139-567: " A Very Glee Christmas " is the tenth episode of the second season of the American musical television series Glee , and the thirty-second episode overall. It was written by series co-creator Ian Brennan , directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon , and premiered on Fox on December 7, 2010. It served as the mid-season finale of season two—nearly two months elapsed before the next episode was aired—and featured Artie ( Kevin McHale ) trying to keep his girlfriend Brittany 's ( Heather Morris ) belief in Santa Claus intact, and Sue ( Jane Lynch ) rigging
278-491: A 5.6/16 Nielsen rating/share in the 18–49 demographic . The second episode, which featured the music of Britney Spears, was also Glee 's second best showing at that point after its April 2010 return after a four-month hiatus, with 13.51 million viewers and a 5.9/17 rating/share in the 18–49 demographic. All but one of the next fourteen episodes ranged in viewership between 10.51 million and 11.92 million. The exception aired on Sunday, February 6, 2011, after
417-475: A Comedy Series nomination at the 2011 Writers Guild of America Awards , and they, along with Di Loreto and Kenneth Silverstein, were nominated for The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy at the Producers Guild of America Awards 2010 . Glee: Season 2, Volume 1 contains the first ten episodes of the season. It was released as a three-disc box set on Region 1 DVD in
556-450: A bit when Puck mouthed Lauren that little bit of encouragement at the start of her solo." Puck and Shelby's kiss in the " Pot o' Gold " episode was characterized as "creepy" and "super awkward" by AOLTV 's Crystal Bell, as either "super creepy" or "romantic" by BuddyTV's John Kubicek, and as "groan-inducing" in the "You're actually going to go there?" vein by Canning. Critics were polarized by Puck and Shelby's sexual encounter in
695-424: A cartoon character." Though he called Sue's destruction of the choir room "a fun little parody to watch", he added, "in the grand scheme of what was a pretty damn good episode, it was too much of a distraction", and worried that the role of Sue was becoming "a big fat joke". While Canning also noted the shift in tone "from despicable Sue to cartoony evil Sue", he enjoyed her "attempt to hijack Secret Santa", and said it
834-486: A charity single a full year before the episode aired. The top song from the show on the Billboard Hot 100 was neither of these: "Baby, It's Cold Outside" debuted at number fifty-seven once the episode aired, despite not having been released separately as a single; it had jumped from number one hundred thirty to number twenty-seven on Billboard 's Digital Song chart that same week, and debuted at number fifty-three on
973-524: A cheerleader, which does not completely end forever until the middle of the second season. Puck initially acts homophobic and mocks Finn for joining the school glee club , New Directions, but later becomes a part of glee club director Will Schuester 's ( Matthew Morrison ) all-male a cappella group, the Acafellas, hoping to impress the mothers at a performance for the school's PTA meeting. He subsequently joins New Directions along with two other members of
1112-628: A couple; they fly with the rest of New Directions to the nationals competition in New York City, where the glee club comes in twelfth out of fifty teams. Lauren breaks up with Puck at the beginning of school year and drops out of glee club, claiming that it is hurting her reputation. Shelby Corcoran, who adopted baby Beth, gets a teaching job at McKinley, and invites Puck and Quinn to be a part of Beth's life, provided they both become more responsible. Puck does so, and Shelby allows him to see Beth. Quinn decides she wants to regain custody of Beth, but Puck
1251-526: A dangerous line between sweet and saccharine, but this episode splits the difference perfectly." The title of the article they wrote with Meghan Brown, " Glee Does Christmas: Cheesy but Charming", found echoes in other reviews: both Amy Reiter of the Los Angeles Times and Anthony Benigno of the Daily News also thought the episode was quite cheesy, but Benigno characterized it as "the good kind of cheese;
1390-402: A duet between Kurt ( Chris Colfer ) and Blaine ( Darren Criss ), which was extensively praised. Upon its initial airing, this episode was viewed by a hair under 11.07 million American viewers and received a 4.4/13 Nielsen rating/share in the 18–49 demographic . The total viewership and ratings for this episode were down from the previous episode, " Special Education ", which was watched
1529-451: A father that Beth would be proud of and tries to do better in school and graduate with his class. After he fails his geography final and discovers that he is not graduating he decides to not care about grades and flunk out. In the episode " Props ", he gets into a fight with Rick "The Stick" Nelson and pulls out a knife. Coach Beiste ( Dot-Marie Jones ) breaks up the fight and she informs Puck that he could get expelled from school for bringing
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#17328585793431668-404: A few weeks to complete. Executive music producer Adam Anders revealed that production and planning even occurs before rights for songs are cleared, as Glee 's creators are offered the opportunity to listen to upcoming songs before their release by publishers and record labels. The extended play (EP) Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show was released mid-October 2010 to accompany
1807-665: A gift for Sue, and Kurt reveals that he has fallen in love with Blaine. Glee club co-captain Rachel Berry ( Lea Michele ) twice attempts to make amends with her estranged boyfriend Finn Hudson ( Cory Monteith ), who is still upset that she cheated on him with his best friend Puck ( Mark Salling ), and he officially ends their relationship. Club member Artie Abrams ( Kevin McHale ) discovers that his girlfriend Brittany Pierce ( Heather Morris ) still believes in Santa Claus , and encourages
1946-424: A good father and provider; she figures out that it's the money from the bake sale, and refuses to accept it, though she expresses her gratitude and apologizes for her previous insult. Quinn reconsiders her plan to have the baby adopted and gives Puck a chance to prove himself by helping her to babysit Terri Schuester 's ( Jessalyn Gilsig ) three nephews. Puck impresses her, but Quinn later learns to her dismay that he
2085-591: A good match for him, chemistry-wise, as she projects a confidence and certainty that makes it immediately obvious just what Puck sees in Lauren. The storyline also played out like both characters had something approaching real feelings." In the following episode, VanDerWerff found her relationship with Puck "a lot less assured" than before, but Entertainment Weekly 's Sandra Gonzalez deemed their scenes "as endearing as they are unrealistic", and E! Online 's Jenna Mullins wrote that "the ice around [her] heart melted just
2224-424: A good reception, but with caveats. Futterman wrote that "she nails the sentiment with her restrained take—but we'd love to move past Rachel's phase of singing Lite-FM ballads while watching everyone in bliss around her". Benigo called it "nice and fun" and Michele's voice "still a thing of wonder", and he gave the song an "A−", but added he was weary of "Rachel In Anguish Face". Stack gave it a "B" and said Michele "did
2363-464: A great job as usual", but noted it wasn't a favored holiday song. Of the reviewers who actually discussed Rachel and Finn's performance of "Last Christmas", both Benigno and Stack were enthusiastic and gave grades of "B+" and "A−" respectively. The former called it "one of the more fun songs" in the episode, and the latter described the performance as "really fun and had great production design". Futterman felt that Michele's vocals were "a bit diva-esque for
2502-412: A long period of time, starting as friends. He supports her in her first solo for glee club and runs her campaign for prom queen. They are still a couple at the end of the school year. In the fourth episode of the third season, Puck and the adoptive mother of his child Shelby Corcoran kiss. He ends the series dating Quinn. Puck is introduced as a football player and bully at William McKinley High School; he
