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136-505: Rachel Barbra Berry is a fictional character and one of the two main protagonists, alongside Mr. Schue in the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee . The character is portrayed by actress Lea Michele , and appears in Glee from its pilot episode , first broadcast on May 19, 2009. Rachel was developed by Glee creators Ryan Murphy , Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan . She is the glee club star of

272-593: A 'sad clown hooker.' Come on. She looked fantastic." Zap2it 's Korbi Ghosh deemed Rachel's high point on the show romancing of Finn and Puck, commenting: "when we saw Rachel fall for them, she was actually relatable. Likable even. The type-A, uber-talented, self-involved know-it-all who's usually alienating her classmates let her guard down to expose a vulnerable side. And, as a bonus, we got some super solid musical performances from those awkward courtships." Conversely, Ghosh assessed her low point as being her romancing of Will, writing, "Sure, Schue's got it going on, what with

408-905: A Bow " with Glee club members Mercedes ( Amber Riley ) and Tina ( Jenna Ushkowitz ) singing backup. The first public screening of "Showmance" occurred in July 2009, at the Glee Comic-Con panel. Scott Collins of the Los Angeles Times wrote that turnout for the panel was standing-room only, and deemed the reception "enthusiastic". Recurring cast members who appear in the episode are Gallagher as football coach Ken Tanaka, Iqbal Theba as Principal Figgins , Jennifer Aspen as Terri's sister Kendra Giardi , Romy Rosemont as Finn's mother Carole Hudson , Ken Choi as Terri's OB/GYN Dr. Wu, and Rivera and Morris as new glee club members Santana Lopez and Brittany Pierce. Valorie Hubbard guest stars as Peggy. It

544-595: A Bow" and "Push It" were released as singles, available for download . "Gold Digger" charted at number 59 in Australia, "Take a Bow" at number 38 in Australia, 73 in Canada and 46 in America, and "Push It" at number 60 in Australia. "Gold Digger" and "Take a Bow" are included on the album Glee: The Music, Volume 1 , with a studio recording of "I Say a Little Prayer" included as a bonus track on discs purchased from iTunes . "Take

680-456: A Bow" was offered for use in the episode at a reduced licensing rate, something which surprised Murphy, who believed he would not be able to secure the rights to the song. He stated: "Usually, people who have no. 1 hits, even if they give it to you, want hundreds of thousands of dollars, in my experience. But Rihanna gave it to us for a really good price. That's been one of the cool and surprising things about this experience, that these people that

816-517: A Broadway show flopped, and she wants to mount a show based on her life story entitled CrossRhodes . She urges him to star with her in the show, and Emma tells him he should try. He decides to do so: he'll be in New York anyway for the glee club's Nationals competition, so he'd just stay afterward and start rehearsals for April's show. To avoid upsetting the glee club, he doesn't tell them his plans. Emma helps him pack up his apartment. In New York, he leaves

952-444: A Duo or Group with Vocals ("Don't Stop Believin'"), and the second for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media ( Glee: The Music, Volume 1 ). Michele said of the first Grammy nomination: "I like that it's for "Don't Stop Believin'" which is for the whole cast, so that we all get to go. That's just awesome." She was nominated again for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy at

1088-434: A Jet Plane " and " I Wanna Sex You Up " were also released as bonus-tracks on copies of Glee: The Music, Volume 1 purchased from Target stores. Upon learning that William McKinley High School's glee club director Sandy Ryerson ( Stephen Tobolowsky ) has been fired for inappropriate conduct, Spanish teacher Will Schuester volunteers to take over the club, hoping to restore it to its former glory. After first taking over

1224-429: A Little Prayer ", he gives Rachel's solo on " Don't Stop Believin' " to Quinn. Sue later recruits Quinn to help her bring the glee club down from the inside, angered because Figgins has cut some of her funds to finance the club. At home, Will is being pushed by his wife, Terri ( Jessalyn Gilsig ), to find a second job so that they can afford to move into a new house before the birth of their child. He begins working at

1360-408: A boyfriend. She is bullied by members of the school cheerleading and football teams, but is pleased when self centered quarterback Finn Hudson joins the club, developing a crush on him. The two share a kiss in the episode " Showmance ", although he tells her to forget that it happened and continues dating his girlfriend, cheerleader Quinn Fabray ( Dianna Agron ). Rachel quits the glee club when she

1496-522: A child played by Lauren Boles. In casting Glee , series creator Ryan Murphy sought out actors who could identify with the rush of starring in theatrical roles. Instead of using traditional network casting calls, he spent three months on Broadway, where he found Lea Michele , who starred in Spring Awakening . The role of Rachel was written specifically for Michele. In an interview with The Washington Post , Michele commented on her casting, saying, "I

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1632-519: A double wedding when Blaine and Kurt also get married), and later helps out with Myron Muskovitz's bar mitzvah. Then, when Dalton Academy burns down, he along with Rachel and Kurt take in Blaine and many of the displaced Warblers with the idea of merging them and New Directions into a supergroup to take down Vocal Adrenaline at Sectionals...much to Sue's dismay. He is present as a witness when the superintendent fires Sue over her many lies and reign of terror over

1768-481: A figure of ridicule by glitterbombing her backfires—the viral video instead improves her standing in the polls. She manages to eliminate the budget for the school's musical, but Burt Hummel ( Mike O'Malley ) arranges for funding from his fellow businessmen, and because of what the arts—and Will's glee club in particular—have done for his son Kurt, he decides to run against Sue as a write-in candidate, with Will as his campaign manager, and defeats her. The rivalry between

1904-416: A highly desirable school. The two attend an Ohio "mixer" for potential applicants, only to discover that their competition is very much like them, and quite talented. Rachel proposes that McKinley do West Side Story as the school musical, since she believes herself to be a shoo-in for the lead role, Maria, and she needs the experience for her NYADA application. However, Mercedes also auditions for Maria, and

2040-407: A new group. There's nothing more depressing than a high schooler with a bald spot." He also revealed that some of the original cast would leave as early as 2012, "I think you have to be true to the fact that here is a group of people who come and go in these teachers' lives." Murphy said in July 2011 that Michele would be one of the actors leaving at the end of the third season, and Michele commented on

2176-546: A number of awards for her portrayal of Rachel. At the 2009 Satellite Awards , she won the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical or Comedy Television Series . Michele was part of the Glee ensemble cast that was awarded Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at the 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards . In 2010, Michele won the NewNowNext Awards for Brink of Fame: Actor. The role has also garnered Michele numerous award nominations. In 2009, she

