Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot

Original Air Date—19 May 2009
Optimistic high school teacher Will Schuester tries to refuel his own passion while reinventing McKinley High’s Glee Club and challenging a group of outcasts to realize their star potential. Going up against McKinley’s cruel high school caste system and facing harsh criticism from everyone around him, Will is determined to prove them all wrong.

Season 1, Episode 2: Showmance

Original Air Date—9 September 2009
The Glee Club performs in front of the school for the first time and pushes their performance to the limits. When Quinn realizes Rachel’s realizes her feelings for Finn, she goes to great lengths to keep her man. Meanwhile, Mr. Schuester’s wife reveals some surprising news, forcing Will to figure out a new way to make ends meet.

Season 1, Episode 3: Acafellas

Original Air Date—16 September 2009
Will forms the Acafellas, an all-male acapella vocal group, and spends more time building his own confidence than he does with the glee club. In Will’s absence, the glee club decides to hire a well-known choreographer to help coach them to Nationals. Meanwhile, Mercedes is bitten by the love bug, but her feelings aren’t reciprocated. When the Acafellas perform for the P.T.A., they get a surprise visit backstage from Josh Groban

Season 1, Episode 4: Preggers

Original Air Date—23 September 2009
Kurt takes center stage when he tries out for the football team in order to impress his dad. Sandy and Sue join forces to carry out their plans for destroying the Glee Club. Meanwhile, Quinn and Finn’s relationship is tested when they receive some life-changing news.

Season 1, Episode 5: The Rhodes Not Taken

Original Air Date—30 September 2009
Will thinks the glee club desperately needs more of an edge, so he brings in his former classmate, April Rhodes, to spice things up. Will’s plan seems to be going smoothly until he realizes he may be losing a key member of the club.

Season 1, Episode 6: Vitamin D

Original Air Date—7 October 2009
Will challenges the kids to a healthy dose of competition with boys against girls in a mashup showdown. Meanwhile, Terri takes a job as the school nurse, despite having no medical experience, to keep an eye on Will.

Season 1, Episode 7: Throwdown

Original Air Date—14 October 2009
To cause dissention among the Glee Club members, Sue forces the students to compete against each other, but the real showdown happens when she and Will get called into the principal’s office. Meanwhile, the Glee kids rally to support Quinn after some shocking news is revealed.

Season 1, Episode 8: Mash-Up

Original Air Date—21 October 2009
Inspired the by the students, Will composes a mash-up for a very special occasion. Meanwhile, in a shocking reversal of roles, McKinley High’s cool kids are dethroned in an “icy” fashion, and Sue shows off her softer side.

Season 1, Episode 9: Wheels

Original Air Date—11 November 2009
When Artie’s chances of traveling with the group to Regionals are in question, Will challenges the kids to step out of their comfort zones and experience life from a different point of view. Meanwhile, the Glee Club hosts its first “diva-off” between Kurt and Rachel, and Sue reveals a softer side.

Season 1, Episode 10: Ballad

Original Air Date—18 November 2009
Mr. Schuester splits the Glee Club into pairs to sing their favorite ballad, but when one kid gets sick, he’s forced to step in and winds up in a sticky situation. Meanwhile, Finn and Quinn have to face the music when dinner with her parents goes awry.

Season 1, Episode 11: Hairography

Original Air Date—25 November 2009
Concerned that Sue is up to no good, Will pays a visit to an instructor of a competing Glee Club to see what information Sue may be leaking, which leads to the club getting a look at their hair-rising competition. Meanwhile, Kurt gives Rachel a makeover to impress Finn, but he may have ulterior motives.

Season 1, Episode 12: Mattress

Original Air Date—2 December 2009
When the Glee Club is left out of the yearbook because of budget cuts, everyone seems to be relieved that they won’t have to suffer the ridicule of years past. Everyone except Rachel, that is, who wants her legacy cemented in print. Meanwhile, Quinn makes it her mission to be in the Cheerios yearbook photo, and Will and Terri’s relationship is shaken to its core.

