List of Glee episodes

Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that aired on Fox. It was created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan. The pilot episode of the series was broadcast on May 19, 2009,^[1] and the rest of the first season began on September 9, 2009.^[2] Fox initially ordered thirteen episodes of Glee, picking the show up for a full season on September 21, 2009,^[3] ordering nine more episodes.^[4] The remainder of the first season aired for nine consecutive weeks starting on April 13, 2010, and ending on June 8, 2010, when the season finale was broadcast.^[5]

Glee logo

The series focuses on a high school show choir, also known as a glee club, in the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio.^[6] Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) takes over the glee club after the former teacher (Stephen Tobolowsky) is fired for inappropriate contact with a male student. With a rag-tag group of misfit teenagers, Will attempts to restore the glee club to its former glory while tending to his developing feelings for his co-worker Emma (Jayma Mays), as well as defending the glee club's existence from the conniving cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch). A major focus of the series is the students in the glee club: their relationships as couples, their love of singing and desire for popularity coming into conflict due to their membership in the low-status club, and the many vicissitudes of life in high school and as a teenager.

The series' sixth and final season premiered on January 9, 2015, and ended on March 20 of the same year.^[7] During the course of the series, 121 episodes of Glee aired.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released		Average total viewers including DVR (millions)	Rank
			First released	Last released
1	22		May 19, 2009 (2009-05-19)	June 8, 2010 (2010-06-08)	9.77	33[8]
2	22		September 21, 2010 (2010-09-21)	May 24, 2011 (2011-05-24)	10.11	43[9]
3	22		September 20, 2011 (2011-09-20)	May 22, 2012 (2012-05-22)	8.71	56[10]
4	22		September 13, 2012 (2012-09-13)	May 9, 2013 (2013-05-09)	8.26	50[11]
5	20		September 26, 2013 (2013-09-26)	May 13, 2014 (2014-05-13)	4.57	105[12]
6	13		January 9, 2015 (2015-01-09)	March 20, 2015 (2015-03-20)	3.14	148[13]

Episodes

Season 1 (2009–10)

Main article: Glee season 1

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	Ryan Murphy	Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk & Ian Brennan	May 19, 2009 (2009-05-19)[nb 1]	1ARC79	9.62[15]
2	2	"Showmance"	Ryan Murphy	Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk & Ian Brennan	September 9, 2009 (2009-09-09)	1ARC01	7.50[16]
3	3	"Acafellas"	John Scott	Ryan Murphy	September 16, 2009 (2009-09-16)	1ARC02	6.69[17]
4	4	"Preggers"	Brad Falchuk	Brad Falchuk	September 23, 2009 (2009-09-23)	1ARC03	6.63[18]
5	5	"The Rhodes Not Taken"	John Scott	Ian Brennan	September 30, 2009 (2009-09-30)	1ARC04	7.40[19]
6	6	"Vitamin D"	Elodie Keene	Ryan Murphy	October 7, 2009 (2009-10-07)	1ARC05	7.28[20]
7	7	"Throwdown"	Ryan Murphy	Brad Falchuk	October 14, 2009 (2009-10-14)	1ARC06	7.65[21]
8	8	"Mash-Up"	Elodie Keene	Ian Brennan	October 21, 2009 (2009-10-21)	1ARC07	7.15[22]
9	9	"Wheels"	Paris Barclay	Ryan Murphy	November 11, 2009 (2009-11-11)	1ARC08	7.35[23]
10	10	"Ballad"	Brad Falchuk	Brad Falchuk	November 18, 2009 (2009-11-18)	1ARC09	7.36[24]
11	11	"Hairography"	Bill D'Elia	Ian Brennan	November 25, 2009 (2009-11-25)	1ARC10	6.08[25]
12	12	"Mattress"	Elodie Keene	Ryan Murphy	December 2, 2009 (2009-12-02)	1ARC11	8.15[26]
13	13	"Sectionals"	Brad Falchuk	Brad Falchuk	December 9, 2009 (2009-12-09)	1ARC12	8.13[27]
14	14	"Hell-O"	Brad Falchuk	Ian Brennan	April 13, 2010 (2010-04-13)	1ARC13	13.66[28]
15	15	"The Power of Madonna"	Ryan Murphy	Ryan Murphy	April 20, 2010 (2010-04-20)	1ARC14	12.98[29]
16	16	"Home"	Paris Barclay	Brad Falchuk	April 27, 2010 (2010-04-27)	1ARC15	12.18[30]
17	17	"Bad Reputation"	Elodie Keene	Ian Brennan	May 4, 2010 (2010-05-04)	1ARC16	11.62[31]
18	18	"Laryngitis"	Alfonso Gomez-Rejon	Ryan Murphy	May 11, 2010 (2010-05-11)	1ARC17	11.57[32]
19	19	"Dream On"	Joss Whedon	Brad Falchuk	May 18, 2010 (2010-05-18)	1ARC18	11.47[33]
20	20	"Theatricality"	Ryan Murphy	Ryan Murphy	May 25, 2010 (2010-05-25)	1ARC20	11.37[34]
21	21	"Funk"	Elodie Keene	Ian Brennan	June 1, 2010 (2010-06-01)	1ARC19	9.02[35]
22	22	"Journey to Regionals"	Brad Falchuk	Brad Falchuk	June 8, 2010 (2010-06-08)	1ARC21	10.92[36]

