Plus -- Inside the 'Painful' Rachel Romance Debate. 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. In the series finale, they are dating once again. As Schuester and the glee club pursue their goal, they face opposition from a conniving cheerleading coach, Sue Sylvester, who tries to sabotage the group at every turn. She makes all of Marley's clothes and is particularly fond of Marley's boyfriend Jake Puckerman and the rest of New Directions. Kitty is one of the very popular students, and is attracted to Jake Puckerman (Jacob Artist) and starts dating him in "Britney 2.0". Rory first appeared in the fourth episode of the third season, titled "Pot o' Gold". Her audition is a stunningly horrendous rendition of "Big Spender", and she becomes the first person who fails to get into New Directions after auditioning. In "Heart", she gives Will money to pay for costumes and makeup for Regionals, and throws a big Valentine's Day party. It could be stated that, since that scene took place five years in the future, it would've been technically impossible for him to look as if he still were 13 years old. Though Kurt couldn't give time to Vogue.com, his mentor Isabel is not ready to let him go. [18] She oscillates between desiring acceptance, which she finds in New Directions, and desiring popularity, which she finds on the Cheerios. She is hurt when he rejects her, but supportive when he confides his sexuality. Santana, who has moved to New York and is staying with Rachel and Kurt, is suspicious of Brody; she initially believes he is a drug dealer, but later discovers he is a male escort, and gets Finn to come to New York and confront Brody. Salling's lawyer, Michael J. Proctor, tells The Associated Press the actor died Tuesday. She returns in the fourth season's "Sadie Hawkins" as a member of Tina's "too young to be bitter" group, but regains her confidence, dances with Joe Hart, and announces that she's applied to go to Harvard on a wrestling scholarship. In season four, she transfers to McKinley where she becomes a part of the New Directions. Although he claims to have a girlfriend, Rachel refers to him as a "closet case", and he is fired for his inappropriate sexual behavior towards a male student. Tim Bagley was introduced as the Harvey Milk Elementary School teacher. March 13, 2015 10:24pm. Sue explains that learning about Kurt and his struggles opened up new worlds for her and thanks them in kind. [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. Sunshine confesses that she would have loved to be in New Directions, but she felt that Rachel would have made her stay a "living hell". She also begins a run for a vacant Congressional seat, which she loses to Burt Hummel. The Warblers lose to New Directions at Regionals. The role of Rachel was written specifically for Michele. The boat she had. [97] He also takes on the task of running the school elections. Though some staff or students at McKinley do not recognize Unique for the woman she is, others are more accepting. Now let's do this. The series doesn't end there, though. [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 briefly rejoins the glee club as an adult, during a period in which Rachel had left the club and it was in need of a female lead. Shopper (uncredited . In the episode "Yes/No", she decides she wants Artie to be her boyfriend. Sunshine Corazn (Jake Zyrus, credited as Charice Pempengco) is a foreign exchange student from the Philippines. He has transferred to another high school from McKinley for his senior year; he sees Kurt in a gay bar, and tells Kurt he has become a regular there and feels accepted. His family moves to Kentucky over the summer, but Finn and Rachel convince him to come back to New Directions late that fall in time to compete in Sectionals. 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. [21] She is later reinstated after blackmailing Figgins, and wins her sixth consecutive national cheerleading title. [28] During the first season, he begins to accept his disability and the fact he will never achieve his dream of becoming a dancer. It's a truly lovely send-off. [11] Their relationship continues, however, and Carole visits Burt's bedside when he suffers a heart attack early in the second season. First day on set. In the season finale All or Nothing, Ryder demands to know who is catfishing him and Unique later reveals herself. 1 Darren Criss Darren Criss is almost certainly the biggest star to come out of Glee. [18] Prior to appearing in Glee, Morris was a back-up dancer for Beyonc Knowles. During her revisit to the school, she gives muscle magazines and alcohol to Kurt, she teaches Mercedes and Tina how to shoplift, and has a brief romance with Puck. They arrange a Christmas Day dinner with their two mothers, who have never met before, and the two womeninitially hostilecome to an understanding. Sebastian becomes captain of the Warblers, and in "Michael", he spikes the New Directions plan to do Michael Jackson songs at Regionals by adding Jackson's music to the Warblers setlist. Matt Rutherford (Dijon Talton) is a football player who joins New Directions in the fourth episode, "Preggers",[25] and appears for the remainder of the first season of Glee. 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. The last scene of the series showed Adler's plaque alongside a plaque of the rededication to the auditorium and a memorial plaque for Finn Hudson. 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. [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. He admits to Shelby that he agreed to "seduce" Rachel because he thought it would be a good acting exercise, but he started to develop real feelings for her. While we learned weeks ago that Santana would be written out of Glee 's Season 5. There was even the spinoff reality show on Oxygen. Sandy Ryerson (Stephen Tobolowsky) is the former director of the McKinley High glee club. In the episode "Glee, Actually" Sue breaks into her house and stocks it with presents and money. 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. Will has the students apologize and earn his forgiveness. Blaine becomes depressed, so much so that he does poorly at NYADA and is expelled from school. It is here revealed that he is currently living in Medford, Oregon. 