Loved last night’s classic “Furt” episode of “Glee” that included two weddings, a bully and Carol Burnett

Glee had me reaching for the Kleenex last night. The episode, titled “Furt,” was so good, so emotional, so satisfying.

It dealt with bullying and interwoven was a beautiful wedding and a well-written role for a famous guest star.

Here were some of the highlights for me:

In the wedding reception scene (Kurt’s dad married Finn’s mom) when Finn made a speech about having his brother’s back from now on then sang to him and danced with him, the tears rolled out and didn’t stop until we were well into the commercial break. God it was beautiful.

There were several high other points in the episode which dealt with Kurt being bullied by football player Dave Karofsky (Max Adler) who is gay himself and kissed Kurt a few weeks back.

Early in last night’s show there were some very positive actions in the way that others in the school reacted to Kurt being bullied, Mr. Schuester (Matthew Morrison) immediately took action when he witnessed the bullying; Kurt’s friends in Glee club confronted the bully in the locker room and Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch), as principal, expelling the bully from school.

Says Sue: “Lady, this kid lays a finger on you, you come straight to me and I will expel him faster than a Thai take-out place can read back your delivery order.”

Kurt tells Sue that he doesn’t to be called Lady. She says in a soothing tone: “I’m sorry. I thought that was your name. As an apology, I’ll allow you to choose from the following nicknames: Gelfling, Porcelain or Tickle-Me-Doughface.”

The only letdown was his future stepbrother Finn (Cory Monteith) who didn’t step up because he was more concerned with reclaiming his big man in campus stature which is being threatened by newcomer Sam (Chord Overstreet).

The school board overturns Sue’s expulsion of Karofsky and she tendered her resignation as principal in protest of the school board’s decision. She told Kurt she’d keep an eye out for him as she roams the halls: “Someone out to have your back.”

With Karofsky returning, Kurt said: “I don’t feel safe at this school.”

Chris Colfer does a good job of conveying Kurt’s fear and it’s very telling that despite the support of his friends and teachers and family, he feel he must leave the school to feel safe. His dad and stepmom, newly married in this episode, decide to use their honeymoon money to pay for private school and Kurt announces that he was transferring to Dalton Academy where a “zero tolerance no bulllying policy is enforced.”

This was also a strong episode for Jane Lynch’s Sue Sylvester who has decided to marry herself and that brings her absentee mother to town. The mother, of course, was played by Carol Burnett who really nailed the part – helped by excellent writing. We got to see shades of Sue in the mother and it really made you understand how a personality like Sue comes to be.

Sue also realizes that she had been bullied all of her life by her mother and that was very profound in this superb episode – my favorite so far in a season of many favorites.

Here is the episode: