| Vulnerability | |
| Season 1, Episode 2 | |
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| Written by | Abwiz92 |
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Vulnerability is the second episode on the first season of The Glee Project: Fan Fic in which young hopefuls compete for a role on Glee . This is a fan-fic competition based off the hit show The Glee Project .
Guest Mentor: Lauren Potter
Homework Assignment winner: Skye
Eliminated: Austin
Episode[]
Part 1
So here's what you missed on The Glee Project, Rose is starting the competition off strong!
Nikki: Amazing, oh my god I love your voice!
Zachary has a real problem with making friends.
Zachary: What Attitude?
And Taylor was relying on Tyler to get her through.
But in the end, Jerry was sent home.
Now only 11 contenders remain. And thats all you need to know so far on: The Glee Project!
Everyone is talking in the choir room.
Zachary CONFESSION CAM: I realized I had some attitude “issues”. Frankly, I don’t see it, but I got to step up to the plate if I want to impress the mentors *shrugs*.
Robert walks in
Vixen: Hey Robert!
Robert: Hey, so I bet you are all dying to know what the theme is for this week!
Ellie: Tell us!
Robert: Okay, this week’s theme is..... Vulnerability!
Everyone: Woah, okay, okay.
Zachary CONFESSION CAM: I consider myself very vulnerable. This week I can really prove to those stupid, criticizing mentors that I do belong here. No matter what they say!
Robert: So your Homework Assignment is... Unfaithful by Rihanna!
The contenders get all excited.
Robert: So get to work because you do not want to disappoint tomorrow’s mentor.
They start picking lines.
Zachary: Okay, I really don’t care what you say but I am going to get line 4.
The room gets silent.
Tyler: Well... but...
Zachary: What?
Tyler: Nothing, nothing. nevermind.
Tyler CONFESSION CAM: Zachary is now officially getting on my last nerve. I am tired of him telling us what he will do, and all. It is really irritating us :/
Homework Assignment Time
Robert: So today’s mentor is definitely the most vulnerable actress on Glee.
Pompoms are picked up and Glasses are put on.
Lauren Potter walks in.
Robert: So this is Lauren Potter who plays the vulnerable character on Glee Becky Jackson.
Lauren: Growing up with Down Syndrome does make you very vulnerable. So lets see it!
"Unfaithful" by Rihanna
Skye:
Story of my life
Searching for the right
Austin:
But it keeps avoiding me
Sorrow in my soul
Jessie:
Cause it seems that wrong
Really loves my company
Zachary:
She's more than a girl
And this is more than love
Ellie:
The reason that the sky is blue
The clouds are rolling in
Julian:
Because I'm gone again
And to her I just can't be true
Rose:
And I know that he knows I'm unfaithful
And it kills him inside
Taylor:
To know that I am happy with some other guy
I can see him dying
All:
I don't wanna do this anymore
I don't wanna be the reason why
Everytime I walk out the door
I see 'em die a little more inside
I don't wanna hurt 'em anymore
I don't wanna take away their life
I don't wanna be...
A murderer
Vixen:
I feel it in the air
As I'm doing my hair
Greyson:
Preparing for another date
A kiss upon my cheek
Tyler:
As she reluctantly
Asks if I'm gonna be out late
All:
I don't wanna do this anymore
I don't wanna be the reason why
Everytime I walk out the door
I see 'em die a little more inside
I don't wanna hurt 'em anymore
I don't wanna take away their life
I don't wanna be...
A murderer
Lauren: Oh my that was... so... cool!
Skye, you were really emotional. I wanted to cry.
Skye smiles really big
Lauren: Zachary, you were just really awesome! The look on your face was really priceless.
Everyone is shocked.
Lauren: Ellie I feel like you weren’t in pain. More like... confused.
Robert: So Lauren who is our winner today?
Lauren: It was between Skye and Zachary. Skye!
Robert: Okay Skye you have won a one on one mentoring session with Lauren Potter and a standout moment in the group number which is...
