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Glee

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Generally favorable reviews based on 38 Critic Reviews

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Generally favorable reviews based on 35 Ratings

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Series Details & Credits

FOX | Release Date: May 19, 2009

Starring: Jane Lynch, Dot Jones, Matthew Morrison, Amber Riley, Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, Kevin McHale, Chord Overstreet, Darren Criss

Summary: Glee is a Golden Globe-winning Fox musical comedy created by Ryan Murphy (Nip/Tuck) that depicts Will Schuester's (Matthew Morrison) efforts to save McKinley High's Glee Club from cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch). Glee's musical numbers, underdog characters, and rousing soundtracks have all helped make Glee a runaway pop-culture hit.

Creator: Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Arts, Music

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S6:E13. Dreams Come True
Air Date: March 20, 2015
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S6:E12. 2009
Air Date: March 20, 2015
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S6:E11. We Built This Glee Club
Air Date: March 13, 2015

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Critic Reviews

100

Newsday

Verne Gay

Sep 12, 2012

Season 4 Review: One episode in, "Glee 2.0"--otherwise known as the fourth season--looks to be a winner. Read full review

88

People Weekly

Tom Gliatto

Dec 15, 2010

Season 1 Review: The high school musical comedy occasionally flies off the rails. But maybe that's to be expected from this aggressively inventive pop fantasy. [1 Nov 2010, p.41]

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Newsday

Verne Gay

Season 1 Review: McKinley and its denizens feel just a little too cliched, the emerging romantic entanglements a little too forced, the female characters--notably Terri and Sue Sylvester--just a little too mean-spirited. Still, it's a great cast. Read full review

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New York Daily News

David Hinckley

Season 2 Review: It all adds up to a dizzying series of cross-plots and so many brief and often odd alliances that some viewers may wonder if they've wandered into "Survivor." On the positive side, it's all done with standard Glee fun, the tongue never far from the cheek, and it's punctuated with upbeat musical numbers. Read full review

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Newsday

Verne Gay

Season 2 Review: Second-season expectations for Glee are almost too high. Potential reality series, movies, spinoffs, tours, record contracts...the surround sound that's jacked up around this hit is now officially deafening. Unrelenting distractions can push series off their game, and there's evidence tonight Glee is off its game.

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Los Angeles Times

Mary McNamara

Season 2 Review: Though funny and fabulous, the tone of the season premiere is as harsh as those famously flung slushies, with an emphasis on girl fights and not nearly enough of Mercedes (Amber Riley), Brittany (Heather Morris) or Kurt. Read full review

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Variety

Brian Lowry

Season 1 Review: Before long, issues of pregnancy will assail both generations, giving birth to subplots that become so credulity-straining it's hard not to yearn for another song to relieve them. Read full review

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MarckMay

Aug 30, 2020

Glee credo faccia parte dell'adolescenza di tutti, riuscendo ad imporsi nella cultura di massa

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MalgxBritney

Mar 28, 2020

Even though it goes down after Season 4, the show is absolutely amazing! Many twists, awesome music, diversity, basically "High School Musical" grown-up, even better than that cheesy guilty pleasure movie. Worth the watch!

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dannypanny453

Aug 26, 2021

The cultural phenomenon that was Glee, at its core, is about lost people finding a home through the arts. It balances snark, self awareness and sweetness, sometimes perfectly and sometimes horribly. What holds the show back is it’s propensity to stack up campy, melodramatic storytellingThe cultural phenomenon that was Glee, at its core, is about lost people finding a home through the arts. It balances snark, self awareness and sweetness, sometimes perfectly and sometimes horribly. What holds the show back is it’s propensity to stack up campy, melodramatic storytelling against human emotion, therefore it subsequently lacks the reality of anyone having to deal with the long term consequences of any action, thus there is little room for character development. With each season, the plots get less consistent and these issues become more prevalent, all while losing sight of the purpose of the show to begin with. Yes, it’s messy and we would all like to pretend that seasons 4-6 didn’t exist, but when it was good, there was nothing quite like it. There is that something special in Glee where you can’t help but fall in love with the characters and feel secretly heart warmed when it’s at its cheesiest. To score it any higher would be ridiculous, but to score it any lower would be serving an injustice to the sheer greatness this show produced at its best moments.… Expand

