Finn Christopher Hudson was a major character on Glee. He was an alumnus of William McKinley High School, former co-captain of the New Directions, and former quarterback of the Titans. Finn risks alienation by the football team after joining the Glee Club at the beginning of the series. In Season One, Finn dates popular head cheerleader Quinn Fabray, until he discovers that she slept with his best friend, Noah Puckerman, and lied about Finn being the father of her child. During Furt, Finn's mother marries Kurt Hummel's father, thus making them step-brothers. Finn is previously engaged to Rachel Berry before letting her go to New York City without him in Goodbye. He also graduates from McKinley High in Goodbye. Finn is the substitute director for the New Directions while Will Schuester was in Washington from Glease to Girls (and Boys) on Film, when Will returns to coach New Directions. The two were co-directors until the end of Feud, when Will found out that Finn kissed Emma, and with the encouragement from Marley, Finn left McKinley to obtain a teaching degree at the University of Lima, but later he decided to help Will once again in McKinley. Due to the death of his portrayer, he died during the fifth season, and The Quarterback was a tribute for him. He was portrayed by the late actor and musician Cory Monteith.
Biography
Early life
Finn's father, who was a United States Marine, was originally believed to have died while serving in Iraq when Finn was very young, so he was raised by his mother, Carole. However, it is later mentioned in Saturday Night Glee-ver that Finn's father died from a drug overdose. Finn discovered his love of singing during a chance encounter with a lawn specialist dating his mom, and for the first time he knew, he was special and good at something. Finn struggles to make his mother proud of him and make her happy.
Finn is the quarterback of the school's football team, a role he takes very seriously, despite his moral misgivings, he is reluctantly involved in bullying the less popular kids. Finn has been dating the head cheerleader, Quinn, for four months. It is revealed that Finn is the son of a single mother, as his father was killed in Operation Desert Storm when Finn was an infant. Finn got his great love for music from the lawn care man, who Finn's mother had a brief relationship with.
Unfortunately, he soon ended the relationship, much to Mrs. Hudson's disappointment. From that moment on, Finn made it his sole purpose to make her proud and happy. This desire is exploited by the Spanish teacher and Glee Director, Will Schuester, who after overhearing him singing in the men's locker room shower, plants marijuana in his locker and blackmails him into joining the Glee club. Afraid his mother will find out he had pot, Finn agrees. Finn appears extremely freaked out by Rachel in their first rehearsal, and is reluctant about performing.
Unfortunately, joining Glee alienates him from the football team. However, Finn discovers that he really does enjoy Glee. He is then seen at the end of the episode performing Don't Stop Believin' at the end of the episode with the other Glee members. (Pilot)
Quinn and Finn are discussing him joining Glee Club. He tells Quinn that she is making a big deal about it, so she decides that if Finn quits the club, she will let him touch her breasts. He tells her he can't because he wants to continue doing Glee because he's really happy with what he's doing. Quinn states that people have been calling him gay because he's in the Club. He suggests her to relax about it, and that things will work out, and then he walks off. In Glee Club, while they dance and sing to Le Freak, Finn makes a comment about being dead, because Mr Schuester is making them perform it in front of the whole school. In a meeting with Sue, Figgins, and Will, Finn agrees that he has been worried about performing in front of the school, Rachel explains, that she was concerned for him, that she and Finn made a "creative, pre-emptive strike." The scene flashbacks with Finn and Rachel in an empty room, making posters, and talking about artists, Rachel explains that they were photocopying the posters in order to not do the assembly. They were both left off with a warning so long as they pay for the photocopying, and both nod in agreement.
Finn apologizes to Will. Rachel invites Finn to rehearse with him later. Finn turns down the offer because he has a Celibacy meeting to go to. During the Celibacy Club meeting, Finn admits that he only joins the club so that he could get into Quinn's pants, and that it is a productive way to get to know the guys about sexual issues. Finn tells the boys that he and Quinn have made out and had other sexual movements, and says to Jacob that premature ejaculation is not a problem. and then in voice over, admits that it's a big problem. In order to cool down, Finn explains that he thinks of a time when his mom was teaching him how to drive, and hits a man on the road. In the Celibacy club meeting, Finn and Quinn are paired together with a balloon in between them. The balloon breaks, and Quinn gets mad at him, Finn embarrassingly says "It must have hit my zipper." The New Directions then perform Push It. Later, Finn and Rachel are rehearsing, Finn asks Rachel if he could take a break, and both of them sit down on a picnic blanket in which Rachel has already prepared.
