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Glee (season 1) The first season of the musical comedy-drama television series "Glee" originally aired on Fox in the United States. The pilot episode was broadcast as an advanced preview of the series on May 19, 2009, with the remainder of the season airing between September 9, 2009 and June 8, 2010. The season consisted of 22 episodes; the first 13 aired on Wednesdays at 9 pm (ET) and the final 9 aired on Tuesdays at 9 pm (ET). The season was executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Dante Di Loreto; Murphy's production company helped co-produce the series
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Finn Hudson Finn Hudson is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series "Glee". The character was portrayed by Cory Monteith and first appeared on television when "Glee" initially premiered its pilot episode on Fox on May 19, 2009. Finn was developed by "Glee" creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan. "Glee" follows the trials of the New Directions glee club at the fictional William McKinley High School in the town of Lima, Ohio. Finn is initially the quarterback of his high school football team. A popular jock at the top of the school's social hierarchy, when he
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Awards ensemble nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Finn Hudson Finn Hudson is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series "Glee". The character was portrayed by Cory Monteith and first appeared on television when "Glee" initially premiered its pilot episode on Fox on May 19, 2009. Finn was developed by "Glee" creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan. "Glee" follows the trials of the New Directions glee club at the fictional William McKinley High School in the town of Lima, Ohio. Finn is initially the quarterback of his high school football team.
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Actress – Leading Role in a Comedy category. Santana Lopez Santana Lopez is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series "Glee". The character is portrayed by actress Naya Rivera, and has appeared in "Glee" from its pilot episode, first broadcast on May 19, 2009. Santana was developed by "Glee" creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan. Introduced as a minor antagonist and a sidekick to Quinn Fabray (Dianna Agron) in first episode of "Glee", Santana's role grew over the course of the show's first season. In the second season, Rivera was promoted to series regular, and Santana
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Sue Sylvester Sue Sylvester is a fictional character of the Fox musical comedy-drama series, "Glee". The character is portrayed by actress Jane Lynch, and appears in "Glee" from its pilot episode, first broadcast on May 19, 2009, through the show's final episode, first broadcast on March 25, 2015. Sue was developed by "Glee" creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan. For the show's first four seasons, Sue is the track-suit wearing coach of the William McKinley High School cheerleading squad, and a ruthless bully to both students and faculty members alike. Because her cheerleading squad competes with the glee
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Santana Lopez Santana Lopez is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series "Glee". The character is portrayed by actress Naya Rivera, and has appeared in "Glee" from its pilot episode, first broadcast on May 19, 2009. Santana was developed by "Glee" creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan. Introduced as a minor antagonist and a sidekick to Quinn Fabray (Dianna Agron) in first episode of "Glee", Santana's role grew over the course of the show's first season. In the second season, Rivera was promoted to series regular, and Santana was given more high-profile storylines, such as the
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in the auditorium, before heading to the choir room to apologize. On January 11, 2010, Fox President Kevin Reilly announced that "Glee" had been picked up for a second season, and would be holding nationwide, open casting calls to fill three new roles. The auditions were intended to be the subject of a multi-part television special, which would air in the lead-in to the second season premiere, with the new cast members revealed in the first episode. Series creator Ryan Murphy stated that "Glee" aimed to become "the first interactive musical comedy on television". Ultimately, the reality show did not
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for "Glee", on the first special episode of "The Glee Project", coaching 80 potential candidates for the show. He was featured in the music segment of the special one-hour "Audition Process" episode that teased in the pilot of "The Glee Project". To the delight and surprise of many "Glee" fans, he spoke on the show. In July, 2013, Ellis was pianist for "Glee" star Matthew Morrison's run at the 54 Below nightclub in Manhattan. The show opened the same night that "Glee" co-star Cory Monteith died, so the two opened each subsequent show with the song "What I Did For
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series set to air in June 2011, featuring performers competing for a spot on Glee. "The Glee Project" started airing on June 12, 2011, and the final episode was broadcast on August 21, 2011. The winning prize was a seven-episode guest-starring role in "Glee" third season, which was awarded to two contestants, with a two-episode role given to two other finalists. On June 7, 2010, UK broadcaster Channel 4 aired "" on its E4 station. The documentary explored the American show choir phenomenon which inspired "Glee". Narrated by Nick Grimshaw, it went behind the scenes with real-life glee clubs and
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for the show, started airing on Oxygen on June 12, 2011, and the final episode of the season was broadcast on August 21, 2011. The winning prize was a seven-episode guest-starring role in the third season. The show was originally intended to air on Fox ahead of season two, but was cancelled due to Murphy's desire to concentrate on the main series. The project was revived when Oxygen purchased re-run rights to "Glee", and Murphy committed to executive produce the series as it is part of the "Glee" brand. Di Loreto served as an executive producer, alongside Embassy Row's Michael
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Down syndrome, and lives in a residential home for people with disabilities. In the end, the glee club performs "Proud Mary", staging the entire routine in wheelchairs in support of Artie. Kevin McHale deemed "Wheels" the "most serious" episode of "Glee" so far. He enjoyed Artie's character development in the episode, explaining that when he was cast in the role, he did not know Artie's background and thus made up his own backstory for him. He believed that Artie became paralysed later in life, rather than being born that way, which was proven correct in "Wheels". Of the burgeoning romance
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tension as I would have hoped going into the finale but there were still plenty of fun moments to enjoy." James Poniewozik of "Time" attributed part of the episode's problems to it being "an episode that could air easily out of order", explaining: ""Glee" is a very serial show, after all, but this episode largely consisted of moments that felt dropped in and random, in a way that undermined even the good moments." Henrik Batallones of BuddyTV deemed "Funk" a bridge between "Theatricality" and the season finale, writing: "It feels like the episode got itself in a funk, and when
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McKinley graduates without overshadowing the new faces—all of which, to be honest, still need some improvement. But season 4 was very much a transitional season, and when you look at it as such, the season did what it needed to do". All or Nothing (Glee) "All or Nothing" is the twenty-second episode and season finale of the fourth season of the American musical television series "Glee", and the eighty-eighth episode overall. Written by Ian Brennan and directed by Bradley Buecker, it aired on Fox in the United States on May 9, 2013. Patty Duke and Meredith Baxter make their only
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with many noting its inappropriate content; however, some critics commented positively on Naya Rivera's role as Santana Lopez. Upon airing, the episode was watched by 3.29 million viewers and received an 18-49 rating of 1.1, up from the previous episode, but down from last year's Christmas special. This very special Christmas edition starts when Jane Lynch addresses the audience to explain that the original 2012 Christmas episode of "Glee" was banned for being too offensive, but fan complaints have convinced Fox to air a severely edited version. In 2012, glee club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) selects Sam Evans (Chord
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had completed filming by January 29, 2014, when director Paris Barclay posted a number of tweets with photos from the final day of shooting. Barclay was responsible for the first part of the episode, scheduled to air on March 18, 2014; the second part, which is set to air a week later, was directed by series co-creator Brad Falchuk. The show made a list of thirty songs that had previously been performed on the show, and invited fans to vote on which ones should appear in the 100th episode in a promotion called "Gleek's Choice" that was run at the
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"a show with a serious identity crisis", he did not dislike "Wheels" as much as previous episodes. Sepinwall wrote that while "Glee" can be "broad and in-your-face and self-congratulatory", this episode was "much more human-scaled [and] much more interesting." Maureen Ryan of the "Chicago Tribune" similarly commented that while other episodes of "Glee" lack "coherence and narrative drive", "Wheels" did not have this problem, describing it as "a case study of what "Glee" does right" and deeming Artie and Kurt's storylines "provocative and thoughtfully handled." Mike Hale of "The New York Times" felt that the episode was problematic. He thought
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Overstreet), Lauren Zizes (Ashley Fink), and Blaine Anderson (Darren Criss), the lead singer of the Dalton Academy Warblers. Series producer Ryan Murphy first planned an episode entitled "Original Song" to air in early 2010, during the series' first season. Prior to this episode, most of "Glee"s musical performances were cover versions, and by October 2009 he had received offers from multiple songwriters willing to devise original tracks. At the time, he stated that Diane Warren would write two ballads for the show, and if successful, "Glee" may continue to use original music in the future, but not all the time.
