Today marks the Fall finale of my favourite new show, Glee. From Terri’s fake pregnancy to Quinn’s real one, the Rachel-Finn love struggle and Kurt’s coming out, Glee has been an emotional roller coaster with musical numbers. As a gleek, I’m going to miss this musical dramedy during its lengthy hiatus, but the characters I’ll miss most aren’t those in the limelight. During part one of Glee’s freshman season, my favourites have all been supporting characters; from Kurt to Puck, here are the people that make me tune into Glee every week.
Kurt
Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer), McKinley High’s fashionista, brings his flamboyant sense of humour to Glee. From lines like “He’s cheating off a girl who thinks the square root of four is rainbows” and “They’re gonna throw fruit at us and I just had a facial,” Kurt always brings the giggles. But the best part about Kurt Hummel is his mannerisms; that wide smile during performances, hand on hip during hallway chats and theatrical eye-rolls at glee club meetings are terrific.
Future episodes: Perhaps Kurt will have a love interest? Well, besides Finn, seeing as that won’t work out.
Sue Sylvester
She’s cunning, manipulative and oh-so-mean, but her zingers add bite to this TV show. Cheerios coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) wants to sabotage Will Schuester’s glee club and will stop at nothing to accomplish her goal. Sylvester shows no mercy, but viewers did see a softer side when she got all gussied up in her zoot suit but had no place to go. To bad she tarnished that endearing side by giving Will no compassion when he told Sue about his marriage woes. Some of Sue’s remarks include “All I want is just one day a year when I’m not visually assaulted by uglies and fatties” and “I empower my Cheerios to live in fear by creating an environment of irrational, random terror.”
Future episodes: No doubt there will be more scheming for Sue Sylvester. Perhaps Glee will also feature more of Sue’s coaching.
Emma
Germaphobe Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays) is McKinley’s guidance counsellor. Her big eyes and sweet voice keep viewers rooting for Emma, who has a crush on Will. Although gym teacher Ken Tanaka has his eye on Emma, those terrible short-shorts make Will a much better candidate. Plus, Emma’s cute duet with Will makes them a perfect match!
Future episodes: Hopefully Emma will snag her dream man, and audiences will get to see more cardigans and one-colour ensembles.
Puck
Noah “Puck” Puckerman (Mark Salling) is McKinley’s resident bad-boy/heartthrob. Vying for Quinn to accept him as the father of her child, Puck showed a soft side when he tried helping Quinn financially. Unfortunately, Quinn only has eyes for Finn and refused his help. But Puck knows how to bring the laughs, saying “Know what the worst part is? It’s not the burning in your eyes or how the slushie drips into your underpants, it’s the humiliation,” on being slushied for joining the glee club. Plus, the fact that he went for cougars earlier in the season was hilarious.
Future episodes: I’m gunning for Puck getting together with Quinn. This would also conveniently make Finn available for Rachel.
I’m going to miss Glee during its hiatus. Luckily for gleeks, we can download musical numbers and get the first part of season one, which will be in stores soon.