Finn tells Rachel at first he thought she was annoying and checking under his bed to see if she was hiding there. Finn admits that as soon as he heard her sing, and that she had touched something in him in his heart. Rachel tells Finn he could kiss her if he wants, and in reply he says he does. They both slowly lie down, and begin to kiss. Immediately, Finn pulls away from the kiss, and the scene is flashbacked to when Finn hit the man in the car revealing he got overexcited. Finn quickly sits up, and tells Rachel not to tell anyone what had happened, and leaves as fast as he can. (Showmance)
Finn was concerned, and asked what happened, as Rachel had explained, what happened with Dakota Stanley. Finn then yells at her for making Will leave the club after what she said about his choreography. Finn then defends Will, by saying that guys that get hurt like that, do take it personally.
Then, Finn talks to Rachel, and she tells him she can't hire a better choreographer. As Finn and Rachel walk together, Finn is slightly confused as to why Rachel is acting the way she is and why she cares about winning. Rachel explains, that Glee is her one shot, while Finn has everything with football and Quinn. Finn brings up the moment from the auditorium concerned that she might be upset about that. Finn threatens to quit the club because she agrees on hiring Dakota. Later Finn walks in Will's classroom, and says that he's quitting Glee as well, Will explains he didn't quit Glee, and Finn tells him he might because it's getting crazy as he has tried to talk sense into Rachel, but didn't work.
Finn honestly says, that it's hard being in the quarterback huddle and all the guys are calling him names, he also says that it's bringing down his reputation. Will in reply, says to stay in Glee just a little longer, as Finn is a good performer, Will explains that if Finn quits the club, he'll regret it for the rest of his life. Finn then admits that Glee Club isn't fun anymore, but before Finn walks out of the classroom, Will calls him back, and says that he wants to talk to him about something. In the Choir Room with Puck and Will, Finn is practicing dance choreography for Acafellas, Finn suddenly trips, and Puck begins to insult Finn. Will shows both Finn and Puck some movements to help them.
Later in the Choir Room, Dakota Stanley is handing out customized menus, after a few insults to the fellow members, Finn speaks up, but immediately stops talking just before Dakota insulted Finn and shouts back asking what's wrong with him. Dakota says that Finn is freakishly tall. then, Finn quits and walks out of the room followed by a few of the other members. Before they leave however, Rachel stops them and tells Stanley that being different is what Glee Club is all about, and then fires him. In the next scene, Before the Acafellas performance, Finn thanks Will for believing in him, and they then singI Wanna Sex You Up. (Acafella)
Finn finds out that Quinn is pregnant, and although they have never had sex, Quinn states that he is the father, citing a premature ejaculation incident in a hot tub as the conception. Finn believes her, and hugs her as she cries. Finn tells his best friend Puck about the pregnancy.
Finn and the rest of the football team are desperate to win a game, and thus practice performing Single Ladies to loosen themselves up. At the football game, Finn is overwhelmed, but they ultimately perform the dance after Finn's instruction, and go on to win. After the win, Finn approaches Quinn and they kiss. He later approaches her at her locker, giving her his baby blanket and saying he's going to do everything he can to be a good father. Quinn is moved by this, and they hug, being confronted by Puck shortly after. Puck hints at Quinn's pregnancy, saying she appears to be putting on weight. Finn defends Quinn, and Puck backs down. (Preggers)
Finn understands that in order to be able to go to college and take care of Quinn and his unborn child, he will need to earn himself a scholarship. Since he thinks that he will only be able to get that if the glee-club wins at Regionals, he goes out on a date with Rachel in order to get her back to New Directions. During their date he tries to persuade her and even shares a kiss with her, making Rachel want to return. After she finds out that Quinn is pregnant, she confronts Finn and slaps his face. Finn admits that he was using her. (The Rhodes Not Taken)
Finn has become very exhausted from handling Glee, football practice and trying to handle his conflicting feelings for Rachel and Quinn at the same time. He visits the school nurse because Puck recommends him to do that. He discusses his conflicting feelings with Terri who had taken the job of the school nurse. He gets told that he shouldn't even do as much as flirt with Rachel since that is cheating already in her eyes. He then receives pseudoephedrine from Terri. It makes him show up wide awake to glee practice the following day, where he shares it with the other guys. Under the influence of it, they make an amazing job ofIt's My Life/Confessions Part II.