2641-517: A love interest for Emma; and Gwyneth Paltrow appeared as substitute teacher Holly Holliday . Meat Loaf and Barry Bostwick , who both starred in The Rocky Horror Picture Show , appeared in Glee 's Halloween Rocky Horror tribute episode, playing right-wing television station managers and colleagues of Sue. Adam Kolkin portrayed an eight-year-old Kurt in the third episode of
2780-523: A million viewers, with an average viewership of 10.11 million, while it tied for number 13 of 249 of shows that received at least a 0.5 rating in the 18–49 rating demographic, with a 4.1 rating average. A mid-season feature story in The Hollywood Reporter , which ran on January 25, 2011, stated that Glee had become the most-watched program of US origin in the UK. During its second season, Glee
2919-501: A popular cheerleader, to restore his status. His plan is successful, but he and Mercedes ultimately have nothing in common, and split when she quits cheerleading and he returns to his bullying ways. In the first-season finale, " Journey to Regionals ", Quinn goes into labour immediately after the club performs at the Regionals competition, and Puck is present at the birth of their daughter, who Puck names Beth. When Puck and Quinn visit Beth in
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#17328585793433058-547: A private performance for the faculty, which proves successful and garners many charitable donations. Sue overhears their performance of "Welcome Christmas", and she comes to regret her actions. She returns the presents to Will at his apartment, and brings the New Directions members to decorate a new Christmas tree and spread holiday cheer. The episode was written by series co-creator Ian Brennan and directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon . The creators of Glee received permission from
3197-458: A rating/share of 3.4/11 in the 18–49 demographic. Only for the season finale, when the show aired an hour later than usual to allow the penultimate night of American Idol to air in Glee 's usual slot, did the number of watchers exceed ten million, when the lead-in helped boost viewership to 11.80 million and the 18–49 rating/share to 4.6/11. For the season as a whole, Glee was number 43 of 268 primetime shows that averaged at least
3336-400: A real holiday musical. It was a little cheesy but also kind of charming and sweet." The next song, "We Need a Little Christmas", Benigno declared "fun but too short". He added, "If there's one thing this number teaches us, it's that Mercedes is being woefully misused on this show and can carry a number as well, if not better than she can finish one." Stack said that the "little taste" included in
3475-468: A result of the response, Murphy planned to revisit their romance later in the season, though nothing much came of it. In the second season, Puck recruits Lauren to join the glee club when the club needs a twelfth member in order to participate in the Sectionals competition. Within a couple of months, he has fallen in love with her, but she doesn't succumb to his blandishments, and he's forced to woo her over
3614-568: A serviceable job". "Sweet Caroline" was released as a single , available for digital download , and charted at number 34 in the US, 22 in Canada and 37 in Australia. Salling's performance as Puck received some positive reviews. Flandez said of Puck in the first-season episode " Mash-Up " that we finally saw him "emerging from his bonehead-punk exterior", and that he "wows us with his sensitive, cool guy turn as
3753-509: A shift toward covering more Top 40 songs than the first, in an effort to appeal more to the 18–49 demographic . Having used 2010 songs such as Bruno Mars ' " Just the Way You Are " and Cee Lo Green 's " Forget You ", music supervisor PJ Bloom commented, "We're using songs on the show the same time they're charting as new hits." He described the process behind selecting songs, clearing rights, recording, and filming numbers as taking as little as
3892-446: A solo singer" performing “Sweet Caroline”. In her review of the following episode, " Wheels ", Emily VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club wrote, "Mark Salling just seems to have a ridiculous amount of chemistry with all of the female cast members in the show, and it's fun to see him and Dianna Agron get in that food fight. Again, fun stuff, but a serious emotional core that keeps the show grounded." Television critics responded positively to
4031-560: A song by convicted sex offender Gary Glitter . The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation objected to the use of the pejorative term "tranny" in "The Rocky Horror Glee Show", and "The Substitute" was ill-received by the National Alliance on Mental Illness for its humorous depiction of bipolar disorder . Still, some critics praised the show for its even greater diversity in Season 2; Akash Nikolas at Zap2It wrote, "Yes this show
4170-420: A song for Lauren—"Big Ass Heart"—that she likes. In " Born This Way ", Puck discovers that Lauren had been a child beauty queen; he tells her he will run a campaign for her to become that year's prom queen, and be her king. After candidate Quinn insults Lauren's candidacy, Puck helps Lauren dig up dirt on Quinn, but the tactic backfires. Neither Puck nor Lauren win the race for prom queen and king, but they remain
4309-487: Is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee . The character was portrayed by Mark Salling , and appeared in Glee from its pilot episode , first broadcast on May 19, 2009, to the series finale , broadcast on March 20, 2015. Puck was developed by Glee creators Ryan Murphy , Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan . He is Finn 's best friend and football teammate, who initially disapproves of Finn joining
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4448-476: Is at once baffling, frightening, and a bit melancholy—in a good way." Several episodes drew complaints from advocacy groups . The Parents Television Council named "Britney/Brittany", "Blame It on the Alcohol" and "Sexy" the worst shows of their respective weeks of broadcast, due to their overt sexual content. "Sexy" was also criticized by the children's charity Kidscape for the "wholly inappropriate" inclusion of
4587-407: Is frequently seen throwing fellow students into dumpsters, or tossing slushies in their faces. It is later revealed that he is Jewish . He is the best friend of Finn, the quarterback, and has a summer pool-cleaning business that leads to sexual encounters with his adult female clients. Despite that, he has sex with fellow students, including in an on-again, off-again relationship with Santana Lopez,
4726-402: Is not a success, and Brittany loses her Christmas spirit, but she later finds a gift for Artie underneath her Christmas tree—a ReWalk mobility device that allows him to stand and walk with the assistance of forearm crutches—which he demonstrates for the glee club. As Brittany tells the group that it must have come from Santa, Coach Beiste secretly observes the demonstration and smiles. Will and
4865-424: Is often erratically written, but what it does best is create a queer fantasia to celebrate 'otherness', with much mirth and little victim-hood. No other show on TV features a cast this diverse: people of color, sexual others, different body types, gender subversion and even the disabled." The season premiere episode, "Audition", aired on September 21, 2010; it averaged 12.45 million American viewers and achieved
5004-411: Is rescued the next day by Lauren Zizes ( Ashley Fink ), who becomes the club's new twelfth member. Puck gets intimate with Rachel at her instigation, but leaves abruptly, realizing that he doesn't want to betray Finn for a second time, though Finn dumps Rachel when she confesses to him about it. Puck and Finn finally settle their differences in " The Sue Sylvester Shuffle ", and they work together to help