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Canadian Hot 100 and in the same order on that chart: "Without You" at number twenty-nine, "We Found Love" at number fifty-five, "Moves Like Jagger / Jumpin' Jack Flash" at number fifty-nine, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" at number seventy-eight and "Summer Nights" at number eighty-five. The sixth single, "Wedding Bell Blues", did not appear on either chart. Yes/No (Glee) "Yes/No" is the tenth episode of the third season of the American musical television series "Glee", and the fifty-fourth overall. Written by Brad Falchuk and directed by Eric Stoltz, the episode aired on Fox in the United
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News" also thought the episode was quite cheesy, but Benigno characterized it as "the good kind of cheese; the kind you'll eat for antipasti before grandma and grandpa bring out the roast beef on Christmas dinner", and Reiter's bottom line was that it "may not have been the most wonderful episode of the year, but it did feature moments that twinkled and shined like the lovingly trimmed family tree." "Time" James Poniewozik was less enthusiastic when he noted that "Glee" delivered an episode "that touched on all the requisite holiday bases but that felt perfunctory", and added that it was
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An EP entitled "" was released to accompany the Halloween episode, "The Rocky Horror Glee Show". Two EPs were released exclusively at the Target discount chain: "Glee: The Music, Love Songs" in the last week of 2010, and "Glee: The Music, Dance Party" in early September 2011. "Glee" has been released on several DVD and Blu-ray box-sets. "Glee – Pilot Episode: Director's Cut" features the pilot episode and a preview of the second episode, "Showmance". "Glee – Volume 1: Road to Sectionals" contains the first thirteen episodes of season one, and "Glee – Volume 2: Road to Regionals" contains the
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Will Schuester was a member. Adler first appears in the uncut version of the premiere episode, "Pilot", and her memorial plaque serves as inspiration for Will to take over as glee club director. Her plaque was viewed during the course of the series by Will and other glee club members as a further source of inspiration. The plaque resided in the choir room until the episode "100", when it was moved to the auditorium. Adler's final appearance is seen in a flashback by Will to the pilot episode in the series finale "Dreams Come True". The last scene of the
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"The Wiz". The episode ends with April and the glee club performing "Home" from "The Wiz". "Home" was directed by Paris Barclay, who also directed "Wheels", "Glee" ninth episode. It was written by series co-creator Brad Falchuk, who deemed the episode potentially the best of the series so far. "Home" sees the return of guest star Kristin Chenoweth, who first appeared in episode five, "The Rhodes Not Taken", as former glee club member April Rhodes. Prior to her first appearance, Chenoweth was already acquainted with "Glee" creator Ryan Murphy, having appeared in his 2006 film "Running with Scissors". Murphy commented
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million viewers and placed nineteenth for the week. In December 2012, "TV Guide" named the "Somethin' Stupid" rendition one of "Glee" best performances, with the periodical commenting: "this sweet oldie proved the two could dance, crack jokes and make beautiful music together. In a season chock-full of highly choreographed top 40 hits, this simple song was a breath of fresh air." Swan Song (Glee) "Swan Song" is the ninth episode of the fourth season of the American musical television series "Glee", and the seventy-fifth episode overall. Written by Stacy Traub and directed by co-creator Brad Falchuk, it aired on Fox
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introduced this season, played by Carol Burnett. Journalist Katie Couric made a guest appearance as herself when she interviewed Sue during "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle". A reality series featuring open auditions for the show was intended to air on Fox in advance of the season, but was cancelled due to Murphy's desire to concentrate on the main series, and fear that the distraction of the reality show might damage "Glee". The idea was picked up by Oxygen, and "The Glee Project" began airing in June 2011, after the end of season. The winner was to receive a multi-episode guest-starring role
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his dreadlocks. Larsen was one of the two winners of "The Glee Project" first season, and his prize was a seven-episode arc on "Glee". Like his character, Larsen is Christian, and had thought "being Christian and trying to make it in this business as opposites working against each other" and that "you have to be very secure in your faith to approach this business". He was therefore surprised—and thrilled—when his religious beliefs seemed to interest and inspire Glee's Ryan Murphy during an episode of "The Glee Project". Jane Hayward (Samantha Marie Ware) is a student at McKinley, member of New
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to Know You" and "The Power" were released as singles, available for download, and "Empire State of Mind" and "Billionaire" are included on the album "". Following their release, over 250,000 "Glee" tracks were downloaded digitally within the first forty-eight hours, and over 409,000 within the first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Additionally, "Empire State of Mind" saw the largest first-day sales for any "Glee" cover released to that point. Musical performances in the episode attracted mixed reviews. "USA Today" Robert Bianco deemed the highlight "What I Did for Love", and wrote that Michele's performance "puts every amateur musical performance
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still struggles with others accepting her. She, along with some of the other members of New Directions transfer to other schools when the Glee Club is disbanded. Unique returns during the sixth season to help and support Coach Beiste with his decision to go through with a sex reassignment surgery. Newell was a runner-up in "The Glee Project" first season, and his prize was a two-episode arc on "Glee". A possibility for his eventual character was described during a "Project" episode as "the lovechild of Kurt and Mercedes". In addition to his second full appearance in "Nationals", he also appears
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cast has been in years." Miranda Wicker from "TV Fanatic" believed that "Mercedes gave the final season the best subtitle it could possibly have when she noted that this, rehabilitating a defunct glee club, was a step on The Rachel Berry Rebuilding Project. That's really what this season has become, and hey, I don't mind." What the World Needs Now (Glee) "What the World Needs Now" is the sixth episode of the sixth season of the American musical television series "Glee", and the 114th overall. The episode was written by Michael Hitchcock, directed by Barbara Brown, and first aired on
