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Pilot - Audition - The Purple Piano Project - The New Rachel

Parallel

Pilot

Audition

The Purple Piano Project

The New Rachel

A male is seen singing in the shower as somebody sticks their head from behind a wall to listen.

Will sees Finn

Finn sees Sam

N/A

Rachel sees Brody

A performance intimidates Rachel and/or the New Directions.

Vocal Adrenaline's Rehab

Sunshine's Telephone

Harmony's Anything Goes/Anything You Can Do

Cassandra's Americano/Dance Again

A member of New Directions breaks up with their boyfriend/girlfriend despite having strong relationship with him/her last season(s)

N/A

Tina breaks up with Artie for Mike.


Mercedes breaks up with Sam when he moves, then starts dating Shane. Lauren and Puck

Tina and Mike

A slushie to the face.

Rachel

Kurt

Finn

Marley and Unique

Football coach is introduced.

Ken

Beiste

N/A

A teacher gets in trouble for or is accused of doing something illicit.

Sandy touching Hank inappropriately


Beiste falsely accused of touching Brittany inappropriately

N/A

Cassandra drinking alcohol

Auditions to get into Glee Club take place.

Rachel, Kurt, Mercedes, Tina, and Artie (not shown)

Sunshine and Sam

Blaine and Sugar

Marley, Jake, Stoner Brett, and De'wanda

The Glee club sings a song to inspire.

Don't Stop Believin', to inspire themselves

Empire State of Mind, to inspire new members

We Got the Beat, to inspire potential members

Chasing Pavements, to inspire themselves

Rachel/New Rachel/Rachelesque character sings a solo.

On My Own

What I Did For Love

Anything Goes/Anything You Can Do (Harmony - Rachelesuque character)

New York State of Mind (shown as intercut duet with Marley)

It's Time (Blaine - New Rachel)

Chasing Pavements(Marley - New Rachel)


A male member of the glee club has left, having joined in the fourth episode in the season prior.

N/A

Matt

Sam

Rory

A song is sung in the Courtyard.

N/A

Empire State of Mind

It's Not Unusual

It's Time

Blaine has a solo in the courtyard with Cheerios and the title starts with "It's"

N/A

It's Not Unusual

It's Time

Beiste makes a pig squeal.

N/A

In Figgins' office

In the teachers' lounge

N/A

The opening montage is with Jacob interviewing the kids of the Glee Club.

N/A

About their summer

About their senior year

About what their newfound popularity is like and who the "new Rachel" is going to be

Quinn watches the final performance from the balcony.

With Sue and Santana

N/A

Alone

N/A

The final number is performed by at least one of original 6 members.

Don't Stop Believin', featuring Rachel, Finn, Mercedes, Artie, Tina, and Kurt

What I Did For Love, sung by Rachel

You Can't Stop The Beat, sung by Rachel, Finn, Mercedes, Artie, Tina, and Kurt

Chasing Pavements, featuring Tina and Artie

A performance is sung in front of people, who either didn't notice or disliked it.

N/A

Empire State Of Mind

We Got The Beat

N/A

Tina and Mike feel offended.

N/A

From Jacob

From Sue

N/A

Sue creates a plan.

N/A

To kick Beiste out of McKinley

To remove arts programs

N/A

A confrontation with the Cheerios.

N/A

Santana vs Quinn

Santana vs Becky

Kitty vs. Marley

A rival for Rachel is introduced.

Mercedes Jones

Sunshine Corazon

Harmony

Cassandra July

Quinn walks down the hall with a new look.

N/A

Cheerio

Skank

N/A

A New Directions female rejoins the Cheerios.

N/A

Quinn

Brittany and Santana

N/A

A New Directions member is jealous of a new student.

N/A

Rachel is jealous of Sunshine

Finn is jealous of Blaine

Blaine, Tina, and Brittany are jealous of Wade

Sam is jealous of Jake

Rachel dislikes a performer who auditions for the New Directions with a Broadway song, who has a peculiar name, and is a brunette

N/A

Sunshine

Sugar

N/A

Someone asks when they start rehearsals for glee club

Rachel

N/A

Sugar

N/A

Kurt is harassed by a football player

Puck

Azimio

N/A

Mike and Tina perform together

N/A

Getting to Know You

Chopsticks

N/A

Sue mentions that she has hepatitis

To the Cheerios

N/A

On TV during Sue's Corner

N/A

A mash-up is performed

That's the Way (I Like It)/(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty

N/A

Anything Goes/Anything You Can Do

Americano/Dance Again

A sing off takes place

N/A

Telephone

N/A

Call Me Maybe

Recent pop songs of the year are performed

I Kissed a Girl

Telephone

N/A

Call Me Maybe

Empire State of Mind

Dance Again/Americano

Billionaire

A female character who is brunette, has a strong and powerful voice and the potential to be in the lead is introduced

Rachel

Sunshine

Harmony

Marley

Rachel sings a duet

Don't Stop Believin', with Finn

Telephone, with Sunshine

Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead, with Kurt

New York State of Mind, with Marley (sung separately, intercut)

Brittany sings in the first song of the season

N/A

N/A

We Got the Beat

Call Me Maybe

Something important happens to Mike and Tina between the Summer.

N/A

They start to date.

Tina loses her virginity to Mike.

They break up.

Someone watches New Directions performing.

Puck, Sue with Quinn and Santana

Sam and Sunshine

Quinn

Jake

Someone changed significantly during the summer break.

N/A

Santana getting a boob job.

Quinn joined the Skanks.

Tina becoming sassy and getting an assistant.

New Directions' group number in the auditorium is performed in clothing of a specific colour.

Red

N/A

Purple


Black

Someone isn't welcomed by the New Directions

N/A

Sunshine

Blaine

Unique

Showmance - Britney/Brittany - I Am Unicorn - Britney 2.0

Parallel

Showmance

Britney/Brittany

I Am Unicorn

Britney 2.0

The plot revolves around the Glee club members being unhappy with Will's decision

About performing Le Freak

Will wants the Glee club to do an easy listening song, when they want to sing Britney Spears music

Setting up a Booty Camp

N/A

Sexual performance at pep rally

Push It

Toxic

N/A

Gimme More

A female character is referred to as an object

Quinn refers to Rachel as "That Thing"

Rachel admits that the boys in the school are "objectifying" her

N/A

Phil Lipoff says to Marley "You came out of THAT?" when referring to her overweight mother

Brittany's first one

Brittany's first appearance

Brittany's first solo

Brittany runs for Class President

Brittany's first voiceover and first time getting kicked off the Cheerios.

Brittany is delusional

N/A

Thinks Dr. Pepper is a dentist, thought she was kidnapped and probed by aliens, and has Britney Spears fantasies

Thinks ponies become unicorns when they do good deeds.

Thinks she is doing a voice-over.

A New Direction girl singing directly to crushes

Rachel sings Take a Bow

Rachel sings The Only Exception.

N/A

Marley sings Everytime

Brittany realizes her self-worth and gains a new kind of confidence to do something

N/A

Has a Britney Spears fantasy and gains the confidence to step up and perform

To run for class president because she is a "bicorn"

In the end of episode she gets back her confidence

Rachel gets a solo

Take a Bow


The Only Exception and Baby One More Time

Somewhere (Although she is accompanied by her mother and considered as duet)

Oops... I Did It Again

Emma's boyfriend is introduced

Admits she's dating Ken

Introduces Carl

N/A

N/A

Jacob Ben Israel gets over-excited about the New Directions performance at the pep rally

First one to cheer at the end of Push It

Makes repeated remarks about how hot the performance is and pinches a dude's butt (starts the 'Sex Riot') during Toxic

N/A

N/A

An adult special guest star appears

N/A

John Stamos as Carl Howell

Idina Menzel as Shelby Corcoran

Kate Hudson as Cassandra July

All the songs are in the theme in except one

N/A

All the songs are Britney Spears songs except for The Only Exception

All the songs are from West Side Story except for I'm The Greatest Star

All the songs are Britney Spears songs except for Boyfriend and Crazy

There's a toilet scene between a student and a teacher

Rachel and Emma

N/A

Quinn Fabray and Sue Sylvester

N/A

Brittany finds her confidence

N/A

To sing

To run for class president

To make a comeback

Quinn joins / rejoins the glee club for a reason other than to sing

To keep an eye on Finn and acts as a spy for Sue

N/A

Rejoins to try to get Beth back

N/A

Will gets angry with a student

With Rachel, because of sexual performance at the Assembly

With Kurt, because of the insistence to do a Britney Spears number at the Assembly

With Quinn, because she blames him for everything that happened to her

With Brittany, because she lip-synced in the pep rally performance.

John Stamos

Emma mentions him

John Stamos appears for the first time, as Dr Carl Howell

N/A

N/A

Santana sticks up for Brittany when Kurt is arguing with her.

N/A

When they're discussing why Brittany doesn't want to do Britney Spears songs.

When Kurt gets mad at Brittany for putting up the unicorn campaign posters.

N/A

Finn and Rachel kiss

On the stage

In the locker room

At the repair shop

N/A

Rachel is left on stage.

After Finn kisses her

N/A

When Rachel is helping Kurt audition

N/A

Britney Spears Tribute Episode

N/A

Yes

N/A

Yes

Rachel has a conflict with another person about her which then makes her sing a song

N/A

Rachel and Finn. Rachel feels threatened about their relationship working. She then sings Baby One More Time

Rachel and Shelby. About their kinship. They then sing Somewhere

Rachel and Cassandra. About Rachel's lack of sex appeal makes her sing Oops... I Did It Again

Brittany's first solo of the season which is by Britney Spears

N/A

I'm A Slave 4 U

N/A


Gimme More and Hold It Against Me

The last song performed is a solo

Take a Bow

The Only Exception

Something's Coming

Everytime

The plot revolves around Brittany

N/A

She gains confidence with Britney Spears songs

Helping Kurt with his campaign

Walks trough a spin in her life missing Santana and being kicked out of the Cheerios

Brittany is sad

N/A

Because she doesn't want to live under Britney's shadow

Because she thinks she disappointed Kurt as his campaign manager

Because she misses Santana and was kicked off the Cheerios

"It's Brittany B*tch" is said by Brittany

No

Yes

No

Yes

"Leave Brittany Alone" is said

N/A

By Santana

N/A

By Brett

The performances are reproduced the same way as the originals Britney's performances

N/A

I'm a Slave 4 U, Me Against the Music, Baby One More Time

N/A

Gimme More

Acafellas - Grilled Cheesus - Asian F - Makeover

Parallel

Acafellas

Grilled Cheesus

Asian F

Makeover

Episode names are the result of snappy wordplay

Acafellas

Grilled Cheesus

Asian F

N/A

Kurt and Mercedes have a bump in their friendship

Mercedes has crush on Kurt but Kurt is gay

Mercedes being a Christian and Kurt being an atheist

A small conflict between Mercedes and Kurt (as seen in It's All Over)

N/A

Mercedes' first released solo of the season

Bust Your Windows

I Look To You

Spotlight

N/A

Mercedes sings a solo inspired by Kurt

Bust Your Windows

I Look To You

N/A

Mercedes is called "Effie"

Dakota Stanley

N/A

New Directions

N/A

"Yentl" is incorporated

Mentioned by Dakota Stanley

Papa, Can You Hear Me? is sung by Rachel

N/A

N/A

We discover something about Kurt

He's gay

He's an atheist

N/A

He owns a fashion site.

Cheerio-assisted number aimed against Kurt

Bust Your Windows

N/A

Run the World (Girls)

N/A

A song title refers to "Ruling The World"

N/A

Run the World (Girls)

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Religious theme

N/A

Finn thinks he has found God in the form of his grilled cheese sandwich

Will wants to learn how to pray with Emma

N/A

Someone's parents appear

Will

N/A

Mike's and Emma's

N/A

Puck sings

I Wanna Sex You Up

Only The Good Die Young

It's All Over

N/A

Dinner with parents

Will's parents

Burt & Carole with Kurt and Finn (supposedly)

Emma's parents

N/A

Someone talks about doing inventory

Howard Bamboo

Burt Hummel

N/A

N/A

The episode ends with a number where all members are wearing white

N/A

One of Us

Fix You

N/A

A character has a flashback to their childhood, and we see their child version.