Lauren: Ummm, oh Jar of Hearts.
Robert: By Christina Perri.
Zachary CONFESSION CAM: I deserved to win. Nothing more than that.
Robert: There will be no choreography this week, so Erik will have a chat discussing the video and all your vulnerabilities.
Robert: Bye guys!
Lauren: Bye!
Everyone yells goodbye
Vocals
Zachary walks in
Zachary: Hi Nikki.
Nikki: Ready?
Zachary: Yup.
Zachary:
No, I can't take one more step towards you
Cause all thats waiting is regret
Nikki: Woah! That was incredible!
Zachary: Sweet!
Nikki CONFESSION CAM: Zachary is starting a maturing process. I just hope it will last.
Austin walks in
Nikki: Hello Mr. Austin!
Austin: What's up?
Nikki: I am going to play you in okay?
Austin: Alright.
Austin:
And WHO do YOU are
RUnning round leaving scars
Nikki: Okay that was... was something.
Austin: Not good?
Nikki *silently nods*
Austin does it after 13 more tries
Nikki: Finally!
Austin CONFESSION CAM: I really have to step it up next week if I want to stay... I know I am in the bottom.
Skye walks in
Nikki: Okay lets work on the bridge. Remember this is like the Climax of the song. Ready?
Skye: Yes!
Skye:
Don't come back for me,
Don't come back at all!
Nikki: Woohoo! Awesome! Awesome!
Skye: Yes!
Meeting with Erik
Erik walks in the room
Everyone: Hey Erik!
Erik: Hey guys! So the object in the video is homelessness. It is a crisis now. So many people are living on the streets it is just horrid.
Julian raises his hand *tearing up*
Julian *crying*: When my parents found out I got my girlfriend pregnant, they kicked me out. I... I had nobody really. Shanaynay's parents wouldn't let me see her. I really thought I would suffer.
His eyes get really watery
Julian: And then I fell in a life of drugs. I didn't know where or who to go... It was just despair.
He begins to sulk into a pillow.
Erik: Thank you for telling us. Tyler do you have something to say?
Tyler *tearing up*: Well when my mom, you know, committed suicide. I was left onto the streets with my brother. It was the hardest thing I could do you know. I was only a kid. I didn't know how to raise my brother. I didn't even know if we could live through it. I couldn't bare to lose the rest of my family. I just, I just needed help and no one would give it to me.
Skye CONFESSION CAM: Hearing how Tyler raised his little brother on the streets was heartbreaking. He is so brave and I commend him for that.
Erik: Besides homelessness. Any of you have something to share that makes vulnerable?
Vixen immediately begins to cry
Erik: Vixen do you have something to say?
Vixen: No its nothing.
Erik: Tell us we are all being open here.
Everyone in the room is asking Vixen what happened.
Vixen flips out
Vixen: This is my personal life... okay!
Erik: Please...
Vixen: No I won't do it, its, its too hard!
Vixen storms out crying
Everyone sighs
Erik CONFESSION CAM: If Vixen hadn't stormed out and just would have told us she would have been safe, but now I don't know.
Video Shoot Time Erik: Okay you guys all ready?
Everyone: Uh huh!
Erik: Okay lets get Vulnerable.
It is Skye's turn to film
Erik: Okay you are the homeless person here. I need you to sell it. I need to feel you pain.
Skye: Right
Skye sits in a box
Skye:
And don't you know I am not your ghost anymore?
You lost the love I loved the most
Erik: Wow, that was incredible!
Robert *talking with the other mentors*: She is becoming such an awesome actor.
Nikki: Yeah.
Skye CONFESSION CAM: I think I am excelling this week thanks to my mentoring with Lauren Potter!
FLASHES TO CHOIR ROOM WITH SKYE AND LAUREN
Skye: So how do I get so vulnerable?
Lauren: Think of what you had to go through to get this far in your life. The obstacles that you had to overcome can really affect you emotionally.
FLASHES BACK TO SHOOT
Erik: Jessie, you need to act like you are very selfish, you don't care that you just laid somebody off.
