The New Rachel

"The New Rachel"
Glee episode
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 1
Directed by	Brad Falchuk
Written by	Ryan Murphy
Featured music	"Sister Christian" "Call Me Maybe" "Americano" / "Dance Again" "Never Say Never" "New York State of Mind" "It's Time" "Chasing Pavements"
Production code	4ARC01
Original air date	September 13, 2012 (2012-09-13)
Guest appearance(s)
Whoopi Goldberg as Carmen Tibideaux Kate Hudson as Cassandra July Mike O'Malley as Burt Hummel Vanessa Lengies as Sugar Motta Alex Newell as Wade "Unique" Adams Samuel Larsen as Joe Hart Melissa Benoist as Marley Rose Dean Geyer as Brody Weston Jacob Artist as Jake Puckerman Becca Tobin as Kitty Wilde Josh Sussman as Jacob Ben Israel Trisha Rae Stahl as Millie Rose Amanda Jane Cooper as Beatrice McClaine
Episode chronology
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"The New Rachel" is the premiere episode of the fourth season of the American musical television series Glee, and the sixty-seventh episode overall. Written by Ryan Murphy and directed by Brad Falchuk, it aired on Fox in the United States on September 13, 2012. The episode features Rachel (Lea Michele) beginning school at the New York Academy of the Dramatic Arts (NYADA), while at McKinley High, the national champion New Directions glee club must regroup after losing eight seniors to graduation. Special guest star Kate Hudson makes her first appearance as Rachel's dance instructor, Cassandra July, and Whoopi Goldberg returns as NYADA dean Carmen Tibideaux.

Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) accidentally offends Cassandra July (Kate Hudson), her dance instructor at the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYADA) in New York City, who begins to push Rachel as much as she can. Rachel also befriends upperclassman Brody Weston (Dean Geyer), who helps her adjust to life in the dorm. Rachel later confronts Cassandra about her bullying attitude towards her. To affirm her superiority to Rachel, Cassandra performs a mashup of Lady Gaga's "Americano" with Jennifer Lopez's "Dance Again".

In Lima, Ohio, glee club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) reunites with the returning members of New Directions—Artie Abrams (Kevin McHale), Tina Cohen-Chang (Jenna Ushkowitz), Brittany Pierce (Heather Morris), Sam Evans (Chord Overstreet), Blaine Anderson (Darren Criss), Sugar Motta (Vanessa Lengies), and Joe Hart (Samuel Larsen)—who have become popular after winning Nationals. He announces that Wade "Unique" Adams (Alex Newell) has transferred to William McKinley High School to join New Directions.

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