Oh, holy night, indeed! This week's Glee brings a host of developments: Rachel gives the performance that will define her career at NYADA, Kurt gets a chance to fight for his place alongside her at the school of his dreams, and the glee club hits a rough patch in the wake of Marley's meltdown on stage at Sectionals. Big bad Sue is back in her original form, taking over the club's room and forcing all the glee clubbers to find new extracurricular activities. I haven't even gotten into the budding blond romance among our McKinley High students! (I'll give you a hint: it involves a Cheerio and a gentleman who keeps a ChapStick caddy in his locker.)

Though "Swan Song" is a little light on tracks, the ones it does feature are inspired choices. We even get a hint at the upcoming holiday episode with a spirited rendition of "O Holy Night" from Rachel. So joyous are this week's moments, so goose-bump-inducing the episode's tunes, I may have actually shed a tear. Let's go over the highlights and check out a playlist with all the songs from the episode (minus "Something Stupid" by Frank & Nancy Sinatra, as it's not available on Spotify) after the jump.

On this week's episode of The Vampire Diaries, we follow up last week's superhot, long-time-coming hookup of Elena and Damon with the fallout of the sire bond. It's not all bad news, though, and the little stroll down memory lane that we take into 1942 New Orleans for answers isn't so bad either. It's also fun to see guest star Arielle Kebbel back as Stefan's BFF Lexi.

While we're learning about the ups and downs of the vampire sire, we do get a little sweetness from the Damon and Elena coupling, and Tyler actually gets a nice little victory among the hybrids. But like my favorite new onscreen couple, it's time to get down and dirty and break down this week's episode — the good, the bad, and the bloody. Check it out after the jump.