The Back-up Plan (Glee)

"**The Back-up Plan**"
"The Back-up Plan"
Glee episode
Episode no.	Season 5; Episode 18
Directed by	Ian Brennan
Written by	Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Featured music	"Wake Me Up"; "Doo Wop (That Thing)"; "Story of My Life"; "Piece of My Heart"; "The Rose";
Production code	5ARC18
Original air date	April 29, 2014
Guest appearances
	Shirley MacLaine as June Dolloway; Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones; Michael Lerner as Sidney Greene; Gary Dourdan as DeShawn; Eric Roberts as the fundraiser coordinator; Jim Rash as Lee Paulblatt; Richard Kind as Mr. Rifkin; Nathan Keyes as Andrew Cosgrove; Philip Pavel as a Fox executive; Geri Jewell as a Fox executive; Nicholas Kadi as Alain Marceau; Ilia Volok as the L.A. taxi driver;
Episode chronology
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	Glee season 5
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"The Back-up Plan" is the eighteenth episode of the fifth season of the American musical television series Glee, and the 106th episode overall. Written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and directed by co-creator Ian Brennan, it aired on Fox in the United States on April 29, 2014, and features the introduction of Shirley MacLaine as rich socialite June Dolloway.