Blaine plans an all out bash for Kurt’s 40th birthday. Hires a band, rents out a hall, invites everyone that they have ever known, convinces the kids to keep quiet even though he knows they’re terrible with surprises. Kurt’s going to love it.

When the night arrives, things go off without a hitch. Sure, there are problems, Lizzie throws up under the table and fails to mention it to her parents and they find Puckerman in the coat room with Kurt’s boss, but these are little things.

The night is full of family, friends, way too much food and quite a lot of booze-fueled dancing. Kurt smiles the whole night and Blaine is quite proud of the spectacle that he put on for his husband. There are of course some performances, it wouldn't be a party for Kurt if there wasn’t. Then the night devolves into speeches for a while and devolves further when it seems like everyone just wants to make each other cry.

But when Kurt gets up he says that he’s so grateful that everyone would come out and some from great distances- Rachel flying in for the weekend from New York, Burt and Carole back from Florida. Blaine listens from the very back of the room, where James has fallen asleep on his lap.

Before Kurt hops off the stage, he says “One last thing, Blaine? I can’t see you, but I’m sure you’ll know what I mean when I say thank you.”