5143-401: Is rude. Puck sings Avril Lavigne 's song Keep Holding On to her hoping that this would win her heart, but she turns him down stating that she loves Biff. Later, Quinn and Biff are having dinner at Breadsticks when Santana, Puck, Mike, and Artie show up. They sit with Quinn at her table and Biff reveals that he doesn't know any thing about Quinn's past. Her friends tell her about her behavior in
5282-467: Is torn, and tells Shelby of Quinn's plans. He spends increasing amounts of time with Beth, but then falls in love with Shelby. She sleeps with him once, though she tells him afterward she has made a mistake, to his disgust, and subsequently resigns from McKinley. One day his father visits him at work asking him for money for rent. This visit makes Puck fear that he might one day be like his father and visit Beth at work and ask her for money. He decides to be
5421-598: The Billboard 200 with 48,000 copies sold. It marked the lowest debut and sales for the cast in the United States, but the highest position ever reached for a Rocky Horror album. Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album and Glee: The Music, Volume 5 both peaked at number one, in Canada and Australia respectively; the highest-charting album in the US was Glee: The Music Presents the Warblers at number two. The Christmas album
5560-796: The AfterEllen.com and AfterElton.com Visibility Awards, of which it won four. It was awarded a further four awards by the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association at the 2011 Dorian Awards, with the TV Comedy Performance of the Year accolade resulting in a tie between Colfer and Lynch. Series producer Alexis Martin Woodall won the Television Produced By A Woman accolade at the WIN Awards, where Glee
5699-488: The Super Bowl : Glee received its highest-ever ratings. Over 26.8 million viewers watched it, with an initial peak of 39.5 million, and an overall 18–49 rating/share of 11.1/29. When the show returned with its final six episodes on April 19, 2011, after a five-week absence, US viewership dipped below ten million, and on the special ninety-minute episode "Born This Way" reached a season low of 8.62 million, with
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5838-463: The " Pilot " parallel episode " 2009 ", taunting Tina Cohen-Chang 's (then fake) stutter alongside Karofsky. He last appears in the series during the rededication of McKinley's auditorium to Finn Hudson and take a bow with the rest of the Glee Cast in the series finale . As Puck, Salling features in many songs that have been released as singles available for digital download and are also featured in
5977-619: The "I Kissed a Girl" episode. Kubicek declared that "the dumbest storyline Glee has ever done gets even dumber," MTV contributor Kevin Sullivan called it "the most divisive plot line of the season", and Bell asked, "Instead of these super creepy scenes between Puck and Shelby, can we please get more screen time for Shelby and Rachel?" In 2010, Salling was nominated for the Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Breakout Star Male for his performance as Puck. His Glee castmate, Kevin McHale (Artie),
6116-507: The "New York" season finale "was a decent close to an enjoyable season", while The Atlantic 's Meghan Brown called it "an uneven end to an uneven season", and her colleague Kevin Fallon said that season two was "undeniably frustrating" but "there was still ample reason to tune in and enjoy". Anthony Benigno of The Faster Times gave the season a "C+", but noted that he was "an easy grader". The A.V. Club 's Emily VanDerWerff gave
6255-472: The "only thing that really dragged the episode down was Rachel trying to win Finn back". Keller asked rhetorically, "Do we still care about Rachel and Finn at this point?", and later stated, "nice as 'Last Christmas' was, I'm glad Finn didn't fall for it." Benigno noted that Finn's few lines in the episode really counted. Critics had widely divergent views of Sue's storyline. Keller wrote, "They made Sue Sylvester into
6394-717: The CSA Media Access Award and for casting performers with disabilities. The series was additionally nominated in the International TV Show category at the British Academy Television Awards 2010 , for International Breakthrough Act at the 2011 BRIT Awards , and in the Digital Choice category at the 2011 National Television Awards . Lynch was nominated for Comedy Actress – TV at the inaugural Comedy Awards . Brennan, Falchuk and Murphy received
6533-710: The Canadian Hot 100. "Welcome Christmas" debuted at number fifty-nine on the Hot 100, and at number thirty-seven on the Canadian Hot 100 . "Last Christmas", when it charted in December 2009, debuted at number sixty-three on the Hot 100, and number sixty-two on the Canadian Hot 100, but in December 2010 reappeared at number thirty-five on the Digital Songs chart alongside "Baby, It's Cold Outside", "Welcome Christmas", and two other songs from
6672-654: The Dalton Academy Warblers. "A Very Glee Christmas" features cover versions of seven Christmas songs: "The Most Wonderful Day of the Year" from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer , performed by New Directions; " We Need a Little Christmas " from Mame , with Amber Riley on lead vocals; Frank Loesser 's "Baby, It's Cold Outside", sung by Criss and Colfer; " Merry Christmas Darling " by The Carpenters , sung by Michele, " Last Christmas " by Wham! , sung by Michele and Monteith; and "Welcome Christmas" from How
6811-449: The Gleeks sing while they decorate their tree". Canning deemed it "the episode's most successful song" and added that it "would have been a great tone setter if the rest of the episode hadn't focused on heartbreak, hate and grinches". Harper said that the song "got the episode off on the right holiday foot", and Stack gave it a "B" and wrote that its performance "almost felt like the beginning of
6950-554: The Grinch Stole Christmas! , also by New Directions. Another song from How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is heard in the episode—an arrangement of " You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch ", soundtracked by k.d. lang , and with the lyric "Mister Grinch" modified to "Sue the Grinch". "Last Christmas" had been released previously as a charity single in late 2009, and is included on Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album . "Welcome Christmas"
7089-507: The Hot 100. "Teenage Dream" and "Loser Like Me" were the second and third cast singles to be certified Gold in the US; the first was "Don't Stop Believin ' ", which subsequently received its Platinum certification during the second season. The record for most appearances by a group on the Billboard Hot ;100, previously set by The Beatles , was broken when six songs from the season's second episode, " Britney/Brittany ", debuted on
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#17328585793437228-543: The New Directions glee club at the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio , where the show is set, but he eventually joins it himself. In 2010, Salling was nominated for the Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Breakout Star Male for his work as Puck, and in 2011 for the Choice TV: Scene Stealer Male category. Puck was played by Mark Salling . He was also portrayed as a preschooler by Matthew Lepper in
7367-526: The Regionals competition episode, was released on March 8, 2011. Another soundtrack album, released on April 19, 2011, features the Dalton Academy Warblers: Glee: The Music Presents the Warblers . The final CD accompanying the season, Glee: The Music, Volume 6 , was released on May 23, 2011. Second season musical releases attained some chart success. Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show peaked at number six on
7506-570: The US and Canada on January 25, 2011, on Region 4 DVD in Australia and New Zealand on March 23, 2011, and on Region 2 DVD in the UK and Ireland on April 4, 2011. The special features include a DVD-exclusive song from "The Rocky Horror Glee Show". The final twelve episodes of the season are collected on Glee: Season 2, Volume 2 , which was released in the US on September 13, 2011, and includes several special features such as "Building Glee 's Auditorium" with Cory Monteith and "Shooting Glee in New York City"; Glee: The Complete Second Season
