Three lives. Buffalo detective Lt. Cristofuoro, whose catatonic wife is in hospital, takes a special interest in Eric Komenko, a juvenile who killed his parents and will be freed on his 18th birthday. So has Lori Cranston, 15 or 16, her body fully developed and the object of lust by her boss and her mother s new boyfriend. She keeps a scrapbook about Eric, and when he s released from custody, she hides in the backseat of his car, insisting he take her with him on a trip toward Albany where he s planning to meet a girl. Cristofuoro is certain Eric will kill again, so he follows. It s clear early on that Cristofuoro s probably right, but what s Lori s motivation?

1883, Baycliff, an isolated English village on the Irish Sea. Two womens friendship becomes passion. Cynara, a sculptor, alone, befriends Byron, a visitor whos left Paris in unhappiness. They ride horses, talk, play chess, and exchanging tenderness. Byron inspires Cynara as she sculpts, Cynara becomes Byrons muse as she writes. Then each imagines expressing physical passion to the other, Cynaras visions in black and white, Byrons in color. Their touches remain brief. Does respectability hold them back? What might pull down any last barriers to their expressions of love?

In this episode, the glee casts will cover Otis Reddings Try A Little Tenderness (performed by Mercedes), Barbra Streisands My Man (performed by Rachel, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factorys Pure Imagination (performed by New Direction), Amy Winehouses Back to Black (performed by Santana), and the song Some People from a stage play Gypsy: A Musical Fable (performed by Kurt).

She drove me into a corner, then forced me to go beyond my limits. She made me confront the absolute: love, sacrifice, tenderness, abandonment. She dislocated me, transformed me. Why didn t anyone warn me? Why doesn t anyone ever talk about this? Un heureux йvйnement, or an intimate view of motherhood, sincere and with no taboos.