Quinn Fabray (Season Two History)

This page is an episode by episode recount of Quinn Fabray in Season Two of Glee. For a Season One episode by episode recount click here.

Audition
Quinn is interviewed by Jacob Ben Israel and reveals that now that she is not pregnant she won't be crying as much as she did the previous year and that she is happy to be back at school. Quinn later performs "Empire State Of Mind" with the rest of New Directions in hopes of recruiting new members but they find that their performance was relatively unnoticed. Quinn later auditions for The Cheerios and manages to convince Sue to give her another chance. Sue makes Quinn captain once again over Santana, who goes crazy and attacks Quinn in the halls. During the fight Mr. Shue breaks them apart and mentions that they are supposed to be family to which Santana replies that Quinn already has a family as she is a mother. Quinn begins to scream at Santana, who simply walks away with Brittany. Quinn is later seen feeling bad that she has taken Santana's spot and forced her to stay on the bottom of the cheerleading pyramid.

Britney/Brittany
Quinn is among many other glee members that expresses displeasure at studying adult contemporary music and would rather perform music by Britney Spears. Brittany reveals that she is not a fan of Britney Spears as she feels completely overshadowed by the pop-star and as such Mr. Shue claims that they are not allowed to perform her music. Carl Howell later tests the kids for good dental hygiene and Quinn is among the students who come out with perfect teeth. She later performs "Toxic" with the rest of New Directions and Mr. Shue at a pep assembly and later approaches Finn with the idea that the two of them should once again date. Finn rejects Quinn and walks off, allowing Quinn to reveal to Rachel that she asked Finn out, just as Rachel wished, and he rejected her meaning that he must really love Rachel. Rachel later sings a rendition of "The Only Exception" which Quinn and the other girls join in on.

Grilled Cheesus
When Finn brings up the idea of singing songs about religion and faith in glee club, Quinn supports the idea and states that she turned to God many times during the previous year and that she would like to thank him. Santana criticizes Quinn while Puck states that he believes faith can be expressed in a number of ways. He then sings "Only The Good Die Young" and during the performance he runs up to Quinn and sings directly to her before rushing away again. Kurt's father later suffers a heart attack and Quinn comforts Kurt the next day and joins Mercedes and Tina in singing "I Look To You" in Kurt's honor. Kurt then expresses his disbelief in God, to which Quinn takes offense and states that they should not be talking about God disrespectfully.

Quinn later accompanies Mercedes, Rachel, Finn and his mother to Burt's hospital room and when questioned by Kurt, Mercedes states that she, Rachel and Quinn were praying for Burt. Later, New Directions perform "One Of Us" as a way to finish the week off.

Duets
Quinn is surprised when she hears that Puck has been arrested but nonetheless welcomes Sam Evans into the club. Santana and Kurt instantly begin to gossip about Sam who later decides to pair with Kurt in a duet competition that Mr. Shue is hosting. Sam soon has a slushie thrown in his face by Karofsky and Azimio and is washed down by Quinn, who relates her own slushie stories to him. Sam begins to flirt with Quinn by speaking Na'vi from the movie Avatar to which Quinn finds strange. After Kurt breaks his partnership with Sam, he asks Quinn to become his partner and the two practice in an astronomy class. Sam attempts to kiss Quinn but she quickly rejects him and becomes emotional, recounting that this year is about torturing Rachel and keeping Santana off her toes. Sam apologizes and Quinn leaves. Rachel later convinces Quinn to partner with Sam in order to provide healthy competition for herself and Finn, angering Quinn who believes she could beat Rachel if she tried.

Quinn and Sam decide to partner once again and sing the song "Lucky" to which Santana claims is "freakin' charming." Eventually, the two win the duet competition and a free dinner at Breadstix to which Quinn claims is not a date. While at dinner, Sam admits his admiration of Quinn's return to McKinley after the birth of her daughter and states that he too has a secret. Quinn mistakes his secret as a way of Sam coming out to her but Sam corrects her and states that he simply dies his hair. Quinn then puts their coupons away and states that Sam must pay for their first date.

