 Terri has been poorly received by critics . The Chicago Tribune 's Maureen Ryan has called her " the worst thing about Glee " , and the show 's " one big flaw " . Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly has described her as a " shrill , lying nag " , whose main function is to bring the audience down . Gerrick Kennedy of the Los Angeles Times , however , has praised Gilsig 's acting in the role , and stated that his hatred of the character dissipated once her fake pregnancy was exposed . He noted that : " Gilsig 's superb acting isn 't exactly doing anything to extinguish those flames " , and while he still isn 't " in full @-@ on Team Terri uniform [ ... ] she did at least have my attention on the sidelines , as opposed to filing my nails until halftime . Baby steps , right ? " 
