Prom Queen (Glee)

"Prom Queen"
Glee episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 20
Directed by	Eric Stoltz
Written by	Ian Brennan
Featured music	"Rolling in the Deep" "Isn't She Lovely" "Friday" "Jar of Hearts" "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You" "Dancing Queen"
Production code	2ARC20
Original air date	May 10, 2011 (2011-05-10)
Guest appearance(s)
Jonathan Groff as Jesse St. James Iqbal Theba as Principal Figgins Charlotte Ross as Judy Fabray Harry Shum, Jr. as Mike Chang Chord Overstreet as Sam Evans Darren Criss as Blaine Anderson Ashley Fink as Lauren Zizes Max Adler as Dave Karofsky Josh Sussman as Jacob Ben Israel Mary Gillis as Mrs. Hagberg Lauren Potter as Becky Jackson
Episode chronology
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"Prom Queen" is the twentieth episode of the second season of the American musical television series Glee, and the forty-second overall. It aired May 10, 2011 on Fox in the United States. The episode was written by series creator Ian Brennan, directed by Eric Stoltz, and featured the return of guest star Jonathan Groff. In "Prom Queen", the McKinley High School glee club New Directions is tapped to provide the music for the school's junior prom. The episode shows the myriad dramas surrounding a high school prom, with the high-stakes race for prom king and queen that involves five members of the glee club, students scrambling to find dates and outfits, and the delights and disappointments of the prom itself.

Upon its initial airing, this episode was viewed by 9.29 million American viewers and garnered a 3.7/11 Nielsen rating/share in the 18–49 demographic. The total viewership was up slightly from the previous episode, "Rumours". The episode received mixed reviews, which generally favored the final segment with the prom king and queen denouement over the earlier portions of the show. The music, however, was mostly received with enthusiasm, and special praise was given to the pre-prom renditions of "Rolling in the Deep" and "Isn't She Lovely". Six songs were covered, all of which were released as singles and charted on the Billboard Hot 100.

As the McKinley High junior prom approaches, Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith) and Quinn Fabray (Dianna Agron) are front-runners to be crowned prom king and queen. Contender Noah "Puck" Puckerman (Mark Salling) learns that his relationship with Lauren Zizes (Ashley Fink) has damaged his bad boy reputation, and resolves to restore it by spiking the prom punch bowl. Meanwhile, Dave Karofsky (Max Adler) and Santana Lopez (Naya Rivera) intensify their election efforts with their anti-bullying group, the Bully Whips.

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