2312-443: A recommendation from Sue, stating she needed to get him out of her hair). Learning that Rachel is rebooting New Directions, he helps build her confidence a little despite the fact that he's now her rival. However, his team, led by new lead soloist Clint, doesn't respect him and only cares about winning. Despite trying to teach the group a lesson about tolerance with help from Unique Adams after Coach Beiste undergoes gender transitioning,

2448-411: A relationship, but after he finds out that she's a virgin, they take a break. Will then proceeds to make out with the coach of rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline, Shelby Corcoran ( Idina Menzel ), who afterward advises him to take time to rediscover who he is now that he's ending a long marriage. In " The Power of Madonna ", after Sue tells Emma that she has no control over her own body, Emma decides to "do

2584-488: A school assembly, hoping to recruit new members. The group is opposed to his choice of song—" Le Freak " by Chic —so as a compromise, Will suggests they also learn " Gold Digger " by Kanye West . Rachel Berry 's ( Lea Michele ) crush on Finn Hudson ( Cory Monteith ) leads her to join the celibacy club, which he attends with his girlfriend, Quinn Fabray ( Dianna Agron ), who is head of the Cheerios. Rachel soon realizes that

2720-521: A second glee club for her, and recruits former Vocal Adrenaline director Shelby Corcoran to run it. Will suffers further defections from the glee club when first Mercedes, and then Santana and Brittany, leave to join Shelby's rival club due to a lack of soloing opportunities in New Directions. Sue runs for Congress on a platform of cutting all funding for school arts programs, and Will's attempt to render her

2856-443: A severe case of the flu and is too ill to work. His ex-wife Terri comes over uninvited to take care of him, and the two end up sleeping together. Sue fires Will and appoints his substitute, Holly Holliday ( Gwyneth Paltrow ), in his stead. When Holly visits to ask Will for some advice, Terri discovers them talking and assumes the worst. Will tells Terri that he shouldn't have slept with her while ill, and that their divorce stands. Will

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2992-444: A softness and a longing in them that I’m always surprised Emma matches." Eric Goldman for IGN enjoyed Morrison's music performances in the episode " Mash-Up ", commending: "I have to hand it to Matthew Morrison for just going for it in these sequences. There is of course something completely dorky about seeing this guy perform these songs, but Morrison infuses Will with such enjoyment in what he's doing, he completely sells it. And yes,

3128-412: A son. She tells him to quit working as a janitor, offering up use of her craft room as a nursery for the baby so they do not need to move. Following a private rehearsal, Finn and Rachel kiss, and he is suddenly overwhelmed and experiences premature ejaculation . Embarrassed, he leaves, telling her to forget that their tryst happened, and goes back to Quinn. A dismayed Rachel later sings Rihanna 's " Take

3264-546: A standing ovation from the observing Carmen Tibideaux. New Directions return to McKinley as National Show Choir Champions and Rachel presents Mr. Schuester with the Teacher of the Year award. After Rachel graduates from McKinley, she finds out that she was accepted into NYADA. However, both Finn and Kurt were rejected from their colleges. At first, she decides to defer her acceptance so that she can help them both. However, Finn takes Rachel to

3400-414: A star. After Kurt comes to New York, the two decide to move in together while Kurt pursues an internship with Vogue.com and plans to reapply to NYADA for the second semester. In the episode " Makeover ", Rachel gets picked on by a group of female dancers for her childish appearance. With the help of Kurt and his new boss Isabelle Wright ( Sarah Jessica Parker ), she is convinced to get a makeover. Her new look

3536-436: A surrogate mother to Kurt and Blaine's child. She wins a Tony Award, and thanks everyone on stage, especially Mr. Schuester. In the final minutes of the series, she performs OneRepublic 's " I Lived " with almost every former member of New Directions and the adults during the rededication of McKinley's auditorium to Finn Hudson. Rachel then takes a final bow with the rest of the cast. Rachel is portrayed by Lea Michele , and as

3672-476: A television commercial, and steps down as director so they will be allowed to perform. Emma decides to postpone her wedding to Ken by several hours to accompany the glee club to Sectionals in Will's place, and the club wins. Ken ends their engagement and cancels the wedding because of this, and after he has officially ended his relationship with Terri, Will and Emma share a kiss. In " Hell-O ", Will and Emma try to start

3808-423: A tenure position goes up in the history department of McKinley High (" The Spanish Teacher "), Will ends up on the shortlist for the spot. At the same time, his own job as Spanish teacher is put to risk when Santana complains about his teaching style and he eventually gives it up to David Martinez (guest star Ricky Martin ) after taking on history at an annual basis while Emma gains the tenure role, beating out Sue in

3944-522: Is a "strong, driven girl" but somewhat neurotic, and Glee follows Rachel's journey to become more of a team player as well as fulfil her own aspirations. Michele was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2010 , and for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 2010 and 2011 for her performance in

4080-426: Is about to start a family. To his dismay, she later becomes engaged to football coach Ken Tanaka ( Patrick Gallagher ). Will's dedication to the glee club wavers when his students question his choreography skills, but after starting a well-received all-male a cappella group, the "Acafellas", he recommits to the club. In the episode " The Rhodes Not Taken ", after Rachel Berry ( Lea Michele ) has temporarily quit

4216-451: Is accepted, but is torn between Broadway or college. Despite Jesse St. James' suggestion that she work with him on a Broadway musical, she chooses NYADA. She announces that after Regionals is over, she will be departing from McKinley to go back to NYADA again. At the beginning of the series finale, " Dreams Come True ", she is seen going to the New Directions competition to assist them. She does make it big on Broadway, marries Jesse, and becomes

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4352-528: Is also Jewish, and is a football player who used to bully her, but she breaks up with him due to her continuing feelings for Finn. She later discovers and reveals to Finn that Quinn's pregnancy was not caused by him, but that Puck is the father; furious, Finn attacks Puck, breaks up with Quinn, and drops out of New Directions. He returns the day of the group's first major competition, the Sectionals, to undo sabotage by cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester ( Jane Lynch );

4488-539: Is being sold. Much to her dismay, Sue has disbanded all arts from McKinley and Rachel approaches the Superintendent to reboot the glee club with her remaining TV money to fund it. He agrees as long as she runs the club. With the help of the newly broken-up Kurt, she restarts the New Directions, which angers Sue. She calls her old friends and former fellow glee club members Quinn, Santana, Brittany, Puck, Artie, Mercedes, and Tina to help her, and Kurt recruits students to join

4624-425: Is informed that it was a false alarm. She later breaks up with Brody after Santana reveals that he is a male escort and is stunned to find out Finn flew to New York just to beat him up. When Rachel breaks up with Brody, she admits that the relationship never would have worked because she was using it to try to get over her heartache about Finn. Rachel auditions for Funny Girl and sings "Don't Stop Believin'", imagining

