Glee the Movie

(The story starts with the sun rise. The light shines in Will Schuester's apartment. He is still asleep in his bed until his alarm goes off. He turns off the snooze button and sets up on the mattress, rubbing his eyes. Will takes a deep breath in.)

Will: What do you know? Summer's over. Well, time to get ready for work.

(He turns on his radio to the song Don't Stop Believing, but the song is sung by Glee Cast, including the two main characters: Rachel Berry and Finn Hudson. We switch scenes to both characters as they get ready for school. They both wake up to their alarm clocks, singing.)

Finn: Just a small town girl
Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere

Rachel: Just a city boy
Born and raised in South Detroit
He took the midnight train goin' anywhere

(Both teenagers are getting dress and add on other accessories such as make-up and a football at hand. They tell their parents goodbye and walk out the door. Rachel has two dads, Hiram and Leroy, while Finn has a mom and stepdad, Carole and Burt.)

Rachel: Bye, Dad! Bye, Daddy!

Hiram: Have a great day, sweetie!

Leroy: We'll see you later too tonight!

Finn: Bye, Mom. See ya, Burt.

Carole: Bye, sweetheart! Don't leave without your brother!

Burt: Kurt! Hurry up! Finn's already walking out the door.

(Kurt is Finn's gay stepbrother and Burt's son. He huffs down the stairs in a red robe.)

Kurt: Well, he needs to wait because I have to put up my make-up!

Burt: What?

Kurt: Uh-nothing. I'll just get a ride with Mercedes.

(Kurt hurries back upstairs to finish getting ready. Finn walks out of the house to his car. Rachel walks out of her house to found Mercedes waiting in her car. The song continues.)

Finn: A singer in a smokey room

Rachel: The smell of wine and cheap perfume

Finn and Rachel: For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on

All: Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searchin' in the night

Streetlight, people
Livin' just to find emotion
Hidin' somewhere in the night

(Finn pulls up to Quinn Fabray's house. She comes out to the car and greets Finn with a kiss. You can tell they are a couple. Mercedes and Rachel pull up in front of Kurt's house and honk the horn. Kurt hurries out to the car.)

Kurt: Morning, Girls.

Mercedes: Oh, look at you! All fancy like.

Kurt: Well, I have to look my best for the first day of school. Thanks of the ride.

Rachel: We figured you need it.

Kurt: With an impatient stepbrother, I do.

(Girls Laugh)

Rachel: Workin' hard to get my fill
Everybody wants a thrill

Finn and Rachel: Payin' anythin' to roll the dice
Just one more time

Rachel: Some will win, some will lose

Finn and Rachel: Some are born to sing the blues
And now the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on

All: Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searchin' in the night

Streetlight, people
Livin' just to find emotion
Hidin' somewhere in the night

(Everyone is arriving at school. All the students are coming by bus or car. Will parks his car in the faculty parking lot. There, Emma Pillsbury, one of the school's guidance counselor, gets out of her car.)

Emma: Good morning, Will!

Will: Morning, Emma. How was your summer?

Emma: Wonderful. And yours?

Will: Eh, I filed my divorce last month.

Emma: Oh, Will, I'm so sorry.

Will: It's okay. I'll live-Whoa!

(A grey Hummer almost hits Will and Emma. In the Hummer is Susan "Sue" Sylvester, the cheerleading coach. She parks her car and rolls down her window.)

Sue: Hey, Will? How are you doing?

Will: I was doing fine until you almost hit me with your car!

Sue: Oh, I was so close. By the way, I like your hair cut.

Will: Thank you, Sue.

Sue: Ah, who am I kidding? Your hair looks like a bird's nest. Go easy on the hair gel this year.

Will: (Sighs) Same ol' Sue.

Sue: I heard that!

(All the students get inside the building including Rachel, Finn, and everyone else.)

All: Don't stop believin'
Hold on to that feelin'
Streetlight, people

Don't stop believin'
Hold on to that feelin'
Streetlight, people

Don't stop!

(At the end of the song, a slushie is thrown in Rachel's face by a football player, Azimio.)

Azimio: Welcome back, loser! (Laughs)

(He walks away as Rachel wipes the red slushie off her face with anger.)


(Later, Rachel cleans off and changes clothes. She is at her locker redoing her make-up.)

Rachel: Just like last year.

Kurt: Here's some eye liner, diva.

Rachel: Thanks. (Sighs) Those brainless barbarians will never treat us any respect.

Kurt: Having one in my house, I understand your pain.

Mercedes: Guys, face it. They will never change and there's nothing we can do about it, but we can't let them bring us down.

Rachel: You're right.

Mercedes: So, Kurt? How did you get a new stepbrother?

Kurt: His mom and my dad meet last fall. They just got married over the summer.

Mercedes: Did you plan the wedding?

Kurt: Of course! But now I have to live under the same roof with a football playing savage.

Mercedes: It's hard to imagine that.

Kurt: No need. It's reality.

Rachel: Well, you are more than welcome to my place anytime.

Mercedes: My mom doesn't mind either.

Kurt: Thanks. It's great to have girlfriends.

(All three of them do a little thing handshake of their own and walks down the hall together.)


(Meanwhile, Will is looking in the trophy case. He sees a 1st place trophy for winning Nationals for a Show Choir Competition in 1997. He smiles at the picture next to the trophy; a group of kids with young Will in the middle holding up the trophy with glory. Emma comes up behind him.)

Emma: You were an amazing singer.

Will: Thanks. I miss it so much. You know, sometimes I can just go back to the good old days.

Emma: Maybe you can.

Will: How?

Emma: The coach of the glee club got fired last year for being a drug dealer.

Will: You're kidding! (Emma shakes her head) So who's the new coach? (Emma smiles at him and he gets it) Oh, Emma. I don't know. I mean, I just got divorce and I'm trying to get my life back together.

Emma: Will, just think about it. You can lead the kids to glory with your experience. There are talented kids in this school and they have nowhere to unleash that talent.

Will: I appreciate the offer, but I just can't.

Emma: Well, if there's no glee club, the money will go to the Cheerios.

Will: What? How could they-Sue.

Emma: Come on, Will. Think of what you can do for these kids. Think of what you can accomplish!

(Will looks at the trophy case and in Emma's begging eyes. He gives in.)

Will: I'll talk to Principal Figgins tomorrow.

(School Bell Rings)