When is sam going to be on glee

Quinn goes to Shelby and lets her know. But Shelby goes on a speech about how young Quinn is. So will Quinn mature enough to act her age and just enjoy high school? It looks like it. Quinn also wants to go to Yale for drama school. Sectionals pits the two McKinley High glee clubs against one another on a major stage for the first and last time. The competition begins with a performance by The Unitards.

Nearly every member of the group gets at least one small solo in the number, most likely due to the absence of one Rachel Berry. As for the results, the Unitards obviously take third.

And the winner? The New Directions of course. Did anyone really expect anything else? All in service of destroying the glee club , of course. Sure enough, as soon as they smooched, Sam had no recollection of it and even when Rachel asked him out on a real date, he turned her down, telling her that he was still in love with Mercedes. So that's it, then, right? Samchel teased, Samchel briefly explored, Samchel over? Just another one of Glee 's famous rando relationships. Artie and Emma Pillsbury's niece, Betty?

Blaine and Dave Karofsky?? Sam specifically said he was still in love with Mercedes. So they'll end up back together, and Rachel will either end up a strong independent woman Hey — don't judge my headcanon, I won't judge yours. So you might be surprised to learn that Samchel is far from over.

That plot line didn't end with Sam awakening from his hynopsis; in fact, it's only just getting started. Based on the plot descriptions and sneak peeks, it seems like any drama between the two will take a backseat in this Friday's episode, "The Hurt Locker, Part 2," to focus on the second half of the Invitationals episode started last week.

Sam introduces himself to Puck , Finn, Artie, and Mike , informing them about what he likes, and tells them that he has dyslexia and has difficulty in math class. He chooses Billionaire as his audition song. After Finn is kicked off the football by the new coach, Shannon , for trying to get Artie on the team, Sam doesn't come to the glee club audition.

When questioned about this by Finn, Sam says that he wanted to come, but didn't want to risk being alienated the way Finn has been, since as the new guy at McKinley he already feels like an outsider.

As he exits, Sam reveals that he is the new quarterback, news that greatly disheartened Finn. Sam goes along with Finn's directions, but after doing this, Sam dislocates his shoulder. Finn then returns to the position of quarterback, but feels guilty and sorry for Sam. Will Schuester manages to convince Sam to reconsider joining the glee club, particularly since he can't play much football following his shoulder injury.

Sam's attractiveness is immediately noted by the girls in the group, and also by Kurt Hummel , who thinks he plays on "team gay" because of his hair, and asks Sam to sing with him as his duet partner. Sam is a bit taken aback by Kurt's upfront nature, and the fact that Kurt accuses him of dying his hair, but still agrees to sing the duet. Finn, however, remembering how Kurt behaved towards him during Kurt's crush on Finn the previous year, worries that Sam will be bullied for singing with another man, and attempts to get Kurt and Sam to back-out of the duet, because he is afraid that Sam will leave glee club after being bullied.

Sam refuses, stating that he gave his word to Kurt and wasn't going to back out. Kurt meanwhile is infuriated by what he deems to be Finn's homophobia, but after talking to his father, realizes that it might not be fair to Sam.

The next day he approaches Sam in the showers and ends the partnership, much to Sam's confusion. As he leaves, Kurt again in a flirtatious manner accuses Sam of dying his hair, which Sam halfheartedly denies once more. Sam experiences the downside of being in glee when Azimio and Karofsky throw a slushie in his face. This is witnessed by Quinn , who, remembering how she felt the year prior, helps him clean up in the girl's washroom and there is an instant chemistry between the pair. Sam compliments Quinn's eyes in the Na'vi language from the movie Avatar.

Later on, Sam asks Quinn to be his partner for the duet competition, but as they talk he tries to kiss her. Initially, she rejects him, citing her need to get her life back to normal after the events of the previous year pregnancy. Still, eventually she agrees to be his partner after being manipulated by Finn and Rachel and together they sing Lucky by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat.

With Finn and Rachel's vote, they win a free dinner at Breadstix together. Quinn is initially put off by Sam clumsy attempts at talking to her, and awkwardly the conversation turns towards Quinn's past pregnancy and keeping secrets.