4760-431: Is made the new school football coach, and the cheerleading and glee club budgets are slashed in favor of football. Although he at first conspires against Coach Beiste with Sue because of the budget cuts, Will eventually befriends her. In the episode " Britney/Brittany ", Will tries to impress Emma by purchasing a new car similar to that of her boyfriend, Carl, and by joining the glee club in a racy performance of " Toxic ". By

4896-456: Is married to his high school sweetheart Terri ( Jessalyn Gilsig ), who does not support his dedication to the glee club. When Terri announces that she is pregnant, she pressures Will to resign as a teacher and take a better paying job as an accountant. Will is prepared to do so, but after a motivational talk from school guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury ( Jayma Mays ) and seeing the club perform well without his tutelage, Will decides to remain at

5032-753: Is met with positive reception from others, including Brody, and she invites him over to dinner. Right after their first kiss, Rachel discovers Finn on her doorstep. While visiting, Rachel learns that Finn was medically discharged from the army several weeks ago and that he no longer wants to live in New York after seeing how happy she is without him. Finn takes off and goes back to Lima where Rachel confronts him and says that even though she loves him, she can no longer stay in their relationship. She and Brody begin to see each other, and she lets him move in so that they can be closer. When she returns for Will and Emma's wedding, she and Finn reconnect as friends. When Finn asks about Brody, she says they are not exclusive. Finn says that

5168-535: Is moved and made happy by the performance. She agrees to redo the script, but warns Rachel that the network will never make a pilot from it. Eventually, the network loves the script and calls Rachel, and she moves to LA to start shooting her pilot. In the final season premiere, " Loser Like Me ", it is revealed that Rachel's pilot bombed. It got extremely low ratings and the show was quickly cancelled. Having burned her bridges on Broadway, Rachel retreats home to Lima and discovers that her fathers are divorcing and her house

5304-445: Is not allowed to contact directly until Rachel is eighteen. When Rachel discovers that Shelby is her mother, they both confess to not feeling an immediate attachment and eventually decide not to pursue a relationship. Jesse betrays Rachel and returns to Vocal Adrenaline, leaving her devastated. In the episode " Journey to Regionals ", as he and Rachel are about to go onstage at Regionals, Finn tells her that he loves her; although they lose

5440-403: Is not assigned a solo she wanted thanks to the rigged assignment planned by fired director Sandy Ryerson, and is awarded the lead role in the school musical, Cabaret . However, she later quits the musical and rejoins the glee club when she realizes that she would rather be in a group in which she has friends. She has a brief relationship with another glee club member, Puck ( Mark Salling ), who

5576-513: Is reinstated by Sue. He subsequently learns that Emma and Carl have impulsively married while in Las Vegas. He is upset, but wishes her well. He remains in love with her, and on a drunken night months later, he drunk dials Emma and leaves a highly suggestive message on the answering machine. Unfortunately, he has mistakenly dialed Sue's number, and Sue plays the message over the school's public address system. Will decides to abstain from alcohol, and gets

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5712-457: Is the assistant of Coach Beiste, and develops a crush on him, despite him only being hypnotized by Sue to distract Rachel. Sam backs off, stating he is still in love with Mercedes, which makes her sad. At Mercedes' suggestion, she auditions for Broadway again. Rachel struggles to move on from her old house after it is sold, and her friends and students cheer her up with a farewell party. Later, Rachel plans on applying for readmission to NYADA, and she

5848-442: Is the most frequently seen character on the series, with “Dynamic Duets”, "The Role You Were Born To Play" and "Shooting Star" (all in season 4) being the only episodes where she does not appear. Rachel is Jewish . Her fathers named her after Rachel Green from Friends , and her middle name is in honor of Barbra Streisand . She joins the newly reconstituted glee club hoping that fame will increase her popularity and help her find

5984-429: Is thriving as an arts school and Will watches proudly as Rachel wins her Tony Award and dedicates it to him. The Chicago Tribune 's Maureen Ryan opined following Glee 's pilot episode: "Casting Matthew Morrison as Will Schuester [...] was a wise move; the actor not only has a sweet voice but a hangdog hopefulness that gives a needed anchor to the show's more satirical elements." In contrast, Tom Shales for

6120-419: Is well received by the student body, however complaints from parents lead Principal Figgins ( Iqbal Theba ) to compile a list of pre-approved, sanitary songs which New Directions must choose from in future. Will is angry with Rachel for her actions, and when Quinn and fellow cheerleaders Santana ( Naya Rivera ) and Brittany ( Heather Morris ) audition for the club with a tongue-in-cheek rendition of " I Say

6256-470: The Chicago Tribune's Maureen Ryan wrote, "Lea Michele not only has an amazing voice but manages to make her character, spoiled diva Rachel Berry, more than a humorless stereotype." Denise Martin of the Los Angeles Times commented in her review of the episode " The Rhodes Not Taken ", "If there's any justice in the world, Lea Michele will win a Golden Globe and an Emmy for playing Rachel". Following

6392-629: The New York Post and Entertainment Weekly ' s Tim Stack comparing the episode favorably to the series' pilot episode . Brian Lowry for Variety , however, received the episode poorly, deeming the show a one-hit wonder , while Robert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times noted weaknesses in the adult characters. Cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester ( Jane Lynch ) informs glee club director Will Schuester ( Matthew Morrison ) that New Directions must have twelve members to be eligible to compete at Regionals. Will decides to have New Directions perform in

6528-462: The Washington Post criticized Morrison as Will, writing: "Morrison is definitely not gleeful and doesn't seem particularly well equipped to be a high-school impresario; as pipers go, he's not even marginally pied." Robert Lloyd for the Los Angeles Times commented on the show's early episodes that the adult characters "tend more to caricature than character", stating that by contrast, "Will, as

6664-524: The 100 Most Influential People in the World . Her cover of The All-American Rejects ' " Gives You Hell " reached the top 40 on the US Billboard 200. Michele was featured as lead singer in 14 of the top 20 selling Glee Cast songs as of 2010. She won the 2012 and 2013 People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Comedy Actress. Michele was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2011. The first for Best Pop Performance by

6800-538: The Glee we're getting — and maybe it wouldn't be Glee at all. It's not perfect, but in a sea of procedural conformity, Glee is its own weird, often enchanting little island escape." While Hank Stuever for The Washington Post praised the show's inclusion of adult storylines alongside teenage drama, Robert Lloyd for the Los Angeles Times felt that the adult characters "tend more to caricature than character", writing of Sue that: "the writing flattens her toward