Rocky Horror Glee Show
After Mr. Shue announces that the New Directions are going to put on a production of the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" he casts Quinn as a Magenta while he casts Sam as Rocky. Quinn states that Sam will nail the Rocky character as they are both cute. Later, while practicing the song "Damn It, Janet" Sam begins to mention his abs, which Quinn becomes slightly annoyed with. Quinn later performs the "Time Warp" as Magenta alongside Kurt as Riff Raff and the rest of New Directions.

Never Been Kissed
Sam talks to Finn about his problems whenever he makes out with Quinn who refuses to let him get anywhere as she wishes to wait till Prom night. Finn relates to Sam and helps Sam find an image to think about to stop him wanting sex with Quinn. Later, as the two make out, Quinn whispers to Sam to say her name and he replies with "Beiste," shocking Quinn who later goes to see Sue about the problem. Sue instructs Quinn to confront Sam publicly to which she does. Quinn and Sam run into Beiste in the hall and Quinn blames her for their "lovers quarrel" before walking off. Quinn soon performs alongside the rest of the glee girls a mash up of "Start Me Up/Livin' On A Prayer."

Coach Beiste later attempts to quit her job and Mr. Shue blames the glee club to which Finn claims it is the boys' fault for picturing Beiste in sexual situations. Quinn realizes that this is what Sam had been doing and apologizes for giving him a hard time.

The Substitute
Quinn and the rest of New Directions, apart from Rachel are thrilled when substitute teacher Holly Holiday takes over for Will when he becomes sick. Quinn, Santana and Brittany dance alongside Holly during a performance of "Forget You" and later, after Will returns, join the rest of New Directions and Holly in a mash up of "Singing In The Rain/Umbrella" led by both Will and Holly.

Furt
Rachel holds a meeting for the glee girls with boyfriends on the football team and encourages them to force the boys to stand up to Karofsky in defense of Kurt. Quinn claims that she is not dating Sam and that Rachel's idea to fight violence with violence is wrong. Sam later "proposes" to Quinn and attempts to give her a ring that would symbolize his love for her. Quinn tells him that she will think about it and leaves. After Sam and the rest of the boys get into a fight with Karofsky, Sam emerges with a black eye that Quinn claims is "kind of hot." Both she and Sam sing together at Burt Hummel and Carole Hudson's wedding in the song "Marry You."

Quinn later approaches Sam at his locker and, wearing his ring, states that she broke into his locker to take it and that he behaved very honorably this week. Sam asks what she means and Quinn mentions Finn's promise of looking after Kurt to be because of Sam and officially states that she is now his girlfriend.

Special Education
Emma mentions to Will that instead of highlighting Rachel, Finn and Mercedes at Sectionals he should focus on other students. She also mentions that while watching the kids perform "Rocky Horror," she noticed that Quinn had a beautiful voice. Will agrees with this and states that both Quinn and Sam, as the duet competition winners, will lead New Directions at Sectionals, much to the outrage of Rachel and Finn. Prior to their performance, while in the waiting room, Quinn states that she is very nervous as the last time she performed at a competition, she went into labor. Quinn and Sam then perform "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life" and are joined by the rest of New Directions. Quinn then performs back up to Santana performing "Valerie." The judges later announce that New Directions tied with Kurt's new club, The Warblers.

Quinn later dances and sings along to Tina and Mercedes' rendition of "Dog Days Are Over" as a way of celebrating the Sectionals win.

A Very Glee Christmas
Quinn and the rest of New Directions decorate a tree in the choir room and sing "The Most Wonderful Day Of The Year" together. After being informed by Mr. Shue that the club will be singing Christmas songs in classrooms to raise money, Quinn performs alongside the rest of New Directions the song "We Need A Little Christmas" but are heckled out of the classroom by the students and teacher. Quinn later agrees to support Brittany's belief in Santa and goes to mall with her to sit on Santa's lap. While on Santa's lap Quinn asks for something to get rid of stretch marks.

After performing "Welcome Christmas" for the teachers in the staff room, Quinn and the rest of the club return to the choir room where they find Artie walking with a machine called the "Re-Walk." Artie is unsure who bought it for him while Brittany states it was Santa, causing Quinn to state that it is a true miracle.

