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Glee Episode Guide
Ballad
Season 1
Episode Number: 10
Season Episode: 10
Originally aired: Wednesday November 18, 2009
Writer: Brad Falchuk
Director: Brad Falchuk
Show Stars: Matthew Morrison (Will Shuester), Jane Lynch (Sue Sylvester), Jessalyn
Gilsig (Terri Schuester), Jayma Mays (Emma Pillsbury), Lea
Michele (Rachel Berry), Cory Monteith (Finn Hudson), Chris Colfer
(Kurt Hummel), Mark Salling (Noah ”Puck” Puckerman), Kevin McHale
(Arty Abrams), Dianna Agron (Quinn Fabray), Amber Riley (Mercedes
Jones), Jenna Ushkowitz (Tina Cohen-Chang)
Recurring Role: Naya Rivera (Santana Lopez), Romy Rosemont (Carole Hudson),
Heather Elizabeth Morris (Brittany), Dijon Talton (Matt Rutherford),
Harry Shum Jr. (Mike Chang)
Guest Stars: Gregg Henry (Russell Fabray), Charlotte Ross (Judy Fabray), Sarah
Drew (Suzy Pepper), J.R. Nutt (Edgar Newdle), Patrick Gallagher (Ken
Tanaka), Josh Sussman (Jacob Ben Israel)
Production Code: 1ARC09
Summary: The Glee kids are divided into interesting duos to sing Ballads, but
when one member falls sick a trio is formed. Rachel has a drastic
change of opinion about Mr. Schuester.
Will has the glee pair off to learn to express
emotions through ballads. He’s uncomfortable
when Rachel draws his name
and chooses the romantic ”Endless Love”
as their duet. As she sings, Rachel starts
to realize how ”super, super cute” her
teacher is. Yet Will recognizes the look on
her face...
When Quinn’s Chastity Ball dress is
too tight, her mother Judy quickly fends
it off to her quitting Cheerios.
Rachel gifts Will with a gold star-flecked tie to make him think of her. Will confides in Emma
that this is similar to a crush by his former student, Suzy Pepper. She too gave him a tie to
remember her by. Yet when Will confronted Suzy, she ate a hot pepper in despair that put her
into a coma. Will is now worried that Rachel will be too fragile to let down. Emma advises him to
sing his feelings to her in his ballad.
Wrapped up in with own problems, Finn cannot perform with his partner Kurt, who harbors a
secret crush on Finn. Kurt suggests express his frustrations about the baby through song. That
night, Finn’s mother catches him singing to a sonogram video. He breaks down and tells her the
truth about Quinn’s pregnancy.
The next morning, when Quinn argues with Finn about this, Kurt comes to Finn’s aide. He
thinks Finn’s issues have to do with girls. ”It’s enough to want to give up women all together,”
Kurt subtly hints. His goal is to help Finn so that he will later cry on Kurt’s ”shoulder pads.”
Emma accompanies Will to rehearsal with Rachel. He sings a mash-up about schoolgirl
crushes on teachers, but Rachel doesn’t hear the obvious subtext. Watching Will’s performance,
Emma is just as smitten as the student. She’s no help in his sending Rachel a clear message.
Will returns home to find Rachel there. Teri is exploiting Rachel’s crush to get the girl to do
housework. The next day, Suzy Pepper threatens Rachel to stay away from Will.
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