It was all about the songs and message of Whitney Houston on last night’s episode of Glee, “Dance With Somebody.” Check out this full recap of last night’s episode!

This week’s episode begins with Kurt, Santana, Rachel and Mercedes creating a shrine to Whitney Houston while singing a beautiful a capella version of “How Will I Know.” Will – I got really tired last week of continually typing Schuester, so he’s going to be Will today – looks on in worry and expresses his concerns about the students’ ongoing mourning of the recently passed icon. Emma shares her own extreme reaction to a celebrity death – for her, Princess Diana – during a time of closure in her life, and tells Will that it may be misplaced grief for the moving on that all the students are about to face upon graduation. Will brings the idea of doing an official Whitney tribute to the club, and, although Sam – voicing the thoughts of most of the cynical Glee fandom – asks “Are you sure that’s appropriate?” most of the group is excited by the idea, until Will basically tries to psychoanalyse them and tell them what they’re really feeling. This is met with a reasonable – and justifiable – amount of scorn, due to the fact that these kids are much more in touch with their own emotions that Will is – a fact that we will get some hard evidence for over the span of the episode, and Will looks upset that the kids are handling things much better than he is.

Kurt talks to Blaine about his excitement regarding the week’s glee assignment, and how it could tie in to his NYADA audition. Blaine is absently supportive, but a bit tuned out, and says he isn’t able to come to the store to help Kurt pick out sheet music. At the music store, Kurt is approached by a stranger, a boy called Chandler who is preparing to audition for musical theater at NYU. Chandler compliments nearly everything about Kurt, and is enthusiastic about his and Kurt’s mutual New York prospects. Kurt, clearly taken with the attention, complies when Chandler asks for his number.

For the Whitney assignment, Brittany performs “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” with Santana and it’s fairly attractive. It cuts between Brittany dancing with everyone in the classroom, and a music video shoot apparently taking place on the auditorium stage, and Santana in her Whitney outfit (it’s actually the outfit from the original “How Will I Know” video clip) is just so cute that I want to keep her in a little box and hug her and squish her. Brittany says at the end that though Santana is her favorite dance partner, that everyone is a cool dancer – even Quinn, who is still dancing in Brittany’s dreams. Quinn looks rather depressed at the statement, and Joe Hart says as much to her when he catches up with her at her locker later on. He enquires about her progress in physical therapy, and offers to come with her when she says it’s not going well. She asks why he would want to do that, and he says that he cares about her and that being a good Christian, for him, is about action, not talk. Not sure why the show has suddenly decided that being nice and good suddenly equals having Christian values rather than just being a decent person for the sake of other people, but okay, that’s just how Joe rolls, apparently.

Will surprises Emma by hiring a top-notch wedding planner to help out with their upcoming nuptials. Emma is happy but confused, as their current plan was a Christmas wedding which wouldn’t require much extra planning or decorating for the church. He tells her that they need the planner because he wants to move the wedding up to May, claiming that they’ve been in love for three years and that he doesn’t want to wait any more. Emma is very confused about Will’s urgency, and very rational about what it takes to actually orchestrate a wedding, but he silences her into submission with kisses, which feels really inappropriate and gross to me.

Rachel catches Kurt texting with Chandler – at first she assumes that Kurt must be receiving texts from Blaine – and Kurt shares the situation with her, saying that they joke around with each other in a sweet way. When Rachel reads the flirtatious content of the texts, she is shocked, and when Kurt says it’s no big deal and the interactions make him feel good, she looks horrified with her friend, telling him that Blaine is the one who is meant to make him feel good. Kurt looks abashed, but reveals that, though he and Blaine love each other, their relationship is not exciting or making him feel special. What’s the harm, he asks Rachel, in someone else making him feel special if it’s all innocent? But when asked if he would show Blaine the texts happening between him and Chandler, he says that he would not, prompting Rachel to tell him “I guess it’s not that innocent.”

