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New Characters:Kurt gets a boyfriend. An “everyday guy.” He’s going to be struggling with his sexuality and Kurt is going to help him through this. Ryan wants them to be prom king and prom king. This plot line is apparently delayed past the first few episodes.*
A Christian country singer (a la Carrie Underwood) is supposed to come on. No word on how big this role is going to be. She’s also supposed to have a pretty big problem with Kurt and his boyfriend being gay.
Sam Elliot will be played by Chord Overstreet. Sam is a football player. Finn will take Sam under his wing, and will ultimately become Finn’s rival. He will also have a special relationship with Quinn.
Mercedes gets a love interest, too. A “male version of herself”.
Charice will be guest starring as a foreign exchange student and a rival to Rachel. Her character will start out very small, but as the season progresses she will get bigger. Charice starts filiming on July 28th with the rest of the cast, so I’m assuming she’ll be in the first episode.
Dot Jones will be playing Shannon Beiste (pronounced BEEST) the new football coach, replacing Ken Tanaka, who will no longer be on Glee.
Cheyenne Jackson will be replacing Idina Menzel’s role as the newcoach of Vocal Adrenaline. This will be a major, recurring role.
John Stamos will have a recurring role as Emma’s dentist boyfriend.
Javier Bardem will appear as a rock star who befriends Artie. “We’re going to rock the house,” the 41-year-old Gleek tells EW. “We’re going to do some heavy metal — Spanish heavy metal, which is the worst.”
Wouldn’t call these new characters, but ones we haven’t seen yet. We’re going to get to see Rachel’s gay dads, Artie’s mother, and some of Mercedes’ home life, so maybe her parents, as well. Ryan teases that Brittany has a smart older sister.
Carol Burnett will be playing Sue’s mother. 1 episode.
Paul McCartney will guest star.
*They’re saying that Sam Elliot is NOT Kurt’s boyfriend. The theory? They’re pulling back on all the hype so Sam can have a surprise “coming out” moment. The same way Idina being Rachel’s mother was a surprise.
Tribute Episodes:
A Britney Spears episode, titled “Britney, Brittany” will be the 2nd episode of the new season. Brittany will sing 2 songs. The episode will feature six Britney Spears songs and be done in a “fun, hallucinogenic way.” Mr. Schue will complain the whole episode about not wanting to do Britney Spears songs (based on Matthew Morrison’s “dislike” for the idea of a Britney episode.) Newest information from Ryan Seacrest tells us that Britney Spears WILL in fact be making an appearance.
A second Madonna episode will happen.
There will be a Rocky Horror Picture Show episode, and it will be the 5th episode of Season 2, we also know that Sue will not be happy with the glee kids doing this.
There will be a special Christmas episode. They’re working on getting Susan Boyle for this episode.
There will only be 2 artist tribute episodes this season, but they are not holding back in terms of budget.
The Superbowl episode will definitely be a tribute episode. Kristin Dos Santos rumors it to be a tribute to Bruce Springsteen.
Relationship News:
Finn and Rachel will stay together for Season 2.
The truth about Finn and Santana will surface and create turbulence for Finn and Rachel’s relationship.
Puck and Quinn will not be together, but they will have “sweet” moments.
There will be another Artie/Tina centered episode.
Tina will “fall out of love” with Artie and start to fall for Mike Chang. Jenna’s always said that Artie and Tina will always be together, so no word on how long this is gonna last.
The season will start with Tina dating Mike, “because Artie was a bad boyfriend and only wanted to watch Coming Home, so Tina’s had it.” Ryan Murphy says “Tina wants a man who pays attention to her needs. And it’s a very, very sweet story about a boy who realizes, ‘Oh, maybe that’s the love of my life and I could have done better.’ And feels sick about it.” (So I’m thinking we’re gonna see Mike be an amazing boyfriend, and Artie will be learning alot and fighting to get Tina back. Since the first half of the first episode back is what they did over their summer vacation, I’m thinking we’re going to see a heart-wrenching Artie/Tina breakup.)
Emma is dating her dentist Carl (John Stamos) and Will will be pining for her once again.
Brittany and Santana will kiss. This episode will be early on in the season. This was confirmed at the Television Critic’s Association awards. “We’re filming that episode on Monday,” he told AfterEllen.com. He said there will definitely be a kiss. “Maybe more.”
Ryan says Puck will still be on Rachel’s case during her relationship with Finn, and he wants to know “how Rachel will resist.” So it looks like he hasn’t forgotten about Puckleberry! There will also be a duet between them.
Song Spoilers:
“Losing My Religion” by REM and “Papa Can You Hear Me” will be covered in an upcoming episode about religion. “Papa Can You Hear Me” will be covered by Lea Michele, and Amber will be doing a “great gospel number.”
