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Glee

Guilty Pleasures

TV Flash files “Guilty Pleasures” as hour 83 of 121 in the TV Flash guide — Glee (2009–2015) on Fox, season 4, episode 17, aired 2013-03-21, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S04E17: listed hour 83 of 121 in the Glee guide, hour 17 of 22 in season 4. It aired 2013-03-21 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Feud” (S04E16). Next is “Shooting Star” (S04E18).

Glee — Guilty Pleasures (S04E17)

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The members of New Directions tackle their musical indulgences - the songs and groups that everyone is too embarrassed to admit that they love -.

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Where does Guilty Pleasures sit in the Glee guide?

S04E17 is listed hour 83 of 121 — hour 17 of 22 in season 4, season 4 episode 17.

When did Glee S04E17 air?

Guilty Pleasures aired 2013-03-21 and is listed at 60 minutes.

Early Glee or the whole run?

Impact peaked early as a Fox event that launched stars and singles. Later seasons (through 2015) divided fans on how hard the phenomenon was worked.

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Why this series still plays

Show choir as a Billboard weather system: mashups, slushies, and Jane Lynch's Sue as a comic superweapon. Glee turned high-school musical into a Fox event that launched stars and singles — then split the room on how hard the later seasons worked the phenomenon.

The first look is a slushie stain and a mashup, which is to say costume and chart position in the same frame. A high-school glee club fights for respect while belting pop covers — music, identity, and teen soap fused into a Fox phenomenon. Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan (2009–2015) made show choir a Billboard weather system: Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Chris Colfer, Jane Lynch's Sue as a comic superweapon in a tracksuit, Matthew Morrison, Amber Riley. Songs routinely charted. Mashups and slushies…

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