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were disappointed that Jane Lynch did not appear as Sue Sylvester, though Mike Hale of "The New York Times" did not miss her presence. Bobby Hankinson of the "Houston Chronicle" deemed "Ballad" one of the best episodes of "Glee" to date. Dan Snierson of "Entertainment Weekly" did not enjoy it as much as the preceding episode "Wheels" but reviewed the episode positively overall, while Eric Zorn of the "Chicago Tribune" deemed it "deliriously, deliciously bad". "Ballad" was the episode submission of Dianna Agron for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, but her nomination failed
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a lot of growing up to do before he's really a man", and Sullivan wrote that since Finn acted "like a petulant man-boy" on the show, Will must have been referring to events in "a season of "Glee" that didn't air". Finn did receive some praise from Lesley Goldberg of "The Hollywood Reporter", however; she called the sequence where he discovers the truth about his father "one of Cory Monteith's best scenes yet", and Slezak described it as "beautifully handled" by Monteith. Finn's marriage proposal to Rachel at the end of the episode was controversial. Reviewers thought it was a
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Throwdown (Glee) "Throwdown" is the seventh episode of the American television series "Glee". The episode premiered on the Fox network on October 14, 2009. It was directed by series creator Ryan Murphy and written by Brad Falchuk. The episode includes a clash between glee club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) and cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) when she is named co-director of the glee club. As Sue tries to divide the club by turning the students against Will, his wife Terri (Jessalyn Gilsig) blackmails her OB/GYN into colluding with her over her fake pregnancy. The episode features covers of
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impressed with a couple of flashy musical numbers, then got too cheesy for its own good and petered out with an overly sentimental song." Fellow MTV writer Aly Semigran noted: "I was hoping for a little more excitement from the episode, though it all did feel very full circle for so many of our characters we've come to know and love. Here's to hoping "Glee" can get back its stellar momentum in season two." Journey to Regionals "Journey to Regionals" is the twenty-second episode and first season finale of the American television series "Glee". The episode was written and directed
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ninth episode of the second season, "Special Education", when she was tapped to become the glee club's twelfth member after Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer) transferred to another school. Fink has said that "I was obsessed with Glee before I was a big part of it and I’ve steadily been on it for a while. When I got the script [where I joined the glee club] I texted Chris Colfer and said, 'I think I just joined the Glee club?' I didn’t quite believe it at first, I thought I was getting 'Punk'd. She remained in the glee club for the
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I am in TV and film for this to happen and, you know, of course, when "Glee" came on the air I was like, 'Great, that was my chance,' and I'm in this show, which I love this show, but I'm never going to sing and dance in this show. And I did! It's so awesome!" Swerling called it "the longest and possibly most difficult episode of the season" to create. As with other "Fringe" episodes, Fox released a science lesson plan for grade school children focusing on the science seen in "Brown Betty", with the intention of having "students
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was just great storytelling and superb finger-snapping music." "Vanity Fair" Brett Berk deemed "Laryngitis" a "truly successful episode", but also highlighted the show's inconsistency in quality since its return. James Poniewozik of "Time" called "Laryngitis" the first episode of "Glee" since its mid-season break that he enjoyed "(mostly) without reservation." Eric Goldman of IGN rated the episode 8.8/10, deeming it one of his favorite episodes of "Glee", "with some of the funniest material the show has delivered thus far." Laryngitis (Glee) "Laryngitis" is the eighteenth episode of the American television series "Glee". The episode premiered on the Fox network on
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appreciated the episode for subverting expectations, by having Finn's mother react supportively to the news of Quinn's pregnancy, rather than the more affluent and financially capable Fabrays. Dan Snierson for "Entertainment Weekly" opined that "Ballad" was not as good as the preceding episode, "Wheels", but that overall: "it did offer up a few choice cuts and fun moments while advancing one big story line". James Poniewozik of "Time" agreed that "Ballad" was not as good as "Wheels", commenting: "it's amazing how "Glee" can career from excruciating to transcendent within a single episode." The "Chicago Tribune" Eric Zorn, watching "Glee" for
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this season's best dramatic and musical performances". Crystal Bell of "HuffPost TV" stated that she was "a little underwhelmed" by the episode, which "never quite lived up to the greatness that is Michael Jackson". IGN's Robert Canning gave the episode a "great" 8 out of 10, and characterized it as "more than just a theme episode" in which he was "connecting to characters" that had not "grabbed" him since the first season. MTV's Kevin P. Sullivan summarized the episode as follows: "When all was said and done, it was another tribute episode, something that can't be uttered by a "Glee"
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Funeral (Glee) "Funeral" is the twenty-first episode of the second season of the American musical television series "Glee", and the forty-third overall. It first aired May 17, 2011 on Fox in the United States, and was written by series creator Ryan Murphy and directed by Bradley Buecker. The episode featured Jonathan Groff guest starring as Jesse St. James, who is brought in as a consultant to help the New Directions glee club prepare for the National Show Choir competition. Sue Sylvester's (Jane Lynch) sister Jean (Robin Trocki) dies unexpectedly, and the glee club helps Sue plan her funeral. The episode
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"Glee – The Complete Season 1" was released on Region 2 DVD on September 13, 2010, Region 1 DVD on September 14, 2010, and Region 4 DVD on September 22, 2010. The seven-disc box set contains the full 22 episode first season, including extended episodes, sing-along karaoke, a behind-the-scenes look at "The Power of Madonna" episode, "Glee" makeovers, never-before-seen 'Sue's Corner' segments and a dance tutorial. It was also released as a four-disc Blu-ray box set. Glee (season 1) The first season of the musical comedy-drama television series "Glee" originally aired on Fox in the United States. The pilot episode
