Rachel Berry
Rachel had an on-off relationship with Finn, and the two share their first kiss in the episode "Showmance". Rachel quits the glee club when Will assigns a solo performance she wanted for herself to Tina, and is awarded the lead role in the school musical, Cabaret, but later quits to rejoin the glee club when she realizes she would rather be in a group where she has friends. Rachel has a brief relationship with Puck, but ultimately breaks up with him over her feelings for Finn. She later dates Jesse St. James, the lead singer of rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline, who ultimately betrays her in favor of his club.Rachel discovers that Vocal Adrenaline coach Shelby Corcoran is her birth mother, but the two fail to forge a relationship.At the end of season one, she and Finn reconcile and he tells her that he loves her.At the start of season two, they are a couple; however, Finn breaks up with her when she makes out with Puck in revenge for Finn's tryst with Santana earlier in season one.
Artie Abrams
Artie Abrams (Kevin McHale) is a guitarist and paraplegic manual wheelchair user. McHale describes Artie as a "nerd" who loves the glee club wholeheartedly and uses it as a form of escapism. During the first season, he begins to accept his disability and the fact he will never achieve his dream of becoming a dancer. He has a relationship with fellow New Directions member Tina Cohen-Chang, who breaks up with him at the beginning of the second season.Artie then loses his virginity to cheerleader Brittany Pierce, and with encouragement from his former bully, Puck, they begin dating. Artie uses a wheelchair due to a spinal cord injury he received in a car crash at the age of eight.
McHale joined Glee from a dance background, and found it challenging to adapt to using a wheelchair, but was able to utilize his dancing ability in the episode "Dream On", in which Artie dances in a shopping mall during a fantasy flash mob sequence. The episode "Wheels", which places focus on Artie and his disability, drew criticism from a committee of performers with disabilities, who felt that casting an able-bodied actor to play a disabled student was inappropriate. Glee's executive producer Brad Falchuk responded that while he understood the concern and frustration of disability advocates, McHale had the singing and acting ability, talent and charisma required for the role
McHale joined Glee from a dance background, and found it challenging to adapt to using a wheelchair, but was able to utilize his dancing ability in the episode "Dream On", in which Artie dances in a shopping mall during a fantasy flash mob sequence. The episode "Wheels", which places focus on Artie and his disability, drew criticism from a committee of performers with disabilities, who felt that casting an able-bodied actor to play a disabled student was inappropriate. Glee's executive producer Brad Falchuk responded that while he understood the concern and frustration of disability advocates, McHale had the singing and acting ability, talent and charisma required for the role
Tina Cohen-Chang
Tina Cohen-Chang (Jenna Ushkowitz) auditions for the glee club with the song "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry.She goes on a date with Artie, and confesses to him that she has been faking a speech impediment since the sixth grade, explaining that she wanted to drive people away, but as part of the glee club, she no longer wants that. Artie is hurt, and tells her that the connection he thought they shared was a lie.Artie forgives Tina, but makes misogynistic comments about her appearance, suggesting that she should begin wearing more revealing clothes if she wants to be with him. Tina shouts at him, prompting Artie to apologize, and the two reunite.Their relationship later broke off when she began dating Mike Chang, but that relationship, was rocky at best.
When a spate of pseudo-vampirism affects the school, Principal Figgins tells Tina she can no longer dress as a goth. She briefly changes her style, before dressing as a vampire and convincing Figgins that if he does not allow her to wear her preferred clothes, her vicious Asian vampire father will bite him.
Ushkowitz initially was given little information about Tina's backstory, and she believed that her stutter was real. She was pleased when the truth was revealed, however, explaining: "It would have been fun to keep it because that just gives her one more quirk, but this opens up a whole new set of doors for Tina." Ushkowitz has created her own backstory for Tina, and believes that she is rebelling against her mother rather than genuinely being a goth, explaining: "I don't think her room is filled with dark posters and heavy metal stuff—I just think this is a phase she's going through. There's definitely a lot of options for all the characters to evolve and change next year. I'm totally rooting for Tina to join The Cheerios or something crazy like that."
In the latest episodes Tina is dating Mike Chang, after they connected at summer camp for Asian kids. They both perform "Sing!" in the episode "Duets" in order to help Mike"find his voice". Tina is seen using visions of Coach Beiste as a way to "cool off," and is the only girl in the New Directions to do so. In the episode "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle" she, along with the rest of the New Directions girls, joins the football team after the majority of the team quits. She is the only girl, besides Lauren Zizes, to participate in the game, resulting in her getting injured. In the episode "Silly Love Songs," she breaks down emotionally while singing "My Funny Valentine" to Mike on Valentine's Day, exclaiming "I'm so overcome with love!" and "I love you Mike Chang!"
