pot gold glee pot gold fourth episode season american musical television series glee eighth overall written directed broadcast fox united_states november episode featured arrival irish foreign exchange student new challenger congressional race ongoing central glee club episode received mixed reviews reviewers storyline involving quinn extensively criticized injection congressional race sue opponent greeted enthusiasm music received somewhat favor episode especially sung newly constituted song covers performed episode released singles available download friday night charted billboard hot initial airing episode viewed million american viewers earned nielsen rating share demographic total viewership numbers rating share significantly previous episode asian broadcast weeks earlier october plot foreign exchange student ireland begun attending high regularly bullied staying brittany house believes crush brittany belief promised let pot gold grants wishes easily wishes mundane ways recruiting new girl choir directed asks rivera member school existing glee club join leaving brittany brittany dinner date tries recruit brittany unwilling leave friends tells supposed magical powers later telling brittany wished join glee club brittany believes obey wish wish hurt anybody feelings captain cory_monteith tries persuade brittany leave tells real stupid brittany insulted quinn offer biological daughter gave adoption quinn hides hot sauce sharp knives books child items look like unfit mother subsequently calls child protective services assumption ultimately restore investigate find evidence later returns secretly gather items sings waiting girl like calm crying comfort confesses extremely lonely episode closing moments kiss congressional candidate coach campaign platform includes elimination funding school arts programs television budget school production west story succeeds angry mother throws brick glee club director recruits members sell advertising space program book raise money kurt asks father purchase instead group businessmen fund musical announces running congress sue meeting group dubbed newly arrived surrendering central role later dynamic performance witnessed dismayed finn finn later apologizes brittany remarks wishes best claims fulfilled brittany wish saying finn feelings clearly hurt knows real later harassed finn comes rescue invites join successfully auditions song care production episode written executive producer making episode written creators glee second directed choreographer helmed rocky horror glee second season started working episode september filming ended september episode prior shot parallel days asian finished filming musical finale september winners prize seven episode recurring character role glee makes appearance episode irish exchange student murphy revealed day filming locker times song crew gave huge ovation living brittany family idea character interacting brittany penultimate episode judges brittany able understand word character said irish accent additional recurring guest stars appearing episode include kurt father wife finn mother student news anchors episode features covers available download digital singles christina_aguilera performed riley katy_perry friday night lead vocals waiting girl like performed green street care performed reception ratings pot gold broadcast november united_states fox garnered nielsen rating share demographic received million american viewers initial airing continued streak coming second timeslot cbs earned rating share demographic weeks previous glee episode broadcast viewership numbers rating share million viewers asian broadcast october pot gold tied second lowest rating share glee received demographic fourth episode season earned rating share million viewers ahead eleventh episode season received rating share demographic million viewers broadcast november night thanksgiving viewership decreased countries united_kingdom pot gold watched million viewers nearly compared asian weeks earlier million viewers watching australia pot gold watched viewers glee fourteenth watched program night viewership asian watched viewers lowest number viewers season second episode drew viewers canada million viewers watched episode eighteenth viewed week slots million viewers watched asian million viewers watched critical reception pot gold received mixed reviews critics ranged reasonably positive negative camp houston_chronicle called disaster rolling_stone said outright failed momentum started season episodes robert_canning ign took opposite view regard progress gave good rating wrote stunning return weeks kept momentum focus episodes season intact todd_vanderwerff characterized episode tries lot things produced felt fact episode written creators meant lot subtle bit times surprised said episode better majority second season entertainment_weekly described pretty solid return hiatus entire storyline centered quinn criticized reviewers west wrote feel called quinn actions bell thought highly child protective services backed weeks given gravity quinn accusations wondered quinn total went dancing framing child great ease vanderwerff critical actions called quinn sabotage apartment takes potentially good character played fine actress mtv different view wrote storyline stuck episode interesting noted definitely nice balance earnest quinn final scene episode kissed characterized creepy super awkward bell super creepy romantic buddytv inducing actually going vein canning realistic lord candy bars sue campaign congress season found favor reviewers felt addition rival candidate gives hope mainly managed wrong far vanderwerff unimpressed said liked idea pitting purely heroic figure purely villainous bell pleased new development noted seasons character grown canning said loved having sue nemesis wrote awesome reviewers felt introduction called cheap juvenile writers west admitted little heavy handed green felt worked especially opening solo isolation washington_post characterized solo irish exchange students bullied forced vanderwerff wrote tired people randomly getting real reason noted sugar bullied wrote fan supposedly promotes successes came praise brittany fantastic date relationship interesting new choir join acclaimed bell loving diva troupe hollywood reporter called use katy_perry friday night episode completely place sullivan characterized inclusion barely justified wall_street_journal pointed major roles perry video song glee performance fact west annoyed finn recent tendency nice responsible exemplified episode failure stand blasting brittany simple goofy belief system eventually right thing music performances musical performances episode received bit enthusiasm episode described decent songs canning wrote fun said rest music prevented episode better favorite reviewers star-ledger called bouncy fun praised tight harmonies diva notes mercedes gave number said loved absolutely soaring performance singled production values number amazing note gave song cost number budget west story sue upset said favorite blind test classic example kind elaborate performance hate reviewers positive things new character singing voice including said lovely rich tones billboard called smooth said voice numbers fell extremely flat maintained songs weird fit episode thought having perform solos character introduction general green considered impressive care supporters bell referred nice introduction west declared simple clear voiced ode outsider true beautiful gave canning impressed sung feeling worked better care west agreed rachel assessment performance magical west graded los_angeles_times blown away gave comment handled vanderwerff thought number somewhat sleep inducing rendition waiting girl like universally described sweet went wrote sweet sexy help feel good stated ends episode season moments far west praised lovely little guitar solo gave song bestowed grade called cheesy moment nice job commented got showcase nice falsetto friday night evoked wide range opinions reviewers wrote performance incorporated glee routine seen gave characterized choreography forced sunshine said normally voice sounds west noted song wasn best showcase voice added exactly playful little interlude needed gave called fantastic said hard love singing stated better song gave pointed song truly current pop hits glee season described performance pure glee dancing disorganized joyful number connects youth america chart history cover versions released singles debuted billboard hot friday night debuted number seventy friday night debuted hot chart number eighty addition single episode included soundtrack album glee music volume additional song episode care included bonus tracks available target edition album
Pot o' Gold (Glee)