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Following a month-long hiatus the Glee gods took pity on Brittana fans and threw us a bone this week – and while spoilers promised that the most adorable girl / girl couple on Primetime this side of Calzona would be a full-on affair, sadly, there was no montage of their first blush of a relationship. You know, something like Santana (Naya Rivera) and Brittany (Heather Morris) running through a field of daisies hand in hand to the tune of Air Supply’s “Every Woman in the World” (at least that’s what it looks like in my head).
Still, there was plenty to love – and kind of dislike - about the expanded Brittana relationship.
Episode 3.4 – Pot of Gold
First up, Brittany’s family is hosting Irish exchange student Rory Flanagan, played by The Glee Project winner Damian McGinty. The naively brilliant Brittany believes that he’s a leprechaun who can grant her three wishes – the first of which is obviously to find her an all-marshmallow box of Lucky Charms.
And while Rory’s got a baby face and a brogue that would charm –or confuse—just about anyone, he’s really playing at being a leprechaun to get into Brittany’s ‘pot of gold.’
For the first awwwwws of the episode there’s a shot of Santana at her locker, and pasted on the door for anyone to see -- this is progress for closeted Santana – is a drawing of Brittany’s cat with a note that reads “Lord Tubbington thinks your purrrfect, and so do I.” Aw.
Soon Santana’s attention is turned to defecting from glee club to Shelby’s (Idina Menzel) group, which Mercedes (Amber Riley) joined in the last episode after she discovered she’d have to share the lead of Maria in West Side Story with Rachel (Lea Michelle). Mercedes is bent on getting Santana to join, appealing to Ms. Lopez’s ego by praising her big vocal chops. But Mercedes hits a nerve when she says, “plus, it’s an all-girl group.”
“Why would I care about an all-girl group?” Santana asks suspiciously.
“It’s all lady power all the time,” Mercedes says. But Santana says she won’t defect without Brittany.
Later, Santana and Brit are enjoying an intimate dinner at what appears to be the only restaurant in town, Breadsticks, when Santana says she wants to talk about that "thing they never talk about." But Brittany has Gummi Bears and Sour Patch Kids on the brain.
Cutting to the chase Santana asks, “Are we dating, or what?”
“Wait, isn’t this a date? Aren’t you paying, because I ordered shrimp,” Brittany queries, eyeing her prawns. Now we know that Santana’s the type who splurges on shrimp for her ladylove.
“Wasn’t last week when we were taking a bath, wasn’t that a date?” Brittany adds, causing Santana to blanche. But one can see how Brittany might be confused as these two have been “scissoring” and getting their “sweet lady kisses” on for a year now. Time to commit with some shrimp Santana!
Santana looks away for a moment making Brittany wonder if she’s crying.
“It’s just that I’m really happy,” Santana says.
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“Well, I told you last year, if you’re single and I’m single that we mingle, and if there’s any controversy that interferes with my presidential campaign (school president) then I’ll use one of my leprechaun wishes to win the election,” Brittany assures Santana.
Santana’s interest is piqued at Brittany’s insistence that Rory’s a leprechaun, but she does admit she has one wish – to join Shelby’s choir and stop playing second, third and fourth fiddle to Rachel. She asks Brittany to join her, but Brittany, who doesn’t want to be perceived as a quitter, says she needs some time to consider the move.
“But in the meantime, I do have one more wish,” Santana says. “I wish you’d hold my hand,” causing the second round of “aws” to emanate from couches throughout the land. Lesbo PDA is big progress for Santana!
They start to hold hands across the table but Santana decides it should be under the napkin. Still, these are bold moves for the girl who went to prom with Karofsky as her beard.
It was only a matter of time before Santana found Rory to giver her a piece of her mind for his playing Brittany, and she does just that.
“Here’s the deal pixie boy,” Santana says. “You’ve got a crush on my girl Brittany –read into it what you will. Santana is inching out about her relationship – I understand. She’s beautiful, she’s innocent, she’s everything that’s good in this miserable stinking world. Also, she thinks you’re s sprightly green mythological creature but I know you’re a potato eating poser,” she adds in full don’t-fuck-with-me mode. But rather than merely defend her girl’s honor Santana takes the opportunity to manipulate a situation via the faux leprechaun. “You’re going to grant me a wish,” she says, before sashaying down the hall.
Later, Rory explains to Brittany that Santana has discovered he is a leprechaun and she made one wish – for Brittany to leave the New Directions. Under the rules of leprechaun-ism, if someone asks for one wish only it must come true, so Brittany decides she will join Shelby’s group.
Why oh why must Santana continue to manipulate like she’s an unhappy, completely closeted, unfulfilled girl who dates jocks for a bad rep? Oh well, all in good time one hopes, especially since the object of her mendacity in this case is the woman she purports to love.
Finn (Cory Monteith) overhears Brit and Santana discussing Shelby’s group in the hallway and blows a gasket, so much so that he calls Brit an idiot for believing in leprechauns. And, well, calling Brittany an idiot just backfires – as well it should. She’s actually just a brilliant naïf.
Later, Santana, Brit, Mercedes and Shelby’s group’s original member, the tone deaf Sugar Motta, attempt to pick out a group name.
“Hot Bitches, or Hot Messes,” Santana offers, but they decide on The Troubletones because they are “trouble” for New Directions. Hmmm. Not much of a ring to it but okay.
Cut to the triumvirate of the Troubletones performing an Andrews Sisters-esque rendition of Christina Aguilera’s “Candyman,” and it’s hot! New Directions is in trouble and Finn and Mr. Shue (Matthew Morrison) are witness to it.
And that’s just about it for the great girl / girl couple of McKinley High for this week, except that Brittany admits she doesn't believe in leperchauns anymore. Tune in next week to see just how much above the table without a napkin hand holding Santana and Brit get into!
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