The Sue Sylvester Bowl Shuffle
Quinn, Santana and Brittany Pierce perform a Cheerios number involving fire and motorcycles but Sue is not impressed with the routine. Quinn stands up to Sue, claiming that she is always trying to outdo herself and thus she will never be happy. Sue later returns with a cannon she plans to shoot Brittany out of, causing an immense fear in Brittany. Quinn assures her that she will get Mr. Shue to help out. After the cannon is banned, Sue arranges for her Cheerios Regionals competition to be held the same day as the football team's championship game, thus pulling their half time show. Will then claims that the New Directions will perform but Sue gives the cheerleaders an ultimatum and forces them to decide between Glee or The Cheerios. All three girls soon quit New Directions.

On the championship night just before Quinn, Santana and Brittany get on the bus, Finn rushes up to them and convinces Quinn that she will be truly happy back in New Directions. Quinn agrees to quit The Cheerios and so do Santana and Brittany and the trio leave Sue without a performance. Quinn then performs "Thriller/Heads Will Roll" with the glee club and football team for the half time show and later speaks with Finn. Quinn thanks him for helping her and the two share a kiss before Quinn quickly walks away.

Silly Love Songs
Quinn and Finn continue to flirt with each other and Sam begins to get suspicious and confronts Quinn. Quinn states that she is in love with Sam and asks what she has to do to prove it. Sam then tells her that she should kiss Finn to be sure and Quinn agrees to. She later approaches Finn at his fundraising kissing booth and kisses him, causing the both of them to see fireworks. Quinn however, states to Sam that it meant nothing and the two walk away. She then quickly returns to Finn and makes plans to see him later.

Quinn and Finn meet up in the auditorium and Quinn warns Finn that she is not breaking up with Sam and that if she continues to see him, that would mean she is once again cheating on her boyfriend. Finn does not mind this and the two begin to kiss. Eventually, both Quinn and Finn fall ill with mono caused by Santana, who realized the two were seeing each other. Quinn and Finn are then sent to the nurse's office and are eventually picked up by their parents.

Comeback
Quinn tells Sam that didn't cheat on him with Finn and that she just kissed Finn to save his life after he swallowed a gum ball. Sam believes the story and sings "Baby" and "Somebody To Love" to her. Meanwhile, Quinn continues to flirt with Finn but eventually decides that she loves Sam and decides to stay with him. Santana tells Sam the truth about Quinn and Finn's relationship which causes him to realize he has been cheated on and to dump Quinn. Quinn is shocked and devastated by this especially when she learns that Sam is already dating Santana.

Blame It On The Alcohol
Quinn attends Rachel's party and states that it she is having an awesome time while Sam can be seen making out with Santana in the background. Quinn soon becomes drunk and Finn classifies her as an "angry drunk" and watches as Quinn begins to yell at Puck for getting her pregnant as she used to "have abs." After the party Quinn returns to school with a hangover and performs "(Blame It) On The Alcohol" with the rest of New Directions and goes on to criticize Mr. Shue for drinking.

Quinn later performs "Tik Tok" at a school assembly with the rest of the club but the performance is cut short when Brittany and Santana begin to vomit on stage. Mr. Shue later has the glee club sign an pledge to stop drinking until Nationals is over.

Sexy
It is revealed that Quinn and Rachel are now members of The Celibacy Club and are lead by Emma Pillsbury. Emma states that the last session Rachel questioned Quinn on her relationship with Finn to which Quinn continues to state is none of Rachel's business. Emma is proud of the two girls for embracing celibacy and enthusiastically encourages them to continue with their pledge. Holly Holiday returns as a substitute sex education teacher and criticizes Rachel and Quinn's views on celibacy and states that although she admires them she believes they may be naive and frigid. Holly then sings "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" and playfully drags Quinn and Rachel into the performance with her. Later, in another celibacy club meeting, Puck joins the girls and Emma reveals that they will be singing a song to promote celibacy.

Quinn later performs "Afternoon Delight" with Rachel, Puck, Emma and Carl Howell for Holly, Mr. Shue and the rest of New Directions. In a later Celibacy Club meeting Quinn arrives with a hickie on her neck and claims she burnt herself with her curler. It is later revealed that she and Finn are seeing each other once again.