7645-474: The United States on Fox. It earned a 4.4/13 Nielsen rating/share in the 18–49 demographic , and received a hair under 11.07 million American viewers during its initial airing. It won the 18–49 demographic against an NCIS rerun on CBS, Minute to Win It on NBC, the A Charlie Brown Christmas special on ABC, and One Tree Hill on CW. The total viewership and ratings for this episode were down from those of
7784-474: The absurdity, which is what Glee at its best does." However, he was disappointed by how the storyline played out: "it didn't feel right that after the story the episode built around Brittany, it then felt that we needed to see Artie on his feet for it to be a truly happy ending." Bobby Hankinson of the Houston Chronicle was critical of the "really tedious Rachel/Finn back and forth", and Canning wrote that
7923-537: The baby-to-be with him as he wants rather than giving it up for adoption, since she refuses to have sex with him again. The brief pairing of Puck with Rachel Berry ( Lea Michele ) in the episode " Mash-Up ", spurred by his mother urging him to find a Jewish girlfriend, dissolves because he wants Quinn and she wants Finn. Series creator Ryan Murphy was surprised by the positive fan response to their pairing, which he described as "strange and bizarre", explaining that he had believed fans would prefer Rachel to be with Finn. As
8062-404: The beat down between Sam and Karofsky, but despite not being allowed to fight and feeling helpless about it, he showed great restraint and was still praised for standing up for Kurt. " Special Education ", Puck is asked by Will to find a new glee club member to replace Kurt, who has left McKinley and New Directions. He tries to recruit from the football team, but they lock him in a port-a-potty ; he
8201-455: The best moments of the episode." Burns agreed: "Coach Beiste's performance as the Santa Claus bearer of harsh reality was quite moving. It's nice to see her get to show her acting chops and refreshing to see her character's vulnerability." Poniewozik also agreed, and said Jones "has been remarkable", "taking every ridiculous moment Glee has thrown at her and finding the true emotion at the core of
8340-399: The breakdown for the show, when they were describing his character in the very beginning, it's like Puck: a man-child." Salling explained that Puck has "stars in his eyes, he's hoping to get out of this small town." Salling gained 20 pounds (9.1 kg) before filming the pilot episode in order to better embody his football playing character. He then lost 30 pounds (14 kg) for a scene in
8479-475: The cast's cover of Katy Perry 's " Teenage Dream ", which sold a record 55,000 downloads on its first day and a total of 214,000 downloads its first week in the US—it became the first Glee Cast single to top Billboard 's Digital Songs chart, reached number eight on the Hot 100, and it beat the previous first-week sales record of 177,000 held by debut single " Don't Stop Believin' " , which had hit number four on
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#17328585793438618-458: The chart the week of October 16, 2010, which put the Glee total at seventy-five. This feat also placed the cast third overall among all artists , behind James Brown and Elvis Presley . Four songs debuted on November 18, 2010, which pushed the number of appearances to ninety-three and surpassed Brown for second place. On February 16, 2011, it was announced that Glee had increased its Hot 100 appearances to 113 songs and moved past Elvis to hold
8757-535: The college Finn has just started attending, even though Puck is not enrolled there. He appears less frequently this season, despite still being credited as a series regular. Puck makes infrequent guest appearances starting from this season. Puck is devastated by Finn's death. In " The Quarterback ", three weeks after the funeral, he steals a memorial tree planted for Finn and demands that Kurt, Finn's stepbrother, give him Finn's football jacket. Coach Beiste takes him to task for being drunk regularly after so many weeks, and
8896-408: The dumpster or join her real friends in the choir room. Later, Puck and Quinn are in the locker room looking at Finn's plaque. Quinn tells Puck that Biff went back to Yale by himself, and the relationship is over. Puck reveals that he still has feelings for her and wants to get back together. Quinn tells Puck that she isn't going to look back to her past, as she wants to look into her future. Puck leaves
9035-446: The end of its second season. Two singles, " Teenage Dream " and " Loser like Me ", were the first to have over 200,000 downloads in their first week of release in the US, and both charted in the top ten in the US and Canada, and have been certified gold in the US. The season was nominated for twelve Emmy Awards , five Golden Globe Awards , five Satellite Awards and over fifty other awards. Three DVDs have been released with episodes from
9174-407: The episode The Purple Piano Project . Quinn asks Biff to get something out of the car for her and after he leaves, she asks her friends not to mention anything to Biff since she is ashamed of her past. Puck asks her if she is ever going to tell him about their relationship and their daughter, Beth, and she says that she will eventually. This somewhat angers Puck as he tells her that she can't hide from
9313-453: The episode "The Substitute". Salling had sent 100 packets to agents and managers, and "one called me and submitted me for Glee that day in her office." He had five auditions for Glee before being cast as Puck. Salling found it challenging to make the character "more than two-dimensional so he can be likable at the same time", which necessitated "find[ing] the balance between arrogance and cocky and sensible and likable". He recalled that "in
9452-625: The episode aired, the Rumours album entered the Australian charts at number two, and was at number three the following week; it received its thirteen-times Platinum certification in Australia at the end of that month. It's been a crazy ride this season. As frustrated as I get with Glee's minute-to-minute identity crisis, there have been some truly gorgeous moments of television in the past twenty-two episodes... Meghan Brown The Atlantic The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gives
9591-563: The episode moved to the 9 pm (ET) timeslot following the American Idol finale. The commissioning of a third season was announced on May 23, 2010, before the first season had concluded airing. Murphy intended the second season to accentuate focus on formerly minor characters, particularly Santana, Brittany and Mike. He commented, "Everyone gets a chance to shine this season. Instead of going bigger and overstuffing Season 2, which people would expect, we’re going under it. We'll pick up on
9730-401: The episode not on the album, but it was released as a single, and it debuted at number thirty-seven on the Canadian Hot 100 . The episode received generally positive reviews from critics, most of whom seemed to have judged it with different criteria from their normal because it was a holiday episode, while the music fared somewhat better, especially the rendition of "Baby, It's Cold Outside" as
9869-454: The episode up with a bow, smoothing out the bumps that came before it." Most of the Christmas songs featured in the episode had been released on Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album four weeks prior to airing. There were two exceptions: "Welcome Christmas" did not appear on the album but was released as a single, and "Last Christmas", which was on the album but had originally been released as
10008-537: The episode. The album itself reached number three on the Billboard 200 chart; it sold over one million copies, and was certified platinum. Glee season 2 The second season of the musical comedy-drama television series Glee originally aired between September 21, 2010, and May 24, 2011, on Fox in the United States. The 22-episode season was produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Ryan Murphy Television, with executive producers Dante Di Loreto and series co-creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk , with