Quinn and Joe perform a sweet and romantic and fairly boring duet of “Saving All My Love For You” in the choir room, which cuts away to some scenes at the physical therapy center, where the pair almost kiss but Joe pulls away. This number cuts directly into another song – this is actually pretty rare, for Glee – “So Emotional”, a high-energy number performed by Rachel and Santana. These two are far and away my favorite females on the show, so I loved seeing them rock out together. Apparently filming performances on cellphones is the hip new trend, because both Finn and Brittany have their iPhones out, filming their girlfriends, and several shots of the number are from the point of view and film quality of the camera phones. I quite liked this effect. Meanwhile, Kurt’s not paying attention whatsoever, just laughing delightedly at his phone – more Chandler texts, including a pun about Kurt’s ass – and Blaine stares at his boyfriend in a pained manner. After the song, all the girls are chatting in the bathroom and Quinn is quizzed about her relationship with Joe. She explains in a defeated monotone that it isn’t going to happen and she thinks that, due to his pulling away from their near-kiss, Joe was repulsed by her damaged body and wheelchair.

Will comes home to find Emma meeting with the wedding planner, a large and burly man. (“Citrus and wasabi are your colors. Wasabi’s the new seafoam.”) They tell him of their plans so far and Will says he has a couple of things he needs to contribute – firstly, that at the reception he will be rapping, which gets a very deserved eye-roll from the planner, and secondly that he needs a venue that can accommodate a stage for the glee club to perform. When told that the available venues won’t accommodate that and Emma suggests moving the date to September, Will becomes snappy and fires the wedding planner, demanding that the wedding happen in May, on his terms.

In the locker room, Joe asks Sam for help with his Quinn issue – the fact that when helping her with her physical therapy, he had “in-your-pants” feelings. The best thing about this scene is Chord Overstreet’s delivery of every line, especially his “here’s the thing about me. I can be super helpful, but when you ask me stuff you have to be real specific.” Anyway, Joe asks Sam how he has managed to control his “feelings”, and Sam says he gave up on trying, and is sexually active. Joe, shocked at his fellow Christian, says it’s a sin, and Sam hits him with the logic stick, pointing out that it’s also apparently a sin to get tattoos, pointing out Joe’s. He goes on to explain that some religious rules were made in older and simpler times and that being a Christian now depends on different things. Joe still refutes this, saying the sex-related rule still applies, but Sam lays the ultimatum on him – get closer to God, or give in to sex and get closer to Quinn. Not that I think Quinn would be having sex with him anyway, after all she’s been through? But okay.

