Glee | Season One | Episode Eleven

Episode 11: “Hairography”

• Tracks performed by the cast of Glee
• “Bootylicious” | Download from iTunes UK
• “Papa Don’t Preach” | Download from iTunes UK
• “Imagine” | Download from iTunes UK
• “Don’t Make Me Over” | Download from iTunes UK

As the “Fine Arts Administrator or something,” Sue asks Will for the set list for Sectionals. Then when Sue requests the names of the participating schools, Will suspects that she is leaking information to the competition. He pays a visit to Grace Hitchens at the Jane Addams Academy and asks her point blank if Sue gave her their setlist. Hitchens denies this, but is confident her girls will win anyway. Feeling guilty, Will offers Hitchens’ team the use of McKinley’s auditorium for a glee scrimmage.

After the Jane Addams squad performs a sexy version of “Bootylicious,” Rachel assures a worried Will that they were merely using “hairography” — whipping their hair around to mask their weak vocals and choreography. Yet Will still wants the group to do a song from “Hair” complete with wigs.

Quinn wonders whether Puck might be a better father than Finn, so she decides to take him on a “test drive.” She enlists Kurt to divert Rachel with a makeover under the guise that it will help sway Sectional judges.

That night, Terri rejects Will’s intimate advances for fear he will realize that her baby bump is fake. She decides to sidetrack him by buying his old high school car to refinish. … Continue Reading

Glee | Season One | Episode Ten

Episode 10: “Ballad”

• Tracks performed by the cast of Glee
• “Lean on Me” | Download from iTunes UK
• “Endless Love” | Download from iTunes UK
• “I’ll Stand By You” | Download from iTunes UK
• “Young Girl” | Download from iTunes UK
• “Don’t Stand So Close to Me” | Download from iTunes UK
• “Crush” | Download from iTunes UK

Will has the glee pair off to learn to express emotions through ballads. He’s uncomfortable when Rachel draws his name and chooses the romantic “Endless Love” as their duet. As she sings, Rachel starts to realize how “super, super cute” her teacher is. Yet Will recognizes the look on her face…

When Quinn’s Chastity Ball dress is too tight, her mother Judy quickly fends it off to her quitting Cheerios.

Rachel gifts Will with a gold star-flecked tie to make him think of her. Will confides in Emma that this is similar to a crush by his former student, Suzy Pepper. She too gave him a tie to remember her by. Yet when Will confronted Suzy, she ate a hot pepper in despair that put her into a coma. Will is now worried that Rachel will be too fragile to let down. Emma advises him to sing his feelings to her in his ballad.

Wrapped up in with own problems, Finn cannot perform with his partner Kurt, who harbors a secret crush on Finn. Kurt suggests express his frustrations about the baby through song. That night, Finn’s mother catches him singing to a sonogram video. He breaks down and tells her the truth about Quinn’s pregnancy. … Continue Reading

Glee | Season One | Episode Nine

Episode 9: “Wheels”

• Tracks performed by the cast of Glee
• “And I Am Telling You…” | Download from iTunes UK
• “Proud Mary” | Download from iTunes UK
• “Don’t Stop Believin’” | Download from iTunes UK
• “Don’t Rain on My Parade” | Download from iTunes UK
• “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” | Download from iTunes UK
• “My Life Would Suck Without You” | Download from iTunes UK

Rachel, on a mission to tell Finn that he is not the father of Quinn’s baby, tries to hint to the glee kids that Puck is actually the father with the hope that they’ll tell Finn, but they already know and conspire to keep Rachel from telling Finn. Rachel tells Quinn that babies of Jewish parentage are at risk for a horrible genetic disorder, with the hope that Quinn will talk to Puck about it.

Will introduces Emma as the new Glee supervisor and receives an underwhelming response from the kids, who must now come up with their set list for Sectionals on their own.

Rachel offers to do the ballad, but Mercedes says she’s sick of Rachel hogging the spotlight when Mercedes works just as hard as her. Mercedes proceeds to perform “And I’m Telling You”, absolutely killing it, and Rachel concedes that Mercedes should perform the ballad.

