Later, Blaine moves in with him after his graduation and Kurt starts to feel that he is losing his identity. I think Gwyneth and Kristin should have made an appearance for the auditorium dedication. [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. He entered the song with Joe. She compounds the mistake in "I Kissed a Girl" when she sleeps with him, and Shelby resigns from McKinley in the eighth episode, "Hold On to Sixteen". "[212] Gerrick D. Kennedy for the Los Angeles Times was impressed by Eve's acting and "on-screen charm", and felt that she worked nicely in the "Hairography" episode. Lauren Zizes (Ashley Fink) is the McKinley High AV club president and a state champion in Greco-Roman wrestling. [187] Principal Figgins explains that Ken had a nervous breakdown.[45]. She and rival glee club director Dalton Rumba give Principal Figgins proof that Sue helped them cheat, leading to Sue's suspension. Their relationship ends, however, when Santana breaks up with her due to the distance. It is also the 13th and final episode of the show's sixth season and the 121st episode overall. Rachel sent her to a crack house and she joined VA) or Holly Holiday. At the end of season two, they renew their relationship after Nationals in New York, though Rachel warns Finn she will be returning to New York for good after she graduates. During this time, Roz Washington is coach of the Cheerios. Tina and Mike Chang are counselors at Asian Camp over the summer, and they fall for each other; Tina formally breaks off with Artie at the beginning of the second season, and she and Mike are still in love when the school year ends, the only relationship in the glee club to survive the entire school year, and the longest unbroken relationship between the members since the club was formed. (Main Season 13; Recurring Season 4; Guest Season 56) Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays) is the school's guidance counselor who has OCD, with obsessions and compulsions primarily focused on contamination and cleanliness. I think he's still got a good heart, but there's this insecurity and bitterness piled on top of it. [26] In the episode "Mattress", Will uncovers Terri's ruse when he discovers her pregnancy pad in a drawer. Shelby is next seen in the nineteenth episode of season four, "Sweet Dreams"; she is living in New York, and visits Rachel at NYADA. [87] In the second season, Sue serves as Figgins's temporary replacement when he catches the flu, and succeeds in having him fired, becoming principal in his stead. He is a part of the effort to persuade Blaine to rejoin the Warblers. 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. A possibility for his eventual character was described during a Project episode as "the lovechild of Kurt and Mercedes". Salling's lawyer, Michael J. Proctor, tells The Associated Press the actor died Tuesday. [228] Senior Dalton Academy Warblers from the second season include Wes (Telly Leung), David (Titus Makin, Jr.), and Thad (Eddy Martin), who run the group's meetings. [200] Also in the fifth and sixth season, Christopher Cousins plays Superintendent Bob Harris. The club wins Nationals, and Sue is triumphant. [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. Lindsay Pierce may not have won the first season of The Glee Project, but she did make two acclaimed appearances. Will reproposes and they marry with all of the New Directions present. ", "Spoiler Chat: Will Brooke and Julian Make It on One Tree Hill? In the season finale All or Nothing, Ryder demands to know who is catfishing him and Unique later reveals herself. In the following episode, "Britney 2.0", Will arranges a surprise meeting between the half brothers, and after Puck advises him to join the glee club, Jake does so. He later finds out that "Katie" is someone in the glee club when he calls the number while being in the choir room and the phone goes off. He first appeared as Blaine Anderson on season two, and was upgraded to the main cast in season three. [25] Shum stated that Mike is shy,[77] and that he joins the glee club despite it being "social suicide" as "he has finally found a place where he can express himself and feel accepted". Marley auditions for the school's production of the musical Grease along with Wade "Unique" Adams, with whom she has formed a friendship, and is cast in the lead role of Sandy. [1] McHale explained that the diversity of the cast's backgrounds reflects the range of different musical styles within the show itself: "It's a mix of everything: classic rock, current stuff, R&B. "[253] Raymund Flandez for The Wall Street Journal was equally positive regarding Chenoweth's role, praising her "powerful voice", "kittenish mien" and "commanding presence". After five years, both are successful actors, and they also give performances