 The second of the two winners of The Glee Project's seven-episode arc, Samuel Larsen, debuts in this episode as a new transfer student to McKinley named Joe Hart. Larsen had arrived on the set by January 17, 2012, according to Cory Monteith, who described Larsen's role as one that "ties into a lot of preexisting storylines", and "a smart way to bring him into the show". Larsen's first day of filming with the glee club was January 25, 2012, and a number of his fellow actors tweeted of his arrival, including Lea Michele, Dianna Agron, and fellow Glee Project winner Damian McGinty.