10147-563: The estate of Dr. Seuss for the use of characters from How the Grinch Stole Christmas! , but were not allowed to use them in promotional photographs. Recurring characters in this episode include glee club members Mike Chang ( Harry Shum, Jr. ), Sam Evans ( Chord Overstreet ) and Lauren Zizes ( Ashley Fink ), school bullies Dave Karofsky ( Max Adler ) and Azimio (James Earl), football coach Shannon Beiste, cheerleader Becky Jackson ( Lauren Potter ), Principal Figgins ( Iqbal Theba ), and Blaine Anderson ( Darren Criss ) lead singer of
10286-461: The faculty Secret Santa gift exchange so she gets all the gifts, though she later becomes a Grinch when the gifts are repossessed. The episode features seven songs, two of which come from the television special How the Grinch Stole Christmas! . The creators of Glee received permission from the estate of Dr. Seuss for the use of characters from How the Grinch Stole Christmas! , but were not allowed to use them in promotional photographs. Most of
10425-572: The fifth episode. Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album , featuring winter holiday-themed songs, was released on November 9, 2010, and Glee: The Music, Volume 4 , featuring recordings from the first half of the season, was released at the end of that month. An additional EP tied to the Super Bowl episode, when it was initially planned to also be a tribute episode, was dropped when the tribute idea was; Glee: The Music, Volume 5 , which featured recordings from that Super Bowl episode through
10564-408: The first and second seasons respectively. Puck also claimed to have slept with Brittany Pierce ( Heather Morris ). He falls in love with Quinn Fabray ( Dianna Agron ) after he takes her virginity and impregnates her despite the fact that she's dating his best friend Finn Hudson ( Cory Monteith ) at the time, but he can't give up flirting with and seducing others even when Quinn contemplates raising
10703-469: The first season, with the exception of the Super Bowl episode, which was estimated to cost as much as $ 5 million, and the season finale, which required a week filmed on location in New York City, and was the most expensive Glee episode yet, at a reported $ 6 million. The season began airing on September 21, 2010, in the 8 pm ( ET ) timeslot on Tuesdays. A special episode aired after Super Bowl XLV on February 6, 2011. Fox planned to move
10842-794: The first time during the second season, after he found a way to include the concept organically, in the form of a glee club assignment. The twelve main cast members from the first season returned for the second: Matthew Morrison as glee club director Will Schuester, Jane Lynch as cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester, Jayma Mays as guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury , Jessalyn Gilsig as Will's former wife Terri Schuester and Dianna Agron , Chris Colfer , Kevin McHale , Lea Michele , Cory Monteith , Amber Riley , Mark Salling and Jenna Ushkowitz as glee club members Quinn Fabray, Kurt Hummel , Artie Abrams , Rachel Berry, Finn Hudson, Mercedes Jones , Noah "Puck" Puckerman and Tina Cohen-Chang, respectively. Heather Morris and Naya Rivera , who portrayed
10981-404: The football team win its first-ever championship. In the episode " Silly Love Songs ", Puck unexpectedly falls for Lauren, and performs the song " Fat Bottomed Girls " by Queen , which expresses his love of Lauren's bigger body type, but Lauren is offended by the song. Santana, unhappy with being deserted by Puck, slaps Lauren in front of him to warn her away, and Lauren tosses her around like she
11120-456: The football team. When Finn's girlfriend Quinn is impregnated and tells Finn the baby is his, Puck realizes that he is the actual father, and offers to support Quinn. She rejects his proposal, calling him a "Lima loser". Puck begins dating Rachel Berry ( Lea Michele ), the glee club lead vocalist, after his mother urges him to find a Jewish girlfriend; Rachel is initially resistant, but agrees after Puck sings " Sweet Caroline " for her in front of
11259-414: The formerly recurring roles of Brittany Pierce and Santana Lopez , were promoted to series regulars, as was Mike O'Malley as Kurt's father Burt Hummel . Supporting cast members Harry Shum, Jr. and Ashley Fink had increased roles as New Directions members Mike Chang and Lauren Zizes . Two recurring cast members from season one did not return: Dijon Talton 's glee club member Matt Rutherford
11398-399: The future. In the episode " Sexy ", Lauren tells Puck she's decided to make a sex tape to help her become famous, to his delight, but their plans are dashed when substitute sex education teacher Holly Holliday ( Gwyneth Paltrow ) informs them that as both are underage it would be considered child pornography. As part of a class assignment in the episode " Original Song ", Puck writes and sings
11537-417: The glee club. However, Rachel later breaks up with him after a brief romance. When the glee club holds a bake sale to pay for a wheelchair-accessible bus so Artie ( Kevin McHale ) can ride with the club to Sectionals competition, it only succeeds because Puck makes a special, popular cupcake recipe—he secretly adds pot , making the students come back for more. He offers financials to Quinn to show he will be
11676-440: The hospital nursery, Puck tells Quinn that he loves her. Beth is adopted by Rachel's birth mother Shelby Corcoran ( Idina Menzel ), the coach of Vocal Adrenaline, the show choir that defeated New Directions at Regionals. In the season opener, " Audition ", Puck is interviewed by blogger Jacob Ben Israel ( Josh Sussman ) and reveals that he had a vasectomy over the summer, saying it was the only responsible thing to do. Soon after
11815-421: The kind you'll eat for antipasti before grandma and grandpa bring out the roast beef on Christmas dinner", and Reiter's bottom line was that it "may not have been the most wonderful episode of the year, but it did feature moments that twinkled and shined like the lovingly trimmed family tree." Time 's James Poniewozik was less enthusiastic when he noted that Glee delivered an episode "that touched on all
11954-459: The knife. He tells her that it's a prop knife that they used in their production of West Side Story and that he does not care since he is flunking out anyway. They have a heart to heart and the next day, she tells him that what he told her in their heart to heart the day before and it gave her the strength to leave her abusive husband. She told him that she owes him big time and that she talked to his geography teacher and she agreed to let Puck retake
12093-420: The list of main characters. The season received generally positive reviews from critics. The musical performances from the second season expanded on the success of the first season, with the show releasing five soundtrack albums and over one hundred digital singles. The cast decisively broke the record for most charted songs by an act in the 52-year history of the Billboard Hot 100 with 156 appearances through
12232-452: The locker room heartbroken and storms down the hallway when Quinn runs after him and kisses him, agreeing to give their relationship another chance. Puck returns in " Homecoming " along with fellow New Directions alumni to help Rachel and Kurt rebuild the club. He is still dating Quinn. Later in the season he attends Santana and Brittany's (and eventually also Blaine Anderson ( Darren Criss ) and Kurt's) wedding in " A Wedding ". He appears in
12371-444: The number to the show. Following the episode's broadcast, Diamond posted his approval on the social networking website Twitter , writing: "Hey, so who's this guy Puck singing 'Sweet Caroline' so good, so good, so good on #Glee? Loved it!!" Raymund Flandez of The Wall Street Journal described Puck's voice on the song as "earthly, sensual and full", and Entertainment Weekly 's Michael Slezak said that Salling did "more than