Sam admits to having one himself, and Quinn immediately jumps on this, asking if he is gay as many of them suspect. Sam denies this casually, and claims his true secret is that he dyes his hair with lemon juice. He reveals that he previously attended an all-boys boarding school, which he claims explains why he is so awkward in talking to girls. The two bond and Quinn pockets the gift certificate they won, stating that Sam should pay for dinner, as this is their first official date.

The Rocky Horror Glee Show. Never Been Kissed. He appears to be closer to Santana as they sit together in the auditorium while Holly and Rachel perform the Chicago number. He also reveals that Mr. Schuester taught him how to tie his shoes, when the children are asked about him. At the wedding, Santana tells Finn that Sam is the new glee hotshot. Sam performs in Marry You. When Will is performing Sway , Sam is seen hugging Quinn. He performs in Just the Way You Are.

She said that what Finn did at the wedding was because of him. Lastly, she said that they had been talking for this amount of time, and he didn't notice she's wearing his ring.

After Quinn leaves, Sam jumps happily. At the end of the episode, both Sam and Quinn are concerned about Kurt leaving. Special Education. After Emma convinces Will to let new people have solos, he lets the winners of the Duets competition, Sam and Quinn, take the ballad. Rachel is furious about them doing the ballad, and refers the couple to Ken and Barbie, respectively.

During Hey, Soul Sister , they are seen smiling at each other. After being pepped up by Will in the green room, Sam and Quinn take the spotlight, after Sam tells Quinn, that she's beautiful.

They also perform back-up in Valerie. A Very Glee Christmas. The Sue Sylvester Shuffle Sam gets into a fight with Finn after he hears Finn shouting at his then-girlfriend, Quinn, about quitting glee club for the Cheerios.

Will has to break up the fight before it got too violent. At the end of the episode, Quinn kisses Finn. Silly Love Songs. He is also seen in his underwear during Lauren 's presentation to make her less nervous.

While for a moment everything seemed perfect, at the end Santana makes him realize that Quinn has cheated on him with Finn and that she will be there for him if he wants to. He ends his relationship with Quinn and starts dating Santana, which comes as a huge surprise to the rest of the Glee Club. After Puck breaks into the liquor cabinets, Sam gets drunk and during spin the bottle, he gets to make out with Brittany. Santana gets jealous and screams at him, but quickly starts kissing him.

Sexy Sam is a part of the Brittany-Santana love triangle, along with Artie. After Brittany and Santana's performance of Landslide , he tells Artie "I wish we were that close," not knowing of their lesbian interaction.

Sam backs up the idea that New Directions should write original songs. He also volunteers to write one himself. Santana sings Trouty Mouth to him, much to his distaste. He even stops her halfway through the song and gets angry at her out of embarrassment.

Mercedes also sings an original song, titled 'Hell to the No' and Sam holds up a sign reading Hell No while she sings. Finally, when it is announced that they won he celebrates with his teammates and hugs Lauren. A Night of Neglect Sam questions the decathlon team why they didn't tell their friends they were going to be on television. He also is the announcer for the Night of Neglect concert in the auditorium. Born This Way.

Rumours Sam is asked out by Rachel, but turns her down, claiming that she is "not his type. In the end, it is revealed that his dad has lost his job after the economy failed, his family has been living in a motel for quite some time. It's revealed that Kurt was bringing him some of his old clothes after seeing him at Dalton Academy delivering pizza as his part-time job. Quinn meanwhile discovered the truth due to them attending the same church, and offered to help him babysit his brother and sister Stacey and Stevie Evans.

When the rest of the glee kids discover this, they all pitch in to buy back Sam's guitar which he was forced to sell, and together they all sing Don't Stop to his siblings.

Hold on to Sixteen. In the premiere , it is revealed that Sam and his family have moved out of state during the summer. At some point, he and Mercedes broke up, allowing her to start dating Shane Tinsley. The New Directions are disheartened as they have three band members filling the number requirement for Sectionals and they are hopeless.

Finn says that they need Sam back, so he and Rachel travel to Kentucky where the Evans family now live. They go to a bar that Sam is supposedly working at, thinking that he is in another singing group, and are shocked to discover he is stripping. Sam is shocked when he sees them, and Rachel asks him to come back to McKinley. Sam wants to, but isn't sure if his parents will let him go. After the Glee meeting, Sam is approached by Quinn.