Season 2 (2010–11)

Main article: Glee season 2

"The Sue Sylvester Shuffle" (episode 11), broadcast immediately after Super Bowl XLV on February 6, 2011, was watched by 26.8 million viewers in the U.S., as the highest-rated scripted TV broadcast in 3 years.^[37]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
23	1	"Audition"	Brad Falchuk	Ian Brennan	September 21, 2010 (2010-09-21)	2ARC01	12.45[38]
24	2	"Britney/Brittany"	Ryan Murphy	Ryan Murphy	September 28, 2010 (2010-09-28)	2ARC02	13.51[39]
25	3	"Grilled Cheesus"	Alfonso Gomez-Rejon	Brad Falchuk	October 5, 2010 (2010-10-05)	2ARC03	11.20[40]
26	4	"Duets"	Eric Stoltz	Ian Brennan	October 12, 2010 (2010-10-12)	2ARC04	11.36[41]
27	5	"The Rocky Horror Glee Show"	Adam Shankman	Story by : Ryan Murphy & Tim Wollaston Teleplay by : Ryan Murphy	October 26, 2010 (2010-10-26)	2ARC05	11.76[42]
28	6	"Never Been Kissed"	Bradley Buecker	Brad Falchuk	November 9, 2010 (2010-11-09)	2ARC06	10.99[43]
29	7	"The Substitute"	Ryan Murphy	Ian Brennan	November 16, 2010 (2010-11-16)	2ARC07	11.70[44]
30	8	"Furt"	Carol Banker	Ryan Murphy	November 23, 2010 (2010-11-23)	2ARC08	10.41[45]
31	9	"Special Education"	Paris Barclay	Brad Falchuk	November 30, 2010 (2010-11-30)	2ARC09	11.68[46]
32	10	"A Very Glee Christmas"	Alfonso Gomez-Rejon	Ian Brennan	December 7, 2010 (2010-12-07)	2ARC10	11.07[47]
33	11	"The Sue Sylvester Shuffle"	Brad Falchuk	Ian Brennan	February 6, 2011 (2011-02-06)	2ARC11	28.32[48]
34	12	"Silly Love Songs"	Tate Donovan	Ryan Murphy	February 8, 2011 (2011-02-08)	2ARC12	11.58[49]
35	13	"Comeback"	Bradley Buecker	Ryan Murphy	February 15, 2011 (2011-02-15)	2ARC13	10.53[50]
36	14	"Blame It on the Alcohol"	Eric Stoltz	Ian Brennan	February 22, 2011 (2011-02-22)	2ARC14	10.58[51]
37	15	"Sexy"	Ryan Murphy	Brad Falchuk	March 8, 2011 (2011-03-08)	2ARC15	11.92[52]
38	16	"Original Song"	Bradley Buecker	Ryan Murphy	March 15, 2011 (2011-03-15)	2ARC16	11.15[53]
39	17	"A Night of Neglect"	Carol Banker	Ian Brennan	April 19, 2011 (2011-04-19)	2ARC17	9.80[54]
40	18	"Born This Way"	Alfonso Gomez-Rejon	Brad Falchuk	April 26, 2011 (2011-04-26)	2ARC18	8.62[55]
41	19	"Rumours"	Tim Hunter	Ryan Murphy	May 3, 2011 (2011-05-03)	2ARC19	8.85[56]
42	20	"Prom Queen"	Eric Stoltz	Ian Brennan	May 10, 2011 (2011-05-10)	2ARC20	9.29[57]
43	21	"Funeral"	Bradley Buecker	Ryan Murphy	May 17, 2011 (2011-05-17)	2ARC21	8.97[58]
44	22	"New York"	Brad Falchuk	Brad Falchuk	May 24, 2011 (2011-05-24)	2ARC22	11.80[59]

Season 3 (2011–12)

