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'Glee' Stars Then & Now Because Heading Into Season 6 The Cast Has Really, Really Changed
It’s hard to believe that Glee is starting Season 6 — its final season — mid-year, and all of our favorite ex-students at McKinley High School will soon be fading memories (cue Kurt singing the popular song from Cats). Glee began airing in 2009, and a lot has changed since the first season started on Fox. The Glee cast has grown up, they’ve matured, they’ve fought — we may never really know what happened between Naya Rivera and Lea Michele — they’ve had children, and they’ve lost one of their own.
Because it is almost time for the show’s final season, it seems only right that they return to their roots and really focus around McKinley High School, or more specifically, the glee club, which initially brought the group of misfits together. It is already known that Rachel will return to McKinley after a failed television career, and we are also promised that old series regulars, like Puck and Quinn, will return as guest stars on the show.
As an homage to the show's legacy — because even if it has fallen off the wagon a little in the recent seasons, it still paved the way for shows of its kind — let’s look back at the cast from the beginning of the show, and now.
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Rachel Season 1
Rachel as an ingénue, as I am sure she’d like to be referred to.
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Rachel Now
Just five seasons later, Rachel’s dream came true.
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Kurt Season 1
Back when he was called “Porcelain” by Sue.
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Kurt Now
It only took five seasons, but the costume department became much kinder to him.
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Blaine Season 2
Don’t you still get excited when you think of Blaine singing “Teenage Dream” with the Warblers.
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Blaine Now
He’s always looked good in a suit.
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Santana, Brittany, and Quinn Season 1
Still waiting for an explanation on why the “Cheerios” wore only their cheer uniforms to school, and nothing else.
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Santana Now
Her wardrobe, though.
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Brittany Now
She’s a genius, you guys!
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Quinn Now
Quinn is a walking Anthroplogie ad.
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Mercedes Season 1
Mercedes might be a touring recording artist now…
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Mercedes Now
But she still owns the same style she’s always owned.
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Sam Season 2
I have a theory about Sam. He’s like a fine wine…
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Sam Now
He only gets better with age, am I right?
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Tina Season 1
Remember when Tina had that bizarre “goth” phase and then it just stopped (along with her stutter)?
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Tina Now
Now she’s still saying really inappropriately timed things, but now in more colorful clothes.
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Puck Season 1
Pass. The. Ball. Puck.
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Puck Now
Damn.
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Artie Season 1
Artie’s look then and now has surprisingly not changed that much.
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Artie Now
He did get a more updated haircut, because the Bieber sweep is so 2000-and-late.
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