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. [270], Sarah Jessica Parker is introduced in the third episode of the fourth season, "Makeover" as Isabelle Wright, who is Kurt's mentor at Vogue.com after having signed him on as an intern. Harmony is portrayed by The Glee Project runner-up Pearce,[204] and her debut was met with critical acclaim. [17] She discovers she has actually experienced a hysterical pregnancy, but hides this from Will, afraid he will leave her. His doctor tells him that he is cancer free a few months later. [236] James Poniewozik of Time felt that Carole's reaction to the news of Quinn's pregnancy demonstrated how far Glee had evolved from the "broadly caricatured show" it was in its early episodes. Although Mercedes has a new boyfriend, he wants to get her back. Jean, who has Down syndrome, lives in an assisted living facility, and is the only character Sue consistently treats with care and compassion. After confessing to Kurt of his infidelity, Kurt severs all ties. Everyone gets their happy endings. In the third season, her junior year and his senior year, she helps Mike when he decides to try out for the school musical and then to apply to dance school, and tells Rachel and the other girls that she had sex for the first time with Mike over the summer, losing her virginity. Another Warbler is Nick (Curt Mega), who sings lead for the Warblers in the third season. From NYADA, Whoopi Goldberg first appears in the third season as Carmen Tibideaux, a dean from NYADA who comes to Ohio to preside over Rachel's and Kurt's auditions to the school, in the episode "Choke". She and her brother successfully audition for the New Directions and become the third and fourth members of the newly reformed club. 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. Later, during "Jagged Little Tapestry" he performs a duet with Jane, though it is negatively received by Kurt, which inspires the two to do better. Meanwhile, also in 2020, Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) reunites with Mercedes, Blaine, Kurt, and Artie Abrams (Kevin McHale) and Tina Cohen-Chang (Jenna Ushkowitz), who are now a couple. [279], "Jesse St. James" redirects here. [140] Artie later encourages Becky to go to college, and Becky visits the University of Cincinnati. Ryan Murphy's 'Glee' is immensely popular as a series that shows inspiration can take us places. [29] Regardless, Puck attends the birth of his daughter, who he names Beth, and tells Quinn that he loves her.[21]. [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. Although, in season six (A Wedding), Puck is seen dancing with Blaine's mom and Quinn is absent. Funny Girl opening night is a great success, but she later leaves the musical to be in a TV show. [33] Hunter Clarington (Nolan Gerard Funk), the new captain of the Dalton Academy Warblers, attempts to convince Blaine to return to the Warblers. In 2020, the two of them are well-known actors who also teach students in schools to accept everyone. She is later transferred to another school by Sue Sylvester as she wants to remove all the remaining members of Glee Club in the school. Left to right: Mercedes (Amber Riley), Kurt (Chris Colfer), Blaine (Darren Criss), Rachel (Lea Michele), Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz), Artie (Kevin McHale) and Kitty (Becca Tobin). Jacob however has a crush on Rachel so he can have the best reviews even if it means over stepping boundaries, and blackmailing her to give him bras and panties. Kurt later gets trapped in an elevator along with Blaine by Sue who wants to get them back together; to escape, they meet Sue's demand that they kiss each other. Jake and Ryder start competing for Marley's affection. [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. He entered the song with Joe. You won't always recognize it. Ryder was there in the back. [156], In season three, LaMarcus Tinker portrays Shane Tinsley, a new love interest for Mercedes and a "massive linebacker for the McKinley Titans". He then falls in love with Shelby. The fifth season saw the biggest change, with Monteith's death, and Morris, Riley, Salling and Shum all being switched to recurring status. 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 . The duet ends in another fight between them and Finn asks them to reveal their greatest fear to each other. [19] He later discovers that he is the father of Quinn's baby. 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. She was originally hired as a choreographer to teach cast members Colfer and Ushkowitz the "Single Ladies" dance. He sings "Being Alive" and gets applauded for his performance and gets into NYADA. Quinn and Finn get back together, though eventually Finn realizes his true feelings for Rachel, and breaks up with Quinn. (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". [261] Cooter Menkins,[262] a football recruiter played by Eric Bruskotter, came to McKinley in "The First Time" to scout football players for Ohio State, and is attracted to Coach Beiste,[263] whom he later marries; after he abuses her later in the third season, she leaves him. [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. It's just a bunch of events. The two of them come to blows over her in the choir room, and are assigned to share their deepest fears with one another by Finn, who is directing the club while Will is in Washington. 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. [18] Quinn later tells Finn she is pregnant and he is the father. After Tina's proposal to Mike Chang is rejected, Artie promises that if they are both single in ten years that they should marry each other. Five years after the series finale, former costars Ushkowitz and McHale resisted each episode as part of their "Showmance: The Glee Recap . Although Figgins was initially conceived as White, Pakistani American actor Theba was cast in the role. 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. The finale of Glee seems to be inciting excitement for fans around the world and just like a perfect climax, there is a huge surprise.