N/A

Kurt

Emma

N/A

Mercedes has two female background singers in her solo

N/A

Tina and Quinn

Tina and Brittany

N/A

Puck ribs Finn about his dancing

They get into a fight during Acafellas practice

N/A

Puck makes fun of Finn during Booty Camp

N/A

Mercedes is greatly featured

She has a crush on Kurt

She tries to help Kurt and takes him to church

Mercedes competes for the part of Maria against Rachel

N/A

Kurt goes to the Sing-Along Sound of Music

Kurt and Mercedes plan on going until they get in a fight

Kurt plans on going but Burt has a heart attack, stopping his plans

N/A

N/A

Someone is shown with a medical issue

Henri, the Acafellas member without thumbs

Burt, with a heart attack

Emma, with her OCD

N/A

Someone starts his/her campaign for Senior Class President

N/A

N/A

Brittany with the flashmob for Run The World (Girls)

Blaine (w/ Sam as VP) / Brittany (w/ Artie as VP)

A Song about ruling the world is sung related with a Presidential Campaign

N/A

N/A

Run The World (Girls) related with Brittany's Campaign


Everybody Wants to Rule the World related with Blaine's campaign.

Preggers - Duets - Pot O'Gold - The Break-Up

Parallel

Preggers

Duets

Pot O' Gold

The Break-Up

Pregnancy talks in the hallway

Finn approaches Quinn in the hallway. She tells him she’s pregnant

Rachel approaches Kurt in the hallway. He says “Not another pregnancy”

Brittany says that Selena Gomez isn't pregnant.

N/A

A secret is mentioned

Quinn reveals her pregnancy and tells Finn it's his baby, when it is really Puck's

Sam reveals to Quinn that he's got a secret he's ashamed of. He said he dyed his hair to look popular as the new transfer student

Brittany & Santana are dating

Blaine Cheated on Kurt

New male glee club member(s) are introduced

Puck, Matt and Mike

Sam

Rory

N/A

Tina gets to sing

Tonight

Sing!

N/A

N/A

Kurt appear in the boys locker room

Kurt interacts with members of the football team in the boys locker room

Kurt talks to Sam while he's taking a shower

N/A

Kurt discusses his sexuality with his dad

He comes out to his father

They discuss how lonely Kurt feels because he is the only openly gay student at McKinley

Kurt believes that voters won't vote for his dad because he has a gay son, but then Burt assures Kurt that he is proud of him and "[doesn't] care who knows it"

N/A

Rachel and a solo

Rachel is angry about losing the solo

Rachel purposely tries to not get a solo

N/A

N/A

Mike does something for the first time

Mike's first appearance

Mike's first song

N/A

Mercedes and Santana convince each other to do something

N/A

Santana convinces Mercedes to sing a duet with her

Mercedes convinces Santana to join Shelby's glee club

N/A

Quinn & Beth are together for the first time

Quinn discovers she's pregnant

N/A

Quinn sees Beth face to face for the first time

N/A

We see an intimate moment between Brittany & Santana

N/A

The make-out scene in Brittany's bedroom

Holding hands at Breadstix

Kiss in Santana's room.

We find out something about Puck concerning a woman and a baby

We find out he fathered Quinn's baby

N/A

He kisses Shelby after bonding over Beth

N/A

Puck does something illegal/inappropriate

N/A

Steals an ATM and goes to juvie

Kisses Shelby

N/A

Finn tries to help someone to be accepted at the school

Kurt, on McKinley Titans

Sam, joining the glee club and facing the bully (Duets)

Rory, on joining the glee club and making new friends at school

N/A

There's a relation between Brittany and a guy's virginity

N/A

Artie loses his virginity to her

Rory wants to lose his virginity to her

N/A

Someone is not feeling part of the group

Rachel

Kurt

Santana

Blaine

A member of and New Directions quits because of solos

Rachel

N/A

Santana and Brittany

N/A

Santana and Breadstix

N/A

Not winning the duets contest

Going on a date with Brittany to Breadstix

Meeting for the "Left Behind" club.

A song about an event that's going to happen or happened at night was sang.

Tonight (Tina)

N/A

Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)

N/A

Brittany's bedroom is seen

N/A

Brittany with Santana

Brittany and Rory

N/A

At least 1 couple is featured to have conflict/intimacy

Quinn and Finn, Quinn and Puck, Terri and Will

Brittany and Artie, Quinn and Sam

Shelby and Puck

Finn and RachelKurt and BlaineBrittany and SantanaWill and Emma

Katy Perry Song is performed by Blaine

N/A

N/A

Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)


Teenage Dream

Either Kurt or Blaine feel lonely

N/A

Kurt

N/A

Blaine

The Rhodes Not Taken - The Rocky Horror Glee Show - The First Time - The Role You Were Born to Play

Parallel

The Rhodes Not Taken

The Rocky Horror Glee Show

The First Time

The Role You Were Born to Play

The students do a performance with an adult

With April, Last Name

With Carl, Whatever Happened to Saturday Night?

N/A

With Mercedes and Mike, Born to Hand Jive and with Finn, Juke Box Hero

A guest star's performance impresses the Glee Club

April, Maybe This Time

Carl, Whatever Happened to Saturday Night?

N/A

N/A

The school musical

Cabaret

The Rocky Horror Show

West Side Story

Grease

Rachel calls Finn the hottest guy in school

N/A

When he says that he isn't hot enough to take off his clothes

Hallway scene

N/A

Jealousy/Problems between Will and Emma

Emma says to Will "So you have had feelings for someone other than your wife, "implying that she's jealous of April

Will is jealous of Carl

N/A

Emma lies and says she wants to go to Washington D.C. with him, but later tells him she doesn't

Will is questioned what his motives are for doing something controversial and if it's really worth it

Emma questions him about letting April join the club

Figgins questions him about Rocky Horror

N/A

N/A

A new character appears

April

Carl

Sebastian

Ryder

A promiscuous character is introduced

April

N/A

Sebastian

N/A

Episode title begins with "The"

The Rhodes Not Taken

The Rocky Horror Glee Show

The First Time

The Role You Were Born To Play

Second word in the episode title begins with "R"

Rhodes

Rocky

N/A

Role

A released single has a 2nd performance

Don't Stop Believin' (Quinn's Version), first performed during Pilot)

There's a Light (Over At The Frankenstein Place) is shown at two separate times in the episode

A Boy Like That/I Have A Love was split up and the 2nd part of the song was performed later in the episode

N/A

Kurt does something that makes him lose his innocence

He gets drunk

N/A

He loses his virginity

N/A

Someone mentions putting something in a pipe and smoking it.

By April

N/A

By Santana during America

N/A

Someone cries after a performance

Kurt after Maybe This Time

N/A

Coach Beiste after Tonight

Blaine after Hopelessly Devoted To You

Puck talks about Rachel

Saying that she makes him set himself one fire, but "boy can she sing"

N/A

He thought he will be Rachel's first.

N/A

One part of Finchel gets mad at the other for something the other purposefully did that's wrong

Finn takes advantage of Rachel to get her back in the glee club so he can apply to college

N/A

Rachel wants to have sex so that she can play Maria better

N/A

Finchel takes a step forward

They kiss

N/A

They sleep together

N/A

Finn tries to motivate someone to join/rejoin Glee Club

Rachel, after she quits to Cabaret Production

No

No

Ryder

Sue tries to interfer on the musical

Yes (With Sandy Ryerson)

Yes

No

Yes

The longest title of all episodes of their respective seasons

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Vitamin D - Never Been Kissed - Mash Off - Glease

Parallel

Vitamin D

Never Been Kissed

Mash Off

Glease

Mash-up competition (and the winner is never revealed)

Boys vs Girls

Boys vs Girls

New Directions vs The Troubletones

N/A

The competing schools in the upcoming sectionals are revealed

Jane Addams Academy's Choir and Haverbrook School for the Deaf's Choir

Dalton Academy Warblers and The Hipsters

The Troubletones and The Unitards

N/A

Finn plays a drum roll when Will reveals the competing schools

On the drums

On a book

N/A

N/A

Glee club has a weird fad

Using anti-drowsy drugs

Imagining Beiste to cool down

Playing dodgeball while singing. And the lead singer is the last to be hit.

N/A

The first mash-up performed uses a Bon Jovi song while wearing leather jackets, and is the first song sung

Boys with It's My Life/ Confessions Part II

Girls with Start Me Up/ Livin' On a Prayer

N/A

N/A

New Directions does something that causes a trouble between Will and a woman

The Glee kids get anti-drowsy drugs from Terri, which leads to her being fired

The Glee kids imagine Beiste to cool down, which almost leads to her resigning

N/A

N/A

Puck and math classes

Puck mentions having not attended a math class the past 2 years

Puck and Artie discuss tutoring for geometry because Puck is failing

Shelby is Puck's substitute teacher for Geometry

N/A

Scene done in the football locker room between teachers

Ken & Emma

Beiste & Will

N/A

N/A

Another teacher is present for the mashup competition

Emma

Beiste

Shelby

N/A

A student bullies others to hide their own closeted homosexuality, which someone finds out about

N/A

Karofsky bullies Kurt and then kisses him, revealing his own closeted homosexuality

Santana bullies Finn and Rory, then gets outed by Finn

N/A

An upset student runs out of an office with only adults present

N/A

Puck runs out of Figgins' office because he's angry about having to do community service

Santana runs out of Sue's office sobbing after she finds out that she's going to be outed on television

N/A

Kurt refuses to be bullied

N/A

Blaine tells Kurt to refuse to be the victim, and he stands up to Karofsky

Kurt stands up for Rory, and states in his campaign for class president that he refuses to let anyone be bullied

N/A

Kurt wants to be part of the girl's team in the Mash Up competition, but Will won't let him.

Yes

Yes

N/A

N/A

Mercedes, Santana, and Brittany earn solos in an all-girl mash-up number

N/A

Start Me Up/Livin' On a Prayer

Rumour Has It/Someone Like You

N/A

An all-girl mash-up performance is sung in a certain color dress, with Mercedes singing 1 of the 2 main leads

Halo/Walking on Sunshine, dressed in yellow

N/A

Rumour Has It/Someone Like You, dressed in black

N/A

Someone says "It's not personal"

N/A

Sam about picturing Coach Beiste to "cool off"

Sue on TV and to Kurt about her smear tactics

N/A

Throwdown - The Substitute - I Kissed a Girl - Dynamic Duets

Parallel

Throwdown

The Substitute

I Kissed a Girl

Dynamic Duets

Sue tries to turn the Glee club against Will

Dividing the kids by minority

Giving Holly Will’s job

N/A

N/A

Finn and Gwyneth Paltrow

Finn mentions Gwyneth Paltrow

Finn dances with Holly Holiday, who is portrayed by Gwyneth Paltrow

N/A

Finn mentions The Avengers, in which Gwyneth Paltrow starred.

Glee club has a new director/co-director

Sue

Holly

Shelby (to help out with the lesson)

Finn

Will starts the episode feeling bad

Feeling crazy

Feeling sick

N/A

N/A

The glee club performs a fun Top 40 number

Hate on Me

Forget You

I Kissed a Girl

Some Nights

The glee club performs a big number at the end in the auditorium

Keep Holding On

Singin' In the Rain/Umbrella

N/A

Some Nights

The co-director tries to understand what the kids really want to sing, and recognises that Will always chooses music he likes

Sue

Holly

N/A

N/A

A McKinley High teacher has a romance with a guest star

N/A

Will and Holly

Beiste and Cooter

N/A

A woman seduces a guy who is at risk of getting her sick/pregnant but she says "I don't care"

N/A

Terri to Will

Quinn to Puck

N/A

Teacher singing with student

N/A


Forget You - Holly with Artie, Mercedes, and New Directions

Constant Craving -Shelby with Kurt & Santana

N/A

A number is performed in order to show some support for a Glee Club member.