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line about Coach Roz growing up in the ghetto. That is, however, just what "Glee" did. Yes, the weird behavior of people like Sam was attributed to "PTSD," but these emotions were played for laughs. The only true follow-up to the shooting was the impressively underplayed moment between Blaine and Becky." Sweet Dreams (Glee) "Sweet Dreams" is the nineteenth episode of the fourth season of the American musical television series "Glee", and the eighty-fifth episode overall. Written by Ross Maxwell and directed by Elodie Keene, it aired on Fox in the United States on April 18, 2013. Special guest star
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the "Glee" episode "Sexy", but did not. "Teenage Dream" was previously included on "", released in November 2010. The album features thirteen covers, twelve of which feature a cappella backing from the Beelzebubs. The other, a cover of The Beatles' "Blackbird", was sung by Colfer backed by other background vocalists. Though mainly pop, tracks also fall under several other genres, including rock, R&B, and hip hop, and are sometimes reinvented when rearranged. Matt Diahl of the "Los Angeles Times" described "Glee" version of "Teenage Dream" as "The Killers meet Sigur Rós meet the Jonas Brothers". A cover of Train's "Hey,
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did not expect the pairing to be well received by viewers. He believed that viewers would find Rachel "far too irritating" for Puck, and so was surprised by the positive fan response which emerged. Although Murphy described this response as "strange and bizarre", explaining that he had believed fans would prefer for Rachel to be with Finn, as a result he planned to revisit their romance later in the first season. The first thirteen episodes had already been filmed by the time "Mash-Up" aired, and so Murphy wrote a special episode to air after the mid-season break, in which the
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tied to the Super Bowl episode, when it was initially planned to also be a tribute episode, was dropped when the tribute idea was; "", which featured recordings from that Super Bowl episode through the Regionals competition episode, was released on March 8, 2011. Another soundtrack album, released on April 19, 2011, features the Dalton Academy Warblers: "". The final CD accompanying the season, "", was released on May 23, 2011. Second season musical releases attained some chart success. "Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show" peaked at number six on the "Billboard" 200 with 48,000 copies sold. It
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with a rating/share of 3.4/11 in the 18–49 demographic. Only for the season finale, when the show aired an hour later than usual to allow the penultimate night of "American Idol" to air in "Glee" usual slot, did the number of watchers exceed ten million, when the lead-in helped boost viewership to 11.80 million and the 18–49 rating/share to 4.6/11. For the season as a whole, "Glee" was number 43 of 268 primetime shows that averaged at least a million viewers, with an average viewership of 10.11 million, while it tied for number 13 of 249 of shows that received
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through Columbia Records. Songs featured on the show are available for digital download through iTunes up to two weeks before new episodes air, and through other digital outlets and mobile carriers a week later. "Glee" music producers Adam Anders and Peer Astrom have begun to add original music to the show, including two original songs, "Loser Like Me" and "Get It Right", on the March 15, 2011 episode. "Glee" is choreographed by Zach Woodlee and features four to eight production numbers per episode. Once Murphy selects a song, rights are cleared with its publishers by music supervisor P. J. Bloom,
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and returned in the eighth episode in which Harmony led a rival show choir at the Sectionals competition. McGinty appeared starting in the fourth episode as Rory Flanagan, an Irish exchange student who is living with Brittany's family. Larsen debuted in the thirteenth episode as transfer student Joe Hart, and Newell first appeared in the sixteenth episode as Wade Adams, a member of rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline. In a July 2011 interview, Murphy noted that when he and Falchuk ask fans what they want to see, meeting the parents of the characters is a major demand. He said that
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meaningful holiday text as part of his on-air role, and the pair man a charitable donations holiday kettle to help raise money for people in need. Rory and Artie (Kevin McHale) compete to be Sugar Motta's (Vanessa Lengies) date at her Valentine’s Day party in the episode "Heart". She chooses Rory after he announces to the glee club that his request for a visa to attend McKinley again next year has been denied and sings "Home". McGinty was one of two winners of the reality television competition "The Glee Project" in 2011, which earned him a seven-episode arc on "Glee".
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the end of the episode and little is shown of their development until nationals, when Ryder and Jake decide to help her go farther with her songwriting. Brittany Susan Pierce (Heather Morris) is a cheerleader who joins the glee club with Quinn and Santana in the episode "Showmance". Prior to appearing in "Glee", Morris was a back-up dancer for Beyoncé Knowles. She was originally hired as a choreographer to teach cast members Colfer and Ushkowitz the "Single Ladies" dance. A week later, she was cast as Brittany. Morris had a recurring role throughout the first season, and was promoted to
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whole thing took on a weight", and singled out the scene "where the teachers talked about what had happened and the smash cut to Karofsky's father screaming at him to get up" as "heart-wrenching"; he added, "This was the Glee I had first loved, the Glee that could blend music and romance and comedy and highly volatile drama into one cocktail", though he also said that the episode had failed to "pay off those emotions". Bell declared that "best scene in the entire episode is when Kurt visits Karofsky in the hospital". Joseph Brannigan Lynch of "Entertainment Weekly" called it
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think it's handled very sweetly and very emotionally. They're expecting this big, raunchy, suggestive, brainwashing storyline when, really, it's very sweet." Before the episode aired, the conservative Parents Television Council called the show "reprehensible" and the Fox network reckless for "celebrating teen sex". When the show aired, the reviewers were not as uniformly enthusiastic as the screeners. Bobby Hankinson of "The Houston Chronicle" called this "one of the better episodes in the show’s three-season run, though not as good as 'Asian F. "Time" James Poniewozik weighted them differently, calling "The First Time" the "best episode, overall, of "Glee" season three".
