Download is the Christmas episode always involves a plethora of holiday sweet with just a dash of WTF. Last year we had that WTF as a midpoint retro holiday special segment, and this year they're going more the holiday movie route to spread the weirdness across everything. Sue tells us exactly how "Glee, Actually" is going to go -- five seemingly unrelated stories sandwiched between commercial breaks that all tie together in the end. And so it beings.Billbroad
First up is Artie, who fell on the ice on the wheelchair ramp and is left frustrated about his situation in the chair. He falls asleep in the nurse's office and wakes up in a black and white world where he never had his car accident and can walk. Rory is there as his guardian angel (which leads us to question -- was Rory ever really there at all?). He leads Artie around an alternative universe of "Glee" where Tina is still goth and stuttering, Kurt was held back from all the bullying and never met Blaine, Schue is an alcoholic and Terri is still around and still faking the baby. Rachel became the school librarian and is only in the chorus of the local musical. You see, without Artie as an outcast who joined glee club, the whole thing fell apart. Artie tries to bring everyone back together with a performance of "Feliz Navidad" (the band is still on call, even in this alternative universe) to which Finn responds, "that was so gay." Even Kurt looked horrified. The real kicker is Quinn's abandoned wheelchair -- without glee club she still got in her accident and without the support of her friends, she died. He chooses to get back in his chair in the dream world, and wakes up accepting of his lot in life.Trade System