Quinn

N/A

Santana

Blaine

Mr. Schue is substituted

N/A

By Holly Holiday

N/A

By Finn Hudson

There is a number performed by females consisting of two or more people N/A Holly and Rachel sing Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag The New Directions' Girls sing I Kissed A Girl Marley and Kitty sing Holding Out For A Hero

Mash-Up - Furt - Hold On To Sixteen - Thanksgiving

Parallel

Mash-Up

Furt

Hold On To Sixteen

Thanksgiving

A competition takes place

N/A

N/A

Sectionals

Sectionals

Plot involves a wedding

Emma & Ken

Burt & Carole/Rod Remington & Andrea Carmichael

N/A

N/A

Plans for Hawaii that never happened

Emma and Ken's wedding

Burt and Carole's honeymoon

N/A

N/A

Dance tutorials

Will teaches Emma

Kurt teaches Finn and Burt

Will teaches ND Boys

Mike teaches the boys during rehearsals and Jake shows Ryder a dance  move.

"Puckleberry" happens/is mentioned

Rachel and Puck hook-up

Finn mentions "Puckleberry."

N/A

N/A

Karofsky's first one

Dave Karofsky's first appearance

Paul Karofsky's first appearance

N/A

N/A

Bullying to the Glee kids

The Glee Kids are slushied by bullies

Tina mentions that everyone on Glee has been bullied, but what Karosky is doing to Kurt is much, more severe

N/A

N/A 

Rachel's boyfriend sings a love song

Puck sings Sweet Caroline

Finn sings Just the Way You Are.

N/A

N/A

Someone returns

N/A

Doris Sylvester

Sam

Quinn

There is a fight involving at least one member of the new directions

Finn and Azimo

Sam and Dave

Blaine and Sam

Quinn and Santana (former members)

A teacher separates a student fight

Ken separates Finn & Azimio

Shannon separates Sam & Dave

Will separates Blaine & Sam

N/A

Someone quits/leaves the club.

Finn

Kurt

N/A

N/A

Finn joins forces with a gay guy who once made him uncomfortable/jealous

N/A

Kurt

Blaine

N/A

Member/s rejoined at the end of the episode.

Finn

N/A

Brittany, Mercedes and Santana

N/A

Quinn and revelation of a secret.

Sue discovered that she is pregnant.

N/A

She planned to reveal Puck and Shelby's 'relationship'.

She reveals to Santana that she is dating a 35-year old married Yale professor.

Puckleberry and/or bathroom.

Puckleberry bathroom scene

Mention of Puckleberry.

Rachel sang the part of We Are Young about a friend being in a bathroom to Puck.

N/A

The episode starts with Quinn walking

N/A

N/A

Walking to talk to Rachel

Walking at the auditorium


Wheels - Special Education - Extraordinary Merry Christmas - Swan Song

Parallel

Wheels

Special Education

Extraordinary Merry Christmas

Swan Song

Kurt and Rachel sing a song from a musical, and in all cases but one, Kurt and Rachel sang each song separately, but the performances were mashed-up

Kurt & Rachel both sing Defying Gravity from Wicked

Kurt & Rachel both sing Don't Cry for Me Argentina, from Evita

N/A

N/A

Mentions of disabilities

The episode focuses on Artie's physical disability and introduces two characters with mental disabilities, Becky Jackson and Jean Sylvester

Episode title refers to students with disabilities

Artie's physical disability

N/A

Interaction between Tina and Artie

Tina and Artie begin dating

Tina tells Artie that she thinks Mike and Brittany are cheating on them with each other

N/A

They run into each other in the lockers when Artie has joined the band & Tina the Cheerios

Finn fights with his girlfriend

Quinn

Rachel

Rachel

N/A

Puck gets involved with Finn's problems

Quinn

Rachel

N/A

N/A

Rachel fights for a solo

Defying Gravity

A solo at sectionals

River

N/A

Artie gets angry at his girlfriend

Tina, for faking the stutter

Brittany, for supposedly cheating on him

N/A

N/A

Lauren's first one

Lauren's first appearance

Lauren's first dance performance

N/A

N/A

Kurt auditions for a solo with a song from a musical, but doesn't succeed

Defying Gravity, from "Wicked"

Don't Cry for Me Argentina, from "Evita"

N/A

N/A

Puck saves the day

Earned the money for their bus in sectionals

Recruited Lauren as their 12th member for sectionals

N/A

N/A

Puck and an illegal substance

Bought 'Chronic Lady' and used it as an ingredient in the cupcakes

He told Rachel that he uses steroids

N/A

N/A

Admittance of missing someone

N/A

Kurt misses the New Directions and vice-versa

Sam and Rory missing their family

Artie says he misses Sugar

Puckleberry kiss.

N/A

Puck & Rachel made out

Rachel kissed Puck on the cheek during the special

N/A

Kurt has a solo from a musical

Defying Gravity from Wicked

Don't Cry for Me Argentina from Evita

My Favorite Things from The Sound of Music

Being Alive from Company

Rachel faces a competition

Defying Gravity Diva-Off

Sectionals

N/A

Winter Showcase

Ballad - A Very Glee Christmas - Yes/No - Glee, Actually

Parallel

Ballad

A Very Glee Christmas

Yes/No

Glee, Actually

Kurt admits he’s in love

With Finn

With Blaine

N/A

With Blaine

Kurt helps the boy he likes

Finn

Blaine

N/A

N/A

Will wants to keep his relationship with Rachel completely professional

Rachel cleans Will's house and he drives her home

Rachel invites Will to her house for Christmas Eve, and he politely declines

N/A

N/A

Will is surprised to see someone at his house

Rachel

Sue & the Glee Club

N/A

N/A

Finn makes a big decision about his relationship with Rachel

N/A

Officially breaks up with her

Proposes to her

N/A

A male character tells his girlfriend's parents something about them

Finn tells Quinn's parents that she is pregnant

N/A

Will tells Emma's parents that he wants to marry her

N/A

Finn's father's cause of death is discussed

He was killed in battle (though later proven false)

N/A

He died of an overdose after being discharged from the military

N/A

An unlikely crush develops

Rachel has a crush on Will

N/A

Becky has a crush on Artie

N/A

The final song is a New Directions number

Lean on Me

Welcome Christmas

We Found Love

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Rachel sings a solo to someone

Crush to Will

Merry Christmas Darling to Finn


Without You to Finn

N/A

Rachel sings a solo to Finn

N/A

Merry Christmas Darling

Without You

N/A

It's a Christmas Themed Episode

No

Yes

No

Yes

There's a duet between Blaine and Kurt

N/A

Baby, It's Cold Outside

N/A

White Christmas

Hairography - The Sue Sylvester Shuffle - Michael - Sadie Hawkins

Parallel

Hairography

The Sue Sylvester Shuffle

Michael

Sadie Hawkins

New Directions performs with another group

Haverbrook School for the Deaf

McKinley Titans

Dalton Academy Warblers

N/A

A rival glee club of one gender does a Destiny Child's number

Jane Addams Girls Choir (Bootylicious)

Dalton Academy Warblers (Bills, Bills, Bills)

N/A

N/A

Mash-ups are performed

Hair/Crazy in Love

Thriller/Heads Will Roll

N/A

N/A

Wigs are involved

Hair/Crazy in Love

California Gurls

N/A

Unique wears a wig

Sue tries to destroy New Directions

Trying to destroy Glee Club by demanding that Will give her the setlist

Making Santana, Brittany & Quinn choose between Cheerios and New Directions

N/A

N/A

Quinn & Puck both play vital roles

Quinn takes Puck babysitting to see if he would make a good father; Puck goes babysitting with Quinn

Quinn is in conflict with whether she should choose the Cheerios or Glee club; Puck attempts to revive his friendship with Finn

N/A

Puck attempts to helps his brother, Jake, out by keeping Kitty away from him. 

Finn & Quinn share a love scene in the hallway

Quinn asks if they can be in love again

Quinn asks Finn to kiss her to remind her why she loved him

N/A

N/A

Michael Jackson music is performed

N/A

Thriller/Heads Will Roll

MJ tribute episode

N/A

Someone is slushied for the first time

N/A

Artie

Blaine

N/A

A scene takes place in a parking garage

Terri surprises Will with an old, beat-up version of the car he took her to prom with in a parking garage

N/A

Bad performance in a parking garage

N/A

Neilson ratings for entire Series/Season at all time high or low

6.1o million viewers, least watched of all time

26.80 million viewers, most watched of all time

9.07 million viewers, higher than most episodes in Season 3 and 2nd highest of the Season

N/A

Member of ND is injured in some way

N/A

Tina

Blaine

N/A

Rachel sings a duet with a love interest

Sings You're The One That I Want with her crush Finn

Sings Need You Now with her ex Puck

Sings I Just Can't Stop Loving You with her boyfriend Finn

N/A

New Directions performs MJ wearing outfits from his music videos

N/A

Thriller/Heads Will Roll, dressed as Zombies from the Thriller Video

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', wearing many classic MJ outifts

N/A

The Warblers appear on the episode

N/A

Yes

Yes

Yes

Tina has a solo True Colors N/A N/A I Don't Know How To Love Him
Lauren talks about scholarships N/A Yes N/A Yes (Harvard)

Mattress - Silly Love Songs - The Spanish Teacher - Naked

Parallel

Mattress

Silly Love Songs

The Spanish Teacher

Naked

Public Performance

Jump

When I Get You Alone and Silly Love Songs

N/A

N/A

Mention of possible disqualification

New Directions

Dalton Academy Warblers

N/A

Dalton Academy Warblers get disqualified

Pajamas

Jump performance

Rachel, Kurt and Mercedes have a sleepover

Another sleepover between Rachel, Kurt and Mercedes

Rachel during Torn

Quinn tries to reclaim her past

She tries to get into the Cheerios yearbook photo

She gets back together with Finn

N/A

N/A

Finn leaves Rachel hanging

He doesn't show up for yearbook photos

He doesn't react when they kiss

N/A

N/A

Talks of a hypothetical gay marriage involving Blaine

N/A

Blaine says that if he and Jeremiah got married, the Gap would give him a 50% discount

Rachel asks Kurt what he would do if Blaine proposed to him

N/A

Rachel singing with her hairbrush

N/A

Firework

N/A

Torn

Sectionals - Comeback - Heart - Diva

Parallel

Sectionals

Comeback

Heart

Diva

Someone breaks up with Quinn

Finn

Sam

N/A

N/A

Sue attacks but is unsuccessful

She tries to destroy Glee club by giving out their setlist to the competition

She tries to destroy Mercedes & Rachel's friendship

N/A

N/A

Rachel has a diva off / sing off with someone

She and Mercedes both want the solo at Sectionals

She and Mercedes sing Take Me or Leave Me

N/A

She and Kurt sing Bring Him Home at NYADA

A lie comes back to bite concerning Quinn

Finn finds out that Puck is the real father of Beth

Sam finds out that Quinn was cheating on him with Finn

N/A

N/A

An epic New Directions number is led by Finn and Rachel

You Can't Always Get What You Want

SING!

N/A

N/A

A long awaited kiss from a couple occurs

Will & Emma

N/A

Santana & Brittany

N/A

A singing group is formed which consists of 4 people; They sing 2 songs in their debut episode.

N/A

The Justin Bieber Experience

The God Squad

N/A

Cheating gets revealed.

Finn finds out Puck's the father of Quinn's baby.

Sam finds out Quinn cheated on him, by kissing Finn.

Mercedes tells Shane she cheated on him, by kissing Sam.

N/A

Someone in the Glee Club is commented on for their mouth by a brunette of the opposite gender

Rachel, about how she can't keep a secret, by Artie

Sam, about how large his mouth is, by Santana

N/A

N/A

In this episode, someone sings a song with the word "LOVE" in the song or in the song title. 

N/A

The Justin Bieber Experience, with Somebody To Love

Tike (L-O-V-E), Artie (Let Me Love You), Mercedes (I Will Always Love You) and New Directions (Love Shack)

N/A

Santana have troubles with her relationship with Brittany 

N/A

N/A

Mr. Figgins won't allow them to kiss on McKinley High School.

She received a call from Tina saying Brittany and Sam are dating.

Sam and Santana interacts in this episode. 

N/A

They start dating.

He and the other members of The God Squad sing to Brittany and Santana in Valentine's Day party.

They sing Make No Mistake, She's Mine.