Songs will be cut back to average 5 an episode instead of 8 like the back 9. One episode has 4 songs. Ryan wants to “focus more on the characters” so season 2 is more “intimate.”
Ryan wants Artie to sing Guys And Dolls (Luck Be A Lady?) and revisit the Golden Age of Broadway.
There will be an Original Song episode in the second half of the season where the kids will be asked to write their own songs.
The Britney Episode:
“Stronger” will be covered by Heather Morris.
Heather says “Slave 4 U” is her favorite video. And since this ep will be done in a hallucinogenic way, maybe we’ll see it!
Lea Michele will be tackling “a classic Britney song,” as well as recreating a Britney video.
Lea also told us that the boys do something similar to “What It Feels Like For A Girl” from the Madonna episode, but it’s not “I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman.”
Mr. Schue will complain the whole episode about not wanting to do Britney Spears songs (based on Matthew Morrison’s “dislike” for the idea of a Britney episode.)
Matthew Morrison will shave his head, to recreate Britney shaving her head.
At the end of the Britney episode, Finn and Rachel will sing a song by a “newer band” and a song she calls “one of her favorites of all time” and it will be a love song.
Rumored song list for Season 2, Episode 1 “Audition”:
Tubthumbing by Chumbawamba, performed by New Directions
Goodbye My Lover by James Blunt, performed by Puck
Don’t Stop Me Now by Queen, performed by New Directions
Open Your Eyes To Love by LMNT, performed by Rachel and Finn
Come Back To Me by David Cook, performed by Will
Confirmed Season 2 Songs:
“Empire State Of Mind” by Alicia Keys & Jay Z (Artie & Mercedes with New Directions)
“Billionaire” by Travie McCoy
“Every Rose Has It’s Thorn” by Poison
“Losing My Religion” by REM
“Papa Can You Hear Me” by Barbra Streisand (Rachel)
“Time Warp” from The Rocky Horror Picture Show
“Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears (Rachel will be remaking the video)
“Stronger” by Britney Spears
“Piece Of Me” by Britney Spears
“Oops I Did It Again” by Britney Spears
“Toxic” by Britney Spears
“I’m A Slave 4 U” by Britney Spears (Harry Shum, Jr. says “possibly” for this one)
“Faith” by George Michael
Recurring Characters:
We will see more from Mike Chang, Tina, Brittany, and Santana.
Mike O’Malley (Kurt’s dad) is now a series regular, so we’ll see more of him.
We get to see Puck deal with some issues, which Santana helps him with.
Artie and Puck will have to reaudition for Glee, but only 1 will make it.
They will revisit the Kurt/Finn thing and address their living situation.
We get to see Mercedes’ home life, and she brings Kurt to church with her.
The Quinn/Mercedes friendship will last.
Quinn will be back to her bitchy roots when the season starts, “she misses her ponytail and cheerleading uniform” but Mercedes keeps her in check.
Santana’s role in season 2 is “heavy” and “mean.”
Santana and Quinn will both remain very mean for Season 2, almost “competing” for the head bitch. Ah, just like old times.
Sue will not be soft like many were thinking, she’ll be back to her mean roots.
The Finn/Santana/Rachel/Jesse sex lies will be addressed in an episode.
April Rhodes, Shelby Corcoran, and Jesse St. James will return. “He has to come back and give Rachel a pep talk,” so things will be reconciled between Jesse and Rachel.
The producers are hoping to get Neil Patrick Harris back for Season 2. Ryan teased a Bryan/Terri hookup where he said “We had Jessalyn earmarked for someone else, but…” So it looks like Terri is gonna get some action!
We’re going to get to see Rachel’s gay dads, Artie’s mother, and some of Mercedes’ home life, so maybe her parents, as well. Ryan teases that Brittany has a smart older sister.
Justin Timberlake will NOT guest star. But if he ever does, he’ll play Will’s younger brother.
Looks like the Finn/Puck friendship will be back. Cory hinted that the two will join forces and team up against Finn’s new rival, Sam.
Sarah Drew will reprise her role as Suzy Pepper. Pepper will be back to offer some “sage advice”
General Show Info:
Sue Sylvester will write her memoir (no news on whether or not it will be called “I’m a Winner and You’re Fat,” but I hope to GOD it is!), and Jane Lynch will go on Borders book signing as her character.
Three new writers will be added to the team by January.
The Season 2 premiere episode, titled “Auditions,” will air on September 21st. On the episode title: “The idea is that even if you’re not in high school, everything in your daily life is an audition,” says Ryan Murphy. (2×01 “Audition”; 2×02 “Britney/Brittany”; 2×03 “Faith”)
The season finale will be Nationals in New York, so we know if they show Sectionals or Regionals that they win.
The first half of the Season 2 premiere will be looking at what the kids did over their summer vacation.
They will start the season bigger losers than they ever were, coming off their loss at Regionals.