Quinn Fabray
Quinn Fabray (Dianna Agron) is introduced as Finn's girlfriend, head of the cheerleading squad and president of the celibacy club.She is described by Agron as Rachel's enemy, and "terrible, the meanest girl." Quinn joins the glee club because Finn is a member, and because cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester wants her to bring the club down from the inside. She reveals to Finn that she is pregnant and tells him that the baby is his, although the real father is Finn's best friend Puck. Quinn agrees to let Will's wife Terri secretly adopt her baby,but is kicked off the cheerleading team, becomes unpopular at school, and is thrown out by her parents. In the episode "Mattress", Quinn tries to rejoin the Cheerios to be in the team's yearbook photograph, but ultimately decides she would rather be a part of the glee club where she feels accepted. In "Sectionals", Finn learns from Rachel that Puck is the father of Quinn's baby. He breaks up with Quinn, who tells Puck that she wishes to deal with her pregnancy by herself. In the season finale, Quinn gives birth to her daughter, whom Puck names Beth. The baby is adopted by Vocal Adrenaline coach Shelby Corcoran (Idina Menzel).
She regains her position as captain of the Cheerios and tries to regain her popularity in season 2. She begins a relationship with Sam Evans in "Duets" but is later unfaithful to him, rekindling her romance with Finn. In the episode, Comeback", Sam makes a last-ditch attempt to win her back by performing "Baby", but ends the relationship after finding out from Santana that Quinn cheated on him with Finn.
Finn Hudson
Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith) is star quarterback of the school's football team who risks alienation by his friends to join the glee club.He is dating cheerleader Quinn, but is conflicted by his growing feelings for Rachel.Quinn later tells Finn she is pregnant and he is the father. Finn intends to support her, unaware the father is actually his best friend Puck. He has a premature ejaculation problem, which causes him to believe he is the father of Quinn's baby despite the fact that they have never had sex.Finn's father was killed in Operation Desert Storm. He tells Quinn's parents that she is pregnant by singing "You're Having My Baby" to her, causing her parents to confront the young couple and subsequently throw Quinn out. Finn's mother then allows Quinn to move in with them. Finn finds out that Quinn's baby is Puck's after Rachel tells him. He breaks up with Quinn and is no longer friends with Puck. He later loses his virginity to Santana, but feels as though it meant nothing because it was not with someone he loved.In the season one finale, he professes his love for Rachel before New Directions performs at Regionals.
Monteith was attracted to the fact that Finn "isn't just a dumb jock", but instead "walks a fine line between following his dreams and balancing what other people expect of him."
Burt Hummel
Burt Hummel (Mike O'Malley) is Kurt's father (and Finn's stepfather after his marriage to Carole Hudson) to whom Kurt comes out in the episode "Preggers". Both James Poniewozik for Time and Tim Stack for Entertainment Weekly praised O'Malley's performance in the storyline, with Poniewozik additionally commenting: "the fact that Dad ends up not being the boor we think he's going to be is one of the first signs that Glee is growing up as a series, that having established a world of primary-color stereotypes, it's now willing to subvert those expectations." Initially a recurring cast member, O'Malley was promoted to a series regular from season two.
During the first season, Kurt acts as a match-maker for Burt and Carole Hudson (Romy Rosemont), Finn's widowed mother. He feels left out when Burt and Finn bond, but Burt reassures him that he will always come first. Burt and Carole briefly live together, until he throws Finn out for using a homophobic slur against Kurt. In season two, Burt has a heart attack but recovers. He and Carole marry, using their vows to express pride in their sons.
Kurt Hummel
Mercedes Jones
Mercedes Jones (Amber Riley) is a "diva-in-training who refuses to sing back-up", with a "flair for fashion". In the pilot episode Mercedes auditions for the glee club by performing "Respect" by Aretha Franklin. Due to Cheerios scheming, Mercedes develops a small crush on Kurt, unaware that he is gay. She is hurt when he rejects her, but Mercedes quickly recovers and she is supportive when he confides his sexuality. After this, the two become especially close friends. Her father is a dentist. In The Rhodes Not Taken, when April Rhodes is trying to get the other glee club members on her side, she teaches Mercedes and Tina how to shoplift. Later, they go to Mr. Schuester with new clothes and accessories saying that they love April.Dismayed at never receiving solo songs, Mercedes joins the Cheerios along with Kurt. She briefly dates Puck, but ultimately breaks up with him and quits the cheerleading squad, afraid of turning into someone she does not want to be.
