I'm the teacher of a reform school. Ken will go after what he wants. At the showcase, Blaine invites Kurt to perform a last duet with him much to June's dismay, but she enjoys the performance and praises them. Later, Blaine moves in with him after his graduation and Kurt starts to feel that he is losing his identity. ", "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! Blaine later moves in with Kurt. But June likes their performance and praises them. I'm used to being very strict. Millie Rose (Trisha Rae Stahl) is introduced in "The New Rachel" as the lunch lady and Marley Rose's mother. Rod and Andrea later marry and announce it during a newscast in the episode "Furt", humiliating Sue. She reveals to Finn that she is pregnant and tells him that the baby is his, although the real father is Finn's best friend Puck. In 2015, he took over the lead role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Broadway. He recruits Elliot, Dani, Santana and Rachel to be his bandmates. Although Figgins was initially conceived as White, Pakistani American actor Theba was cast in the role. 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 is a part of the effort to persuade Blaine to rejoin the Warblers. But one thing I really respect about him is that he goes after something: He just doggedly pursues Emma. Sunshine sings the original song "As Long As You're There", and her group finishes in second place, while New Directions places twelfth. [23] He and Tina are still a couple at the end of the year, but she breaks up with him over the summer. Kurt Hummel on Glee. He returns in "A Night of Neglect", joining Sue's "League of Doom" to help her sabotage the McKinley glee club, and returns again at the National show choir competition in the season two finale, "New York", where Vocal Adrenaline comes in secondas is subsequently revealed in the third-season episode "I Am Unicorn"and Goolsby is fired as director for failing to win a fifth national crown. Terri manages to seduce a sick and lonely Will in the second-season episode "The Substitute", but she is rebuffed by him when he recovers. Also: J.J. Totah had filmed, and was a part of the I Lived performance, however, when the song was performed, he didn't appear anywhere. She later develops a relationship with Sam. She and Jake are an official couple by the episode "Naked". McHale described Artie as a "nerd" who loves the glee club wholeheartedly and uses it as a form of escapism. She has romantic feelings for Will. [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. 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. Marley, Jake, and Ryder may not have been Glee 's most compelling characters, but that's as much (if not more) the writers' fault than their portrayers. "The Winner Takes It All" by ABBA is sung by Lynch and Morrison. When Jake gives Ryder a note with his fear written on it, Ryder asks him to be a man and say it face to face. Even the musical theater stuff is switched up. 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. Once the truth about Shelby is revealed, however, Jesse transfers back. Lea Michele revealed on Instagram that she took home her late boyfriend and co-star Cory Monteith 's football jersey as a . That takes guts. 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]. And he stays for Regionals on Blaine's insistence. Furthermore, she was ostracized by her friends, eventually pushing her to switch schools. [190][191] Crystal Bell of Huffington Post said of her first appearance only that Leakes "does well", but by the time of her third appearance in "Big Brother", after having praised guest star Matt Bomer, she added that "he's no NeNe Leakes, but not everyone can be that fabulous".[192][193]. 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. 'Glee': Best Singers Ranked Rachel, Santana & More Battle For Top Diva | TVLine Thumbnails 1 of 10 March 18, 2015, 2:14pm 10. [200] Also in the fifth and sixth season, Christopher Cousins plays Superintendent Bob Harris. Now let's do this. Her first in-tune solo was in "Summer Nights" in "Yes/No". Matthew Morrison, Dianna Agron, Mark Salling, Cory Monteith, Jane Lynch, Naya . A kiss from Quinn brings back Puck's confidence: he passes the retest and graduates. 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]. She wins a game of strip poker with Puck after the others go to the prom after all, and he crowns the two of them the anti-prom king and queen. It seems that he is the Warblers' captain again when he is the one to announce that they agree to do so. By Miranda Siwak. [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. I realized I was going for what I like to think as an older version of me from years ago. After the glee club performs in the school cafeteria in the hopes of recruiting new students, Sugar shows up to audition, telling the club that they're terrible but she's awesome and will be their new star. When Gustin made his first appearance, it was reported he was playing a new "major" recurring character,[217] a "gay Dalton Academy Warbler who sets his sights on Blaine". [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. 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. 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Paltrow's Glee appearance marked her first ever scripted-series guest performance. She and her husband Phil (Michael Loeffelholz) have triplet sons (played by Ethan, Aidan, and Ben Freedman). Sue takes the blame for having the gun, which she gets rid of, and is fired by Principal Figgins. Quinn comes back for two episodes during the fifth season and becomes Puck's girlfriend again. There is one huge unjust con to both of these episodes which I'm going to go ahead and get out of the way, there are main cast members missing. At NYADA, Rachel struggles to impress her dance teacher, Cassandra July, and embarks on a new romance with upperclassman Brody Weston. They are about to become fathers, with Rachel as their surrogate. When Finn was young, she had a relationship with a lawn-care worker who left her for a younger woman. He later appears in the final episode with everyone singing "I Lived". Shelby Corcoran, who adopted baby Beth, gets a teaching job at McKinley, and invites Puck and Quinn to be a part of Beth's life, provided they both become more responsible. [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. She still has feelings for him, and eventually breaks up with Shane, though she refuses to date Sam while she is unsure of her true feelings. He later assures Blaine of his love and they both decide to go on a healthy diet from then. The character Finn is last seen in the episode "Sweet Dreams" wishing Rachel luck on her Funny Girl audition. Jesse joins the rest of the New Directions in the auditorium during the group performance "I Lived". Though at graduation, Santana decides she wants to go to New York to perform, and her mother presents her with the money to help fund the attempt. [207] Lisa Respers France of CNN named Pearce's performance the best moment of the episode, and found that the character positively reminded her of "Glee of old". (Main Season 12) Terri Schuester (Jessalyn Gilsig) was Will's wife of five years, but they were together fifteen years total. 