glee fourth episode second season american television series glee sixth episode overall written series creator directed premiered fox october episode featured seven cover versions including mash happy days happy respectively episode transfer student joins glee club director assigns members perform duet classmate offers prize best performance students form begin practicing testing relationships initiating recruited sam ultimately finds partnered received generally positive reviews critics praised character development varied song choices episode featured neck rivera subject interest critics led refer episode episode series television original broadcast watched million american viewers rated program night demographic attaining nielsen rating share viewership ratings rose previous episode plot glee club director announces assignment competition prize winning duo dinner tells club member sent juvenile detention stealing introduces new member kurt suspects sam gay asks duet partner sam agrees club captain cory_monteith separately attempts convince partners fears sam bullied point sings duet guy sam insists honoring given word kurt kurt angry finn comments father mike points kurt crush finn year taking advantage sam kurt releases sam partnership competition entry sings jazz hot duet kurt comes away feeling wonders truly accepted peers family rivera brittany suggests sing come window refuses relationship believes best chance winning sing river deep mountain high brittany pairs start dating loses brittany compete tells brittany wanted voice win competition deeply upset sexual experience consequence petty motivations breaks brittany partnership tina boyfriend mike argue duet ultimately agrees join sing chorus line solo performance glee club duet draws praise finn girlfriend lea_michele initially practice singing don breaking heart rachel suggests throw competition sam win likely stay glee club sam thrown face quinn helps clean subsequently duet partners rehearsal attempts kiss quinn upset tells sing later convinced reconsider rachel rachel finn dressed priest intentionally offensive damage chances victory perform born sam quinn sing lucky club members vote finn rachel vote winners sam quinn victory dinner form bond quinn tells sam considers meal date noticing kurt lonely rachel tells club members value asks duet fun competition act solidarity episode ends singing mash happy days happy glee club production brittany shown bed physical relationship alluded season episode rivera sought nature relationship director informed characters intimate past series creator told morris glee primetime series want making interviewed fair morris stated brittany simply best friends taking friends benefits direction august murphy stated characters fact kiss screen upcoming episode later explained storyline begun realised inclusive people weren representative lesbian bisexual female community fortunate network wasn resistant let try deeper brittany brief relationship morris told new_york_post fan pressing murphy characters storyline beginning season series regular appear prompted media speculation return breach contract absence creative reasons allowed sam establish glee club begin relationship girlfriend quinn stated sam initially created romantic interest kurt storyline adjusted pair quinn result chemistry producers detected episode featured cover versions seven songs river deep mountain high lucky elton_john don breaking heart jazz hot sing chorus line lead vocal performance series born mash happy days happy performed costumes positions number matched original performed come window suggested performance piece brittany months prior episode broadcast songs gay use glee songs born released singles available download river deep mountain high lucky featured fifth soundtrack album series glee music volume don breaking heart included fourth extended play glee music love songs reception ratings original broadcast watched million american viewers rated program night demographic attained nielsen rating share viewership ratings rose previous episode watched million viewers attained rating share adults weekly program rankings glee fourth viewed adults second scripted overall viewers placed nineteenth week canada episode watched million viewers placed seventh week viewership rose previous episode watched million viewers ranked eleventh australia drew million viewers making glee ninth viewed night eighth week attracted million viewers ranked eleventh night thirty second week episode watched million viewers million watched week second watched cable week critical response generally received critics contrasted favorably preceding season episodes new_york_times called best season point terms old school glee cnn new_york_post found reminder originally loved wall_street_journal summarized return honeymoon feeling glee surprised satisfied guide houston_chronicle appreciated lack explained britney numbers forced guest stars reasons check amazing satisfying characters invested year ago set dress stunt james_poniewozik time labelled easily strongest character episode far season atlantic opined series finally achieved correct balance comedy drama colleague provided reviews called lazy episode contributed building sophomore slump mtv found lackluster daily news deemed improvement previous episode concluded season best themes ran reviews lack focus adult characters ign robert_canning rated signifying great episode felt contributed success allowed small interesting character development place minor characters todd_vanderwerff surprised miss presence coach rolling_stone lamented absence gay centered storylines attracted commentary lesbian bisexual media website suggested episode series television entertainment_weekly wrote kurt stole terms pure emotional power called important character television right usa_today questioned glee gone far depicting physical relationship brittany reviewers appreciated resultant development brittany character enjoyed exploration basic loneliness online pleased usual liners called wonderful moment broke led depiction real feelings brittany time canning found brittany uneven preferred development uniquely interesting blast watch vanderwerff conversely deemed brittany pairing things storylines involved rachel received mixed commentary stack appreciated pairing rachel kurt called probably strongest pairing episode similarities characterization lauded rachel line know lonely incredibly powerful statement coming midst gay youth relevance importance like glee said episode added flavor relationship rachel finn danger going noted time marginally compelled storyline involved pair far favorable called rachel self absorbed crazy woman short black assassination secure nationals trophy sam quinn burgeoning relationship met fairly positive response canning preferred friends deemed sexual tension unrealistic based sam success charming quinn fictional language avatar declared fully exhausted cheerleader quarterback sam impression led cute stack shared sentiment vanderwerff called exceptionally handled music performances episode musical performances deemed varied terrific history vanderwerff generally received found refreshing main characters receive equal performance time opined numbers included based itunes sales potential served plot pleased songs drove story instead drowning characters new_york_times welcomed appropriate song selection opinions divided best performance vanderwerff felt mercedes won duet competition performance river deep mountain high called series best praised potentially best musical number pure performance standpoint wrote best song episode didn want end highlighted lack emotional punch deemed favorite performance named sing favorite routine gave grade appeal mike dancing vocal performance gave stars highest rating episode tied river deep mountain high commented positively song thought tina sung annoying called far best evening burns chose lucky impressive number evening called los_angeles_times agreed cute praised charm simplicity stack gave stack anticipated quinn sam called absolutely fantastic particular praise opined overlooked noted charm think worthy winner competition gave stars found kind boring mash happy days happy widely acclaimed named musical highlight episode stack went hailed highlight entire series commented number appropriate existed glee probably suggested performance lauded powerful reminder worth sticking glee quickly proved season remaining songs rachel finn performance don breaking heart attracted praise vocals stack commented sounded better jazz hot received split response burns wrote kurt pulled called performance far moving songs stack graded deemed good felt costumes choreography emotion piece found number self reminiscent previous performances like rose turn rated stars commented idea execution kind rachel finn deliberately offensive version born received stack respectively conceded acceptable vocally stack acknowledged point song hate got glee played like december guide named rendition glee worst performances regardless send found number oddly endearing chart history cover versions released singles debuted billboard hot appeared musical charts hot rendition lucky debuted number seven number seventeen hot songs hot river deep mountain high number number thirty canadian hot happy days happy number number canadian hot don breaking heart number number thirty canadian hot sing number eighty seven number seven canadian hot jazz hot number ninety number eighty canadian hot cultural references viewing party november episode office centers entire staff gathering worker apartment watch episode
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