eighth episode second season american musical television series glee episode overall written series creator directed premiered fox united_states november episode features guest appearance actress nazi hunter mother coach shows time years time attend sue wedding long anticipated wedding featured bullying storyline reaches climax results kurt transferring high end episode episode features covers songs received generally favorable reviews featured hudson wedding sequence songs marry way charted billboard hot internationally appearance song lynch lauded critics central wedding hudson sue wedding widely panned additionally reviewers including atlantic thought bullying storyline stretched episodes initial airing episode viewed million american viewers garnered nielsen rating share demographic lowest second season point substantially previous episode substitute plot tell respective sons glee club members kurt finn cory_monteith engaged kurt insists perform wedding reception announces intention marry glee club member tells fellow member loves like marry future offering promise ring kurt school bully badly shaken sue kurt plight punish physically attacks kurt glee club captain lea_michele convinces glee club girls football playing defend kurt boyfriend finn refuses concerned position quarterback confront demand leave kurt sam defends fighting quinn impressed sam actions decides accept promise ring later sees kurt finn practicing wedding dance angered kurt admits threatened kill meeting father boys sue day wedding rivera wants chance finn suggests reveal sex boost popularity school unwilling truly loves rachel recently admitted lied claimed slept boyfriend finn lied time saying sex wedding new directions perform marry dance aisle marry reception finn uses best man speech opportunity apologize kurt defending promises future announces finn kurt glee club members performance mars way kurt new dance following wedding kurt parents learn school board reversed expulsion given verbal warning allowing return school sue principal protest use honeymoon savings kurt zero tolerance policy bullying school kurt friend attends hudson wedding arranged sue advances marriage plans surprised mother arrives town recently retired nazi hunter parent sue sister jean attempts long absence critical daughter sue calls bully wedding rehearsal leaves sue jean comfort production sue parents mentioned nazi hunters revealed season episode power madonna according lynch sue mother left daughters pursue career returns home retired nazi captured working lynch said little nervous wait scenes like playing tennis master origin sue antagonistic personality explored episode plans time series future episode lynch second time working comedy film post interview bafta lynch told people wedding future character wedding dress created personal costume designer recurring characters episode include glee club members cheerleader potter athlete school bully football coach shannon dot marie jones local news anchors addition star respective mothers finn sue plays father paul songs covered episode released singles available digital download song ohio musical covered duet lynch interview guide revealed husband suggested possibility song character returning ohio absence brought glee creator attention additionally songs featured way marry sway covered songs ohio included album glee music volume reception ratings viewership broadcast november united_states fox watched million american viewers initial airing glee lowest viewership second season point fifteenth watched week channels garnered nielsen rating share demographic highest rated timeslot highest rated scripted week adults aged total viewership ratings episode significantly previous episode substitute watched million american viewers acquired rating share demographic airing november episode canadian broadcast november attained million viewers placed glee ninth weekly program rankings viewership declined slightly substitute watched million ranked ninth aired australia november drew million viewers second watched night week viewership increased substitute attained million viewers ranked seventh night nineteenth week noted glee faced weaker competition usual network commercial network showing new episodes shows episode aired february watched million viewers million watched channels second watched cable week viewership previous episode drew million viewers watched cable channels critical reception received generally positive reception critics viewpoints atlantic wrote episode worked beautifully todd_vanderwerff called largely terrific episode television gave cnn reminded marries plot music rolling_stone concluded focus best characters kurt sue kept balanced heart bite way like glee ign robert_canning enthusiastic called episode gave score buddytv reviewers split harper happy wrote hated entire episode reviews praise guest appearance played sue nazi hunting mother houston_chronicle said guest star loved minute screen new_york_times asked wall_street_journal lauded tour force sharp called appearance best guest casting season marriage received generally good marks vanderwerff wrote rare episode television wedding middle aged people rarely conceived moving los_angeles_times noted character family rings emotionally true entertainment_weekly pleased performances welcomed episode increased focus finn praised cory_monteith good natural actor atlantic unhappy weddings canning said took episode unfortunately entirely successful reviewers noted homage wedding procession dance including daily_news new_york_post wall_street_journal invited readers compare original viral wedding entrance dance youtube video subsequent dancing procession episode version stack comparison said glee good original blast watch marriage critics including vanity_fair said compelling hair atlantic unimpressed especially main plot points episode effective colleague brief point disagreement bullying storyline critics including canning praised reservations brown characterized heavy handed considered acted far sam quinn storyline panned vanderwerff wrote series wasted chemistry scenes sam talks wants popular kid school criticized lack consistency sam characterization music performances musical performances cover versions episode attracted generally positive reviews reviewers noted program minutes song appeared said wait musical number ohio cited delay flaw thought credit episode noticed absence music point commented favorably musical numbers canning felt songs disappointing aspect episode exceptionally memorable duet lynch ohio received praised simply magnificent zap2it called fantastic job said lovely interlude delight tempered praise gave stars noted bland staging graded called boring said voices work stack gave little theatrical dancing wedding procession accompanying performance mars song marry praised stack gave stars called easily best performances season gave primarily cast didn particularly interesting vocally called performance pure joy wrote mars songs brilliant execution touching sentiment agreed mars songs gave best performances season stack praised way gave song harper thought vocals finn aren strongest wished finn additionally harper criticized failure adjust song feminine masculine finn singing kurt noted changed singing forget week impressed way gave slight edge marry episode best musical number given emotional context performance sway received opinions reviewers mentioned closely resembled version graded said sounds exactly like impressive got pipes takes little bit away number easy write impression stack gave characterized pretty simple mean called perfectly fine cover said beat compare called beautiful solo performance gave stars wrote sings like real wedding singer said song felt place chart history cover versions released singles songs debuted billboard hot appeared musical charts hot rendition marry debuted number thirty number nineteen canadian hot song hot way number number canadian hot week mars single marry debuted charts glee cover version number ninety hot number eighty canadian hot single way charts week
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