Samcedes Episode Analysis: 2.06 Never Been Kissed (part 2)

Samcedes Episode Analysis: 2.06 Never Been Kissed (part 2)

By Akilah

Mercedes: When its revealed that the boys and Tina, have been using Coach Bieste's image to help them "cool down" durring make-out sessions, Kurt and Mercedes turn and look at each other, clearly confused and out of the loop. The thing is, these two have never been kissed. They are not a part of the ND incest pool. They don't hook up and have never hand any real significant dating experience. Their respective relationships with Brittany and Puck were jokes. So when they sit together, off to the left, they are visually symbolizing their isolation within the group. They are not participants in the romantic and sexual dalliances of New Directions.

When we first see Mercedes in this episode, shes sitting with Kurt in the choir room. In the last choir room scene of the episode, they are seated together as well. The narrative is giving us a visual indication that they are still very much a unit. When the boys perform their mash-up they walk over to their girlfriends and dance in from of them. Kurt dances in front of Mercedes, he even gives her a lap dance. Mercedes is Kurt's substitute for a girlfriend. When the girls perform their mash-up in front of the boys, Mercedes looks at Kurt while singing her solo lines. Out of all the boys in ND who are sitting and watching, Kurt is the one she feels comfortable singing to. Kurt is also Mercedes' substitute boyfriend.

While singing her verse in the mash-up, she looks at Kurt and Kurt looks at her. Kurt is smiling and its a moment where the two of them are communicating with each other through song. But that communication is interrupted when Kurt gets a text message from Blaine. Kurt meets Blaine in this episode, another gay boy who loves to sing just like him. Kurt finally has someone he can talk to and who he feels really understands him. Blaine sends Kurt the text during Mercedes performance and it disrupts Kurt and Mercedes' communication. Kurt is no longer looking at Mercedes, he's looking at Blaine's text and smiling. The disruption of communication between Kurt and Mercedes continues, and it only gets worse next episode.

Samcedes: There were no Samcedes moments in this episode. There was one thing Samcedes unrelated that I thought was cute, and made me think of them.

"Its just a little something something," Sam says while trying to cop a feel. I can imagine him saying this to Mercedes and her finding it cute and charming. Quinn on the other hand was not so amused.