Samcedes Episode Analysis: 2.02 Britney
by Akilah
Sam doesn’t even appear in this episode, so of course, there are no Samcedes moments. And Mercedes is barely there, so this won’t be long.
Mercedes: I don’t even think she gets lines in this episode. We see her in the background in the choir room sitting alone in more than one scene. Perhaps giving the viewer a visual of her impending loneliness and isolation. When she does sit next to someone its either Kurt or Santana. When she and Santana sit next to eachotehr they’re singing along to Rachel’s “Only exception.” Foreshadowing for their number in Duets perhaps?
She and Kurt sit next to each other as Kurt praises the power of Brittany Spears to help Rachel “Blossom” (by dressing in Britney’s sexy school girl outfit from Baby One More Time). Mercedes seems to agree and she and Kurt do a funny little finger wiggle type of hand shake. Kurtcedes is alive and well in this episode. Kurt is the one to suggest Britney Spears songs which Will is vehemently against. This storyline is laying the groundwork for season 3 ND rebellion against Will, which creates the Trouble Tones.
Also, Mercedes has perfect teeth, we learn after Doctor Carl gave all the kids a plaque test. It should come as no surprise being that shes the daughter of a dentist.
Sam: He doesn’t appear in this episode, but his proxy Finn is heavily featured. I won’t go into too much detail about Finn here, but just make a comment about how Sam is Finn’s proxy/foil/replacement.
In the previous episode Finn tells Artie that he’ll get him on the football team. That backfires and he ends up being kicked off, with Sam taking his place. In this episode Finn decides to try-out again for Football. When Artie approaches him about helping him get on the team as well, Finn reneges on his word and tells Artie that he (Finn) has too look out for his self. Its a sad moment and is there purely to show an aspect of Finn’s personality and his character flaw (selfishness). Really, Finn’s dismissal of Artie is pretty unneccessary since 30 seconds later Coach Bieste walks in the locker room and puts them both on the football team. I point this out so I can later discuss what Sam does in a similar situation in 2.04 Duets. Sam is a lot like Finn, but he’s also Finn’s opposite.
Samcedes: I won’t get into it now, but just like Sam and Finn are similar but also opposite in many respects, Finchel and Samcedes are similar and opposite in many ways too. This will be something I would like to touch on when the new episodes air. But I’ll leave all the Finchel/Samcedes parallels alone in season 2 episode analysis.
by Akilah
Sam doesn’t even appear in this episode, so of course, there are no Samcedes moments. And Mercedes is barely there, so this won’t be long.
Mercedes: I don’t even think she gets lines in this episode. We see her in the background in the choir room sitting alone in more than one scene. Perhaps giving the viewer a visual of her impending loneliness and isolation. When she does sit next to someone its either Kurt or Santana. When she and Santana sit next to eachotehr they’re singing along to Rachel’s “Only exception.” Foreshadowing for their number in Duets perhaps?
She and Kurt sit next to each other as Kurt praises the power of Brittany Spears to help Rachel “Blossom” (by dressing in Britney’s sexy school girl outfit from Baby One More Time). Mercedes seems to agree and she and Kurt do a funny little finger wiggle type of hand shake. Kurtcedes is alive and well in this episode. Kurt is the one to suggest Britney Spears songs which Will is vehemently against. This storyline is laying the groundwork for season 3 ND rebellion against Will, which creates the Trouble Tones.
Also, Mercedes has perfect teeth, we learn after Doctor Carl gave all the kids a plaque test. It should come as no surprise being that shes the daughter of a dentist.
Sam: He doesn’t appear in this episode, but his proxy Finn is heavily featured. I won’t go into too much detail about Finn here, but just make a comment about how Sam is Finn’s proxy/foil/replacement.
In the previous episode Finn tells Artie that he’ll get him on the football team. That backfires and he ends up being kicked off, with Sam taking his place. In this episode Finn decides to try-out again for Football. When Artie approaches him about helping him get on the team as well, Finn reneges on his word and tells Artie that he (Finn) has too look out for his self. Its a sad moment and is there purely to show an aspect of Finn’s personality and his character flaw (selfishness). Really, Finn’s dismissal of Artie is pretty unneccessary since 30 seconds later Coach Bieste walks in the locker room and puts them both on the football team. I point this out so I can later discuss what Sam does in a similar situation in 2.04 Duets. Sam is a lot like Finn, but he’s also Finn’s opposite.
Samcedes: I won’t get into it now, but just like Sam and Finn are similar but also opposite in many respects, Finchel and Samcedes are similar and opposite in many ways too. This will be something I would like to touch on when the new episodes air. But I’ll leave all the Finchel/Samcedes parallels alone in season 2 episode analysis.
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