12510-409: The ones sung in 'A Very Glee Christmas' could have used some more of Santa's magic." Some reviewers commented on the songs themselves rather than the performances, including Wham!'s "Last Christmas", which Canning described as "a terrible song in any season", while Jen Harper of BuddyTV stated that she loved Wham! Benigno called "The Most Wonderful Day of the Year" a "perfectly pleasant opening that
12649-476: The other faculty members discover Sue's deception and reclaim their gifts with the intention of donating them to the homeless charity. Incensed, Sue dresses as the Grinch , with her favorite cheerleader Becky Jackson ( Lauren Potter ) as Max, and steals back the presents while she vandalizes the choir room's Christmas decorations. The club members are stunned by the theft and destruction, but Will encourages them to give
12788-400: The other members to visit a Christmas grotto to help reinforce her belief. To Artie's dismay, Brittany asks the grotto's Santa to restore Artie's ability to walk, which he agrees to do. Hoping to maintain her faith, Artie convinces football coach Shannon Beiste ( Dot-Marie Jones ) to go to Brittany's house dressed as Santa and explain that this particular wish cannot be granted. Santa's visit
12927-1083: The other series co-creator, Ian Brennan , as co-executive producer. The series features the New Directions glee club at the fictional William McKinley High School in the town of Lima, Ohio . Season two follows the club competing on the show choir circuit, while its members and faculty deal with sex , religion , homophobia , financial difficulties, rumors , teenage drinking , death and other social issues. The central characters are glee club director Will Schuester ( Matthew Morrison ), cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester ( Jane Lynch ), guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury ( Jayma Mays ), and glee club members Artie Abrams ( Kevin McHale ), Brittany Pierce ( Heather Morris ), Finn Hudson ( Cory Monteith ), Kurt Hummel ( Chris Colfer ), Mercedes Jones ( Amber Riley ), Noah "Puck" Puckerman ( Mark Salling ), Quinn Fabray ( Dianna Agron ), Rachel Berry ( Lea Michele ), Santana Lopez ( Naya Rivera ) and Tina Cohen-Chang ( Jenna Ushkowitz ). Will's ex-wife Terri ( Jessalyn Gilsig ) and Kurt's father Burt ( Mike O'Malley ) round out
13066-610: The pairing of Puck and Lauren Zizes. Robert Canning of IGN said the "absolute best part" of the "Silly Love Songs" episode was Puck's "unexpected longing for Lauren Zizes." Emily VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club commented: "For me, the episode's highlight was the very sweet, funny courtship between Puck and Lauren. This may be because the writers have trouble writing for a self-professed bad boy, even though his escapades are straight out of Archie comics and not actually all that “bad” at all. But it's always fun to watch Salling sing, and it's always fun to watch him be smitten. Fink ends up being
13205-437: The past and should embrace it. A few days later, Puck is hanging by the school buses when he hears Quinn and Biff fighting. Biff becomes angry with her at the fact that she kept so much from him, including having a baby with Puck. He calls her a slut, causing Puck to snap and punch him. Biff punches Puck back, causing Puck to punch him once more and then throws him into the dumpster. He then tells Quinn that she can help Biff out of
13344-590: The phone on how to get Marley Rose ( Melissa Benoist ) to date him, and Puck subsequently invites Jake to visit him in California over the Christmas holiday; the two get matching tattoos. Puck decides to return to Lima to live, and the two Puckermans arrange for their mothers to meet on Christmas Day where the two families bond. Puck later starts dating Kitty ( Becca Tobin ) in order to keep her away from Jake and spoiling his budding relationship with Marley, though Puck and she break up when he moves into Finn's dorm room at
13483-411: The previous episode, " Special Education ", which was watched by over 11.68 million American viewers and received a 4.6/13 rating/share in the 18–49 demographic upon first airing on television on November 30, 2010. In Canada, 2.37 million viewers watched the episode, which ranked fifth for the week. This was a slight increase over the 2.32 million viewers who watched the "Special Education"
13622-419: The previous episode, "Special Education, which attracted 1.02 million viewers when it aired on January 31, 2011, and ranked twenty-seventh for the week. In the UK, the episode was watched by 2.20 million viewers (1.89 million on E4 , and 315,000 on E4+1), which made it the most-watched show on cable for the week, but the lowest-viewed episode of the season so far, and down over 15% from "Special Education" in
13761-406: The previous week, though it had ranked second in that week. In Australia and the UK, the episode aired after Christmas, in the new year. The episode's Australian broadcast, on February 7, 2011, drew 769,000 viewers, which made Glee the seventeenth most-watched program of the night; it failed to place in the top fifty in the weekly viewership rankings. Here, viewership registered a steep 23% fall from
13900-432: The previous week, which received 2.60 million viewers. The episode received generally positive reviews from critics, most of whom seemed to have judged it on different criteria from their normal because it was a holiday episode. The Atlantic 's Kevin Fallon may have called it "sickly oversweet", but maintained "that's exactly what you want at Christmas". His colleague Patrick Burns wrote, "Holiday episodes tread
14039-728: The rangy Jane Lynch in that classic role" and called Brittany as Cindy Lou Who "unexpected, clever and surprisingly touching". Several reviewers commented favorably on Becky playing Max, including Canning, who wrote "it was all worth it to realize Becky is and always will be the Max to Sue's Grinch", and Entertainment Weekly 's Tim Stack declared, "I totally love how Becky is becoming Sue’s little minion. It’s both adorable and hilarious." The episode's musical performances received generally good marks, though some more than others. Canning described it as "an average song selection", and wrote: "There are literally thousands of holiday songs to choose from and
14178-554: The record for the most Hot 100 entries. Glee ended the second season with a total of 156 Hot 100 songs. The season's cover versions had a positive effect on some of the original recording artists. Following the broadcast of "Britney/Brittany", sales of the Spears songs covered increased by 35,000 units. The episode " Rumours " had an even greater effect on the Fleetwood Mac album of the same name it featured: in Australia, five days after
14317-476: The requisite holiday bases but that felt perfunctory", and added that it was "generally ho-ho-hum". Robert Canning of IGN gave it a "great" 8 out of 10, but stated that "the episode as a whole was lacking just a bit to turn it into an absolute classic", and The A.V. Club 's Emily VanDerWerff gave the episode a "B−" and wrote, "I guess I'd say that I thought the episode worked moment-to-moment, without working as an overall narrative", but also stated that it
14456-574: The school to raise money for a local homeless charity, but they are met with abuse from students and staff alike, and return empty-handed. At Dalton Academy in Westerville, Ohio , former New Directions member Kurt Hummel ( Chris Colfer ) sings a duet of " Baby, It's Cold Outside " with his friend Blaine Anderson ( Darren Criss ) to help him rehearse it for the Kings Island Christmas Spectacular. Will visits Kurt to seek his advice on
14595-557: The school year begins, Puck is arrested and sent to a juvenile detention center for driving his mother's car through a convenience store window and driving off with the ATM . He returns in " Never Been Kissed ", but he is now on probation and helps Artie out in an attempt to satisfy his community service , although this is only initially because Puck claimed he was "helping a crip" and they misunderstood him. Though he acts tougher than ever to his classmates, Puck eventually confesses to Artie that he
