Funeral (17 May 2011)

Multiple former winer Jesse St. James has been hired as consultant to prepare for the nationals. He gets Will to organize soloist auditions, at which he tries to undermine everybody's ... See full summary »

Director:

Bradley Buecker

Writers:

Ryan Murphy (creator), Brad Falchuk (creator),

Stars:

Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Jessalyn Gilsig

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Dianna Agron	...	Quinn Fabray
Chris Colfer	...	Kurt Hummel
Jessalyn Gilsig	...	Terri Schuester
Jane Lynch	...	Sue Sylvester
Jayma Mays	...	Emma Pillsbury
Kevin McHale	...	Artie Abrams
Lea Michele	...	Rachel Berry
Cory Monteith	...	Finn Hudson
Heather Morris	...	Brittany Pierce
Matthew Morrison	...	Will Schuester
Mike O'Malley	...	Burt Hummel (credit only)
Amber Riley	...	Mercedes Jones
Naya Rivera	...	Santana Lopez
Mark Salling	...	Noah 'Puck' Puckerman
Jenna Ushkowitz	...	Tina Cohen-Chang

Storyline

Multiple former winer Jesse St. James has been hired as consultant to prepare for the nationals. He gets Will to organize soloist auditions, at which he tries to undermine everybody's confidence before applauding Rachel. Meanwhile Fin and Kurt, who each lost a parent, volunteer to help boxing and insist the choir must perform at the funeral of arch-enemy Sue's beloved, utterly different sister Jean Sylvester.

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Plot Keywords:

funeral | returning character killed off | death of sister | dead sister | loss of sister | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Music | Musical | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 May 2011 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Productions, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Rachel's ponytail jumps on and off her shoulder between shots while she sings "My Man".

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Quotes

Will Schuester: I was thinking we'd do one group number and one duet.
Finn Hudson: Yeah, Rachel and I should sing a duet. We killed it last year at Regionals with "Faithfully".
Quinn Fabray: Yeah, killed us. We lost.

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Connections

References Weekend at Bernie's (1989)

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Soundtracks

"My Man"
(uncredited)
Written by Albert Willemetz, Jacques Charles and Maurice Yvain
Performed by Lea Michele

User Reviews

'I miss my sister so much it feels like piece of me has been ripped off. Just one more time I want to hold her. Just ten more seconds— is that too much to ask?"

Well this episode was one of the best of the mid-season at least! |We are heading to nationals,and New Directions, hires Jesse St as a consultant to help them develop a strategy for winning the upcoming Nationals competition.They are doing a competition about who will do the solo to new york !I believe this was the boring part of the episode because the songs were nothing special except of back to black (Santana) and my man,one of the best Rachel's performances!Jesse was pretty annoying during the episode.The unfortunate event of the episode but also the thing that made this episode special was the death of Sue sister. Sue allows Finn Hudson and Kurt to plan Jean's funeral. Glee club performed Jean's favorite song Pure Imagination" from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. It was very emotional scene! We finally see Sue's hurt! She loved her sister and she lost her. So after glee did that to her she decided to be friend with them even with Will. But the best scene, which probably could make many people cry was when Sue welcomed Becky back to the Cheerios and then asked her for a hug. A hug meant for her sister. Also a very important thing is Finn's telling Quinn to break up. Well we saw that coming. But it was the right thing to do? Because Rachel seems to be very close with Jessie and Quinn seems to have a plan for New York. It was a nice episode, sad though but that is what makes it unforgettable. Now we are just waiting for the finale in New york!