6936-429: The Los Angeles Times commended: "Matthew Morrison showed another dimension to Will, and did a remarkable job doing so. There was anger and anguish all intertwined in this bitter and broken shell of a man. And he played it well enough where you feared for Terri." Following the broadcast of the mid-season finale episode " Sectionals ", in which Will and Emma kiss, Goldman commented: "Schue and Emma finally coming together

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7072-406: The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series at the 2010 ceremony , which were hosted on August 29; and for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy at the 2010 Golden Globe Awards . Robert A. George of the New York Post deemed Rachel "the only female [in Glee ] who doesn't come across as manipulative or vapidly helpless", while

7208-608: The 2011 Golden Globe Awards. The cast of Glee was also nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at the 2011 and 2012 ceremonies. Mr. Schue William Michael Schuester , often referred to as Mr. Schue , is a fictional teacher character and one of the two main protagonists from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee , alongside his student Rachel Berry . He appeared in Glee from its pilot episode , first broadcast on May 19, 2009. Will

7344-467: The UK, the episode was shown straight after the pilot episode , and was watched by 1.45 million viewers (1.22 million on E4, and 227,000 on timeshift), becoming the most-watched show on E4 for the week, and the most-watched show on cable for the week. The episode received generally positive reviews from critics. Shawna Malcom for the Los Angeles Times wrote that with "Showmance", Glee : "admirably lived up to

7480-495: The arts and being who you are." Michele described the first thirteen episodes of the series as "Rachel's journey of finding herself within the Glee club", and said that "she's learning how to be a team player and work within this group. She's a very strong, driven girl, who's sometimes a little misunderstood." Glee 's costume designer Lou Eyrich described Rachel's costuming in an interview with Entertainment Weekly , "Originally,

7616-411: The beginning of the third season, Will and Emma are living together and sleeping in the same bed, though Emma remains a virgin. The membership of New Directions is down, and their recruitment drive proves unsuccessful. Will reluctantly rejects Sugar Motta ( Vanessa Lengies ) after a truly awful audition has the glee club membership demanding he do so; her father makes a huge donation to the school to fund

7752-442: The beginning, Murphy considered the role ideal for Morrison after being impressed by his Broadway bravado. The creators of Glee were initially looking for a song-and-dance man who could pass as a small-town high school teacher. Glee co-creator Brad Falchuk later commented about his casting process, "You'd think there must be a lot of good-looking 30-year-old guys who can sing, dance, and act, but there really aren't." Morrison

7888-423: The cast and we really admire and respect have found out about the show and are supportive." "Showmance" averaged 7.3 million US viewers, making Glee the second most watched show of the evening after NBC 's America's Got Talent . It achieved a 3.5/9 rating/share in the 18-49 demographic, making it Fox's best scripted premiere in three years. However, as Scott Collins for the Los Angeles Times noted,

8024-487: The catalog of 2 Live Crew , it's hard to imagine a song more inappropriate for a high school glee club [...] but the young misfits of the Fox comedy Glee somehow made it work." Brian Lowry for Variety , however, criticized the episode. He wrote that Lynch's performance was "fitfully funny but usually just plain annoying", calling the pregnancy subplot "credulity-straining". Lowry praised Colfer and Michele, however stated that

8160-453: The celibacy club is really a place where teens try to get as physically close to each other as possible without technically engaging in any kind of sexual activity, and she impresses Finn by saying celibacy club doesn't work because it is normal for teenagers to want to have sex. Rachel also convinces the Glee club members to secretly change their performance to " Push It " by Salt-n-Pepa to give audience members what they want, "sex". The song

8296-436: The ceremony is about to begin at City Hall, with their parents still hoping to prevent it from occurring. Rachel is waiting for Quinn, who had gone home to get her bridesmaid dress, to arrive. Quinn's car is hit by a truck as the episode ends. The wedding is called off, though the engagement remains on. In the episode " Choke ", Rachel auditions for NYADA in front of formidable judge Carmen Tibideaux ( Whoopi Goldberg ) but forgets

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8432-560: The character from films including Election , and television portrayals such as the Gossip Girl character Blair Waldorf . "Rachel will never be popular because her looks aren't considered beautiful," said Michele, "and when I was in high school it was the same for me. I didn't get a nose job, and every single girl around me did. Therefore, I was out. What's so great about Glee is that it shows you how that kind of stuff hurts, but it doesn't matter: You can still be who you want to be." Rachel

8568-804: The club down from within, so she arranges to become the coach of Aural Intensity, hoping to defeat New Directions at Regionals, but the McKinley glee club wins. Holly returns to McKinley as a substitute sex education teacher, and starts dating Will, though they break up after five dates. At Carl's request, Holly counsels him and Emma, as they are having difficulties: Emma is still a virgin after four months of marriage. When pressed, she admits to them that she still has some feelings for Will. Carl moves out, and soon asks Emma for an annulment of their marriage. The stress makes Emma's OCD worse, and Will urges her to get treatment, which she does, and her condition begins to improve. April returns to ask Will's help: her first attempt at

8704-531: The competition to Vocal Adrenaline, they become a couple. When the glee club needs to recruit new members to get back up to the minimum twelve required for competitions, Rachel initially encourages transfer student Sunshine Corazon ( Jake Zyrus ) to try out, but when she realizes just how good Sunshine is, she sabotages the audition, directing her to an inactive crack house instead of the true location; Sunshine ends up transferring to Carmel High and joining Vocal Adrenaline. Though this and Finn's temporary ouster from

8840-452: The courage to propose to Emma in the episode " Yes/No " after she blurts out that she wants to marry him, and recruits the glee club to help him select and perform the perfect song as a part of that proposal. He asks Finn to be his best man at the wedding, and Finn agrees, but when he asks Emma's parents for their blessing, he is refused. He goes ahead anyway, and after a spectacular performance, he asks Emma to marry him, and she accepts. After

8976-484: The dance floor, which effectively ends Finn and Quinn's campaign for prom king and queen. Finn ultimately breaks up with Quinn when he realizes he has a deeper connection with Rachel, despite the fact that she and Jesse seem to be a couple again. At Nationals, as the New Directions are about to go on stage, Finn begs Rachel to get back together with him, but though she professes her love, she refuses, still torn between her love for New York and Broadway and her love for him. At

9112-514: The development of the romantic relationship between Will and Emma. In casting Glee , series creator Ryan Murphy sought out actors who could identify with the rush of starring in theatrical roles. Instead of using traditional network casting calls, he spent three months on Broadway, where he found Matthew Morrison , who had previously starred on stage in Hairspray and The Light in the Piazza . From

9248-399: The directors, unable to decide between the two of them even after head-to-head callbacks, decide to double-cast the role, giving Rachel and Mercedes each a week of the two-week run. Mercedes, believing she did better in the callbacks, refuses to accept the double-casting and withdraws from the show, leaving Rachel to be Maria. She and Finn decide to have sex in the episode " The First Time ". In