14734-434: The season a 79% with an average rating of 7.61/10, based on 29 reviews. The site's critics consensus reads, " Glee loses some of its spark in this reprise, but the series still delights with its frothy musical numbers and sensitive engagement with pressing social issues." The season received a Metacritic score of 76 out of 100 based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Robert Canning of IGN wrote that
14873-480: The season a slightly better "B−", and stated: "The season opened and closed strong, but the middle section was mushy and filled with plenty of episodes that just didn't work." Brett Berk of Vanity Fair summed up as follows: "The quality of Glee 's second season has been something like the topography of Utah, or the acting career of Amanda Peet—blandly passable and relying on its good looks, but stumbling occasionally upon unfathomable idiosyncrasy, whose presence
15012-438: The season, and in the seventh episode, child actors portraying preschool-aged versions of New Directions were featured. Sue's mother Doris Sylvester was also introduced this season, played by Carol Burnett . Journalist Katie Couric made a guest appearance as herself when she interviewed Sue during " The Sue Sylvester Shuffle ". A reality series featuring open auditions for the show was intended to air on Fox in advance of
15151-604: The season, but was cancelled due to Murphy's desire to concentrate on the main series, and fear that the distraction of the reality show might damage Glee . The idea was picked up by Oxygen , and The Glee Project began airing in June 2011, after the end of season. The winner was to receive a multi-episode guest-starring role in Glee 's third season; in the finale, all four finalists were given prizes: there were two winners of seven-episode arcs, and two runners-up who were given two episodes each. Glee 's second season saw
15290-878: The season: Glee – Season 2, Volume 1 featuring episodes one through ten, Glee – Season 2, Volume 2 featuring episodes eleven through twenty-two, and Glee – The Complete Second Season . The season was produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Ryan Murphy Television, and aired on Fox in the US. The executive producers were Dante Di Loreto, and series creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, with Murphy serving as showrunner and co-creator Ian Brennan acting as co-executive producer. All episodes were written by Murphy, Falchuk and Brennan. Murphy and Falchuk directed three episodes each, while other episodes were directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Eric Stoltz , Adam Shankman , Bradley Buecker, Carol Banker, Paris Barclay , Tate Donovan and Tim Hunter . Each episode cost $ 3.2 million–$ 3.8 million to produce, an increase of 20 percent on
15429-420: The show "sounded promising", and Harper "totally loved this song". Kurt and Blaine's duet on "Baby, It's Cold Outside" received many more reviews than the other songs, and the greatest praise. Wieselman called it his "far and away favorite" song of the episode. Stack declared it the "complete and total highlight of the episode and one of the best moments of the second season". He gave it an "A+". Hankinson said it
15568-464: The show to the 9 pm time slot on Wednesdays following the Super Bowl, but the network later revised its schedule, leaving Glee on Tuesdays in order to concentrate on building up its weaker Wednesday and Thursday line-ups. Episode eighteen, "Born This Way", became Glee 's first 90-minute episode. Its runtime was extended from the standard 60 minutes to allow the inclusion of more musical numbers. The season concluded on May 24, 2011, with
15707-494: The show's soundtrack albums . He usually accompanies himself on the guitar for solo songs, including "Sweet Caroline", "Only the Good Die Young", "Fat Bottomed Girls", and the song ostensibly composed by Puck, "Big Ass Heart". Neil Diamond 's "Sweet Caroline" was his first solo number, in the episode "Mash-Up", and received favorable reviews from critics, and also from Diamond himself, who had initially been reluctant to license
15846-402: The simple pop tune", but noted that there were "sweet moments". Of the two songs from How the Grinch Stole Christmas! featured in the episode, the first, a voiceover vocal of "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" sung by k.d. lang, based on a version of the song by artist Aimee Mann, as Sue wreaks havoc on the choir room, confused some reviewers, who thought that it was sung by Lynch herself. Benigno
15985-402: The songs featured in the episode had been released on Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album four weeks prior to airing, including " Baby, It's Cold Outside ", which debuted at number fifty-seven on the Billboard Hot 100 after the episode aired, despite not having been released separately as a single. "Welcome Christmas", the other song to chart after the episode aired, was the only song from
16124-449: The stories of our main cast, but we’re also going to spend time on the support characters. Everyone gets their moment." Not all of his plans came to fruition; in July 2010, Murphy claimed that glee club co-captains Finn and Rachel would remain in a relationship throughout the season, however this was abandoned in favor of a love-triangle storyline to generate conflict. One unintended development
16263-484: The test. In the season finale, Puck studies with Quinn's help and then retakes his final exam. He passes with a C− and graduates from McKinley. In the Season 4 premiere, it is revealed that Puck has a paternal half-brother named Jake ( Jacob Artist ) who he was not aware of, though the two are introduced to each other by Will in the following episode, " Britney 2.0 ", while Puck is briefly visiting Lima from his new home, Los Angeles. Jake later turns to Puck for advice over
16402-508: The third episode that required him to be toned, which he described as "an extreme experience". Puck's main basis for relationships at the beginning is sexual rather than romantic. He has sexual encounters with his female pool-cleaning clients and fellow students, including a recurrent relationship with cheerleader Santana Lopez ( Naya Rivera ) that seems to be casual, though Santana confronts both Mercedes Jones ( Amber Riley ) and Lauren Zizes ( Ashley Fink ) when Puck starts pursuing them in
16541-429: The truth. Puck again offers to be with Quinn, but she declines and tells him she wants to be alone, though she moves in with Puck's family since her parents had kicked her out and she can no longer stay at Finn's house. In the episode " Laryngitis ", when Puck's mohawk is shaved off by his doctor, he finds the other McKinley students no longer respect him as a badass. He romances fellow glee club member Mercedes , once
16680-612: The two mourn Finn together, but Beiste tells him he has to guide his own life without Finn's help, and asks him to replant the tree. When he later does so, he tells her that he intends to join the Air Force. In " 100 " Now in the Air Force, Puck comes back to McKinley to say goodbye to the Glee Club before it is disbanded. He sees Quinn and the two of them have a conversation. He is about to tell Quinn that he still has feelings for her when her boyfriend, Biff McIntosh, shows up and shows Puck that he
16819-437: The week before by over 11.68 million American viewers and received a 4.6/13 rating/share in the 18–49 demographic. The William McKinley High School faculty hold a Secret Santa gift exchange, but cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester ( Jane Lynch ) tampers with the selection process to ensure that she receives all the gifts. Glee club director Will Schuester ( Matthew Morrison ) sends the club, New Directions, to carol around
16958-416: Was sexting Santana. Puck claims he will be help her to parent their child, but he cannot remain in a committed relationship with Quinn if she refuses to have sex with him; Quinn returns to her original plan of giving the baby to Terri, who is faking a pregnancy to hold on to Will. Rachel begins to suspect that Puck is the father of Quinn's baby and tells Finn. Finn attacks Puck and confronts Quinn, who admits
