Will announces to the glee club that they will have to perform a ballad during their upcoming competition.
So, this week, they were paired off (randomly) and given the assignment to perform a ballad (with feeling) to their partner. Rachel’s budding crush on Will is only deepened when she is paired with him. Realizing he has a problem, Will goes to Emma for help who suggests he signs a ballad to Rachel that will make her realize her crush is inappropriate. But even a mash up of “Don’t Stand So Close To Me” and ”Young Girl” doesn’t make Rachel see the error in her ways. What does work is a visit for Mr. Shue’s last crush, Suzy Pepper who warns Rachel of the dangers of being “mildly attractive and extremely grating”.
