"Taking Chances" "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" "Tonight"
Production code
1ARC03
Original air date
September 23, 2009 (2009-09-23)
Guest appearances
Stephen Tobolowsky as Sandy Ryerson
Patrick Gallagher as Ken Tanaka
Mike O'Malley as Burt Hummel
Iqbal Theba as Principal Figgins
Jennifer Aspen as Kendra Giardi
Kurt Fuller as Mr. McClung
Naya Rivera as Santana Lopez
Heather Morris as Brittany Pierce
Harry Shum Jr. as Mike Chang
Dijon Talton as Matt Rutherford
Bill A. Jones as Rod Remington
Earlene Davis as Andrea Carmichael
Episode chronology
← Previous "Acafellas"
Next → "The Rhodes Not Taken"
Glee (season 1)
List of episodes
"Preggers" is the fourth episode of the American television series Glee. The episode premiered on the Fox network on September 23, 2009, and was written and directed by executive producer Brad Falchuk. "Preggers" sees glee club member Kurt (Chris Colfer) join the football team and come out as gay to his father, Burt (Mike O'Malley). Cheerleader Quinn (Dianna Agron) discovers she is pregnant and tells her boyfriend Finn (Cory Monteith) the baby is his, when in fact the father is his best friend Puck (Mark Salling). Faculty members Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) and Sandy Ryerson (Stephen Tobolowsky) team up in an effort to bring down the glee club, luring away a disillusioned Rachel (Lea Michele), who quits when club director Will (Matthew Morrison) refuses to award her a solo song. This episode features the first appearance of O'Malley as Burt Hummel.
"Preggers" features covers of two songs, and several dance performances of Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)". A studio recording of Michele's cover of "Taking Chances" was released as a single, available for digital download and features on the album Glee: The Music, Volume 1. The scene in which Kurt comes out to his father was based on the personal experience of series creator Ryan Murphy. Murphy's intention was to move away from previous shows he has worked on in which gay characters have not been given happy endings, by allowing Kurt to succeed and be accepted.
The episode was watched by 6.64 million United States viewers and received mixed reviews from critics. Shawna Malcom of the Los Angeles Times praised the show's fast pacing; however, The New York Times's Mike Hale felt that key characters were not given enough screen time. The football team's performance of "Single Ladies" and Kurt's coming out to his father were generally well received; however, Rachel's actions garnered little sympathy, and several reviewers commented negatively on Quinn's pregnancy, with Eric Goldman of IGN deeming it "a very soap opera plotline". However, the episode has grown in stature in later years, with many recognizing it as a key episode in building the major plotlines for the show's first season. In 2020, it was included on The Ringer's list of the 100 best television episodes of the 21st century.[1][2]
^"The 10 Best 'Glee' Episodes According to Reddit". Collider. 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
^"The Ringer's 100 Best TV Episodes of The Century". besttv.theringer.com. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
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