Quentin Talley

*"I'm McKinley's answer to Mary Poppins, anyway."*

-Quentin, S1 E2, Edge.

Quentin Talley is a main character in Glee: NDNG. He is a sophomore, at the start of Season 1. As of the end of Pilot, he's the Co-Captain and choreographer of the revamped New Directions.

## Biography

#### Early Life

Quentin comes from a strict, yet loving Christian family, who he is the polar opposite of, in almost every way. At the age of 6, he became interested in theatre, and music. So, his parents bought him a cheap keyboard, and signed him up for drama classes, and any plays at their church. When he came out as pansexual, at the age of 10, absolutely no one was surprised. As we learn in Pilot, he went to the same middle school as Viola James, and they were in a play together.

#### Season 1

Quentin seems to be living his best life. As he says to Logan Abrams in Edge, he has multiple Cheerio friends, and sex twice a week, minimum. But, is he as content as he seems?

We're first introduced to Quentin in Pilot, when his best friend Beth Corcoran is telling him that she wants more excitement. His attention is diverted by a picture of McKinley's old Glee Club, the New Directions, which gives Beth the idea to restart the club. Quentin, as her willing co-captain, does most of the member recruitment, which leads to him repeatedly coming across his mysterious classmate, Lyra Harper, who he's madly in love with.

In Edge, Quentin is the first to ask what the Glee Club want out of rehearsals, more willing to listen than Beth. Later, he's seen walking past the practice rooms, as usual, where he finds Logan, singing Lost in the Wilderness. He's impressed, and begs him to take a solo in rehearsals. After this, he starts mentoring Logan a little.

Knowing that the club want different leads, Quentin gladly offers up his You Can't Stop the Beat solo, to whoever wants it. Tobias Turner takes it, upon his girlfriend's insistence.

Quentin is seen laughing with Ivan Pierce, when Magnolia Berry finishes singing Defying Gravity. Later, he's delighted by Danny Schuester's audition. He's exactly what the club needs.

He joins the group's performance of Holiday, and is as delighted as the rest of the club.

In Coming Out of My Cage, he finally approaches Lyra, and asks them to join the club, but Lyra won't join without their friend Sky Duffy, who takes some convincing. Quentin's absolutely thrilled when the pair audition. He, along with the rest of the guys, and later the girls, back Liam Cook up when he sings Totally Fucked. Later in the episode, he joins the performance of My Junk, clearly thinking of Lyra, and dancing with them in the dream sequence. When he returns home, he can't take his mind off them, even as he tries to write notes on the club's choreography. He's implied to be part of the Love Myself sequence, though he isn't seen, and he doesn't sing.

In Popular, Quentin is seen enjoying Alfie Winstanley's Music class, which the latter seems to appreciate.

We hear from Logan that he's been to Quentin's house, where they had spaghetti and talked about Logan's repertoire.

Later, in Art, Quentin's going over rehearsal notes, until he notices quiet student Viola's costume designs, and begs her to make costumes for the club, for Invitationals, but she's reluctant.

At the end of the episode, he finds Viola's completed costume design on the floor and starts to tell her but decides against it and pockets the design.

The first episode where Quentin does anything other than just supporting his friends is Invitationals. He desperately tries to think of a setlist with a little help from Alfie, while Beth's too busy fawning over Ricky Vincent. He's clearly growing sick of it, and his performance of Help makes it clear that this has been going on for a while. Eventually, he snaps at her, and gets pushed off the piano, but is thankfully unhurt. A few club members (notably Lyra) help him to think of the setlist, and the duo make up, just in time for the performance.

## Personality

Quentin's an incredibly supportive friend, no matter how intense Beth gets, though he does tease her for it. He's always ready to step out of the spotlight, for the sake of others, and wants everyone to be the best, most confident version of themselves.

## Style/Appearance

Quentin favours a smart-casual style, but, he can occasionally be seen in a t-shirt, skinny jeans, and a 'borrowed' Letterman jacket, from a 'friend' or two.

## Trivia

* Despite being the co-captain, and a founding member of the group, Quentin, like Beth, doesn't sing in Pilot. His first on-screen solo part is in Coming Out of My Cage, during Totally Fucked. As indicated by Jude in Edge, he's clearly had solos offscreen, like Beth.