Original Song
Quinn's ambition to become Prom Queen is revealed and through a voice over, Quinn expresses her belief that she needs Finn in order to win and he may still have feelings for Rachel. Quinn then comes up with the plan to become Rachel's best friend in order to crush any romance between the two. Later, during a New Directions meeting, Quinn supports Rachel's idea to write original songs for Regionals and requests to write one with Rachel. Quinn later approaches Finn and the two discuss Prom and their relationship. Quinn becomes upset and angry when Finn suggests going public after Nationals so he agrees that after Regionals they can campaign for Prom King and Queen, just as Quinn wanted.

Rachel later asks Quinn if she is seeing Finn, to which Quinn replies that she is. She and Rachel have a confrontation and Quinn becomes emotional and states that she is just trying to get Rachel to forget about Finn so she can follow her dreams. Rachel becomes upset at this and tells Quinn that she can write the song for Regionals on her own. While at Regionals, Rachel performs the song "Get It Right" and Quinn, alongside the rest of the girls, backs her up. They then perform "Loser Like Me" and win Regionals.

Night Of Neglect
Quinn and Finn decide to run the New Directions' charity concert and appoint Rachel as the "Head of Talent" and assign her the task of dealing with Mercedes and her crazy demands. Later, during the concert, Quinn hands out candy to hecklers Azimio, Becky Jackson, Sandy Ryerson and Jacob Ben Israel to keep them quiet and reminds all of them to vote "Quinn Fabray" for Prom Queen.

Born This Way
Rachel decides to get a nose job after her nose is injured by Finn and asks Quinn if she could use her nose as a model. Quinn is flattered and accompanies Rachel to the surgeons for photographs. While there Quinn states that her beauty gives her a warped sense of the world and that she believes her nose looks awesome. While getting her nose photographed, Quinn begins to sing "I Feel Pretty/Unpretty" and is joined by Rachel. The performance shifts from the doctor's surgery into a classroom, bathroom, hallway and the choir room where they receive an applause after the song is completed. After finishing the song, Quinn is shown to be deep in thought.

Quinn later finds Lauren has decided to run for Prom Queen and fears that she may win and attempts to get Lauren to pull out of the race. Lauren tells Quinn that not everyone can be born pretty like her and so many people may look up to Lauren. Quinn becomes upset by this and tells Lauren that it just got personal. Later, in the hallway, Quinn passes Lauren who calls her "Lucy." Quinn and Lauren then speak alone in a classroom and Lauren reveals that she did some research on Quinn and shows her a photo of before she moved to McKinley. Quinn becomes emotional and admits that her real name is Lucy and that her middle name is Quinn and that she used to be an overweight girl with absolutely no friends and was bullied constantly. Quinn then states that she joined gymnastics and cheerleading and lost weight and eventually asked her father for a nose job. Lauren seems taken back by the story and tells Quinn that the entire school will now see her as a fraud and Quinn rushes to the bulletin board to see her photo posted with the nickname her bullies used, "Lucy Caboosy." Quinn tears the photo off of the wall and runs away.

Finn later comforts Quinn and states that he likes her old look as well as it shows the true Quinn Fabray. Lauren also apologizes to Quinn for hurting her and the two begin to bond. Quinn later performs "Born This Way" with the New Directions and wears her shirt with the words "Lucy Caboosy" pasted proudly across it.

Rumours
After Sue Sylvester begins to spread rumors about members of the glee club, Finn becomes outraged when a rumor stating that Quinn has been seeing Sam at a motel begins to circulate. Quinn denies cheating on Sam and so Finn investigates and sees that Kurt is the one seeing Sam at a motel. The entire club, minus Kurt and Sam, begin to gossip about Sam possibly being gay but Quinn denies this and states that he is not gay before getting up and leaving. Rachel and Finn once again stake out the motel and this time see Quinn with Sam. The next day Quinn reads that Finn has been spending time with Rachel and becomes outraged and so she confronts Finn about cheating on her as he also claims she is cheating on him. Quinn tells Finn that she is not cheating on him and the two perform the songs "I Don't Wanna Know" for the rest of the club. Rachel criticizes the performance and so Quinn states that if Finn wants to continue dating her, he can no longer sing with Rachel.

