They graduate in season finale, but while Rachel gets into a New York school, Finn does not; on their wedding day, he instead sends her off to New York without him to fulfill her dreams, and Finn enlists in the army to follow his late father's footsteps. Following Overstreet's casting, media speculation suggested Sam might have been created as a boyfriend for Kurt. Gallagher has stated: "I think you understand where Ken comes from as they go on. He dislikes Emma and Will spending time alone together, aware that Will has feelings for her. Kitty is unhappy with losing Jake, and with his attraction to Marley Rose; when Marley is favored to win the role of Sandy the school musical Grease, Kitty decides to audition for the role herself, and predicts that Marley will start to gain large amounts of weight to become like her obese mother, who works in the McKinley cafeteria. In voiceover, Roderick talks about how he is a transfer student and that music is his only friend and it wouldn't hurt to make some real friends, just as someone places a "wide load" sticker on his back. By Miranda Siwak. Kurt and Adam subsequently begin seeing each other, though the relationship doesn't become serious. [213] In contrast, Bobby Hankinson for the Houston Chronicle was disappointed Houston had not taken the role, and criticized Eve for her lack of personality.[214]. [21] She reveals to Will that she is a virgin,[87] but does not go through with her plan to lose her virginity to him. However, in the season finale, Quinn gives birth to her daughter, whom Puck names Beth, and she is adopted by Vocal Adrenaline coach Shelby Corcoran (Idina Menzel), Rachel's birth mother.[12]. Blaine later moves in with Kurt. Later in the episode, Kitty (Becca Tobin) tells Ryder she understands how he feels because she went through a similar situation and the two bond. In "Feud", Sue names her Cheerios co-captain again, along with the newly recruited Blaine Anderson. Sugar returns in the sixth-season episode "A Wedding", performing "I'm So Excited" with Mercedes, Santana, Brittany, Blaine's mom, Santana and Brittany's moms and Kurt's stepmom. [11] At the end of season one, Finn professes his love for her. Terri briefly believes herself to be pregnant, and pushes Will to take a better paying job as an accountant. Chord Overstreet posted two selfies to his Instagram on Saturday with Glee alum Kevin McHale, Heather Morris, Jenna Ushkow Unique returns during the sixth season to help and support Coach Beiste with his decision to go through with a sex reassignment surgery. He remains in New Directions through the season's final episode, and they win the National Show Choir Championship. [139] According to Sue, when she returns as principal at the beginning of the fifth season, Becky did confess to having brought the gun to school, and is suspended for one month. [18] After confiding her deception in her sister Kendra, Terri approaches pregnant cheerleader Quinn Fabray, with an interest in her baby. Coach Beiste breaks up a fight between him and another student, and helps him get a retest and to study for it. In some ways, he's a little bit braver than I am. She encourages him on his first Nationals as a coach and jibes that the New Directions are going to beat him, to which he tells her he likes her cocky side. Though some staff or students at McKinley do not recognize Unique for the woman she is, others are more accepting. Artie and Rory compete to be her date at the party, and Rory is chosen after his claim that he is being deported at the end of the school year wins her sympathy. Morris portrays Brittany as being "literally insane". Kurt eventually breaks off their engagement because he does not feel ready for marriage. Chris Colfer and Darren Criss (Photo: Fox) But that was 2009. [47] The two remain a couple for most of the season before breaking up. Arthur "Artie" Abrams (Kevin McHale) is a guitarist and paraplegic manual wheelchair user. Ken will keep going [after Emma]. [17] She initially dresses in school-girl like clothing and gothic style clothing. [17] She was described by Agron as Rachel's enemy, and "terrible, the meanest girl". Sugar Motta (Vanessa Lengies) is a student at McKinley. Drew described Suzy as "kind of stalkerish and creepy", but ultimately redeemable. After the shooting incident, Marley decides to openly pursue her songwriting, which she had kept secret to that point, and in "Sweet Dreams" two of her songs are performed. He also directs Grease along with Finn Hudson during his senior year. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. (Main Season 15; Recurring Season 6) Tina Cohen-Chang (Jenna Ushkowitz) auditions for the glee club with the song "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry. [159] In the season five premiere, a new McKinley cheerleader and "mean girl", Bree, played by Erinn Westbrook, is introduced as a nemesis for the glee club.[160]. After the "Glee" star posted a message in support of George Floyd on Twitter . Jesse and Rachel begin dating, and he briefly transfers to McKinley High, joining New Directions. Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, Jenna Ushkowitz, Chord Overstreet and Darren Criss were all here to tell Ellen about their final days on set, and the last season . She makes brief appearances during seasons four, five and six. [21] Her romantic relationships with fellow members Puck and Sam are followed by the realization that she is gay and in love with her best friend Brittany Pierce, who is bisexual. The two then begin a relationship. She performs "I Know What Boys Like", her first solo, in "Comeback". "[3] Glee's costume designer Lou Eyrich selects "quirky" outfits for Emma, to reflect her "sunny disposition". So yeah, that makes sense why he wouldn't be there. [111][112] Jacob has a crush on Rachel, who feels uneasy around him but relies on him for positive reviews. He later goes to New York after being told by Santana that Rachel's live-in boyfriend Brody is an escort, and physically attacks Brody, warning him to "stay away from my future wife". Acknowledging her continuing feelings for Will, Ken breaks up with her on their wedding day. New Directions members from throughout its history unite for one last massive group song. Ryder helps Jake with ideas for Valentine's Day gifts for Marley, and at Will and Emma's wedding on Valentine's Day, she and Jake think about going "all the way", but Marley decides she isn't ready. Although he is usually seen harassing members of the glee club, Azimio was the first of the football players in "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle" to agree to perform in the halftime show the night of the championship game in order to be allowed to play in the second half, saying he wanted to win the game because it would mean so much to his father. [199] Phoebe Strole first appears in the fifth season as Penny Owen, a college sophomore who wants to become a nurse though she is not yet very skilled, and whom McKinley High senior Sam Evans is attracted to. She develops a crush on Ryder, but is too afraid to demonstrate it, so she makes a fake account to get close to him. Sue arranges to have the cheerleading regionals competition moved to conflict with the football championship, and she forces Quinn, Brittany, and Santana to quit glee club, which has to perform the halftime show since the Cheerios will be absent; the three of them ultimately perform with the glee club, resigning from the Cheerios. [18] She oscillates between desiring acceptance, which she finds in New Directions, and desiring popularity, which she finds on the Cheerios. The episode featured special guest star Jonathan Groff as Jesse St. James and special appearances by Geraldo Rivera and Andrew Rannells as themselves. It's been such an amazing year! Sue's sister, Jean, dies later in the season, and Sue is devastated and unable to cope; when New Directions helps with funeral arrangements and performs at Jean's funeral, Sue says she's giving up her frequent attempts to destroy the glee club,[30] but she's back to her old ways in the third season when school starts in the fall. Later, she breaks up with Brittany due to the distance. [60] She makes her singing debut in the season two episode "Britney/Brittany", performing three songs"I'm a Slave 4 U", "Me Against the Music" and "Toxic"all by Britney Spears. Rachel Barbra Berry (Lea Michele) is a "strong, driven" member of the glee club who is misunderstood by her peers. 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". Shopper (uncredited . Instead of using traditional network casting calls, Murphy spent three months on Broadway, where he found Matthew Morrison (Will Schuester), who had previously starred on stage in Hairspray and The Light in the Piazza, Lea Michele (Rachel Berry), who starred in Spring Awakening, and Jenna Ushkowitz (Tina Cohen-Chang), from the Broadway revival of The King and I. Sebastian had cruelly rebuffed Karofsky at a gay bar and blames himself. Finn intends to support her, unaware the father is actually his best friend Puck. [13] In the beginning of the third season, Rachel plays Maria in the school's production of West Side Story, and she and Finn have sex for the first time. I wanted to see her. (Recurring