 The critical reception of the character has been generally negative . Robert A. George of the New York Post has written that Glee has : " the most unpleasant pack of female characters of any show in recent memory " , and deemed Terri the " biggest culprit " . George called Terri 's hysterical pregnancy " Freudian " and wrote : " The Terri @-@ Quinn plot sends the message that the devious gender will use every trick to lure and trap its mate — including lying about pregnancy . " Variety 's Brian Lowry commented : " Perhaps to foster a rooting interest ( or at least sympathy ) for a Will @-@ Emma pairing , [ Terri ] ( Jessalyn Gilsig ) is initially presented as a ditsy shrew . " The Chicago Tribune 's Maureen Ryan has called Terri " the worst thing about Glee " , and opined : " As written by Murphy and played by Gilsig , the character is screechy , unfunny and deeply unpleasant . It 's as if Ryan didn 't trust that the audience would get behind Will and the saga of his ragtag glee club and so saw fit to give the teacher the shrewish , nagging wife from hell . " Ryan later deemed Terri the " one big flaw in Glee , commenting that she : " manages to drain all the fun out of Glee every time she appears . Not only is this shrill character intensely annoying , but she makes you wonder whether Will has brain damage . What other explanation could there be for his ending up with this materialistic harpy ? " . Furthermore , Terri was included in TV Guide 's list of The Most <unk> TV Characters . 