Main article: Glee season 3

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
45	1	"The Purple Piano Project"	Eric Stoltz	Brad Falchuk	September 20, 2011 (2011-09-20)	3ARC01	9.21[60]
46	2	"I Am Unicorn"	Brad Falchuk	Ryan Murphy	September 27, 2011 (2011-09-27)	3ARC02	8.60[61]
47	3	"Asian F"	Alfonso Gomez-Rejon	Ian Brennan	October 4, 2011 (2011-10-04)	3ARC03	8.42[62]
48	4	"Pot o' Gold"	Adam Shankman	Ali Adler	November 1, 2011 (2011-11-01)	3ARC04	7.47[63]
49	5	"The First Time"	Bradley Buecker	Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa	November 8, 2011 (2011-11-08)	3ARC05	6.91[64]
50	6	"Mash Off"	Eric Stoltz	Michael Hitchcock	November 15, 2011 (2011-11-15)	3ARC06	7.08[65]
51	7	"I Kissed a Girl"	Tate Donovan	Matthew Hodgson	November 29, 2011 (2011-11-29)	3ARC07	7.90[66]
52	8	"Hold On to Sixteen"	Bradley Buecker	Ross Maxwell	December 6, 2011 (2011-12-06)	3ARC08	7.11[67]
53	9	"Extraordinary Merry Christmas"	Matthew Morrison	Marti Noxon	December 13, 2011 (2011-12-13)	3ARC09	7.13[68]
54	10	"Yes/No"	Eric Stoltz	Brad Falchuk	January 17, 2012 (2012-01-17)	3ARC10	7.50[69]
55	11	"Michael"	Alfonso Gomez-Rejon	Ryan Murphy	January 31, 2012 (2012-01-31)	3ARC11	9.07[70]
56	12	"The Spanish Teacher"	Paris Barclay	Ian Brennan	February 7, 2012 (2012-02-07)	3ARC12	7.81[71]
57	13	"Heart"	Brad Falchuk	Ali Adler	February 14, 2012 (2012-02-14)	3ARC13	6.99[72]
58	14	"On My Way"	Bradley Buecker	Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa	February 21, 2012 (2012-02-21)	3ARC14	7.46[73]
59	15	"Big Brother"	Eric Stoltz	Michael Hitchcock	April 10, 2012 (2012-04-10)	3ARC15	6.76[74]
60	16	"Saturday Night Glee-ver"	Bradley Buecker	Matthew Hodgson	April 17, 2012 (2012-04-17)	3ARC16	6.23[75]
61	17	"Dance with Somebody"	Paris Barclay	Ross Maxwell	April 24, 2012 (2012-04-24)	3ARC17	6.90[76]
62	18	"Choke"	Michael Uppendahl	Marti Noxon	May 1, 2012 (2012-05-01)	3ARC18	6.01[77]
63	19	"Prom-asaurus"	Eric Stoltz	Ryan Murphy	May 8, 2012 (2012-05-08)	3ARC19	6.67[78]
64	20	"Props"	Ian Brennan	Ian Brennan	May 15, 2012 (2012-05-15)	3ARC20	6.09[79]
65	21	"Nationals"	Eric Stoltz	Ali Adler	May 15, 2012 (2012-05-15)	3ARC21	6.03[79]
66	22	"Goodbye"	Brad Falchuk	Brad Falchuk	May 22, 2012 (2012-05-22)	3ARC22	7.46[80]

Season 4 (2012–13)