At the Hummel house, Kurt comes back into his bedroom, equipped with a cheese tray and ready for a movie marathon with Blaine. Blaine, however, looks like someone stole his puppy and lit it on fire. While Kurt was out of the room, his phone had been maniacally buzzing with texts from Chandler, and Blaine has seen them. Kurt’s first response is the old classic of the unfaithful caught out – “Why are you going through my phone?” – but Blaine, in tears, proceeds to quote some of the flirtations as Kurt demands his phone back. Blaine points out the number of texts, compared to the amount of times Kurt has texted him – four. Kurt questions as to why Blaine is getting so upset, claiming that the situation is innocent, though he doesn’t seem convinced by himself. Blaine definitely isn’t convinced as he bluntly says he considers it to be cheating. Kurt, getting angry, says that is no big deal, just a guy he met and that Blaine himself used to text Sebastian, to which Blaine responds that it was different due to Kurt knowing Blaine was not interested in Sebastian and that all of their communications were “family-friendly.” Blaine, very hurt, states that Kurt ‘likes’ this guy. It isn’t a question, and Kurt doesn’t try to deny it, but tries to defend himself, asking Blaine to name the last time he complimented Kurt or made him feel special. Blaine cuts him off, yelling “I transferred schools to be with you! I changed my whole life!” to which I am punching the air in victory and validation. Kurt then makes the weakest argument to this statement that I could possibly imagine – he says it’s really hard being Blaine’s boyfriend because before Blaine came to the school, Kurt used to get a lot of glee club solos and now he has to sit back and watch Blaine perform. (Blaine and the Pips all over again?) Okay. Pause a minute and look at that argument. Kurt finds it hard to deal with Blaine’s participation in glee club, at the school Kurt asked him to transfer to. A glee club where pretty much everyone has the chance to perform a solo in the classroom should they so want to stand up and sing a song. Blaine is talented and enthusiastic, and was the lead singer of his old glee club. He also isn’t competitive at all. Kurt’s refute to Blaine’s point about making sacrifices for Kurt is that watching Blaine’s participation in glee club makes him feel inferior. Blaine is apparently a more gentle and forgiving person than I, because his response to this is not to rip Kurt’s logic into tiny shreds, but to encourage him, if he’s unhappy, to talk to Blaine about it instead of cheating on him. Kurt still can’t process what he’s done as cheating, apologising for upsetting Blaine but saying that the situation is okay. In the worst segue ever, made worse by the fact that this was a very real and very emotional scene, Blaine says coldly “It’s not right… but it’s okay?” and we then cut to the next day at school where Blaine is about to perform the number he’d just quoted. He prefaces it by saying “This song is for anyone who’s ever been cheated on,” and Kurt disdainfully announces to the room that he did not cheat on Blaine, however, as Blaine performs the number, everyone looks taken aback, sneaking glances at the impatient Kurt, and clearly they believe Blaine, as they start singing backup for him, both in the classroom and in the fantasy sequence recreating the music video. By the end, the whole club is standing behind Blaine, accusing Kurt, and as the number finishes, Blaine walks out of the rehearsal.

Next there’s a great Santana and Rachel scene where, after the success of their duet and now that their time together is coming to an end, they officially declare themselves as friends. I would quote some of it but if I did I would end up quoting the whole scene. Anyway, it’s snarky and emotional and gorgeous, and at the end, Santana puts a picture of Rachel up in her locker.

Back in his bedroom, Kurt is labelling things for his college move when World’s Greatest Dad Burt Hummel comes in and deals out some feelings. Firstly, he asks why Kurt is not choosing to take his and Blaine’s prom picture, and Kurt explains that they’re on the rocks and that he doesn’t know what’s up with Blaine. Of course you don’t, Kurt, you’re a selfish, self-involved little so-and-so who doesn’t know how to take responsibility for any action, ever. Moving on from that, Burt gets upset about some things Kurt is choosing to throw out, and Kurt criticises him, saying “we need to be heartless. This is how Hoarders starts.” Kurt, tired, asks his father not to get sentimental and Burt says that they haven’t been getting sentimental enough. He says that they’re being too casual about Kurt’s departure and that he himself has been avoiding interactions because he doesn’t want to deal with the finality of them. I hate this scene because when Kurt and Burt get emotional with each other, I can’t help but see the Kurt I loved and who changed my life, and I now just resent him so much. “You and I, we made each other men. But sometimes, I just want my sweet little boy back.” me too, Burt Hummel. Me too.

Anyway, this leads into Kurt’s offensively bad version of “I Have Nothing,” – I guess his dad gave him some food for thought, because he directs this at Blaine. The best bit in this scene is when Mike Chang looks imploringly at Blaine and Blaine does this fantastic “what do you want from me, back off” eyebrow twitch. For the whole number I’m being like “don’t buy this, Blaine, don’t buy it” but by the end he applauds, and looks quite moved and upset.

In the locker room, Puck is giving his bros – Finn, Sam, Mike and apparently Blaine – some parting gifts of shot-glasses and guitar picks inscribed with “Dudes of Glee 2012.” There’s not much to this scene except the fact that Puck is an amazing human being and a big softy, and that the gifts were presented in little girls birthday party gift bags. He wants his friends to remember all the “broments” that they had together, thanks them for always looking out for him, and tells them that he loves them. Re-watching the episode, this scene was the only one to make me cry.