Hell-O - Blame It on the Alcohol - On My Way - I Do

Parallel

Hell-O

Blame It on the Alcohol

On My Way

I Do

Rachel kisses and goes after a boy from another school's show choir

Jesse

Blaine

N/A

N/A

A kiss with Will occurs at his home

Emma and Shelby

Beiste

N/A

N/A

Will does something he regrets

Making out with Shelby

Drunk-dialing Sue

Contemplated suicide

Leaving Emma with all the planning for the wedding and dismissing her stress.

Rachel's first

Rachel's mom makes her first appearance

Rachel's first time having a party & alcohol

Rachel's first wedding

Rachel's first pregnancy scare

A conversation with Rachel and a guy occurs by a piano

Jesse

Puck

N/A

N/A

Quinn and Puck discuss her body

Puck calls her fat

Quinn misses her abs

N/A

N/A

Rachel has a duet with a boy of another school

With Jesse, Hello

With Blaine, Don't You Want Me

N/A

N/A

A Glee club member has a date with an LGBT person.

Finn, with Brittany and Santana.

Rachel, with Blaine.

N/A

Tina, with Blaine (At the wedding)

Rachel sings a solo to Finn with lyrics about "giving hell"

Gives You Hell

N/A

Here's To Us

N/A

There is mention of car accidents

N/A

Figgins talks about showing the students a 'grisly slideshow'.

Quinn is hit by a truck while texting Rachel

N/A

Rachel gives Finn hell

Literally by Singing Gives You Hell

Hangs all over him while drunk

Makes him angry about the nude photo of him Sebastian made

Mentions her and Brody moving in together

A wedding is supposed to take place in the episode, but doesn't.

N/A

N/A

Rachel and Finn wedding (Because of Quinn's accident)

Will and Emma wedding (Because Emma bails)

Teenagers drinking alcohol

N/A

New Directions and Blaine

N/A

Quinn and Santana

A girl goes after Blaine, with Kurt telling them that they are a "hag" for liking him

N/A

Rachel goes after Blaine, while Kurt tells Rachel that what she goes through is experienced "by many-a-hag about many-a-gay."

N/A

Tina gets jealous of Kurt because she still likes Blaine, but then he calls her a "hag"

The Power of Madonna - Sexy - Big Brother - Girls (and Boys) on Film

Parallel

The Power of Madonna

Sexy

Big Brother

Girls (and Boys) on Film

Emma reconsiders having sex

Positively

Negatively

N/A

N/A

Rachel doesn't want to have sex

She decides she's not ready to lose her virginity

She reaffirms her choice to stay a virgin

N/A

N/A

Will makes out with someone

Emma

Holly

N/A

N/A

Artie gets the girl

Tina

Brittany

Quinn (As a good friend)

N/A

A provocative dance number is performed

Like a Virgin

Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) and Animal

N/A

N/A

The episode features the topic of sex or virginity

Emma, Rachel and Finn plan on losing their virginity

Holly teaches Sex Ed

N/A

Rachel's pregnancy scare

Someone is mistaken to be a relative of the Glee Club

Jesse, as Will's son

N/A

Cooper, as Kurt's brother

N/A

Emma sings a solo in a song

Like a Virgin

Afternoon Delight

N/A

You're All the World to Me

Santana's first

Santana sings for the first time

Santana admits her feelings for Brittany for the first time

N/A

Santana has the first real week in New York

A guest mentors the Glee club, is wearing all black clothes and sits backwards in a chair in front of the class

N/A

Holly

Cooper

N/A

An adult performs a number with member(s) from the Glee Club

Vogue, by Sue with Kurt and Mercedes

Landslide, by Holly with Santana and Brittany

Hungry Like The Wolf/Rio, by Cooper with Blaine

In Your Eyes, by Will with New Directions

Sue calls a group of students "Sloppy Babies"

The Cheerios

N/A

The New Directions

N/A

A difficult relationship between Blaine and a relative is implied.

N/A

With his father.

With his brother.

N/A

Blaine says "I've TRIED talking to him!" after having bad communication with someone

N/A

Kurt about sex

Cooper about he doesn't giving attention to Blaine

N/A

Somebody tells to Santana about being pregnant N/A Brittany N/A Rachel
New Directions Girls performs a Madonna's song Express Yourself N/A N/A

Material Girl as the Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend/Material Girl mash-up

Home - Original Song - Saturday Night Glee-ver - Feud

Parallel

Home

Original Song

Saturday Night Glee-ver

Feud

Kurt sings a duet with a boy he likes which impacts their relationship

Finn (A House Is Not a Home)

Blaine (Candles)

N/A

N/A

Mercedes sings a solo about self-confidence

Beautiful

Hell To The No

Disco Inferno

N/A

A song is sung about a 2nd chance to make things right

Home

Get It Right

N/A

N/A

Someone dies of a stroke

April's wealthy boyfriend

Pavarotti

N/A

N/A

Sue does something that puts a Show Choir in a tough situation

Takes auditorium so that they can't practice for Regionals

Fakes a cease and desist letter from MCR so they have no set list for Regionals

Convinced Kurt and Mercedes to make Wade go onstage as Unique to jeopardize VA from winning Regionals

N/A

Kurt's feelings are reciprocated

Finn becomes his friend despite knowledge of the crush

Blaine admits to liking Kurt and kisses him

N/A

N/A

A Regionals competition takes place

N/A

New Directions

Vocal Adrenaline

N/A

The episode starts with a song lead by Blaine

N/A

Misery

You Should Be Dancing

N/A
Blaine sings a duet with someone N/A Candles with Kurt N/A I Still Believe/Super Bass with Sue

Bad Reputation - A Night of Neglect - Dance with Somebody - Guilty Pleasures

Parallel

Bad Reputation

A Night of Neglect

Dance with Somebody

Guilty Pleasures

New Directions sings overlooked songs

They sing songs with a bad reputation

They sing songs that are under-appreciated

N/A

Songs/Artists that they are embarrassed to like

Someone gets heckled

Sue

New Directions

N/A

N/A

Sue conspires with someone to take down Will

Emma

The League of Doom

N/A

N/A

Members of New Directions feel less important than the rest of the group

Mercedes, Kurt, Artie, Tina, and Brittany

Mercedes

Quinn

N/A

Sandy appears

Run Joey Run

The League of Doom and a heckler at the benefit

N/A

N/A

Emma's relationship with someone is officially ended

With Will

With Carl

N/A

N/A

Someone officially ends her relationship with Will

Emma

Holly

N/A

N/A

Sue vs. New Directions

New Directions tries to embarrass Sue by posting a video on YouTube

Sue gets people to heckle them at their benefit.

N/A

N/A

Puck does Rachel a favor

He helped Rachel in her Bad Reputaion Assignment

He searched for poodles upon Rachel's orders.

N/A

N/A

"I transferred schools to be with you" is said by a New Directions boy to his diva during a fight

Jesse to Rachel

N/A

Blaine to Kurt

N/A

A member of New Directions sings a song in the choir room to apologize to their boyfriend

Rachel sings Total Eclipse of the Heart to Jesse

N/A

Kurt sings I Have Nothing to Blaine

N/A
Whitney Houston is mentioned. N/A N/A Whitney Houston tribute Artie informs Jake that Bobby Brown allegedly got Whitney Houston hooked on crack.

Laryngitis - Born This Way - Choke - Shooting Star

Parallel

Laryngitis

Born This Way

Choke

Shooting Star

A Sammy Davis Jr. song is performed

The Lady is a Tramp

I've Gotta Be Me

N/A

N/A

Rachel sees a doctor with Finn, and discusses surgery with the doctor

She has a sore throat and Finn takes her; she protests when the doctor wants to perform surgery on her throat

She goes to the doctor to see if her nose is broken with Finn because he was the one who broke it; the doctor recommends plastic surgery for her nose, which although she is hesitant at first, he soon has her convinced that she should do it

N/A

N/A

A couple is formed to help someone pretend to be straight

Kurt and Brittany

Santana and Dave

N/A

N/A

Kurt sings a solo from a musical about returning

Rose's Turn from Gypsy:A Musical Fable for returning to his true self

As If We Never Said Goodbye from Sunset Boulevard for returning to McKinley

Not the Boy Next Door from The Boy from Oz about returning as a different person

N/A

The club sings about how they feel about themselves

One

Born This Way

N/A

Say

The plot has something to do with someones appearance

Puck loses his Mohawk

Rachel wants to have a nose job

Coach Beiste's bruises from being hit by Cooter

N/A

Finn sings a solo

Jessie's Girl

I've Gotta Be Me

N/A

N/A

The assignment involves performances about yourself

Expressing yourself

Accepting yourself

N/A

N/A

Puck has a big part in the episode.

He loses his mohawk and popularity so he pursues Mercedes, who is popular at the time

Arranges the Barbara-vention to stop Rachel from getting a nose job

Puck's father returns and he fails his geography test

N/A

Puck and one of his parents

His mother shaved off his mohawk

N/A

Puck's father returns

N/A

Puck sings a duet from a musical

Lady Is a Tramp from Babes in Arms

N/A

The Rain in Spain from My Fair Lady

N/A

Something happens to Rachel that she fears will affect her singing and/or Broadway career

She has laryngitis

Her nose is broken

She chokes during her NYADA audition

N/A

A dark/controversial theme is present in the episode

Sean Fretthold's paralysis

Anti-gay bullying

Domestic violence

School shooting

Dream On - Rumours - Prom-A-Saurus - Sweet Dreams

Parallel Dream On Rumours Prom-A-Saurus Sweet Dreams
A former and very talented member of the glee club returns, who is conspired by Sue to take down Will Bryan Ryan April Rhodes N/A N/A
Will sings two duets with a guest star With Bryan Ryan, they sing Piano Man and Dream On With April Rhodes, they sing Dreams and I've Slept With You N/A N/A
Artie is afraid of what someone else can give his girlfriend that he can't Mike for Tina Santana for Brittany N/A N/A
A secret is found out about someone Artie dreams of dancing Sam's family has become poor N/A N/A
Will is accused of being a pedophile By Bryan Ryan By Brittany N/A N/A
A car is used for a secret meeting Jesse & Shelby Rachel & Finn N/A N/A
Someone wants to find the truth about something Jesse and Rachel search for the truth about Rachel's mother Finn and Rachel try to find out whether or not Quinn is actually cheating on Finn Finn Blaine confronts Becky about the gunshots, suspecting that she knows something about what really happened
A relationship begins to unravel Jesse & Rachel Finn & Quinn N/A N/A
Will gives up his dream of being in a musical for the glee club Les Misérables Crossrhodes N/A N/A
The episode title contains the word "dream" or "dreams," or features a song with the word "dream" or "dreams" in the title Dream On, I Dreamed a Dream and Dream a Little Dream Dreams N/A Sweet Dreams
Someone tries to walk Artie N/A Quinn N/A
Quinn sings in a duet N/A I Don't Want To Know Take My Breath Away N/A
Sue makes plans that don't go as she hoped Persuading Bryan Ryan to give more money to athletics than to performing arts Getting Will to move to NYC Preventing the punch from being spiked N/A
A scene takes place in a hotel room N/A The motel room where the Evans family lives The anti-prom N/A
Sue mixes homemade drinks for someone N/A Cocktails, for April and Terri Punch, for the prom N/A
Alcoholic beverages are consumed Will and Bryan get drinks in a bar Sue, April and Terri drink Sue's homemade cocktails Puck and the others drink beer at the anti-prom The students in the college party drink alcohol.
Becky becomes enraged and knocks over xylophones N/A N/A "Declares a war" on xylophones after losing the nomination for prom queen Knocks over a xylophone when Blaine asks her if she knows anything about the gunshots
Rachel dresses up as Fanny Brice N/A N/A In the auditorium while she is mourning the fact that she choked at her NYADA audition While practicing the role of Fanny Brice before her Funny Girl audition

Theatricality - Prom QueenProps - Lights Out

Parallel Theatricality Prom Queen Props Lights Out
A Burt-Kurt-Finn scene Burt kicks Finn out of the Hummel house after he insults Kurt Kurt shows off his Prom outfit to Burt and Finn N/A N/A
Someone sneaks into an auditorium during a performance Rachel during Shelby's Funny Girl Jesse during Rachel's Rolling in the Deep Beiste during Puck's Mean N/A
Rachel sings a popular Top 40s number as a duet with someone from her past around the piano in the auditorium. The song is sung in the Key of B and sounds drastically different from the original version Poker Face Rolling in the Deep N/A N/A
Rachel talks to someone from her past in the auditorium Shelby Jesse N/A N/A

