Catfish

Catfish is the eighth episode of Season One. It aired on November 21, 2017 after a two-week hiatus.

Synopsis
Will gives Kitty a heads up on the New Directions' newest addition, Mina. They give her warm welcome and ask her to sing for them. She performs her own rendition of All By Myself by Celine Dion, wowing everyone. Zandra notices Mina's googly eyes toward her and plans to stop her after class, but Mina does so first. They have a flirty exchange before swapping phone numbers. Arden overhears their conversation from outside the room and leaves, crushed.

Later that day, Glen and Michael are at his house getting ready for his meeting with Rebecca. Glen admits he has a bad feeling about the whole situation and shows Michael his pistol. Michael gasps and backs away from him while begging him to put it away. Glen complies, but says he'll use it if he needs to. They soon leave for the park Rebecca agreed to meet up at. Glen runs behind a large bush and turns around once he hears footsteps behind him. He sees a man wearing a black outfit walking into the park and toward Michael. He sends him a text message to warm him, only falling just short. The man taps on his shoulder and asks him if his name is Michael before snatching his phone away and throwing it into the nearby fountain. Glen runs up to them as he begins to attack Michael and jumps in. He tries his best to get the stranger off, but fails miserably. After realizing he has no other choice, Glen removes his gun out of his sweater and shoots at the man, getting him three times. Michael doesn't think twice before grabbing Glen and fleeing the scene.

The following afternoon, Zandra is showing the New Directions some of her moves when a group of policemen barge into the choir room, worrying everyone. Kitty tells them to calm down and steps aside to speak with the officers. They ask for Glen and Michael and when she looks back to call them over, neither are in attendance. Candice says they were never in class to begin with. This leads the police to searching the entire school for them. While they do so, Kitty goes around the room and asks her students if they know what happened. All of them say no. Though she's worried, she decides to continue on with rehearsals in the meantime.

Zandra and Mina are walking down the hallway together when Zandra spots Arden at her locker. She tells Mina to wait outside and walks up to Arden. She questions her on why she's been avoiding her. Arden honestly answers and tells her that there's no point in them continuing their fling if she has someone else who makes her happy. Zandra claims they're just friends, but Arden doesn't buy it. She ends things between them by telling her that no matter how much she likes her, she doesn't want to be a side chick. Before walking away, Zandra tells her that she understands, but in order to be happy and be secure about her feelings, she should learn to love herself instead of taking it out on others.

Glen and Michael are soon found at a nearby trailer park by the same group of policemen. They are arrested and taken to a precinct to be questioned. They allow them both to have a confidential conversation before going in for questioning. Glen says that he wants to confess, but Michael won't allow it. He'll take the blame for him if he has to. Their time is quickly up and Michael is taken in first. The detective reveals that the man was indeed the person behind Rebecca and died at the hospital after the shooting. Knowing he is no longer alive, Michael begins to panic. He can't take it anymore and tells them that he was the one who shot him. Glen spots Michael being taken away in handcuffs and tries to stop them, but there is nothing else he can do.