buh buh buh ♪
♪ buh buh buh ♪
♪ oh oh ♪
- ♪ there's nothing
you can say ♪
♪ there's nothing
you can do ♪
♪ and there's no other way ♪
♪ when it comes to
the truth ♪
- ♪ so keep ♪
- ♪ keep holding ♪
♪ on ♪
♪ 'cause you know
we'll make it through ♪
♪ we'll make it
through ♪
[school bell rings]
- Ooh.
- All right,
let's do this.
- ♪ you can lean on ♪
- What do you think
they're gonna want?
- This is the last round
before the final.
- I will fight tooth and nail
to get there.
- Oh, stop.
- ♪ every time that you-- ♪
- [groans]
- Just when we
Had finally
reached a decision,
We got a phone call
from ryan.
- For more information on
the glee project,
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