Ashley Murdoch

UNDER CONSTRUCTION (BIOGRAPHY, PERSONALITY, RELATIONSHIPS, SONGS & TRIVIA)

**Ashley "Ash" Murdoch** is a major character. She is an alumna of William McKinley High School, where she actively participated in the school's Glee Club. She is married to Sam Evans and is best friends with Blaine Anderson, Artie Abrams and Tina Cohen-Chang.

(Season One)

In Season Two, when Ash meets Sam they hit it off and she develops a crush on him, but Sam started dating Quinn, and then Santana, instead. Ash then starts dating Puck, but they break up in Rumours when she tells him she's in love with Sam. She then starts dating Sam but they break up after Sam moves out of state following Season Two. (Season Three).

(Season Four, Five & Six)

She is a regular recurring character during Season One before being promoted to main character in Season Two and remaining in that position for the rest of the series. Ash is portrayed by actress and musician Kayleigh Davidson.

## Biography

* S1
* S2
* S3
* S4
* S5
* S6

Pilot

Showmance

Acafellas

Preggers

The Rhodes Not Taken

Vitamin D

Ash performs Halo/Walking on Sunshine with the New Directions Girls.

Throwdown

Mash-Up

Wheels

Ballad

Hairography

Mattress

Sectionals

When Ash finds out that Quinn lied about Finn being the father of her baby, she is livid and storms out of the choir room shortly after Finn.

Hell-O

The Power of Madonna

Home

Bad Reputation

Laryngitis

Dream On

Theatricality

Funk

Journey to Regionals

Audition

Ash has moved in with Finn and has been hooking up with Puck over the summer. While being interviewed by Jacob, Ash gets angry when he mentions her father's death and threatens him. While helping Finn audition Sam she is immediately taken with him, and her budding attraction only grows more when she helps him perform *Billionaire*. Ash is later disappointed when Sam doesn't show up for the official New Directions audition.

Britney/Brittany

Still disappointed by Sam not turning up to audition, Ash is thrust into further disappointment when Will decides he isn't going to let the club perform any Britney Spears numbers. She decides to rehearse *Circus* anyway in preparation for when Will changes his mind. Sam walks in on her rehearsal and she confronts him about not turning up. When he tells her that he didn't join because he was already on the outside looking in she tells him that everyone in Glee was on the outside and walks off.

Grilled Cheesus

Ash is shaken by Burt's heart attack, as she is reminded painfully of her father's passing and by how much she has grown to care about Burt since living with Finn and Carole. Later, Ash is seen in the stands during Finn's football games and watches on as Finn changes the play and Sam gets tackled and dislocates his shoulder. Ash is seen trying to do homework before Finn confides in her about the powers of the Grilled Cheesus, explaining about his prayers to win the game, get to second base with Rachel, and become quarterback. Ash points out that it's more likely that they won because they have a coach who actually knows what she's doing, that it was Rachel, not Grilled Cheesus, who let him touch her boobs, and that it wasn't his fault that Sam got injured. Still feeling guilty about Sam getting injured, Finn arranges for Ash to meet up with Sam. Ash helps Sam tidy his gym locker and offers him a ride home, all the past disappointment and anger she felt for him disappearing.

Duets

Ash helps clean Sam up after he gets slushies thrown on him for joining glee club. Later, they agree to sing a duet together for their weekly assignment, but when Sam tries to kiss her, she panics. She tells Finn that she can't do the duet with Sam and that he needs to find someone else for Sam to sing with. Sam later sings *Lucky* with Quinn and Ash watches dishearteningly.

The Rocky Horror Glee Show

In *Rocky Horror*, Ash portrays Magenta alongside Quinn and Santana. She helps Emma with costumes and is approached by Sam to help him rehearse. She goes to his house and performs *Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me*, dancing around Sam and getting very touchy with him. Afterwards they both get embarrassed and Ash goes to leave but Sam stops her, telling her that they had agreed that he would help her with costumes if she helped him rehearse, so she stays. The next day Sam asks her not to mention their extra rehearsal to Quinn, and Ash, disappointed, agrees. As *Rocky Horror* rehearsals go on, Ash gets more and more frustrated with Will and Carl, causing her to storm out of one rehearsal. Finn talks to her about her feelings for Sam and she tells him that the feelings she has for Sam scare her because she hasn't known him for very long, and that she was going to try and get over them because he had chosen Quinn and his burgeoning popularity.

Never Been Kissed

Ash sings lead for the girls' performance of *Start Me Up/Livin' On a Prayer*.

The Substitute

Will imagines her, along with the rest of the glee club, as 5 year olds when he was sick. She helps Puck butter the floor to prank their new substitute, Holly Holliday, but it doesn't work.