Quinn tries to proposition Sam into raising Beth with her, but he promptly refuses, telling Quinn that she needs to stop trying to grow up so quickly. He tells her that his favorite line in the song Jack and Diane is "Hold on to sixteen as long as you can. Extraordinary Merry Christmas After Glee Club, Sam helps Rory pick up some text books that had fallen out of his locker and they then jump into a conversation about being away from their families.

After learning that Rory doesn't have any plans for the holidays, Sam invites Rory to spend the holidays with him and his family.

He also offers to be Rory's Christmas sponsor, saying that he will show Rory how the holidays are celebrated in the USA. Later after watching Rachel's performance of River , Artie goes on a spiel of the ideas he has for a Christmas special, the New Directions are scheduled to help with, nixing any sad stories.

Sam argues with Artie, saying that Christmas is not all about being happy. That there are some sad moments that go along with the holiday as well. Artie rebukes what Sam says and Sam pulls himself out of the show, not wanting to be a part of something that he finds unrealistic. As he is getting ready to walk out of the auditorium, stating that he is going to rings one of those bells to help with the Salvation Army, he calls to Rory to help him.

Rory, declines Sam, choosing instead to stay in the show. Sam is, sad and upset, storms out. After a Glee Club meeting where Mr. Schuester tells them that he plans to propose to Ms. Pillsbury, Sam walks with Mercedes down the hallway, questioning her about her future plans of marriage, wanting to be a part of those plans. Mercedes turns Sam down, and Sam brings up an memory of their summer that Mercedes had to admit was fun.

But in the end, Mercedes states that she is dating Shane and what she and him had was a summer fling. Sam watches as Shane approaches Mercedes and walks away with their arms around her. Sam later desperately pleads with Coach Beiste for a spot on a sports team in order to get a letterman jacket in the hopes to woo Mercedes.

Coach Beiste tells Sam of the only open sport, which turns out to be the synchronized swimming team, coached by Roz Washington. She then tells Sam of her struggle to get where she was and threatens Sam not to ever pee in her pool.

Sam meets Finn in the hallway and talks about how he joined the synchronized. Pillsbury's office where Sam and Mercedes talk about their relationship after their kiss and Ms. Pillsbury suggests that Sam and Mercedes don't talk for a week. Later in glee club Sam tries to avoid eye contact with Mercedes while she sings Don't Wanna Lose You , but couldn't help, but watch her as she sings smiling.

Heart Sam joins The God Squad in an effort to earn money for glee-club. Earlier in the episode, at a Glee Club meeting in the auditorium, he states that he wants to be able to buy his family a house in the future.

He is also referred to as "Kentucky Fried Stripper" by Sue when she points out the sexual tension between him and Mercedes. Saturday Night Glee-ver. Dance with Somebody When Mr. Schue tells the Glee Club that the week's assignment is to sing Whitney Houston songs, Sam questions whether or not that is appropriate because of her bad past. He is later approached by Joe Hart in the weight room where Joe asks Sam advice on sex, more specifically on Quinn.

Sam reveals that he lost his virginity during his time working at a strip club, something Joe states is against the Christian religion. Sam tells Joe that even though he is religious, there are some things you cannot help.

He tells Joe that he has to make a choice between his religion and Quinn. Later in the episode, Sam, Puck, Finn, Blaine, and Mike share a bromance moment where Puck proceeds to give them each a gift shot glasses and tells them that he will miss them and that he loves them and they all make a toast together.

Sam and rest of the New Directions boys, except Kurt, are approached by Finn in the McKinley High weight room where Finn voices his worries regarding Puck's graduation. They later meet in the choir room and go over a plan to help Puck, but Puck comes in and after telling them that he doesn't want to be like his father, Puck asks them to help him pass an important test. Sam and the ND boys stay at the school over night helping Puck study where they bust out singing The Rain in Spain after Puck managed to get one of the questions asked correct.

They wait outside the classroom where Puck is taking a test, and after the test Puck thanks them for their help. Prom-asaurus Near the beginning of the episode, Sam can be seen staring out the window of the choir room which seems to be a favorite pastime for a lot of New Directions members. He later attends prom with Mercedes where he talks to Mercedes about last year's prom and the fact that Mercedes thought that they wouldn't get together again.

When Mercedes waves to Shane, Sam gives Shane a friendly nod and the gesture is returned. Props Sue explains to the New Directions the use of props for Nationals and Sam puts on a welding mask and pretends to be Darth Vader, something that confuses Joe. When Tina hits hear head after falling into a fountain and comes out to everyone being switched, Sam is Rory.