Sam later reveals to the club that his family has become extremely poor and so he is living in the motel with his parents and siblings and that Kurt has been giving him clothes and Quinn has been helping babysit and has been spending time with his sister. Everyone apologizes Kurt, Quinn and Sam and eventually the entire club sings "Don't Stop" as a way to reconnect.

Prom Queen
Quinn expresses her belief to Lauren that the junior prom is important because you only get one shot at it. She is also saddened to here that Mercedes does not have a date and as such will not be going to Prom. Quinn is later seen getting ready in her room and imagining herself and Finn getting crowned Prom King and Queen. Judy announces that Finn has arrived and Quinn goes down to meet him, shocking both Finn and her mother as they both state she looks beautiful. Finn hands Quinn her corsage which she comments matches her eyes. The two then pose for a photo for Judy. The two later meet up with Rachel, Sam, Mercedes and the recently returned Jesse St. James at Breadstix and Jesse also comments on how beautiful Quinn looks and also tells her to come and find him when she gets tired of Finn stepping on her feet. Mercedes steps in before Finn and Jesse take their argument any further and tells Quinn and Finn to hurry along to the Prom.

While at the Prom Finn approaches Jesse and Rachel who he deems to be dancing inappropriately and tells Jesse to cut it out. Both Quinn and Rachel attempt to stop the boys from fighting but their confrontation ends in physical blows and Sue throws them out of the Prom, leaving both Quinn and Rachel without dates. As Prom King and Queen are announced Karofsky is crowned king, much to Santana's joy, and Kurt is crowned queen, much to Kurt, Santana, Quinn and Lauren's shock. Quinn rushes to the bathroom in an emotional state and is followed by Rachel who Quinn claims is to blame for her not winning Prom Queen. Quinn states that everyone knows Finn still loves Rachel and slaps her in the face before quickly apologizing. The two girls then bond and return to the dance floor where Santana and Mercedes sing "Dancing Queen" and Quinn proceeds to dance with her friends.

Funeral
Quinn comforts Finn when Jesse St. James criticizes his singing and dancing skills but also shuts down his idea of singing a duet with Rachel, stating that last year when they sang "Faithfully," the killed their chances at Regionals. Quinn later attends the funeral of Jean Sylvester and, after the service, is dumped by Finn. Quinn attempts to save the relationship and tells Finn that she can wait until he is over Rachel but Finn tells her it is over. Quinn then becomes upset and angry and storms out of the car. Later, in the choir room, New Directions prepare to write two new songs for Nationals and Finn thanks Quinn for not quitting the club. Quinn happily states that if she quit then her plans for New York would be ruined. Finn is confused and asks what plans she is talking about and Quinn cheerfully states that he will see.

New York
After arriving in New York, Rachel purchases tickets to see "Cats" on Broadway and causes everyone in the club to become excited. Quinn then informs Rachel that "Cats" has been shut down for a number of years. Mr. Shue later confines the kids to their hotel room until they complete their Nationals songs. After a few hours Quinn states that they need to sneak out and see the sights of New York for inspiration. Rachel and Finn don't like the idea but Quinn states that with New York's help, they will have two new songs for Nationals. New Directions then performs "I Love New York/New York, New York" as they take in many famous locations around the city.

After Rachel and Finn sneak out for a date Quinn decides to tell Mr. Shue, which would force him to suspend them and disqualify the team. Santana and Brittany confront Quinn who breaks down into tears and states that they are supposed to be the popular girls and that none of their dreams have come true. Quinn recounts how Tina and Rachel have love and how even Lauren is hooking up with Puck. Quinn tearfully states that she just wants someone to love and Santana comes up with a way to make her feel better. Quinn mistakes this as Santana coming on to her and politely rejects her advances but Santana tells Quinn that she was talking about a haircut. Santana and Brittany both convince Quinn that a haircut is a good idea.

Quinn later performs "Pretending" and "Light Up The World" with the rest of the club and is devastated when she learns that they did not make the top ten and therefore cannot advance into the next round of Nationals. Back in Ohio, Kurt recounts to Blaine how after the competition Santana went crazy and attempted to attack Rachel and Finn and remembers how Quinn was one of the people holding her back. At school, Quinn is shown to have moved on from her breakup with Finn and is seen encouraging both him and Rachel to hurry into the choir room.