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The Dalton Academy Warblers The Dalton Academy Warblers are a fictional a cappella glee club from the private school Dalton Academy, located in Westerville, Ohio. They were first introduced in the "Glee" television episode "Never Been Kissed". The episode also introduced recurring guest star Darren Criss as Blaine Anderson, lead singer and junior member of the group. Performing a cover version of Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" with Criss on lead vocals, the actors who portrayed the Warblers lip synced to background vocals provided by the Beelzebubs, an all-male a cappella group from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, who did not
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his favorite number in the episode. Three original songs and two cover versions that were featured in the episode debuted on numerous musical charts. The two original songs sung by the main "Glee" cast did best, with "Light Up the World" debuting at number thirty-three on the "Billboard" Hot 100, on an issue dated for June 11, 2011. It sold 86,000 copies in the United States in its first week since its release as a digitally downloadable single, and "Pretending" was in fortieth with 79,000 sold. The third single, a cover of "For Good" from "Wicked", charted at number fifty-eight,
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the episode was watched by 1.38 million viewers, placing fourth for the night and twenty-first for the week. The episode was received positively by most critics. Miranda Wicker of "TV Fanatic" gave the episode a 5 out of 5, saying "There's really only so much to be said about this episode. It was, in a word, heartbreaking. But it was also sort of perfect in the way that Glee can be when faced with tough moments." She also praised the writers, who in her opinion "met that challenge in the best possible ways." Allison Keene of "The Hollywood Reporter" gave
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where the episode was to be broadcast about a month later than in the US, were rumored to be considering the removal of the scene entirely. However, a spokesperson for Channel 4 stated that the episode would air in full, and explained: "The scene is editorially justified within the programme and we do not seek to censor material in the proper context." Claude Knights, the executive director of the London-based children's charity Kidscape, said, "It is regrettable that the producers did not consider the implication of using such a track in the context of a sex education class. The fact
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9, aired January 25, 2000) and the "Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege, and Justice" episode "Tailspin" (season 3, episode 5, aired September 5, 2003). City Confidential ("Fatal Inheritance"), American Justice ("Millions of Reasons to Kill"), and Solved also did episodes on the case. Dana Ewell Dana James Ewell (born January 28, 1971) is a convicted American murderer who was sentenced to three life sentences for ordering the killing of his father, mother, and sister in 1992. Dana was the younger of two children born to Dale Alan (b. 1932) and Glee Ethel (Mitchell) Ewell (b. 1935). Dale was a US Air
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for his third season as a recurring special guest star in the role of Jesse St. James. Ryan Murphy had previously announced that Jesse would be returning near the end of the third season as the new coach of rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline, the group he had been the star of in the first season when they defeated New Directions in competition. "The Glee Project" runner-up Alex Newell, who won a two-episode recurring role on "Glee", makes his first appearance in the role of Wade Adams, Vocal Adrenaline's lead singer. In addition to Groff and Newell, recurring guest stars
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in 2011 for the first season of Oxygen's "The Glee Project". Newell's self-taped audition earned them over one million MySpace views as well as a spot among the 12 participants who competed for a seven-episode arc on "Glee". During the arc, they asserted themselves as an out gay man. Eventually, he became the series’ first runner-up. Nevertheless, the producers were so impressed that they decided to bring them on "Glee" for two episodes. Newell first appeared on "Glee" in the third season episode "Saturday Night Glee-ver". They were cast in the role of Wade "Unique" Adams, a male-to-female transgender teenager.
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Rumours (Glee) "Rumours" is the nineteenth episode of the second season of the American musical television series "Glee", and the forty-first overall. The episode was written by series co-creator Ryan Murphy, directed by Tim Hunter, first aired on May 3, 2011 on Fox in the United States, and it features the return of guest star Kristin Chenoweth. In "Rumours", the glee club is swept by rumors that strain the friendships and relationships of the members, so director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) has them perform songs from Fleetwood Mac's 1977 album "Rumours". The episode is a tribute to that album, and
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Rory Flanagan Rory Flanagan is a recurring fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series "Glee". The character is portrayed by actor Damian McGinty, and appeared in "Glee" starting with its third season episode "Pot o' Gold", first broadcast on November 1, 2011. Rory is an exchange student from Ireland who arrives as a sophomore, and is living at the home of Brittany Pierce (Heather Morris) while studying at McKinley High. He joins the McKinley glee club, New Directions, in his first episode. The character was created after McGinty was one of two winners of a seven-episode arc in "Glee"
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City of Angels (Glee) "City of Angels" is the eleventh episode of the fifth season of the American musical television series "Glee", and the ninety-ninth episode overall. Written by Jessica Meyer and directed by Elodie Keene, it aired on Fox in the United States on March 11, 2014, and features New Directions defending their National Show Choir Championship in Los Angeles. This episode includes brief flashbacks to scenes showing the late Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith). Glee club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) asks Sam Evans (Chord Overstreet) to be ready to act as a leader when New Directions travels to
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Pot o' Gold (Glee) "Pot o' Gold" is the fourth episode of the third season of the American musical television series "Glee", and the forty-eighth overall. It was written by Ali Adler, directed by Adam Shankman, and was first broadcast on Fox in the United States on November 1, 2011. The episode featured the arrival of Irish foreign exchange student Rory Flanagan ("Glee Project" prizewinner Damian McGinty) at McKinley High, a new challenger to Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) in her congressional race, and the ongoing fragmentation of the show's central glee club, New Directions. The episode as a whole received
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Grilled Cheesus "Grilled Cheesus" is the third episode of the second season of the American television series "Glee", and the twenty-fifth episode overall. It was written by Brad Falchuk, directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, and premiered on the Fox network on October 5, 2010. Prior to its broadcast, series co-creator Ryan Murphy predicted the episode would be "Glee" most controversial, as it focuses on religion and what God means to the members of the glee club. When Burt Hummel (Mike O'Malley) has a heart attack, the glee club rally around his son Kurt (Chris Colfer), attempting to support the Hummels through
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Bad Reputation (Glee) "Bad Reputation" is the seventeenth episode of the American television series, "Glee". The episode premiered on the Fox network on May 4, 2010. It was directed by Elodie Keene, and written by series creator Ian Brennan. In "Bad Reputation", cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) is publicly ridiculed when a video of her dancing to Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" is posted on YouTube. A salacious list about members of the glee club circulates the school, leading certain members to try to earn themselves a bad reputation. Newton-John guest-stars as herself in the episode, and Molly Shannon makes her
