" Mattress ", also known as "Once Upon a Mattress ", is the twelfth episode of the American television series Glee . The premiere episode on Fox's network on December 2, 2009. It was written by the creator of the Ryan Murphy series and directed by Elodie Keene. In the "Mattress", the club is happy to find that they will be eliminated from the school yearbook. Club members Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) have teams that play a role in local mattress advertising in an effort to improve their social status. Glee club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) discovered that his wife Terri (Jessalyn Gilsig) had faked her pregnancy.
This episode features a cover version of four songs, studio recording of three released as singles, available for digital downloads, and also included in Glee's album: The Music, Volume 2 . "Mattress" was watched by 8.15 million US audiences, the series Glee high at the time. It received mixed reviews from critics. The conclusion of the false pregnancy storyline drew praise, as did Gilsig and Morrison acting, but Liz Pardue from Zap2it expressed dismay that so few songs were performed, while Raymund Flandez of the Wall Street Journal considered "Jump" the only catchy song of the episode ".
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Plot
Cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) convinces Principal Figgins (Iqbal Theba) not to include happy club photos in school yearbooks, as in previous years, the happy club photos have been severely damaged in the yearbook library by fellow students. Club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) personally purchased a small portion of the ad space in the book so a photo featuring at least two members could be included. Afraid of unpopularity, the club nominated Rachel (Lea Michele) to represent them in the photo. Rachel convinces Finn (Cory Monteith) to appear next to him, but after being teased by his comrades, he resigns. When it happened that the school photographer (John Ross Bowie) immediately directed the ad to his brother-in-law, the owner of the local mattress store, Rachel convinced him to throw the jubilant club in it, believing that the status of local celebrities would prevent other students mocking them.
Will is disappointed to learn that his close friend, counselor counsel Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays), has arranged to marry his fiancée, football coach Ken Tanaka (Patrick Gallagher), on the same day the club is happy to compete elsewhere. Will goes on to discover that his wife Terri (Jessalyn Gilsig) has been lying to her for months about her supposed pregnancy. She actually had a hysterical pregnancy and hid the truth from her for several months by wearing a pregnancy book under her clothes, while planning to secretly adopt Quinn's baby (Dianna Agron). Will walked over to her and spent the night at school, sleeping on one of the mattresses given to the club happily in payment for their advertisement.
Sue tells Will clubs that accept payments for commercials revoke their amateur status, and thus their eligibility to compete in parts. Quinn, who has been trying to convince Sue to let her appear in a cheerleading photo despite being expelled from the team due to her pregnancy, reminds Sue that as their coach she often gives cheerleader fans who will also make them unqualified for the competition.. He demanded that Sue sacrifice one of the six cheerleaders in the yearbook to the happy club. Sue agrees, and receives Quinn back to the cheerleading team, but Quinn tells her that she no longer wants to become a cheerleader. Will announce that he will not accompany the club to the part, because he is the one who accepted the payment, and thus they will only be allowed to compete without his involvement. The glee club later had their group photo taken for the yearbook, but the copies in the library were then marred by hockey player Dave Karofsky (Max Adler) and Azimio (James Earl) footballer.
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Production
"Mattress" was written by the creator of the Ryan Murphy series and directed by Elodie Keene. Recurring characters that appear in the episodes are members of the Brittany (Heather Morris) happy club, Santana Lopez (Naya Rivera), Mike Chang (Harry Shum, Jr.) and Matt Rutherford (Dijon Talton), Principal Figgins (Iqbal Theba), Ken Tanaka (Patrick Gallagher), local newscaster Rod Remington (Bill A. Jones) and Andrea Carmichael (Earlene Davis), hockey player Dave Karofsky (Max Adler) and Azimio (James Earl) footballer. John Ross Bowie guest star as school photographer Dennis, and Chuck Spitler plays his brother-in-law, shopkeeper Randy Cusperberg.
This episode features a cover version of "Smile" by Lily Allen, "Jump" by Van Halen, "Smile" by Charlie Chaplin, and "When You're Smiling" by Louis Armstrong. The studio recording of each song except "When You're Smiling" was released as a single, available for digital downloads, and also included in Glee's album: The Music, Volume 2 . Jenna Ushkowitz is considered "Jump" one of her favorite songs on the album, explaining that it's fun to appear on the mattress and compare it with "Proud Mary", performed in episode "Wheels", which utilizes wheelchair as props.
Jessalyn Gilsig refers to a confrontation between Terri and Will in "Mattress" as "The Reckoning". He describes it as sad to shoot, because he and Morrison are so invested in the story line, and explains: "What I hope to say is that you see the kid inside Terri. Gilsig commented that viewers wondered why Will had so long to discover that Terri was not really pregnant, and explained: "I think people have asked 'How slow is this guy ?!' But [in" Mattress "] Finally it will reflecting that he is a fully evolved man and putting two and two together. "He notes that while Will and Emma are" adorable together ", he still believes in Terri and Will as a couple as:" I think that he really loves her People are doing crazy things because of deep insecurity He's obviously flawed, but I think he has love in his heart. "While his fan reaction to his previous character has produced a reaction that Gilsig finds" difficult ", he hopes that" Mattress "will be the episode where" anti-Terri fans join Tim Terri ".
Reception
"Mattress" was watched by 8.15 million US viewers, series of Glee in the 2009-10 television season during its original broadcast. It achieved a 3.6/10/share ranking in demographics of 18-49, again high season show at the time, and 4.3/12 rating/share with adults 18-34, both high series and highest ranking in demographics for broadcast nights. In Canada, this is the ninth most watched show during the broadcast week, reaching 1.8 million viewers. This episode received mixed reviews from critics. Entertainment Weekly 's And Snierson writes that "Mattress" "feels like a step forward after an all-over-the-place hair throw last week," and called "poignant" "one of the best Glee ". Instead, Mike Hale of the New York Times wrote that with "Mattress", Glee seems to "take a break" ahead of the mid-season closing episode of "Sectionals". Liz Pardue from Zap2it was relieved that the "Mattress" brought the false pregnancy storyline to the end. He noted, however, that he was still dissatisfied with the episode, because the conclusion to the storyline should have come sooner, and there were too few songs to be shown.
Bobby Hankinson of the Houston Chronicle called the episode "pretty good" because he was "not crazy about the songs" but enjoyed the development of the storyline, especially the confrontation between Terri and Will. Raymund Flandez of the Wall Street Journal loves to see the "pregnant" line of conception pregnancy, and calls the appearance of "Jump" "life" and "extraordinary" action, even though he writes it is "the only song which is easy to remember from the episode ". Gerrick Kennedy of Los Angeles Times noted that in previous reviews, he was "never shy of insulting Mrs. Schuester", but his hatred for Terri "disappeared" once the lie was over, praising the confrontation between Will and Terri. MTV Aly Semigran praises the two actors, especially the "ruined Matthew Morrison" for "nailing what is scary, sad and life-changing". He considers "Jump" both "fun" and "the hottest musical number on the show to date".
References
External links
- "Mattress" on Fox.com
- "Mattress" in IMDb
- "Mattress" on TV.com
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