Near the end of the episode, while Rachel and Finn are talking about the members of glee club, Sam is seen doing impressions with Mercedes, Brittany, Kurt, and Artie laughing around him. Nationals Sam gets into a fight with Puck who is studying while the rest of the Glee Club is trying to practice which annoys him. Puck makes fun of his dancing and Sam is held back when he tries to charge at Puck again. He is later seen giving Mr. Schue a hug during We Are the Champions. Britney 2. When New Directions attempts to intervene in Brittany's downward spiral, Sam asks what size coffee she's drinking, indicating her enormous Lima Bean cup containing 70 ounces of espresso.

He was also there when Kitty pulled off the prank on Dottie and was shown to have been devastated by the prank as well. Back in Mckinley, Sam finds Finn and Blaine talking in the choir room. Sam, surprised, welcomes Finn back, hugs him, and introduces him to the new glee club members. The club then decided to perform Grease, as suggested by Finn. Thanksgiving Sam first appears in this episode in the choir room.

During the Glee Club meeting, Finn suggests a male should be a dance lead along with Brittany, Sam stands up and begins to do some of his 'White Chocolate' dance moves. Sam doesn't win the male dance lead, losing out to Ryder. He participates in the show circle. Just before the New Directions perform, Sam peers from behind the curtains and informs the others that Mr Schue is there. During Gangnam Style , Sam performs the first dance solo, and is seen with New Directions doing back-up singing and dancing.

Glee, Actually Sam first appears in the episode as a part of Artie 's dream. Sam seems psyched because he believes he has received the high score, but he is surprised to learn that it is Brittany, who has earned that score, meaning that he has earned the lowest score.

Brittany consoles Sam by assuring him his great body will earn him a good future, to which he expresses utter disappointment. Girls and Boys on Film. He is seen joining New Directions during Closer.

Wonder-ful He is seen excited about Stevie Wonder week. At another Glee club meeting, Sam introduces Mercedes to the group. When Mike says that they should celebrate a wonderful talent, Sam stands up, but soon realizes that Mike is talking about Jake, not him, and sits back down.

All or Nothing. Sam is first seen in the choir room, after Mr. Schue announces that they are going to do the Beatles, he and Ryder get up and do a little dance to show their excitement. He is later seen at the carnival with all the other members of the New Directions.

Sam is then seen in the Choir room supporting Blaine after he reveals to the New Directions that he is back with Kurt and he going to ask him to marry him. While some didn't seem to have a positive reaction to it, Sam seemed to be really excited, saying that he is his best friend, indicating that he supports his plan. Tina in the Sky with Diamonds. Will finds Sam in the choir room and he is really upset for what Tina did to him, suddenly Sue shows up in the choir room and she informs that all the students must be vaccinated, Sam realizes that she is talking about shots, which he is really afraid of.

Sam meets the new nurse Penny when he goes to the nursery and he sees her injecting a sausage, but after that Sam gets scared and he decided to go, but he knocks objects over, which makes Penny notice him, because of that, Sam decided to get the shot, but when Penny is about to do it, Sam backs out and he leaves while Penny is shouting out her name, after that Sam returns and he tells his name.

Blaine and Artie find Sam in the hallways and Blaine asks him if he will go with them to pick the tux, but Sam tells them to go without him because he got a snake bite and he needs to go to the nursery.

Blaine and Artie confront Sam to finally ask Penny to dance, in that moment Sam sees her in the hallway and he starts to sing Something while he is walking towards her, after that Sam is singing in a Class Room where Penny is teaching about Choking. While he is singing, Sam dreams about him and Penny dancing in the Auditorium and then she leaves when the song ends. At the prom Sam is talking with Penny and she tells him that Sue didn't fired her because one person talked with her, Sam tells her that maybe that person really likes her, Penny asks Sam if he was pretending to be sick all week and he tells her that he even bit himself once.

When Sgt. When Sue announces that Tina and Brett won, Sam and Penny are applauding them, but when Tina gets slushied everyone is really shocked and surprised and the Glee Club follows her to the choir room and Blaine, Kitty, Sam and Tina starts to sing Hey Jude while she is getting clean, finally everyone returns to the dance. Sam is first seen singing Seasons of Love with the rest of the glee club in the Auditorium. Schue walks in and reveals the other choirs that will compete at Nationals, including "Throat Explosion," an incredible show choir consisting of "Mini Lady Gagas.