After Rachel learns about the medicine, Finn gets confronted by her in the hallway about it. Finn tells her he needs help given how much he has on his plate and talks trash that the guys are going to win.
Later on, after both teams are exposed to have taken drugs, they agree that they should get disqualified for that. (Vitamin D)
He attends one of Quinn's ultrasound appointments, where the two learn that Quinn is having a baby girl. Later on, Finn discusses baby names with Quinn, suggesting the name Drizzle. Quinn tells him that she isn't keeping the baby.
When Sue splits the glee-club up, he is allowed to remain in Will's group,since he isn't part of a minority . He is given a solo in No Air, which Will's Group performs in combat against Sue's Kids.
Towards the end of the episode it is publicly revealed that Quinn is pregnant, to which Finn comforts his girlfriend by hugging her while she cries and telling her that everything is going to be alright. He then sings Keep Holding On to her with the rest of New Directions, both Finn and Quinn on the verge of tears. (Throwdown)
Finn gets slushied while with Quinn by David Karofsky and Azimio Adams. Karofsky makes clear that since Quinn is pregnant, they aren't popular anymore. Finn and Quinn then go and see Emma Pillsbury, to ask her for advice as to how become popular again. Emma is really clueless, but then unintentionally recommends them to come to school wearing sunglasses. The following day they then show up to school with sunglasses, though it doesn't stop them from being slushied together.Ken Tanaka had then applied another unit of football practice which would make all the football players that are also in Glee have to quit the club. Finn has to listen to the bullies then reminding him as to how much more he will get slushied if he chooses glee over football. This leads Finn to choose the football-team, unlike Mike, Matt, and Puck. Finn then approaches Kurt the next day, since that is what the football player is expecting from him. Finn doesn't have the courage to do this, however, so Kurt grabs the Slushie and spills it on himself, and tries to make Finn think about if the football players would do that for him.
Finn goes to Will in order to tell him that he isn't coming back to Glee. Will tells him life is a series of choices that "create who you are" and thinks Finn is letting other people make his decisions. Will tells Finn that Glee is where he belongs. Finn goes to Ken after that and tells him that picking between football and Glee is making it tough for him to lead the team and that he doesn't want to have to choose anymore. This makes Ken cancel the extra practice, so that the kids needn't choose anymore. Finn eventually brings Slushies into glee-practice in order to apologize to them. (Mash-Up)
Quinn is approached by Finn who wants to cheer her up after she got kicked out of the cheerios. Quinn shows him the bills she has gotten for ultrasound appointments and tells him to earn some money. Finn later helps Rachel to repair her wheelchair, with Quinn interrupting again angry about their financial worries. With Rachel's help he is able to find a job by pretending he is in a wheelchair. Quinn is pleased with this, and he gives her a lift to glee rehearsal in his chair. (Wheels)
Finn finds himself (somewhat to his discomfort) paired up with Kurt (who is attracted to Finn) for a duets. However, during the course of their practices, Finn finds himself asking Kurt for advice on both his baby and his relationship problems. Following Kurt's advice, Finn begins singing I'll Stand by You to the ultrasound of Quinn's baby, which helps ease his fears about being a father. Unfortunately, his mother finds him singing to the ultrasound and Finn, breaking down into tears admits that Quinn is pregnant. Although traumatic, the burden of hiding the truth from his mother is lifted off Finn's back, making him feel more relaxed. Kurt's next piece of advice is to sing his pain away about his situation with Quinn. While eating dinner with Quinn and her parents at their house, Finn freaks out and calls Kurt for reassurance about singing his ballad.
