"Glee" Pilot (2009)

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Director:

Ryan Murphy

Writers:

Ryan Murphy (creator) &
Brad Falchuk (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Glee" (2009)

Original Air Date:

19 May 2009 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Plot:

Optimistic high school teacher Will Schuester tries to refuel his own passion while reinventing McKinley...

Plot Keywords:

Teen Romance | Geek | Gay Character | Teacher Inspires Students | Satire

Cast

Dianna Agron	...	Quinn Fabray
Chris Colfer	...	Kurt Hummel
Jessalyn Gilsig	...	Terri Schuester
Jane Lynch	...	Sue Sylvester
Jayma Mays	...	Emma Pillsbury
Kevin McHale	...	Artie Abrams
Lea Michele	...	Rachel Berry
Cory Monteith	...	Finn Hudson
Matthew Morrison	...	Will Schuester
Amber Riley	...	Mercedes Jones
Mark Salling	...	Noah 'Puck' Puckerman
Jenna Ushkowitz	...	Tina Cohen-Chang
Stephen Tobolowsky	...	Sandy Ryerson
Patrick Gallagher	...	Ken Tanaka
Iqbal Theba	...	Principal Figgins

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Rachel (Lea Michele) sings "On My Own" from "the seminal Broadway classic 'Les Misérables'" for her glee club audition. While still a small child, Michele made her Broadway debut as an alternate for the roles of young Cosette and young Éponine in "Les Misérables", and later was offered the role of adult Éponine (the character who sings "On My Own" in the show). Michele turned down the chance to play adult Éponine so that she could stay with the "Spring Awakening" production (which she had been with since its first workshop days) when it moved to Broadway.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Finn's friends find out he is lying about his mom having prostate surgery because "chicks don't have prostates. I looked it up." Women actually do have a prostate.

Quotes:

Sue Sylvester: [at cheerleading practice] You think this is hard? Try being waterboarded, *that's* hard!

Movie Connections:

References "Grey's Anatomy" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Don't Stop Believing

This pilot of "Glee" should be the start of a new entertaining series

I finally watched the pilot episode of "Glee" after all these weeks and I must say, I can't wait for the rest of the season when new episodes come this fall! Michael Morrison arrives at the high school to replace Stephen Tobolowsky (who's the funniest player in this episode) as the new glee club teacher. Jessalyn Gilsig is his ambitious wife and Jayma Mays is a fellow faculty member who believes in Morrison's dream. Jane Lynch is the hard-as-nails (and pretty funny as well) cheerleading coach. And then there's the fine singing leads of Lea Michele as the snobbish-yet-appealing Rachel and Cory Monteith as the jock-who's-also-musically-inclined Finn. Great songs abound like "On My Own" from Les Miz, "You're the One That I Want" from Grease, and "Don't Stop Believin'" which Journey made popular. Sure the characters fit certain types but since this is a series pilot, there's always room for some possible future twist around the corner. And all of the characters, with the exception of the one played by Ms. Gilsig, are likable. So on that note, the "Glee" pilot automatically has made me a fan. Update-9/22/09: Just watched the extended director's cut which has an added complete number of an Amy Winehouse song from a potential rival choral group and a few added scenes like that of the high school coach harassing the Jayma Mays character. That's another character I don't like, even more than that wife I previously mentioned played by Ms. Gilsig. With the season already begun, I'm now gonna play catch up with this series...