"We're only gonna do songs by neglected artists!" Mr. Schue shouts out in the music room the next afternoon, answering Gwynnie's question for both the audience and the children, the latter of whom never heard it in the first place, but whatever. Of course, Rachel raises a hand to ask Mr. Schue to define "neglected artist." "Someone whose brilliance isn't always appreciated," Mr. Schue replies, so Rachel naturally reaches the conclusion that he's talking about her while I naturally reach the conclusion that the author of that line is talking about himself. Or maybe he's talking about Gwynnie. It's so hard to tell, given where this episode ends up. In any event, Rachel's supposition elicits a deadly side-eye from Mercedes that will become important later in the evening, but for now, Mr. Schue simply bellows a meaningless series of rah-rah cheers meant to boost the children's egos, or something, before we head into this evening's first commercial break.

The next afternoon, General Zod hooks up with Sergeant Handsome, and the two pedebabble through McKinley High's halls for a bit as she gives him his assignment, which is to break up Will and Gwyneth. The instant Sergeant Handsome peels off to comply with Sue's demands, The Pink Dagger materializes at her other side sporting a fuchsia cape and a customized baseball cap bearing his nom de guerre's emblem. "Sandy," Sue opens, "how do you manage to enter a building without setting off all the fire alarms?" The two continue on their way, with Sue explaining that Sandy's to sponsor a new student club she created at some point within the last five minutes to combat Will's just-proposed benefit concert, and with that, we leap forward slightly in time to the very first meeting of...