Jessie: Okay.
She messes up horribly the first 2 times forgetting the lyrics
Jessie: Please one more shot?
Erik: Alright!
She does it amazingly
All three contenders laughed.
Robert: At first she seemed a bit lost, but now she is just doing it justice!
Zach: Definitely!
Erik: Okay Julian, you are a rich kid who ignores Skye only to find out you lost your job.
Julian: Right.
Julian walks by Skye and goes into his home. He puts on a very pouty, overdramatic face.
Robert: I didn't like that.
Erik: Julian one more time.
Robert *talking with the other mentors*: Julian isn't clearly at the caliber of the other contenders when it comes to acting.
Zachary: I agree.
MUSIC VIDEO TIME
Erik's VOICE: Markers and Cue playback please
5,
4,
3,
2,
"Jar of Hearts" by Christina Perri
- Zachary walks up to Skye and puts a dollar in her jar -
Zachary:
No, I can't take one more step, towards you
Cause all that's waiting is regret.
- Skye nods and lip synchs in her box and rests her head -
Skye:
And don't you know I am not your ghost, anymore
You lost the love I loved the most
- Vixen is across the street begging for food -
Vixen:
I learned to live half alive
And now you want me one more time
- Greyson is at a free clinic with his arm stitched up but bleeding -
Greyson:
And who do you think you are
Runnin' round leaving scars
- Rose is at a soup kitchen waiting in line -
Rose:
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
- Tyler and Ellie are laughing at her (they are rich) -
Tyler:
Your gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
Ellie:
Don't come back for me
Who do you think you are
- Julian walks by Skye ignorantly and goes to his job seeing he has been laid off -
Julian:
I hear you asking all around
If I am anywhere to be found
- Jessie is Julians boss (who is rich) she points the finger for him out the door and begins counting her money -
Jessie:
I have grown too strong
To ever fall back into your arms
- Taylor is at a homeless shelter -
Taylor:
I learned to live half alive
And now you want me one more time
- Austin is with her -
Austin:
And who do you think you are
Runnin' round leaving scars
- Skye runs onto the street -
Skye:
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
- Vixen joins her -
Vixen:
Your gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
- Greyson leaves the clinic and runs to the street -
Greyson:
So don't come back for me
Who do you think you are?
- Everyone who is homeless joins her -
Rose:
It took you so long just to feel alright
I remember how to put the light back into my eyes
- Tyler and Ellie run outside and start singing with the others -
Tyler:
I wish I had missed the first time that we kissed
'Cause you broke all your promises
Ellie:
And now you're back
You don't get to get me back
- Julian and Jessie run outside and start singing with the others -
Julian:
And who do you think you are?
Runnin' 'round leaving scars
Jessie:
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
Taylor:
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
Skye:
Don't come back for me
Don't come back at all
ALL THE RICH THROW MONEY IN THE AIR
Everyone (Skye):
And who do you think you are?
Runnin' 'round leaving scars
(Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart)
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
(Don't come back for me
Don't come back at all)
Skye and Everyone:
Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?
Skye:
Who do you think you are?
Reveal of the bottom 3
All the contenders line up
Robert: This week many of you had gotten very emotional emotional.
Nikki: Most of you passed with flying colors!
Zach: And some not so much!
Robert: But for 2 of you did the best. Skye...
Skye looks up
Robert: And Zachary...
He nods
Robert: You two are first called back! Now go!
They leave the stage
Zachary CONFESSION CAM: I am so proud of myself! Not only did I prove the mentors they were wrong about me! I also got first called back [with Skye that is].
Tyler CONFESSION CAM: I think I have a crush on Skye. I mean she is hot! I don't know if she knows it, however I am just glad she is first called back.
Robert: So Rose, Tyler, Greyson, Ellie and Taylor... You 4 are also called back.
They walk off
Zach: So then it came down between you 4...
Robert: Julian in the Video Shoot it took you multiple times to act on a simple scene... You clearly don't have the acting skills others do here.