Because Mr. Schue decides to have each group sing a song by the opposite artist, Sam and the other "Katys" have to perform a Lady Gaga song. At the auditorium Sam tells the rest of the "Katys" that they need to learn Applause by Lady Gaga and he reveals that they will perform in front of the entire school, he leaves the auditorium saying that he will go to guarantee a sold-out show doing what Lady Gaga would do, recruiting some Little Monsters.

At the end of the episode Sam is in the choir room with New Directions when Sue comes and informs they are suspended for a week, Mr. Schue says to Sue that they can't lose a week because Nationals are in 4 weeks, but Sue doesn't care about it and Will tells her that she's gonna hear them roar and New Direction performs Roar. Sam is first seen in the choir room while he is amused watching Blaine's twerking video and after Will says that is nothing to be embarrassed about, Sam affirms that it is.

While Kitty and Jake are teaching New Directions how to twerk, Sam proves to be skilled at "twerking" since he combines it with his stripping moves that he's still familiar with. Unique, however, gratefully turns down the offer.

Later he helps Will to convince the school board that twerking is not something inappropriate that has to be outlawed. Together with Tina he dances waltz in front of them, a dance that had been considered inappropriate at the time it emerged, but right now isn't anything frowned upon. Movin' Out.

When Sam has the interview at the Hunter College, he messes up the interview he had for the scholarship by giving nonsense reasons as to why he wants to go there and he offends the caretaker. At the apartment Rachel encourages Sam to keep looking for scholarships, but he confesses he doesn't want to go to college.

He also tells Rachel that he had wanted to become a male model ever since he was a kid and he has a concrete vision of what he wants to achieve, he is in Hollywood, sitting on a bench, when a bus stops and it has a picture of him in underwear and his junk is as big as a car, and he likes that.

Previously Unaired Christmas. Sam's proposal of cutting down all their own Christmas tree decoration doesn't sit well with Tina. They're interrupted by Becky who's demanding for both of them to kiss her, which they refuse, calling her out for her behavior under Sue's favoritism. Sue steps in, sends Becky away and admits that she does treat her differently and will try not to do so in the future.

She also tells them that she will be the judge for the Decoration Contest, leaving both Sam and Tina in shock.

Sam and Tina explain to Sue some of the details of their decoration and when Sue asks them what they did with the squirrel that used to live in the tree, Sam surprises her by showing her he is taking care of it. We see him again in the choir room, along with the rest of the New Directions. He is shocked when Artie is pushed out of his wheelchair by Tina, as he quickly runs to him and is the first one to help him.

He picks up Artie to put him back in his chair and looks irritated at Tina. Later, we see Sam in the choir room again, playing around with Ryder, when Blaine tells them he wants to sing a song with Artie and Tina at graduation. He supports this plan and gives Artie a pat on his back. The last time we see him is in the auditorium, singing along to Breakaway with the rest of the Glee Club.

During the performance, they do lots of crazy stuff, like rollerskating around the halls, dancing with each other and messing around in various school offices. They get caught by Becky, she is eager to play Twister and drink energy shots with them.

Sam, along with Blaine and Tina, doesn't seem to be too excited for this plan. The next day, Sam and Tina run after Blaine, trying to apologize to him. Sam tells him that they just tried making out, and that it was hot, but they both decided they don't want to be a couple. However, Blaine doesn't accept their apology and suggests they just hang out by themselves that night, and fondle each other's boobs. After he walks away, they are left confused.

They come up to him and are shown to be regretful. Blaine tells them he's sorry about freaking out, and he now realizes that they will be friends forever. They all agree to that and hug each other. When Artie comes in the room, he's still angry at the three of them for leaving him out. Back in Lima, Sam hangs Finn's plaque back on the wall, explaining to Blaine that Throat Explosion sent it back to him.

Schue, Carole, Burt and the Glee Clubbers then come in. Sam hugs Carole, saying he's sorry he let Finn down, but Carole is confused by that. She says that Finn definitely would have been as disappointed as they are, but he would also have been proud that they ended so high. He is excited when April enters the room, and dances around to Raise Your Glass with the rest of the group.