9384-415: The egos of Vocal Adrenaline drive him to his breaking point. After helping Unique with Beiste's transitioning by secretly putting together a transgender choir under the guise of pranking McKinley, he calls out Clint and the group about their arrogance and disrespect and quits. Rachel then enlists him to help out New Directions as a consultant. He is a groomsman at Santana and Brittany's wedding (which becomes

9520-488: The end of the episode he returns the car, realizing that he should be himself. When Emma mentions that The Rocky Horror Picture Show is her favorite musical, and she and Carl have been going to see it, Will decides to have the glee club perform it, and recruits Emma to assist him. However, when Carl becomes involved and is given a role, Will joins the production himself. Carl ends up accusing Will of trying to steal Emma, and Will backs off. In " The Substitute ", Will contracts

9656-645: The end of their duet—"Pretending", written by Finn—an enthusiastic audience falls silent when Rachel and Finn share an overlong, unscripted kiss; the glee club comes in twelfth. Back in Ohio, Finn reminds Rachel that she has a year until graduation and moving to New York; he kisses her, and their relationship resumes. Rachel, along with Kurt, plans to attend a performing arts school in New York City after graduation. School counselor Emma Pillsbury ( Jayma Mays ) suggests they consider The New York Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYADA),

9792-414: The entire team has to join the glee club for one week. When Sue pulls her cheerleaders from the game, the team and glee club ultimately work together to perform the halftime show, and the team goes on to win the championship. Sue's cheerleaders lose their own Regionals, their first loss in seven years, and a seemingly depressed Sue inveigles Will to let her join the glee club for a week. She is unable to bring

9928-473: The episode " Hairography " in which Rachel is badly made-over by Kurt, Mike Hale of The New York Times noted a popular theme amongst critics for negatively highlighting the way Glee treated its female characters. He said that while he understood this stance, he generally disagreed with it as the show treated male characters equally poorly. However, he wrote that "it was a bit much when Finn looked at Rachel in her catsuit and frizzy hair and said she looked like

10064-518: The episode " Mash Off ", Rachel abruptly withdraws from the race for senior class president in favor of Kurt after she realizes he might not get into NYADA with her if he doesn't win. She goes even further in the next episode, " I Kissed a Girl ", when she stuffs an election ballot box in Kurt's favor to keep him from losing. He loses anyway, and she confesses: she is suspended from school for a week and forbidden to compete in Sectionals with New Directions, though

10200-453: The episode " Preggers ", "Rachel has become insufferable. The disagreements with Mr. Schue about her own development as a bonafide triple-threat have branded her as an overbearing prima donna to the rest of Glee." Eric Goldman for IGN agreed, "It's hard not to be annoyed by Rachel". James Poniewozik of Time suggested that Rachel's negative character traits were actually an asset, commenting on her performance of " Don't Rain on My Parade " in

10336-461: The episode " Sectionals ", "The number reminded me how much I like what the show's done with Rachel: she's a lead character, yet the show allows her to be annoying—but at the same time, her dedication makes her likeable. And as we see here, as much of a pill as she can be, her ability to whip out a performance she's been working on since age four is an asset." AfterEllen.com ranked her No. 18 in their Top 50 Favorite Female TV Characters. Michele won

10472-479: The episode for the additional depth it brought to Will and his feelings for Emma. In April 2012, the staff of Entertainment Weekly named Will one of the "20 Most Annoying TV Characters Ever". Marc Snetiker wrote that he had "the intrigue of a blank chalkboard and the personality of a pair of pleated khakis", and sometimes made "things just seem a little less gleeful." Showmance (Glee) The episode features covers of six songs. Studio recordings of three of

10608-698: The fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio , where the show is set. Her storylines have seen her suffer peer alienation due to her Broadway ambitions and over-eager personality, but she is very kind-hearted and willing to help even if people do not need it and develop romantic feelings for Jesse St. James ( Jonathan Groff ), a member of rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline, but primarily for quarterback and glee club co-captain Finn Hudson ( Cory Monteith ), to whom she eventually becomes engaged. Hudson later dies in season 5, with his cause of death not being revealed. This

10744-418: The film Election , and the Gossip Girl character Blair Waldorf ( Leighton Meester ). She explained, "[Blair] is shady, but you still love her. She's still vulnerable. That's what I try to do with Rachel. Rachel will never be popular because her looks aren't considered beautiful, and when I was in high school it was the same for me. I didn't get a nose job, and every single girl around me did. Therefore, I

10880-702: The football team test their relationship, it remains quite strong through the beginning of season two; the two work together to throw the glee club's duets competition so newcomer Sam Evans ( Chord Overstreet ) wins instead. Rachel eventually discovers that Finn slept with cheerleader Santana Lopez ( Naya Rivera ) the previous year while Rachel was dating Jesse, and lied about it, though Rachel herself had lied and said she had slept with Jesse when she hadn't; hurt, she makes out with Puck to hurt Finn back; this betrayal causes Finn to break up with her. Rachel tries to win him back, but he instead rekindles his feelings for Quinn and starts dating her. Wounded by Quinn telling her that

11016-407: The glee club Will becomes the father figure to all the glee club, especially to Finn Hudson, whose father died when he was a baby. He is also shown to be the father figure to Puck and Quinn caring for her throughout her pregnancy. Will's role as the father figure was first shown after Finn learns that Quinn is pregnant. He goes to Will for guidance, however he completely breaks down in Will's arms. Will

11152-444: The glee club presses Rachel to break off with Jesse, but he transfers to William McKinley and joins New Directions, which defuses their concerns. She tells Jesse that her dream is to find her birth mother and surrogate, and he offers to help her do so. However, he already knows who it is: Vocal Adrenaline coach Shelby Corcoran ( Idina Menzel ), who has asked Jesse to befriend Rachel so that she might reconnect with her daughter, whom she

11288-577: The glee club unchaperoned while he goes to the Broadway theater where April's show is being mounted, and sings "Still Got Tonight" from the stage. When the new coach of Vocal Adrenaline, Dustin Goolsby ( Cheyenne Jackson ), tries to shake New Directions by telling them of Will's impending Broadway debut, he realizes that he wants to continue coaching them, and gives up on Broadway. New Directions comes in twelfth of fifty teams, and Will returns with them to Ohio. At

11424-446: The glee club wins without her. At the end of the episode " Yes/No ", Finn asks her to marry him, and after hesitating for several days, she accepts. Their parents find out in " Heart ", and hope to discourage the pair, but their plans backfire and the wedding date is moved up to May. Even that date seems too distant, so Rachel and Finn later decide to marry after Regionals in " On My Way ". New Directions wins at Regionals, and hours later

