133-734: " Original Song " is the sixteenth episode of the second season of the American television series Glee , and the thirty-eighth episode overall. It was written by Ryan Murphy , directed by Bradley Buecker, and premiered on Fox in the United States on March 15, 2011. McKinley High's glee club , New Directions, decides to prepare original songs for the Regionals competition against the Dalton Academy Warblers, and Westvale High's Aural Intensity coached by Sue Sylvester ( Jane Lynch ). Blaine ( Darren Criss ) finally shows his affection for Kurt ( Chris Colfer ). Rachel ( Lea Michele ) tries to repair her relationship with Finn ( Cory Monteith ) and faces off with Quinn ( Dianna Agron ). New Directions wins
266-497: A "B", and explained that "This one took a little time to grow on me. I liked it better on the show than when I heard it by itself, which is weird because it's exactly the same thing. Goes to show how much of a difference a good performance [...] makes." Gonzalez gave the highest grade to the cover versions of "Misery" and "Raise Your Glass", both performed by the Dalton Academy Warblers. In her review for "Misery", she praised
399-439: A "great showcase" for the actress, and praised her "spectacular dance moves" and "deadpan flare". In her otherwise negative review, Emily VanDerWerff deemed Morris "hysterical throughout" and the cast's best dancer. She stated, "Murphy seems intent on running this character into the ground, but Morris isn't going to have her stop being funny without a fight." Jenna Mullins of E! Online observed, "When Ryan Murphy said this episode
532-493: A 0.0 GPA, has gotten into the Purdue Chicken Factory, and will have to repeat her senior year. In the first episode of the fourth season, Brittany competes to become the lead singer of New Directions, but loses to Blaine ( Darren Criss ). She then loses to him again when she runs to be a second-term senior class president. Santana formally breaks up with Brittany because she feels that their long-distance relationship
665-491: 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
798-475: 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
931-455: A background character who hardly ever spoke, the role grew as writers discovered Morris had a gift for delivering one-liners . In an interview with Brandon Voss of The Advocate , Morris said of her casting: "About six months after I first moved to L.A., I got a job doing Beyoncé's tour. After I finished the tour, I started working with choreographer Zach Woodlee, who started hiring me to do things like Fired Up! and Eli Stone . Prior to
1064-526: A collaborative brainstorming session that went beyond rhyming dictionaries or first attempts at ditties such as 'Trouty Mouth', 'Big Ass Heart', and 'Hell to the No'." Bobby Hankinson of the Houston Chronicle praised the song, and deemed it "fun and summery". Sandra Gonzalez of Entertainment Weekly was generally positive on most of the songs featured in the episode. She gave the performance of "Loser Like Me"
1197-563: A couple of ongoing relationship stories." —James Poniewozik of Time , on "Original Song" "Original Song" was met with mostly positive reception from critics upon its initial airing. James Poniewozik of Time called it a "solid" episode and wrote that "it did well by a couple of ongoing relationship stories." Amy Reiter of the Los Angeles Times opined that it delivered several "long-anticipated moments [...] and several more we only wish we'd thought to anticipate." Mark Perigard of
1330-471: A dancer. Morris, however, turned down the job. Shortly thereafter, she was asked by Glee 's choreographer Zach Woodlee to teach the choreography for Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" dance to the Glee actors. At the same time, the show was looking for a third cheerleader, they originally wanted to have the third be African American, but Morris ended up landing the role of Brittany Pierce. Initially
1463-459: A date with the both of them, but ignore him throughout the evening and ultimately request that he sit in the car and leave them to finish their meal alone. She mentions in the episode " Bad Reputation " that she has made out with almost everyone in the school – guys and girls alike, and the school janitor. She also briefly dates Kurt Hummel ( Chris Colfer ) in the episode " Laryngitis " as he wants to appear more masculine to impress his father and he
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#17328876044161596-404: 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
1729-466: A guest character in the second episode of the first season of Glee . She was brought in as a member of William McKinley High's cheerleading team, the Cheerios. Brittany is regularly played by actress Heather Morris. Morris grew up with a strong background in choreography. She was taking acting classes and actively pursuing an acting career when she was offered a spot on recording artist Beyoncé world tour as
1862-418: A joke, it gets a 'B−' because Santana sounded great. But [...] I think about how bad I felt for Sam watching his utter mortification." "Candles" was generally well received by Gonzalez. She gave the performance a "B" and went on to write "It’s really hard for this pair to live up to the awesomeness of ' Baby, It's Cold Outside '. I'm sure they could one day, but this one fell a bit short for me musically. [...] In
1995-469: A lesbian. Brittany takes matters into her own hands and tries to invite Alma to the wedding, but Alma's prejudice is too strong and she rejects their engagement, and Brittany tells her off for doing so. Later the New Directions serenade them in an attempt to be invited to their upcoming wedding. Brittany and Santana are wed in a double ceremony with Kurt and Blaine in the eighth episode " A Wedding ". Before
