The Role You Were Born to Play

"The Role You Were Born to Play"
Glee episode
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 5
Directed by	Brad Falchuk
Written by	Michael Hitchcock
Featured music	"Hopelessly Devoted to You" "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" "Juke Box Hero" "Everybody Talks" "Born to Hand Jive"
Production code	4ARC05
Original air date	November 8, 2012 (2012-11-08)
Guest appearance(s)
Jayma Mays as Emma Pillsbury Iqbal Theba as Principal Figgins Dot-Marie Jones as Shannon Beiste Vanessa Lengies as Sugar Motta Adina Porter as the history teacher Alex Newell as Wade "Unique" Adams Samuel Larsen as Joe Hart Melissa Benoist as Marley Rose Becca Tobin as Kitty Wilde Blake Jenner as Ryder Lynn Jacob Artist as Jake Puckerman Ric Sarabia as Mr. Clippinger
Episode chronology
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"The Role You Were Born to Play" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of the American musical television series Glee, and the seventy-first episode overall. It was written by Michael Hitchcock and directed by Brad Falchuk, and aired on Fox in the United States on November 8, 2012. The episode features the return of Mercedes (Amber Riley) and Mike (Harry Shum, Jr.), and the introduction of The Glee Project second-season winner Blake Jenner as McKinley student Ryder Lynn.

Artie Abrams (Kevin McHale) recruits Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith), who is working at his stepfather's tire shop and feeling like a failure, to co-direct McKinley High's production of Grease with him. Blaine Anderson (Darren Criss) auditions for them, but after singing "Hopelessly Devoted to You", he breaks down and says he can't play Danny, the male lead, since the musical is about love and his relationship with Kurt has been shattered. Finn tells Artie he's not going to direct, because he doesn't know what he's doing, but Artie reveals that he's called in help in the form of graduates Mercedes Jones (Amber Riley) and Mike Chang (Harry Shum, Jr.), who arrive and join them to help run auditions.

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