Swan Song (Glee)

"Swan Song"
Glee episode
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 9
Directed by	Brad Falchuk
Written by	Stacy Traub
Featured music	"Somethin' Stupid" "All That Jazz" "Being Good Isn't Good Enough" "O Holy Night" "Being Alive" "Don't Dream It's Over"
Production code	4ARC09
Original air date	December 6, 2012 (2012-12-06)
Guest appearance(s)
Whoopi Goldberg as Carmen Tibideaux Kate Hudson as Cassandra July Iqbal Theba as Principal Figgins Samuel Larsen as Joe Hart Alex Newell as Wade "Unique" Adams Melissa Benoist as Marley Rose Dean Geyer as Brody Weston Becca Tobin as Kitty Wilde Jacob Artist as Jake Puckerman Blake Jenner as Ryder Lynn Lauren Potter as Becky Jackson Brad Ellis as Brad
Episode chronology
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"Swan Song" is the ninth episode of the fourth season of the American musical television series Glee, and the seventy-fifth episode overall. Written by Stacy Traub and directed by co-creator Brad Falchuk, it aired on Fox in the United States on December 6, 2012. The episode features the return of special guest stars Whoopi Goldberg as New York Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYADA) dean Carmen Tibideaux and Kate Hudson as NYADA dance instructor Cassandra July, on the eve of the school's Winter Showcase.

Immediately after her collapse onstage at Sectionals, the glee club helps Marley Rose (Melissa Benoist) backstage. Unknown to the glee club at the time, leaving the stage in the middle of a performance is grounds for disqualification, and despite Will Schuester's (Matthew Morrison) efforts to get New Directions to return to the stage, Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) informs them that the Dalton Academy Warblers have been declared the winners of Sectionals. With New Directions' performance season over, Sue claims the choir room and auditorium for her own use, leaving the glee club without a practice venue, but confides to Becky Jackson (Lauren Potter) that she considers it an empty victory. Interim director Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith) tries to rally the glee club members to prepare for the upcoming holiday concert, but the entire club is dejected and points out to Finn that several members are seniors and do not have a "next year" to make another run at Nationals; Tina Cohen-Chang (Jenna Ushkowitz) and Artie Abrams (Kevin McHale) in particular blame Marley for their loss. As a result of the glee club's performance season ending early, most of the club members take up other extracurricular activities. The loss also spurs Sam Evans (Chord Overstreet) and Brittany Pierce (Heather Morris) to express their feelings for each other.

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