After class, Finn tells Rachel that if they win Sectionals everything will be good for awhile. Rachel agrees – then proceeds to tell Finn that Puck is the father of Quinn’s baby. Finn, livid, attacks Puck, breaks up with Quinn and quits glee. … Continue Reading

Glee | Season One | Episode Eight

Episode 8: “Mash-Up”

• Tracks performed by the cast of Glee
• “Bust a Move” | Download from iTunes UK
• “Thong Song” | Download from iTunes UK
• “Sweet Caroline” | Download from iTunes UK

The Slushie War has commenced at McKinley High, but for the first time, Finn and Quinn are on the receiving end. Now that they are in glee club and their pregnancy secret is out, their status has dropped.

Emma and Ken ask Will to give them dance lessons to a mash-up of their two varied song choices for the first dance at their wedding. In Emma’s private lesson, she falls on top of Will in her long train.

The football team refuses to follow Finn’s lead on the field. Yet Coach Ken is mad that Puck is skipping practice to work on something with glee club, so he schedules more football practice so that it coincides with glee.

Meanwhile, Puck works with Rachel on a song in her bedroom but he cuts it short to make out with her. He pursued Rachel because his mother asked him to date a Jewish girl. Yet, while kissing him, Rachel imagines that Puck is Finn. She makes up an excuse that she wouldn’t date anyone who wasn’t able to sing lead. … Continue Reading

Glee | Season One | Episode Seven

Episode 7: “Throwdown”

• Tracks performed by the cast of Glee
• “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” | Download from iTunes USA
• “My Life Would Suck Without You” | Download from iTunes USA

Rachel, on a mission to tell Finn that he is not the father of Quinn’s baby, tries to hint to the glee kids that Puck is actually the father with the hope that they’ll tell Finn, but they already know and conspire to keep Rachel from telling Finn. Rachel tells Quinn that babies of Jewish parentage are at risk for a horrible genetic disorder, with the hope that Quinn will talk to Puck about it.

Will introduces Emma as the new Glee supervisor and receives an underwhelming response from the kids, who must now come up with their set list for Sectionals on their own.

Rachel offers to do the ballad, but Mercedes says she’s sick of Rachel hogging the spotlight when Mercedes works just as hard as her. Mercedes proceeds to perform “And I’m Telling You”, absolutely killing it, and Rachel concedes that Mercedes should perform the ballad. … Continue Reading

Glee | Season One | Episode Six

Episode 6: “Vitamin D”

• Tracks performed by the cast of Glee
• “It’s My Life/Confessions Pt. 2″ | Download from iTunes UK
• “Halo/Walking on Sunshine” | Download from iTunes UK

When the kids start to show complacency, Will instills some rivalry to fire them up. He divides the glee club into boys against girls for a mashup competition. Winner gets to choose the song for Sectionals.

Sue notices that Quinn’s leg has quivered in her cheerleading formation. Quinn claims that she’s tired from glee club. So Sue decides that she must destroy Will in order to get rid of the club. Sue tells Terri that Emma is after her husband, encouraging Terri to apply for the school nurse position even though she has no experience. Terri needs to keep an eye on Will.

With football practice, glee rehearsal, and a pregnant girlfriend, Finn is exhausted. Puck advises him to go to the school nurse for a nap. Terri, in her new job, gives Finn pseudoephedrine pills to wake him up. She explains that it’s like a vitamin. A wired Finn returns to the rehearsal room pumped up to work on the mashup. He gives his new “vitamins” to the other guys.

Rachel is insistent that the girls prepare for their mashup, but the others don’t feel they need to worry about beating the boys. The guys give an amazing and energized performance for the impartial judge, Emma. The girls suddenly start to worry about their mashup.

Ken confides in Terri that he thinks Emma is in love with Will. Desperate, Terri persuades him to propose to Emma. Ken does it. With the girls’ confidence low, Kurt lets them know that boys took pills to boost their get-up-and-go. To even the playing field, the girls take the same pills from Terri. They give a high-spirited mashup performance. Will is oblivious to their newfound energy.

