[254] Eric Goldman for IGN stated that Chenoweth was "terrific" as April, and that the character was a "hysterical creation". [234] They decide to move in together, until Finn uses a homophobic slur against Kurt and Burt refuses to allow him to stay in his home. She goes on a date with Artie, and confesses to him that she has been faking a speech impediment since the sixth grade, explaining that she wanted to drive people away, but now that she's a part of the glee club, she no longer wants that. Earlene Davis plays Andrea Carmichael, Rod Remington's TV news co-anchor who later marries him. However, she chooses to re-enroll in NYADA instead of accepting the part, a decision he accepts and the two share a kiss. 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. Jeff (Riker Lynch) and Trent (Dominic Barnes) are also fellow Warblers. He comes to William McKinley High with an enviable record of coaching successful football teams, and Principal Figgins (Iqbal Theba) boosts the football program budget for him by reducing the cheerleading and glee club budgets, which alarms coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) and director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison), respectively, and drives them into a temporary alliance against him. Roz returns late in the fourth season to take over the Cheerios after Sue is fired, and is still coach early in the fifth season after Sue returns as school principal. [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. She begins to get treatment for her OCD in "Born This Way". 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. 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. Puck does so, and Shelby allows him to see Beth. [31][83] Mike tries out for the school musical, West Side Story, against his father's wishes, and is briefly disowned by him, though his father later comes to understand Mike's desire to become a dancer and supports his decision to go to college for dance. You understand where the bitterness comes from, and people may start to like him a little. Marley asks Jake to the school's Sadie Hawkins dance and he accepts. Dreams Come True (Glee) - Wikipedia 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. She makes all of Marley's clothes and is particularly fond of Marley's boyfriend Jake Puckerman and the rest of New Directions. I'm the teacher of a reform school. If you can look in the mirror and say, "I'm Matt Rutherford, or I'm Dijon Talton, and I'm happy with it," that's all that's important. Kitty is one of the very popular students, and is attracted to Jake Puckerman (Jacob Artist) and starts dating him in "Britney 2.0". He sets up a consulting business to help show choirs with their performances and offers to consult the New Directions as his first client. In the episode "Comeback", Sam makes a last-ditch attempt to win her back, but ends the relationship after finding out from Santana that Quinn cheated on him with Finn. 'Glee' Cast Recalls Emotional Final Episode - ABC News [1], Chris Colfer (Kurt Hummel) had originally auditioned to play Artie Abrams. It is later revealed that Sue has an older sister, Jean, who herself has Down Syndrome, showing a softer side to her normally abrasive character. Lock and Henson temporarily abandoned their instruments to sing and dance with New Directions for Sectionals competition in the episode "Hold On to Sixteen". 'Glee' Cast Members Say Their Final Goodbyes To Naya Rivera - Deadline Glee Finale: Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison and More Tweet Final Memories She and her brother successfully audition for the New Directions and become the third and fourth members of the newly reformed club. Kurt eventually breaks off their engagement because he does not feel ready for marriage. [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. Though he is a bit skeptical about Elliot's intentions at first, later he finds a good friend in him. Even if they didn't really have lines, they were important to Glee. Kurt begins to mend his and Blaine's relationship in "Thanksgiving" and they spend Christmas together in New York City. [6] Agron said in a 2009 interview pertaining to her casting session: "I nearly bailed on my audition for the show. So yeah, that makes sense why he wouldn't be there. Principal Figgins (Iqbal Theba) is William McKinley High School's "stern but fair" principal. The New Directions, however, support Santana during her coming-out period. On July 8, 2020, the actress and singer was declared missing after failing to return from a boating excursion on Lake Piru, California, with her son Josey, then four years old. Although Figgins was initially conceived as White, Pakistani American actor Theba was cast in the role. 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. Newsreportsthat hardly anyone in the Glee cast clapped for Lea Michele when she presented at the Grammys. (Main Season 14) Finn Christopher Hudson (Cory Monteith) is overheard singing in the McKinley High locker room shower by Will Schuester and subsequently blackmailed to try out for the glee club, New Directions. [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. She comes from a low-income family, her mother, Millie Rose, works at the school's cafeteria and is morbidly obese. [17] She initially dresses in school-girl like clothing and gothic style clothing. Her body was found Monday at Lake Piru. After the glee club wins Nationals, Kurt and Blaine move to New York where he completes his schooling at NYADA and graduates. [27] In the episode "Wheels", Sue allows Becky Jackson (Lauren Potter), a girl with Down Syndrome, to join the Cheerios as a replacement for Quinn. 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[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". Finn's death affects her greatly. When Kurt learns about the lie, he lashes on Blaine. [4], Dianna Agron (Quinn Fabray) was the last primary actor to be cast, having won the role only days before the pilot began filming. 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. 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". After Dave Karofsky bullies him into a depression early in the second season, Kurt becomes close friends with an openly gay student at Dalton Academy, named Blaine Anderson. [31] In the episode "On My Way", Sue tells Quinn and Will that she's pregnant. After Karofsky kisses Kurt in the heat of an argument, Karofsky blackmails him into keeping it quiet, saying that if Kurt were to tell anyone of the kiss that they shared, he will kill him. [25] When he discovers the truth, he breaks up with Quinn and turns to pursuing Rachel. In the episode I Do, Ryder helps Jake plan a Valentine's week for Marley, coming up with romantic ideas and when Jake says that he's counting on having sex with Marley, Ryder says she isn't ready for that. 