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 . [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. At the end of the fourth season, Ryder finds out that Unique has been behind the fake account and he tells her that he will never speak to her ever again. ", "Emma from 'Glee': The most fashionable character on TV right now? 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). [269] Their relationship gets to the point that the two live together for a while, but they break up after Santana discovers that Brody is a gigolo. Santana later gets back together with Brittany in the final season, and marries her, along with Blaine and Kurt. In the second season, though Will tries to win Emma back, she marries Carl. [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. Oliver Kieran Jones graduated from LAMDA, a real London school similar to Glee's fictional NYADA. 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. 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. Ryder and Unique came in holding hands in the final performance. She and her son went out on a boat together, but the boat was later found with only . Holly takes a job in Cleveland, leaving Will free to pursue Emma after Emma's marriage ends in an annulment. Azimio (James Earl, initially credited as "James Earl, III") is a McKinley High football player who was first introduced in the episode "Mash-Up", giving Finn Hudson grief over being in the glee club. Ryder was there in the back. He is an actor, known for Glee (2009-2015), Struck by Lightning (2012), and The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell. At the end of "On My Way", while driving to Finn and Rachel's wedding, her car is struck by a truck and she suffers a spinal injury that requires her to use a wheelchair for many weeks. 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. In the episode "Tina in the Sky with Diamonds", Santana meets and starts dating a waitress at the Spotlight Diner, Dani (Demi Lovato). [85] Mays has deemed Emma an "amazing" character to play, explaining: "I don't find that female characters are always written with a lot of depth, but she's so well defined on the page. Sue helps coach the glee club, and they win at Nationals, which puts her back in charge of cheerleading. Does anyone know why? Blaine later breaks up with Karofsky and gets back together with Kurt. Burning Questions For The 'Glee' Series Finale - Bustle Artie Abrams First of all, stop yelling at me. Dreams Come True (Glee) - Wikipedia 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. lol) I think it would have made sense. 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. 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. [53] Though she stated in May 2009 that Santana "loves boys",[54] she later deemed Brittany her character's soul mate. He becomes popular in NYADA and that causes insecurity in Blaine. I didn't want to turn it down! [187] Principal Figgins explains that Ken had a nervous breakdown.[45]. 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. Blaine and Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer) meet Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) in Will's new principal's office and they thank Sue for reuniting them. In the season one episode "Ballad", Sarah Drew makes a guest appearance as Suzy Pepper,[154] a senior with "an insane, absurd, psychotic crush on Mr. Schuester". However, Blaine is happy with his current boyfriend, Kurt Hummel, and turns him down. [29] Though she feels guilty after the fact and attempts to inform the judges of her cheating, they have already unanimously chosen New Directions as the winning club. Jeff (Riker Lynch) and Trent (Dominic Barnes) are also fellow Warblers. In the third season, the judges for the nationals competition are Lindsay Lohan and Perez Hilton appearing as themselves, and Rex Lee as Chicago Alderman Martin Fong. [186] Gallagher feels that he draws much of Ken's characterization from himself, while also "channeling" his high school gym teachers. Actress Naya Rivera, best known for playing a sharp-tongued cheerleader and glee club member on Fox's . This ends their working together on directing New Directions. [195] Brad Ellis has a recurring role as Brad Ellis, the pianist who accompanies New Directions, and did not show any sympathy towards the club when they lost Sectionals in 2012. Heather Morris Says 'Glee' Cast 'Lost 3' Members After Mark Salling Jake soon breaks up with Kitty, but he has a rival for Marley in football player Ryder Lynn. 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. He commented that in the pilot episode, Carole was "just the slightly pathetic figure we saw pining after the lawn-care guy", however her reaction to Quinn's pregnancy was "a brilliant bit of characterization through small moments", an example of how Glee was "becoming very good at showing how life happens in small exchanges in people's laundry rooms and finished basements".[156]. [11] At the end of season one, Finn professes his love for her. Kitty tries to get Jake to take her instead, offering sex as the reward, but Puck draws her off. A third, "All or Nothing", is performed at Regionals in the fourth-season finale, and New Directions wins the competition. [17] She discovers she has actually experienced a hysterical pregnancy, but hides this from Will, afraid he will leave her. Fans had lobbied for Menzel to be cast as Rachel's biological mother, due to the strong resemblance between Menzel and Michele. It's been such an amazing 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. Gregg Henry and Charlotte Ross play Quinn's parents Russell and Judy Fabray in the tenth episode; Ross makes additional appearances in each of the first three seasons. Later in New York, Kurt confesses to Adam that though he tries hard to forget Blaine, he couldn't do it. ", "Prepare yourselves for Sue's League of Doom", "Glee Gets Eve-ntful with Guest-Star Eve", "Jessalyn Gilsig Talks Role On Fox's "Glee", "Glee: How Far Will Terri Go to Keep Her Hubby? [98] He later tells Emma and Sue, in episode "Yes/No", that he and Cooter have impulsively gotten married. [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. 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. 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. Kurt begins to mend his and Blaine's relationship in "Thanksgiving" and they spend Christmas together in New York City. Encouraged by Finn to audition for New Directions, he joins the males of the group in a performance of "Billionaire", the same song with which Overstreet studio tested for Glee.