Season 4; Main Season 5; Guest Season 6) Jacob "Jake" Puckerman (Jacob Artist) is a new McKinley High student who first appears in the fourth-season premiere, "The New Rachel". Wade is a young trans woman, who wants to perform in competition as Unique but she lacks the confidence, until Mercedes and Kurt persuade her. Little do they know, Puck, Sue, Quinn, and Santana are also watching them. His relationship with Kurt is later strained by Kurt's eagerness to leave for New York after graduation, which would separate the two at least until Blaine graduated the following year, but the two patch things up, and are still a couple at the end of the school year. But Kurt assures Blaine that he will support him, no matter what. [170] In the episode "Dream On", it is revealed that Shelby is, in fact, Rachel's biological mother. [26] In the episode "Mattress", Will uncovers Terri's ruse when he discovers her pregnancy pad in a drawer. Rivera's fellow "Glee" cast members Cory Monteith and Mark Salling have also died. The first hour of the finale is titled "2009" and revisits the pilot episode, plus fills in some previously unanswered questions (Mr. Schue and Sue's rivalry; Blaine and Kurt's first run-in, By . Puck later gets into academic trouble, but realizes he needs to graduate after meeting up again with his high-school-dropout father, but he fails a crucial test that will keep him from graduating with the rest of the seniors. Hunter Clarington (Nolan Gerard Funk) is introduced in the fourth season's seventh episode as the new captain of the Warblers. Salling's lawyer, Michael J. Proctor, tells The Associated Press the actor died Tuesday. Joe appears again in season six in "The Rise and Fall of Sue Sylvester" and accuses Sue of having cut off his dreadlocks. He entered the song with Joe. As for Jane Lynch 's glee club foil Sue Sylvester who has spent the bulk of the series trying to dismantle and destroy New Directions the series finale not only explained the origins of her. [5] The Glee producers said "we really lucked out in finding Agron to play Quinn".[5]. Billboard's Rae Votta said she was "arguably the best part" of "Yes/No", and after her second appearance in "The Spanish Teacher", declared that the show "should never let NeNe go". Her plaque was viewed during the course of the series by Will and other glee club members as a further source of inspiration. In the episode "Throwdown", Kendra and Terri bully their obstetrician, Dr.Wu (Kenneth Choi), into faking an ultrasound to convince Will the baby is real. [222] Introduced in the episode "Hell-O", he is directed to befriend Rachel by Vocal Adrenaline coach Shelby Corcoran (Idina Menzel), who is secretly her biological mother. Check out the full list of guest stars from the press release: "Geraldo Rivera as himself; Jonathan Groff as Jesse St. James; Andrew Rannells as himself; Mark Salling as Puck Puckerman; Kevin. Marley is the only one of the many students who auditioned at the beginning of the school year to be immediately accepted into New Directions. After pausing for a moment to think back on his own show choir past, Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) joins his New Directions members on stage as they are now in the finals for the show choir national championship (winning Regionals off-screen). His break out role was as Kurt Hummel in Glee, . He goes to New York after his graduation and joins Film School. She also begins a run for a vacant Congressional seat, which she loses to Burt Hummel. Ryder tries out with a duet with Finn and gets chosen as the lead for the musical alongside Marley Rose (Melissa Benoist). In the second season, Carol Burnett appears as Sue's "famous Nazi hunter" mother,[238] Kari Coleman appears as Donna Jackson, Becky Jackson's mother, and Daniel Roebuck appears twice as Paul Karofsky, McKinley High student Dave Karofsky's dad, a role he reprises in the third season. When Blaine Anderson comes to Dalton to invite his Warbler friends to see a musical he's starring in at McKinley, Sebastian is attracted to him and propositions him. New Directions wins Nationals, and Quinn graduates. He feels that he doesn't belong in her world in New York, returns to Lima without telling her. They then go to the real prom, and she helps him spike Sue's punch bowl. He then falls in love with Shelby. Jake eventually admits that he has never felt he belonged anywhere, being mixed-race and Jewish. ", "Oh Baby! The last shot of the series is of three plaques: the re-dedication plaque for the auditorium and the memorial ones for former glee club director Lillian Adler and Finn Hudson. [59] Brittany's character traits include finding recipes confusing, cheating off intellectually disabled classmates and not knowing her right hand from her left. [78] Initially a supporting character with no storylines of his own, Mike was slowly developed by the series writers. 