2128-471: 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
2261-607: A member of the school's glee club led by Will Schuester . Morris was originally hired to teach Beyoncé's " Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) " dance to the Glee cast. At that time, the series was looking for a third cheerleader, and Morris landed the role. Morris was upgraded to a series regular in the series' second season , in which Brittany is given a larger storyline, solos and dance routines to perform. Morris plays Brittany as unconventional, often scatterbrained, but also entirely well-meaning and goodhearted. She has said that Brittany "love[s] everybody, no matter who they are"; she
2394-523: 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
2527-430: A part. Look as cute as you can so he'll love you even more.' So I went in to teach the kids with a full-on outfit. I was scheduled to read with Ryan Murphy twice, but he canceled both times. After that, Zach called me and said they might not hire me anyway because they wanted the third cheerleader to be black, so my hopes were shot. But then my agent called a week later and said, 'You're now cast as Brittany in Glee .' So it
2660-458: 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
2793-509: 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
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#17328876044162926-435: A singing valentine in " Heart ", and the two publicly kiss afterward. In " Saturday Night Glee-ver ", concerned about Santana's future plans, Brittany gets the idea to ask Sue to arrange for Santana to get a full scholarship to the top college cheerleading program in the country. After a year of being a do-nothing class president, Brittany puts on a dinosaur-themed senior prom. In the season finale, Brittany reveals that she has
3059-404: A small improvement over "My Headband". Finn ( Cory Monteith ) encourages her to dig deeper into her pain to find her song. Quinn 's ( Dianna Agron ) desire to become prom queen prompts her to get close to Rachel in order to run interference between her and Finn. In doing this, she supports Rachel's idea of writing original songs for Regionals; the members of New Directions eventually agree, due to
3192-560: 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
3325-479: A springboard for writing a new song. Brittany ( Heather Morris ) confronts Santana ( Naya Rivera ), saying that she misses their friendship. However, Santana is hostile and angrily says that Brittany "blew her off", while Brittany shows that she is upset that Santana is still dating Sam ( Chord Overstreet ) even after confessing her love to Brittany. The two are interrupted by Sue, finding that she has filled their lockers with dirt, an event later brought up during
3458-436: A trip to Lesbos with Santana. Santana asks Brittany to go with her to New York after their trip, and Brittany accepts. Brittany finally graduates in the episode, one year late. Brittany returns to New York in the last episode of the season " The Untitled Rachel Berry Project " but she finds out that Santana is out of town shooting another Yeast-I-Stat commercial. At the beginning of season six, Brittany returns with Santana and
3591-444: Is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee . The character is portrayed by actress Heather Morris , and first appeared in the show's second episode, "Showmance". Brittany was developed by Glee creators Ryan Murphy , Brad Falchuk , and Ian Brennan . In Glee , Brittany is a ditzy cheerleader , or "Cheerio", for the fictional William McKinley High School, and
3724-476: 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
3857-424: Is frequently smiling and being nice to people. Morris bases her portrayal of Brittany on the character Karen Smith from the film Mean Girls . She plays Brittany as being very innocent, rather than stupid. In the episode " A Night of Neglect ", Brittany participates in an academic decathlon as a seat warmer, but surprisingly ends up contributing to the win due to the fact that she is somewhat of an idiot savant on
3990-516: Is frequently smiling and being nice to people. Brittany's character traits include her finding recipes confusing, mistaking her nipples for pepperoni, thinking her cat, Lord Tubbington, is reading her diary, and not knowing her right hand from her left. These facts are often presented in one-liners delivered by Morris, many of which she has ad-libbed. The character's perceived lack of intelligence, well-intentioned cluelessness, and entirely forthright manner of speaking mean, as Morris puts it, that "Brittany
4123-490: Is just Naya and I joking around with each other and being really close. It's always her and I just messing around and they end up using it." Later in 2010, when interviewed by After Ellen and discussing the large lesbian audience of Glee, Ryan Murphy confirmed that season two would contain at least one kiss between Brittany and Santana. In January 2011, several months after Brittany and Santana are seen in bed together, Glee co-creator Brad Falchuk further confirmed that "Brittana
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4256-595: Is not working, though the two remain friends. She then becomes 'blonde buddies' with Sam Evans ( Chord Overstreet ), and then starts to date him. Santana comes back to try and break them up, however fails. Brittany visits MIT , where she is dubbed a mathematical genius. Returning to Lima, she becomes arrogant, refuses to perform at Regionals, leaves the Cheerios, and breaks up with Sam. After Will and Sue fail to get Brittany to change her attitude, Sam gets Santana to return to Lima to intervene. After talking with Santana, Brittany decides to perform at Regionals. Brittany reveals to
