[57] Morris had a recurring role throughout the first season, and was promoted to a series regular for season two. Santana changes her mind over the summer and accepts the cheerleading scholarship, which is to a school in Louisville, Kentucky. In the series finale, titled Dreams Come True, Jesse and Rachel attend a fictionalized 2020 Tony Awards ceremony. Unique returns during the sixth season to help and support Coach Beiste with his decision to go through with a sex reassignment surgery. Other student instrumentalists regularly accompany New Directions, alone or with the Jazz Ensemble, including string and horn players, additional guitarists, keyboard players and percussionists, and a harpist. New Directions wins, and afterwards, Superintendent Bob Harris (Christopher Cousins) tells Will that McKinley High is being converted into a performing arts school, and that Will is to become its principal. The two of them are shown to be incredibly close and are referred to by Kitty Wilde as the "creepy incest twins". She and her brother successfully audition for the New Directions and become the third and fourth members of the newly reformed club. [19] Dismayed at never receiving solo songs, Mercedes and Kurt join the cheerleading squad, the Cheerios, as vocalists. [233] Kurt sets Carole up with his father Burt in an attempt to get closer to Finn. [224] Groff's performance was defended by Murphy and guest star Kristin Chenoweth, both of whom described Setoodeh's essay as homophobic; it was also condemned by GLAAD president Jarrett Barrios. She also gets back together with Jesse, whom she later marries. Ryder and Unique came in holding hands in the final performance. 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. Club's Emily VanDerWerff concurred, and said of "I Am Unicorn", "Sugar continues to be one of my least favorite new characters in ages". Puck falls in love with her, but Shelby tells him in "Mash Off" that the kiss was a mistake. He is briefly kicked off the football team with the other non-glee club members in "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle", but they return to perform the championship game's half-time show mashup of "Thriller/Heads Will Roll" with the club, and ultimately win the game. Colfer originally auditioned for the role of Artie, however Murphy was so impressed by his performance that the role of Kurt was created for him, replacing a character named Rajish who was initially intended to be a member of the glee club. He is a member of the hockey team who slushies Finn,[9] but by "Theatricality" he's on the football team with his friend and fellow bully Azimio (James Earl);[11] they regularly target members of New Directions. She and her husband Phil (Michael Loeffelholz) have triplet sons (played by Ethan, Aidan, and Ben Freedman). The cast shared pictures from the set on Twitter and Instagram, like Lea Michele 's post of one particularly poignant picture of herself carrying Finn's framed jersey from Cory Monteith 's. A flurry of infidelities forces the two apart, though Finn succeeds in winning Rachel back in the season two finale despite Rachel warning him that upon graduation she will be leaving Ohio for good. (Main Season 5; Recurring Season 4; Guest Season 6) Kitty Wilde (Becca Tobin) is introduced as a new McKinley High cheerleader in "The New Rachel". 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. However, Marley dumps him at 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. She then breaks up with him.[33]. Blaine, then surprises everyone when he asks Kurt to perform the last duet with him much to June's dismay. [126], Joe Hart (Samuel Larsen) first appears as a new transfer student to McKinley High in the third-season episode "Heart". 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. ", "Heather Morris Glee Parents Revealed as Final Season Approaches", "Kristin Chenoweth Becomes a Quadruple Threat", "Glee's Jane Lynch on Guest Star Olivia Newton-John: "I'm So Excited I Can't See Straight! He sort of becomes Kurt's mentor and then maybe lovehe had to leave his own school because of bullying and goes to an all-boys academy and finds acceptance because that school has a no-bullying, zero-tolerance policy. [5] The Glee producers said "we really lucked out in finding Agron to play Quinn".[5]. [81] He performs the show's first solo dance routine in "A Night of Neglect". 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. [141] She graduates in the second part of the 100th episode, "New Directions". At some point after going to junior prom together, Sam and Mercedes start to secretly date. "Glee" drew in big names in Hollywood, with its guest stars including Britney Spears, Gwyneth Paltrow, Neil Patrick Harris and John Stamos. [175] The role of Holly was created for her by series creator Ryan Murphy, a personal friend who suggested that she showcase her vocal and dancing talent ahead of the December 2010 release of the film Country Strong, in which Paltrow plays a country singer. Joe appears again in season six in "The Rise and Fall of Sue Sylvester" and accuses Sue of having cut off his dreadlocks. 