Someone makes their outfit

New Directions members Kurt Tina and the underclassmen N/A
The guys (excluding Kurt) serenade a New Directions girl Quinn with Beth Brittany with Isn't She Lovely N/A N/A
Someone tells Kurt that he shouldn't try to make such a big spectacle of himself Finn Burt and Blaine N/A N/A
Kurt and Karofsky have a scene in the hallway Karofsky starts bullying Kurt Karofsky tearfully apologizes to Kurt N/A N/A
Some people get in a fight Finn with Burt Finn with Jesse Puck with Rick The Stick N/A

Finn gets kicked out of something because of a fight

Hummel house Prom Venue N/A N/A
New Directions dresses up Theatricality Outfits Prom Dresses and Prom Suits As each other N/A
Homemade outfits Gaga costumes Kurt's kilt New Directions' costumes for Nationals N/A
Kurt cries in front of a guy he likes Finn Blaine N/A N/A
Kurt is bullied By Karofsky By anonymous N/A N/A
Karofsky's last appearance for the season Not seen again till Britney/Brittany in S2 Last seen at WMHS. Next seen in The First Time in S3 N/A N/A
Someone gets hurt/injured Kurt gets pushed against a locker Quinn slaps Rachel Tina slips and hits her head. N/A
Finn dresses flamboyantly Lady gaga shower curtain outfit N/A as Kurt N/A
Somebody asks to sing a duet with someone Rachel asks Shelby with Poker Face N/A Tina asks Rachel with Flashdance... What A Feeling N/A
The New Directions members outside of their regular outfits. In Lady Gaga and Kiss costumes Prom gowns and tuxes Dressed as other characters N/A
Tina is grossed out by Finn Complains that she "pictured him licking stuff" in Shout It Out Loud N/A That Kurt (as Finn) wanted to have sex with her in her dream N/A
Sue says that someone is rolling over its grave N/A John McCain Jennifer Beals N/A

Funk - Funeral - Nationals - Wonder-ful

Parallel Funk Funeral Nationals Wonder-ful
The episodes names both start with "Fun" at the beginning of the word, however both have a depressing theme that has something to do with sadness Funk Funeral N/A N/A
Something that definitely ends a relationship happens in a parking lot Jesse eggs Rachel Finn breaks up with Quinn N/A N/A
Quinn tries to prove she feels something About her life and her pregnancy About her relationship with Finn N/A N/A
New Directions is against Jesse St. James Because he, along with the rest of Vocal Adrenaline TP-ed their choir room, putting them in a funk and him egging Rachel Rigging the auditions for Nationals soloist and giving hurtful critique At Nationals competition, since Jesse is the new coach of Vocal Adrenaline N/A
Terri as a manager Terri talks about being a manager Terri gets to be a manager N/A N/A
Jesse messages Rachel to meet him for something important Egging her Winning the auditions N/A N/A
Will and Sue "grow closer" in a way Will seduces Sue Will comforts Sue after the death of her sister N/A N/A
Will and Terri say goodbye Their divorce is finalized Terri announces she's moving to Miami N/A N/A
Terri admits that she still has feelings for Will despite the situation After the divorce is finalized, she tells him she'll always think of him as the 15-year-old she fell in love with Sue wants Terri to destroy Will and the Glee Club, but she saves them instead N/A N/A
New Directions perform a group number to a group of people Give Up the Funk Pure Imagination Paradise By The Dashboard Light N/A
The relationship status between Rachel and Jesse changes They break up They sort of get together N/A N/A
Quinn has a major role She sings a solo and talks about her life Finn breaks up with her She joins the Troubletones and is able to dance again N/A
Two people give a speech about someone they admire N/A Sue and Will about Jean Finn and Rachel about Mr. Schue N/A

Journey - New York - Goodbye - All or Nothing

Parallel Journey New York Goodbye All or Nothing
Competition between New Directions & Vocal Adrenaline Regionals Nationals N/A N/A
A Mash-up is sung by New Directions Any Way You Want It/Lovin',Touchin', Squeezin' I Love New York/ New York, New York N/A N/A
Rachel and Finn sing a duet Faithfully Pretending Roots Before Branches N/A
Rachel & Finn share moment of affection after their duet Holding hands Kiss N/A
New Directions loses the competition Regionals Nationals N/A N/A
The New Directions "Don't even place" Finish 3rd of 3 at Regionals Miss top 10 at Nationals N/A N/A
Mr. Schuester buys the group pizza At his apartment for the set list nomination party In New York while working on the songs N/A N/A
Rachel and Finn start dating at the end of the episode Finn & Rachel appear to be dating at the end Finn & Rachel get back together at the end N/A N/A
Artie and Tina harmonise together for at least a line To Sir, With Love Light Up The World In My Life N/A
Finn tells Rachel he loves her Before the performane Numerous times during the episode He tells her in the car that he loves her forever. N/A
Mr. Schuester performs a number Over the Rainbow Still Got Tonight Forever Young N/A
Surprising "I Love You" is said Finn to Rachel, Puck to Quinn Blaine to Kurt & Kurt to Blaine Quinn to Puck Brittany to Sam & Sam to Blaine
Rachel and Finn have a confrontation before their duet Faithfully Pretending Roots Before Branches N/A
A scene about Quinn and love involving Puck "Did you love me?" "Yes, especially now." N/A Quinn tells Puck that she loves him and they kiss. N/A
Finn and Rachel surprising kiss Rachel kisses Finn on the stairwell The kiss at the end of Pretending N/A N/A
New Directions face and overcome tough news right before the competition Sue being a judge Will going to Broadway N/A
The title implies travel Journey New York Goodbye N/A
Both episodes have special guest stars and a special appearance Josh Groban, Jonathan Groff, Idina Menzel, Olivia Newton-John Jonathan Groff, Cheyenne Jackson, Patti LuPone Gloria Estefan, James Lipton
This episode marks the last appearance in the season of a male member of New Directions who joined in the 4th episode. Matt Rutherford Sam Evans Rory Flanagan
Finn and Rachel share a kiss in the school A kiss in the stairwell A kiss in the library A kiss in the auditorium, during the graduation ceremony N/A
An outstanding performance from Vocal Adrenaline Bohemian Rhapsody As Long as You're There N/A N/A
There is an unexpected twist at the end Sue gives New Directions a chance Sam and Mercedes holds hands Finn and Rachel break up. Will and Emma's surprise wedding
Last appearance of a couple. The couple is seen holding hands at the end of the episode, then breaks up over the summer Tina and Artie Sam and Mercedes N/A N/A
There is a change in Rachel's and Finn's relationship status. They get together. They get together again. They break up. N/A
Puck sings a duet. Over the Rainbow with Mr. Schue. N/A Glory Days with Finn. N/A
Someone wears a sailor-type outfit Kurt N/A Sugar N/A
My Cup is performed N/A In the hotel room for the first time N/A Mentioned by Brittany, then performed briefly, with Artie joining in

Competition Episodes

Sectionals

Parallel

2009

2010

2011

2012

New Directions wins and advances to Regionals

Beating Jane Addams Academy and Haverbrook School for the Deaf

Beating The Hipsters and tying with the Dalton Academy Warblers

Beating The Unitards and The Troubletones

N/A

New Directions use a substitute for a twelfth member

Jacob for Finn, but Finn returns just in time and replaces Jacob

Lauren for Kurt, but Lauren becomes a regular member

Sam, Bassist and Drummer for Mercedes, Santana, Brittany and Rachel

N/A

Finn breaks up with his current girlfriend

Quinn

Rachel

N/A

N/A

New Directions compete against a group of 1 gender

They compete against Jane Addams Academy

They compete against the Dalton Academy Warblers

They compete against the Troubletones

They compete against the Dalton Academy Warblers

Emma & Will are standing outside the bus before New Directions leave

Will is disappointed because he can't go with the kids to the Sectionals, Rachel sticks her head out the window and sadly watches him as he walks away

Emma approaches Will outside the bus before they leave for Sectionals, she tells him that she won't be able to go with them. This makes Will sad, Rachel sticks her head out the door and tells him to come on the bus

N/A

N/A

There is a major problem and nobody expects to win, yet they do

Their set list is stolen

Everybody hates each other and don't want to perform with a specific person

There are only two girls in the group and Rachel isn't allowed to compete

Marley faints at the end of Gangnam Style

The episode ends with a non-competition number performed by New Directions, which shows a scene related with Emma's current relationship

During My Life Would Suck Without You, Will is running for Emma, and kisses her

During Dog Days Are Over, Carl & Emma are in her office celebrating their marriage

N/A

N/A

The New Directions' number starts with someone singing while the performer comes down by the stairs

Rachel sings Don't Rain On My Parade

Quinn & Sam sing(I've Had) The Time of My Life

N/A

N/A

A New Directions girl sings lead in one of the songs in the competition

Rachel sings Don't Rain On My Parade


Quinn sings (I've Had) The Time of My Life

Santana sings Valerie

Tina sings ABC

Tina sings Gangnam Style

Rachel gave up her solo

She has given the solo for sectionals to Mercedes

She declines Will's offer to sing lead on their celebratory song, giving the honor to Tina and Mercedes

N/A

N/A

New Directions hide a secret from Rachel

Puck is the father of Quinn's baby

Finn had sex with Santana

N/A

N/A

Something happened in the episode before Sectionals that will cause someone unable to attend/perform in Sectionals

Will got disqualified because of the mattress incident (Mattress)

Kurt transferred because of bullying (Furt)

Rachel got banned for stuffing the ballot boxes in the school election (I Kissed a Girl)

Will won't be able to couch New Directions since he went for a sabatical (Dynamic Duets)

One of the original 6 members is unable to participate (with ND) in Sectionals or threatens to quit

Finn quits


Everyone threatens to quit

Kurt is at Dalton

Rachel is suspended

N/A

A song from Evita is sung in the episode

N/A

Don't Cry for Me Argentina

Buenos Aires

N/A

Sectionals episode is followed by the Christmas episode

N/A

A Very Glee Christmas

Extraordinary Merry Christmas

N/A

A celebratory song is sung after the competition

My Life Would Suck Without You

The Dog Days are Over


We Are Young

N/A

Emma with the students in the audience

Jacob

N/A

Rachel

N/A

Mike and Tina having problems with their relationship

N/A

Tina thinks that Mike is cheating

Mike being mad at Tina for interfering with his family problem

N/A

Rachel holds hands with another girl in a group song after the competition

N/A

Quinn in The Dog Days are Over

Santana in We Are Young

N/A

The setlist doesn't call for Rachel having a solo

Rachel gives her solo to Mercedes

Will doesn't give her a solo after Emma suggests that he spread the solos around

Rachel is suspended and can't perform at Sectionals overall

Rachel has graduated

Mercedes only performs in 1 song at Sectionals, in which she gets a lead

You Can't Always Get What You Want, with New Directions

N/A

Survivor/I Will Survive, with The Troubletones

N/A


  • At some point in the episode, New Directions are at least one member short of the twelve-member requirement, but the place(s) are filled just before Sectionals.

Regionals

Parallel

2010

2011

2012

2013

A "Break a leg" is said

Rachel to Finn

Finn to Rachel

N/A

N/A

Kurt is on the losing team

New Directions

Dalton Academy Warblers

N/A

N/A

Sue is present at regionals

As a judge

As a coach

In the audience

N/A

Aural Intensity prepares a number to appeal to the judges

Magic/You Raise Me Up, to Josh Groban and Olivia Newton-John

Jesus Is My Friend, to Sister Mary Constance & Tammy Jean Albertson

N/A

N/A

A couple forms and sings a duet

Rachel & Finn sing Faithfully

Kurt & Blaine sing Candles

N/A

N/A

During the group number Rachel & Artie sing a line front and center on the stage

In Any Way You Want It/ Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'

In Loser Like Me

N/A

N/A

New Directions competes with Aural Intensity

Came in second.

Came in third.