17097-412: Was "another fun reason to love to hate Sue Sylvester". Hankinson felt that the Grinch was "the perfect touchstone for the heartless Ms. Sylvester and Jane Lynch's lanky frame made the physical humor (think gliding around the base of the tree on her belly) really sing." Poniewozik called Sue's transformation "pretty amusing to watch", admitted that he doubted he would "have been able to resist the urge to put
17236-513: Was "full of sweet harmonies and has an ideal undercurrent of romantic tension", though Harper "wasn't feeling any chemistry between them"; she felt the performance was "a little overacted", but noted that "their voices seem to like each other". Benigno was also less enthusiastic; he gave the song a "B−" and felt there was "something missing" from the rendition: "these two could have sang this number in their sleep and it kind of sounds like they did". Rachel's performance of "Merry Christmas, Darling" had
17375-402: Was "positively filled with stupid moments". Joel Keller of AOL TV wrote that "the linchpin of the hour was Brittany's belief in Santa Claus." The New York Post 's Jarett Wieselman called it "adorably realized by actress Heather Morris", and Canning said she "perfectly played up Brittany's innocence and joy surrounding everything Santa". Brown was less enthusiastic, and wrote that she
17514-546: Was cast as transfer student Sam Evans ; Darren Criss appeared as Blaine Anderson , lead singer of rival glee club the Dalton Academy Warblers; Cheyenne Jackson played Dustin Goolsby , the coach of rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline; Jake Zyrus appeared as Sunshine Corazon , a foreign exchange student from the Philippines and a rival to Rachel who ultimately joins Vocal Adrenaline; John Stamos played dentist Carl Howell ,
17653-552: Was certified platinum in the US, and Glee: The Music, Volume 4 has nearly achieved double platinum certification in Australia. The cast's cover of " O Holy Night " debuted at number one on the Holiday Digital Songs chart. The highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot ;100 was the cast's original song " Loser like Me " which debuted at number six. The single sold 210,000 downloads in that week, second only to
17792-537: Was nominated for forty-five awards. It won in three categories at the 68th Golden Globe Awards , from five nominations, and in two categories at the 37th People's Choice Awards , from four nominations. Its five nominations at the Satellite Awards 2010 and three at the 17th Screen Actors Guild Awards produced no wins, nor did two nominations at the NAACP Image Awards . Glee garnered nine nominations at
17931-798: Was nominated for three awards in total. Glee was named one of the American Film Institute Television Programs of the Year at the 2010 AFI Awards , and tied with Modern Family for the Outstanding Comedy Series accolade at the 22nd GLAAD Media Awards . Series costume designer Lou Eyrich received the Outstanding Contemporary Television Series award at the Costume Designers Guild Awards 2010 , and casting directors Robert J. Ulrich , Eric Dawson and Carol Kritzer won
18070-403: Was nothing, leaving her dazed. Puck immediately begs Lauren to go out with him. She ultimately agrees to go on a pre-Valentine's date with him, but stands him up. Puck clumsily tells Lauren he likes her, not because of her looks but because of her "badass-ness"; Lauren says she is not looking for something casual. They go out on Valentine's Day "as friends", though Puck is clearly hoping for more in
18209-426: Was one of these, though he said it was "thoroughly enjoyable", gave the song a "B+", and approved of the change in lyrics from "Mr. Grinch" to "Sue the Grinch". Harper also approved of the change, and admitted she thought Lynch had sung it until Google set her straight. Futterman called the song a "weirdly fitting moment" that "nevertheless fell a bit short of being fully realized". The second song, "Welcome Christmas",
18348-420: Was released as a single, available for digital download , separately from the album, which otherwise includes all remaining tracks and six additional songs not heard in the episode; a different version of "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" was recorded for the album, which featured Morrison along with lang and used the original "Mister Grinch" lyric. "A Very Glee Christmas" was first broadcast on December 7, 2010 in
18487-567: Was released on the same day in DVD and Blu-ray , and contains all the special features from the second season's first and second DVD volumes. The two DVDs and full-season Blu-ray were released in the UK on September 19, 2011, and in Australia on October 5, 2011. Amazon.com began taking pre-orders for the complete season box set on Blu-ray and DVD in September 2010, the week the season premiered. Puck (Glee) Noah " Puck " Puckerman
18626-442: Was terrified in juvie, and the two come to the agreement that Artie will tutor Puck, who has to pick up garbage to fulfill his community service requirements. In " Furt ", Puck, Artie, Mike Chang ( Harry Shum Jr. ) and Sam Evans ( Chord Overstreet ) confront Dave Karofsky ( Max Adler ) in the boys locker room to get him to stop bullying Kurt Hummel ( Chris Colfer ). Because he was still on probation, Puck reluctantly had to watch
18765-604: Was the emergence of Kurt as a central character—his role grew in prominence as a result of the writers' desire to do justice to the gay bullying storyline. Reluctant to produce too many tribute episodes, Murphy limited the season to two: the Spears tribute "Britney/Brittany", and "Rumours", the series' first episode to pay tribute to an album, Fleetwood Mac 's Rumours . The fifth episode, "The Rocky Horror Glee Show" served as an additional homage to The Rocky Horror Show . Although Murphy had planned to showcase original songs in Glee as early as October 2009, they featured for
18904-486: Was the show's "best musical number", and described it as "well-performed, sweet and wonderfully choreographed"; he added: "It was bold, without being gimmicky". The Atlantic 's Meghan Brown and Patrick Burns were both enthusiastic: Brown said "Kurt's sweetly sexy duet with Blaine was near-perfect" and "the vocals and choreography gave Chris Colfer and Darren Criss a real chance to shine", while Burns called it "adorable". Erica Futterman of Rolling Stone wrote that it
19043-526: Was tiring of the "look how dumb yet kind-hearted Brittany is" plots. Keller approved of the Artie and Brittany coupling, and said it was "way more fun to watch than Rachel and Finn and all their angst", and Canning felt that the episode's heart was Artie working to keep Brittany from becoming disillusioned about Santa. He also wrote, "shining in this storyline was Dot Jones as Coach Beiste. Her scene as Santa, and then her knowing expression as she watched Artie walk, were
19182-404: Was welcomed by reviewers: Benigno described it as "really, really lovely" and gave it an "A". Harper cheered, and noted that the song "was sung very much like a real glee club, without people getting to showboat individually". Futterman characterized it as a "note-perfect performance", and wrote: "The layered harmonies and simple sentiment—'Christmas will always be, just so long as we have glee!'—tie
19321-786: Was written out as having transferred, and Patrick Gallagher 's football coach Ken Tanaka was replaced by Dot-Marie Jones as Shannon Beiste . Returning secondary characters included Iqbal Theba as Principal Figgins , Stephen Tobolowsky as former glee club director Sandy Ryerson , Romy Rosemont as Finn's mother Carole Hudson , Max Adler as school bully Dave Karofsky and James Earl as his fellow bully Azimio , Josh Sussman as school reporter Jacob Ben Israel , Lauren Potter as cheerleader Becky Jackson , Jonathan Groff as Rachel's ex-boyfriend Jesse St. James, and Kristin Chenoweth as former glee club star April Rhodes . The season introduced several new recurring characters: Chord Overstreet
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