Furt

Carole and Burt show up at school to tell her, Finn and Kurt that they are engaged. While Ash and Kurt are excited, Finn is stunned. Ash sees Karofsky threaten Kurt and when Karofsky insults her as he passes she snaps and punches him, only to be restrained and taken to an empty classroom by Puck. She yells at him for not letting her continue attacking Karofsky and punches the wall in frustration, cutting and bruising her hand. Puck, concerned, manages to calm her down and tells her he'll do what he can to help Kurt and takes her to see the nurse. Back in Glee Club, Ash nurses her hand as the boys discuss their fight with Karofsky. Kurt thanks Ash and Sam for what they did.

At the wedding, Ash asks for Sam's help putting her necklace on and thanks Sam for taking a punch for Kurt. Sam tells her he would do it again. Ash performs in *Marry You*. Carole and Burt tell her that they want to adopt her so that she can officially become part of their family and agrees happily. She performs in *Just the Way You Are* and later dances with Finn and Sam. Back at McKinley Ash is distraught at the news that Kurt's leaving.

Special Education

Ash rescues Puck from the porta-potty. Minutes before performing at Sectionals Puck asks her if she's nervous. Ash tells him she has no need to be nervous because she was, once again, singing back-up for someone else and expresses her disappointment that Will didn't seem to consider letting her dance. After they win she sings *Dog Days Are Over* with Tina and Mercedes.

A Very Glee Christmas

Puck walks into the choir room to hear her singing *Where Are You Christmas?* and tells her that because she was so strong it was easy to forget what she had been through. Ash tells him that she wishes it was that easy for her, and that her dad would want her to be happy, but that she felt that she owed it to him to have a couple of sad Christmases before she could have a happy one.

The Sue Sylvester Shuffle

Silly Love Songs

Comeback

Blame It on the Alcohol

Sexy

Original Song

A Night of Neglect

Born This Way

Rumours

Prom Queen

Funeral

New York
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## Relationships

* Sam Evans
* Noah Puckerman
* Finn Hudson
* Tyler

*Main article: Ashley-Sam Relationship*

Ash is immediately attracted to Sam when she helps him audition for the New Directions and is ultimately disappointed when he decides to not turn up. She later forgives him for this when he dislocates his shoulder following a football game and offers him a ride home. When he officially joins the glee club they agree to a duet together but when Sam tries to kiss her, she panics and runs off, leaving him to do the duet with someone else. Following Duets Sam begins dating Quinn which hurts Ash as she thought they were close. Sam is later seen looking hurt when Ash begins dating Puck, and Ash looking hurt when Sam breaks up with Quinn and starts dating Santana instead. They both end up breaking up with Santana and Puck, respectively, and go to prom together. It is revealed that they started dating following this in New York. They break up after Sam moves to Kentucky following Season Two, and Ash subsequently begins dating Tyler. However, when Sam returns to WMHS in Hold on to Sixteen, he vows to make Ash come back to him. After unsuccessful attempts to do so in Yes/No, he gets her to sing Human Nature with him in Michael, after which they share a kiss. After distancing herself from Sam in The Spanish Teacher, she ultimately admits her feelings for him. However, due to the guilt of having cheated on her boyfriend, Tyler, she doesn't get back together with him until Dance With Somebody when Ash sings If I Could Turn Back Time as an apology for hurting him when they broke things off.
They continue to date until Dynamic Duets when Ash breaks up with him because she finds out she's pregnant but doesn't want to tell him because she doesn't want to ruin his life. Hurt, he begins dating Brittany. Sam finds out that Ash was pregnant at the end of Naked when she loses the baby. He breaks up with Brittany in Diva so he can be there for Ash. They get back together in Shooting Star after he attempts to endanger his life to save her.
In Season Five they move in together while in New York before they both ultimately decide they don't like New York and want to move back to Lima. They get married in Dreams Come True.
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*Main article: Finn-Ashley Relationship*

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## Songs

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* S1
* S2
* S3
* S4
* S5
* S6

**Duets**
The Middle (Finn) (The Rhodes Not Taken)

Season One

**Solos**
Circus (Britney/Brittany)
What You Waiting For? (Duets)
Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me (The Rocky Horror Glee Show)
Where Are You Christmas? (A Very Glee Christmas)
Broken Heels (The Sue Sylvester Shuffle)
You Lost Me (Night of Neglect)

**Duets**
People Like Us (Sam) (Born This Way)
Dancing Queen (Mercedes) (Prom Queen)

Season Two
 Light Up the World | New York | Santana, Brittany. Artie, Finn and Rachel

**Back-Up Singing**

**Solos**
Siempre Tú (The Spanish Teacher)
I Will Always Love You (Heart)

**Duets**
Dear Future Husband/Dance With Tonight (Mash Off) (Tyler)
I Kissed a Girl (Santana) (I Kissed a Girl)
We Found Love (Santana) (Yes/No)
Human Nature (Sam) (Michael)
Turn Back Time (Sam) (Dance With Somebody)

Season Three

**Solos**
There Are Worse Things I Could Do (Glease)

**Solos**
The Middle (The Quarterback)
Judas (A Katy or a Gaga)

**Duets**
More Than a Feeling (Blaine) (City of Angels)

**Duets**
Tonight Tonight (?) (Transitioning)

Season Six