- A substitute teacher takes over for a sick Will and wows the group with her unconventional teaching methods.
- When Mr. Schuester gets sick, a substitute teacher takes over his Spanish class and the glee club, and winds up winning over the whole New Directions clan. Meanwhile, when Sue fills in for Principal Figgins as McKinley's top dog, she tries to flex her power on campus.—Fox Publicity
- Open with Sue (Jane Lynch) telling Will (Matthew Morrison) that Figgins (Iqbal Theba) has monkey flu and she is going to be acting principal. The student she had sneeze into Figgins' face does the same to Will.
Will talks to the kids about song selection for sections while a severe fever sets in.
Will recovers at home he gets an unwanted visit from Terri (Jessalyn Gilsig). He sends her away as she leaves his favorite movie.
It seems Rachel (Lea Michele) is trying to take over Glee club in Will's absence. Kurt (Chris Colfer) tells Mercedes (Amber Riley) nothing is happening with Blaine (Darren Criss), he just likes having a friend he can relate to. Kurt's idea is they get the substitute teacher Holly Holiday (Gwyneth Paltrow) to step in.
Kurt got the idea after Holiday led his English class in song when she subbed. Holiday loves the idea.
Holiday shows up and seems to be the coolest teacher ever. She is convinced the club did poorly in the past because it wasn't performing the songs it wanted to sing. Unlike Will, Holiday is into modern music and proves it by performing Cee-Lo's "Forget You." The kids love it.
Sue tries to disband the football team until Beiste (Dot-Marie Jones) reminds her the Cheerios need something to cheer for.
Sue writes in her journal that she needs a cause. She tells Becky to take a memo that she wants to ban tater tots.
We see Will performing "Make them Laugh" with Mike (Harry Shum Jr.). It turns out to be a dream. Rachel arrives at the apartment and tells him what Holiday has been doing. Rachel is worried Holiday and Sue seem to be such good buddies.
The Cheerios come in and throw out the tots. A furious Mercedes goes to see Sue, who explains she is declaring war on junk food. Mercedes promises she will get the tots back.
Holiday and Rachel talk. Holiday says Rachel needs to go after one of her ideas. Rachel mentions always wanting to do an up-beat, glamourous song and Holiday seems to have an idea.
Terri is still waiting on Will, who admits to not being happy. She rubs vapor rub on his back which leads to them fooling around.
Kurt sets up Mercedes with Anthony, a football player who happens to be one of the five black kids in the school. She doesn't love the idea, but it gets forgotten when Mercedes starts a tot protest.
Rachel and Holiday perform a Broadway-style rendition of "Nowadays" from Chicago.
Will is back in school, though obviously not fully recovered. Sue tells him because of her commitment to healthy food, Figgins has been fired and she's been offered the job. She tells him to go back home and fires him.
Mercedes goes to dinner with Kurt and Blaine. She feels left out of most of their conversation.
Will comes into the Glee choir room as Holiday is having the kids re-paint the walls. The two teachers discuss teaching, with Holiday favoring a far less-structured environment. She says in the current economy she can't turn down the job.
Sue calls Mercedes and Holiday into her office after Mercedes put tots into her LeCar, causing $17,000 worth of damage. Holiday has to admit to Sue that she has no idea what she's doing.
Holiday goes to see Will at his place. She breaks down and admits to being a terrible teacher. She flashes back to the beginning of her career when she was attacked by a student. Since then her life has been in constant motion. She is resigning. Terri walks in and gets angry thinking Holiday is his girlfriend. He tells her the previous night was a mistake and asks her not to come back. She says "you're going to regret this."
Kurt promises Mercedes she'll find someone. She agrees to date Anthony.
Karofsky shows up and asks Kurt if he's told anyone else about their kiss. Kurt says he hasn't, Karofsky says if Kurt tells anyone he'll kill him.
Sue tells Will she's reinstating him after all the Glee kids spoke in his behalf. The condition is he must return her LeCar to mint condition.
Will returns to a standing ovation from the kids. He suggests "Singing in the Rain" and the kids give him a dirty look.
Will goes to see Holiday who is subbing in a different part of the building. He asks for her help making "Singing in the Rain" more modern. This leads to a Will and Holiday leading a mashup of Rihanna's "Umbrella" and "Singing in the Rain."
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