4389-424: 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
4522-476: Is on. Brittana was always on." Brittany performs in many of the series' musical numbers, though she does not have a solo line until the second season. In that season's second episode " Britney/Brittany ", Brittany performs " I'm a Slave 4 U " as a solo and " Me Against the Music " as a duet with Santana. Songs by Morris as Brittany have been released as singles, available for digital download , and have also featured on
4655-872: Is the only guy she has not made out with in the school. In the second season episode " Duets ", she asks Santana to be her partner for the duet competition while they are making out. Santana rejects her, so Brittany attempts to make her jealous by dating fellow glee club member Artie Abrams ( Kevin McHale ). She sleeps with Artie, but Santana tells him that Brittany was just using him for his voice, so he breaks up with her, to Brittany's dismay. Brittany's relationship with Artie continues to develop; in " Never Been Kissed ", he gets her to go out with him again. As of " Furt ", they are officially dating. In " Sexy ", following her performance of " Landslide " with Santana and Holly Holliday ( Gwyneth Paltrow ), Santana admits her true feelings for Brittany. Although Santana fears being ostracized by
4788-694: Is used by the series' writers to say things no other character would". The character has also received positive reviews related to her romantic storyline with her closeted best friend Santana ( Naya Rivera ). While Brittany is bisexual , and is unashamed of that, Santana had trouble accepting her sexuality. However, Brittany always supported Santana and urged her to be true to herself. The character has been received favorably with television critics. Snarker called Brittany and Santana her "new favourite Glee pairing", and commented: "While Heather Morris (Brittany) and Naya Rivera (Santana) have had minimal screen time, they’ve made it count. Heather in particular has brought
4921-692: 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
5054-541: The Boston Herald deemed it a "great" episode, "filled with many great moments." Robert Canning of IGN rated it 8/10, signifying a "great" episode. Sandra Gonzalez of Entertainment Weekly praised the development of "Original Song", and wrote: "One great thing about the episode was that after last week's plot-bomb-filled episode, the show didn't completely abandon what we'd learned that week." Emily VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club graded it "B−"; she noted that she enjoyed
5187-796: 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
5320-436: The Glee producers for creating her: "Never before have we had the pleasure of enjoying such a ridiculously dumb—yet always loveable—character on television." When a promotional clip for the episode "Sectionals" indicated that Brittany and Santana had slept together, Dorothy Snarker, when writing for lesbian entertainment website AfterEllen , praised the pairing and referred to it by the portmanteau "Brittana". Snarker called
5453-488: 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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5586-415: The glee club , New Directions, with her friends and fellow cheerleaders Quinn Fabray ( Dianna Agron ) and Santana Lopez (Naya Rivera). Cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester ( Jane Lynch ) then enlists the three of them to help her destroy the club from the inside. When the club is due to compete at the sectionals round of show choir competition, Brittany unknowingly leaks their set list to Sue, who leaks
5719-467: The third season , starting in " I Am Unicorn ", and wins the election in " I Kissed a Girl ", defeating Kurt in the balloting. She and Santana join the Troubletones, a rival all-girls show choir at McKinley, and formally begin dating; after Santana is outed by Finn, they are open about their relationship. The two rejoin New Directions after the Troubletones lose to them at Sectionals. Santana sends Brittany
5852-721: The underdogs of high school. New Directions wins the Regionals competition. Rachel is honored with New Directions' first MVP award. The casting notice for Tammy Jean described her as "a middle-aged recent Tea Party candidate and home schooler — a Sarah Palin type", while Sister Mary Constance is a former stripper. Kathy Griffin and Loretta Devine were cast to guest-star as Regionals judges Tammy Jean Albertson and Sister Mary Constance respectively. Recurring characters who appear include New Directions members Mike Chang ( Harry Shum, Jr. ), Sam Evans ( Chord Overstreet ), Lauren Zizes ( Ashley Fink ), and Blaine Anderson ( Darren Criss ),
5985-507: 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
6118-442: The 2010 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour, Murphy stated that Brittany would have "big storylines" in the new season, as viewers want to know more about her. Some of Brittany's most memorable lines are unscripted, and are instead devised by Murphy during filming, or improvised by Morris. Morris portrays Brittany as being "literally insane". She is used by the series' writers to say things no other character would, to
6251-717: 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
6384-553: 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
