Kate Hudson appears as Cassandra July, Rachel's dance instructor at NYADA who, according to Falchuk, teaches "based on negative reinforcement". He later reconciles with Kurt and proposes marriage to him, getting help from several other show choirs. After the glee club wins Nationals, Kurt and Blaine move to New York where he completes his schooling at NYADA and graduates. In the fourth-season premiere, Unique transfers to McKinley High and joins 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. Blaine wants to involve Kurt in it but she refuses. [28] During the first season, he begins to accept his disability and the fact he will never achieve his dream of becoming a dancer. 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. [156], In season three, LaMarcus Tinker portrays Shane Tinsley, a new love interest for Mercedes and a "massive linebacker for the McKinley Titans". [140] Artie later encourages Becky to go to college, and Becky visits the University of Cincinnati. 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. 'Glee': Best Singers Ranked Rachel, Santana & More Battle For Top Diva | TVLine Thumbnails 1 of 10 March 18, 2015, 2:14pm 10. Regular members of the group include a drummer played by John Lock[161][162] and a bassist played by Scott Henson (later a member of the real band Nightmare and the Cat),[163] both introduced in the pilot; a guitarist played by Spencer Conley in the first two seasons,[164] first seen in "Throwdown"; a guitarist played by Derik Nelson in seasons three to five,[165] replacing Conley in season three opener "The Purple Piano Project"; and a keyboardist played by Mark Nilan Jr. in the first two seasons,[166] who first appears in "The Power of Madonna". [110], Roderick Meeks (Noah Guthrie) is a senior at McKinley and a member of the New Directions. 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. 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 admits that she still has feelings for Will, and she and Carl separate; he later requests an annulment of their marriage. Santana, Brittany, Quinn, and Puck (among many others who are worthy) were not even slightly featured in the episode, so if you're reading this for any of them, you have been warned. Blaine lies to Kurt that he gets to perform in a showcase which is organised by June for Blaine. [16] Will is married to his high school sweetheart Terri. In the pilot episode, Pilot, Ben Bledsoe appears as Hank Saunders, a member of the McKinley glee club before its transformation into New Directions, singing Where is Love? from Oliver!. [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". [242] Both actresses return in the sixth season, Coll in the sixth episode, and both she and Estefan in the eighth episode, "A Wedding". They get married along with Brittany and Santana. 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. She becomes friends with Quinn when the pregnant ex-cheerleader gives her advice during her stint on the Cheerios, and when Quinn is unhappy having to stay at Puck's house, invites Quinn to move in with her family. Kevin McHale Dances on "Glee", "Naya Rivera From 'Glee' Talks Santana, Singing and Spencer Pratt", "Will Chord Overstreet Go Full Brokeback on Glee? In the episode "New York", Brittany tells Santana that she loves her far more than she's ever loved anyone else. The role of Roz was created by Ryan Murphy, who noted that Leakes herself was part of the inspiration for the character, from her appearances on The Celebrity Apprentice and The Real Housewives of Atlanta, and only afterward did he realize he could offer the role to Leakes herself. He divides his time between Washington and Lima, acts as a father for both Kurt and Finn, and is there with Carole for both the Regionals show choir competition and the graduation of their two sons. To Becky's dismay, when the third season commences she is not the sole captain, but is made co-captain with Santana. [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. [130] He was therefore surprisedand thrilledwhen his religious beliefs seemed to interest and inspire Glee's Ryan Murphy during an episode of The Glee Project.[130]. 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. Agron said in an interview: "They told me to come back with straight hair and to dress sexier. "[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. [72] While Blaine was initially a recurring character, Criss was promoted to the main cast for the third season. Other student instrumentalists regularly accompany New Directions, alone or with the Jazz Ensemble, including string and horn players, additional guitarists, keyboard players and percussionists, and a harpist. 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. Glee Cast - Journey To Regionals Performance - YouTube lol) I think it would have made sense. He is an actor, known for Glee (2009-2015), Struck by Lightning (2012), and The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell. [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. In "The End of Twerk", Marley discovers that Jake had cheated on her with one of the cheerleaders, Bree, and breaks up with him. Sue reveals that, as a child, people laughed at and were mean to Jean, and Sue prayed for it to stop, but it didn't; this is why Sue believes there is no God. [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. He has a premature ejaculation problem, which causes him to believe he is the father of Quinn's baby despite the fact that they have never had sex. In the series finale, titled Dreams Come True, Jesse and Rachel attend a fictionalized 2020 Tony Awards ceremony. Three cast members sang songs that potentially forecasted their death. [79] In the final episode of season one, Mike says that before New Directions, "I was afraid to dance outside my room. [40] She briefly dates Puck, but ultimately breaks up with him and quits the Cheerios, afraid of turning into someone she does not want to be. [47] When antagonism flares between the football team's glee and non-glee factions, Beiste forces the entire football team to work together with the glee club for one week; despite encountering resistance and set-backs, the plan is ultimately successful and the team wins the championship game.[96]. [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. [182] In the first few episodes, it was implied heavily that Sandy was gay. John Lloyd Young guest stars in the episode "Acafellas" as Henri St. Pierre, "a retired wood shop teacher with an excellent singing voice". He then falls in love with Shelby. [278] Starchild was something of a "nemesis" to Kurt, who saw him as a rival, though ultimately they became friends, and Rachel was Elliott's roommate when she temporarily moved out of the loft she shared with Kurt. Times the 'Glee' Cast Roasted the Show After the Fox Show Ended He is dating cheerleader Quinn, but is conflicted by his growing feelings for Rachel. [203], Harmony (Lindsay Pearce) is introduced in "The Purple Piano Project" at an Ohio mixer for future applicants to the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYADA), and is one of a group of aspiring students to have been attending monthly since they were freshmen. Rivera's fellow "Glee" cast members Cory Monteith and Mark Salling have also died. If it means hearing Chenoweth sing, we can put up with any explanation the show cares to offer. Burt and Carole briefly live together, until he throws Finn out for using a homophobic slur against Kurt. When the Troubletones lose Sectionals to New Directions and Shelby quits, they return to New Directions. [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. Sebastian had cruelly rebuffed Karofsky at a gay bar and blames himself. Only one question remained following her appearances - why was she not featured more often? As this was the series finale, multiple former actors returned to the show for one last reunion. Also in the third season, Mike Chang's parents Julia Chang (Tamlyn Tomita) and Mike Chang, Sr. (Keong Sim) appear as recurring characters starting in the season's third episode. Jake and Ryder start competing for Marley's affection. 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. Dustin Goolsby (Cheyenne Jackson) is the director of rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline who replaces Shelby Corcoran (Idina Menzel) when she leaves the post after leading the team to four national championships in a row.