Emma asks Will if she should marry Ken. Later, Terri warns Emma that she has no chance with Will. Emma accepts Ken’s proposal. Quinn agrees to give Terri her baby. Rachel and Finn decide to nullify the mashup competition. When he learns about the pills, Principal Figgins fires Terri. Figgins also appoints Sue as co-director of the glee club.

Glee | Season One | Episode Five

Episode 5: “The Rhodes Not Taken”

• Tracks performed by the cast of Glee
• “Somebody to Love” | Download from iTunes UK
• “Maybe This Time” | Download from iTunes UK
• “Alone” | Download from iTunes UK
• “Last Name” | Download from iTunes UK

The members of the glee club are worried that they can no longer compete without Rachel. Thinking that the numbers need more of an edge, Will approaches his former classmate April Rhodes to join squad because she never graduated. She was the most talented singer at McKinley High and Will had a crush on her, but now she’s out of work and misses the spotlight.

April agrees to return to high school. Unfortunately, the glee club doesn’t warm up to her so Will asks her to make an effort. April wins them over one by one. Rachel rehearses for the musical, but Sandy doesn’t treat her like the star she had expected to be. After some underhanded prodding by Emma, Finn takes it upon himself to flirt with Rachel in an effort to make her come back to glee. It doesn’t hurt that Rachel becomes jealous when she sees April take her place as the lead in their number.

Knowing that April’s inclusion isn’t helping, Emma tries to show Will that he really needs to get Rachel back instead. Yet Will still tries to work on April, and he asks her to sober up because she’s being a bad influence on the kids. April says she will do it. With one last play upon Rachel’s heart and a lie about his relationship with Quinn, Finn gets Rachel to agree to leave the musical for glee club.

Although Will notices that Terri doesn’t have any morning sickness like Quinn, the other students start to realize that Quinn gets nauseous a little too much. Puck plants the idea that Quinn is pregnant by Finn. Rachel is shocked to learn that Finn lied to her about his feelings. She confronts Finn and quits glee again.

Rachel demands that Sue give her creative control over the musical instead of Sandy. New Directions performs at the Invitationals. Even though April is drunk, she wows the crowd. Rachel looks on from the audience. Emma guilts Will into firing April before the second number is about to start. The glee club panics when they think they have to cancel, but Rachel comes backstage to step in for April. She announces that she has quit the musical because she owes it to them — her friends — to stay in glee.

Glee | Season One | Episode Four

Episode 4: “Preggers”

• Tracks performed by the cast of Glee
• “Taking Chances” | Download from iTunes UK

Terri admits to her sister that she is hiding her fake pregnancy from Will because she’s afraid he will leave her. While rehearsing a lip synch and dance with Tina and Brittany to Single Ladies, Kurt is startled when his macho father Burt catches him. He lies and says he’s wearing a unitard because he’s practicing for his job as place kicker on the football team. Kurt enlists Finn for help, and Kurt “auditions” for the team. Unfortunately, he can only do it in the middle of his choreography to Single Ladies. Coach Tanaka doesn’t care because Kurt is a place kicking prodigy.

Rachel is upset that a solo was given to Tina instead of her. This provides an opening for Sue, who blackmails Principal Figgins to hire Sandy Ryerson back at McKinley. She makes Sandy’s first order of business to cast Rachel in the new musical so that she will quit glee club. Rachel plans to balance both.

Quinn tells Finn that she is pregnant, even though they never had sex. She convinces him that his sperm swam in a hot tub while they were wearing swimsuits. Finn confides in Will about his dilemma. After Will tells Terri about the teen’s pregnancy, Terri approaches Quinn. She wants to help the girl, but what are Terri’s ulterior motives? Since Quinn wants to keep the baby, Finn needs a football scholarship. He has Will teach the football players how to dance to improve their coordination.

After Puck learns that Quinn is pregnant, he confronts her. Puck knows it’s his baby. The team’s new dancing skills and Kurt’s kicking help McKinley win the football game. Burt is proud of his son. Finn offers his support to Quinn. He wants to be a good father to their child. Seeing the two lovebirds together makes Puck jealous.