6517-477: The McKinley High student body for being in a same-sex relationship , she confesses her romantic love to Brittany, feelings which are reciprocated. However, Brittany states that she loves Artie too, and would never do anything to hurt him, even if it means not being able to be with Santana. She says that if she and Artie ever break up, she would be Santana's, proudly so. Brittany runs for senior class president in
6650-804: The Midwest Regional Show Choir competition, advancing to the upcoming Nationals competition in New York City . "Original Song" garnered mostly positive reception. Critics praised the interaction between Kurt and Blaine, as well as most of the original songs in the episode. Mark Perigard of the Boston Herald called it a "great" episode "filled with so many good moments". Cover versions of six songs were featured, including " Raise Your Glass " by Pink and " Blackbird " by The Beatles . The episode also featured an extensive selection of original songs, more so than any previous episode of Glee . The musical performances, cover versions, and original songs in
6783-991: 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
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#17328876044166916-502: The No" was sung solo by Mercedes. It was titled for the character's signature catchphrase and was co-written by Anders, Astrom, and executive producer Ian Brennan . The episode also features cover versions of Pink 's " Raise Your Glass ", Maroon 5 's " Misery ", The Beatles 's " Blackbird ", Hey Monday 's " Candles ", and Sonseed 's "Jesus Is My Friend". All of the songs except "Jesus Is My Friend" and "Only Child" were released as singles available for digital download. "Original Song"
7049-606: The No". While Will agrees that it's a great song, he says that it's not appropriate for Regionals, also noting that the best songs "come from a place of pain". After the club members share recent hurtful anecdotes by Sue, he writes "Loser Like Me" on the board, deciding that could be the title for the yet-unwritten song. The judges for this year's Regionals competition are local broadcasting legend Rod Remington (Bill A. Jones), Tea Party candidate and home schooler Tammy Jean Albertson ( Kathy Griffin ), and former exotic dancer Sister Mary Constance ( Loretta Devine ). Aural Intensity opens
7182-526: 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
7315-678: The Single Ladies tour I was supposed to move to New York to do West Side Story , but then I dropped dancing and started acting classes because I didn't want to dance anymore and I really wanted to fulfill my lifelong dream of acting. Zach called me and was like, 'Are you in New York?' I was like, 'No, I'm still here in L.A. and I'm acting.' He was like, 'OK, I need you to come in and teach the 'Single Ladies' dance to Chris Colfer and Jenna Ushkowitz for this TV show I'm doing, Glee . Since you're acting now, I know Ryan Murphy would love to consider you for
7448-678: 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
7581-536: The United States, "Loser Like Me" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number six, and in Canada, the song debuted at number nine on the Canadian Hot 100 . The single was the second highest charting single for Glee after " Don't Stop Believin' " , and sold 210,000 downloads its first week in the US, second only to the cast's cover of Katy Perry 's " Teenage Dream ", which sold 214,000 downloads in its first week. It
7714-620: The United States. A third original song, "Hell to the No", was released only as a single, and debuted at number fifty-three on the Billboard Hot 100 and number sixty-five on the Canadian Hot 100. Four covers from the episode were featured on the album Glee: The Music Presents the Warblers , which was released on April 19, 2011, and all four charted in the top 100 in the US, Australia, and Canada: "Misery", "Blackbird", "Candles", and "Raise Your Glass". Glee season 2 The second season of
7847-478: The Warblers shouldn't rely on him alone for Regionals, and proposes that instead of "Misery", the group should feature a duet. Blaine is adamant that Kurt be his partner for it, and the vote in favor of it is nearly unanimous. As the two are about to practice their duet of " Candles ", Blaine confesses that he wanted to spend more time with him, and they share their first kiss. Rachel 's ( Lea Michele ) second attempt at an original song, "Only Child", proves to be only
7980-675: The World (Girls)' was thrilling. It was the most adrenaline-pumping musical number the series has produced: intricately choreographed, expertly shot and edited, perfectly woven into the story, and performed exquisitely by Heather Morris." She also performs a duet with Santana on " I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) " in the Whitney Houston tribute episode " Dance With Somebody ". E! Online 's Megan Masters has compared Brittany to Sue, and stated that Brittany's one-liners "easily rival" Sue's. She deemed Brittany "brainlessly brilliant", and thanked
8113-452: The black mall Santa was a highlight. Watching Artie, and eventually the rest of the club, work to keep Brittany's belief intact was truly in the spirit of Christmas and should have been made into a fuller part of the episode. Also shining in this storyline was Dot Jones as Coach Bieste. Her scene as Santa, and then her knowing expression as she watched Artie walk, were the best moments of the episode." In January 2010, Morris and her co-stars won
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#17328876044168246-475: 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
