Dynamic Duets

"Dynamic Duets"
Glee episode
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 7
Directed by	Ian Brennan
Written by	Ian Brennan
Featured music	"Dark Side" "Superman" "Holding Out for a Hero" "Heroes" "Some Nights"
Production code	4ARC07
Original air date	November 22, 2012 (2012-11-22)
Guest appearance(s)
Dot-Marie Jones as Shannon Beiste Vanessa Lengies as Sugar Motta Samuel Larsen as Joe Hart Lauren Potter as Becky Jackson Melissa Benoist as Marley Rose Jacob Artist as Jake Puckerman Blake Jenner as Ryder Lynn Becca Tobin as Kitty Wilde Grant Gustin as Sebastian Smythe Nolan Gerard Funk as Hunter Clarington Trisha Rae Stahl as Millie Rose Jodi Harris as Mrs. Pathello
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"Dynamic Duets" is the seventh episode of the fourth season of the American musical television series Glee, and the seventy-third episode overall. Written and directed by series co-creator Ian Brennan, it aired on Fox in the United States on November 22, 2012.

Kitty Wilde (Becca Tobin) and Ryder Lynn (Blake Jenner) join New Directions just as their Nationals trophy is stolen by Hunter Clarington (Nolan Gerard Funk), the new captain of the Dalton Academy Warblers. Blaine Anderson (Darren Criss) goes to Dalton to retrieve it. There, Hunter and Sebastian Smythe (Grant Gustin) attempt to convince Blaine to return to the Warblers. After singing Kelly Clarkson's "Dark Side" with them, Blaine becomes conflicted about his future. Meanwhile, interim glee club director Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith), struggling to convince New Directions to view him as a leader, takes inspiration from McKinley High's superhero club, which several members of New Directions are part of, to create a week assignment named "Dynamic Duets", in which enemies are forced to work together, in order to prepare the club for Sectionals.

Jake Puckerman (Jacob Artist) and Ryder, who have been competing for Marley Rose's (Melissa Benoist) affections, are one of the pairs created by Finn, and serenade Marley with "Superman", but end up getting into a fight in the middle of their performance. Finn then gives them another assignment: to share their deepest fears with one another. Jake eventually admits that he feels insecure over being mixed-race and Jewish, while Ryder admits that he cannot read properly. Jake tells Finn about this, and Finn convinces Ryder to take a test, revealing that Ryder is dyslexic. He is directed to a professional and begins treatment to improve his studying.

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