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but I could have completely done without the episode. It was almost as if they needed filler just to showcase the "Physical" video." In December 2012, "TV Guide" named their rendition one of "Glee" worst performances. Bad Reputation (Glee) "Bad Reputation" is the seventeenth episode of the American television series, "Glee". The episode premiered on the Fox network on May 4, 2010. It was directed by Elodie Keene, and written by series creator Ian Brennan. In "Bad Reputation", cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) is publicly ridiculed when a video of her dancing to Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" is posted on
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and that the show is only favourable when it implements "a happy, escapist fantasy" and not when it "..[makes] us cringe at poorly-handled personal trauma" Lights Out (Glee) "Lights Out" is the twentieth episode of the fourth season of the American musical television series "Glee", and the eighty-sixth episode overall. Written by Ryan Murphy and directed by Paris Barclay, it aired on Fox in the United States on April 25, 2013, and features the return of special guest star Sarah Jessica Parker as Isabelle Wright. Glee club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) finds out that the lead singer of rival
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New York (Glee) "New York" is the twenty-second episode and season finale of the second season of the American musical television series "Glee", and the forty-fourth overall. The episode was written and directed by series creator Brad Falchuk, filmed in part on location in New York City, and first aired on May 24, 2011 on Fox in the United States. With a $6 million budget, it was reportedly the most expensive episode of "Glee" at the time of broadcast. It garnered a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Costumes for a Series. The episode features an appearance by Patti LuPone as
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Fanatic" gave the episode four out of five stars, and reminisced that "knowing that this was the last time we'll see the New Directions in competition just has me feeling a little weepy." We Built This Glee Club "We Built This Glee Club" is the eleventh episode of the sixth season of the American musical television series "Glee", and the 119th overall. The episode was written by Aristotle Kousakis, directed by Joaquin Sedillo, and first aired on March 13, 2015, on Fox in the United States. The episode features the Show Choir Sectionals competition, with New Directions desperate to win
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the news, Estefan tweeted, "Did anyone see Glee last night? Santana could really use a sympathetic mommy right about now, don't you think?? Lol!" Estefan was definitively reported as having signed to be a guest star on December 8, 2011, and as being scheduled to appear in one of the then-upcoming winter episodes, but this episode marks her debut on the show. Many recurring guest stars appeared in the episode. These include glee club members Sam Evans (Chord Overstreet), Joe Hart (Samuel Larsen), Rory Flanagan (Damian McGinty) and Sugar Motta (Vanessa Lengies), Principal Figgins (Iqbal Theba), football coach Shannon Beiste
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sixth episode, "Mash Off", and Sky1 announced after airing the ninth episode, "Extraordinary Merry Christmas", that in 2012 they would air all the remaining episodes in an unbroken weekly run, scheduled so that the final episodes of the season would broadcast "within days" of their initial US premiere. A subsequent change in the US schedule required adding a week's break after the fourteenth episode, "On My Way". The cast began recording for their musical numbers on the show beginning on August 8, 2011. They also began recording material for a new "Glee" Christmas album that month. Fox credits fifteen main
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half-brother of Puck, whom he has never met. He auditions for New Directions, but when he is stopped midway through his song, Jake is infuriated and deliberately knocks over a music stand. He is not admitted to the glee club, but when director Will Schuester discovers that Jake is related to Puck, he personally invites Jake to join New Directions, telling Jake that he is talented, and he thinks joining will help him as it did Puck, but Jake declines. In the following episode, "Britney 2.0", Will arranges a surprise meeting between the half brothers, and after Puck advises him
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his seven-episode prize. Larsen debuted on Glee in the thirteenth episode, "Heart", as a transfer student named Joe Hart, also appearing beyond his original seven-episode stint. Newell's first appearance was in the April 17, 2012 episode "Saturday Night Glee-ver". He played Wade Adams, a transgender member of the rival Vocal Adrenaline show choir, and appeared briefly in "Props", returning a few more times before transferring to McKinley High for the series' fourth season and becoming a series regular for its fifth season. McGinty, Larsen, Pearce and Newell were chosen to sing on the 2011 "Glee" Christmas album, "". SAFE The
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was watched by 5.24 million, down by 0.90 from the previous episode. Miranda Wicker, from "TV Fanatic" praised the music performed in the episode during the power outrage, "But the stretch of my imagination was worth it because that power outage gave us some incredible music" and also commented on the success of the music so far in the season - "It was all fantastic. If nothing else, Glee is really winning with the music this season." The episode however did receive slightly negative reviews. Freddy Millian from "Trendy Spoon" claimed the episode was too "dark for its own good"
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a seven-episode recurring character role on "Glee", makes his first appearance in this episode as Rory Flanagan, an Irish exchange student. Murphy revealed that on McGinty's first day of filming "he was shoved into a locker 25 times", and that on "his first take in his first song, the crew gave him a huge ovation." Rory is living with Brittany's family, and the idea of McGinty's character interacting with Brittany was first broached in the penultimate episode of "The Glee Project", with the judges speculating that Brittany would not be able to understand a word the character said due to
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MTV wrote that "when the two separate moments finally did arrive at the end of the episode, it felt like the natural end and was quite touching". Supervising Music Editor David Klotz received a Best Sound Editing: Short Form Musical in Television nomination at the 2012 Golden Reel Awards for his work on the episode. The musical performances were generally well received by reviewers, though a few songs came in for some criticism. One that was given near-universal plaudits was "America", from Hankinson's "awesome" to Hyman's "killer rendition" to VanDerWerff's "one of the best production numbers the show has ever
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at number seventy-one, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" at number seventy-five and "I Kissed a Girl" at number eighty-seven. "Jolene" did not chart in either country. Both "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and "Constant Craving" were featured on the soundtrack album "". Three additional songs from the episode were included in the five bonus tracks available on the Target edition of the album: "Perfect", "I'm the Only One" and "I Kissed a Girl". I Kissed a Girl (Glee) "I Kissed a Girl" is the seventh episode of the third season of the American musical television series "Glee", and