Main article: Glee season 4

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
67	1	"The New Rachel"	Brad Falchuk	Ryan Murphy	September 13, 2012 (2012-09-13)	4ARC01	7.41[81]
68	2	"Britney 2.0"	Alfonso Gomez-Rejon	Brad Falchuk	September 20, 2012 (2012-09-20)	4ARC02	7.46[82]
69	3	"Makeover"	Eric Stoltz	Ian Brennan	September 27, 2012 (2012-09-27)	4ARC03	5.79[83]
70	4	"The Break Up"	Alfonso Gomez-Rejon	Ryan Murphy	October 4, 2012 (2012-10-04)	4ARC04	6.07[84]
71	5	"The Role You Were Born to Play"	Brad Falchuk	Michael Hitchcock	November 8, 2012 (2012-11-08)	4ARC05	5.68[85]
72	6	"Glease"	Michael Uppendahl	Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa	November 15, 2012 (2012-11-15)	4ARC06	5.22[86]
73	7	"Dynamic Duets"	Ian Brennan	Ian Brennan	November 22, 2012 (2012-11-22)	4ARC07	4.62[87]
74	8	"Thanksgiving"	Bradley Buecker	Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner	November 29, 2012 (2012-11-29)	4ARC08	5.39[88]
75	9	"Swan Song"	Brad Falchuk	Stacy Traub	December 6, 2012 (2012-12-06)	4ARC09	5.43[89]
76	10	"Glee, Actually"	Adam Shankman	Matthew Hodgson	December 13, 2012 (2012-12-13)	4ARC10	5.26[90]
77	11	"Sadie Hawkins"	Bradley Buecker	Ross Maxwell	January 24, 2013 (2013-01-24)	4ARC11	6.79[91]
78	12	"Naked"	Ian Brennan	Ryan Murphy	January 31, 2013 (2013-01-31)	4ARC12	5.48[92]
79	13	"Diva"	Paris Barclay	Brad Falchuk	February 7, 2013 (2013-02-07)	4ARC13	6.03[93]
80	14	"I Do"	Brad Falchuk	Ian Brennan	February 14, 2013 (2013-02-14)	4ARC14	5.13[94]
81	15	"Girls (and Boys) On Film"	Ian Brennan	Michael Hitchcock	March 7, 2013 (2013-03-07)	4ARC15	6.72[95]
82	16	"Feud"	Bradley Buecker	Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa	March 14, 2013 (2013-03-14)	4ARC16	5.37[96]
83	17	"Guilty Pleasures"	Eric Stoltz	Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner	March 21, 2013 (2013-03-21)	4ARC17	5.91[97]
84	18	"Shooting Star"	Bradley Buecker	Matthew Hodgson	April 11, 2013 (2013-04-11)	4ARC18	6.67[98]
85	19	"Sweet Dreams"	Elodie Keene	Ross Maxwell	April 18, 2013 (2013-04-18)	4ARC19	6.14[99]
86	20	"Lights Out"	Paris Barclay	Ryan Murphy	April 25, 2013 (2013-04-25)	4ARC20	5.24[100]
87	21	"Wonder-ful"	Wendey Stanzler	Brad Falchuk	May 2, 2013 (2013-05-02)	4ARC21	5.19[101]
88	22	"All or Nothing"	Bradley Buecker	Ian Brennan	May 9, 2013 (2013-05-09)	4ARC22	5.92[102]

Season 5 (2013–14)

Main article: Glee season 5

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
89	1	"Love, Love, Love"	Bradley Buecker	Brad Falchuk	September 26, 2013 (2013-09-26)	5ARC01	5.06[103]
90	2	"Tina in the Sky with Diamonds"	Ian Brennan	Ian Brennan	October 3, 2013 (2013-10-03)	5ARC02	4.42[104]
91	3	"The Quarterback"	Brad Falchuk	Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk & Ian Brennan	October 10, 2013 (2013-10-10)	5ARC03	7.39[105]
92	4	"A Katy or a Gaga"	Ian Brennan	Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner	November 7, 2013 (2013-11-07)	5ARC04	4.01[106]
93	5	"The End of Twerk"	Wendey Stanzler	Michael Hitchcock	November 14, 2013 (2013-11-14)	5ARC05	4.22[107]
94	6	"Movin' Out"	Brad Falchuk	Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa	November 21, 2013 (2013-11-21)	5ARC06	4.09[108]
95	7	"Puppet Master"	Paul McCrane	Matthew Hodgson	November 28, 2013 (2013-11-28)	5ARC07	2.84[109]
96	8	"Previously Unaired Christmas"	Wendey Stanzler	Ross Maxwell	December 5, 2013 (2013-12-05)	5ARC08	3.29[110]
97	9	"Frenemies"	Bradley Buecker	Ned Martel	February 25, 2014 (2014-02-25)	5ARC09	2.99[111]
98	10	"Trio"	Ian Brennan	Sophia Rivka Rossi	March 4, 2014 (2014-03-04)	5ARC10	2.68[112]
99	11	"City of Angels"	Elodie Keene	Jessica Meyer	March 11, 2014 (2014-03-11)	5ARC11	2.30[113]
100	12	"100"	Paris Barclay	Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk & Ian Brennan	March 18, 2014 (2014-03-18)	5ARC12	2.80[114]
101	13	"New Directions"	Brad Falchuk	Brad Falchuk	March 25, 2014 (2014-03-25)	5ARC13	2.68[115]
102	14	"New New York"	Sanaa Hamri	Ryan Murphy	April 1, 2014 (2014-04-01)	5ARC14	2.59[116]
103	15	"Bash"	Bradley Buecker	Ian Brennan	April 8, 2014 (2014-04-08)	5ARC15	2.78[117]
104	16	"Tested"	Paul McCrane	Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner	April 15, 2014 (2014-04-15)	5ARC16	2.44[118]
105	17	"Opening Night"	Eric Stoltz	Michael Hitchcock	April 22, 2014 (2014-04-22)	5ARC17	2.45[119]
106	18	"The Back-Up Plan"	Ian Brennan	Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa	April 29, 2014 (2014-04-29)	5ARC18	2.41[120]
107	19	"Old Dog, New Tricks"	Bradley Buecker	Chris Colfer	May 6, 2014 (2014-05-06)	5ARC19	2.10[121]
108	20	"The Untitled Rachel Berry Project"	Brad Falchuk	Matthew Hodgson	May 13, 2014 (2014-05-13)	5ARC20	1.87[122]