Santana Lopez
Santana Lopez (Naya Rivera) is a "bad-girl" member of the Cheerios who joins the glee club with Quinn and Brittany in the episode "Showmance". She indicates that she and Matt are dating, but in the episode "Hairography" she 'sexts' with Puck and confronts Quinn angrily, warning her to stay away from Puck. In the episode "Sectionals" she admits that no one is forcing her to stay in glee club, adding that she likes glee and it's the best part of her day and also states that now she's taken Quinn's top dog role in school. It is also implied that she and Brittany have slept together. Santana gets her first solo lines in "The Power of Madonna", singing "Express Yourself" and "Like a Virgin".In the same episode, she sleeps with Finn Hudson after offering to take his virginity, which he accepts after confirming with Rachel that she's still secretly seeing Vocal Adrenaline's lead man Jesse St. James (Rachel had stated at the end of Hell-O that they had broken up).In the episode "Laryngitis" she sings a duet of "The Boy Is Mine" with Mercedes. In "Theatricality", she gets solo lines in "Bad Romance". In "Journey", she sings lines in "Don't Stop Believin'" and, after admitting that before glee club she hated everyone in the group, "To Sir, with Love" where she cries about the glee club being disbanded, showing that she does care. In the season two premiere "Auditions", it is revealed she had breast implants over the summer, something which Sue Sylvester deems against their code, and abruptly replaces her position as head cheerleader by reinstating Quinn, who is attacked by her infuriated friend in the hallway, who cruelly taunts her about her pregnancy.
In season 2, at the end of the episode "Comeback," Sam and Quinn have broken up, because Santana told Sam about Quinn's kiss with Finn. As a result Sam and Santana begin dating. However, it is revealed in the episode "Sexy" that Santana's true love is Brittany. She unsuccessfully asks Brittany to break up with Artie in order to be with her after confessing her love to her.
Brittany Pierce
Emma Pillsbury-Howell
Emma Pillsbury-Howell (Jayma Mays) is the school's guidance counselor who has OCD, with obsessions and compulsions primarily focused on contamination and cleanliness. She has romantic feelings for Will. Mays has deemed Emma an "amazing" character to play, explaining: "I don't find that female characters are always written with a lot of depth, but she's so well defined on the page. Sure, she's terrified of germs and in love with a married man, so seeing her as the voice of reason for the kids is amazing." Glee's costume designer Lou Eyrich selects "quirky" outfits for Emma, to reflect her "sunny disposition". In an attempt to get over Will, Emma begins dating football coach Ken Tanaka,becoming engaged to him in the episode "Vitamin D". However, when Will is unable to attend a competition with the glee club, Emma volunteers to take them in his place, postponing her own wedding by several hours. Acknowledging her continuing feelings for Will, Ken breaks up with her on their wedding day. Emma resigns from the school, but as she prepares to leave, Will finds her and stops her with a kiss. She reveals to Will that she is a virgin, but does not go through with her plan to lose her virginity to him.At the end of Season 1, she explains to Will she is dating a dentist named Carl Howell (played by John Stamos, whom Emma had once remarked had "more certainty than talent"). In season 2 her relationship with Carl develops; just enough for them to get married in Las Vegas in the episode "Special Education". However, it is later revealed in the episode "Sexy" that her marriage with Carl was facing difficulties as she was subconciously 'saving herself' for Will, of whom she still has feelings for.
Noah Puckerman
Noah "Puck" Puckerman (Mark Salling) is Finn's best friend and football teammate, who initially disapproves of Finn joining the glee club. Puck joins Will's all-male acapella group, the Acafellas, hoping to impress the mothers at the school's PTA meeting, as he prefers older women.He later discovers that he is the father of Quinn's baby. She rejects him when he offers to support her and the baby, calling him a "Lima loser". Later in the same episode, Puck joins the glee club. In "Mash-Up", Puck begins dating Rachel after his mother urges him to find a Jewish girlfriend. The relationship ends, however, as Rachel is still conflicted over her feelings for Finn and Puck has feelings for Quinn.In the episode "Ballad", Puck confesses to Mercedes that he is the father of Quinn's baby, and is advised to leave her alone. In "Hairography," Quinn briefly wonders whether she should raise her baby with Puck and invites him to help her baby-sit the three rambunctious sons of Terri's sister Kendra. Quinn admires the way Puck handles the situation, but is later irritated to learn that he was "sexting" Santana throughout the night. Puck tells Quinn that he would be a good father to the baby and a good boyfriend to her, but could not be expected to remain monogamous if Quinn continued to refuse him sex. She returns to her original plan of giving the baby to the Schuesters. After shaving his mohawk, Puck is no longer considered a credible bully, and begins dating Mercedes to boost his social status. Even though Quinn will be giving up the baby, he tells her that he wants to be there for the birth to meet their daughter. He sings "Beth" to let her know that he wants to name their daughter Beth instead of Jackie Daniels as he originally suggested.