11560-457: The glee club, Will recruits his former classmate, high school dropout April Rhodes ( Kristin Chenoweth ), as the new female lead. However, she is an alcoholic and proves to be a bad influence on the kids, and he has her leave. In " Throwdown ", Will's nemesis, cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester ( Jane Lynch ), is made co-director of the club and divides up the students, but when their fighting leads

11696-523: The glee club, who have just ended a school assembly by vomiting during a song due to imbibing, to pledge to give up drinking until after Nationals. New Directions ekes out at tie with the Dalton Academy Warblers at the Sectionals competition, and will face them and Aural Intensity at Regionals. With the football team's glee club and non-glee members at odds, the team looks doomed to defeat at the championship game, so Will and Coach Beiste agree that

11832-410: The glee club: "It's now time to wonder when the show will stop making Will behave in ways completely at odds with Mr. Morrison’s bland, gentle performance. (Or, conversely, when Mr. Morrison will start playing him the way he's written.)" Mandi Bierly for Entertainment Weekly praised Morrison's acting in the episode " Vitamin D ", writing: " Matthew Morrison communicates so much with his eyes. There's

11968-523: The glee club; he gets one student, Roderick, to audition. Blaine, the head coach for the Dalton Academy Warblers, desperately tries to get a female student named Jane to join the Warblers, despite the members' objections. Jane eventually chooses to transfer to McKinley to join the New Directions after a brief coaching with Rachel, much to Blaine's dismay. By the end, Rachel has 4 members of the glee club. During her time as McKinley's faculty, she bonds with Sam, who

12104-449: The group makes up a completely new set list , which Rachel opens with a solo of " Don't Rain on My Parade ", and New Directions wins by unanimous decision. For a short time Rachel believes that she is dating Finn, but he tells her that he needs to take time out for himself. He changes his mind soon after, but Rachel has already begun dating Jesse St. James ( Jonathan Groff ), the lead singer of rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline. The rest of

12240-557: The guy can dance." Liz Pardue of Zap2it praised Morrison's acting in " Mattress ", calling him "beyond fantastic" during the confrontation between Will and Terri. Bobby Hankinson of the Houston Chronicle wrote that he "was glad to see Will react with the appropriate level of rage", but felt that the scene became too tense, leaving him almost feeling bad for Terri. Raymund Flandez of the Wall Street Journal wrote that he

12376-486: The impact of being held back to repeat her senior year. Will and Emma also get married in the end of Season 4. During Season 5, the Glee Club faces its biggest challenges as Sue finally gets her way and disbands the group. Will's spouse Emma tries to get pregnant and succeeds. Her and Will's son Daniel Finn is born during Rachel Berry's debut of Funny Girl . Will starts the season as the new coach of Vocal Adrenaline (upon

12512-451: The inspiration for her look was Tracy Flick from Election —very buttoned-down, preppy, obnoxious, squeaky clean, nerdy. But she's got at least 12 costume changes each episode. That same look all the time just gets boring for the screen and for the actress to wear, so we spread it out a lot. We try to have her buttoned-up or wearing a nerdy sweater over a cute dress, like she doesn't quite get it right. Or she takes that sweater and tucks it into

12648-404: The kids to walk out in disgust, Sue steps down. In the episode " Mattress ", Will uncovers Terri's fake pregnancy when he discovers her pregnancy pad in a drawer. He angrily confronts her, then walks out, but remains undecided over whether to end their marriage. He inadvertently renders the glee club ineligible to compete at Sectionals by sleeping on a mattress that they had been given for working on

12784-558: The lead on the Broadway show, Funny Girl . Santana offers to be Rachel's understudy when Rachel is stuck in Los Angeles for a television show audition. Before the opening, she suffers from a bout of self-doubt, but performs after Santana gives her a pep talk. Lee Paulblatt, a Fox Television executive, sees Rachel perform, and is so impressed, he informs her he wants to cast her in an upcoming, untitled television pilot. He has her meet with famed screenwriter, Mary Halloran, who will be creating

12920-414: The love of school guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury ( Jayma Mays ), and marry her. Morrison was cast as Will after Murphy spent three months observing actors on Broadway. Several musical performances featuring him have been released as singles, available for digital download , and also appear on the soundtrack albums Glee: The Music, Volume 1 and Glee: The Music, Volume 2 , among others. Morrison

13056-408: The matter, saying, "We always knew we'd graduate in real time. It's all part of the plan and it's all good! It's going to make Season 3 amazing! This is just the beginning!" However, Falchuk later stated that while Michele, along with Chris Colfer and Cory Monteith , would graduate at the end of the third season, "Because they're graduating doesn't mean they're leaving the show." Falchuk insisted, "It

13192-499: The nasty" with Will at his place. However, they don't go through with it, and she runs out of Will's apartment without her shoes. Will admires her for "taking control by telling herself she wasn't ready", and promises to help her with her problems and start a relationship after his divorce with Terri is finalized. In the season finale, " Journey to Regionals ", the glee club comes in last at the Regionals competition. The kids, heartbroken at

13328-439: The opening number gives us a rousing good show." The episode's musical numbers attracted positive reviews, particularly Will's rendition of "Gold Digger". Raymund Flandez for The Wall Street Journal praised this performance, also describing the group performance of "Push It" as "glorious in encapsulating every teenage horror". Discussing the performance of "Gold Digger", Dave Itzkoff for The New York Times wrote: "Outside of

13464-404: The original New Directions members singing in the background. She is called back for further auditions for the title role, Fanny Brice. In the finale, Rachel sings "To Love You More" at the final callback before the role is cast. In " The Quarterback ", Rachel is devastated with the loss of Finn. Michele, who in real life was dating Cory Monteith , had asked to postpone this episode until everyone

13600-421: The other major networks besides Fox all opened the evening by airing a speech by President Barack Obama , disrupting regular viewing patterns. Furthermore, the official fall season had yet to begin, placing Glee against weaker competition in the ratings than the remainder of the season would experience. "Showmance" was the third most watched show in Canada for the week of broadcast, with 1.77 million viewers. In

13736-514: The previous year. Rachel doesn't give up on her dream and sends Carmen Tibideaux fourteen messages and pesters her to give Rachel another chance at the audition, even driving to one of Tibideaux's tryouts with Tina. Her persistence (and Tina's help) persuade Ms. Tibideaux to come and see Rachel perform with New Directions at Nationals in Chicago (unbeknownst to Rachel). In " Nationals " Rachel performs Celine Dion's " It's All Coming Back To Me Now " and gets