8379-454: The ceremony, Sue arrives with Alma, who she has helped to realize that although she may not believe females should marry each other, family is the most important thing, leading her and Santana to reconcile. Brittany and Santana return briefly in the last minutes of the series finale " Dreams Come True " for a last performance with the rest of the Glee Cast to take a bow. Brittany first appears as
8512-458: 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
8645-531: The competition with "Jesus Is My Friend", a song that Sue selected to cater specifically to the judges. The Warblers open with Kurt and Blaine's duet of "Candles", followed by " Raise Your Glass ". Rachel conveys feelings to Finn through the performance of her original song, " Get It Right ", reflecting on the past failures in their rocky relationship and expressing her deep desire to reconcile with Finn. The New Directions respond to Sue's bullying with their second original song, " Loser like Me ", an anthem dedicated to
8778-539: The context of the show, however, it was a great moment." Amy Reiter of the Los Angeles Times reacted positively to all of the songs. In her review for "Original Song", Reiter opined that "The original songs [...] weren't half bad: From Santana's ode to poor, horrified Sam, 'Trouty Mouth,' to Puck's tribute to Lauren, 'Big Ass Heart,' to Mercedes' self-celebrating 'Hell to the No,' the original songs on this episode were funny and revealing. And rousing Regionals-winning anthem 'Loser Like Me' landed like an exuberant slushy in
8911-449: The development, he claimed to have made the statement "to get a kick" out of the "dirty guy" asking about them. Murphy told Morris and Rivera that Glee would not push relationships to appease the show's fans, but would only pursue those which were "organic and natural." While there are moments on the show which depict Brittany and Santana as being very close to one another, Morris attributes these to her close relationship with Rivera: "that
9044-446: 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
9177-625: 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
9310-563: 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
9443-503: The episode were met with generally positive reviews from critics. With the exception of "Jesus Is My Friend" and "Only Child", all songs were released as singles available for digital download. Upon its initial airing, this episode was viewed by 11.15 million American viewers and garnered a 4.2/13 rating/share in the 18-49 demographic, according to the Nielsen ratings . The total viewership and ratings for this episode declined slightly from
9576-400: The episode. He continued, "I love how the guest judge segments of these contest episodes are beginning to become mini-series unto themselves. I hope that tradition continues." James Poniewozik had mixed feelings regarding Griffin's performance. He went on to write, " Glee can be sharp and topical enough that I thought it could actually do something clever with the much-publicized cameo. Instead,
9709-401: The face [...]." Katie Morgan of Billboard praised the performance of "Candles", and called it "beautifully intimate", and commended The Warblers' "solid performance". Emily VanDerrWerf of The A.V. Club responded negatively to "Trouty Mouth", but was generally pleased with the other songs. VanDerWerff went on to praise the voice of Lea Michele: "The first song Rachel sang at regionals [...]
9842-638: The fact they received a cease and desist letter from My Chemical Romance saying they can't perform " Sing " for Regionals. Sue Sylvester ( Jane Lynch ) later admits to forging the letter in yet another attempt to sabotage the glee club. Rachel confronts Quinn about her relationship with Finn, trusting her to be honest. Quinn admits they have been together for a couple of weeks and tells Rachel that she doesn't belong in Lima. Quinn says she will remain behind with Finn and Rachel can't hate her for helping to send her on her way. Hurt, Rachel goes home and uses Quinn's words as
9975-572: 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
10108-469: 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
10241-794: 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
10374-414: 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
10507-472: The glee club she has been offered early admission to MIT and delivers an emotional goodbye, as she will be leaving after Regionals. Brittany returns to McKinley in " 100 " along with other New Directions alumni following the closure of the Glee club. Brittany states her unhappiness at being a math genius and kisses her ex-girlfriend Santana. In " New Directions ", Brittany agrees to dropping out of MIT before going on
10640-401: The glee club's song writing session. In rehearsal, director Will Schuester ( Matthew Morrison ) passes out rhyming dictionaries to help the glee club with songwriting. Showcasing their original songs, Santana sings "Trouty Mouth" as a tribute to Sam 's large mouth and Puck ( Mark Salling ) sings "Big Ass Heart" to Lauren ( Ashley Fink ). Mercedes ( Amber Riley ) later sings "Hell to
10773-486: The interaction between Kurt and Blaine, saying that the kiss scene was a "sweet, real and, shockingly, un-hyped moment". Semigran went on to praise the acting in the scene, saying that both actors "handled it with dignity and honesty". Brett Berk deemed the interaction to be "appropriately fervid". The musical performances and selection in the episode were met with mixed response from critics. The original track "Loser Like Me" received general acclaim from critics. Berk praised
