 " Never Been Kissed " is the sixth episode of the second season of the American television series Glee , and the twenty @-@ eighth episode overall . It was written by Brad Falchuk , directed by Bradley Buecker and premiered on Fox on November 9 , 2010 . In " Never Been Kissed " , the glee club members are assigned a boys against girls singing competition . The bullying of club member Kurt Hummel ( Chris Colfer ) intensifies , but he meets a new ally in Blaine Anderson ( Darren Criss ) , the lead singer of a rival glee club . Puck ( Mark Salling ) is released from juvenile detention and forms a friendship with Artie Abrams ( Kevin McHale ) , and football coach Shannon Beiste ( Dot @-@ Marie Jones ) is hurt when she learns that several of the students are visualizing her to quell their amorous moods . 