13872-454: The promise of its pilot". Entertainment Weekly ' s Tim Stack called the episode "really really fun", observing that: "The quality seen in the pilot definitely does not waver. If anything, the show seems to be finding its footing and tone." David Hinckley of the Daily News rated the episode 4 out of 5 stars and commented: " Glee could have a hard time sustaining what it has set up. But

14008-466: The question is: Is Glee looking to be the less-attractive comedy cousin of Friday Night Lights ... or Saved By the Bell: The New Class? " Michele took the role because of Rachel's characterization, and explained, "Not only is she a singer, but she has so much heart—I think it's what we need on TV. A show that is filled with heart and love that is funny. It sends an amazing message to kids about

14144-415: The rapping, the break dancing, the boy band'ing and the lindy hopping too. But Rachel's eye-on-the-prize, I'll-get-what-I-want attitude coupled with her inappropriate crush on the teacher just made her creepier than usual. Infiltrating his home, cooking and cleaning for him right under his crazy wife's nose. Come on, Berry, you're better than that..." Raymund Flandez for The Wall Street Journal commented on

14280-416: The reason she has not committed to Brody is because she still thinks they will end up together. They sleep together after the reception, but Rachel leaves after Finn falls asleep. She is later shown taking a pregnancy test; Santana, who has recently moved in, snoops and discovers the discarded test, and confronts Rachel, who then bursts into tears. The two go together to get Rachel checked at a clinic, where she

14416-435: The role. Rachel received mostly positive reviews from critics: Maureen Ryan of The Chicago Tribune praised Michele for making the character "more than a humorless stereotype", though The Wall Street Journal ‘s Raymund Flandez has described Rachel as "insufferable". Several songs performed by Michele as Rachel were released as singles, available for digital download , and featured on the show's soundtrack albums . Rachel

14552-512: The school and coach the team. Principal Figgins ( Iqbal Theba ) allows him to do so, but warns that if the club fails to place at the Regionals competition, he will close it down. Will briefly works after hours at the school as a janitor to earn extra money, unaware that Terri has discovered that she was experiencing a hysterical pregnancy and is not actually pregnant. He becomes closer to Emma, who has romantic feelings for him, but she ultimately curtails their time spent together, believing that he

14688-506: The school as a janitor after hours, and shares a romantic moment with guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury ( Jayma Mays ). Football coach Ken Tanaka ( Patrick Gallagher ) observes them, and warns Emma not to become Will's rebound girl. When Will asks her to meet with him after school again, Emma turns him down, having accepted a date with Ken. Terri discovers that she is actually experiencing a hysterical pregnancy , but she cannot bring herself to tell Will, so she lies to him that they are having

14824-404: The script. After the first meeting, Rachel is confused by Mary's ideas and idiosyncratic behavior. Rachel has the group review Mary's script, and everyone agrees it is terrible (except Brittany). Rachel meets with Mary and tells her that the lead character does not sound like her. Mary points out that television viewers want anti-heroes, but Rachel responds by singing, and Mary, uncharacteristically,

14960-454: The shortlist. Will excitedly walked into the glee club room and he announced that Wade "Unique" Adams had transferred and joined their club. He doesn't like their competition to be the new Rachel. He was excited by Marley's performance and cut off Jake's performance. He later learns that Jake is Puck's younger half-brother. Will choreographs the group number which Marley led. Will suggests that Brittany should meet with Emma daily to deal with

15096-471: The show's only normal person over the age of 18, [can] seem a little drab". However, he noted that Will "comes alive when singing and dancing", citing his "exuberant" performance of "Gold Digger" in the episode " Showmance ". Reviewing the episode " The Rhodes Not Taken ", Mike Hale of the New York Times commented on Will's actions in having former member April Rhodes ( Kristin Chenoweth ) re-instated in

15232-472: The show's talent was squandered by its "jokey, cartoonish, wildly uneven tone". He deemed the show a "one-hit wonder", writing that: "the musical numbers—generally less infectious and buoyant than the first time out—can’t compensate for overly broad characterizations and absurdly soapy situations." Robert Bianco for USA Today gave a mixed review, commenting: "It would be better if Glee had more control and fewer abrupt tonal shifts, but that's not

15368-412: The skirt and pairs it with knee highs and flats. She makes it her way, which is more quirky. The popular girls find a way to make it look cool, but Rachel makes it look nerdy. But it's not old-school nerdy with thick glasses and pocket protectors. She thinks she's taking a trend and making it cool, but she wears it wrong." Michele based Rachel on herself when she was younger, and also drew inspiration from

15504-535: The songs performed were released as singles, available for digital download . Three of the tracks also appear on the album Glee: The Music, Volume 1 . "Showmance" introduces recurring cast members Jennifer Aspen , Kenneth Choi , and Heather Morris , and guest-stars Valorie Hubbard. The episode was watched by 7.3 million US viewers, and was the best-received scripted premiere by Fox in three years. The performance of Kanye West 's " Gold Digger " in particular drew positive reviews from critics, with Jarett Wieselman of

15640-411: The tattoo shop). Rachel hires Santana to be her publicist, which leads her to take on a charitable cause with a local rescue kennel. She performs with Mercedes and Santana on stage for the benefit, Broadway Bitches, but the publicity stunt goes wrong when the dogs pull her down and drag her for several blocks. Despite this, Santana reassures her and they discuss the next step in their campaign. Rachel lands

15776-441: The thought that the club is over, sing " To Sir With Love " to thank Will for all he's done. Sue, who overhears them, convinces Principal Figgins to allow the glee club another year to prove themselves. Will finally admits that he has been in love with Emma all along and kisses her, but she tells him that she has started dating her dentist, Carl Howell ( John Stamos ). In the season two premiere, Shannon Beiste ( Dot-Marie Jones )

15912-519: The train station and sacrifices their relationship for Rachel's dreams. She gets off at Grand Central and walks down the streets of New York. In the season premiere " The New Rachel ", Rachel is struggling to accept her separation from Finn. She meets Brody Weston ( Dean Geyer ), a handsome NYADA junior, who encourages Rachel to move on and embrace college life. Rachel also deals with her overpowering dance instructor Cassandra July ( Kate Hudson ), who believes that Rachel does not have what it takes to become

16048-423: The two McKinley glee clubs comes to a head at Sectionals in the episode " Hold On to Sixteen ". Although Rachel has been suspended from school and can't compete with them, Will's New Directions defeats Shelby's club. Shelby resigns and her club dissolves, with the original defectors, plus a greatly improved Sugar, returning to New Directions with the understanding that they will be given more solos. Will finally gets

16184-429: The two of them are back together, Rachel writes an original song for Regionals, " Get It Right ", and when New Directions wins, is named the club's competition MVP . Just before junior prom, Jesse returns, having flunked out of UCLA , and Rachel invites him to the prom with her, Sam and Mercedes ( Amber Riley ). Jesse and Finn are kicked out of the prom when Finn picks a fight with Jesse over his attention to Rachel on

