
Mercedes harbors romantic feelings for Kurt, who comes out to her as gay. They briefly hire well-known choreographer Dakota Stanley, but fire him when he belittles their appearances and abilities. In his absence, the club members struggle with choreography, and resist attempts at sabotage by members of the cheer squad. The group records an album and performs at the school PTA meeting in front of celebrity guest Josh Groban, but Will ultimately recommits to New Directions. After two of the Acafella members quit, Finn and his best friend Puck ( Mark Salling) join. Will forms an all-male a cappella group called the "Acafellas", neglecting the glee club in favor of dedicating his time to the new endeavor. Rachel and Finn kiss while rehearsing, but Finn chooses to return to Quinn. Cheerleaders Santana ( Naya Rivera), Brittany ( Heather Morris), and Finn's girlfriend Quinn ( Dianna Agron) join New Directions, recruited by coach Sue Sylvester ( Jane Lynch) to help bring down the club. Terri discovers she is having a hysterical pregnancy, but hides the truth from Will, telling him they are having a son. Will takes a second job as a janitor and grows closer to Emma, who decides to respect that he is married and instead accepts a date with Ken. The glee club must perform in front of the school for the first time in an attempt to recruit new members. Will considers quitting his job and commitment to the glee club, but overhears New Directions performing "Don't Stop Believin' " so well he ends up returning after getting guidance from Emma, concluding he could not bear to see them win Nationals without him. Meanwhile, Will's wife Terri ( Jessalyn Gilsig) tells Will she's pregnant and pushes him to find a higher paying job to support his family. His friendship with colleague Ken Tanaka ( Patrick Gallagher), the football coach, suffers when Ken discovers his crush, the school guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury ( Jayma Mays) has a crush on Will. When Will discovers the football quarterback Finn Hudson ( Cory Monteith) has a secret talent for singing, he blackmails Finn into joining the club. He is faced with the challenge of converting a group of misfits, including fame-hungry Rachel Berry ( Lea Michele), Mercedes Jones ( Amber Riley), Kurt Hummel ( Chris Colfer), Tina Cohen-Chang ( Jenna Ushkowitz), and Artie Abrams ( Kevin McHale), into a team of singers. It was accompanied by four DVD releases: Glee – Pilot Episode: Director's Cut, Glee – Season 1, Volume 1: Road to Sectionals featuring episodes one to thirteen, Glee – Season 1, Volume 2: Road to Regionals featuring episodes fourteen to twenty-two, and Glee – The Complete First Season.įormer glee club star Will Schuester ( Matthew Morrison) takes over McKinley High School's glee club in the hopes of restoring it to its former glory. The season was nominated for 19 Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, six Satellite Awards and 57 other awards. In 2009, the Glee remake of " Don't Stop Believin' " became their first hit, and other covers quickly gained similar worldwide popularity, while the albums topped the charts in Ireland and other countries. The musical scores used throughout the first season proved to be a commercial success, with over seven million copies of Glee cast single releases purchased digitally. The season received generally positive reviews from critics. The central characters are glee club director Will Schuester ( Matthew Morrison), cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester ( Jane Lynch), Will's former wife Terri ( Jessalyn Gilsig), guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury ( Jayma Mays), and glee club members Rachel ( Lea Michele), Finn ( Cory Monteith), Artie ( Kevin McHale), Kurt ( Chris Colfer), Mercedes ( Amber Riley), Tina ( Jenna Ushkowitz), Puck ( Mark Salling), and Quinn ( Dianna Agron). The season features the fictional high school show choir New Directions competing for the first time on the show choir circuit, while its members and faculty deal with sex, bullying, body image, homosexuality, teenage pregnancy, disabilities, adoption and other social issues.
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The season was executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Dante Di Loreto Murphy's production company helped co-produce the series alongside 20th Century Fox. The season consisted of 22 episodes the first 13 aired on Wednesdays at 9 pm ( ET) and the final 9 aired on Tuesdays at 9 pm (ET). The pilot episode was broadcast as an advanced preview of the series on May 19, 2009, with the remainder of the season airing between September 9, 2009, and June 8, 2010. The first season of the musical comedy-drama television series Glee originally aired on Fox in the United States.
