"Special Education" is the ninth episode of the second season of the American musical television series Glee, and the thirty-first episode overall. It was written by series creator Brad Falchuk, directed by Paris Barclay, and aired on Fox in the United States on November 30, 2010. In "Special Education", the McKinley High School glee club New Directions competes in the Sectionals round of show choir competition against the Hipsters and the Dalton Academy Warblers, while dealing with internal feuding that threatens to rip the club apart.
Special Education (Glee)
The solo by Santana (Rivera, pictured), her first on the show, garnered rave reviews.
Image: Heather Morris by Gage Skidmore
Image: Harry Shum by Gage Skidmore
The second season of the musical comedy-drama television series Glee originally aired between September 21, 2010, and May 24, 2011, on Fox in the United States. The 22-episode season was produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Ryan Murphy Television, with executive producers Dante Di Loreto and series co-creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, with the other series co-creator, Ian Brennan, as co-executive producer.
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Naya Rivera (left) and Heather Morris (right) were both promoted to the main cast in the second season of the series.
Darren Criss's rendition of "Teenage Dream" by Katy Perry (pictured) attained the highest first-day and first-week sales of any Glee song to date.
Jane Lynch (pictured) won a Dorian Award, Golden Globe Award and People's Choice Award for season two.