In what is one of the best scenes both for emotion and comedy in the history of Glee, Blaine has been called into to Emma’s office for some counselling with Kurt. First flaw-free moment: Blaine cutting down Emma not once but twice.. “Are you qualified for that?” and when her response is negatory, she mentions her helping of Samcedes, to which Blaine responds that he’s pretty sure they broke up. Emma is not deterred, though, asks the boys for some brutal honesty, and so Blaine lays the situation on the line. Kurt, with a tone of “are we still really going on about this”, says that he sang Blaine a song to express his regrets, and in another flaw-free moment, Emma slides a pamphlet – “Say Sorry With A Song” out of sight. Once Blaine’s on a roll, though, he mentions that there are some things he’d like to change, such as Kurt’s arrogant finger-snapping at wait staff and the fact Kurt slips bronzer into his moisturiser. “You look good with a little color.” “I only use lotion on my hands, it looks weird if a person just has tanned hands!” “Okay.. Kurt, wouldn’t you love Blaine just as much if he didn’t have tan hands?” Beautiful, beautiful, hysterical dialogue made so serious by the acting skills of the boys – Darren Criss particularly knocks this one out of the park, showing Blaine as someone who’s really reached the end of his tether and is a hair’s breadth away from sobbing. He then hardens and brings up the real issue – that all their conversations lately are about NYADA and Kurt’s future and it reminds Blaine that he will be left there, in Lima, alone, for his senior year next year, and no one has asked how he felt about it. Alone. At McKinley. The school Kurt manipulated him into transferring to. Yaaaay. Anyway, I wish I could say the scene ended here, on this Festivus-worthy airing of grievances. Unfortunately it doesn’t. Blaine, in tears now, talks about how he’s been distant as practice for getting used to being alone, and Kurt assures him that it won’t be the case – that they’ll talk every day, that Blaine can visit every weekend. Oh, that’s realistic. Someone make it stop.

Meanwhile, Will has found his perfect wedding venue that will accommodate his stage and his May date. It’s a camping ground. Emma calmly points out that it’s probably not going to work that well for her, due to her OCD, and that they really need to give up on this May idea in order to find a proper venue. He refuses, according her gaze, and she cuts straight to the point – telling him that the glee kids will still come back for the wedding, even if it’s after graduation. This whole debacle is because Will Schuester doesn’t have any grown up friends to attend his wedding and he doesn’t want his teenage BFFs to leave. This is just so… creepy and weird, I just can’t. Emma tries to console him and I feel really sorry for her that she has to deal with this insane man who is putting his feelings about a bunch of singing children above his feelings for her.

Back at another physical therapy session, Joe is helping Quinn with a leg stretch when her hand brushes his, er, excitement. She’s quite amused, but he is humiliated, and they discuss what is going on between them and what it means for Joe’s faith. They don’t really come to any resolution except that it’s “something new,” but Quinn looks happy.

Kurt’s receiving another text – but this time, it’s from Blaine. He’s cut Chandler off. Poor Chandler, I feel like he’s a victim here, he probably didn’t even know about Blaine and now feels he’s lost his awesome new potential New York boyfriend when he hasn’t done anything wrong. But anyway, the boys have made up and are attempting to get back to normal, and Blaine is asking Kurt to blow off the non-compulsary glee rehearsal with him. Apparently a lot of people have other plans, are “going their own way” – but Kurt wants to attend, saying there’s only a few they have left together. In a bit of hitting-you-over-the-head-with-a-brick symbolism, all the members of New Directions find their way into the auditorium where Artie and Mercedes are singing “My Love Is Your Love.” They’ve all chosen to come to the rehearsal and be with each other. Awwwwwww. I mean eh.