Nikki: Austin, lets face it you were not good at all in the booth this week. You were struggling, well a lot.
Zach: Vixen, Erik informed us that you had stormed out during the meeting. All because he put you on the spot.
Vixen: Well... I am sorry, it had just gotten to me.
Robert: Jessie in the video shoot you struggled a bit... But then you just wowed us. Which is why you are called back!
Jessie walks off saying thanks so much.
Zach: So the 3 of you will all be performing for Ryan tonight.
Nikki: Alright song time. Austin your song will be, Everybody Talks by Neon Trees.
Austin: Alright!
Nikki: Vixen your song is a ballad version of Viva la Vida by Coldplay. It is such a heart warming and touching piece. I think you will do great!
Vixen: I sure will try to do so!
Nikki: Julian your song is Heartless by Kanye West.
Julian: I don't know that has some high notes... I may not be able to do it well.
Nikki: If you have to, adjust the high notes to your range.
Julian: Okay.
Robert: Now get to work!
They all start rehearsing in their rooms.
Austin CONFESSION CAM (while singing): I am going to give my all tonight! I will give the best performance I ever have.
Vixen CONFESSION CAM (while singing): I am not that familiar with the choice of song, I am just praying I remember the lyrics!
Julian CONFESSION CAM (while singing): I am so worried I will look like a fool out there in front of Ryan! And I ain't no fool.
Last Chance Performance Time
The Mentors and Ryan walk in the Auditorium
Ryan: So who do we have first?
Robert: Up first is Austin.
Nikki: I have to say he is one of the weakest voices here.
Ryan: Lets see him!
Austin walks out
Austin: Hello, I am Austin and I will be singing Everybody Talks by Neon Trees.
Austin:
Hey baby won't you look my way,I can be your new addictionHey baby what you got to say,all you're giving me is fiction
I'm a sorry sucker and this happens all the timeI find out thateverybody talkseverybody talkseverybody talks
It started with a whisperand that was when i kissed herand then she made my lips hurtI can hear the chit-chattake me to your love shackmama's always got a backtrackWhen everybody talks babe
Hey honey you could be my drugyou could be my new prescriptionToo much, can be an overdoseall this trash talk make me itching
Oh my, my shiteverybody talkseverybody talkseverybody talks, too much
It started with a whisperand that was when i kissed herand then she made my lips hurtI can hear the chit-chattake me to your love shackmama's always got a backtrackWhen everybody talks back
Ryan: Very nice!
Austin: Thanks!
Ryan: I felt you were however a bit pitchy. But you were terrific. It was very fun and lively.
Austin: Thank you, nice to meet you.
He walks off
Zach: Vixen is up next. In the meeting with Erik she stormed out because he put her on the spot.
Ryan: I am going to have to get to the bottom of that.
Vixen walks onto the stage
Vixen: Hello, I am Vixen Albridge and I will be singing Viva la Vida.
Vixen:
I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own
One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
Once you go there was never
Never an honest word
And that was when I ruled the world
It was the wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I'd become
I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
Ryan: Wow that incredible! I am speechless!
Vixen: Oh my god! Thank you!
Ryan: But whats up with your dramatic exit.
Vixen immediately gets teary eyed
Vixen: At first I never wanted to talk about it, but...
Ryan: Take your time.
Vixen *crying*: Okay, well when I was a teenager: I was raped by my boyfriend...
She falls to the floor her eyes filled with tears
Ryan rushes up there
Vixen *hyperventilating*: But I had gotten pre-pre-pregnant, and had to ge-ge-get an abortion.
Zach: Oh my god!
Vixen is beginning to calm down
Ryan: Thank you so much for sharing that.
Vixen: It is just hard you know.
Ryan: Yeah... Anywho you were incredible tonight!
Vixen *wiping off her tears*: Thanks.
She walks off
Zach *muttering*: I just gained a whole level of respect for her now.
Nikki: I know.
Julian walks on
Julian: Hello, I am Julian and I will be singing Heartless by Kanye West.