Finn in Quinn's house.
He returns to the table and begins to sing You're Having My Baby. While at first shocked and annoyed at his actions, Quinn soon softens and she and Finn share a loving smile during the song. The performance is stopped by Quinn's dad, who later yells at the pair and kicks Quinn out of her home. Quinn subsequently moves in with Finn and his mother. (Ballads)
Finn suggests to Will that if they are going to be performing a song about hair then they should have more hair.
Quinn decides to distract Finn so that she can take Puck for a test drive. Later on, Finn bumps into Rachel who has now had a make-over due to Quinn's meddling and she invites him over to her house. Finn goes to ask Quinn's permission, but she says that she is babysitting anyway so it isn't an issue. When Finn is at Rachel's he thanks her for helping him with the hairography stuff. As soon as Rachel comes in dressed as Sandy from Grease, Finn gets a bit nervous and scared, but performs You're the One That I Want with her. However, when Rachel tries to dance sexily in order to seduce him, Finn stops her as it makes him feel uncomfortable. He decides to be honest with Rachel and says that she looks like a sad clown hooker. Then Rachel says that she feels like an idiot and Finn says it isn't her fault. Before leaving, he says he shouldn't be there.
By the lockers, Finn and Quinn talk to one another. Quinn asks if they can be in love again. Finn then takes this opportunity to be honest with her about the Rachel incident. Finn says that he went over to Rachel's house, but nothing happened because he was just worked up about the two of them fighting. He says that something could have happened, but didn't because he only wants to be with Quinn. He says he loves her, Quinn says she loves him too, the two share a hug and walk down the corridor together. (Hairography)
Finn agrees to be with Rachel in the Glee club's yearbook picture ,but then some of his football teammates tell him that they're planning to deface his Glee picture, and then he ends up not showing to the photo shoot,then he sings the lead in Jump for the Mattress Land commercial Rachel landed for the Glee club. (Mattress)
After Finn confides in Rachel that he feels like everything is working out, Rachel tells Finn of her suspicions surrounding the paternity of Quinn's baby. Shocked and furious, Finn beats up Puck who's the real father and demands that Quinn tell the truth. Quinn admits that Puck is the father, much to Finn's heartbreak and anger. Furious at her and at everything, he quits Glee and storms out. Later, Will, who was fired from being the Glee Director after the kids did a Mattress commercial, goes to find him, and asks him to return to the group. Finn admits he can't be in the same room with Quinn without crying and can't be around Puck without wanting to beat him up more. He demands to know why he has to be the bigger man and wishes that things could go back to how they were before everything with Glee. Will tells him cryptically, You Can't Always Get What You Want and leaves his car keys behind. Finn goes to Sectionals, takes charge, and organizes the group. New Directions wins Sectionals under Finn's leadership. Finn refuses to forgive Puck for his betrayal. (Sectionals (Episode))
Finn is on the basketball team since football season has ended, Although he and Quinn have officially ended their relationship, Finn finds himself not quite able to get over her. Meanwhile, Rachel has declared them to be boyfriend/girlfriend, despite Finn's reservations about dating her. Will, takes notice of Finn's current predicament and suggests that he "take control of his inner rock star. Finn sings Hello, I Love You, in which he walks after Quinn down the corridor while singing, showing that he may not be over her.
After his performance, Santana and Brittany approach Finn (under the orders of Sue Sylvester), asking him to go on a threesome date, which he finds intriguing. When Rachel asks him to be honest in their relationship. Finn admits that he does not want to date Rachel. He proceeds to go on a date with Santana and Brittany, which turns out to be a horrible experience. Afterwards, Finn realizes that it was a mistake to break things off with Rachel, and attempts to get her back, only to learn she's moved on and started dating Jesse St. James. Hurt and jealous, Finn rats this news to Will, stating that he believes Jesse is using Rachel to spy on New Directions. Afterwards, the rest of the Glee kids threaten to kick Rachel out of the group if she doesn't end her relation with Jesse. After Rachel lies and says she broke up with Jesse, Finn again tells her they should be together. She however rejects the idea reluctantly. Finn however refuses to give up on them again. When they later sing Hello, Goodbye. (Hell-O)
Finn is approached by Santana after Brittany suggests that Santana date Finn, and take his virginity. Santana approaches Finn about this in a very business-like manner, claiming that his virginity makes him hard to even look at.
