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"Mattress", also known as "Once Upon a Mattress", is the twelfth episode of the American television series Glee. The episode premiered on the Fox network on December 2, 2009. It was written by series creator Ryan Murphy and directed by Elodie Keene. In "Mattress", the glee club discovers that they are going to be omitted from the school yearbook. Club member Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) has the team cast in a local mattress commercial in an attempt to raise their social status. Glee club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) discovers that his wife Terri (Jessalyn Gilsig) has been faking her pregnancy.
The episode features cover versions of four songs, studio recordings of three of which were released as singles, available for digital download, and are also included on the album Glee: The Music, Volume 2. "Mattress" was watched by 8.15 million US viewers, Glee's series high at that point. It received mixed reviews from critics. The conclusion of the fake pregnancy storyline attracted praise, as did Gilsig and Morrison's acting, however Liz Pardue of Zap2it expressed dismay that so few songs were performed, while Raymund Flandez of the Wall Street Journal deemed "Jump" "the only memorable song of the episode".
Original Release
12/02/2009
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dianna Agron | Quinn Fabray |
Chris Colfer | Kurt Hummel |
Jessalyn Gilsig | Terri Schuester / Terri del Monico |
Jane Lynch | Sue Sylvester |
Jayma Mays | Emma Pillsbury |
Kevin McHale | Artie Abrams |
Lea Michele | Rachel Berry |
Cory Monteith | Finn Hudson |
Matthew Morrison | Will Schuester |
Amber Riley | Mercedes Jones |
Directors
Writers
Creators
Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dianna Agron | Quinn Fabray |
Chris Colfer | Kurt Hummel |
Jessalyn Gilsig | Terri Schuester / Terri del Monico |
Jane Lynch | Sue Sylvester |
Jayma Mays | Emma Pillsbury |
Kevin McHale | Artie Abrams |
Lea Michele | Rachel Berry |
Cory Monteith | Finn Hudson |
Matthew Morrison | Will Schuester |
Amber Riley | Mercedes Jones |
Mark Salling | Noah Puckerman / Noah 'Puck' Puckerman |
Jenna Ushkowitz | Tina Cohen-Chang |
Patrick Gallagher | Ken Tanaka |
Iqbal Theba | Principal Figgins |
John Ross Bowie | Dennis |
Naya Rivera | Santana Lopez |
Heather Elizabeth Morris | Brittany S. Pierce |
Harry Shum Jr. | Mike Chang |
Dijon Talton | Matt Rutherford |
Bill A. Jones | Rod Remington |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ryan Murphy | Executive Producer |
Ian Brennan | Executive Producer |
Dante Di Loreto | Executive Producer |
Brad Falchuk | Executive Producer |
Bradley Buecker | Producer |
Alexis Martin Woodall | Producer |
Jennifer Morrison | Producer |
Michael Novick | Producer |
Kenneth J. Silverstein | Producer |
Zachary Woodlee | Producer |