queen glee queen twentieth episode second season american musical television series glee second overall aired fox united_states episode written series creator directed featured return guest star queen glee club tapped provide music school junior episode shows dramas surrounding high school high stakes race king queen involves members glee club students find dates outfits initial airing episode viewed million american viewers garnered nielsen rating share demographic total viewership slightly previous episode rumours episode received mixed reviews generally favored final segment king queen earlier portions music received enthusiasm special praise given pre renditions rolling deep isn lovely songs covered released singles charted billboard hot plot high junior approaches cory_monteith runners crowned king queen mark learns relationship damaged bad boy reputation resolves restore punch bowl rivera intensify election efforts anti bullying group bully asks school glee club perform members amber riley lea_michele decide attend group rachel boyfriend returns sings impromptu duet rolling deep apologizes treating badly joins group asks reveals beaten formal dance old school shortly coming agrees kurt father mike express kurt daring outfit kurt determined wear pleased sudden absence bullying school kurt suggests consider coming refuses makes apology kurt asks girlfriend isn lovely declines joins planning spike punch sam sing friday rachel performs hearts backed brittany sings gon teach boyfriend dance upset reunion rachel finn starts fight ejected catches pouring liquid punch refuses wrongdoing ultimately confesses non alcoholic elected king non candidate kurt elected queen kurt runs gym humiliation distressed having lost quinn rachel immediately regrets brittany tells hide lesbian identity kurt able calm return coronation comment eat heart applause swells ovation abruptly faced having publicly dance boy traditional dance king queen rejecting kurt suggestion come instead leaves kurt dance floor asks kurt dance soon joined rest student body production star rival choir appeared episodes romance rachel season prior breaking shortly competition returned episode quinn mother returned recurring characters appeared included glee club members school reporter cheerleader potter kurt boyfriend school bully felt episode time viewers saw true self following broadcast recounted receiving messages people inspired come commented believe episode television seriously changing lives incredible experience april extra named revealed king queen result social networking twitter creator replied hope qualified work entertainment talented people spent months create result reportedly fired later claimed glee extra october learned dinner party set following scandal speculation arose ending tweeted photograph standing wearing comment stated glee took long days shoot according involved lot hard work added fun actors extras involved blast original script kurt persuaded attend coronation requested kurt persuaded second party events duly changed actor reservations episode called difficult worked explained combination kurt queen wearing dancing dancing queen caused concern pushing way kurt helpful progressive depiction completed conceded turn beautiful episode wrong episode featured musical cover versions performed gon teach boyfriend dance friday performed series creator explained use viral hit tribute popular culture covered cappella arrangement rolling deep isn lovely sung hearts sung dancing queen performed riley rivera featured songs released singles available digital download reception ratings queen broadcast united_states fox garnered nielsen rating share demographic received million american viewers initial airing ranked second watched scripted week adults aged total viewership episode previous episode rumours watched million american viewers airing rating share remained flat episode canadian broadcast drew million viewers placed sixteenth weekly program rankings viewership increased rumours watched million viewers ranked eighteenth episode aired watched million viewers watched cable week glee gained viewers previous episode million second watched cable program australia queen attracted million viewers june eighth watched program night sixth week rumours received viewers twelfth watched night thirty second week critical response episode received somewhat positive reaction reviewers ign robert_canning representative gave good rating episode fine touching decent episode bit let final moments episode felt quickly tried pin happy ending called drama rachel quinn finn superficial stuff view shared atlantic said drama felt shallow forced kurt scene described painful poignant brown colleague stated like episode glee best worst mtv thought wasn strong cohesive week rumours said certainly moments especially notably hilarious ones todd_vanderwerff wrote entirety like minutes episode best vanderwerff liked rolling deep felt return resulting storyline mess didn work canning little moved drama surrounding rachel resulting brawl brown thought developments lacked real emotional stakes inconsistent snap rest episode vanderwerff found excellent final segment marred quinn generic cheerleader stereotype favorite glee performers sue scenes drew little response canning referred torture bits called idea actually work los_angeles_times happy great lines sue right blend evil funny vanderwerff felt role prominent storyline exception trying brittany fairly painful kurt received reviews wrote credit world matter material knocks park time james_poniewozik time agreed given episode material important hands actor good scene kurt finn singled online observed quickly turned jumps quirky heavy glee special love watching cast handle scene canning said announcement kurt queen effectively caught guard right gut good critical story moment including brown said logic kurt victory explanation happened sense vanderwerff called actions question sequence announcement lauded canning impressed presentation multiple said led episode theme community characters problems equal best able handle recognize common feel like outsider night vanderwerff talked sense community absent season noted glee found way best worst high school worked past storytelling issues capture raw emotion music performances musical performances queen praised episode called best musical night months characterized numbers pretty good vanity_fair opposite view gave songs single star lowest grade received stars rolling deep sung rachel received considerable praise gave single star song entertainment_weekly given heard version gave instead favorable comments buddytv called best vocal performances seen complimented fantastic voices gave song wrote simply crush rolling_stone called performance passion filled winner detected isn lovely enthusiastically received brown favorite number added voice sounded great favorite commented melt gave stars gave explained arrangement gives track wonderful spontaneous feel white boy soul explained getting emotional song weeks row boring reviewers disliked friday original version commentary incarnation sung sam generally positive despite said hated giving addictive version song vanderwerff said song way way way long fun expected wall_street_journal called good infectious said original gave song called remaining songs reviewed widely hearts praised absolutely beautiful performance said haunting filmed wrote nice hear sing song stated songs rachel sang episode favorite songs entire season gave lowest grade night asked stop numbers pain sing gave gon teach boyfriend dance questioned taken long receive numbers independent wrote best fun bubblegum pop surprised love gave missed backing use dancing queen song kurt dance questioned called borderline poor taste vanderwerff felt musical choices vanderwerff critical singing song king queen dance known queen candidate gave song gave reviewers criticized performance musical grounds called simple karaoke version lamented suffered comparison previous mercedes duet river deep mountain high arrangement waters power vocals gave duo thin sound original better chart history cover versions featured debuted billboard hot featured musical charts hot rendition rolling deep debuted number week original version remained chart number thirty canadian hot cover friday number thirty hot charted higher black original peaked number number thirty canadian hot songs hot hearts number number thirty canadian hot isn lovely number number eighty canadian hot gon teach boyfriend dance number seventy number eighty seven canadian hot dancing queen number seventy songs featured episode featured eighth soundtrack album series glee music volume rolling deep isn lovely dancing queen
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