16320-402: The words to a song she has known since she was a child, and the audition abruptly ends. In " Prom-asaurus " Rachel is still upset about her choke and organizes an "anti-prom" with Kurt, Blaine, Becky and Puck. She later realizes she is missing one of the best nights of her life and attends the prom with Finn and is voted Prom Queen by secret ballot (altered by Quinn), in a similar situation to Kurt

16456-477: The years. The merged group goes on to win Sectionals, and later Regionals and Nationals as well. After the Nationals victory, Superintendent Harris tells Will that because of New Directions' success and his never giving up over the years, McKinley High is now designated as a performing arts school and promotes Will to principal. He hires New Directions alum Sam Evans to be the new glee coach. Five years later, McKinley

16592-429: Was a well-done transition. What I loved most was that the new blood didn't try to be the new versions of the old characters. They were new characters with completely different outlooks and goals. Glee could learn a lot from what Friday Night Lights accomplished: a seamless, realistic transition. The problem? 'Seamless' and 'realistic' have never been Glee 's strong points, which is not to say they couldn't be. But

16728-450: Was cast as Spanish teacher Will Schuester, whose primary role in the series conception was re-assembling the school glee club and "restoring it to its former glory." Morrison has assessed that the crux of Glee is "about [Will's] passion for music and influencing his kids". Several songs performed by Morrison as Will have been released as singles, available for digital download . Studio recordings of Morrison's performances of " Leaving on

16864-412: Was due to his actor, Cory Monteith , passing away in real life, which led to his character being killed off. Berry later reconciles with her ex boyfriend, Jesse St. James in season 6. In the series finale, it’s revealed that Berry married St. James, and became a Surrogate for friends Kurt Hummel and Blaine Anderson . Michele based Rachel on herself when she was younger, and also drew inspiration for

17000-444: Was happy to see the "convoluted" fake pregnancy storyline end, commenting that it had seemed unreal to him from the outset as "Will Schue doesn’t strike me as a guy who misses much of anything. [...] The covered pregnancy storyline makes a mockery of his instincts and intelligence." Aly Semigran of MTV praised "a devastated Matthew Morrison" for "nail[ing] just what a scary, sad, and life-altering moment that [was]." Gerrick Kennedy of

17136-483: Was kind of just thrown into this—this is one of the first television jobs I've ever had. Of course being able to sing helps bring a sense of comfort. The character I'm playing is really outgoing—she performs in her everyday life as though she's performing in front of a huge audience." In December 2010, Ryan Murphy announced that the cast of Glee would be replaced at the end of the season 3 to coincide with their graduation. Murphy said, "Every year we're going to populate

17272-469: Was never our plan or our intention to let them go... They are not done with the show after this season." Sandra Gonzalez of Entertainment Weekly commented on the original news that several characters would be leaving the cast when they graduated, and said, "Indeed, a rolling cast list has done some shows good in the past. I'll admit that it took me some time to warm up to the 'new kids' on Friday Night Lights , which ends its run tomorrow on NBC , but it

17408-478: Was nominated for a Teen Choice Award in the category "Choice TV Breakout Star". That same year, Michele was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the category Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy , and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series . She received another Teen Choice Award nomination in 2010 for "Choice TV Actress: Comedy". Michele was included in Time 's 2010 list of

17544-425: Was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy at the 2010 Golden Globe Awards for his performance in the role. The character initially received some negative reviews from critics, deemed "a little drab" by Robert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times . However, as the series progressed, Morrison attracted praise for his performance, with critics also commenting positively on

17680-539: Was out. I was not cool. What's so great about Glee is that it shows you how that kind of stuff hurts, but it doesn't matter: You can still be who you want to be. And in four years, high school will be over and all of that crap won't matter anyway." Several songs performed by Michele as Rachel were released as singles, available for digital download , also featuring on the soundtracks Glee: The Music, Volume 1 and Glee: The Music, Volume 2 . Rachel received positive reviews from critics. The role saw Michele nominated for

17816-446: Was portrayed by Matthew Morrison , and was developed by Glee creators Ryan Murphy , Brad Falchuk , and Ian Brennan . He is a Spanish teacher at the fictional William McKinley High School and the director of the show's titular glee club in Lima, Ohio , where the show is set. He ultimately becomes the school's principal. His storylines have seen him revive the school's failing glee club, leave his wife Terri ( Jessalyn Gilsig ), win

17952-649: Was presented as being selfish and a "terrible educator", in contrast to his former role as the moral center of the show. Lisa de Moraes of the Washington Post initially found the focus on the adults a welcome change, but felt their storyline rapidly became convoluted. Anthony Benigno of the Daily News liked Will less as the episode progressed, and deemed it overall, "Creepy, vaguely uncomfortable, in slightly poor taste but well-intentioned, and ultimately, thoroughly entertaining to watch for reasons I can't quite put into words." CNN 's Lisa Respers France actually enjoyed

18088-470: Was ready. Rachel doesn't appear in this episode until the very end where she states, "Before Finn, I used to sing alone, this was one of the songs we would sing when we drove around together." She sings "Make You Feel My Love". Later in the episode, she states that Finn was her person and that they were always going to be together. Later in the season, it is revealed that she got a tattoo of Finn's name (despite telling Kurt that she chickened out when they went to

18224-514: Was revealed at the 2011 Glee Comic-Con panel that a scene had been written for this episode that featured Rachel's fathers, but it was subsequently cut from the script even though the actors had already been cast and reported for shooting. The episode features cover versions of Kanye West's "Gold Digger", Salt-n-Pepa's "Push It", "Take a Bow" by Rihanna, "I Say a Little Prayer" by Dionne Warwick , Chic's "Le Freak", and " All by Myself " by Eric Carmen . Studio recordings of "Gold Digger", "Take

18360-427: Was too soon for the two of them to begin a relationship. After the second season episode " The Rocky Horror Glee Show ", many critics objected to Will's characterization. Emily VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club wrote that his storyline with Emma "misplac[ed] what made either of the characters enjoyable in the first place", and IGN's Robert Canning—who otherwise enjoyed the episode, and rated it 8.5/10—observed that Will

18496-483: Was very hard to not feel good about, even though you know it just won't be that easy when the show returns". Pardue was impressed with Will for leaving Terri, and called the kiss between Will and Emma "romantic" commenting that it made her "heart happy". Dan Snierson of Entertainment Weekly wrote that although there was satisfaction in the episode ending on the kiss, it may have been "more intriguing" to conclude with Will finding Emma's office empty, questioning whether it

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