'Glee' cast no stranger to tragic deaths . Dean Geyer performs the role of Brody Weston, a handsome NYADA junior who shows an interest in Rachel, during the fourth season. In the penultimate episode, "Nationals", Emma and Will have sex for the first time. In the season one finale, "Journey to Regionals", Shelby adopts Quinn Fabray and Noah Puckerman's newborn daughter, Beth. In a flashforward to the year 2020, Geraldo Rivera congratulates Sue for winning reelection as Vice President of the United States under Jeb Bush as she states her intent to run for President in 2024. [276], Adam Lambert debuted in the fourth episode of the fifth season, "A Katy or a Gaga", as Elliott "Starchild" Gilbert, a student at NYU. At some point after going to junior prom together, Sam and Mercedes start to secretly date. [21] Jacob also does polling, and his numbers are frequently mentioned during campaigns for prom king and queen, and in elections for student government and class president. David "Dave" Karofsky (Max Adler) is introduced as a bully and McKinley High athlete in the episode "Mash-Up". You won't always recognize it. In the episode "The First Time" he begins dating Ohio State football recruiter Cooter Menkins (Eric Bruskotter), who is scouting for talent at McKinley,[14] but discovers in "I Kissed a Girl" that Sue has become his rival for Cooter's affections, just as Beiste comes to realize that he loves Cooter, thus prompting his first solo song, "Jolene". [254] Eric Goldman for IGN stated that Chenoweth was "terrific" as April, and that the character was a "hysterical creation". During the summer between seasons two and three, Quinn undergoes a transformation: she dyes her hair, gets a tattoo and a nose ring, and takes to smoking behind the bleachers with her new clique the Skanks. He goes to Lima for his father's tests and gets relieved on learning that Burt is out of danger. Alistair (Finneas O'Connell) is a McKinley High student who transfers in during the sixth season of the show and was first introduced in "Child Star" as a friend of Roderick who Spencer (Marshall Williams) is smitten with. Santana changes her mind over the summer and accepts the cheerleading scholarship, which is to a school in Louisville, Kentucky. She briefly goes out with his best friend Puck,[9] and later dates Jesse St. James (Jonathan Groff), the lead singer of rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline, who ultimately betrays her in favor of his club. Glee is a musical comedy-drama television series that aired on Fox in the United States for six seasons from 2009 to 2015. In the episode "Tina in the Sky with Diamonds", Santana meets and starts dating a waitress at the Spotlight Diner, Dani (Demi Lovato). 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. [75][33] After confessing to Kurt of his infidelity, Kurt severs all ties. [69] On October 24, 2011, Murphy officially announced that Sam would be returning as a recurring character, "just in time for Sectionals". May 13, 2014 Santana was MIA in the Season 5 finale of Glee, but don't worry, folks she was in Iowa! from A Chorus Line. He is directed to a professional and begins treatment to improve his studying. Carole Hummel (previously Carole Hudson) (Romy Rosemont) is Finn's widowed mother and Kurt's stepmother, and wife to Kurt's dad Burt. He reappears unexpectedly that fall during the show's fourth season, while Rachel is attending NYADA, after he has been given an early discharge from the army. [274], Amy Aquino and Michael Lerner appear in the fourth season as producers of a Broadway production of Funny Girl that Rachel auditions for; Lerner's character was named Sidney Greene. Unique is dismayed by the publicity and pressure, but after a pep talk from Kurt and Mercedes, performs and wins the MVP award at Nationals competition, though Vocal Adrenaline comes in second to New Directions. Kurt transfers to Dalton Academy to escape further harassment as a result. Lillian Adler (Jane Galloway Heitz) was the glee club director until 1997 when she died of unknown causes. He is given his first lead vocal in a Hall & Oates mash-up, singing one verse in a duet with Tina. [172] "Principal" is his real first name. Artie Abrams First of all, stop yelling at me. He sets up a consulting business to help show choirs with their performances and offers to consult the