The final notes have been sang, the final tears have been shed and the final message has been sent. With Glee Season 6 Episode 13 , this influential Fox series has come to an end. After going back five years during the opening hour of a moving finale, viewers jumped ahead to 2020, as Glee closed out its impressive run by giving us a look at where various characters ended up once their days in New Directions were truly over. To wit: Kurt and Blaine were happily living in New York City, being totally fabulous and starring at Lincoln Center in the first-ever LGBT take on Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Rachel volunteered to serve as the couple’s surrogate… and she also won a Tony Award. In her acceptance speech, Rachel thanked her husband (Jessie St. James), along with Mr. Schuester, telling the latter: “Dreams really do come true.” Mercedes remained very successful, while Sam was happily heading up the New Directions (merely one of four glee clubs at the new-and-improved, arts-based McKinley). He had also found another new girlfriend. Tina and Artie were contentedly coupled up and as cute as ever. Sue was elected for a second term as Jeb Bush’s Vice President, with Becky working as a Secret Service agent and with many track suits bearing the letters VPOTUS. Sue returned to McKinley to close out the finale in order to dedicate the Finn Hudson Auditorium and to deliver an emotional speech about how she once thought glee club was silly. However: “What I finally realized [is] it takes a lot of bravery to look around you and see the world not as it is, but as it should be: A world where the quarterback becomes best friends with the gay kid, and the girl with the big nose ends up on Broadway. Glee is about imagining a world like that and finding the courage to open up your heart and sing about it. That’s what glee club is. And for the longest time I thought that was silly. And now I think it’s just about the bravest thing that anyone can do.” 19 Greatest Glee Performances in History 1. Don’t Stop Believing It was the first and it was the best. Glee took viewers on a fun journey with the performance that concluded its perfect series premiere. 2. Defying Gravity This Wicked cover was the coming out moment for Kurt. It proved he could complete with Rachel. 3. And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going Speaking of coming out moments… sing it, Mercedes! Sing it nearly as well as Jennifer Hudson! 4. I Dreamed a Dream Rachel Berry met her mother sang this Les Miserables classic during Glee Season 1. Prior to Rachel knowing Shelby was her mother. Advertisement A message from our sponsor. 5. Faithfully Finchel forever! This was the song that started the Finn and Rachel romance. 6. Teenage Dream Teenage Dream introduced fans to Blaine Anderson. And what an introduction it was! 7. Landslide This cover included Gwyneth Paltrow and made Santana realize she had feelings for Brittany. It was beautiful. 8. Loser Like Me It took two seasons, but here it is: The first original song in Glee history. Advertisement A message from our sponsor. 9. Cool Performed during “Asian F,” this finally gave Mike Chang a storyline of his own. He crushed it. 10. Rumour Has It/Someone Like You Remember when Santana, Mercedes, Brittany and Sugar formed their own group, the Trouble Tones? This “Rumour Has It/Someone Like You” mashup was the highlight of their time together 11. Somebody That I Used to Know MATT BOMER ALERT! The gorgeous actor guest-starred as Blaine’s brother and helped him cover this massive hit. 12. Single Ladies BURT HUMMEL ALERT! Proving that he really among TV’s best-ever fathers, Burt performed “Single Ladies” for his son, Kurt. Advertisement A message from our sponsor. 13. New York State of Mind Well done, Marley Rose! We met Rachel 2.0 with this song, belted out on the Glee Season 4 premiere. 14. The Scientist Best Glee song of all-time? “The Scientist” featured the show’s four main couples breaking up: Finchel, Klaine, Brittana, and Wemma all split. Our hearts split along with them. 15. A Thousand Years You go, Jake Puckerman! This cover was easily high best moment on Glee. 16. Girl on Fire Santana Lopez departed life in Louisville for the bright lights of The Big Apple… and showed up as a legit “Girl on Fire.” Naya Rivera for all the wins! Advertisement A message from our sponsor. 17. If I Die Young Naya Rivera also sang this one, as part of Glee’s tribute to the real-life death of Cory Monteith. The title, tragically, speaks for itself. 18. I Believe in a Thing Called Love Adam Lambert believed in a thing called love during his guest-starring stint. He fit in perfectly on the show. 19. Make You Feel My Love We end on the saddest note possible. Lea Michele, as Rachel Berry, sang through her tears in paying homage to her late, real-life boyfriend. The End. Up Next: ” 19 Greatest Glee Performances in History .” We’ll be redirecting you shortly… The finale concluded with a buoyant, beautiful rendition of “I Lived,” one that featured nearly all the key players and one whose lyrics represented the show at its best: I did it all/I owned every second that this world could give/I saw so many places, the things that I did/With every broken bone, I swear I lived.
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Glee Series Finale: Where Are They Now?