However, Blaine has moved on and is dating Dave Karofsky. Ricky Martin portrays David Martinez, a night school Spanish teacher, in the episode "The Spanish Teacher". The series doesn't end there, though. Three months later, Will is nervous for his first day, but his wife Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays) consoles him. 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. A kiss from Quinn brings back Puck's confidence: he passes the retest and graduates. Former "Glee" star, Mark Salling, 35, is dead after an apparent suicide. lol) I think it would have made sense. [1] The character's name is derived from The Sound of Music's Kurt von Trapp, whom Colfer once played in a production of the musical, and the German Hummel figurines due to his complexion. Quinn decides she wants to regain custody of Beth from Shelby, but Puck is torn, and tells Shelby of Quinn's plans. [19] Michael Hitchcock appears as Dalton Rumba, the coach of the Haverbrook Deaf Choir. He first appeared as Blaine Anderson on season two, and was upgraded to the main cast in season three.
'Glee' series finale recap: '2009' and 'Dreams Come True' A third, "All or Nothing", is performed at Regionals in the fourth-season finale, and New Directions wins the competition.
The 'Glee' cast is no stranger to tragic deaths | CNN She quits as co-anchor midway through the fourth season, but is seen again as a co-anchor in the following season. [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]. Having originated as a minor antagonist, Santana's role became more prominent in the second half of the first season,[51] and she became a main character in season two. He recruits Elliot, Dani, Santana and Rachel to be his bandmates. The two have their first sexual experience in the episode "The First Time". Initially a spy for cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester, she comes to enjoy her club participation. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Kurt gets bashed when he tries to help a gay kid from getting beaten up but he feels proud and confident after that incident. Roz manages to convince Principal Figgins to appoint her as cheerleading co-coach, which outrages Sue who doesn't want to share power, though the two team up to teach the glee club girls that spousal abuse is nothing to joke about. In the Episode "I Kissed a Girl", she is outed as a lesbian by Finn, and the relationship between these two girls becomes public knowledge. [69] On October 24, 2011, Murphy officially announced that Sam would be returning as a recurring character, "just in time for Sectionals". Instead, the final sequence of Glee pays tribute to deceased cast member Cory Monteith while also bringing together almost the cast for a massive on-stage . In the episode "New York", Brittany tells Santana that she loves her far more than she's ever loved anyone else. For unknown reasons, Hank does not audition to re-join the club, unlike Rachel, who does. And Melissa Benoist was not the because of Supergirl(her new show). He orders his football team to play the Jets in the show. At the beginning of his senior year, Blaine becomes the lead singer of New Directions and successfully prompts Kurt to follow his New York City dreams. He is also seen in the last performance of the show. Their relationship continues through the end of that first year. 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. In some ways, he's a little bit braver than I am. "The Winner Takes It All" by ABBA is sung by Lynch and Morrison. [131] Jane is implied to come from a wealthy family, and was previously at the lowest performing school in Ohio before her father sued Dalton and made her the first ever female student to attend there. [52] Rivera characterized Santana as "a bit of a bad girl", prone to sarcastic remarks. Blaine later moves in with Kurt. 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. Kurt Elizabeth Hummel (Chris Colfer) is a singer who is bullied by the football team. She is eventually able to walk again, and even to dance in performance with the glee club. In the episode "The First Time" he begins dating Ohio State football recruiter Cooter Menkins (Eric Bruskotter), who is scouting for talent at McKinley,[14] but discovers in "I Kissed a Girl" that Sue has become his rival for Cooter's affections, just as Beiste comes to realize that he loves Cooter, thus prompting his first solo song, "Jolene". McHale described Artie as a "nerd" who loves the glee club wholeheartedly and uses it as a form of escapism. ", "Tony Winners Chenoweth, Garber, and Monk Join Cast of Fox's Glee", "Glee Guest Matt Bomer on Living Out His Duran Duran Fantasy, Kissing Jane Lynch and More! I noticed Melissa Benoist wasn't there. [136] Becky is still a student at McKinley in the fourth season, still a Cheerio, and still Sue's aide-de-camp. Kurt and Adam subsequently begin seeing each other, though the relationship doesn't become serious. "[15] Christopher Rogers from Hollywood Life stated in his review "We honestly couldn't have asked for a better, more fitting, conclusion to the show that made being a loser seem cool. She knew very little about the role initially: "When I signed my contract, it didn't even have a character namejust two quotation marks. Tina and Will were on Will Schuester's sides. 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. [19] After discovering Terri was faking her pregnancy,[20] Will ends his marriage and shares a kiss with Emma. [35] Colfer describes Kurt as "a tough guy in designer clothes", explaining that he "puts on a very confident, 'I'm better than you' persona, but underneath it all he's the same anxious and scared teen everyone is/was at some point. The initial main cast encompassed club director and Spanish (later History) teacher Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison), cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch), guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays), Will's wife Terri (Jessalyn Gilsig), and eight club members played by Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Amber Riley, Mark Salling and Jenna Ushkowitz. William Michael "Will" Schuester (Matthew Morrison) is McKinley High's Spanish teacher who becomes director of the glee club, which he renames New Directions, hoping to restore it to its former glory. [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. The New Directions, however, support Santana during her coming-out period. (Main Season 14; Guest Season 56) Noah "Puck" Puckerman (Mark Salling) is Finn's best friend and football teammate, who initially disapproves of Finn joining the glee club. 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. So yeah, that makes sense why he wouldn't be there. Kitty tries to get Jake to take her instead, offering sex as the reward, but Puck draws her off. Kurt Hummel on Glee. Kurt eventually breaks off their engagement because he does not feel ready for marriage. Becky is briefly kicked off the cheerleading squad by Sue in "Funeral" after Sue's sister, who also has Down Syndrome, dies; Becky asks to join the glee club, but she is told that it's too late in the show choir season, though she is offered a spot next year. In "The End of Twerk", Marley discovers that Jake had cheated on her with one of the cheerleaders, Bree, and breaks up with him. The two of them are shown to be incredibly close and are referred to by Kitty Wilde as the "creepy incest twins". In the second season, Carol Burnett appears as Sue's "famous Nazi hunter" mother,[238] Kari Coleman appears as Donna Jackson, Becky Jackson's mother, and Daniel Roebuck appears twice as Paul Karofsky, McKinley High student Dave Karofsky's dad, a role he reprises in the third season. [43] Artie uses a wheelchair due to a spinal cord injury he received in a car crash at the age of eight. He has been compared in the media to Perez Hilton and Gossip Girl. 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 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. [14], Lauren Hoffman from Vulture rated the combined episodes of "2009" and "Dreams Come True" at four out of five stars and summarized "Glee's later seasons have been uneven, but these final episodes get back to the core ideas the show started out with about humor in unexpected places, joy in music and dance, and the importance of working hard to create things with the people you love. She develops a brief obsessive crush on Blaine, but it is later diminished and turns into a close friendship. 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). Shelby returns in the second episode of season three, "I Am Unicorn", having been recruited to lead a second glee club at McKinley High by Sugar Motta's father when Sugar is refused entry into New Directions. Kate Hudson appears as Cassandra July, Rachel's dance instructor at NYADA who, according to Falchuk, teaches "based on negative reinforcement". Burt and Carole briefly live together, until he throws Finn out for using a homophobic slur against Kurt. She was the director of glee club when Will Schuester was a member. (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.