Choke (Glee)

"**Choke**"
"Choke"
Glee episode
Episode no.	Season 3; Episode 18
Directed by	Michael Uppendahl
Written by	Marti Noxon
Featured music	"The Music of the Night"; "School's Out"; "Cell Block Tango"; "Not the Boy Next Door"; "Don't Rain on My Parade"; "The Rain in Spain"; "Shake It Out"; "Cry"
Production code	3ARC18
Original air date	May 1, 2012
Guest appearances
	Whoopi Goldberg as Carmen Tibideaux; Dot-Marie Jones as Shannon Beiste; Chord Overstreet as Sam Evans; NeNe Leakes as Roz Washington; Thomas Calabro as Mr. Puckerman; Samuel Larsen as Joe Hart; Vanessa Lengies as Sugar Motta; Damian McGinty as Rory Flanagan; Eric Bruskotter as Cooter Menkins; Kathleen M. Darcy as Eleanor Doosenbury; Rebecca Staab as Mrs. Collins;
Episode chronology
← Previous; "Dance with Somebody"	Next →; "Prom-asaurus"
	Glee season 3
	List of episodes

"Choke" is the eighteenth episode of the third season of the American musical television series Glee, and the sixty-second overall. Written by Marti Noxon and directed by Michael Uppendahl, the episode aired on Fox in the United States on May 1, 2012, and features the first appearance of special guest star Whoopi Goldberg as Carmen Tibideaux, Dean of the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYADA), and the introduction of Puck's father (Thomas Calabro).

Upon its initial airing, Choke attracted 6.01 million American viewers and received a 2.5/8 Nielsen rating/share in the 18–49 demographic, down significantly from the 2.7/8 rating/share and 6.90 million viewers of the previous episode, "Dance with Somebody", which was broadcast a week before.