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Michele tweeted a photo of her taking home the framed football jersey of Cory Monteith's character, Finn Hudson. Other regular character guest actors in this episode were: Dianna Agron as Quinn Fabray, Jacob Artist as Jake Puckerman, Jessalyn Gilsig as Terri Schuester, Blake Jenner as Ryder Lynn, Jayma Mays as Emma Pillsbury, Heather Morris as Brittany Pierce, Alex Newell as Wade "Unique" Adams, Mike O'Malley as Burt Hummel, Naya Rivera as Santana Lopez, Mark Salling as Noah "Puck" Puckerman, Harry Shum Jr. as Mike Chang, Becca Tobin as Kitty Wilde, Jenna Ushkowitz as Tina Cohen-Chang, Max Adler as Dave Karofsky, Christopher Cousins as Superintendent Bob Harris, Laura Dreyfuss as Madison McCarthy, Ashley Fink as Lauren Zizes, Noah Guthrie as Roderick Meeks, Samuel Larsen as Joe Hart, Vanessa Lengies as Sugar Motta, Billy Lewis Jr. as Mason McCarthy, Finneas O'Connell as Alistair, Lauren Potter as Becky Jackson, Romy Rosemont as Carole Hudson-Hummel, Dijon Talton as Matt Rutherford, Iqbal Theba as Principal Figgins, Josie Totah as Myron Muskovitz, Samantha Marie Ware as Jane Hayward, and Marshall Williams as Spencer Porter. He is a part of the effort to persuade Blaine to rejoin the Warblers. 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. [172] "Principal" is his real first name. McKinley High has now become a model of excellence and other schools are copying its format. 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. Potter is a member of the Down's Syndrome Association of Los Angeles, and was contacted about auditioning through the association's in-house talent agency, Hearts and Hands. When he and Quinn both return for the end of the McKinley High Glee club, he is dismayed to see she has a rich boyfriend, Biff Macintosh. [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. [143][144][145] He later warns Kurt not to tell anyone about it, threatening to kill him if he does. (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. [171] In "Pot o' Gold", Shelby tells Puck that she is struggling at being a mother; as the episode ends, they kiss. However, she chooses to re-enroll in NYADA instead of accepting the part, a decision he accepts and the two share a kiss. Jayma Mays (Emma Pillsbury) auditioned with the song "Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me" from The Rocky Horror Show, while Cory Monteith (Finn Hudson) initially submitted a tape of himself acting only, and was requested to submit a second, musical tape, in which he sang "a cheesy, '80s music-video-style version" of REO Speedwagon's "Can't Fight This Feeling". [82] Mike states that he is a senior in the season three premiere, "The Purple Piano Project", and Shum as Mike was promoted to the main cast for the show's third season. [265] She appeared again, including at the Nationals competition in Chicago, and returns in the fourth and fifth seasons for scenes set at NYADA. She has an amazing voice, much better than some of the other members. When she appears on stage in the Glee Club Regionals competition, Unique is a successso much so that Vocal Adrenaline director Jesse St. James decides to build the group's Nationals routine around Unique, and to promote her as a show choir star. The test proves that Ryder is dyslexic. He finds Figgins a challenging character to play, as it entails finding "the right mix of someone who is an authority figure but who is also very insecure about his own strengths as a person". 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. [266] She was introduced in the fourth-season premiere for a six-episode arc,[267][268] however, Cassandra only appears in five episodes: four in 2012 and one in 2013. It is here revealed that he is currently living in Medford, Oregon. Rory wasn't there though. 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. She and her brother successfully audition for the New Directions and become the third and fourth members of the newly reformed club. She and her son went out on a boat together, but the boat was later found with only . Later that day, Rachel wins the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and she thanks all of her friends but especially Will Schuester for his mentorship. [18] His dedication to the glee club wavers when his choreography skills are called into question, but after starting a well-received all-male a cappella group, the Acafellas, he recommits to the club. She is overweight and has a love of candy, specifically Cadbury Creme Eggs. [187] Principal Figgins explains that Ken had a nervous breakdown.[45]. [84] Henson, Lock and Nelson appear, with the Jazz Ensemble, in the flashforward to 2020, accompanying the collected cast in the final performance of the show's final episode.[167][168]. Quinn subsequently receives a college acceptance letter from Yale. 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. Lauren Zizes (Ashley Fink) is the McKinley High AV club president and a state champion in Greco-Roman wrestling. Rory looks up to Finn, and tries to defend Finn when Santana insults him, only to get his own share of insults from her. She rejects him when he offers to support her and the baby, calling him a "Lima loser". [64] Following his return, Puck helps Artie hook up with Brittany, and recruits Lauren Zizes for glee club. When the third season begins, she and Will are living together. [12] Lynch took some of her signature tracksuits, Criss came away with trophies, some soundproofing from the choir room, the couch from Figgins' office and his Warblers jacket, Riley claimed her sneakers from the pilot episode, Overstreet's souvenirs included trophies, photos and clothing, Dot-Marie Jones kept a football championship ring, and Salling took a plaque with Monteith's picture. He becomes best friends with Sam, developing a minor crush on him that he later overcomes (and which Sam finds somewhat flattering). Former "Glee" star, Mark Salling, 35, is dead after an apparent suicide. The duet ends in another fight between them and Finn asks them to reveal their greatest fear to each other. However, Blaine has moved on and is dating Dave Karofsky. The New Directions during the finale of 'Glee.' L-R: Mercedes (Amber Riley), Kurt (Chris Colfer), Blaine (Daren Criss), Rachel (Lea Michele), Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz), Artie (Kevin McHale) and. The cast of "Glee" gathers at Lake Piru, holding onto hope for their co-star Naya Rivera, who was tragically declared dead after a drowning accident. [218] Gustin's first day on the Glee set was September 26, 2011. [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". [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". He had auditioned for NYADA a few years prior but was rejected; Carmen tells him at Nationals that despite the rejection, he has remarkable vocal range and passion. However, he ends his relationship with Rachel by egging her in the McKinley High parking lot along with his fellow members of Vocal Adrenaline, humiliating her. Edit: after further observation, he appears to have been in the episode, but still not in this number as far as I can tell. At Brittany's suggestion, Sue arranged for Santana a cheerleading scholarship to a top college program. "[17] Miranda Wicker from TV Fanatic rated the episode four out of five stars, and stated "It was all so perfect and perfectly Glee."[8]. 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. In the episode Feud, Ryder has an online love interest named Katie, whom he shares all his secrets with, only to find out he's being catfished. She knew very little about the role initially: "When I signed my contract, it didn't even have a character namejust two quotation marks. It is sung by the New Directions with solos by Finn and Rachel. [103] Jones received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her work as Beiste in Glee's second season, and submitted her performance in the episode "Never Been Kissed" for final judging. (19 episodes, 2009-2014) Eric Stoltz . Sadly, when she told people what happened, nobody believed her. At the beginning of season three, Blaine decides to transfer to McKinley to be with Kurt, and joins New Directions. [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. Earlene Davis plays Andrea Carmichael, Rod Remington's TV news co-anchor who later marries him. 'Glee': Best Singers Ranked Rachel, Santana & More Battle For Top Diva | TVLine Thumbnails 1 of 10 March 18, 2015, 2:14pm 10. Rachel sent her to a crack house and she joined VA) or Holly Holiday. In the episode "Glease", Kitty, who had been the other candidate for Sandy, convinces Marley that she is genetically predisposed to be overweight by secretly taking in her costumes, and that she needs to induce vomit in order to maintain a desirable weight. [14] In the new year, Finn asks Rachel to marry him, and she accepts. Rivera, 33, was presumed dead after she went missing Wednesday. [110], Spencer Porter (Marshall Williams) is a football player and student at McKinley. However, after the glee club finishes twelfth at Nationals, Lauren concludes that being in New Directions is hurting her credibility, so she quits the group and breaks up with Puck at the start of the new school year. Kitty starts to like Ryder and he says they could try being together once he figures out who "Katie" is. Carole Hummel (previously Carole Hudson) (Romy Rosemont) is Finn's widowed mother and Kurt's stepmother, and wife to Kurt's dad Burt. After confessing to Kurt of his infidelity, Kurt severs all ties. 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). In the fifth season, Sue takes over the role of Principal and makes Figgins the school janitor. Talton explained that Finn joining the glee club made it more acceptable for Matt to be honest with himself about what he wanted to do, and that he is becoming more comfortable being in the glee club, "what it stands for, how it makes him feel". She is made fun of by students and the glee club members initially for her weight, but when they discover she is Marley's mom they stand up for her. [1], Chris Colfer (Kurt Hummel) had originally auditioned to play Artie Abrams. [126], Joe Hart (Samuel Larsen) first appears as a new transfer student to McKinley High in the third-season episode "Heart". She is attracted to Jake Puckerman, who is also new at McKinley, but although the attraction seems mutual, she is upset to discover he is dating Kitty, a cheerleader and popular girl. He becomes popular in NYADA and that causes insecurity in Blaine. 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. 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. Little do they know, Puck, Sue, Quinn, and Santana are also watching them. Still, she was shocked to hear from her agent two months later that Murphy had done so. [25] At the end of the episode "Vitamin D", Sue is made co-director of the glee club,[26] but soon scales back her involvement to an advisory role. In season two, Puck is sent to juvenile detention for stealing an ATM. After Grease, Kitty joins New Directions in "Dynamic Duets", and when last year's graduates of the glee clubwhich won a Nationals championshipreturn to mentor the new members prior to Sectionals competition, Kitty is mentored by her idol, former head cheerleader Quinn Fabray. 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. [25] When he discovers the truth, he breaks up with Quinn and turns to pursuing Rachel. In season four, she transfers to McKinley where she becomes a part of the New Directions. Kitty, while sometimes giving Marley good advice about being more assertive, continues undermining her confidence about her weight to the point that Marley faints during Sectionals competition, causing New Directions to be disqualified. He feels left out when Burt and Finn bond, but Burt reassures him that he will always come first. In addition to helping viewers catch up with the plot as the season starts, the first of these, from the season two premiere, "Audition", was used by the Glee producers to directly address media criticism of the first season. Tina harbors a crush on Blaine, but she realizes her folly and becomes his friend. Marley goes to thank him as he's packing up, and when he says he'll miss teaching them, tells him he's a good teacher, and should get a teaching degree. [34] His voice could actually be described as a countertenor. They are about to become fathers, with Rachel as their surrogate. He does appear in a fantasy dream sequence during that season's Christmas episode, "Glee, Actually", as Artie's guardian angel.[38]. Fox/Adam Rose . [276], Adam Lambert debuted in the fourth episode of the fifth season, "A Katy or a Gaga", as Elliott "Starchild" Gilbert, a student at NYU. [171], Jackson was originally considered for the role of Will,[202] and in 2009 was initially cast in the Glee episode "Acafellas" as Vocal Adrenaline choreographer Dakota Stanley, but he was unable to perform due to illness. [140] Artie later encourages Becky to go to college, and Becky visits the University of Cincinnati. 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". Marley is initially introduced as a shy, sweet, intelligent "wallflower" who was frequently bullied and an outcast at her previous schools. Finn's death affects her greatly. VIDEO: Matthew Morrison talks about the last day of filming of Glee. Carl Howell (John Stamos) is a dentist, introduced in "Britney/Brittany" as Emma's boyfriend. She and her husband Phil (Michael Loeffelholz) have triplet sons (played by Ethan, Aidan, and Ben Freedman). "Dreams Come True" is the series finale of the American musical television series Glee. New Directions members from throughout its history unite for one last massive group song. In a controversial essay for Newsweek, critic Ramin Setoodeh wrote that Groff, who is openly gay, was unconvincing as the straight Jesse ("he seems more like your average theatre queen; a better romantic match for Kurt than Rachel"). [137] Becky is frightened in "Shooting Star" about having to leave McKinley when she graduates, so she brings her father's gun to school as protection, but it accidentally goes off when Sue tries to get Becky to give her the gun. Even the musical theater stuff is switched up. 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. Salling's lawyer, Michael J. Proctor, tells The Associated Press the actor died Tuesday. [98] He later tells Emma and Sue, in episode "Yes/No", that he and Cooter have impulsively gotten married. Later in the season (starting from the episode "Feud"), she chats with her crush Ryder Lynn (Blake Jenner) as a blonde girl named Katie to create a connection between them. 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. Jake soon breaks up with Kitty, but he has a rival for Marley in football player Ryder Lynn. Blaine becomes depressed, so much so that he does poorly at NYADA and is expelled from school. Later, after sadly watching Rachel perform at Nationals (and implying he still has feelings for her), Jesse talks to Carmen Tibideaux (Whoopi Goldberg) and tells her Rachel's the most talented person he knows and that she will make an excellent contribution to NYADA. She leaves NYADA as she feels that she is not able to split her time between school and Broadway. Now: Cory Monteith. 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 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. Marley later thanks Ryder for his romantic gestures, saying she knew he was behind them and Ryder ends up kissing her. [1] Kurt becomes Finn's step brother later on in the second season when their parents marry. Her death was the most recent of the Glee cast tragedies. [188] Coach Roz appeared again in "The Spanish Teacher", during which she directs a routine for the Cheerios, to cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester's disgust. Past Glee Club Member (uncredited) 1 episode, 2009 Richard Shaluly . He is directed to a professional and begins treatment to improve his studying. (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. David "Dave" Karofsky (Max Adler) is introduced as a bully and McKinley High athlete in the episode "Mash-Up". Cory Monteith Missing 'Glee' Due To Rehab. 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Ryder, who plays the male lead Danny, finds Marley trying to vomit in the bathroom, and tries to convince her it's a bad idea; he ends up kissing her backstage as Jake looks on. Alistair (Finneas O'Connell) is a McKinley High student who transfers in during the sixth season of the show and was first introduced in "Child Star" as a friend of Roderick who Spencer (Marshall Williams) is smitten with. Following his firing, he becomes a drug dealer, reselling medical marijuana. [69] On October 24, 2011, Murphy officially announced that Sam would be returning as a recurring character, "just in time for Sectionals". Kurt Hummel on Glee. "[185] Gallagher finds the character interesting, as to play the role he has to face his own "insecurities" and "bitterness". 'Glee' cast no stranger to tragic deaths . Later, Blaine moves in with him after his graduation and Kurt starts to feel that he is losing his identity. Sebastian had cruelly rebuffed Karofsky at a gay bar and blames himself. [21] She reveals to Will that she is a virgin,[87] but does not go through with her plan to lose her virginity to him. She begins presenting as a girl in that episode during school hours, despite the pressure she experiences from classmates to appear in male attire. Blaine later moves in with Kurt. ", "The Advocate catches up with Cheyenne Jackson", "Cameron Mitchell: A Glee Project Winner After All", "Glee Season Premiere Recap: 'Beat' Generation", "You're right 'Glee,' you need new members", "Exclusive: Eve joining 'Glee' club for arc", "Glee: Hair today, gone for 4 months tomorrow", "GLEE Behind the Scenes with The Warblers", "Twitter / @grantgust: Early morning. 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.