Sue tries to mend relationships; Kitty helps Rachel with her set list for the invitational; Sam recruits a new glee club member.
Kurt and Rachel are faced with struggles as they try to rebuild and co-direct the glee club; Becky brings her new boyfriend to town, leaving Sue feeling concerned.
Brittany and Santana have to do some convincing; Mercedes encourages Rachel to go for her Broadway dreams.
When Rachel learns that Sue has banished the arts McKinley, she decides to get them reinstated and lead a glee club; when more of the gang returns home, they help Rachel and Kurt recruit new club members.
The members of New Directions must come together to prepare for their first public performance at a high-strung tween's bar mitzvah.