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ManagerJP

Dec 21, 2019

This show is great and will get you dancing along wherever you are. The singers are excellent. However, as the seasons go on, they get worse and worse. Sadly, I feel like the show got too happy with themselves and decided to keep on making series and sadly they just got worse.

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PotterheadGleek

Dec 5, 2021

I grew up with this show and I loved it from start to finish, but years later I revisited and the saw the reality of it. Until season 4 the show was great, could've ended there though. After that it seems Ryan Murphy really didn't care that much, the lack of improvement of the characters wasI grew up with this show and I loved it from start to finish, but years later I revisited and the saw the reality of it. Until season 4 the show was great, could've ended there though. After that it seems Ryan Murphy really didn't care that much, the lack of improvement of the characters was really notable, they also changed a lot of things that season 1 already stated.… Expand

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kyle20ellis

Mar 29, 2022

When it first started, I wasn't sure whether I would like Glee. I was interested somewhat but the comparisons to the High School Musical franchise, which I dislike very much, put me off. I still watched the show to start and did enjoy it to start with(if to compare to HSM, this is muchWhen it first started, I wasn't sure whether I would like Glee. I was interested somewhat but the comparisons to the High School Musical franchise, which I dislike very much, put me off. I still watched the show to start and did enjoy it to start with(if to compare to HSM, this is much better), particularly for the charming production values, sprightly choreography and catchy music. However, by Season 2 Glee for me went downhill and I soon got bored of it. The writing became very clichéd and lazy, the stories uninteresting, episodic and lacking in freshness(I wasn't a fan of the Lady Gaga episodes or the Rocky Horror Picture Show one) and the characters dull and indifferent. The acting was decent to start with, but then you had the sense the actors were starting to get bored with their characters, Naya Rivera is one of about three exceptions to properly inject life into the character she plays. All in all, interesting at first but once it ran out of ideas and became lazier and duller it became hard to watch. 3/10 Bethany Cox… Expand

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wayward_wyn

Feb 22, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I don’t even know what to say about this show. Annoying, hate-able, one-dimensional characters, generic, corny, and sometimes questionable dialogue, tons of cringe moments, hilariously subpar acting, and boring plot lines. Slash of Guns ‘N’ Roses said it best: “Glee is worse than Grease, and Grease was bad enough.”… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 6

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- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: January 9, 2015
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  S6:E13. Dreams Come True
  Air Date: March 20, 2015
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  S6:E12. 2009
  Air Date: March 20, 2015
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  S6:E11. We Built This Glee Club
  Air Date: March 13, 2015
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  S6:E10. The Rise and Fall of Sue Sylvester
  Air Date: March 6, 2015
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  S6:E9. Child Star
  Air Date: February 27, 2015
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  S6:E8. A Wedding
  Air Date: February 20, 2015
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  S6:E7. Transitioning
  Air Date: February 13, 2015
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  S6:E6. What the World Needs Now
  Air Date: February 6, 2015
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  S6:E5. The Hurt Locker, Part Two
  Air Date: January 30, 2015
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  S6:E4. The Hurt Locker, Part One
  Air Date: January 23, 2015
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  S6:E3. Jagged Little Tapestry
  Air Date: January 16, 2015
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  S6:E2. Homecoming
  Air Date: January 9, 2015
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  S6:E1. Loser Like Me
  Air Date: January 9, 2015
Season 5

tbd
- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: September 26, 2013
Season 4

73
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: September 13, 2012
Season 3

tbd
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 20, 2011
Season 2

76
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 21, 2010
Season 1

78
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: May 19, 2009