Funk (Glee)

"Funk"
Glee episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 21
Directed by	Elodie Keene
Written by	Ian Brennan
Featured music	"Another One Bites the Dust" "Tell Me Something Good" "Loser" "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" "Good Vibrations" "Give Up the Funk"
Production code	1ARC19
Original air date	June 1, 2010 (2010-06-01)
Guest appearances
Jonathan Groff as Jesse St. James Idina Menzel as Shelby Corcoran Iqbal Theba as Principal Figgins Stephen Tobolowsky as Sandy Ryerson Naya Rivera as Santana Lopez Kent Avenido as Howard Bamboo Josh Sussman as Jacob Ben Israel Keisuke Hoashi as Peter Gow Brian McGovern as Brett Paxton Tonita Castro as Imelda Heather Morris as Brittany Pierce Harry Shum, Jr. as Mike Chang Dijon Talton as Matt Rutherford
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"Funk" is the twenty-first episode of the American television series Glee. The episode was written by series creator Ian Brennan and directed by Elodie Keene. It premiered on the Fox network on June 1, 2010, and was watched by 9 million viewers. In "Funk", New Directions is intimidated by rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline. Jesse St. James (Jonathan Groff) defects back to Vocal Adrenaline, and New Directions explores funk music, knowing it is their rival club's weakness. The episode features cover versions of six songs, all of which were released as singles, available for download, and two of which are included on the soundtrack album Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers.

The episode received mixed reviews from critics. Lisa Respers France of CNN and Blair Baldwin of Zap2it both received the episode positively. Emily VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club, Entertainment Weekly's Tim Stack and James Poniewozic of Time highlighted continuity issues with the show, while VanDerWerff and Henrik Batallones of BuddyTV deemed "Funk" a set-up episode for the season finale. Bobby Hankinson of the Houston Chronicle gave a more positive review, but still found "Funk" lacking compared to previous episodes, a sentiment shared by Aly Semigran of MTV.