Change

Change is the third episode of Season One. It aired on September 31, 2017.

Synopsis
Tabitha Thomas meets Kitty in her office and offers to run the glee club alongside her. Kitty quickly notices her happy-go-lucky attitude and accepts, excited to have found help so quickly. That is, until she realizes that Tabitha is trying to steal her spot as the club's main teacher. Kitty privately makes amends with her after Tabitha agrees to step aside.

Meanwhile, Glen Amberry and Michael Mendoza are asked to try out for the McKinley Titans by Coach Beiste, jeopardizing their chances of being full time members of the glee club. While Sheldon understands, the team has their worst record in over a decade and can't pass up the opportunity to recruit new members. Glen and Michael inform Kitty about their decision, upsetting her. Only two weeks into her new job, Kitty feels everything is falling a part and since she's already come to Will for help once, she has no choice but to lean on Tabitha. To her surprise, she gives good advice and gains a much more positive outlook on the future of their club.

One week later, Will surprises the New Directions during rehearsals. With their first competition as a team in just three weeks, he gets all eleven members to sit in a circle and dishes a handful of anecdotes from his time as the glee club's teacher only a few years back. His words inspire them, especially Candice Ford, who suggests to focus their performance on change. Kitty agrees and slates their current routine after devising a better idea.

She returns the next day with a brand new set list and outline for choreography, exciting the club. Despite both Glen and Michael's addition to the football team, they collectively feel like things are falling into place and can't wait for sectionals to arrive.