Eventually the deception is revealed, and Quinn decides to give the baby away. At the start of the third season, Will and Emma are living together. She begins to get treatment for her OCD in "Born This Way". The two have their first sexual experience in the episode "The First Time". At the beginning of the second season, Quinn rejoins the Cheerios and again becomes the captain, regaining her popularity, though later in the season she quits to remain faithful to New Directions. Gallagher has stated: "I think you understand where Ken comes from as they go on. 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. April appears once again, at which point she has become the mistress to an elderly tycoon and is the owner/operator of a "cabaret roller rink". Chord Overstreet posted two selfies to his Instagram on Saturday with Glee alum Kevin McHale, Heather Morris, Jenna Ushkow Fox credits fifteen main cast members for the season: Morrison as glee club director Will Schuester, Jane Lynch as cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester, Jayma Mays as guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury, and Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Darren Criss, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Heather Morris, Amber Riley, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Harry Although he is usually seen harassing members of the glee club, Azimio was the first of the football players in "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle" to agree to perform in the halftime show the night of the championship game in order to be allowed to play in the second half, saying he wanted to win the game because it would mean so much to his father. They are about to become fathers, with Rachel as their surrogate. She is later re-hired as principal when Becky confesses. Brittany was initially convinced that Rory was a magical leprechaun whom only she could see and was there to grant her three wishes. Rebecca Faye "Becky" Jackson (Lauren Potter, narration as Queen Elizabeth II provided by an uncredited Helen Mirren[132]) is a member of the Cheerios with Down syndrome, who becomes a sidekick to Sue. [109] New Directions ultimately goes on to become the National Show Choir Champions.[110]. She resigns in the following episode, however, and he is reinstated. Michele tweeted a photo of her taking home the framed football jersey of Cory Monteith's character, Finn Hudson. She was the director of glee club when Will Schuester was a member. He feels left out when Burt and Finn bond, but Burt reassures him that he will always come first. 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. Blaine lies to Kurt and tells him that he will also get to sing a song in the showcase. During the season three premiere, as a show of loyalty to Sue, she participates in setting one of the glee club's pianos on fire and is dismissed from New Directions by Mr. Schuester. And he stays for Regionals on Blaine's insistence. [155] James Poniewozik of Time commented positively on Suzy's characterization, observing that while she appeared to be a "throwaway dorky-girl stereotype", she was "fleshed-out as a person", a feat he doubted the series would have been capable of earlier in the season. 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. Sue explains that learning about Kurt and his struggles opened up new worlds for her and thanks them in kind. I noticed Melissa Benoist wasn't there. In the fifth episode, "The Role You Were Born to Play", she tries out for and is cast in the female role of Rizzo for the school musical, Grease, but Sue Sylvester informs her parents in the following episode, "Glease", and they pull her from the show. Bryan appears in "Dream On" as a school board member, out to cut district arts programs and the McKinley High glee club in particular as revenge for the latter giving him false hope back when he was its lead singer. According to Lengies, Sugar's self-diagnosed Aspergers is part of her character. He later apologizes to both Jake and Marley, saying it was inappropriate. They then go to the real prom, and she helps him spike Sue's punch bowl. Her first in-tune solo was in "Summer Nights" in "Yes/No". Rachel wins a Tony and thanks her husband, the director, Jesse St. James, who has himself. [279], "Jesse St. James" redirects here. She and her son went out on a boat together, but the boat was later found with only . (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. [260] Kent Avenido appears in the first two seasons as Howard Bamboo, Terri's dyslexic coworker who joins the Acafellas and later Sue's "League of Doom", and Kenneth Choi plays Dr. Wu, Terri's obstetrician. [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. 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. [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. 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. Oliver Kieran Jones graduated from LAMDA, a real London school similar to Glee's fictional NYADA. The idea of his character interacting with Brittany was first broached in the penultimate episode of The Glee Project, with the judges speculating that Brittany would not be able to understand a word the character said due to his Irish accent. He feels that he doesn't belong in her world in New York, returns to Lima without telling her. Karofsky, having given up bullying, confronts Azimio in "Born This Way" about his own bullying. Blaine later breaks up with Karofsky and gets back together with Kurt. [17] He ultimately decides against it, though briefly works after hours at the school as a janitor to earn extra money. 'Glee' cast no stranger to tragic deaths . Coach Beiste breaks up a fight between him and another student, and helps him get a retest and to study for it. Puck does so, and Shelby allows him to see Beth. By Miranda Siwak. In the third season, Burt wages a write-in campaign for Congress against leading candidate Sue Sylvester, and wins. [189] Leakes as Roz has received mostly praise for her work. In season four, she is seen forming a friendship with Kitty, visits Rachel with Santana to convince her not to do a nude scene, and hooking up with Santana twice while being drunk at Will and Emma's supposed wedding. [223] In "Nationals", he and Rachel have a friendly moment when he confides in her how nervous and pressured he is to win after Vocal Adrenaline lost for the first time in years the year before. She begins presenting as a girl in that episode during school hours, despite the pressure she experiences from classmates to appear in male attire. ", "Glee Scoop: Mercedes to Fall For Friday Night Lights' LaMarcus Tinker", "Presque Isle native's role