for the LGBT community and teach the students in schools to accept everyone. McKinley High has now become a model of excellence and other schools are copying its format. [82] Mike states that he is a senior in the season three premiere, "The Purple Piano Project", and Shum as Mike was promoted to the main cast for the show's third season. When Finn was young, she had a relationship with a lawn-care worker who left her for a younger woman. Instead, the final sequence of Glee pays tribute to deceased cast member Cory Monteith while also bringing together almost the cast for a massive on-stage . Still, she was shocked to hear from her agent two months later that Murphy had done so. The cast of "Glee" gathers at Lake Piru, holding onto hope for their co-star Naya Rivera, who was tragically declared dead after a drowning accident. But June likes their performance and praises them. Even the musical theater stuff is switched up. 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. [18] After confiding her deception in her sister Kendra, Terri approaches pregnant cheerleader Quinn Fabray, with an interest in her baby. If it means hearing Chenoweth sing, we can put up with any explanation the show cares to offer. Kitty tries to get Jake to take her instead, offering sex as the reward, but Puck draws her off. In "Heart", she gives Will money to pay for costumes and makeup for Regionals, and throws a big Valentine's Day party. Millie tries to give it back, but Sue refuses to take it, so she brings Sue to the auditorium where the New Directions perform "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" for her. Jayma Mays (Emma Pillsbury) auditioned with the song "Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me" from The Rocky Horror Show, while Cory Monteith (Finn Hudson) initially submitted a tape of himself acting only, and was requested to submit a second, musical tape, in which he sang "a cheesy, '80s music-video-style version" of REO Speedwagon's "Can't Fight This Feeling". She asks him out on a date, and while they do have a good time, he balks at a more serious relationship, to her great disappointment. (Main Season 2; Recurring Season 1,3; Guest Season 46) Burt Hummel (Mike O'Malley) is Kurt's father and Finn's stepfather to whom Kurt comes out in the episode "Preggers". It seems that he is the Warblers' captain again when he is the one to announce that they agree to do so. Although, she has felt more confident about herself since she joined the New Directions, she still struggles with others accepting her. Cast of Glee Solos: Artie, Blaine, Kurt, Mercedes, Rachel, Roderick, Sam, and Will Place: Finn Hudson Auditorium Episode: Dreams Come True I Lived by OneRepublic is featured in Dreams Come True, the thirteenth and final episode of Season Six. Sure, she's terrified of germs and in love with a married man, so seeing her as the voice of reason for the kids is amazing. She is used by the series' writers to say things no other character would, to the point that Morris considers some of her lines nonsensical. He describes himself as a "post-modern gay teen". 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. [18] His dedication to the glee club wavers when his choreography skills are called into question, but after starting a well-received all-male a cappella group, the Acafellas, he recommits to the club. [203], Harmony (Lindsay Pearce) is introduced in "The Purple Piano Project" at an Ohio mixer for future applicants to the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYADA), and is one of a group of aspiring students to have been attending monthly since they were freshmen. New Directions wins its Regionals competition, and is set to compete at Nationals. [182] In the first few episodes, it was implied heavily that Sandy was gay. And Melissa Benoist was not the because of Supergirl(her new show). Quinn comes back for two episodes during the fifth season and becomes Puck's girlfriend again. It then features a flashforward to the year 2020 that explores the fates of the characters. However, she chooses to re-enroll in NYADA instead of accepting the part, a decision he accepts and the two share a kiss. Shelby offers to include both Quinn and Puck in Beth's life. [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. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. (Main Season 5; Recurring Season 4; Guest Season 3,6) Wade "Unique" Adams (Alex Newell) first appears in the third-season episode "Saturday Night Glee-ver" as a new featured singer in Vocal Adrenaline who is a fan of both Mercedes and Kurt despite being a competition rival. Sue then blackmails Principal Figgins to reinstate the club, giving them another year to prove their worth to the school. He meets Adam, a British student and crushes on him briefly. They are about to become fathers, with Rachel as their surrogate. Funny Girl opening night is a great success, but she later leaves the musical to be in a TV show. [117] She returned in "Hold On to Sixteen", leading her glee club, the Unitards, to a third-place finish at Sectionals, after which she tells Kurt that she's a sophomore. "[145] During the second season, show co-creator Ryan Murphy noted that "Glee is by nature optimistic and I think a character like Karofsky could turn to booze or pills or alcohol and kill themselves or do something dark. [28] Hoping to sabotage the glee club's chances of winning at sectionals, Sue gives the club's set list to rival glee club directors Grace Hitchens (Eve) and Dalton Rumba (Michael Hitchcock). "[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". May 13, 2014 Santana was MIA in the Season 5 finale of Glee, but don't worry, folks she was in Iowa! [55] In March 2011, Falchuk confirmed, "Santana is a lesbian. He orders his football team to play the Jets in the show. She is overweight and has a love of candy, specifically Cadbury Creme Eggs. The finale of Glee made the case, emotionally and passionately, that it's worth it to dream because-as both Rachel and Will said in so many words-"dreams come true.". John Lloyd Young guest stars in the episode "Acafellas" as Henri St. Pierre, "a retired wood shop teacher with an excellent singing voice". At the beginning of season three, Blaine decides to transfer to McKinley to be with Kurt, and joins New Directions. [117] In "I Am Unicorn", her father makes a huge donation to the school to set up a second glee club that will feature Sugar as the star, and recruits Shelby Corcoran to direct it. Kate Hudson appears as Cassandra July, Rachel's dance instructor at NYADA who, according to Falchuk, teaches "based on negative reinforcement". Emily VanDerWerff of The A.V. In the fourth-season premiere, Unique transfers to McKinley High and joins New Directions. The film follows Samantha Futerman and Anas Bordier, twins who were separated at birth and accidentally found each other on Facebook. Now let's do this. 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. [2] Cory Monteith has deemed his casting "spot on" as his lack of formal training is reflected in the abilities of his character, Finn Hudson. In the episode Feud, Ryder has an online love interest named Katie, whom he shares all his secrets with, only to find out he's being catfished. Finn turns to school counselor Emma Pillsbury, Will's fiance, for aid on a number of occasions; when he finds her panicking over arranging her wedding to Will, he kisses her. Hunter Clarington (Nolan Gerard Funk) is introduced in the fourth season's seventh episode as the new captain of the Warblers. Rachel has an on-off relationship with Finn throughout the series. Shelby returns in the second episode of season three, "I Am Unicorn", having been recruited to lead a second glee club at McKinley High by Sugar Motta's father when Sugar is refused entry into New Directions. Joe finds himself having feelings for Quinn and turns to Sam for advice, since the feelings are partially physical, which is frowned on by his faith. Jake and Marley attend the dance and become a couple after Jake agrees to Marley's request that they take it slow and that he not also see other girls. [121] Sugar's debut was praised by Salon's Matt Zoller Seitz, who said of the new addition to McKinley, "She's awful. Sue next meets Becky Jackson (Lauren Potter) who apologizes for exposing Sue to the national media and they reconcile. She campaigns with Puck for prom king and queen, though they both lose, and the two are still a couple at the end of the second season. Roz manages to convince Principal Figgins to appoint her as cheerleading co-coach, which outrages Sue who doesn't want to share power, though the two team up to teach the glee club girls that spousal abuse is nothing to joke about. [242] Both actresses return in the sixth season, Coll in the sixth episode, and both she and Estefan in the eighth episode, "A Wedding". His break out role was as Kurt Hummel in Glee, . [176][177] Holly makes a return appearance in the episode "Sexy", this time subbing for McKinley's sex education teacher. "[24] Sue enlists cheerleaders Quinn, Brittany and Santana to help her bring the glee club down from the inside. She and her brother successfully audition for the New Directions and become the third and fourth members of the newly reformed club. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Past Glee Club Member (uncredited) 1 episode, 2009 Richard Shaluly . He finds Figgins a challenging character to play, as it entails finding "the right mix of someone who is an authority figure but who is also very insecure about his own strengths as a person". Following Overstreet's casting, media speculation suggested Sam might have been created as a boyfriend for Kurt. Jake eventually breaks up with Kitty because she mistreats Marley. [218] Gustin won the role after "an exhaustive, weeks-long casting search", and the character is referred to as "promiscuous" and "scheming". Naya Rivera's Glee castmates aren't done celebrating her life. That takes guts. [17] She was described by Agron as Rachel's enemy, and "terrible, the meanest girl". They ultimately resume their relationship and marry in a double ceremony with Brittany and Santana. He does not stay in touch with Rachel or Kurt for several months. He also joins the football team as a kicker, with Finn's help, and the cheerleading squad as a singer, though he ultimately quits both. [1], Chris Colfer (Kurt Hummel) had originally auditioned to play Artie Abrams. Kitty later intervenes after Artie Abrams is accepted to film school but has decided not to attend, and he ends up deciding to go after all. In the series finale, they are dating once again. She develops a brief obsessive crush on Blaine, but it is later diminished and turns into a close friendship. Jane asks Blaine Anderson if she can become a Warbler, but even after a successful audition, the Warbler council voted against her, making her ultimately transfer to McKinley to become a member of the New Directions. [43] Artie uses a wheelchair due to a spinal cord injury he received in a car crash at the age of eight. Having originated as a minor antagonist, Santana's role became more prominent in the second half of the first season,[51] and she became a main character in season two. Her first in-tune solo was in "Summer Nights" in "Yes/No". Though Kurt couldn't give time to Vogue.com, his mentor Isabel is not ready to let him go. Later, when Jake is picked on, Ryder stands up for him and thanks Jake for helping him with his problem and the two start a friendship. [11] Their relationship continues, however, and Carole visits Burt's bedside when he suffers a heart attack early in the second season. Rivera, 33, was presumed dead after she went missing Wednesday. During the fourth season, Mike visits McKinley from the Joffrey on four occasions: to help Artie and Finn direct the school musical, Grease; to help choreograph the New Directions songs for Sectionals and later Regionals; and to attend the aborted first wedding ceremony of Will and Emma. Tim Bagley was introduced as the Harvey Milk Elementary School teacher. He is a younger half-brother of Puck, whom he has never met. In the second season, Sue is appointed acting principal after having Figgins infected with the flu but she later stands down. [131] He is first introduced in "Homecoming" alongside his twin sister Madison. [125] The Huffington Post named Sugar Motta one of the "Worst TV Characters" in 2012. 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. Sugar has self-diagnosed Asperger syndrome, which she uses to explain why she can say whatever she wants. He entered the song with Joe. [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 season four, he develops friendships with Blaine and Brittany, the latter of which becomes a romantic relationship. The casting notice for the role of Sandy read, in part, "He's gay, but covers it most of the time. [79] In the final episode of season one, Mike says that before New Directions, "I was afraid to dance outside my room. She is later re-hired as principal when Becky confesses. One of the glee club members, Marley Rose, tells Finn he was a good teacher, and he soon enrolls in college to pursue a teaching degree. Glee star Naya Rivera is missing and feared dead by drowning after her 4-year-old son was found alone on a boat in a California lake late Wednesday night, according to reports. [19] After discovering Terri was faking her pregnancy,[20] Will ends his marriage and shares a kiss with Emma. Spencer eventually joins the New Directions and competes with them at Sectionals, and later at Regionals and Nationals, where they win. She begins presenting as a girl in that episode during school hours, despite the pressure she experiences from classmates to appear in male attire. Actress Naya Rivera, best known for playing a sharp-tongued cheerleader and glee club member on Fox's . In the third season, Burt wages a write-in campaign for Congress against leading candidate Sue Sylvester, and wins. In addition to helping viewers catch up with the plot as the season starts, the first of these, from the season two premiere, "Audition", was used by the Glee producers to directly address media criticism of the first season. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. But later, both of them decide to have their own space for some time and Blaine decides to share a room with Sam, who has also moved to New York.