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. 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. Although initially convinced by Sue and Roz Washington (NeNe Leakes) to leave for his own safety, Beiste later returns home and gives Cooter a second chance,[100] though he does ultimately leave Cooter and gives him back Bieste's wedding ring. [20] Terri begins attending therapy, but Will tells her he no longer loves her and leaves her as he falls in love with guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury. They kiss again when they sing together during Rachel's house farewell party. [30], Gilsig has deemed Terri "a woman of conviction", willing to do "whatever it takes" to keep Will from leaving her. I will miss you all so much", "Broadway star Jonathan Groff to join cast of Fox musical comedy 'Glee', "Promises Star Kristin Chenoweth Speaks Out on 'Horrendously Homophobic' Newsweek Article, Defends Sean Hayes", "Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on 'Lost,' 'House,' 'Smallville,' 'Heroes,' and more! The days of Glee . At Brittany's suggestion, Sue arranged for Santana a cheerleading scholarship to a top college program. 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. [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. Press J to jump to the feed. 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. 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. Quinn decides she wants to regain custody of Beth from Shelby, but Puck is torn, and tells Shelby of Quinn's plans. [16] Will is married to his high school sweetheart Terri. [14] In the new year, Finn asks Rachel to marry him, and she accepts. In 2020, she becomes a surrogate mother for Kurt and Blaine, and wins a Tony award, thanking Will for his support. [127][128] He is a Christian, wears his hair in dreadlocks, and has been home schooled until that point; he joins the "God Squad" club, whose other members include three who are members of the glee club: Mercedes, Sam, and Quinn. Blaine's brother Cooper Anderson, played by Matt Bomer, appears in "Big Brother". Considering the old name was April Rhodes auditorium (remember that fun little plot line? He later appears in the final episode with everyone singing "I Lived". At the beginning of season three, Blaine decides to transfer to McKinley to be with Kurt, and joins New Directions. [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. He does appear in a fantasy dream sequence during that season's Christmas episode, "Glee, Actually", as Artie's guardian angel.[38]. [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. Rachel wins a Tony and thanks her husband, the director, Jesse St. James, who has himself. At the end of the day the only thing that matters is if you're happy and if your own judgment for yourself is a good one. The parents of Sam Evans appear in "Hold on to Sixteen": his father is played by John Schneider,[243] and his mother by Tanya Clarke. New Directions members from throughout its history unite for one last massive group song. Puck joins Will's all-male a cappella group, the Acafellas, hoping to impress the mothers at the school's PTA meeting, as he prefers older women. Sue next meets Becky Jackson (Lauren Potter) who apologizes for exposing Sue to the national media and they reconcile. "[209], Grace Hitchens (Eve) is the show choir director of the Jane Addams Academy for troubled female youth. [75][33] After confessing to Kurt of his infidelity, Kurt severs all ties. (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". She's also an entitled little snot She's a great character, and I hope we haven't seen the last of her. (Main Season 36; Recurring Season 2) Blaine Devon Anderson (Darren Criss) is a recurring character in season 2 and a main character in seasons 36. The second-season episode "A Night of Neglect" confirmed this, with Sandy characterizing himself as a "predatory gay". Figgins appoints swim coach Roz Washington (NeNe Leakes) Sue's co-coach for the Cheerios, but Sue makes a deal with him that if she helps New Directions win Nationals, she'll resume sole control of the Cheerios. Missing three of its best cheerleaders, the Cheerios lose regionals after six straight nationals win. Hunter Clarington (Nolan Gerard Funk) is introduced in the fourth season's seventh episode as the new captain of the Warblers. Acknowledging her continuing feelings for Will, Ken breaks up with her on their wedding day. Robert Bianco for USA Today wrote of Chenoweth's guest appearance in "The Rhodes Not Taken": "Her presence may not make much sense, but that's probably all right. [275] Lerner appears again in the fifth season, and in that season's premiere, two more Funny Girlrelated roles were introduced: Peter Facinelli plays Rupert Campion, the musical's director, and Ioan Gruffudd appears as Paolo San Pablo, the show's lead male actor. McHale described Artie as a "nerd" who loves the glee club wholeheartedly and uses it as a form of escapism. New Directions wins its Regionals competition, and is set to compete at Nationals. Although Colfer had no previous professional experience, Murphy was so impressed by Colfer's performance that the role of Kurt Hummel, named after the character Kurt from The Sound of Music, was created for him. [116] McGinty was retained as a recurring cast member past his initial seven-episode prize through the end of the third season, but is not at McKinley as the fourth season begins. According to Lengies, Sugar's self-diagnosed Aspergers is part of her character. 