on 'Glee' to continue", "John Lock, Drummer for Hit Series "Glee," Performs on Oprah", "An Exclusive Interview With Glee Band Member John Lock", "An Exclusive Interview With Glee Band Member Scott Henson", "Spencer Conley Joins "Glee" as House Band Guitarist", "Mark Nilan Jr Keyboardist, Composer and Producer", Dreams Come True gif Retrieved:2015-05-20, Dreams Come True image Retrieved:2015-05-20, "Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on 'Lost,' 'Glee,' 'True Blood,' 'Gossip Girl,' and more! It is revealed that Jesse is now a Tony winner and the director of Rachel's Broadway show, and the two are now happily married. The two then begin a relationship. As for Jane Lynch 's glee club foil Sue Sylvester who has spent the bulk of the series trying to dismantle and destroy New Directions the series finale not only explained the origins of her. He sends Kurt to New York in the fall, and when he visits at Christmas, reveals that he has recently been treated for prostate cancer, and that it appears to have been caught in time. They graduate in season finale, but while Rachel gets into a New York school, Finn does not; on their wedding day, he instead sends her off to New York without him to fulfill her dreams, and Finn enlists in the army to follow his late father's footsteps. Murphy described Dustin as "a complete villain", stating that he will "become very intertwined in Will's life". 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. Kitty starts to like Ryder and he says they could try being together once he figures out who "Katie" is. However, Blaine is happy with his current boyfriend, Kurt Hummel, and turns him down. ", "Emma from 'Glee': The most fashionable character on TV right now? [114][115], Rory Flanagan (Damian McGinty) is an Irish foreign exchange student who is living with Brittany's family. He later switches from teaching Spanish to teaching history, though he continues directing the glee club. [55] In March 2011, Falchuk confirmed, "Santana is a lesbian. [106] In 2012, Jones was nominated for an Emmy again, the only actor from Glee nominated that year.[107]. [10] Rachel, who has two gay fathers, discovers that Vocal Adrenaline coach Shelby Corcoran (Idina Menzel) is her birth mother, but the two fail to forge a relationship. In "Heart", she gives Will money to pay for costumes and makeup for Regionals, and throws a big Valentine's Day party. One article described Beiste as a "wounded gianta 40-year-old who'd never been kissed", and Jones's portrayal of him as "humorous and heart-wrenching". He is introduced as an openly gay student at Dalton Academy and a member of The Warblers, a Sectionals and Regionals rival of New Directions. Canadian actor Cory Monteith joined Glee as Finn Hudson after several minor roles in TV and film. Ever! She has romantic feelings for Will. [40] At the end of the first season, she tells Will she has started dating a dentist named Carl Howell, and in the second season her relationship with Carl (John Stamos) blossoms to the point that they get married in Las Vegas in the episode "Special Education". The character is a love interest for Kurt, though in the episode "Blame It on the Alcohol", he and Rachel have a brief fling, resulting in Blaine reasserting his identity as gay. He is dating cheerleader Quinn, but is conflicted by his growing feelings for Rachel. [110], Spencer Porter (Marshall Williams) is a football player and student at McKinley. 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. It then features a flashforward to the year 2020 that explores the fates of the characters. He does not return in the second season; Will says that he transferred to another school. In the series finale, titled Dreams Come True, Jesse and Rachel attend a fictionalized 2020 Tony Awards ceremony. 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. It is subsequently revealed in the episode "Sexy" that her marriage with Carl is facing difficulties and has not been consummated. Kurt asks Blaine to perform along with him in front of June Dolloway who takes interest in Blaine. Therefore, she tried to hide her sexual orientation and use football jock Dave Karofsky (who is also closeted) as a beard to maintain her heterosexual facade and to boost her chances of becoming prom queen, though she fails at the latter. 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. [233] Kurt sets Carole up with his father Burt in an attempt to get closer to Finn. His resumed relationship with Rachel ultimately fails when Finn suddenly kisses her in the middle of a Nationals performance and Rachel chooses to get back together with him. In a flashforward to the year 2020, Geraldo Rivera congratulates Sue for winning reelection as Vice President of the United States under Jeb Bush as she states her intent to run for President in 2024. 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. I think Ken is not happy with where he is in life. Though she is immediately accepted into the club, Sue Sylvester contacts Dustin Goolsby, the new director of rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline, who secures permanent U.S. residency and a condominium unit for Sunshine and her mother provided she join his club. 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. He sings "Being Alive" and gets applauded for his performance and gets into NYADA. [29] When her actions are discovered by Principal Figgins (Iqbal Theba), Sue is suspended from the school. 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. 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. [145][146] He commented that he was "glad to represent such a large group of people", expanding: "I've gotten so many messages from people all around the world these last couple of days thanking me because either they are Karofsky, they were Karofsky or they know a Karofsky. 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. He then falls in love with Shelby. His break out role was as Kurt Hummel in Glee, . Ryder was there in the back. New Directions goes on to win Nationals, and it is unknown what happens to Jesse afterwards. [14] In the new year, Finn asks Rachel to marry him, and she accepts. 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. [208] However, AfterEllen.com's Christie Keith was critical of her appearance, and wrote, "Since Lindsay is one of the reasons I couldn't stand to watch The Glee Project, and no, she can't sing remotely as well as Lea Michele, and none of the boys there was close to being as darling as Kurt, I was forced to suspend disbelief when the whole experience devastated Kurt and Rachel. Former "Glee" star, Mark Salling, 35, is dead after an apparent suicide.