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fourth season's episode "Sadie Hawkins", which premiered on 24 January 2013. After this, she made numerous appearances in flashbacks before appearing one final time in the series finale, "Dreams Come True", during the performance of OneRepublic's "I Lived" by the glee club's alumni. Throughout the first season of "Glee", Lauren makes numerous guest appearances. She is a member of the McKinley High wrestling team, as well as president of the AV club. She first appears in the episode "Wheels", where she unsuccessfully tries out for a spot on the cheerleading team. She reappears in "Hell-O", when cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester
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Love, Love, Love (Glee) "Love, Love, Love" is the premiere episode of the fifth season of the American musical television series "Glee", and the eighty-ninth episode overall. The episode was written by series co-creator Brad Falchuk and directed by Bradley Buecker, and first aired on September 26, 2013 on Fox in the United States. The episode was the first of two tribute episodes to the Beatles. It features the marriage proposal by Blaine Anderson (Darren Criss) to Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer), the revelation of Rachel Berry's (Lea Michele) future on Broadway, the official dating of Artie Abrams (Kevin McHale) and
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ladies front and center [on songs] like the sweet rendition of "Here Comes the Sun" and the playful take on "A Hard Day's Night". She then calls the album as "a promising start to season five's music". Love, Love, Love (Glee) "Love, Love, Love" is the premiere episode of the fifth season of the American musical television series "Glee", and the eighty-ninth episode overall. The episode was written by series co-creator Brad Falchuk and directed by Bradley Buecker, and first aired on September 26, 2013 on Fox in the United States. The episode was the first of two tribute episodes
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and the most-watched show on cable for the week, as well as the most-watched episode of the series at the time, and the first episode of the entire series to draw over 3 million viewers. "Britney/Brittany" received mixed reviews from critics. Todd VanDerWerff of "The A.V. Club" graded the episode "D+", commenting that it was "what people who say "Glee" is awful are talking about when they say "Glee" is awful." He criticized the lack of plot and coherence in the musical numbers, feeling that storyline and character arcs were ignored in favor of showcasing Spears covers. Stack described the
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Funk (Glee) "Funk" is the twenty-first episode of the American television series "Glee". The episode was written by series creator Ian Brennan and directed by Elodie Keene. It premiered on the Fox network on June 1, 2010 and was watched by 9 million viewers. In "Funk", New Directions is intimidated by rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline. Jesse St. James (Jonathan Groff) defects back to Vocal Adrenaline, and New Directions explores funk music, knowing it is their rival club's weakness. The episode features cover versions of six songs, all of which were released as singles, available for download, and two of
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Home (Glee) "Home" is the sixteenth episode of the American television series "Glee". The episode premiered on the Fox network on April 27, 2010. It was directed by Paris Barclay and written by series creator Brad Falchuk. "Home" sees new cheerleader Mercedes Jones (Amber Riley) deal with body image issues, while Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer) sets his dad and Finn Hudson's mom together, in an attempt to get closer to Finn (Cory Monteith), and club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) is reunited with his friend April Rhodes (Kristin Chenoweth). Chenoweth first appeared in "Glee" in the episode "The Rhodes Not
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things get close to being awesome, it pulls back." Eric Goldman of IGN rated the episode 6.8/10 for "Passable", but deemed it the weakest episode of "Glee" thus far, while Gerrick D. Kennedy of the "Los Angeles Times" called it "just one big funked-up mess." "Broadway World" Mary Hanrahan felt that: "While "Funk" had some redeeming, even charming, moments, it did nothing to make up for the perplexing episode that preceded it and ultimately left much to be desired." In contrast, Aly Semigran of MTV had enjoyed the preceding episode, yet still received "Funk" poorly, calling it: "a step down
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very bad attempts at breeze." Miranda Wicker from "TV Fanatic" stated in her review that the episode would be known as "the best episode of the series' final season." A Wedding (Glee) "A Wedding" is the eighth episode of the sixth season of the American musical television series "Glee", and the 116th overall. The episode was written by Ross Maxwell, directed by executive producer Bradley Buecker, and first aired on February 20, 2015 on Fox in the United States. The episode features the planning for and wedding day of Brittany Pierce and Santana Lopez, which unexpectedly turns into a double
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who turned out to be cheerleader Becky Jackson. The cast and crew did location filming at Venice High School on December 6, 2011. The school is where exterior locations for the movie musical "Grease" were filmed. Several members of the cast tweeted photos, as did students from the high school. Vanessa Lengies, who plays Sugar Motta, retweeted a student's photo of herself with some of the students, telling the student, "thanks for letting us borrow your school!" This episode is the last in Damian McGinty's seven-episode prize from his victory in "The Glee Project", but he will be continuing in
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was organic, explaining: "The best part of "Glee" is introducing new music to an older generation and old music to a newer generation. There's so much great music. We all listen to music in a vacuum, then we're exposed to things and love it. Olivia Newton-John is an example of that. It's a perfect marriage between the songs that were chosen and the storyline. When that happens, it moves people." "Bad Reputation" shows the reunion of glee club members Rachel and Puck. The two first became involved in "Glee" eighth episode, "Mash-Up", but at the time, series creator Ryan Murphy
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times, not always successful, but always trying weird, new things." "Huffington Post" Crystal Bell said regarding the season finale: "We did end up with a graduation episode that was heartfelt, comical and, yes, absolutely ridiculous". "Glee: The Complete Third Season" was released on August 14, 2012 in DVD (with 6-set discs) and Blu-ray (with 4-set discs), and contains the special features; ""Glee" Music Jukebox", ""Glee" Under the Stars", "Deleted Scenes", "Santana's "Santa Baby" Music Video", "Young Sue's "Oklahoma!" Music Video", ""Glee" Give a Note", "Welcome to the Class", "Making the Finale", "Sue Addresses Her Fans", "More of Sue's Quips" and
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the lead singers were "grating and over-the-top", and Poniewozik characterized the performance as "unfortunate". One of the six cover versions released as five singles—the "A Boy Like That" single also contained "I Have a Love"—debuted on the "Billboard" Hot 100: "Uptown Girl" debuted at number sixty-eight. It also debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at number eighty-three. The other singles, all from "West Side Story", did not chart. Two of these singles, "Uptown Girl" and "Tonight", are included on the soundtrack album "". The First Time (Glee) "The First Time" is the fifth episode of the third season of the
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Adler, making it the first episode not to be written by any of the co-creators of "Glee"—Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan—and it was the second to be directed by choreographer Adam Shankman, who helmed "The Rocky Horror Glee Show" in the second season. Shankman started working on the episode on September 2, 2011, and filming ended on September 22, 2011. This episode and the prior one were shot in parallel for several days until "Asian F" finished filming its musical finale on September 16, 2011. McGinty, one of the two winners of "The Glee Project" top prize of
