The New Rachel

"**The New Rachel**"
"The New Rachel"
Glee episode
Episode no.	Season 4; Episode 1
Directed by	Brad Falchuk
Written by	Ryan Murphy
Featured music	"Sister Christian"; "Call Me Maybe"; "Americano" / "Dance Again"; "Never Say Never"; "New York State of Mind"; "It's Time"; "Chasing Pavements";
Production code	4ARC01
Original air date	September 13, 2012
Guest appearances
	Whoopi Goldberg as Carmen Tibideaux; Kate Hudson as Cassandra July; Mike O'Malley as Burt Hummel; Vanessa Lengies as Sugar Motta; Alex Newell as Wade "Unique" Adams; Samuel Larsen as Joe Hart; Melissa Benoist as Marley Rose; Dean Geyer as Brody Weston; Jacob Artist as Jake Puckerman; Becca Tobin as Kitty Wilde; Josh Sussman as Jacob Ben Israel; Trisha Rae Stahl as Millie Rose; Amanda Jane Cooper as Beatrice McClaine;
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"The New Rachel" is the premiere episode of the fourth season of the American musical television series Glee, and the sixty-seventh episode overall. Written by Ryan Murphy and directed by Brad Falchuk, it aired on Fox in the United States on September 13, 2012. The episode features Rachel (Lea Michele) beginning school at the New York Academy of the Dramatic Arts (NYADA), while at McKinley High, the national champion New Directions glee club must regroup after losing eight seniors to graduation. Special guest star Kate Hudson makes her first appearance as Rachel's dance instructor, Cassandra July, and Whoopi Goldberg returns as NYADA dean Carmen Tibideaux.