Old Dog New Tricks

"Old Dog, New Tricks"
Glee episode
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 19
Directed by	Bradley Buecker
Written by	Chris Colfer
Featured music	"I Melt with You" "Memory" "Werewolves of London" "Lucky Star" "Take Me Home Tonight"
Production code	5ARC19
Original air date	May 6, 2014 (2014-05-06)
Guest appearance(s)
June Squibb as Maggie Banks Billy Dee Williams as Andy Collins Tim Conway as Marty Rogers Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones Melinda McGraw as Clara Banks Sean O'Bryan as Roric Mia Barron as the mother interested in the three-legged dog Brittany Renee Finamore as Beverly Stevens
Episode chronology
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"Old Dog, New Tricks" is the nineteenth episode of the fifth season of the American musical television series Glee, and the one-hundred-seventh episode overall. Written by starring actor Chris Colfer and directed by Bradley Buecker, it aired on Fox in the United States on May 6, 2014. The episode featured three special guest stars: June Squibb, Billy Dee Williams, and Tim Conway.

Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer), at dinner with his friends, asks them to join him at a matinee on Monday, but all have other plans. Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) discovers that gossip is already flying about her recent absence from Funny Girl, and that the producers are furious. Santana Lopez (Naya Rivera) offers to be Rachel's publicist, and suggests they find a charitable cause; when Rachel sees a woman stuffing her dog into a bag and remonstrates with her for abusing the animal, she realizes she's found her cause.

Kurt is on duty at the Spotlight Diner when an elderly woman asks him to put up a poster for a production of Peter Pan at the Lexington Home for Retired Performers, where she lives. She notices he's feeling down, and offers to listen to his troubles. Afterward, he learns that she is Maggie Banks (June Squibb), a former Broadway star, and she invites him to watch their rehearsals.

At a rescue kennel, Rachel and the others convinces the staff to allow her to stage a benefit. When Kurt finds out, he asks if he can sing at it, but is told no: only Rachel, Mercedes (Amber Riley) and Santana. Rachel's first publicity stunt for the upcoming benefit and her charity "Broadway Bitches", walking dogs for paparazzi, turns into a disaster: the dogs pull her down and drag her for several blocks. Back home, Santana reassures her by describing the next steps in their campaign.

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