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. [76] Blaine becomes conflicted, but Sam Evans (Chord Overstreet) ultimately convinces him that, despite having done a bad thing, Blaine is still a good person and an important member of New Directions. In the episode "New York", Brittany tells Santana that she loves her far more than she's ever loved anyone else. It is later revealed he is the voice Rachel heard singing, and later becomes the first official member of the newly reformed New Directions after a successful audition of "Mustang Sally". ", "Oh Baby! Shopper (uncredited . I wish I was more like that. It's an important . 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. It is here revealed that he is currently living in Medford, Oregon. "[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. Susan "Sue" Sylvester (Jane Lynch) is the coach of the cheerleading squad called the Cheerios, and the glee club's "arch-nemesis. Finn intends to support her, unaware the father is actually his best friend Puck. He falls in love with Lauren, and they run unsuccessfully for junior prom king and queen together, but she breaks up with him at the beginning of their senior year in season three. (A heart-wrenching . Kurt gets an internship at Vogue.com and inadvertently pulls away from Blaine; distraught, Blaine cheats on Kurt. You understand where the bitterness comes from, and people may start to like him a little. [99] When Becky fails to get enough nominations to be on the ballot for senior class prom queen, she is very upset, and joins the anti-prom set up by Rachel and Kurt. Will takes a leave of absence to be a member of a blue-ribbon panel in Washington, DC, and chooses Finn as his interim replacement; he takes over in "Dynamic Duets". Madison McCarthy (Laura Dreyfuss) is a student at McKinley and a member of the New Directions. [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. [45] Artie then loses his virginity to cheerleader Brittany Pierce,[46] and with encouragement from his former bully, Puck, they begin dating. He later starts dating Kitty, who encourages him to keep their affair secret. In the season finale All or Nothing, Ryder demands to know who is catfishing him and Unique later reveals herself. I know Lindsey Pierce was never a ND member, but I feel like she totally should have been. Recently E!News reported that the original members of the . [18] Quinn later tells Finn she is pregnant and he is the father. [256], Bryan Ryan (Neil Patrick Harris) is Will's high school nemesis. [18] Prior to appearing in Glee, Morris was a back-up dancer for Beyonc Knowles. [55] In March 2011, Falchuk confirmed, "Santana is a lesbian. She had signed a contract that stated that she could not seek out her daughter until she was eighteen. Actor Cory Monteith died of a drug overdose in July 2013, and a tribute to Monteith and his character was held in the episode "The Quarterback". Their relationship continues through the end of that first year. Sue makes a deal with Figgins: if she helps the glee club win the Nationals competition, she will regain full control of the Cheerios. Kate Hudson appears as Cassandra July, Rachel's dance instructor at NYADA who, according to Falchuk, teaches "based on negative reinforcement". She returns briefly to the club, and then abandons it for the new, rival McKinley show choir, the Troubletones, run by Shelby Corcoran, but when the Troubletones lose to New Directions at Sectionals and disband, she returns again. [218] Gustin's first day on the Glee set was September 26, 2011. 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. In season 5, he helps Puck move on after Finn's death. In the third season, Burt wages a write-in campaign for Congress against leading candidate Sue Sylvester, and wins. The sixth and final season's main cast was reduced to nine: Colfer, Criss, Lynch, McHale, Michele, Morrison and Overstreet continued from the previous season, Riley returned to the main cast, and Dot-Marie Jones as football coach Shannon (later Sheldon) Beiste was promoted to it. [5] Agron auditioned for Glee coming from a background in dancing and acting. "[184] Though Gallagher is Chinese-Irish, Ken is Japanese. You won't always recognize it. In the third season, Artie, then a junior, directs the school musical and a television special featuring the glee club for the local PBS station. As quarterback of the school's football team, and arguably one of the most popular students at McKinley, Finn risks alienation by his friends to join the glee club. 