Glee: Season One, Volume One
The smash hit debut from Fox has made it home to DVD!
“Glee” is centered on the drama of the McKinley High School show choir, New Directions. Spanish teacher William Schuester is not content with the way his life has turned out, and looks back on his MHS days as a Glee stud with envy. The Glee club won Nationals his senior year, and he hasn’t been able to grasp glory since. When the current director is ousted due to inappropriate student relations, Will jumps at the chance to lead the club.
He comes up with a new name, and holds auditions. Six students respond to the first casting call, and all six turn out to be excellent singers. Rachel, the female lead singer tells Mr. Schue that he’ll need to find someone that can match her vocally, or the club won’t have a prayer at success. Also, all of the current Glee members are social rejects that could potentially drive the club into the ground. Will turns to guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury for advice, and she tells him to get a couple of popular kids in the club. She’s also harboring a secret crush on the married Mr. Schuester.
In an act of desperation, Will plants drugs in the football quarterback’s locker, and gives him the option of joining Glee or severe punishment. Since Finn can match Rachel vocally, she is glad to continue with the club. When Will’s wife announces she’s pregnant, Will decides to quit teaching, but is inspired when he walks in on his club singing Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin.”
Throughout the season, more students join Glee, and bump the club into a status eligible to compete (12 people or more). Will discovers he has feelings for Emma, and that his wife is faking the pregnancy. Emma gets engaged to Coach Ken Tanaka, but he calls off the wedding. Sue Sylvester, the hilarious coach of the National Champion Cheerios (cheerleaders), plots to bring down the Glee club, but is thwarted at every turn. Finn’s girlfriend, Quinn, reveals she’s pregnant, but the father is another Glee member – Finn’s best friend, Puck. Mercedes, with a larger-than-life voice, falls for the club’s only gay member, Kurt.
There is so much more to this amazing show, but it is too much to cover here. The drama is at times heartbreaking, at times brilliant. The writing is out-of-this-world (with many of the best lines going to Jane Lynch as the crazy-awesome Sue), the cast is largely untested (but awesome nonetheless), and the fans are ravenous for more. This show is truly a must-see!