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. [233] Kurt sets Carole up with his father Burt in an attempt to get closer to Finn. [133] Becky appears in three episodes of the first season, "Wheels", "The Power of Madonna" and "Home"[134] and returns in the second season[135] as cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester's assistant. Kitty tries to get Jake to take her instead, offering sex as the reward, but Puck draws her off. However, in "I Am Unicorn", when Shelby Corcoran joins the McKinley High faculty and talks to Quinn about being involved in Beth's life, Quinn pretends to clean up her act and returns to New Directions. She also gets back together with Jesse, whom she later marries. Hunter is a new Dalton transfer student, recruited from a Regionals-winning military academy. Glee goes so far in the opposite direction it plays like bad fanfic. New Directions goes on to win Nationals, and it is unknown what happens to Jesse afterwards. Cory Monteith Missing 'Glee' Due To Rehab. [125] The Huffington Post named Sugar Motta one of the "Worst TV Characters" in 2012. 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". In "Prom Queen", when Karofsky wins prom king and Kurt, shockingly, wins prom queen, the two walk onto the floor for the traditional king and queen dance, but Karofsky is unable to come out as Kurt suggests, and leaves. 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. "[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. (Main Season 14,6; Recurring Season 5) Mercedes Jones (Amber Riley) is a "diva-in-training who refuses to sing back-up" with a "flair for fashion". At the beginning of season three, Blaine decides to transfer to McKinley to be with Kurt, and joins New Directions. 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. [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. The Cast of 'Glee' on Their Final Taping - YouTube [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 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". "[24] Sue enlists cheerleaders Quinn, Brittany and Santana to help her bring the glee club down from the inside. Lauren has an acerbic personality and is admired by Puck for being "a bigger bad-ass" than he is. She and Santana formally begin dating, and after Santana is outed by Finn, they are open about their relationship. After junior prom, Mercedes and Sam begin dating secretly, but he moves away during the summer. It's just a bunch of events. He then falls in love with Shelby. 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. She and her son went out on a boat together, but the boat was later found with only . (Main Season 13; Guest Season 46)Lucy Quinn Fabray (Dianna Agron), is introduced as Finn's girlfriend, head of the cheerleading squad and president of the celibacy club. He returns to Lima in season six to help Brittany and Santana plan their wedding. Sue helps coach the glee club, and they win at Nationals, which puts her back in charge of cheerleading. Club's Emily VanDerWerff concurred, and said of "I Am Unicorn", "Sugar continues to be one of my least favorite new characters in ages". In that same episode she also begins a romantic relationship with Will. [215] Undeterred, Sebastian tries to blackmail Rachel into not competing at Regionals by threatening to post faked nude pictures of Finn on the internet, but destroys the pictures after Dave Karofsky attempts suicide. 9 Spoilers For The 'Glee' Series Finale The Glee actor Naya Rivera has been found dead after drowning in a California lake. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. [3] She explained that Will and Terri's communication is weak and that Terri is "missing a lot of the skills for the marriage",[89] commenting that Terri feels threatened by Will's commitment to the glee club, worried that it will pull him away from her. [235] She marries him later that fall. 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Kevin McHale Reacts to The Price of Glee Docuseries The show is cancelled after a single episode; she gets depressed and returns to Lima and tries to revive the glee club with the aid of Kurt, who is on leave from NYADA. Glee Cast and Crew Speak Out After Lea Michele's Apology Their relationship continues through the end of that first year. Azimio is one of the school's bullies, and friends with teammate and fellow bully Dave Karofsky. 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". [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. She leaves NYADA as she feels that she is not able to split her time between school and Broadway. 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. 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. ", "Glee: Gay Kiss for Kurt and New Boyfriend? Little do they know, Puck, Sue, Quinn, and Santana are also watching them. The character of Rory was created for McGinty after he won a recurring role for seven episodes on Glee as a contestant on The Glee Project. "[4] With regards to her motivation, Lynch explained: "Sue will do whatever it takes to win. Rory wasn't there though. [255] The Los Angeles Times Denise Martin praised Chenoweth's versatility as April, opining that her performance was worthy of a second Emmy win. Emma ultimately stands Will up at the altar and disappears, and although Finn helps Will find her, he still feels guilty over the kiss, and confesses to Will. You won't always recognize it. Another Warbler is Nick (Curt Mega), who sings lead for the Warblers in the third season. [18] She has her own spot on the local news, which she uses to editorialize on issues such as support for caning and littering. As a local celebrity, Rod has been tapped to judge show choir competitionshe has appeared as a judge for four of those that New Directions has competed in: the first and sixth season's Sectionals competitions, and the Regionals competitions for the first two seasons. April then decides to buy the glee club their auditorium back, now called The April Rhodes Civic Pavilion, and return to Broadway to back an all-white version of The Wiz. In the episode "Born This Way", after being blackmailed by Santana, he issues an apology to Kurt at a group meeting involving their fathers, Principal Figgins and Will. 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. [85][259] The second season's regionals judges are played by Kathy Griffin and Loretta Devine as Tammy Jean Albertson and Sister Mary Constance, respectively. Will welcomes back New Directions members from both past and present who have reunited for this day and announces that New Directions will no longer be the only glee club choir at McKinley High, as he is re-creating the Troubletones and creating both a new all-boys group and a junior varsity glee club, but Will is not to be the coach of any group including New Directions. After their first wedding falls through as she runs away after she and Finn lie about kissing, Emma and Will begin to date again. They ultimately resume their relationship and marry in a double ceremony with Brittany and Santana. Naya Rivera's Glee castmates aren't done celebrating her life. In the episode "Never Been Kissed", written to tackle the issue of LGBT youth bullying, Karofsky kisses Kurt during an argument. 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. [5] The Glee producers said "we really lucked out in finding Agron to play Quinn".[5]. [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. Actress Naya Rivera, best known for playing a sharp-tongued cheerleader and glee club member on Fox's .