In Season 2, Puck is sent to juvenile detention for destroying an ATM. Producers did this as a creative decision to give room for the romance between his ex-girlfriend, Quinn and new kid, Sam Evans.
Terri Schuester
Terri Schuester (née Delmonico) (Jessalyn Gilsig) is Will's wife of five years. Terri briefly believes herself to be pregnant, and pushes Will to take a better paying job as an accountant. She discovers she has actually experienced a hysterical pregnancy, but hides this from Will, afraid he will leave her.She briefly becomes the school nurse, but is asked to step down after giving the glee club pseudoephedrine tablets.In the episode "Mattress," Will uncovers Terri's ruse when he discovers her pregnancy pad in a drawer. Terri begins attending therapy, but Will tells her he no longer loves her and leaves her as he falls in love with guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury.The Substitute", but is re-buffed by her ex-husband as he expresses his need to move on. After confiding her deception in her sister Kendra, Terri approaches pregnant cheerleader Quinn Fabray, with an interest in her baby. Terri manages to seduce a sick and lonely Will in the episode "
Gilsig has deemed Terri "a woman of conviction", willing to do "whatever it takes" to keep Will from leaving her.She explained that Will and Terri's communication is weak and that Terri is "missing a lot of the skills for the marriage", commenting that Terri feels threatened by Will's commitment to the glee club, worried that it will pull him away from her. Gilsig characterized Terri as emotionally still being in high school, and does not know how long her character will feature in the series, as she was initially only created as an obstacle to come between Emma and Will.
Will Schuester
William "Will" Schuester (Matthew Morrison) is McKinley High's Spanish teacher who becomes director of the glee club, hoping to restore it to its former glory.Morrison has assessed that the crux of Glee is "about [Will's] passion for music and influencing his kids". Will is married to his high school sweetheart Terri. Believing her to be pregnant, unaware that she actually experienced a hysterical pregnancy, he considers leaving the teaching field to become an accountant. He ultimately decides against it, though briefly works after hours at the school as a janitor to earn extra money. His dedication to the glee club wavers when his choreography skills are called into question, but after starting a well-received all-male a cappella group, the Acafellas, he recommits to the club. After discovering Terri faked her pregnancy, Will ends his marriage and shares a kiss with Emma.He also kisses Vocal Adrenaline coach Shelby Corcoran, Rachel Berry's mother (Idina Menzel).
Sue Sylvester(Fotonya bersebelahan dengan will schuester)
Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) is head coach of the cheerleading squad or "Cheerios", and the glee club's "arch-nemesis". Lynch states that Sue is "pure evil and doesn't hide it" having been created as a product of Murphy, Brennan and Falchuk's "inner mean girl". With regards to her motivation, Lynch explained: "Sue will do whatever it takes to win. If that means she has to prostitute herself or take advantage of a 16-year-old boy, she'll do it. It's all about power and winning. That's her entire world view." Sue enlists cheerleaders Quinn, Brittany and Santana to help her bring the glee club down from the inside. She has her own spot on the local news, which she uses to editorialize on issues such as support for caning and littering. In the episode "Vitamin D", Sue is made co-director of the glee club, but in the following episode "Throwdown" she scales back her involvement considerably after a public confrontation with Will.In the episode "Wheels", Sue allows Becky Jackson, a girl with Down Syndrome to join the Cheerios as a replacement for Quinn. It is later revealed that Sue has an older sister who herself has Down Syndrome, showing a softer side to her normally brash character. Hoping to sabotage the glee club's chances of winning at sectionals, Sue gives the club's set-list to rival glee club directors Grace Hitchens (Eve) and Dalton Rumba (Michael Hitchcock).When her actions are discovered by Principal Figgins (Iqbal Theba), Sue is suspended from the school. She later becomes reinstated after blackmailing Principal Figgins. In the season one finale, Sue judges in favor of New Directions, though they come third to rival clubs Vocal Adrenaline and Aural Intensity, and are disbanded for failing to place at Regionals. Sue then blackmails Principal Figgins to reinstate the club, giving them another year to prove their worth to the school.Supporting characters
McKinley High students
Many recurring cast members and guest stars portray students at McKinley High. In the season one episode "Ballad", Sarah Drew makes a guest appearance as Suzy Pepper, a senior with "an insane, absurd, psychotic crush on Mr. Schuester". Drew described Suzy as "kind of stalkerish and creepy", but ultimately redeemable.James Poniewozik of Time commented positively on Suzy's characterization, observing that while she appeared to be a "throwaway dorky-girl stereotype", she was "fleshed-out as a person", a feat he doubted the series would have been capable of earlier in the season.James Earl III plays Azimio, a football player who bullies the glee club members.Mike Chang