New Directions as his first client. It is also revealed that Quinn's real name is Lucy Quinn Fabray and she used to be bullied for being fat, and eventually decided to have a nose job. [11] Their relationship continues, however, and Carole visits Burt's bedside when he suffers a heart attack early in the second season. [21] Their divorce is finalized late in the first season. [255] The Los Angeles Times Denise Martin praised Chenoweth's versatility as April, opining that her performance was worthy of a second Emmy win. Although Figgins was initially conceived as White, Pakistani American actor Theba was cast in the role. "[73] Blaine becomes a role model for Kurt, who develops a crush on him. The two of them are shown to be incredibly close and are referred to by Kitty Wilde as the "creepy incest twins". Now: Cory Monteith. [2], Auditioning actors with no theatrical experience were required to demonstrate their ability to sing and dance. Kevin McHale Dances on "Glee", "Naya Rivera From 'Glee' Talks Santana, Singing and Spencer Pratt", "Will Chord Overstreet Go Full Brokeback on Glee? 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In the final moment of "Dreams Come True" a plaque shows that the auditorium has been named after him. [1] Both Melissa Benoist, who played Marley Rose, and Damian McGinty, who played Rory Flanagan, were invited back, but declined due to scheduling conflicts; Benoist was filming the pilot for Supergirl, while McGinty had newly returned to Irish singing group Celtic Thunder. The latest entertainment and celebrity news, in-depth reality TV coverage and exclusive interviews. She has been working in show business since before birthan ultrasound of her was featured in an episode of Murder, She Wrote, and she later appeared in commercials for Gerber baby food. Near the end of the season, he hires the glee club to perform at the school's junior prom. Rod and Sue had a brief relationship shortly after his wife drowned that began and ended in the episode "Mash-up"; she caught him making out with his co-anchor, Andrea Carmichael (Earlene Davis). Tim Bagley was introduced as the Harvey Milk Elementary School teacher. The idea of his 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 his Irish accent. He returns to Lima and starts coaching the Warblers and he also starts to date Dave Karofsky, which comes as a shock to Kurt when he realizes he still loves Blaine and goes to Lima to get him back. Brittany was initially convinced that Rory was a magical leprechaun whom only she could see and was there to grant her three wishes. [19] Michael Hitchcock appears as Dalton Rumba, the coach of the Haverbrook Deaf Choir. At Brittany's suggestion, Sue arranged for Santana a cheerleading scholarship to a top college program. Her death was the most recent of the Glee cast tragedies. Chris Colfer is a very talented actor and vocalist who was born on May 27, 1990 in Fresno, California, USA as Christopher Paul Colfer. [22] In season 4, he reveals that he has romantic feelings for Will but Will does not and he tries to help him by making him an online dating profile. In the season one finale, he professes his love for her before New Directions performs at Regionals, and the second season finds Finn and Rachel a couple. [47] 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.[96]. The "Glee" series finale airs Friday at 8 p.m. EDT on Fox.. I think Ken is not happy with where he is in life. The 27-year-old actress dismissed such claims. Later that week, I started work. She and her brother successfully audition for the New Directions and become the third and fourth members of the newly reformed club. June takes interest in Blaine and decides to organize a one-night-only show for Blaine. [30], First season guest stars include Victor Garber and Debra Monk as Will's parents,[237] and Gina Hecht plays Puck's mother in the eighth episode, and is seen again in the third-season finale and the fourth season's holiday episode. In "Lights Out", she reveals to Ryder, who had been sexually abused when eleven, that she too had been sexually abused in sixth grade by her friend's older brother at a sleepover. (Main Season 34; Recurring Season 12; Guest Season 56) Michael Robert "Mike" Chang, Jr. (Harry Shum, Jr.) is a football player and dancer who joins New Directions in the episode "Preggers". [29] When her actions are discovered by Principal Figgins (Iqbal Theba), Sue is suspended from the school. The cast of "Glee" Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, Jenna Ushkowitz, Chord Overstreet, and Darren Criss make an appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," March 