Julian:
In the night I hear 'em talk, the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road he lost his soulTo a woman so heartlessHow could you be so heartless?How could you be so heartless? How could you be so cold?As the winter wind when it breeze yoJust remember that you talkin' to me thoughYou need to watch the way you talkin' to me though I mean after all the things that we've been throughI mean after all the things we got intoHey yo, I know of some things that you ain't told meHey yo, I did some things but that's the old me And now you wanna get me back and you gon' show meSo you walk around like you don't know meYou got a new friend, well I got homiesBut in the end it's still so lonely In the night I hear 'em talk, the coldest story ever toldSomewhere far along this road he lost his soulTo a woman so heartlessHow could you be so heartless?How could you be so heartless? How could be so Dr. Evil?You're bringin' out a side of me that I don't knowI decided we wasn't goin' speak soWhy we up 3 a.m. on the phone? Why does she be so mad at me for?Homie, I don't know, she's hot and coldI won't stop, won't mess my groove up'Cause I already know how this thing go You run and tell your friends that you're leavin' meThey say that they don't see what you see in meYou wait a couple months then you gon' seeYou'll never find nobody better than me In the night I hear 'em talk, the coldest story ever toldSomewhere far along this road he lost his soulTo a woman so heartlessHow could you be so heartless?How could you be so heartless?
Ryan: Nice job!
Julian: Thanks!
Ryan: So I hear you aren't much of an actor.
Julian: Not really.
Ryan: You do realize on Glee if you can;t act, your out!
Julian: I am well aware.
Ryan: So if you are lucky to ever come back, would you try to improve on that.
Julian: Absolutely!
Ryan: Well thank you!
He walks off
FLASHES TO GLEE HOUSE
Julian: I know I am going home tonight, he said if I don't start working on my acting skills, I am a goner.
Austin: No, no I am.
Vixen: I had a major breakdown. I hope Ryan won't penalize me for that. But I don't know.
FLASHES TO AUDITORIUM
Ryan: I think we are all for once unanimous.
Nikki: Yep.
Ryan: Alright!
FLASHES BACK TO GLEE HOUSE
Rose: This is so nerve-wracking.
Jessie: I know.
Robert Enters the room
Robert: Hey guys the list is up. Good luck.
Everyone hugs Vixen, Austin, and Julian
Greyson: Good luck!
Vixen VOICE: I am so nervous, I really am just praying now that Ryan sees I belong here.
Julian VOICE: I am not confident going into this situation at all. I know I am out.
Austin VOICE: I wish I could've shown a bit more to Ryan tonight to prove that I am Glee material.
Vixen looks up at the list
Austin looks up
Julian looks
Vixen *squealing*: Yay, oh my god!
Julian bites his lip
Austin looks down and sighs
Not Called Back:
Austin
Austin EXIT INTERVIEW: I am not only leaving here with so much more knowledge on acting/singing/dancing, I also made some amazing friends that I am not willing to let go. It is hard to go, but one door closes another one opens :)
Keep Holding On (Austin):
Nothing you can say
Nothing you can do
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So Keep, Holding On
Cause you know We'll make it through, Make it through
Next time on The Glee Project:
Robert: This week's theme is Dance-ability
Ellie CONFESSION CAM: I'm really pissed off.
Ryan: I don't think you want enough to stay
Skye CONFESSION CAM: Oh my God.
Ryan: Stop acting like someone else.
Tyler: Why would he do that.....
Songs[]
- Unfaithful by Rihanna. Sung by the Glee Project FanFiction contenders.
- Jar of Hearts by Christina Perri. Sung by the Glee Project FanFiction contenders.
- Everybody Talks by Neon Trees. Sung by Austin Palin.
- Viva la Vida by Coldplay. Sung by Vixen Albridge.
- Heartless by Kanye West. Sung by Julian Jones.
- Keep Holding On by Avril Lavigne. Sung by Austin Palin with the Glee Project FanFiction contenders.