Season 1, Episode 13: Sectionals

Original Air Date—9 December 2009
Sectionals is finally here for the Glee Club, but when Quinn’s secret unravels, the club may not be able to recover in time to compete. Meanwhile, Sue’s scheming hits an all-time high, and with Emma and Ken’s marriage looming, Will makes a decision that could change his life forever.

Season 1, Episode 14: Hell-O

Original Air Date—13 April 2010
Fresh off their monumental win at Sectionals, New Directions is on top of the world. With an extra spring in their step, they get to work on new numbers for Regionals. But when Rachel and Finn’s budding romance hits a bump in the road after she becomes involved with a competitor, Jesse St. James, it threatens to derail the entire club. Mr. Schuester pays a visit to Shelby Corcoran, coach of Vocal Adrenaline, to confirm Jesse’s motives. Meanwhile, Will is newly single, but is he ready to take his relationship with Emma to the next level? And to top it all off, Sue Sylvester returns from her condo in Boca with a renewed focus on destroying Will and disbanding the glee club.

Season 1, Episode 15: The Power of Madonna

Original Air Date—20 April 2010
Mr. Schuester is concerned that the girls in the glee club are being disrespected and bullied by the guys. Looking to Madonna and her musical message of equality as inspiration, he challenges the entire team to choose Madonna songs as their next assignment in the hopes that the girls embrace her strength, independence and confidence and that the guys will see the error of their misogynistic ways. The glee club takes the assignment to heart as they perform some of Madonna’s greatest hits, including “Express Yourself” and “Like A Prayer.” Meanwhile, Kurt and Mercedes give Sue a vote of confidence with a makeover that is definitely in “Vogue.”

Season 1, Episode 16: Home

Original Air Date—27 April 2010
When Kurt sets his dad, Burt (guest star Mike O’Malley), up with an unexpected partner his plan for a nuclear family may backfire. Sue demands that the Cheerios! go on a crazy diet in preparation for a big interview with “Splits” magazine and April Rhodes (guest star Kristin Chenoweth) returns to save Will and the glee club.

Season 1, Episode 17: Bad Reputation

Original Air Date—4 May 2010
When a salacious list about members of the glee club circulates the halls of McKinley High, Mr. Schuester (Matthew Morrison) begins an investigation. Meanwhile, Sue (Jane Lynch) is mortified when a video of her rendition of Olivia Newton-John’s classic “Physical” is unearthed. Special guest stars include Olivia Newton-John, Molly Shannon and Jonathan Groff.

Season 1, Episode 18: Laryngitis

Original Air Date—11 May 2010
Rachel (Lea Michele) panics when a sore throat affects her singing; Kurt (Chris Colfer) tries to change his persona to impress his father (guest star Mike O’Malley); and Puck (Mark Salling) makes a strategic move to elevate his social status.

Season 1, Episode 19: Dream On

Original Air Date—18 May 2010
In an episode directed by Emmy Award winner Joss Whedon (“Buffy The Vampire Slayer,” “Dollhouse”), Mr. Schuester’s former high school nemesis (guest star Neil Patrick Harris) causes trouble for the glee club. Rachel struggles with a life-long personal issue, and Artie’s dreams take him on an adventure. Additional guest stars include Molly Shannon, Idina Menzel and Jonathan Groff.

Season 1, Episode 20: Theatricality

Original Air Date—25 May 2010
Tina will have an identity crisis, leading Will to teach the club a lesson about theatricality, dividing it in two groups: the girls and Kurt performing Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance”, and the rest of the boys performing a Kiss number. Also, Rachel finally meets her biological mother.

Season 1, Episode 21: Funk

Original Air Date—1 June 2010
Mr. Schuester thinks he’s scored the upper hand over Sue, but learns hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Quinn connects with her “funky” side with the help of Mercedes

Season 1, Episode 22: Funk

Original Air Date—8 June 2010
Quinn gives birth to her baby. New Directions competes against Vocal Adrenaline at Regionals, in front of celebrity judges Olivia Newton-John, Josh Groban, and Sue. Guidance counsellor Emma Pillsbury tells glee club director Will Schuester that she has moved on from him, and is now dating her dentist.