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New Directions (Glee) "New Directions" is the thirteenth episode of the fifth season of the American musical television series "Glee", and the one-hundred-first episode overall. Written and directed by series co-creator Brad Falchuk, it aired on Fox in the United States on March 25, 2014, and is the second part of a two-part anniversary episode that features the apparent end of New Directions after the club is shut down by principal Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch). Many graduates of the glee club have returned, as have special guest stars Kristin Chenoweth as April Rhodes and Gwyneth Paltrow as Holly Holliday. This
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Special Education (Glee) "Special Education" is the ninth episode of the second season of the American musical television series "Glee", and the thirty-first episode overall. It was written by series creator Brad Falchuk, directed by Paris Barclay, and aired on Fox in the United States on November 30, 2010. In "Special Education", the McKinley High School glee club New Directions competes in the Sectionals round of show choir competition against the Hipsters and the Dalton Academy Warblers, while dealing with internal feuding that threatens to rip the club apart. The episode shows the former member of New Directions, Kurt Hummel
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to walk cannot be granted; later, Brittany anonymously receives a ReWalk to allow Artie to walk for short periods of time. When antagonism flares between the football team's glee and non-glee factions, Beiste forces the entire football team to work together with the glee club for one week; despite encountering resistance and set-backs, the plan is ultimately successful and the team wins the championship game. During the episode "Blame It on the Alcohol", Beiste takes Will out for a fun time at a rodeo bar, which includes the character's first lead vocal performance on the show in the duet "One
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We Built This Glee Club "We Built This Glee Club" is the eleventh episode of the sixth season of the American musical television series "Glee", and the 119th overall. The episode was written by Aristotle Kousakis, directed by Joaquin Sedillo, and first aired on March 13, 2015, on Fox in the United States. The episode features the Show Choir Sectionals competition, with New Directions desperate to win and save their club. Rachel Berry must decide whether to accept a role in a new Broadway show or return to school at NYADA. Sue Sylvester, who is the new coach of Vocal
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Sexy (Glee) "Sexy" is the fifteenth episode of the second season of the American musical comedy-drama television series "Glee", and the thirty-seventh episode overall. It was written by Brad Falchuk, directed by Ryan Murphy, and first aired on the Fox network on March 8, 2011. The episode mainly revolves around the topics of sex and adolescent sexuality. In it, Holly Holliday (Gwyneth Paltrow) returns to McKinley High School as a substitute teacher in a class devoted to sex education. Glee club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) begins to develop feelings for Holly, and guidance counselor and celibacy club advisor Emma
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Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show is the third extended play (EP) by the cast of the musical television series "Glee", released on October 19, 2010. It contains seven songs and accompanies the episode "The Rocky Horror Glee Show", originally aired October 26, 2010 on Fox. The Halloween episode sees the glee club recreating the 1973 comedy horror musical "The Rocky Horror Show", written and composed by Richard O'Brien. Dante Di Loreto and Brad Falchuk serve as the executive producers. The "Glee" episode "The Rocky Horror Glee Show" originally aired
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the first time, deemed the episode "deliriously, deliciously bad", deriding the casting of young adult actors as teenagers, the "one-dimensional stock characters" and the "kitschy plots". Zorn questioned: "So do people actually like this show, or just revel in its over-the-top, spectacular and, I admit, compelling badness?" Ballad (Glee) "Ballad" is the tenth episode of the American television series "Glee". The episode premiered on the Fox network on November 18, 2009, and was written and directed by series creator Brad Falchuk. "Ballad" sees the glee club split into pairs to sing ballads to one another. Rachel (Lea Michele) is paired
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"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" debuted at number eighty. The same week as the "Glee" singles charted, Houston's "" album jumped back to number one on the "Billboard" Top Catalog Albums chart, and climbed seven spots to number twenty-eight on the "Billboard" 200. Dance with Somebody (Glee) "Dance with Somebody" is the seventeenth episode of the third season of the American musical television series "Glee", and the sixty-first overall. Written by Ross Maxwell and directed by Paris Barclay, the episode aired on Fox in the United States on April 24, 2012. It is a special tribute episode
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the final minute when Will Schuester [...] sobbed in Finn's varsity letter jacket." He did, however, comment positively on the episode's transition from comedic to serious; its song choices; and its overall effect, which "was indeed a sense of finality, particularly as it relates to the fleetingness of fame." Jeff Jensen of "Entertainment Weekly" also criticized the episode, specifically the show creators' choice not to address how Finn died, calling it "the most conspicuous and debatable choice made by the "Glee" creators." He then commented positively on Santana's role and song; and Mike O'Malley and Romy Rosemont's scene; but he
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Sam Evans Sam Evans is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series "Glee". The character is portrayed by actor Chord Overstreet, and appeared on "Glee" starting with the second season premiere episode entitled "Audition", first broadcast on September 21, 2010. Sam is a transfer student to William McKinley High School who becomes a member of the football team, as well as a member of the glee club, New Directions. In his first episode, Sam performs Travie McCoy's "Billionaire" with some of the guys in the glee club, but does not show up for tryouts due to the low
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there, dude." Sam Evans Sam Evans is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series "Glee". The character is portrayed by actor Chord Overstreet, and appeared on "Glee" starting with the second season premiere episode entitled "Audition", first broadcast on September 21, 2010. Sam is a transfer student to William McKinley High School who becomes a member of the football team, as well as a member of the glee club, New Directions. In his first episode, Sam performs Travie McCoy's "Billionaire" with some of the guys in the glee club, but does not show up for tryouts due to
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Anders, Peer Åström, Savan Kotecha, and Johan Schuster. "Loser Like Me" and "Get It Right" both premiered on "On Air with Ryan Seacrest" on February 25, 2011, and were performed in the episode "Original Song", on March 15, 2011. The song was also released on iTunes in the United States on March 15, 2011. "Loser Like Me" became the first radio single for "Glee", and was sent to radio on March 1, 2011 for mainstream and Hot AC stations. Pete Cosenza, senior vice president of promotion and adult formats for Columbia Records told "Billboard", We've promoted "Glee" music to radio
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Ballad (Glee) "Ballad" is the tenth episode of the American television series "Glee". The episode premiered on the Fox network on November 18, 2009, and was written and directed by series creator Brad Falchuk. "Ballad" sees the glee club split into pairs to sing ballads to one another. Rachel (Lea Michele) is paired with club director Will (Matthew Morrison) and develops a crush on him. Quinn's (Dianna Agron) parents learn that Quinn is pregnant, and she moves in with Finn (Cory Monteith) and his mother when her own parents evict her. Gregg Henry and Charlotte Ross guest-star as Quinn's parents
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