Sam Evans
Sam Evans (Chord Overstreet) is a transfer student who joins the football team in season two. Encouraged by Finn to audition for New Directions, he joins the males of the group in a performance of "Billionaire", the same song with which Overstreet studio tested for Glee. Despite some trepidation about the effect it may have on his social status, Sam joins the glee club. He begins dating Quinn, and the two win a duet competition within the group, as a result of which they are later awarded lead performances at sectionals. At the end of Comeback Sam and Quinn have broken up, because Santana told Sam about Quinn's kiss with Finn. Now Sam and Santana are dating. Following Overstreet's casting, media speculation suggested Sam might have been created as a boyfriend for Kurt. Overstreet later confirmed this, but stated that his storyline had been adjusted to pair Sam with Quinn, as a result of the chemistry the producers detected between himself and Agron.Jacob Ben Israel
Jacob Ben Israel (Josh Sussman) is the Jewish-American editor of the school newspaper. He has been compared in the media to Perez Hilton and Gossip Girl. Jacob has a crush on Rachel, who feels uneasy around him but relies on him for positive reviews. Although he attends Celibacy Club meetings, Jacob behaves in a sexually forward manner toward Rachel, threatening to sabotage her musical career unless she shows him her bra, blackmailing her for a pair of her panties in the episode "Throwdown" and masturbating over video footage of her in "Britney/Brittany". He briefly joins New Directions in order to fill the membership quota for sectionals. The season two premiere episode "Audition" opens with a documentary on New Directions, created by Jacob, which was used by the Glee producers to directly address media criticism of the first season.Becky Jackson
Becky Jackson (Lauren Potter) is a member of the Cheerios with Down Syndrome, who becomes a sidekick to Sue. Potter is a member of the Down's Syndrome Association of Los Angeles, and was contacted about auditioning through the association's in-house talent agency, Hearts and Hands. Fourteen actresses auditioned for the role, which Potter deemed "a great experience" to perform.and returns in the second season. Becky appears in three episodes of the first season, "Wheels", "The Power of Madonna" and "Home",Dave Karofsky
Dave Karofsky (Max Adler) is a member of the McKinley High football team, and a bully who regularly targets members of New Directions. In the episode "Never Been Kissed", written to tackle the issue of LGBT youth bullying, Karofsky kisses Kurt during an argument. He later warns Kurt not to tell anyone about it, threatening to kill him if he does. He is expelled for his death threat, but allowed to return by the school board as no physical violence was involved—and Kurt had not revealed the kiss. Adler had previously questioned his character's motivations, but was surprised by the scene in which Karofsky kisses Kurt. He commented that he was "glad to represent such a large group of people," expanding: "I've gotten so many messages from people all around the world these last couple of days thanking me because either they are Karofsky, they were Karofsky or they know a Karofsky." In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, show creator Ryan Murphy stated that Karofsky will be the focus of an episode to air in April or May 2011. He elaborated that "[Glee] is by nature optimistic and I think a character like Karofsky could turn to booze or pills or alcohol and kill themselves or do something dark. But I also love Max and I love that character and I sorta want that character to have a happy ending." Matt RutherfordMatt Rutherford (Dijon Talton) is a football player who joins New Directions in the episode "Preggers",and appears in the first season of Glee, departing prior to the second season due to transferring school Talton has called Matt a typical football player with a talent for singing and dancing, who always wanted to perform but felt forced to choose between performing and being "cool". Talton explained that Finn joining the glee club made it more acceptable for Matt to be honest with himself about that he wanted to do, and that he is becoming more comfortable being in the glee club, "what it stands for, how it makes him feel." Of his characterization.
Lauren Zizes
Lauren Zizes (Ashley Fink) is the McKinley High AV club president and a state champion in Greco Roman wrestling. During the first season, Kurt tells his father that Lauren's parents had to sue the school district to get Lauren a spot on the wrestling team. Lauren has an acerbic personality and is admired by Puck for being "a bigger bad-ass" than he is. She has a love of candy, specifically Cadbury Creme Eggs. Lauren has occasionally been seen dressing in the Goth style and is a fan of the Twilight book series. She joins New Directions in the episode "Special Education" enabling the club to meet the member quota for sectionals. Despite being a member, she claims that show choir is stupid, but on several occasions she is seen enjoying singing and performing in the background. She performs "I Know What Boys Like", her first solo in "Comeback".
