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Glee Season 1 Episode 9

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Will encourages the Glee Club to support Artie, and asks each of them to perform in a wheelchair. Meanwhile, Kurt and Rachel compete for a big solo.

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First Episode to Make Me Cry

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By thequietvoice, Dec 23, 2012

I absolutely loved this episode's portrayal of people with disabilities. Yes, it was unrealistic, but it was unrealistic with a purpose - they showed how tough it is for people who are disabled, but they also showed that they don't need everyone's sympathy and pity. How Arty handled himself with Tina was wonderful, and I literally cried when Sue went to visit her younger sister. My feelings exploded.

I didn't love Kurt's subplot - him sacrificing himself to make his dad happy didn't sit well with me. I thought Rachel was the better singer anyway.

Still, my favorite episode of Glee yet. Oh, the feels.moreless
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Sue lets a handicap girl enter her cheerleading club, but Will thinks she's up to something. Actually, she pays respect for the girl since her own older sister is handicap. The Glee Club members are all caught in a wheelchair to share Arty's feelings.moreless

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By SunGemini, Feb 09, 2011

Arty cannot make it to Sectionals on a bus, and the members of Glee Club are not willing to make a bake sale to support their friend. Will makes every member of Glee Club stay in a wheelchair for three hours a day to feel what their friend feels. They decide to throw a bake sale, with all the misery it may bring along. A handicap girl shows up at Sue's cheerleading auditions and she is willing to take her in her team, but Will thinks she is up to something. Sue's more personal life is revealed as she visits her older sister at an institution, where she is revealed to be handicap (very sad part). Quinn runs out of money for pregnancy treatments, Puck tries to help her, and Kurt and Rachel fight to conquer the lead of a female-sang song.moreless
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By Jaychris135, Dec 31, 2010

I have to say this one of the best episodes I have seen yet. It was a very touching episode. I like it how the show is dealing with handicaps. That makes the show a bit different. I also was surprised and very touched to see Sue with here sister.

I loved to see how the father of Kurt tried to deal that he son is gay How he is struggling and try his best to come along with that.

And last but not least I was happy to see Terri wasn't again in an episode. I do not like her much. It is a very boring character for me.moreless
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Touching although one of the weaker episodes

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By 24Ashan24, Aug 29, 2010

I enjoyed that the plot arch deterred from Will, Finn, Quinn although we did see and hear about them. Puck shows that he has substance feelings and desire to have a family life with Quinn. Kurt sabotages his defying gravity solo on purpose after watching his father become ridiculed due to his sexual preference and they have a very touching scene in the garage where we are introduced to the fact that they may have found common ground. The biggest character revelation was with Sue. She picks a new member of the cheerios who is developmentally disabled. Throughout the episode I think all were holding our breath to see how she crushes her. But oh no we see a side of her that has an emotional investment in this as her sister is also developmentally disabled. I enjoyed that Artie did not sacrifice his values when it came to women also. This episode was overall well but not on my favorite list.moreless
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not my favourite but still good.

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By bellagirl_008, Jun 09, 2010

While ceratainly not the best episode of the season it's still very good, there were some excellent moments and Noah has this great chemistry not only with rachel, but with quin, it's the sign of a good actor. I really liked seing more of artie he has an incredible voice much beter than finns i thought it was silly that the asian girl ( sorry i can't remeber her name) had been faking her stutter for all that time, and how touching was it seing that sue really does have a heart and cares about her little sister. I can't wait to see next week and would really like to hear more of mercedes and artie singing wise.

