With only two episodes remaining in Glee's fourth season, the Fox musical is setting the stage for a finale that showrunner Ryan Murphy has said will feature a cliffhanger.
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Among them, the future for Chord Overstreet's Sam Evans, the senior with a flare for impersonations who has risen to become one of the primary leaders within New Directions. This week, Sam and the rest of the glee club will get a helpful hand (or two) when grads Mercedes (Amber Riley) and Mike (Harry Shum Jr.) return to prep the squad for Regionals.
The Hollywood Reporter caught up with Overstreet to preview the final two hours of season four and get the scoop on what's ahead in season five, which will likely feature the second half of Sam's senior year as Glee's academic year will not commence when this season wraps. Here are eight things to know about what's ahead (and not).
1. The traditional end of the school year will have to wait -- for season five. "The final two episodes are more toward gearing up for Regionals," Overstreet says. "The school year is half this year and the other half next year." Among the story lines set to bleed into next season: Becky (Lauren Potter) and what comes of Sam and Blaine's (Darren Criss) efforts to get to the bottom of the school shooting that cost Sue (Jane Lynch) her job. "That will go into next year so a lot of it will be resolved next season."
2. Wonder-ful Regionals support. This week's Stevie Wonder tribute episode will feature Mr. Schue (Matthew Morrison) enlisting Mike (Harry Shum Jr.) and Mercedes (Amber Riley) to better prepare New Directions for Regionals, which arrives May 9. "Amber comes back and fills us in on what Mercedes has been up to as she and Harry help New Directions gear up and get ready for Regionals," Overstreet says. "It's a lead-up for Regionals and Harry's working on everyone's dancing and Mercedes is fine-tuning the girls." And for the loyal "Samcedes" fans, Overstreet says Sam is happy to see Mercedes, but he's moved on romantically with Brittany. "It's friendship," he says of Sam's former flame.
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Among them, the future for Chord Overstreet's Sam Evans, the senior with a flare for impersonations who has risen to become one of the primary leaders within New Directions. This week, Sam and the rest of the glee club will get a helpful hand (or two) when grads Mercedes (Amber Riley) and Mike (Harry Shum Jr.) return to prep the squad for Regionals.
The Hollywood Reporter caught up with Overstreet to preview the final two hours of season four and get the scoop on what's ahead in season five, which will likely feature the second half of Sam's senior year as Glee's academic year will not commence when this season wraps. Here are eight things to know about what's ahead (and not).
1. The traditional end of the school year will have to wait -- for season five. "The final two episodes are more toward gearing up for Regionals," Overstreet says. "The school year is half this year and the other half next year." Among the story lines set to bleed into next season: Becky (Lauren Potter) and what comes of Sam and Blaine's (Darren Criss) efforts to get to the bottom of the school shooting that cost Sue (Jane Lynch) her job. "That will go into next year so a lot of it will be resolved next season."
2. Wonder-ful Regionals support. This week's Stevie Wonder tribute episode will feature Mr. Schue (Matthew Morrison) enlisting Mike (Harry Shum Jr.) and Mercedes (Amber Riley) to better prepare New Directions for Regionals, which arrives May 9. "Amber comes back and fills us in on what Mercedes has been up to as she and Harry help New Directions gear up and get ready for Regionals," Overstreet says. "It's a lead-up for Regionals and Harry's working on everyone's dancing and Mercedes is fine-tuning the girls." And for the loyal "Samcedes" fans, Overstreet says Sam is happy to see Mercedes, but he's moved on romantically with Brittany. "It's friendship," he says of Sam's former flame.
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