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.". The film follows Samantha Futerman and Anas Bordier, twins who were separated at birth and accidentally found each other on Facebook. [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). When the McKinley glee club challenges the Warblers for the right to use Jackson, Sebastian throws a slushie spiked with rock salt intended for Kurt that injures Blaine damaging his cornea and requiring surgery to repair. Morris mourned the death of Salling via Instagram one month after his death in 2018, sharing a quote about making "peace with your demons" by Robert M. Drake. She starts dating Brittany, which is initially kept a secret. He is expelled for his death threat, but allowed to return by the school board as no physical violence was witnessedand Kurt had not revealed the kiss. [6] Agron said in a 2009 interview pertaining to her casting session: "I nearly bailed on my audition for the show. Jesse St. James (Jonathan Groff) is the male lead of Vocal Adrenaline and one of the main antagonists of the first season, becoming a supporting character in the later seasons. Quinn and Finn get back together, though eventually Finn realizes his true feelings for Rachel, and breaks up with Quinn. She and rival glee club director Dalton Rumba give Principal Figgins proof that Sue helped them cheat, leading to Sue's suspension. Naya Rivera, who played cheerleader Santana Lopez on the musical Fox show is currently missing and presumed dead after her four-year-old son was found alone on a boat on a lake in California on. Furthermore, she was ostracized by her friends, eventually pushing her to switch schools. [25] Sandy appears in Rachel's music video for "Run Joey Run", playing her father,[179] and gives Will advice about beating rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline. Jake soon breaks up with Kitty, but he has a rival for Marley in football player Ryder Lynn. Drew described Suzy as "kind of stalkerish and creepy", but ultimately redeemable. [26] However, when Will is unable to attend a competition with the glee club, Emma volunteers to take them in his place, postponing her own wedding by several hours. [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. Later, Blaine moves in with him after his graduation and Kurt starts to feel that he is losing his identity. They later move back to New York when Blaine gets accepted into NYU and Kurt returns to NYADA. (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. [176][177] Holly makes a return appearance in the episode "Sexy", this time subbing for McKinley's sex education teacher. In season two, Burt has a heart attack but recovers. [106] In 2012, Jones was nominated for an Emmy again, the only actor from Glee nominated that year.[107]. (Main Season 24; Recurring Season 1; Guest Season 56) Brittany Susan Pierce (Heather Morris) is a bisexual cheerleader who joins the glee club with Quinn and Santana in the episode "Showmance". The character Finn is last seen in the episode "Sweet Dreams" wishing Rachel luck on her Funny Girl audition. Jean Sylvester (Robin Trocki) is Sue Sylvester's older sister. 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. In that episode, Sunshine hears of New Direction's fundraising benefit for the McKinley team's finals expenses and volunteers to perform, promising to ask her 600 Twitter followers to attend. The fifth season saw the biggest change, with Monteith's death, and Morris, Riley, Salling and Shum all being switched to recurring status. ", "Broadway Star Idina Menzel Heading to "Glee", "Interview: Glee's Iqbal Theba Rules The School", "Interview with Iqbal Theba aka Principal Figgins", "New Details on Gwyneth Paltrow's Upcoming Glee Gig", "Glee Creator: Gwyneth Paltrow Pulls Off 'Really Hard Dance Number', "Gwyneth Paltrow: 'Glee' Season 3 Return", "Development Update: Thursday, October 30", "Exclusive Interview with Stephen Tobolowsky", "Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on Glee, Bones, Castle, Fringe, Chuck, Fringe and More! When Rachel and Kurt come to their first NYADA mixer, Harmony sings lead on an extensively choreographed mashup of "Anything Goes" and "Anything You Can Do" from the musicals Anything Goes and Annie Get Your Gun, which intimidates the two new arrivals. A number of the principal actors were cast directly from Broadway, while those without theatrical backgrounds were required to demonstrate singing and dancing as well as acting ability. Rivera, 33, was presumed dead after she went missing Wednesday. [244] Rachel's two fathers, Hiram and LeRoy Berry (Jeff Goldblum and Brian Stokes Mitchell), first appear in "Heart" in their two-episode recurring roles,[245] with Stokes Mitchell returning in the season six premiere, "Loser Like Me".