See you next week fellow gleeks.moreless
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Matthew Morrison	Will Shuester
Jane Lynch	Sue Sylvester
Jessalyn Gilsig	Terri Schuester
Jayma Mays	Emma Pillsbury
Lea Michele	Rachel Berry
Cory Monteith	Finn Hudson

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Cheryl Francis Harrington	Nurse	Guest Star
Lauren Potter	Becky Jackson	Guest Star
Aaron Fotheringham	Artie's Wheel Chair Double	Guest Star
Naya Rivera	Santana Lopez	Recurring Role
Josh Sussman	Jacob Ben Israel	Recurring Role
Dijon Talton	Matt Rutherford	Recurring Role

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- Music featured in this episode:
  • "Dancing With Myself" by Nouvelle Vague.
  • "Dancing With Myself" by Generation X.
  • "Defying Gravity" from Wicked.
  • "Proud Mary" by Tina Turner.
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- When Artie is singing "Dancing With Myself" shots of two different wheel chairs were used as one had supports on the back to prevent falling over and one did not.
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- Rachel: (About the bus) We didn't think you would take it personally.
  Artie: Well, you're irritating most of the time, but we don't take that personally.
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- Quinn: (to Finn) Somewhere in that pea brain of yours is a man. Access him and tell him to prove to me that I chose the right guy to have a baby with.
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- Puck: $1,200. That's enough for the short bus and two cases of Natty Light for the ride home.
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- Kurt: We're doing this amazing song for Sectionals, a personal favorite of mine, and Mr. Schuester won't give me a chance to sing it.
  Kurt's dad: Why?
  Kurt: It's traditionally sung by a girl.
  Kurt's dad: Well, you sing like a girl. You know...in a good way.
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- Kurt: We all know I'm more popular than Rachel, and I dress better than her.
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- Rachel: (After Mr. Schuester makes Kurt and Rachel compete for a solo) Maybe one of these days you'll find a way to create teaching moments without ruining my life.
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- Sue: I'm about to projectile express myself all over your Hush Puppies.
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- Mercedes: (About Defying Gravity) Why do we need to go all vanilla on this song? See, what we need is my chocolate thunder.
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- Quinn: I don't care if that baby comes out with a mohawk, I will go to my grave swearing it's Finn's.
  Puck: It would be pretty awesome if it came out with a mohawk.
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- Finn: I almost got in at Olive Garden, but they said I was too tall to be a busboy.
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- Will: McKinley needs ramps.
  Sue: No...way. Those are what I call "lazy-makers". They discourage our able-bodied students from getting their proper exercise by using the stairs.
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- Finn: Mr. Schu, kids are busier than when you went here. We've got homework, and football, teen pregnancy... lunch.
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- Sue: If I have a pregnant girl doing a handspring into a double layout, the judges aren't going to be admiring her impeccable form, they're going to be wondering if the centrifugal force is going to make the baby's head start crowning.
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- Artie: (to Tina) I wanna be very clear: I still have the use of my penis.
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- Sue: You think this is hard? Try auditioning for Baywatch and being told that they're going in another direction. That was hard.
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- International Episode Titles:
  Czech Republic: Na vozíku (On a Wheelchair)
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- At the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards "Wheels" earned two nominations:
  -Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, Mike O'Malley as Burt Hummel
  -Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, Paris Barclay
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- This episode was nominated for the 2010 Directors Guild Award for "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy", and, the Cinema Audio Society Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Series".
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- Actors connections:
  
  -Jane Lynch ("Sue") and Cheryl Francis Harrington ("the nurse") also worked together in the Boston Public episode "Chapter Twenty-Four".
  
  -Iqbal Theba ("Principal Figgins") and Cheryl Francis Harrington ("the nurse") also worked together in the Judging Amy episode "The Last Word".
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- Original International Air Dates:
  Australia: November 19, 2009 on Channel Ten
  Latin America: January 14, 2010 on Canal Fox
  Sweden: January 21, 2010 on TV4
  Norway: February 14, 2010 on TV2
  United Kingdom: March 1, 2010 on E4/E4 HD
  Czech Republic: October 31, 2010 on Prima COOL
  Slovakia: March 20, 2011 on JOJ
  Bulgaria: May 28, 2011 on bTV Comedy
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- Although credited, neither Jayma Mays (Emma Pilsbury) nor Jessalyn Gilsig (Terri Schuester) appeared in this episode.
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- The storyline involving Kurt ( Chris Colfer) wanting to sing "Defying Gravity" came from the actor's own life. Every year in high school Chris begged to sing the song at the annual talent show, but was turned down because it was a "girl's song".
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