6 Feet Under

To read the script for this episode, go to 6 Feet Under.

6 Feet Under is the 6th episode of Season 1 of Glee: NDNG. The script was released on the 1st of April, 2021.

Logan 2.0. isn't anyone's doormat. Except for Magnolia's. But, his newfound confidence is slowly disappearing... Meanwhile, things are incredibly awkward between Danny and Mr. Schuester, and Liam's still distracted by Damien, but neither him or Aubri will admit it, of course. Meanwhile, the Cheerios and the football guys are starting to struggle to find a balance, and Shawn's having a crisis over his responsibilities.

This episode further develops the plot of Danny's difficult relationship with his father, Isabel's war against the Glee Club, and Shawn's fear of the responsibility, introduces the Cheerios' struggle to juggle their commitments, Liam's difficulties with math, and hints at Shawn's dissatisfaction with his life.

Plot
The episode opens on Logan walking down the halls with newfound confidence. He narrates about his relationship with Magnolia, his makeover, and not recognising himself, but he's okay with it. At the end, he introduces himself as Logan 2.0. However, when Magnolia appears, he's much more nervous. When she criticises Viola behind her back, he tries to defend her, multiple times but one glare is enough to make him give up. Damien shoots Tobias a look from across the hall, but he Tobias insists that him and Ophelia are different. Damien isn't buying it, and his response amuses Liam. They seem to be on decent terms, but their conversation's quick and awkward. Tobias has to wonder what's going on, and Damien's sure he's changing the subject. They both hastily agree to drop it, leading to an unimpressed Valerie making a passing comment on men. Damien teases her, until Viola stops him, surprising ALL involved. Valerie's impressed, and the two agree to hang out before class. Valerie takes Viola's hand, but she's quick to claim it's just so she doesn't lose her in the crowd.

Danny and Schuester sit in their car, in tense silence. When Schuester tries to make conversation, Danny insists that they don't have to talk, as his mother isn't around. Schuester reluctantly agrees, but the two soon start arguing over Danny's recent behaviour, culminating with Danny saying 'over my dead body', bringing them back to silence. Danny starts singing Not What I Meant, joined by Schuester. Damien, standing outside, joins as well. Danny immediately leaves afterwards, but walks away from the school. Schuester snaps at Damien on the way in, and says that he should watch it, as being a Cheerio cuts no ice with him, and he's the one person Isabel has no power over.

Later that day, as Beth walks down the halls, she gets a text from a fellow Cheerio informing her that Isabel's furious with her, Damien and Ophelia, over a missed practice. She's terrified by it, until Ricky rushes to catch up with her, giving her his letterman jacket and offering to carry her bag and books. He's startled by the weight of it all, but pretends not to be fazed. They sing It Must Be Love. In an instrumental break, Ricky asks Beth for help with Glee stuff, and she immediately agrees, inviting him over. Afterwards, Ricky says Beth can keep his jacket for a while, and give it back when he comes over. They walk to Geography together.

In the choir room, Logan's freaking out to Quentin, though we don't find out what it's about yet. The club wonders where the three Cheerios and two jocks are, and Winstanley tells Shawn that he could just start without Beth, as he's in charge, but Shawn's reluctant, which Winstanley can't understand, entirely unimpressed by his excuse. Still, the five soon appear, and rehearsals start. Quentin's lengthy rehearsal plan ends with him saying that Logan has something planned to start them off. Logan tries to hide, but Quentin blackmails him with spaghetti, so Logan gets up to sing Under Your Spell to Magnolia. She's smugly satisfied, but unimpressed with the song choice, to Logan's disappointment. As Quentin starts the warmup, the latecomers tell Shawn they'll have to miss the next rehearsal, under orders from their coaches. Shawn's understanding, but horrified when he realises that it means more responsibility for him.

Of course, cut to Shawn having his usual crisis to James, who's a tad less sympathetic than usual, and won't accept Shawn's excuses. After the other teachers have a brief debate about coffee, James amusedly insists that Shawn'll be fine, as he's an adult. When James leaves, Shawn sings Under Pressure, backed up by the jocks and Cheerios, ending with the Cheerios on the football field, where Isabel scolds them, and tells them to get their act together. Beth tries to explain that they had rehearsal, but Isabel doesn't care. All but Ophelia grovel, but even she soon stoops to it.

We see the end of Shawn's Math class with the sophomores, after which he keeps Liam behind, to check on him as he looked like he was struggling. Liam vaguely says that he's struggling with many things, one of which being the classwork. He's sure that he's beyond help, as he's been flunking Math since freshman year. Shawn agrees that math sucks, and has to wonder how he ended up where he is, to Liam's confusion. Shawn confesses that he was just like Liam when he was his age, but says that he fixed the problem by going for tutoring, as there's a student within the school who does tutoring for free. (Though Shawn doesn't know who that student is.) Liam says that he'll see if he can make it.

The choir room is filled with eerie silence, the absence of the Cheerios and jocks clearly felt. The only adult present is a bored Winstanley, staring at his watch. James enters, exasperated after a long search for Shawn. After a while, James says they should start, and Quentin's already on it. Lyra asks for Quentin's help with choreography, and when Quentin adjusts their arm position, they can't help but stare at each other. They sing Accidentally in Love, backed up by the three dancers (Sky, Misty and a much more confident than usual Tobias). At the end, they're both in a daze. Sky points out to Lyra that they knew exactly what they were doing in the first place, dance-wise, and they're fooling no one. Shawn runs in, and James is annoyed, but glad that he finally turned up. Shawn promises to get it together, and when Quentin and Lyra return from getting water, rehearsals begin.

On the football field, cheer rehearsals are just ending, and Isabel wants to see Beth, Ophelia and Damien again. She (barely) praises their performance, saying that missing Glee is clearly good for them, to Beth's horror. Isabel asks if she's committed, and Beth immediately says yes, but when Isabel asks who to, she can't help but hesitate. Isabel says they'll need to have a long think about where their loyalties lie. Ophelia points out that she can't stop them doing Glee, but Isabel says that she can still kick them from the Cheerios if she doesn't like what she's seeing. She accepts no further argument, and expresses her loathing of glee clubs. As the three leave, Beth laments how unfair it all is, and Damien comforts her, but Ophelia doesn't seem to care at all, and is entirely unsympathetic, reminding Beth than she did warn her. Damien invites the girls over for a movie night, but Ophelia has other, Tobias-related plans (and her parents wouldn't approve of her eating ice cream anyway). She assures Beth that she'll get over it all, but Beth insists otherwise, so Ophelia gives up. Beth hears Ricky across the hall, joking about Glee Club with his football friends, and storms off, despite his attempts to get her attention, and catch up. She sings King of Anything directly to him in Glee (where Liam and Damien are absent). As she sings, Liam makes his way to tutoring.