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"Bad Reputation" is the seventeenth episode of the American television series, Glee. The episode premiered on the Fox network on May 4, 2010. It was directed by Elodie Keene, and written by series creator Ian Brennan. In "Bad Reputation", cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) is publicly ridiculed when a video of her dancing to Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" is posted on YouTube. A salacious list about members of the glee club circulates the school, leading certain members to try to earn themselves a bad reputation. Newton-John guest-stars as herself in the episode, and Molly Shannon makes her first appearance in a recurring role. Following their romance in the episode "Mash-Up", club members Rachel (Lea Michele) and Puck (Mark Salling) are reunited, a decision made by the producers due to the unexpected popularity of the pairing.
The episode features cover versions of five songs, all of which were released as singles, available for digital download, and two of which are included on the soundtrack album Glee: The Music, Volume 3 – Showstoppers. "Bad Reputation" was watched by 11.62 million American viewers and received mixed reviews from critics. Darren Franich of Entertainment Weekly and Bobby Hankinson of the Houston Chronicle both considered it a return to form following disappointing episodes. Franich also praised the episode's cover version of "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice, which in contrast was criticized by Raymund Flandez of The Wall Street Journal and Gerrick D. Kennedy of the Los Angeles Times, with Kennedy deeming the performance his least favorite moment of the entire series thus far.
Original Release
05/04/2010
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
Ian Brennan, Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk
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 |
Jonathan Groff | Jesse St. James |
Molly Shannon | Brenda Castle |
Iqbal Theba | Principal Figgins |
Patrick Gallagher | Ken Tanaka |
Stephen Tobolowsky | Sandy Ryerson |
Naya Rivera | Santana Lopez |
James Earl | Azimio |
Max Adler | Dave Karofsky |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ian Brennan | Executive Producer |
Dante Di Loreto | Executive Producer |
Brad Falchuk | Executive Producer |
Ryan Murphy | Executive Producer |
Bradley Buecker | Producer |
Alexis Martin Woodall | Producer |
Jennifer Morrison | Producer |
Michael Novick | Producer |
Kenneth J. Silverstein | Producer |
Zachary Woodlee | Producer |