Season 6 (2015)

Main article: Glee season 6

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
109	1	"Loser Like Me"	Bradley Buecker	Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk & Ian Brennan	January 9, 2015 (2015-01-09)	6ARC01	2.34[123]
110	2	"Homecoming"	Bradley Buecker	Ryan Murphy	January 9, 2015 (2015-01-09)	6ARC02	2.34[123]
111	3	"Jagged Little Tapestry"	Paul McCrane	Brad Falchuk	January 16, 2015 (2015-01-16)	6ARC03	1.98[124]
112	4	"The Hurt Locker, Part One"	Ian Brennan	Ian Brennan	January 23, 2015 (2015-01-23)	6ARC04	1.82[125]
113	5	"The Hurt Locker, Part Two"	Barbara Brown	Ian Brennan	January 30, 2015 (2015-01-30)	6ARC05	1.85[126]
114	6	"What the World Needs Now"	Barbara Brown	Michael Hitchcock	February 6, 2015 (2015-02-06)	6ARC06	1.58[127]
115	7	"Transitioning"	Dante Di Loreto	Matthew Hodgson	February 13, 2015 (2015-02-13)	6ARC07	1.81[128]
116	8	"A Wedding"	Bradley Buecker	Ross Maxwell	February 20, 2015 (2015-02-20)	6ARC08	1.86[129]
117	9	"Child Star"	Michael Hitchcock	Ned Martel	February 27, 2015 (2015-02-27)	6ARC10	1.69[130]
118	10	"The Rise and Fall of Sue Sylvester"	Anthony Hemingway	Jessica Meyer	March 6, 2015 (2015-03-06)	6ARC11	1.81[131]
119	11	"We Built This Glee Club"	Joaquin Sedillo	Aristotle Kousakis	March 13, 2015 (2015-03-13)	6ARC12	2.02[132]
120	12	"2009"	Paris Barclay	Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk & Ian Brennan	March 20, 2015 (2015-03-20)	6ARC09	2.69[133]
121	13	"Dreams Come True"	Bradley Buecker	Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk & Ian Brennan	March 20, 2015 (2015-03-20)	6ARC13	2.54[133]

Ratings

Glee : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)

Season		Episode number																						Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
	1	9.62	7.50	6.69	6.63	7.40	7.28	7.65	7.15	7.53	7.36	8.17	8.15	8.13	13.66	12.98	12.18	11.62	11.57	11.47	11.37	9.02	11.07	9.28
	2	12.45	13.51	11.20	11.36	11.76	10.99	11.70	10.41	11.68	11.07	28.32	11.58	10.53	11.58	11.92	11.15	9.80	8.62	8.85	9.29	8.87	11.80	11.75
	3	9.21	8.60	8.42	7.47	6.91	7.08	7.90	7.11	7.13	7.50	9.07	7.81	6.99	7.46	6.76	6.23	6.90	6.01	6.67	6.09	6.03	7.46	7.31
	4	7.41	7.46	5.79	6.07	5.68	5.22	4.62	5.39	5.43	5.26	6.79	5.48	6.03	5.13	6.72	5.37	5.91	6.67	6.14	5.24	5.19	5.91	5.86
	5	5.06	4.42	7.39	4.02	4.22	4.09	2.84	3.29	2.99	2.68	2.30	2.80	2.68	2.59	2.78	2.44	2.45	2.41	2.10	1.87	–		3.27
	6	2.34	2.34	1.98	1.82	1.85	1.58	1.81	1.86	1.69	1.81	2.02	2.69	2.54	–									2.03

Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research^[134]

See also

• Glee albums discography
• Glee songs discography
• List of songs in Glee

Notes

1. An extended director's cut of the pilot was broadcast on September 2, 2009 as a lead-in to the series premiere. On its broadcast, the extended episode attracted 4.2 million viewers.^[14]