N/A

N/A

There is a Rachel/Artie moment in the final song number of New Directions

Don't Stop Believin'

Loser Like Me

N/A

N/A

New Directions perform in black and gold

Boys: All black with gold tie Girls: Gold/Black design with black lining

N/A

'Boys: All black with gold accessories Girls: All black with gold lining

N/A

New Directions has a theme to their songs

Journey Medley

Original Songs

Songs to Inspire

N/A

The Warblers are featured with 2 songs, led by a specific member

N/A

Candles & Raise Your Glass Led by Blaine

Stand & Glad You Came Led by Sebastian

N/A

Rachel performs a solo, in which her inspiration is Finn

N/A

Get It Right

Here's To Us

N/A

New Directions sits around the auditorium stage discussing their lives

before Glee club and how it changed them.

N/A

after high school and future dreams.

N/A

A scene with Rachel and Quinn seen in the promo is cut from the episode

N/A

Quinn resting her head on Rachel's shoulder

Quinn trying to talk Rachel out of marrying Finn

N/A

Kurt and Blaine are seen holding hands after the competition

N/A

After burying Pavarotti

In the hallway when Quinn is shown back in her Cheerios uniform

N/A

Someone outrageously announces the results

Sue sarcastically calls Aural Intensity"Not-at-all-stupidly-named" when she announces them as 2nd Place

The Lieutenant Governor's wife drunkenly announces New Directions' win

The vampire-dressed judge announces the results in an evil, vampire-like voice

N/A

At least one of Rachel's parents is in the episode

Shelby

N/A

Hiram and Leroy

N/A

Regionals requires at least 1 song of a certain genre

N/A

Anthems

Inspirational Songs

Dreams

A Brittana moment as the winners are being announced

Brittany and Santana holding hands

N/A

Brittany standing behind Santana holding her hand

N/A

At least one original song is sung

N/A

Loser Like Me and Get It Right

N/A

All or Nothing (Song)

Three songs are sung 

Faithfully, Any Way You Want It/Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' and Don't Stop Believin' (Regionals Version) 

N/A

Fly/I Believe I Can Fly, What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) and Here's to Us

Hall of Fame, I Love It and All or Nothing (Song)

Artie has a solo in at least one of the songs 

Any Way You Want It/Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' and Don't Stop Believin' (Regionals Version) 

N/A

Fly/I Believe I Can Fly

Hall of Fame


Nationals

Parallel

2011

2012

TBA 

Nationals is held in a popular city

New York

Chicago

Los Angeles

Several special guest stars appear

Patti Lupone, Cheyenne Jackson

Lindsay Lohan, Perez Hilton, Rex Lee

N/A

A New Direction member(s) cheer up a Vocal Adrenaline member because they got nervous before performing

Rachel cheers up Sunshine

Kurt and Mercedes cheer up Wade/Unique

N/A

Santana mentions that she would go "all Lima Heights" out of anger

When she loses it after the competition, since Rachel and Finn kissed, losing it for them

During rehearsals before competition in order to boost everyone's confidence levels

N/A

Christmas Episodes

Parallel

A Very Glee Christmas

Extraordinary Merry Christmas

Glee, Actually

Kurt and Blaine have a duet

Baby, It's Cold Outside

Let It Snow

White Christmas

Rachel sings a solo in the auditorium around blue Christmas trees and fake snow falling

Merry Christmas Darling

River

N/A

References to other Christmas shows/specials

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

The Star Wars Holiday Special, The Judy Garland Christmas Special and A Charlie Brown Christmas

Love, Actually/It's a Wonderful Life

A Christmas album is produced, containing songs from the episode

Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album

Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 2

Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 3

Artie's Re-Walk is mentioned

Artie gets the Re-Walk

It is revealed the Re-Walk broke the day after Artie received it

N/A

The tile card is altered

The background is green

A Santa hat sits upon the final "e" in "Glee"

The title is wrapped in Christmas lights

One song from the episode isn't on the Christmas album

Welcome Christmas

My Favorite Things

N/A

Puck sings a Duet with a 'bro'

N/A

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town with his best bro Finn

Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah with his half-brother Jake

There's a big Christmas Event

N/A

The T.V. Christmas Special

The Christmas Concert

Someone pays Kurt a surprise visit. Will visits him at Dalton N/A Burt and Blaine visit him at New York
Part of the episode is in black 'n white N/A Christmas Special for the T.V. Artie's dream fantasy
Coach Beiste helps Brittany believe something that isn't true Dresses up as Santa Claus to make her believe in him N/A Pretends to marry her and Sam before the "apocalypse"
Someone's part in a studio version of a song was sang by someone else in the episode. Quinn sang Kurt's parts in The Most Wonderful Day of the Year N/A Marley sings some of Brittany's parts in Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
The New Directions perform the last number of the Christmas episode in some way to Sue Sylvester. Welcome Christmas Do They Know It's Christmas? Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Sue Sylvester goes from doing the wrong thing to doing the nicest thing. Giving all the gifts back and decorating Will's apartment with the help of the New Directions Running the food and entertainment at a homeless shelter. Selling her 7000 year old "Bamboo" tree to raise money for Marley and her mom's financial struggles.

Valentine's Day Episodes

Parallel

Silly Love Songs

Heart

I Do

Artie sings to the girl he likes who sits on his lap and says something to do with Artie's disability

P.Y.T to Brittany who says: "That's my man and his legs don't work."

Let Me Love You to Sugar who says: "Wheel me to class baby."

N/A

Mike performs with another member of New Directions while showing his affection for Tina

P.Y.T

L-O-V-E

N/A

Someone is serenaded

Jeremiah

Rachel, Sugar, and Brittany

Marley

Tina sings to Mike

My Funny Valentine

L-O-V-E

N/A

An unreleased song

My Funny Valentine

Chapel of Love

N/A

Kurt makes an assumption about Blaine

He assumes he is the one Blaine wants to sing to

He assumes Blaine is sending him Valentine's Day cards

N/A

Sam and cheating

Quinn cheats on him

Mercedes discusses her cheating with him

N/A

Kurt & Blaine are in the final performance which is held at Breadstix, and has the word "Love" in the title

Silly Love Songs

Love Shack

N/A

Two songs are performed by a singing group other than New Directions

When I Get You Alone and Silly Love Songs (Warblers)

Stereo Hearts and Cherish/Cherish (The God Squad)

N/A

Someone confesses their feelings to someone else and gets turned down.

Kurt confesses his feeling to Blaine and gets turned down.

Dave confesses his feelings to Kurt and gets turned down.

N/A

A party at Breadstix at the end of the episode

Lonely Hearts Club Dinner

Sugar Shack

N/A

Prom Episodes

Parallel

Prom Queen

Prom-A-Saurus


An unlikely ND member who is LGBT takes part in the nominating of the opposite gender's Prom candidate

Kurt becomes Prom Queen

Brittany is nominated for Prom King

Santana runs for Prom Queen with her gay boy/girlfriend, who goes for King

Dave Karofsky

Brittany Pierce

"Prom" is the first word of the title

Prom Queen

Prom -asaurus

Santana sings a duet with a good, female friend


Mercedes Jones (Dancing Queen)


Quinn Fabray (Take My Breath Away )

Artie and Sam perform a modern, popular song with other male(s)

Friday

What Makes You Beautiful

Puck makes an attempt to spike the punch with alcohol, together with an ally


With Artie

(Artie gets busted by Sue)


With Becky

(Puck succeeds)

In order to spike the punch with alcohol, he tries to distract Sue.

He tries to seduce her.

He tells Becky to distract her.

Brittany and Tina sing back-up for a friend at Prom

Blaine, I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You

Santana, Love You Like a Love Song

Rachel prepares a Prom number in the auditorium with the help of a male, entering from the doors

Jesse, Rolling in the Deep

Kurt and Blaine, Big Girls Don't Cry

Finn gets annoyed by someone/gets in a fight, which get stopped by Sue.

Finn gets annoyed after watching Jesse dancing/flirting with Rachel and gets in a fight with Jesse.

Finn gets annoyed with Quinn after finding out she can walk, and then gets in a fight with her and Joe.

A major episode for Samcedes.

Their romance begins

They are revealed to be a couple again after several months.

A non-candidate wins Prom Queen with write-in votes

Kurt

Rachel

Rachel asks a guy who likes her "What are you doing here?"

Jesse in the auditorium

Finn in the hotel room

Brittany talks about chickens

Is confused about whether eggs contain baby chickens

Says she got accepted to work at a chicken factory


Other Things:

  • Quinn and Santana run for Prom Queen.
  • Quinn and Finn run for Prom King and Queen together.

Non-Episode Specific

Parallel

Season One

Season Two

Season Three

Season Four

Kurt drinks a Shirley Temple

Home

N/A

The First Time

N/A

Flash mob scene at the mall

Safety Dance in (Dream On)

Barbra Streisand in (Born This Way)

N/A

N/A

Finn stares at Quinn talking to her current boyfriend across the hallway and claims that he's not over her in voice-over

Puck in Hell-O

Sam in Silly Love Songs

N/A

N/A

Finn mentions Braveheart

In Funk

In Prom Queen

N/A

N/A

Talks of using humans as props

In Throwdown, Quinn asks Mr. Schue "Do you expect us to just sway back here like props?"

In Funeral, Jesse mentions that if a member of Vocal Adrenaline dies, their body is used as a prop

In Props, Tina feels like she is just a "human prop" because she doesn't get enough solos

N/A

A diva of New Directions puts a picture of the boy he/she is in love with, in her/his locker after their first meeting. The boy was the lead singer in the Glee Club of another school, but he quits it and joins to New Directions because he wanted to get closer to the mentioned diva

Rachel puts a picture of Jesse (Hell-O) up. He quits Vocal Adrenaline and joins to New Directions (The Power of Madonna)

Kurt puts a picture of Blaine (Never Been Kissed) He quits Dalton Academy Warblers and joins New Directions (The Purple Piano Project)

N/A

N/A

An older Blonde woman joins/directs New Directions, wins the kids over and becomes a bad influence, diverting the focus on invitations/sectionals, which causes problems for Will. She and Will become friends. She helps him with a number, returns in a later episode in the season and helps Will with a problem. She has some kind of relationship with Will.

April Rhodes causes the kids to shop lift, drink, look at porn magazines etc., because of her drunken behavior; afterwards she helps Will with Last Name (The Rhodes Not Taken). She returns in a later episode and helps Will buying him the Auditorium (Home). She has a one-sided crush with Will.

Holly Holliday causes Will to lose his job, but afterwards helps him with the Singin' In the Rain/Umbrella mash-up (The Substitute). She returns and helps Will teaching sex classes to New Directions (Sexy). She was in a relationship with Will from Sexy to A Night of Neglect

N/A

N/A

Near to the season finale, a song from the movie "Funny Girl" is performed

Shelby sings Funny Girl in Theatricality (Originally, this episode was going to be aired after Funk)

Rachel sings My Man in Funeral

N/A

N/A

Kurt performs a number from "Gypsy: A Musical Fable" in the auditorium, wearing skull-print clothing.

