Stirring The Pot

Pot o' Gold is the fourth episode of Glee's third season and the forty-eighth episode overall. It premiered on November 1, 2011.

Santana’s cousin Beck arrives at Mckinley causing a stir with the ladies. Mercedes starts recruiting for Shelby's new glee club, causing a couple of New Directions members to question Will's directorship. Quinn goes ahead with her plan to get Beth back by laying false evidence to prove that Shelby is an unfit mother. Meanwhile, Sue's determination to knock Byron Montgomery of his peg fires up when she publishes private pages from his daughters journal.

The episode was directed by Adam Shankman and written by Allison Adler.

Songs
† denotates an unreleased song

Special Guest Star

 * Idina Menzel as Shelby Corcoran

Guest Stars

 * Mike O'Malley as Burt Hummel
 * Iqbal Theba as Principal Figgins
 * Lucy Hale as Aria Montgomery
 * Romy Rosemont as Carole Hudson-Hummel
 * Vanessa Lengies as Sugar Motta
 * Avan Jogia as Beck Oliver
 * Bill A. Jones as Rod Remington
 * Earlene Daviss as Andrea Carmichael

Co-Stars

 * Rock Anthony as Rick Nelson
 * Claudia Choi as Make-Up Woman
 * Sonya Eddy as Angry Mom
 * Jack Harding as Mr. Baroody
 * Kristopher Logan as Mr. Shor
 * Joe Davis Massigill as Jock #1
 * Suraj Partha as Pony
 * Suzy Sincock as Mrs. Denny-Brown
 * Tava Smiley as Mrs. Figler
 * Peter Spruyt as Mr. Danforth
 * Talula as Beth Corcoran

Absent Cast Member

 * Jayma Mays as Emma Pillsbury

Trivia

 * The song Extra-Ordinary was a song written by Lucy Hale. This marked the first episode we heard her sing.
 * Blaine sings Last Friday Night in this episode, with Artie singing backup in parts. Likewise, both Darren Criss and Kevin McHale were in the original music video by Katy Perry.
 * This is the first episode not to be written by any of the Glee co-creators (Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, or Ian Brennan). Instead, it's written by co-executive producer Allison Adler.

Errors

 * When Mercedes talks to Santana about how many solos she got last year, Santana says only Valerie and Science Fiction Double Feature (as the Rocky Horror lips). Santana doesn't mention Songbird  but it seems clear she didn't mention it because she was alone with Brittany in the choir room and it wasn't a solo that was given or sung in front or with the club.