11, 2015 . (19 episodes, 2009-2014) Eric Stoltz . [174], Holly Holliday (Gwyneth Paltrow) is a substitute teacher at McKinley High. Rachel has an on-off relationship with Finn throughout the series. [140], Santana, then Rachel, and finally Kurt go to work at the Spotlight Diner, run by Gunther (Christopher Curry). Edit: after further observation, he appears to have been in the episode, but still not in this number as far as I can tell. [62] Later, at her and Santana's wedding she convinces Blaine and Kurt to marry alongside them as a joint ceremony. Her body was found Monday at Lake Piru. Jean, who has Down syndrome, lives in an assisted living facility, and is the only character Sue consistently treats with care and compassion. Very first five people. [35] Colfer describes Kurt as "a tough guy in designer clothes", explaining that he "puts on a very confident, 'I'm better than you' persona, but underneath it all he's the same anxious and scared teen everyone is/was at some point. John Lock is frequently shown waiting for Finn Hudson to relinquish the drums to him, and Spencer Conley was featured in amongst the glee club females in their performance of the "Start Me Up / Livin' on a Prayer" mash-up in "Never Been Kissed". "[4] With regards to her motivation, Lynch explained: "Sue will do whatever it takes to win. Blaine lies to Kurt that he gets to perform in a showcase which is organised by June for Blaine. During the season three premiere, as a show of loyalty to Sue, she participates in setting one of the glee club's pianos on fire and is dismissed from New Directions by Mr. Schuester. [277] Starchild auditions for a band that Kurt is starting, and after initially being refused as too flamboyant, is ultimately asked to join the bandalong with Dani, Santana, and Rachelbecause he is extremely talented. Lea Michele revealed on Instagram that she took home her late boyfriend and co-star Cory Monteith 's football jersey as a . [279], "Jesse St. James" redirects here. Missing three of its best cheerleaders, the Cheerios lose regionals after six straight nationals win. [138] Becky wants Sue to come back to McKinley, and later misbehaves in "Lights Out" so that Roz Washington, who has taken over as coach of the Cheerios, brings her to the principal's office, as she wants to tell Figgins something important. On July 13, 2020, on the 7th anniversary of Corey's death, Naya's body was found in a lake after going missing days prior. In the Episode "I Kissed a Girl", she is outed as a lesbian by Finn, and the relationship between these two girls becomes public knowledge. Marley asks Jake to the school's Sadie Hawkins dance and he accepts. This section shows characters who will appear or have appeared in at least one season. First day on set. Entertainment Weekly's Wendy Mitchell deemed Kendra "hilarious" and wished to see more of her,[231] while her colleague at the magazine, Ken Tucker, described Kendra as "a garish cartoon who exists only to further the pregnancy plotting".[232]. In the season one finale, Sue judges in favor of New Directions at regionals, though they come third to rival clubs Vocal Adrenaline and Aural Intensity, and are disbanded for failing to place. He returns to Lima in season six to help Brittany and Santana plan their wedding. United in grief, Glee alumni gathered today on the shores of Lake Piru, the . At the start of the third season, Will and Emma are living together. Ryder, whose gift ideas were so successful because he'd fallen in love with Marley himself, kisses her when she thanks him for helping Jake with the presents. [181] Tim Stack for Entertainment Weekly has praised Sandy as "one of the most reliable characters for great lines and laughs". "[180] Tobolowsky, who plays Sandy, describes him as a humorous character who "just cannot connect with the normal world" and exists on the "outer boundary of reality". She had signed a contract that stated that she could not seek out her daughter until she was eighteen. In the fifth episode, "The Role You Were Born to Play", she tries out for and is cast in the female role of Rizzo for the school musical, Grease, but Sue Sylvester informs her parents in the following episode, "Glease", and they pull her from the show. Which Character Needs Therapy the Most? [186] He commented: "the real challenge is to find the balance between not trying to be too funny, not trying to make it funny, just letting it be funny, and just delivering the line and letting the writing do the work for you. But I also love Max and I love that character and I sorta want that character to have a happy ending."[147].