Finn initially declines, due to his desire to be with Rachel, but Santana tells him that she is still dating Jesse. Shocked, he confronts Rachel about this, and she admits it. Finn ends up helping her with her Madonna mash-up of /Open Your Heart. Afterward he takes Santana up on her offer. They have a one-night stand in which Finn loses his virginity to Santana. He is left feeling empty because it was meaningless, and refuses to admit he did it to Rachel.
Finn later apologizes to Rachel about his behavior. Finn welcomes Jesse to the group, saying he appreciates having another male lead to help him support the group and invites Jesse to help with their new Madonna number,Like a Prayer. He also promises to do his best to stay away from Rachel. (The Power of Madonna)
Finn helps Rachel make a video of Run Joey Run. In which, unbeknownst to him, Rachel has triple cast his role with Puck and Jesse. After the video is shown, Jesse, Puck and Finn are upset, but while Jesse is only upset at being triple cast, Finn realizes that this video was Rachel's attempt at proving she should not have been dead last on the Glist, a list of the sexual promiscuity quotient of the club members. He calls her out on it, echoing the reasons Rachel had confided to Artie about making the video and proving that, just as Rachel knows him and can read his mind, he can do the same to her. (Bad Reputation)
Finn keeps on trying to remind Rachel that he will always love her more than Jesse ever will. He goes with her to the doctor, comforting her when she wonders "what am I without my voice?" and telling her "there's, like, so many awesome things about you." After the doctor tells her she should have had her tonsils out long ago, Rachel debates what she should do, asking Finn his opinion.
Showing his jealousy of Jesse, he sarcastically tells her to ask her boyfriend, but then asks her "When are you going to realize [Jesse's] not into you like I am?" He then goes on to sing Jessie's Girl. (Laryngitis)
Finn seemed concerned for Artie when Bryan Ryan tended to crush his dreams during glee club rehearsal. (Dream On)
Finn in his Lady Gaga costume
Finn learns that he and his mother have been invited to move in with Kurt and Burt. While his mother is thrilled, Finn is uncomfortable with the arrangement, especially since he and Kurt will be sharing a bedroom. Meanwhile, Mr. Schuester has assigned the Glee Club to perform and dress as Lady Gaga. With the exception of Kurt, all the boys are uncomfortable with this, and Finn takes it upon himself to talk to Mr. Schuester, telling him how the boys feel and that they would rather perform KISS. After the performance, Kurt asks Finn to talk to the football players who have been threatening him. Kurt tries to help Finn wipe off his KISS makeup, which makes Finn uncomfortable, telling Kurt not to touch him. In an effort to make peace, Kurt redecorates their bedroom in a beautiful, albeit feminine and very provocative way. Finn becomes upset, and has a confrontation with Kurt about Kurt's feelings for Finn, saying "You don't think I see the way you look at me and you don't think I know why you were so excited we were moving in?" Kurt tells him they can redecorate, and Finn responds by telling him to get rid of "that faggy lamp and blanket." Burt overhears and thinks he is talking about Kurt and throws Finn out, regardless of what it will do to his relationship with Finn's mom. When Puck sings Beth to Quinn, Finn is shown looking jealous. Kurt is refusing to speak to Finn, but eventually comes around when Finn saves Kurt from getting beat up, while wearing a Gaga costume of his own. (Theatricality)
Finn and Puck slash the tires of all twenty-six members of Vocal Adrenaline cars upset after Jesse defected back to Vocal Adrenaline and that Vocal Adrenaline has toilet-papered their choir room. After getting caught, they agree to get jobs at Sheets n Things to pay for the damages. Will's ex-wife Terri takes a special interest in Finn, because he reminds her of a sixteen-year-old Will. (Funk)
Finn seeks out Rachel, telling her that she is the leader and the two of them are going to find a way to fix this and win Regionals despite Sue being one of the judges now. Rachel responds by kissing him on the lips. At Regionals, while waiting for their cues to perform, Finn walks over to Rachel, who tells him to break a leg. Finn responds by telling her he loves her. The two smile at each other before going into the auditorium to sing Faithfully. After the performance they embrace and hold each other. In the last scene, Finn is shown with Rachel, holding hands and Rachel's head on his shoulder, smiling. (Journey)
