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Jesse St. James : What's this? "From Mother to Daughter."
Rachel Berry : Oh, my god. She wrote this. She held this in her hand.
[he takes the cassette]
Rachel Berry : Wh... what are you doing?
Jesse St. James : Playing the tape.
Rachel Berry : No!
Jesse St. James : Why not? She wanted you to hear this.
Rachel Berry : [stammering] I... I... I'm not ready. Look, this is all happening too fast. What if she's singing on the tape? What if she's terrible? Or worse, what if she's better than me?
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Jesse St. James : What took you so long? Your dads will be home soon.
Rachel Berry : There was so much stuff in the basement, it's like a shrine. It's creepy and flattering at the same time.
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Rachel Berry : I found her.
Jesse St. James : Your mother? Where?
Rachel Berry : In the library. I've been researching her all morning, and as I suspected, my intuition has been proven correct. My mother is Broadway legend Patti LuPone.
[flashback, with Rachel narrating in voiceover]
Rachel Berry : I've always had a deep connection to Ms. LuPone; her choice of roles and songs. I decided to do a little math to see if her being my mother was even possible. I was born December 18, 1994. 1994 was a big year for Mother. She was a sensation in "Pal Joey". "But that was in New York; I was born in Ohio," you say. Well, Mother took many breaks from the show to tour with Mandy Patinkin. That April found them at the EJ Thomas Hall in Akron, Ohio for a standing room performance nine months before I was born.
[return to real time]
Jesse St. James : Are you saying that your fathers impregnated Patti LuPone in the Marriott in Akron? Was Mandy Patinkin in on this?
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Rachel Berry : [wanting to believe her mother is Patti LuPone] All you have to do is look at pictures of her in her performance in "Master Class" in 1996. Look at the pain in her eyes and the hurt she's feeling for giving up her obviously talented little girl.
Jesse St. James : One question. What was in it for her?
Rachel Berry : Money, a sense of charity for those in need?
[deflating as she sees his skepticism]
Rachel Berry : I don't know. Guess you're right. Do you want to hear my research that proves that my mother is Bernadette Peters?
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Jesse St. James : Why are you so afraid about finding the truth?
Rachel Berry : I don't know. I guess I just don't want to think that my mother is some teenage trollop like Quinn, or worse, some skanky girl who would do anything for money, including giving me up.
Jesse St. James : Why does it have to be one of those choices? Maybe she had a really good reason for doing what she did. We need to do a real investigation. Like "CSI" real. Do you have any baby stuff in your house, something that might give us a clue?
Rachel Berry : My fathers kept every piece of paper related to my life in files and cabinets in our basement. It's sort of a little Rachel Berry museum.
Jesse St. James : Perfect. We'll start there.
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Jesse St. James : What were you just rehearsing?
Rachel Berry : A guy came to Glee Club to talk to us about dreams. Luckily, I've known mine since I was four. I'm going to play three roles on Broadway: Evita, Funny Girl, and Laurey in "Oklahoma!". I was just practicing her dream ballet with Curly. It's what I do when I'm feeling a little stressed.
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Jesse St. James : You singing "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" in front of a sold-out crowd isn't a fantasy. It's an inevitability.
Rachel Berry : [holding him] I thought you'd never come back.
Jesse St. James : And miss all your drama? Never.
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Jesse St. James : So, what is it? Your dream.
Rachel Berry : I don't know.
Jesse St. James : Well, then go inside, find it, and ask it what it's gonna take.
Rachel Berry : Why are you pushing this?
Jesse St. James : Because you're my girlfriend, and I want to know all your secrets. When you lie awake at night, what's missing?