Kurt comes out about being gay to his father. “I’ve known since you were three,” Burt confesses calmly. He tells Kurt he loves him. Puck and two other football players join the glee club. Will refuses to give Rachel the solo he promised to Tina. So Rachel quits and turns to Sandy’s musical exclusively.

Glee | Season One | Episode Three

Episode 3: “Acafellas”

• Tracks performed by the cast of Glee
• “Bust Your Windows” | Download from iTunes UK
• “Mercy” | Download from iTunes UK

Will battles with his lack of confidence when Rachel questions his ability to lead the glee club. He forms the Acafellas, an all-male acapella vocal group, as an outlet for his singing talent. Yet Will spends more time building his own confidence than he does with the glee club.

In Will’s absence, the glee club decides to hire a well-known choreographer to help coach them to Nationals. Yet his style doesn’t quite fit in with New Directions. With prodding from the Cheerios, Mercedes mistakes the friendliness of her BFF Kurt as something more. She develops a crush on him, but her feelings aren’t reciprocated.

When the Acafellas perform for the P.T.A., they get a surprise visit backstage from Josh Groban, who was invited by his biggest fan, Sandy. Yet Groban isn’t there as to hire the Acafellas for his tour — he only wants to warn Sandy to stop stalking him. Terri helps Will realize that his passion is not performing. He really loves mentoring students.

Glee | Season One | Episode Two

Episode 2: “Showmance”

• Tracks performed by the cast of Glee
• “Gold Digger” | Download from iTunes UK
• “Take a Bow” | Download from iTunes UK
• “Push it” | Download from iTunes UK

Will pushes the Glee Club to perform in front of the school for the first time at the assembly. He wants them to sing a disco number. They’d rather choose a song that will appeal to the rest of the students.

Rachel and Finn grow closer and they kiss. Finn pulls away because he has a girlfriend.

When Quinn realizes that Rachel has feelings for Finn, she agrees to be a part of the Glee Club in order to keep her man. Sue enlists Quinn and two other Cheerios to join Glee and spy on the enemy.

Terri tells Will that she is pregnant and guilts him into buying a new house that they can not afford. To make ends meet and satisfy his wife, Will takes a second job — as the McKinley High School night janitor. Emma, wanting to spend more time with Will, helps him out.

Terri is disappointed when she learns from her doctor that she isn’t carrying a child. It’s a “hysterical” pregnancy, but she keeps this a secret from Will. He still believes Terri is pregnant.

Glee | Season One | Episode One

Episode 1: “Pilot”

• Tracks performed by the cast of Glee
• “Don’t Stop Believin” | Download from iTunes UK
• “Rehab” | Download from iTunes UK
• “On my own” | Download from iTunes UK
• “Can’t fight the feeling” | Download from iTunes UK

McKinley High School’s Spanish teacher Will Schuester takes over “New Directions,” the school’s Glee Club, in hopes of restoring it to its former glory. His motley Glee crew consists of Rachel Berry, the overly ambitious and talented singer who is bullied by the cheerleaders (“Cheerios”) and football players; Kurt Hummel, a male soprano who is also bullied; Artie Abrams, a wheelchair-bound guitar player; Mercedes Jones, a blinged-out diva who refuses to sing back-up; and Tina Cohen-Chang, an Asian-American goth with a speech impediment. They can’t even get in sync, let alone consider the dream of competing in Regionals and Nationals.

Hoping to attract more members, Will recruits Finn Hudson by blackmailing him with detention. Finn, the star quarterback of the football team with a secret passion for singing, risks alienation from his popular girlfriend, Cheerio Quinn Fabray and football teammate Noah “Puck” Puckerman for his participation in Glee.

With moral support from friend and fellow colleague Emma Pillsbury and despite threats from “Cheerios” head Sue Sylvester, Will starts to get his Glee Club on track. Yet when his wife Terri finds out she is pregnant, Will is pressured to quit teaching and take on a better-paying job. The Glee Club vows to go on, and they work together to stage a number without a director. When Will sees them perform, he knows he has to come back to school and Glee. “It would kill me to watch you win Nationals without me,” he says.