Season Two

Season Two of Glee aired between September 21, 2010 and May 24, 2011. The season aired in the 8pm (ET) time slot every Tuesday. The season was produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Ryan Murphy Television, with series creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk as executive producers, alongside Dante Di Loreto.

The series focuses on a high school Glee Club called the New Directions, set within the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio.

Season Two follows the club through the sectional, regional and national show choir competitions. Season Two also introduced several new characters, such as Blaine Anderson, Sam Evans, Shannon Beiste, and Sunshine Corazon, as well as Heather Morris (Brittany S. Pierce), Mike O'Malley (Burt Hummel), and Naya Rivera Dorsey being promoted to the main cast, as their characters were only recurring in Season One. Ashley Fink's (Lauren Zizes) and Harry Shum Jr.'s (Mike Chang) respective roles were increased in the show.

Main Cast

 * Dianna Agron as Quinn Fabray (22/22)
 * Kevin McHale as Artie Abrams (22/22)
 * Lea Michele as Rachel Berry (22/22)
 * Cory Monteith as Finn Hudson (22/22)
 * Heather Morris as Brittany Pierce (22/22)
 * Matthew Morrison as Will Schuester (22/22)
 * Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones (22/22)
 * Naya Rivera Dorsey as Santana Lopez (22/22)
 * Jenna Ushkowitz as Tina Cohen-Chang (22/22)
 * Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel (21/22)  (episodes 1-12, 14-22)
 * Mark Salling as Noah Puckerman (20/22)  (episodes 1-3, 6-22)
 * Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester (17/22)  (episodes 1-3, 5-8, 10-11, 13-17, 19-21)
 * Jayma Mays as Emma Pillsbury (13/22)  (episodes 2-3, 5, 9-10, 13-15, 17-19, 21-22)
 * Mike O'Malley as Burt Hummel (8/22)  (episodes 3-4, 8, 11, 14-15, 18, 20)
 * Jessalyn Gilsig as Terri Del Monico (6/22)  (episodes 2, 7, 10, 17, 19, 21)

Special Guest Stars

 * John Stamos as Carl Howell (4/22)  (episodes 2, 5, 9, 15)
 * Jonathan Groff as Jesse St. James (3/22)  (episodes 20-22)
 * Cheyenne Jackson as Dustin Goolsby (3/22)  (episodes 1, 17, 22)
 * Gwyneth Paltrow as Holly Holliday (3/22)  (episodes 7, 15, 17)
 * Barry Bostwick as Tim Stanwick (1/22)  (episode 5)
 * Carol Burnett as Doris Sylvester (1/22)  (episode 8)
 * Kristin Chenoweth as April Rhodes (1/22)  (episode 19)
 * Katie Couric as herself (1/22)  (episode 11)
 * Loretta Devine as Sr. Mary Constance (1/22)  (episode 9)
 * Kathy Griffin as Tammy Jean Albertson (1/22)  (episode 9)
 * Patti LuPone as herself (1/22)  (episode 22)
 * Meat Loaf Aday as Barry Jeffries (1/22)  (episode 5)
 * Britney Spears as herself (1/22)  (episode 2)

Guest Stars

 * Harry Shum Jr. as Mike Chang (22/22)
 * Chord Overstreet as Sam Evans (21/22)  (episodes 1, 3-22)
 * Ashley Fink as Lauren Zizes (17/22)  (episodes 2, 6-7, 9-22)
 * Lauren Potter as Becky Jackson (14/22)  (episodes 1-2, 5-8, 10-14, 17, 19-21)
 * Max Adler as Dave Karofsky (13/22)  (episodes 1-2, 4-11, 17-18, 20)
 * Darren Criss as Blaine Anderson (13/22)  (episodes 6-7, 9-12, 14-18, 20, 22)
 * Iqbal Theba as Principal Figgins (12/22)  (episodes 1-3, 5-7, 10-11, 13-14, 18, 20)
 * Dot-Marie Jones as Shannon Beiste (11/22)  (episodes 1-3, 6-8, 10-12, 14-15)
 * James Earl III as Azimio Adams (11/22)  (episodes 1-5, 9-11 17-10)
 * Josh Sussman as Jacob Ben Israel (6/22)  (episodes 1-2, 6, 17-20)
 * Romy Rosement as Carole Hudson-Hummel (3/22)  (episodes 3, 8, 11)
 * Charice as Sunshine Corazon (3/22)  (episodes 1, 17, 22)

Co-Stars

 * Telly Leung as Wes (7/22)  (episodes 6, 9, 11-12, 15-16, 18)
 * Titus Makin Jr. as David (7/22)  (episodes 6, 9, 11-12, 15-16, 18)
 * Dominic Barnes as Trent (6/22)  (episodes 9, 11-12, 15-16, 18)
 * Riker Lynch as Jeff (6/22)  (episodes 9, 11-12, 15-16, 18)
 * Eddy Martin as Thad (6/22)  (episodes 9, 11-12, 15-16, 18)
 * Curt Mega as Nick (6/22)  (episodes 9, 11-12, 15-16, 18)

Major Events

 * Kurt transferring to Dalton as a result of his being bullied by Karofsky, who himself is struggling with his sexuality.
 * The blossoming relationship between Kurt and Blaine, which itself grows romantically.
 * New relationships following the breaking up of Artie and Tina: Artie and Brittany and Mike and Tina.
 * Artie wanting Tina back, causing him to join the football team.
 * Santana's sexuality and her coming to terms with her romantic feelings for Brittany.
 * Santana and Karofsky created the Bully Whips and becoming each other's beard to hide their sexuality and win the prom king and queen.
 * The Artie/Brittany/Santana love triangle.
 * Finn-Quinn, Santana-Karofsky and Puck-Lauren candidated themselves to be prom king and queen.
 * New members of New Directions, Sam and Lauren.
 * Puck's relationship with Lauren.
 * Finn and Rachel relationship, Sam and Quinn relationship, Finn and Quinn relationship, Sam and Santana relationship and Jesse and Rachel relationship and the thus arising Rachel/Finn/Quinn, Sam/Quinn/Finn, Quinn/Sam/Santana and Finn/Rachel/Jesse love triangles.
 * Will's relationship with Emma and Holly and Emma's relationship with Will and Carl and thus arising the rivalry between Will and Carl.
 * Sue continued her plan to destroy New Directions, leading her to create the League of Doom.
 * Rivalry between Rachel and Sunshine.
 * Burt Hummel getting married to Carole Hudson, making Finn and Kurt step-brothers.
 * Jean's death.

Trivia

 * There were no episodes in Season Two which featured all of the credited main cast, though eight episodes did feature all but one credited cast member (three of those didn't feature Jessalyn Gilsig as Terri Del Monico, and five didn't feature Mike O'Malley as Burt Hummel).
 * Two couples broke up over the summer - Quinn/Puck and Artie/Tina.
 * The first season to feature original songs.
 * The only season not to feature at least one Kelly Clarkson song.
 * Three cast members sang for the first time this season: Heather Morris (dozen), Harry Shum Jr. (twice) and Ashley Fink (once).
 * Dianna Agron, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Heather Morris, Matthew Morrison, Amber Riley, Naya Rivera, Jenna Ushkowitz, and guest star Harry Shum Jr. appeared in all of the episodes.
 * This is the only season:
 * Mike O'Malley (Burt Hummel) appeared as a main cast member.
 * Lauren was a member of New Directions.
 * A solo is sung in every episode.
 * This is the highest viewed season of Glee with an average of 10.11 million viewers.