10906-448: The kiss was "sweet", and stated that he was pleased that it attracted no controversy whatsoever. James Poniewozik reacted positively to the storyline. In his review, Poniewozik wrote, "As for the at-long-last kiss, it's to Glee' s credit that it made me think, ‘Finally, Blaine and Kurt are locking lips already!’ before it made me think, ‘Look, an honest-to-God gay kiss, between two men, on my primetime TV show!’" Aly Semigran of MTV praised
11039-462: The laughs as the Cheerio least likely to get a Mensa invitation." Brittany has attracted comparison to Amanda Seyfried 's character from the 2004 hit teen comedy Mean Girls . Morris also received acclaim for her dancing and her portrayal as Brittany. Brittany first appears in Glee during the show's second episode , as a member of William McKinley High's cheerleading team, the Cheerios. She joins
11172-451: The lead singer of the Dalton Academy Warblers. Series producer Ryan Murphy first planned an episode entitled "Original Song" to air in early 2010, during the series' first season . Prior to this episode, most of Glee ' s musical performances were cover versions , and by October 2009 he had received offers from multiple songwriters willing to devise original tracks. At the time, he stated that Diane Warren would write two ballads for
11305-420: 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
11438-427: The moment. It’s long overdue and it will silence the growing legion of critics out there who were unhappy with the pace of this story and why Kurt always seemed to be stuck in pure misery." Robert Canning was more critical on the storyline. He highly criticized Darren Criss' performance as Blaine. In a detailed review regarding the storyline, Canning wrote, "Kurt finally got the first kiss he deserved. Too bad it came from
11571-435: The most popular scripted TV show in the 18 to 49 demographic is also—almost without comment or controversy—the gayest show on broadcast TV?", Ann Oldenburg of USA Today questioned whether Glee had gone too far by its depiction of Brittany and Santana kissing and their reference to the sexual act called " scissoring ". Christie Keith, in writing for the lesbian and bisexual media website AfterEllen , suggested that "Duets"
11704-438: 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 the other series co-creator, Ian Brennan , as co-executive producer. The series features
11837-474: The musical performances and covers of that episode. In the season finale, she sings solo lines in the glee club's Nationals performance of the original song " Light Up the World ". In the third season, Brittany's first major performance was in the third episode " Asian F ", where she sings lead on Beyoncé 's " Run the World (Girls) ", which garnered superlatives from many reviewers including Kevin Fallon of The Atlantic , who wrote, "Brittany's performance of 'Run
11970-624: The new song and its performance as a metaphor for the show: "New Directions flashed Glee’s trademark “L” sign, which the show has renamed as something cool. And instead of cups full of slush that's usually thrown at the Glee Club, the cups were filled with red confetti and thrown at the audience. This neat moment captured the show’s conceit: taking something ugly and oppressive and turning it into something beautiful and celebratory." The guest performances made by Kathy Griffin and Loretta Devine were met with mixed reception from several critics. Amy Reiter
12103-401: The opposite of what one might think, because the demands of those episodes—more and longer songs than usual, judges' deliberations, the competition scenes themselves—might be likely to crowd out character stories. Instead, like a singer overcoming nerves, the moment usually seems to focus Glee , and while "Original Song" was not an all-time great, it was generally a solid episode that did well by
12236-455: The original songs to be "hilarious". He opined, "Getting to run through a series of comical and catchy false starts was entertaining. Santana's 'Trouty Mouth' was sultry and hilarious. Puckerman's rocking ode to Lauren, 'Big Ass Heart,' was also a ridiculous treat. And then both were outdone by Mercedes' stomping, Amy Winehouse -aping 'Hell to the No'." Seven of the eleven songs featured on the episode charted on several popular musical charts. In
12369-442: The performance hinged on expected gags [...] and Griffin delivered it all with a stiffness that felt more like a recitation than a performance." Emily VanDerWerff reacted negatively to both performances. In her review of the episode, she opined, "That judges’ scene [...] was a pale retread of the original, only this time, it had Kathy Griffin and Loretta Devine, as well as a bunch of tired Tea Party gags that were tired when this episode
12502-424: The performance, and gave it an "A". She opined, "I'm a sucker for a Warbler-ized pop song, especially when it makes Blaine dance and make his weird, animated faces. They're simply adorable, and these Warblers are simply amazing." Gonzalez gave the performance of "Raise Your Glass" an "A". The lowest grade given by Gonzalez was a "D" for Santana's performance of "Trouty Mouth". She explained "If we're taking this song as
12635-430: The performance, and gave it four stars. He opined, "All four stars are for the lyrics [...] in which the lovable dorks sing about being the lovable dorks we fell in love with [...]". In her review for the episode, Erica Futterman of Rolling Stone praised the song, and called it a "true anthem" that "ends triumphantly". Raymond Flandez of The Wall Street Journal gave a positive review of the song: "The song grew out of
