Glee: Season 1

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FOX | Season Premiere Date: May 19, 2009

Starring: Mike O'Malley, Jessalyn Gilsig, Jane Lynch

Summary: The pilot was previewed early in May but the season begins in earnest as Will Schuester aims to help his school's glee club reach the nationals.

Creator: Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan

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

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E22. Journey
Air Date: June 8, 2010
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S1:E21. Funk
Air Date: June 1, 2010
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S1:E20. Theatricality
Air Date: May 25, 2010

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Tim Goodman

Glee, one of the season's best and most anticipated new series, delivers on both counts - and more. It's a quirky, sweet, humorous, nonpartisan funfest. Read full review

Tom Gliatto

Dec 15, 2010

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]

Verne Gay

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

Troy Patterson

At its best, Glee is not just entertaining but elating, dramatizing Breakfast Club-quality teen angst with the aid of tight production numbers covering new and classic popular songs. Read full review

James Poniewozik

While it's not as knock-your-socks-off as the pilot (while retaining some of the same problems), it continues to show why, at its best, this is the freshest and most joyful new show of the year. Read full review

Hank Stuever

I never stopped smiling while watching the first few episodes of this pitch-perfect comedy, which finds that elusive sweet spot between snark and heart. Read full review

Brian Lowry

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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FrankDiaz

Jul 2, 2017

Una de las mejores series que haya visto la combinacion de la trama en una secundaria y el drama que viven los estudiantes con el toque musical es sin duda un espectaculo de principio a fin. De las pocas series que me han hecho sentirme emocionado por ver cada semana

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Lukuzz

Jan 24, 2011

I knew that I would like this as I love pretty much anything that is based around Music, but I didn't think I would love it this much. The show is just brilliant, its so funny but can also be emotional and deal with hard issues and I love the fact it can make you go through the motions fromI knew that I would like this as I love pretty much anything that is based around Music, but I didn't think I would love it this much. The show is just brilliant, its so funny but can also be emotional and deal with hard issues and I love the fact it can make you go through the motions from one episode to the next. The music is also brilliant, they always seem to cover the right songs and they are all brilliant singers especially Lea Michele, Amber Riley and Chris Colfer. Also Jane Lynch as 'Sue' and Heather Morris as 'Brittany' add so many Laugh out loud lines throughout. Deffo one to watch!… Expand

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Spellkid

Nov 6, 2010

It's the best show ever. It's funny, and creative in it's own way, and the talent the kids have is just jaw-dropping. Sue is by far the funniest charter on the show.

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CalebH

Sep 10, 2009

Cheeky, smart, full of wit, and somewhat raunchy; Glee is High School Musical for adults. Be warned, a new phenomenon is about to begin.

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SierraA.

Oct 9, 2009

Glee can be predictable and trite--but with so many primetime shows sci-fi or murder dramas, it's also kind of refreshing.

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xlogan123

May 11, 2011

I find it difficult to take the cast seriously when they're all extremely unrealistic and stereotypical representations of adolescent social groups. All the diversity they seem to promote feels forced with how shallow and one dimensional the characters are, and in turn, does a bit of aI find it difficult to take the cast seriously when they're all extremely unrealistic and stereotypical representations of adolescent social groups. All the diversity they seem to promote feels forced with how shallow and one dimensional the characters are, and in turn, does a bit of a disservice to members of that actual group (For instance: Kurt is gay, and that's perfectly fine, but there's unfortunately not much more to his personality than that.) Although I applaud their attempts for diversity, it's still a fairly simple show with simple, remarkably unrealistic conflicts.… Expand

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Dunestrider

Nov 20, 2014

It was a good show at the beginning, when it was about music and a high school glee club. Then they started pushing deviancies as a "new normal". The point when I turned it off was a scene with the two cheerleaders Santana and Quinn in bed together, just finished with their horizontal hula,It was a good show at the beginning, when it was about music and a high school glee club. Then they started pushing deviancies as a "new normal". The point when I turned it off was a scene with the two cheerleaders Santana and Quinn in bed together, just finished with their horizontal hula, and Quinn says something to the effect of, "hurray for experimenting!" So, despite the politically correct propaganda that deviants are "born that way", it seems that it is truly a lifestyle choice.… Expand

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