Later that day, he watches the Unholy Trinity perform Toxic. The next day, he watches the diva-off between Rachel and Mercedes take place, with them singing Defying Gravity with Kurt. Rachel takes a few New Direction members apart afterwards, trying to convince them to vote for her.

Randomly, Sam asks her why it's called Broadway when most of the theatres aren't even on Broadway. When Brittany and Santana perform Valerie later that day, Sam dances to the song with the rest of the group. Later that week, he is glad to see Holly Holiday back, and sings back-up to Happy as he dances to it. When Blaine and Kurt come in, with 'some huge news', he guesses they got married and adopted Russian twin babies. When he turns around, he hits Tina with the trophy he was holding.

This leads to Tina having another dream. During the New York skit, Sam comes in twice wearing nothing, but underwear, as he forgot his clothes. When Sam gets back to the Bushwick Apartment, Blaine compliments his hair. Sam tells him he booked his first modeling job and Blaine is excited to hear that. Sam also tells him he's moving out, since he got a room in an apartment with a bunch of other models.

While helping her move into her new apartment, Mercedes offers Sam and Blaine her spare room. Sam accepts the offer, but also asks her what they're gonna do about their sexual chemistry. Mercedes however tells him she isn't interested in that, and stops him when he tries to kiss her. They both agree they'll just be friends, but are shown to be a bit doubtful. On Monday, Sam joins their friends in the Bushwick Apartment for their weekly dinner. During dinner, he plays footsie with Mercedes.

The next day, he is walking through New York with Mercedes, asking her why they are keeping it a secret. Mercedes however, tells him there's nothing going on, so they aren't keeping anything a secret.

Sam responds by telling her she knows he always liked her and she clearly has feelings for him too. He tries to convince her, but Mercedes tells him she needs time to think. When Mercedes asks him, he agrees to take it slow and to stay on the couch.

That night, Sam joins Mercedes and her friends and backup singers for dinner in the city. He tries to be kind and make jokes, but he's constantly saying the wrong thing.

Later, he's alone in the apartment when Mercedes comes home. She tells her she can't be with him, and Sam asks her if it's because he's white. When she tells him it is, he is visibly hurt. He tries to convince her again, but she isn't changing her mind.

Instead, she tells her she thinks he should move out. Later that week, Sam meets up with Mercedes in the recording studio. She apologizes to him, and sings Colorblind to him. During their next Monday night dinner, they announce they're officially dating again.

When Kurt tells them no one ever really saw any chemistry between them in the past, Sam kisses Mercedes to prove their chemistry.

They all agree on coming to Kurt's mid-winter critique performance, where he sings I'm Still Here. During the performance, Sam sits with Mercedes and Rachel, and holds Mercedes' hand.

Later, he is making out with Mercedes. When he tries to take things further, she stops him and tells him she's still a virgin. Sam then tells her they can go as slow or as fast as she wants. That evening, he's out with the other guys. Sam tells them he needs to find a free clinic, to get tested. This way, he hopes to ease Mercedes' mind. They agree to all get tested together. When Artie later reveals that he has chlamydia, Sam is beyond shocked, telling him he's slut shaming him.

At home, Sam and Mercedes are making out when she reminds him of taking things slow. They have another conversation about it, when Mercedes tells him she wants to wait til marriage. When she says she can't expose herself fully to 'just anyone', Sam is offended by that, saying he's not just anyone.

She then explains she needs to know that the man she's with is gonna be there forever, so for now they need to find a way to be close without being physical. Sam tells her he loves her, but he's also a year old. He then leaves, taking some time to think about it.

At the end of the episode, the guys are once again going out for diner. However, Blaine and Kurt aren't really in for this. Opening Night He is first seen in Rachel's nightmare watching her performance and dancing. Next we see him in the apartment when Tina comes to visit, and after Blaine fails to stop Tina from talking about the negative comments about Funny Girl that bother Rachel, he bluntly tells her to shut up.

Next day he comes to the apartment along with Blaine, Mercedes and Tina, and tries playing the guitar to make Rachel feel better so she could go on stage that night. Rachel wants to host a benefit for the animals in order to restore her image.

Meanwhile Sam falls in love with one of the dogs, and wants to take him home. Mercedes however doesn't want a pet. Sam and Artie take the dog to a training course. They sing Werewolves of London together while Sam trains the dog. Back in the apartment, they bath and groom the dog together. Sam is lying on the couch with McConaughey when Mercedes gets home. She thinks it great he took such an effort in training and bathing the dog, but they still can't have a dog.

