Glee
Loser Like Me
TV Flash files “Loser Like Me” as the first listed hour of season 6 — Glee (2009–2015) on Fox, season 6, episode 1, aired 2015-01-09, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E01: listed hour 109 of 121 in the Glee guide, first listed hour of season 6. It aired 2015-01-09 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Untitled Rachel Berry Project” (S05E20). Next is “Homecoming” (S06E02).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After Rachel's humiliating failure as TV actress, she comes home to Lima to figure out what she wants to do next. Upon discovering that Sue has banished the arts at McKinley, Rachel takes it upon herself to reinstate and lead the Glee Club. Meanwhile, Blaine, no longer in a relationship with Kurt, has moved home to coach the Warblers while Will is coaching rival Vocal Adrenaline, and Sam is the assistant coach for the McKinley football team.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Loser Like Me sit in the Glee guide?
S06E01 is listed hour 109 of 121 — first listed hour of season 6, season 6 episode 1.
When did Glee S06E01 air?
Loser Like Me aired 2015-01-09 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.
In the series
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…
Filed against
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- Cory Monteith as Finn Hudson
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- Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel
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- Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester
Jane Lynch’s Sue Sylvester turned Glee into a comic superweapon — show choir as a Billboard weather system, mashups, slushies, Fox event television that launched stars and singles. Tracksuit as a throne. TV Flash files her as the coach…
- Matthew Morrison as Will Schuester
Matthew Morrison conducted the slushie as Will Schuester on Glee — show choir as a Billboard weather system, mashups, Jane Lynch’s Sue as a comic superweapon. Fox event that launched stars and singles, then split the room on how hard…
- Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones
Amber Riley’s Mercedes Jones made Glee a Billboard weather system you could actually hear — mashups, slushies, show choir as Fox event, Jane Lynch’s Sue as comic superweapon. High-school musical that launched stars and singles, then split…