Rose's Turn in Laryngitis

Some People in Funeral

N/A

N/A

Kurt does something that causes him to lose some of his innocence

Gets drunk (The Rhodes Not Taken) and uses Pseudophedrine like a drug (Vitamin D)

Gets kissed by a guy for the first time (Never Been Kissed)

Loses his virginity (The First Time)

Has a one night stand with Blaine. (I Do )

A coach makes the kids choose between the sport or Glee

Ken Tanaka makes the football players choose between football and Glee (Mash-Up)

Sue makes the Cheerios choose between cheering and Glee (The Sue Sylvester Shuffle)

N/A

N/A

Some New Directions member(s) joins the Football Team and help them to win a game with a big group number

Kurt joins and the team perform Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) in Preggers

New Directions Girls joins and the team perform Thriller/Heads Will Roll (The Sue Sylvester Shuffle)

N/A

N/A

A diva mentions the story of Barbra Streisand about her nose and her career

Rachel to Dakota (Acafellas)

Kurt to Rachel (Born This Way)

N/A

N/A

A New Directions boy thinks he's going to be father, but it's false

Finn (Preggers)

Artie (Sexy)

N/A

N/A

A New Directions member shows a very low knowledge about pregnancy

Finn thinks Quinn got pregnant because a jacuzzi (Preggers)

Brittany thinks she's pregnant because a stork made its nest and Mercedes and Finn think that cucumbers can cause aids (Sexy)

N/A

N/A

A girl wipes a slushie off a boy, who is a romantic interest

Rachel wipes a slushie off Puck (Mash-Up)

Quinn wipes a slushie off Sam (Duets)

Mercedes wipes slushie off Sam (Yes/No)

N/A

Someone damns Rachel's talent in a competition episode

Kurt in Sectionals

Quinn in Original Song

N/A

N/A

A change occurs in Quinn's body because of cheating, and she tells an implausible lie about it

Quinn tells an implausible lie to Finn to cover up how she got pregnant (Preggers)

Quinn tells an implausible lie to Sam to cover up how she got Mono (Comeback)

N/A

N/A

Rachel gets a solo declaring her independence from Finn as well as a shot of her walking away from him and crying, and in the same episode, Finn gets jealous of her and Jesse

Rachel sings Gives You Hell (Hell-O)

Rachel sings Jar of Hearts (Prom Queen)

N/A

N/A

Will goes to Sue's house to help her with her depression, and there's another woman present

Imelda (Funk)

Emma (Comeback)

N/A

N/A

Kurt Hummel mentions an aunt/uncle who didn't appear, or at least, didn't appear in the season that the person was mentioned

Aunt Mildred  (The Rhodes Not Taken)

Uncle Andy (Furt)

N/A

N/A

New Directions members have a hallway telephone conversation sequence

About Sectionals and Rachel (Sectionals)

About The Rachel Berry House Party Train Wreck Extravaganza (Blame It on the Alcohol)

N/A

N/A

A New Directions girl claims to not like the food she has been given, to which the giver responds "But you ate all of it/them"

Santana to the waitress at BreadstiX (Hell-O)

Lauren to Puck (Silly Love Songs)

N/A

N/A

New Directions loses a very talented member one episode before a competition

Jesse before Regionals (Funk)

Kurt before Sectionals (Furt)

Rachel before Sectionals (I Kissed a Girl)

N/A

Will introduces Jesse to the club, Rachel is the happiest and Finn is the least pleased about it

As a member (The Power of Madonna)

As a consultant (Funeral)

N/A

N/A

Rachel suddenly has a crush on "an impossible love" and they sing a duet. The crush only stays for less than one full episode

A crush on Will; they sing Endless Love (Ballad)

A crush on Blaine; they sing Don't You Want Me (Blame It on the Alcohol)

N/A

N/A

Kurt and Rachel sing a "Glinda & Elphaba" song from the musical "Wicked"

Defying Gravity in (Wheels)

For Good in (New York)

N/A

N/A

Someone can't come out (but do eventually)

Kurt tells Mercedes he can't come out (Acafellas)

Dave tells Kurt he can't come out (Prom Queen)

N/A

N/A

Will and an other adult have a fight in the auditorium, in front of the New Directions members, who were rehearsing before the fight

Will with Sue; ND were rehearsing No Air (Throwdown)

Will with Carl; ND were rehearsing There's a Light (Over At the Frankenstein Place) (The Rocky Horror Glee Show)

N/A

N/A

Mercedes mentions the crush she had on Kurt in a talk of girls/divas

Advising Rachel (The Power of Madonna)

Advising Kurt (Silly Love Songs)

N/A

N/A

A song from a musical is performed in a dream sequence between a student and a Glee Club Director

Shelby and Rachel perform I Dreamed a Dream (Dream On)

Will and Mike perform Make 'Em Laugh (The Substitute)

Shelby and Rachel perform Somewhere (I Am Unicorn)

N/A

A song about drinking/partying is sung by the New Directions in front of an audience while the blonde lead singer is intoxicated

April in Last Name (The Rhodes Not Taken)

Brittany in Tik Tok (Blame It on the Alcohol)

N/A

Brittany in Gimme More . (Britney 2.0 )

Someone mentions Linda Blair throwing up

Terri to Will (The Rhodes Not Taken)

Santana to Mercedes, Tina and Mike (Blame It on the Alcohol)

N/A

N/A

Artie's girlfriend tries to help him walk

Tina looks up information online about curing paralysis (Dream On)

Brittany asks Santa Claus to make Artie walk, and later, she's with Artie when he uses the Re-Walk (A Very Glee Christmas)

N/A

N/A

An episode which has three words which start with the same letter in the title

N/A

The Sue Sylvester Shuffle

The Purple Piano Project

N/A

One of Beth's parents suddenly appears with a drastic change in his/her hair

Puck shaves off his mohawk (Laryngitis)

Quinn has short hair (New York)

Quinn has pink hair (The Purple Piano Project)

Quinn has long hair (Thanksgiving )

A scene in which two characters are shown to be at night in a car with the windows covered in rain

Shelby and Jesse (Dream On)

Mercedes and Rachel (A Night of Neglect)

Kurt and Rachel (The Purple Piano Project)

N/A

Mercedes is involved in a diva-off duet

Mercedes vs Santana (Laryngitis)

Mercedes vs Rachel (Comeback)

Mercedes vs Rachel (Asian F )

N/A

Artie is all-body covered in a type of food

N/A

Artie covered in a slushie (The Sue Sylvester Shuffle)

Artie covered in spaghetti (The Purple Piano Project)

N/A

Santana fights someone over Puck

Santana fights Mercedes over Puck (Laryngitis)

Santana fights Lauren over Puck (Silly Love Songs)

N/A

N/A

Some girls help to Kurt to seem straight

Tina (Preggers) and Brittany (Laryngitis)

N/A

Rachel (I Am Unicorn)

Puck and Rachel scenes

Walking in the hallway, he approaches her in the hallway, making out, and Comfort Room scene (Mash-Up)

Walking in the hallway, he approaches her in the hallway, making out (Special Education), and Comfort Room scene (Born This Way)

N/A

N/A

Rachel asks Puck to do a number with her

Run Joey Run in Bad Reputation

Need You Now in The Sue Sylvester Shuffle

N/A

N/A

Puck standing up for Rachel

Removing the Glist from her locker (Bad Reputation), gathering the boys to pay back Jesse from egging Rachel (Funk)

Saying 'I kinda like her', when Santana said that everybody is just pretending to like Rachel (Special Education)

N/A

N/A

Someone insults Rachel's personality but praising her singing

Puck said that Rachel makes him want to light himself on fire [but boy can she sing] (The Rhodes Not Taken)

Kurt's exact quote is 'She can be difficult, but, boy, can she sing' (Funeral)

N/A

N/A

Rachel's ex-boyfriend walking out on her right after the break up

Puck left her on the bleachers (Mash-Up)

Finn left her on the parking lot (A Very Glee Christmas)

N/A

N/A

Finn sings a solo in the mid season premiere

Hello, I Love You in Hell-O

She's Not There in The Sue Sylvester Shuffle

N/A

N/A

Mention of Ann Coulter

By Emma (The Power of Madonna)

Sue dresses up as Ann Coulter (Rumours)

N/A

N/A

Rachel sings a duet with a future boyfriend/ex-boyfriend in the mid season premiere

Sings Hello with Jesse (Hell-O)

Sings Need You Now with Puck (The Sue Sylvester Shuffle)

N/A

N/A

Song about a weeknight sung

Tonight, sung by Tina in Preggers

Whatever Happened to Saturday Night? sung by Carl in The Rocky Horror Glee Show and Friday sung by Puck, Sam, and Artie in Prom Queen

Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) sung by Blaine in Pot O' Gold and Tonight sung by Blaine and Rachel in The First Time.

N/A

A new gay male character is introduced as a member of the Dalton Academy Warblers about a quarter of the way into the season

N/A

Blaine (Never Been Kissed)

Sebastian (The First Time)

N/A

Blaine sings a song by Katy Perry

N/A

Teenage Dream in Never Been Kissed

Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) in Pot O' Gold

Teenage Dream (Acoustic Version) in The Break Up

Blaine sings in the courtyard after a transfer from Dalton Academy to McKinley High

N/A

Somewhere Only We Know after Kurt's transfer (Born This Way)

It's Not Unusual after his own transfer (The Purple Piano Project)

N/A

A member of New Directions walks down the stairs at Dalton Academy and walks in on a Warblers performance.

N/A

Kurt walks in on Teenage Dream in Never Been Kissed

Blaine walks in on Uptown Girl in The First Time

N/A

Santana runs down the hallway

N/A

Brittany and Santana run during Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me (The Rocky Horror Glee Show)

She runs down the hallway after being outed by a commercial (Mash Off)

N/A

A sex riot happens

Push It (Showmance)

Toxic (Britney/Brittany)

N/A

Gimme More (Britney 2.0)

A song is sung about a disposable cup

N/A

My Cup (New York)

Red Solo Cup (Hold on to Sixteen)

N/A

Mention of Lindsay Lohan

Emma mentions her when talking about bad role models for teenage girls (The Power of Madonna)

Holly has the students discuss how crazy she is and how many times she has been in rehab in Spanish class (The Substitute)

Lindsay Lohan appears as a judge at Nationals (Nationals)

N/A

The second episode after a long hiatus is the first and/or only tribute episode of the season

The Power Of Madonna

Britney/Brittany

Michael

Britney 2.0

Someone says "In __ years, you won't be thinking about ______________ or ____________.

Will gives a speech to get the glee club's spirits up (Journey)

N/A

Kurt to Rachel when she enters the student council election (Asian F)

N/A

Emma and Will sing a duet while one of them is with someone else

Thong Song while Emma is with Ken and Will is with Terri

Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me while Emma is with Carl

N/A

N/A

Rachel offers vocal lessons

to Sean (Laryngitis)

N/A

to Quinn (Hold on to Sixteen)

N/A

Rachel holds hands with another girl in a group number after Sectionals

N/A

With Quinn in Dog Days Are Over (Special Education)

With Santana in We Are Young (Hold on to Sixteen)

N/A

Someone transfers from McKinley to avoid harassment over their sexuality

N/A

Kurt transfers in Furt

Dave transfers prior to The Purple Piano Project as revealed in The First Time

N/A

New Directions performs a heartfelt number in white as the final song of the episode (the episode being early in the season)

Keep Holding On (Throwdown)

One of Us (Grilled Cheesus)

Fix You (Asian F)

N/A

Rachel and Kurt sing a song from a musical based on witches and/or wizards

Defying Gravity (Wheels)

For Good (New York)

Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead (The Purple Piano Project)

N/A

An episode is named after a type of teacher

N/A

(The Substitute)

(The Spanish Teacher)

N/A

Benedict Arnold's traitor ways are mentioned

Kurt nicknames Rachel that for dating Jesse (Hell-O)

N/A

Puck mistakenly calls Blaine "Eggs Benedict" for saying they were singing MJ (Michael )

N/A

"Do you think you can love two people at once?" is asked by or to Finn

Finn to Terri (Vitamin D)

Quinn to Finn (Silly Love Songs)

N/A

N/A

Someone puts Will's job in jeopardy.

N/A

Holly Holliday (The Substitute)

David Martinez (The Spanish Teacher)

N/A

Someone in Kurt's life gets hospitalized.

N/A

Burt gets hospitalized due to a heart attack (Grilled Cheesus )

Blaine gets hospitalized after being hit with a tampered slushie. (Michael) Dave later attempts suicide and ends up in the hospital. (On My Way)

N/A

Blaine gets drunk and hurts Kurt's feelings.

N/A

Gets drunk at Rachel's party, and ends up making out with Rachel. (Blame It on the Alcohol)

Gets drunk at Scandals and tries to be intimate with Kurt. (The First Time)

N/A

A member of New Directions gets food thrown in their face by a male member of their rival team, who also happened to like them.

Jesse and Vocal Adrenaline throw eggs at Rachel in a parking lot. (Funk)

N/A

Blaine gets a slushie thrown in his face by Sebastian in a parking garage. (Michael )

N/A

After said member of New Directions get attacked by food, New Directions teaches the rivaling show choir a lesson through song in the auditorium (Kurt, Mercedes, Artie, and Puck all have solos in both songs).


New Directions "Out funk" Vocal Adrenaline by singing "Give Up The Funk" (Funk)

N/A

New Directions sing "Black Or White" for rights to sing Michael Jackson at Regionals. (Michael)

N/A

"What would 'a famous idol who's name starts with an M' do?" is asked by a teacher in a tribute episode. This teacher mentions the acronym earlier.

"What would Madonna do?" is asked by Sue (WWMD)

N/A

"What would Michael Jackson do?" is asked by Will (WWMJD)

N/A

Themed set list for a competition

Journey Medley at Regionals

Original Songs at Regionals and Nationals

Jackson Medley at Sectionals and Inspirational Songs for Regionals

N/A

Brittany and Santana moments during Home (Song)

Santana links pinkies with Brittany before resting her head on Brittany's shoulder. (Home)

N/A


Brittany and Santana look at each other smiling and fiddling with each other's hands.

(Home)

N/A

Two members of New Directions sing a duet between Madonna and another artist in a tribute episode

Kurt and Mercedes sing 4 Minutes, by Madonna and Justin Timberlake

Brittany and Santana sing Me Against the Music, by Britney Spears and Madonna

N/A

N/A

Will supports someone before/after a disappointing loss at Regionals, putting them into a funk

New Directions (Funk)

Sue Sylvester (Comeback)

N/A

N/A

A cut Faberry scene during Regionals

N/A

Quinn visiting Rachel's house, leaning her head on her shoulder and a couple more scenes (Original Song)

Quinn yelling at Rachel in the bridal shop (On My Way)

N/A

Brittany and Santana holding hands during the results at Regionals.

Journey to Regionals

N/A


On My Way

N/A

Warblers enjoying New Directions performance.

N/A

Loser Like Me (Original Songs)


What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) (On My Way)

N/A

Mercedes participates in a performance including a church choir

Like a Prayer (The Power of Madonna)

Bridge over Troubled Water (Grilled Cheesus) & Ain't No Way (A Night of Neglect)

Stereo Hearts (Heart)

N/A

The word "Glee" is inserted into a movie title for an episode

N/A

The Rocky Horror Glee Show


Saturday Night Glee-ver

Glease/Glee, Actually

Santana wears red in two duets that she sings with the same female who also wears a certain color twice

N/A

Mercedes during River Deep, Mountain High and Dancing Queen, wearing purple

Rachel during A Boy Like That/I Have A Love and I Kissed a Girl, wearing white

N/A

Finn threatens to beat someone up, followed by the New Directions boys, but is stopped by Will

Threatens to go all Braveheart on Vocal Adrenaline for egging Rachel. (Funk)

Threatens to go all Thunderdome on the football team for slushying Artie (Sue Sylvestor Shuffle)

Threatens to beat "That Sebastian kids' ass" for blackmailing Rachel with a nude photo of him. (On My Way)

N/A

Singing in the shower scene

Finn sings Can't Fight This Feeling (Pilot)

Sam sings Every Rose Has It's Thorn in (Audition)

Blaine sings Fighter in (Big Brother)

Brody sings Sister Christian in (The New Rachel)

Gay character sings an emotional song towards a family member, starts singing in the hallway and ends in the auditorium

Kurt sings Rose's Turn towards his dad (Laryngitis)

N/A

Blaine sings Fighter towards Cooper (Big Brother)

N/A

Member of New Directions sings a duet with a family member on a stage.

Rachel and Shelby sing Poker Face (Theatricality)

N/A

Blaine and Cooper sing Somebody That I Used To Know (Big Brother)

N/A

A tribute episode made to a pop singer with their first name in the episode title

Madonna (The Power of Madonna)

Britney Spears (Britney/Brittany)

Michael Jackson (Michael)

Britney Spears (Britney 2.0)

Kurt is accused of cheating on Blaine

N/A

Finn and Rachel think he's cheating on Blaine with Sam (Rumours)

Blaine thinks Kurt's cheating on him with Chandler (Dance With Somebody)

N/A

Couple Counseling with Emma

Quinn and Finn about popularity in Mash-Up

Rachel and Finn about Finn's first time with Santana in Special Education

Mercedes and Sam about their feelings for each other in The Spanish Teacher Kurt and Blaine about their relationship status in Dance With Somebody

N/A

Brittany sings a Ke$ha song in front of a crowd

N/A

Tik Tok

Dinosaur

N/A

An episode tittle that represents a vocative

Hell-O

N/A

Goodbye

N/A

Students make fun of Beiste, then apologize through song.

N/A

The Glee guys (And Tina) imagined Beiste in underwear in order to cool down in compromising situations, then later sing Stop! In the Name of Love/Free Your Mind in Never Been Kissed

The Glee girls poke fun at Beiste getting punched, then later sing Shake it Out in Choke

N/A

A parent walks into the auditorium during a song at competition

Judy Fabray (Journey Medley) in Journey to Regionals

N/A

Mike Chang Sr. (ABC) in Hold on to Sixteen

N/A

Principal Figgins dances to a song that New Directions are performing

Push It in Showmance

Tik Tok in Blame It on the Alcohol

What Makes You Beautiful in Prom-asaurus

N/A

A gay member of New Directions says that Mercedes is black and that he/she is gay

Kurt in The Power of Madonna

N/A

Santana in Props

N/A

Will sings saying good-bye to something.

Leaving On A Jet Plane to McKinley High (Pilot - director's cut)

Still Got Tonight to his Broadway dream (New York)


Forever Young to graduating senior Glee kids (Goodbye)

N/A

Blaine removes his sunglasses and tosses them to a fellow male student during a musical number designed (at least in part) to surprise another gay character

N/A

When I Get You Alone (Silly Love Songs) - Sung to Jeremiah, Glasses to Jeff

It's Not Unusual (The Purple Piano Project) - Surprising Kurt, Glasses to Kurt

N/A

Kurt spies on rival show choir

N/A

The Dalton Academy Warblers (Never Been Kissed)

Vocal Adrenaline (Props)

N/A

A love triangle between Quinn, Rachel and Finn blooms and then followed by a love triangle between Jesse, Rachel and Finn. The two relationships also intersect with one another - when Quinn and Finn broke up, Jesse and Rachel started dating.

Starting from Pilot and ending with Sectionals (Episode) (Quinn/Finn/Rachel)

Starting with Hell-O and ending with Funk (Jesse/Finn/Rachel)

Starting with The Sue Sylvester Shuffle  and ending with Funeral (Quinn/Finn/Rachel)Starting with Prom Queen and ending with Nationals (Jesse/Finn/Rachel)

N/A

N/A

Someone wants Kurt to dress like a girl, but he refuses.

N/A

Will wants Kurt to play Dr. Frank-n-Furter (The Rocky Horror Glee Show)

Sue wants Kurt to dress like a girl for Nationals (Props)

N/A

The Warblers Serenade a gay character and Kurt looks pissed.

N/A

They sing When I Get You Alone to Jeremiah and Kurt looks angry/jealous. (Silly Love Songs)

In a cut scene in Michael, the Warblers sing I Want You Back to Blaine, and Kurt looks pissed. (Michael)

N/A

Someone asks "What are you doing?" in a dismayed tone to an Anderson, and they respond "What?"

N/A

Jeremiah asks Blaine that after the Warblers Gap Attack. (Silly Love Songs)

Blaine asks Cooper that after he keeps criticizing Blaine. (Big Brother)

N/A

A student crushing on a teacher.

Rachel on Will

N/A

Puck on Shelby

Brody on Cassandra July

A male New Directions member makes his debut after a long hiatus.

Jesse in Hell-O

Sam in Audition

Rory in Pot O' Gold

Ryder in The Role You Were Born to Play

A male New Directions member joins/is introduced in the episode before the school musical.

N/A

Sam before The Rocky Horror Show

Rory before West Side Story

Ryder before Grease

Rachel sings a split screen duet with someone who is auditioning

Maybe This Time with April - Audition for New Directions (The Rhodes Not Taken)

Don't Cry For Me Argentina with Kurt - Audition for a solo at Sectionals (Special Education)

Out Here On My Own with Mercedes - Audition for West Side Story (Asian F)

New York State of Mind with Marley - Audition for New Directions (The New Rachel)

Finn says something offensive

Indirectly calls Kurt a fag (Theatricality)

Sings With You I'm Born Again with Rachel in a priest costume (Duets)

Calls Brittany stupid (Pot O' Gold)

Calls Sue's baby retarded (The Role You Were Born to Play)

Kurt mentions how good the bagels are in New York

N/A

He and Rachel eat bagels at Tiffany's (New York)

N/A

He mentions New York has decent bagels to Burt (The New Rachel)

Mother of a New Directions Member works at McKinley

N/A

N/A

Rachel's Mother (Shelby)

Marley's Mother

New Directions boy walks into a girls' bathroom and their friend calls them out on it.

N/A

Puck walks into a girls' bathroom to talk to Rachel about her nose (Born This Way)

Puck walks into the girls' bathroom to talk to Quinn about Beth (I Am Unicorn)

Wade walks into the girls' bathroom to talk to Marley about Grease (The Role You Were Born To Play)

McKinley Alumnus helps out New Directions

April joins New Directions and wins them over (The Rhodes Not Taken)

April helps them with Fleetwood Mac week (Rumours)

N/A

Finn directs Grease with Mike and Mercedes' help (The Role You Were Born To Play)

Kurt and Rachel break into a building, get caught, but don't get in trouble. They end up singing a song from a musical

N/A

They break into the Gershwin Theater and sing For Good from Wicked (New York)

N/A

They break into Vogue.com office and sing You're Never Fully Dressed from Annie, mashed up with The Way You Look Tonight (Makeover)

Someone collapses after a performance and their boyfriend rushes to their aid.

Quinn falls during rehearsals for Sectionals and Finn and Puck rush to her aid. (Sectionals)

N/A

Blaine collapses after being hit with a tampered slushy after performing Bad with ND and the Warblers, and Kurt rushes to his aid. (Micheal)

Marley faints after performing Gangnam Style at Sectionals and Jake and Ryder rush to her aid. (Thanksgiving)

Mention of Quinn dating a much older guy.

N/A

N/A

Rachel mentions Quinn dated a forty year old truck driver (The Purple Piano Project)

Quinn mentions she's dating a 35 year old professor. (Thanksgiving)

A Song from Chicago is performed.

Mr. Cellophane (Pilot)

Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag (The Substitute)

Cell Block Tango (Choke)

All That Jazz (Swan Song)

Burt has health issues.

N/A

Has a heart attack (Furt)

N/A

Reveals that he has cancer (Glee, Actually)

We see a wedding take place/almost take place.

Ken and Emma (Sectionals)

Burt and Carole (Furt)

Finn and Rachel (On My Way)

Will and Emma (I Do)

A marriage proposal

Ken to Emma (Vitamin D)

Burt to Carole (Furt)

Will to Emma and Finn to Rachel (Yes/No)

N/A


Someone lusts after someone else of the same gender

Kurt after Finn

Santana after Brittany Sebastain after Blaine

Blaine after Sam

A member of the New DIrections sings with the member of a rival Glee Club

Rachel sings Hello with Jesse (Hello). Rachel sings Rolling in the Deep with Jesse (Prom Queen). Santana sings Smooth Criminal with Sebastain (Michael). Blaine sings Dark Side with the Warblers (Dynamic Duets).
A member of the New Directions sings a number from the current McKinley High School Musical with a guest star

April Rhodes (Kristen Chenoweth) and Rachel sing Maybe This Time (Cabaret)

Carl Howell (John Stamos) and the New Directions sing Whatever Happened to Saturday Night? (Rocky Horror Picture Show) Shelby Corcoran (Idina Menzel) and Rachel sing Somewhere (West Side Story) Cassandra July (Kate Hudson), Santana and Unique sing There Are Worse Things I Could Do(Grease)
Rachel sings a Duet with a Special Guest Star

Maybe This Time(Kristen Chenoweth)

I Dreamed a Dream(Idina Menzel)

Poker Face (Idina Menzel)

Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag (Gwyneth Paltrow)

Somewhere (Idina Menzel)

All That Jazz(Kate Hudson)

Next To Me(Idina Menzel)

Someone is sexually abused.
Sandy caresses Hank in Pilot.

Karofsky

forces a kiss on Kurt (Never Been Kissed) 

Brittany

hints at being sexually abused at a cheerleading camp (The First Time) 

Ryder

admits

to being molested

by his female babysitter

(Lights Out) 

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