Their lives are just too busy right now to take care of it, but Sam doesn't want to hear that at first. He tells her they could do it together or find a dogsitter. Sam then tells her he has been thinking about Mercedes' upcoming tour, and how it would leave him behind. During the song, they give McConaughey away to a family wanting to adopt a pet.

He refuses, saying he has a huge modeling audition this week, and they're going all out: billboards, print, and bus ads. He then reveals his dream of being almost naked on a public bus to Mercedes, who tells him she's gonna spraypaint "mine" over all the ads, making sure everybody knows he has a girlfriend. When Brittany arrives, he's excited to see her. Sam is present at Mercedes opening night of her mall tour, where she performs Shakin' My Head.

Later that week, he has the audition of a huge modeling job. Due to Mercedes and him staying celibate til marriage, Sam is a little sexually frustrated and has put a rubber band around his arm to snap it and distract him. When playing videogames with Blaine and Artie, Blaine tells him he thinks he needs to break up with Mercedes.

At first, Sam tells them he loves her. But he also admits that he's having a hard time with waiting until marriage. Even though that's the case, he does tell them that he thinks she is the one and he is not going to screw it up. In the first script for Rachel's pilot, it is revealed that his character is called Jam.

He is present at Rachel's birthday rave party, jumping around with a laser. Sam then says the script doesn't make sense at all. Loser Like Me. Sam is the new assistant football coach, and is providing water for the team. Rachel, appalled, tells him that she has tried hard to not let people like him call people that. Sam assures her that it's alright, as Spencer is gay. He then says that her show sucked, throwing the cup at Sam.

Rachel, stunned, asks Sam about that but Sam insists he is totally okay with it. Rachel comments on how good the players are and Sam reveals that Sue transferred talented players from different states, providing homes for them and their families. Sam agrees with her and tells her she should talk to Sue about it. Later on, he is with Blaine , LeRoy , Mr. Schue's apartment. He states the show is indeed terrible. Sam is first seen in Mr. Schue's apartment having dinner with him, Kurt, Rachel, and Blaine.

Later he is in the hallway when Rachel asks if he heard a singing voice. He misunderstands her and starts talking about the voice he hears in his head. He is wheeling Artie to the auditorium when the alumni reunite, and asks Mercedes if she's still a virgin, a question she rebuffs.

As they're leaving the room, Sam tells them that Quinn once had sex with a Latina lesbian , and bumps into Quinn causing her to laugh. When Roderick is about to audition, he asks him to take off his headphones, but is interuppted by Rachel. He is last seen playing the guitar for Home , and at the courtyard for the Homecoming bonfire with everyone. Jagged Little Tapestry. Sam is ironing clothes and underwear at the boys' locker room when Coach Beiste enters the room. When he asks her why she's been absent too much, she says it's because of her knees issues.

Sam then says he's worried about her, to which she responds by yelling. Spencer then enters the room and asks Beiste to make him the quarterback. Beiste declines and ends the conversation. Sam comforts Spencer, telling him he thinks he is like a majestic knight riding a horse and if it was up to him he would give Spencer the position. Later, Sam is seen in Sue's office to discuss Beiste's problem. Sue breaks the news that Beiste has cancer, which shocks Sam. However, Beiste then denies it, making both Sam and Sue even more shocked and confused.

Beiste tells the truth, that she is diagnosed with gender dysphoria and is going to transition to a male. Sam is confused and asks her if she likes women. She explains to him it has nothing to do with who she wants to go to bed with, but who she wants to go to bed as.

She tells Sam to take over the football team while she is away, and Sue assures her that her job will be waiting for her when and if she decides to come back to work. The three of them share a hug, and Beiste tells them she loves them. The Hurt Locker, Part One. She tells him a series of words that will make him fall in love with Rachel, upon hearing them. Sam is later seen on a date with Rachel at Breadstix , talking about her adjusting to Lima.

During the dinner, he also reveals that blowing glass is his favorite hobby. Later, Sam, Rachel and Blaine are seen in the auditorium, ready to start with the piano lessons. She makes Sam drive Blaine and Rachel out of the auditorium. Sam and Rachel are later seen in the choir room. Rachel wants to quit learning how to play the piano, but Sam encourages her not to.