12768-405: The point that Morris considers some of her lines nonsensical. Brittany's character traits include her finding recipes confusing, cheating off intellectually disabled classmates, thinking her cat is reading her diary, and not knowing her right hand from her left. She is friendly towards all the other characters, and Morris has explained that Brittany "love[s] everybody, no matter who they are", so she
12901-442: The previous episode, " Sexy ", which was watched by 11.96 million American viewers and received a 4.6/14 rating/share in the 18-49 demographic upon first airing on television. In Canada, this episode also aired on March 15, 2011 on Global Television Network . The episode was watched by 1.8 million viewers, making it the ninth most-watched television program of the week. In Australia, the episode drew 972,000 viewers, making Glee
13034-469: The previous episode, " Sexy ". After the Warblers rehearse " Misery " in preparation for Regionals, Kurt Hummel ( Chris Colfer ) confesses his envy over how the Warblers always give Blaine ( Darren Criss ) the solo performance. Later, Kurt honors the sudden death of the Warblers' canary mascot, Pavarotti, with a performance of " Blackbird ". Blaine is visibly moved by Kurt's emotional tribute and realizes that he has feelings for Kurt. He later argues that
13167-554: 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
13300-442: The rest of Glee club alumni to McKinley High School in " Homecoming " to help Rachel and Kurt recruit for New Directions. In " Jagged Little Tapestry ", while the alumni stick around for another week, Brittany is surprised by Santana's marriage proposal and gladly accepts. Brittany and Santana then return in " What The World Needs Now " to deal with Santana's disapproving grandmother Alma – with whom she hasn’t spoken since coming out as
13433-456: The routines to competing glee clubs. New Directions put a new set list together at the last minute, and go on to win the competition regardless. Brittany also reveals that she and Santana have had sex, but are not dating . Following the club's victory at sectionals, Sue renews her effort to bring them down, and enlists Brittany and Santana to break up co-captains Rachel Berry ( Lea Michele ) and Finn Hudson ( Cory Monteith ). They invite Finn on
13566-431: The scenes, but criticized the show for its inconsistency. Brett Berk of Vanity Fair praised the episode for "not only [...] retreating into the series’s standard, flailing, everybody-in-the-pool narrative template, or filling this metaphorical slough with more leaden tropes than Richard Serra circa 1968, but by having the results be precisely the inevitabilities we all knew would occur." Akash Nikolas at Zap2It praised
13699-434: 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
13832-480: 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
13965-438: 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
14098-604: 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
14231-878: 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
14364-426: The second season, aiming to find a way for this to occur organically, as: "It wouldn’t work [before] if they just broke out and started singing their own songs. You wouldn't get it. I think it has to be an assignment." Six original tracks were composed for "Original Song", entitled " Get It Right ", " Loser like Me ", "Hell to the No", "Trouty Mouth", "Only Child" and "Big Ass Heart". The first two songs are featured on
14497-498: The series' sixth soundtrack album , Glee: The Music, Volume 5 . In the episode, "Loser Like Me" was performed by New Directions, with club co-captains Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) and Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith) on lead vocals. Described by Glee music supervisor Adam Anders as "a very uptempo, kind-of-summery hit", the song was co-written with Swedish music songwriter and producer Max Martin , known for his work with many pop artists. Having covered many of Martin's co-written songs on
14630-477: The series, including songs by Britney Spears and Kelly Clarkson , Anders felt it was appropriate to have his involvement. According to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers database, co-writers on the song include Anders, Peer Åström , Savan Kotecha , and Johan Schuster . "Get It Right" is a ballad composed specifically for Michele by Anders, his writing partner, and his wife. "Hell to
14763-464: 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
14896-463: The show's soundtrack albums. Brittany sings lead for Kesha 's " Tik-Tok " in the episode " Blame It on the Alcohol ". Candace Bulter of ScreenCrave praised the New Directions performance of the song and wrote, "Ke$ ha might be able to out-drink the Glee members, but their cover of her song was phenomenal." She went on to praise Brittany's choreography and voice, calling it "mad" and "awesome". Sandra Gonzalez of Entertainment Weekly praised all of
15029-403: The show, and if successful, Glee may continue to use original music in the future, but not all the time. These plans did not come to fruition, nor did a December 2009 claim by OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder that he had been recruited by Glee ' s music supervisor, Adam Anders, to write an original song for the series. Murphy later stated that he planned to showcase original music during
15162-449: 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
15295-431: The tenth most-watched show of the night. In the UK, the episode was watched by 2.41 million viewers (1.97 million on E4 , and 440,000 on E4+1), becoming the most-watched show on cable for the week. "Whether Glee is in the middle of a strong or shaky set of episodes, powerful or ridiculous storylines (or both at once), it usually manages to get things together for its regional/sectional competition episodes. It's