McKinley High faculty
The McKinley High faculty are led by Principal Figgins. During the first season, Ken Tanaka coaches the school football team. Following a nervous breakdown, he is replaced by Shannon Beiste in season two. Sandy Ryerson initially coaches the glee club, and later becomes the school arts director. John Lloyd Young guest stars in the episode "Acafellas" as Henri St. Pierre, "a retired wood shop teacher with an excellent singing voice".Molly Shannon appears as Brenda Castle, an alcoholic astronomy teacher and badminton coach who clashes with Sue. Brad Ellis plays Brad, the pianist who accompanies New Directions.Shannon Beiste
Shannon Beiste (Dot-Marie Jones) is former football coach Ken Tanaka's replacement. Will and Sue antagonize Beiste after learning Principal Figgins has cut the Glee and Cheerios budgets to make way for improvements in the football program. Coach Beiste, however, proves to have a soft heart and is affected by Sue and Will's bullying. After Will and Sue are rude to her in the cafeteria, Coach Beiste is in such a bad mood that she misinterprets Finn's act of kindness towards Artie as an attempt to humiliate her by forcing her to reject a student with a disability. In reality, Finn simply wanted to help Artie, but Beiste's anger blinds her and she throws him off the team. After learning about the consequences of his actions, Will makes amends with Coach Beiste, failing, however, to get Finn back on the team. After seeing Finn and Artie being bullied by Karofsky and Azimio, however, she instantly accepts both of them to the football team. Will ends up apologizing to Beiste for his actions as the two shake hands, much to the chagrin of Sue. In "Never Been Kissed", the boys (and Tina) from the glee club use mental images of Beiste in a compromising position to "cool themselves off" when it gets too hot and heavy with their girlfriends. Beiste finds out and decides to quit. Will talks to her and learns that Beiste has never been kissed, which leads to him giving her a first kiss. The second season Christmas episode reveals how deep a character Beiste has become when she plays the role of Santa to preserve the magic of Christmas in Brittany's continued belief in Santa Claus, leading her to secretly pay for a robotic support system allowing Artie to walk for short periods of time. Her friendship with Will continues to play a role in the series; when Sue conspires to remove her Cheerios from a pivotal football game, Bieste and Will force the glee and non-glee members of the football team to work together on a half-time number to replace the Cheerios' performance, with Shannon going so far as to risk the season outcome - the best so far in MHS history - on ending the antagonism and bullying between the two factions. She makes good on the threat when the non-glee members pull out of the performance, side-lining them for the game, and putting in the glee club girls to fill out the minimum team numbers. When all the team members eventually participate in the performance, she holds true to her word, and the team compete together - still in zombie makeup - and win the game.Principal Figgins
Principal Figgins (Iqbal Theba) is William McKinley High School's "stern but fair" principal.Figgins allows Will to take over the school glee club, however insists that the students must place at Regionals in order for the club to continue.He is regularly blackmailed by Sue, first when she uncovers internet footage of him appearing in a support stocking commercial for Mumbai Air, and later when she drugs his drink and takes a compromising photograph of them in bed together.Sue serves as Figgins' replacement when he catches the flu, and succeeds in having him fired, however resigns in the following episode.
Although Figgins was initially conceived as Caucasian, Pakistani American actor Theba was cast in the role. He finds Figgins a challenging character to play, as it entails finding "the right mix of someone who is an authority figure but who is also very insecure about his own strengths as a person". He has stated that Figgins may perform a musical number on the show in the future.
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Sandy Ryerson
Sandy Ryerson (Stephen Tobolowsky) is the former director of the McKinley High glee club. Although he claims to have a girlfriend, Rachel refers to him as a "closet case," and he is fired for his inappropriate sexual behaviour towards a male student. Following his firing, he becomes a drug dealer, reselling medical marijuana. When he wants to join Will's band, the Acafellas, they initially reject him for being too "creepy," but change their minds when he tells them that Josh Groban is a friend of his and will attend their next performance if Sandy is in it. While Groban does attend, he does so only to serve Sandy with a restraining order for constantly sending him inappropriate photos and messages over the internet. Colluding with Sue Sylvester to bring down New Directions, Sandy is appointed the school Arts director. Sandy appears in Rachel's music video for "Run Joey Run", playing her father, and gives Will advice about beating rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline. His behavior is often eccentric, including doll collecting, writing fan fiction about Desperate Housewives, and attempting to create a role for himself as Cleopatra in the school production of Cabaret. Stephen Tobolowsky, who plays Sandy, describes him as a humorous character who "just cannot connect with the normal world" and exists on the "outer boundary of reality." Tim Stack for Entertainment Weekly has praised Sandy as "one of the most reliable characters for great lines and laughs."Ken Tanaka
He will not be back for the second season, with the role of football coach being replaced by Dot-Marie Jones as Shannon Beiste. It is explained by Principal Figgins that Ken had a nervous breakdown.