Personality
Finn has been shown to be one of the most complex characters on Glee. During Season One, and less so in the first part of Season Two, Finn has been shown at time to give into peer pressure because he wants to be liked and not made into an outcast. Despite feeling guilty, Finn has bullied others at school and has often allowed others to bully him into doing things he would usually not agree to. A factor in this has been that Finn has been shown at times to think (wrongly) that popularity is about the only thing he has going for him. However, the second part of Season Two has seen Finn bury his earlier concerns with popularity and image and he is now unambiguously a "Gleek." While he is often able to "get" people and intuit them well. Intellect appears to not be one of his talents, and combined with his naturally trusting nature, this has allowed many of his friends to manipulate his naivety, to suit their own personal desire. The most notable examples would be Quinn's lie regarding how Finn supposedly impregnated her, and Mr. Schuester planting pot on him to blackmail him into joining the Glee group by exploiting the way he was committed into doing his mother proud. He's also a natural born leader, and tries his best. No matter what Finn does, he always tries to give his all. He is especially concerned about being a good son, and becoming a good man.
After having lost his father in Desert Storm, he vowed to do whatever it took to make his mother proud of him. His search for a father figure (now apparently ended with the Hummel-Hudson family going strong) has also been important. Finn also enjoys singing very much, having discovered his natural talent while singing with her mother's ex-boyfriend one afternoon, he's said that the glee club is the one thing that's made him happy in a long time. Because of his positions as the captain of the football and basketball teams, co-captain of New Directions, and all of the other responsibilities expected of him as a son, brother, friend, boyfriend and student, Finn is often extremely stressed out. He often tries to keep his stress levels hidden from others, but it often results in him exploding when pushed too far, as seen when he discovered that Quinn's baby was not his, or when he gets upset with Kurt after he moves in.
Finn's low self-esteem has also been made central as of the most recent seasons; as he's spent most of his life attempting to fit in or to please others, he's easily prone to resigning himself to stand in the shadow of some of his more outgoing and ambitious friends; and easily feels threatened by other male characters whom he deems to possess talents that eclipse his own. Especially those whom have a natural charm and wit that he himself lacks, this was seen in Season Three, where he expressed jealousy of Blaine Anderson's abilities; and would often let his personal feelings override his responsibilities as a leader, which served to alienate Blaine and made him feel uncomfortable being in the Glee club. Finn's jealousy was rooted in how Blaine possessed all the talents he had, in addition to being a good dancer and having natural charm, intelligence and wit, which in turn made Finn question himself as "not being good enough." In Season Four, his self-esteem is still low. After Rachel broke up with him, he said "Who am I? I barely graduated high school, and my life has absolutely no direction." Showing that he still considers himself "nothing."
Rachel is Finn's close friend, fellow Glee Club member and primary love interest. He admitted to Rachel that he found her to be talkative and that he even checked under his bed to make sure that she wasn't "hanging out under there" but that once he heard her sing, she touched something in him. Although at first scared by her aggressive nature in just about everything, Finn found himself immensely attracted to her (particularly the fact she wore short skirts and had a nice body) saying that she was hot in a "Swimfan" sort of way. After practicing singing together, the two shared a kiss, proving their mutual attraction. They got engaged in Michael and were about to get married when Quinn was hit by a car in On My Way. They broke up as of Goodbye after Finn sets Rachel free so she could go to New York and to NYADA while he redeems his father by going to the army. However, they are still in love with each other; they hooked up in I Do. They seem to restart a friendship during Sweet Dreams.
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