15428-549: The topic of cat diseases. It is also revealed in "Britney/Brittany" that Brittany is also "Britney Spears" as her middle initial is "S" making her "Brittany S. Pierce". At the Paley Festival Glee panel in March 2010, Murphy stated that Brittany and Santana would be seen to make out during the show's first season. Morris and Rivera only became aware of this after reading a Paley Festival report online. When they asked Murphy about
15561-443: The two her "new favourite Glee pairing", and commented: "While Heather Morris (Brittany) and Naya Rivera (Santana) have had minimal screen time, they’ve made it count. Heather in particular has brought the laughs as the Cheerio least likely to get a Mensa invitation. Never mind Finn and Rachel – I’m on Team Brittana now." Morris' performance in " Britney/Brittany " attracted critical praise; Lisa de Moraes called "Britney/Brittany"
15694-434: The wooden, glass-eyed Blaine. Chris Colfer has been in the running for performance awards for good reason. Darren Criss will not be. Colfer and his character deserve better than the cardboard, unemotional declaration of love that Criss delivered. Yay for Kurt and his first boyfriend, but that was a bland work up to their kiss." Sandra Gonzalez called the whole development "simply perfect". Kevin Fallon of The Atlantic thought
15827-421: Was a celebration of Heather, he wasn't kidding", and commended her musical performances. Robert Canning of IGN was initially concerned that the episode would diminish Morris' appeal by elevating her from a background role, but was ultimately pleased that it managed to retain her "fan favorite" secondary character status. While Poniewozik asked "have we gotten to the point as a society where it's unremarkable that
15960-399: Was a nicely done little ballad, the sort of song you could both see someone like Rachel writing and later belting." James Poniewozik also praised the voice of Michele, as well as her character development. He opined, "That said, I like the arc of Rachel-as-songwriter, which has played to some of Lea Michele's greatest strengths both as a comic and dramatic actress." Robert Canning of IGN found
16093-546: 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 ,
16226-400: Was certified gold in the US before the end of 2011. "Get It Right" debuted at number sixteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and number twenty-three on the Canadian Hot 100. These two original songs were featured in the soundtrack album Glee: The Music, Volume 5 . It was released on March 15, 2011, and debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 , selling over 90,000 copies in its first week in
16359-552: 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
16492-456: Was first broadcast on March 15, 2011 in the United States on Fox. It garnered a 4.2/13 Nielsen rating/share in the 18–49 demographic , and received over 11.15 million American viewers during its initial airing, despite airing simultaneously with NCIS on CBS , The Biggest Loser on NBC , No Ordinary Family on ABC , and One Tree Hill on The CW . The total viewership and ratings for this episode were slightly down from those of
16625-403: Was more critical on Griffin's performance as Tammy Jean Albertson, and noted "while Kathy Griffin was sight-gag funny as local tea party candidate Tammy Jean Albertson [...] her lines fell a bit flat." She went on to praise Devine's performance as Sister Mary Constance, saying that her lines "totally hit the bull's-eye." Robert Canning praised both performances, saying that it was the best part of
16758-537: 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
16891-798: 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
17024-538: Was nuts." Brittany's role in the show was initially intended to be minor, but grew towards the end of the first season. She does not have any solo musical performances during season one, but Morris hoped she would have one in the second season. On April 27, 2010, Michael Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly reported that Morris would be upgraded to a series regular for season two. Speaking to E!, Morris commented: "It's so fun. I literally just stand there and doze off and then I'm like, 'Oh yeah, I have to speak now! ' " At
17157-567: 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. Brittany Pierce Brittany Susan Pierce
17290-685: Was the "queerest episode of any series that's ever been on television", and stated that she was moved to tears by the final scene of Brittany forlorn without Santana. AfterEllen.com also listed her in their Top 50 Favorite Female TV Characters. Robert Canning praised Morris for her performance in " A Very Glee Christmas ", and wrote: "The heart of "A Very Glee Christmas" was found in Artie Abrams attempt to keep Brittany's belief in Santa Claus alive. Heather Morris perfectly played up Brittany's innocence and joy surrounding everything Santa. Her interaction with
17423-604: 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
17556-786: 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
17689-400: Was written." The Kurt–Blaine storyline was met with general acclaim from critics. In her review for the episode, Katie Morgan of Billboard reacted positively to the interaction between Kurt and Blaine. She wrote, "It sure took them long enough, but we're so glad to finally see Kurt happy." In his review, Mark Perigard opined, "It was utterly, sweetly romantic, and Criss sold the hell out of
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