Rival choir personnel
Over the course of the series, New Directions compete against several rival show choirs. At their first sectionals competition, they face the Jane Addams Academy and Haverbrook Deaf Choir, directed by Grace Hitchens (Eve) and Dalton Rumba (Michael Hitchcock) respectively. At regionals they lose to Vocal Adrenaline, and at sectionals the following season, they tie with the Dalton Academy Warblers.Blaine Anderson
Blaine Anderson (Darren Criss) is a gay student at Dalton Academy and a member of the Warblers, a 2010 Sectionals rival of New Directions. The character is a love interest for Kurt, though in the episode "Blame It on the Alcohol", he and Rachel dated. He also questions his sexuality in the same episode but comes to realize he is indeed gay. Murphy stated, "Darren has a major, major arc...He sort of becomes Kurt's mentor and then maybe love - he had to leave his own school because of bullying and goes to an all-boys academy and finds acceptance because that school has a no-bullying, zero-tolerance policy. So Kurt really admires him and respects him. He plays someone who's one year older than Chris' character, so he's the old pro."
Sunshine Corazon
Sunshine Corazon (Charice) is a foreign exchange student from the Philippines. Rachel invites her to glee club after seeing Sunshine sing along to New Directions' version of "Empire State of Mind", mistakenly thinking that Sunshine was adoring her. Upon hearing her sing "Telephone", however, Rachel is threatened by Sunshine's singing prowess and tricks her into going to a crack house instead of the auditions. Mike and Tina find out and confront Rachel about what she did, and Rachel makes amends to Sunshine by asking her to try out. Sunshine amazes the club with "Listen" and is immediately accepted into the club.After Will backs out of Sue's plan to sabotage Coach Beiste, however, Sue contacts Dustin Goolsby, the new director of rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline. Dustin is able to secure permanent U.S. residency and a condominium unit for Sunshine and her mother on the provision that she join his club. Sunshine confesses that she would have loved to stay, but she felt that Rachel would have made her stay a "living hell".
International pop singer Charice was signed to be a new part of the cast. She has revealed through Billboard that her next appearance on the series will be at the beginning of 2011.
Shelby Corcoran
Shelby Corcoran (Idina Menzel) is the coach of rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline during season one, described by Murphy "a sort of Faye Dunaway of "Network"".She makes out with Will shortly after meeting him, but he resists sleeping with her because he had not filed fully for divorce yet. Fans had lobbied for Menzel to be cast as Rachel's biological mother, due to the strong resemblance between Menzel and Michele.In the episode Dream On, it is revealed that Shelby is, in fact, Rachel's biological mother. She had signed a contract that stated that she could not seek out her daughter until she was eighteen. In the season one finale, "Journey", Shelby adopts Quinn Fabray's newborn daughter, Beth. She leaves Vocal Adrenaline after their win at Regionals.Dustin Goolsby
Dustin Goolsby (Cheyenne Jackson) is the new director of rival glee club, Vocal Adrenaline, the national champions for the past four years, replacing Shelby Corcoran. Murphy described Dustin as "a complete villain", stating that he will "become very intertwined in Will's life". He is first introduced in the episode "Audition", escorting Sunshine out of William McKinley High School after being tipped off by Sue, who was looking to get revenge on Will for backing out of their conspiracy against Coach Beiste. Goolsby has already demonstrated a willingness to use underhanded tactics to gain a competitive edge, offering to sponsor Sunshine's VISA and arranging an apartment for her and her family as payment for her joining Vocal Adrenaline despite her being enrolled at McKinley High.Jackson was originally considered for the role of Will, and in 2009 was cast in the Glee episode "Acafellas" as Vocal Adrenaline choreographer Dakota Stanley, however was unable to perform due to illness.
Grace Hitchens
Grace Hitchens (Eve) is the show choir director of the Jane Addams Academy for troubled female youth. She is persuaded by Sue to use songs from New Directions' set list at Sectionals to give her group an edge in the competition. Though she feels guilty after the fact and attempts to inform the judges of her cheating, they have already unanimously chosen New Directions as the winning club. She and rival glee club director Dalton Rumba give Principal Figgins proof that Sue helped them cheat, leading to Sue's suspension. When comparing her character to McKinley High glee club director, Will Schuester, Eve explained: "I come from a harder place. I'm the teacher of a reform school. I'm used to being very strict." Whitney Houston had been contacted to appear, but declined, so Eve took her place. Discussing her casting, Eve stated: "I got asked and I'd heard the buzz about the show. When the first pilot episode came out, I figured it was something different and something we haven't seen on TV before. I didn't want to turn it down!" Gerrick D. Kennedy for the Los Angeles Times was impressed by Eve's acting and "on-screen charm", and felt that she worked nicely in the "Hairography" episode. In contrast, Bobby Hankinson for the Houston Chronicle was disappointed Houston had not taken the role, and criticized Eve for her lack of personality.
Jesse St. James
In a controversial essay for Newsweek, critic Ramin Satoodeh wrote that Groff, who is openly gay, was unconvincing as the straight Jesse ("he seems more like your average theater queen, a better romantic match for Kurt than Rachel").Groff's performance was defended by Murphy and guest star Kristin Chenoweth, both of whom described Satoodeh's essay as homophobic; it was also condemned by GLAAD president Jarrett Barrios.
Acquaintances of New Directions
Throughout the series, many supporting characters appear as friends, relatives and associates of the New Directions personnel. Guest stars have included Victor Garber and Debra Monk as Will's parents, and Neil Patrick Harris as Will's high school nemesis Bryan Ryan. Bryan appears in "Dream On" as a school board member, out to cut the arts program as revenge for it giving him false hope.Harris won the 2010 Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series" for his appearance.Josh Groban and Olivia Newton-John have appeared as themselves, acting as judges at the show choir sectionals competition. Kent Avenido appears as Howard Bamboo, Terri's dyslexic coworker who joins the Acafellas, and Kenneth Choi plays Dr. Wu, Terri's obstetrician. Bill A. Jones appears as Rod Remington, a self-centered local news anchor and Sue's former love interest, while Earlene Davis plays Andrea Carmichael, Rod's co-anchor. Robin Trocki plays Jean Sylvester, Sue's older sister who has Down Syndrome. Carol Burnett appears as Sue's "famous Nazi hunter" mother in season two.Kendra Giardi
Kendra Giardi (Jennifer Aspen) is Terri's sister. She and her husband Phil (Michael Loeffelholz) have triplet sons (played by Ethan, Aidan, and Ben Freedman). She influences most of Terri's decisions during her 'pregnancy' by complying Terri's decisions to tell Will and helping her in most of her schemes. In the episode "Throwdown", Kendra and Terri bully their obstetrician, Dr. Wu (Kenneth Choi), into faking an ultrasound to convince Will the baby is real. Entertainment Weekly's Wendy Mitchell deemed Kendra "hilarious" and wished to see more of her.In contrast, fellow Entertainment Weekly writer Ken Tucker described her as "a garish cartoon who exists only to further the pregnancy plotting".Carl Howell
Carl Howell (John Stamos) is a dentist, introduced in "Britney/Brittany" as Emma's boyfriend. As a fan of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Carl volunteers to play Eddie in McKinley High's school production of the musical. He dislikes Emma and Will spending time alone together, aware that Will has feelings for her. In the episode "Special Education", Carl and Emma marry in Las Vegas.Carole Hudson
Carole Hudson (Romy Rosemont) is Finn's widowed mother and Kurt's stepmother. When Finn was young, she had a relationship with a lawn-care worker who left her for a younger woman. Upon discovering that Quinn is pregnant, she allows her to move in with them when Quinn's parents kick her out. Kurt sets Carole up with his father Burt in an attempt to get closer to Finn. They decide to move in together, until Finn uses a homophobic slur against Kurt and Burt refuses to allow him to stay in his home. Their relationship continues, however, and Carole visits his bedside when Burt suffers a heart attack.James Poniewozik of Time felt that Carole's reaction to the news of Quinn's pregnancy demonstrated how far Glee had evolved from the "broadly caricatured show" it was in its early episodes. He commented that in the pilot episode, Carole was "just the slightly pathetic figure we saw pining after the lawn-care guy", however her reaction to Quinn's pregnancy was "a brilliant bit of characterization through small moments", an example of how "Glee is becoming very good at showing how life happens in small exchanges in people's laundry rooms and finished basements."April Rhodes
Robert Bianco for USA Today wrote of Chenoweth's guest appearance in "The Rhodes Not Taken": "Her presence may not make much sense, but that's probably all right. If it means hearing Chenoweth sing, we can put up with any explanation the show cares to offer." Raymund Flandez for The Wall Street Journal was equally positive regarding Chenoweth's role, praising her "powerful voice", "kittenish mien" and "commanding presence". Eric Goldman for IGN stated that Chenoweth was "terrific" as April, and that the character was a "hysterical creation".The Los Angeles Times's Denise Martin praised Chenoweth's versatility as April, opining that her performance was worthy of a second Emmy win.
She will reappear in a season 2 episode.
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