Sam Evans

### Awards:

2011 High School State football championship (shared with the rest of football team)
'10 Show Choir Sectionals, first place
'11 Show Choir Regionals, first place
'11 Show Choir Nationals, twelfth place
'11 Show Choir Sectionals, first place
'12 Show Choir Regionals, first place
'12 Show Choir Nationals, first place
'12 Show Choir Sectionals, first place
'13 Show Choir Regionals, first place
'13 Show Choir Nationals, second place

## Series Information

### Portrayer:

Chord Overstreet
Mason McNuity (Young Sam)
Damian McGinty (Tina's Dream)

UNDER CONSTRUCTION (BIOGRAPHY (prom queen, S4, S5, S6) & SONGS)

**Samuel "Sam" Evans** is a major character. He is an alumnus of William McKinley High School. He makes his first appearance as a new sophomore in Audition, the first episode of Season Two, and soon joins the New Directions. After unsuccessful relationships with Quinn and Santana, he ultimately begins dating Ash. They break up after Sam moves out of state following Season Two, but after returning to Lima in Hold on to Sixteen, he begins working on trying to rekindle things with her. However, Ash ultimately decides against it, due to the guilt of having cheated on her new boyfriend Tyler.

In Season Four, Ash gets pregnant but doesn't tell Sam, instead choosing to break up with him. He then starts dating Brittany, which leads to severe tension between him and Brittany's ex-girlfriend Santana. When Ash loses the baby and Sam finds out she was pregnant he breaks up with Brittany so he can be there for her, eventually getting back together in Shooting Star. Around the same time, Sam befriends Blaine, who develops a temporary crush on him, and Tina.

After graduating in New Directions, Sam moves to New York to pursue a career in modelling. He moves back to Lima after a successful photo session in The Untitled Rachel Berry Project. As of Loser Like Me, he is now Coach Beiste's assistant football coach at WMHS. During the last season of the show, he helps Kurt and Rachel find new members for the glee club, and is present at Brittany and Santana's,and, Kurt and Blaine's double wedding. In Dreams Come True, he becomes New Directions' new coach after Will is named Principal and the school becomes Arts-oriented. Five years later he marries Ash.

He is a regular recurring character during the second and third season before being promoted to main character in Season Four and remaining in that position for the rest of the season. Sam is portrayed by actor and musician Chord Overstreet.

## Biography

* S2
* S3
* S4
* S5
* S6

Audition

Sam shows some interest in the Glee club when they are singing *Empire State of Mind* in the courtyard by tapping his foot. Finn is later seen hanging up posters to recruit new New Directions members in the boy's locker room and he hears Sam singing *Every Rose Has It's Thorn* by Poison in the shower and Finn explains that Sam had an amazing singing voice.
Later, when Finn, Artie and Ash start talking about Artie joining the football team to get Tina back, Finn agrees to help Artie if he and Ash help recruit Sam to audition for Glee Club because Sam will be a good addition to New Directions. Sam agrees because Finn is the popular quarterback. Sam introduces himself to Puck, Finn, Artie, Ash 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. He hits it off with Ash immediately. After Finn is kicked off the football team by the new coach for trying to get Artie on the team, Sam doesn't go to the glee club audition. When questioned about this by Finn, Sam says that he wanted to go, but didn't want to risk being alienated the way Finn was, 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 disheartens Finn.

Britney/Brittany

Sam watches Ash perform *Circus* and tells her that he thinks she's really good and she confronts him about why he didn't turn up to the glee club audition, telling her that he already felt like an outsider and Ash tells him that everyone in the New Directions felt like an outsider before walking off.

Grilled Cheesus

After Finn asks Jesus to let him be the quarterback again, Finn gives Sam directions instead of listening to Coach Beiste. 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, so he arranges for Ash to meet up with Sam. Ash helps him tidy his gym locker and offers him a ride home.

Duets

Will 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 a 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 n 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. Sam experiences the downside of being in glee when Azimio and Karofsky throw a slushie in his face. This is witnessed by Ash who helps him clean up in the girl's washroom. Sam compliments Ash's eyes in the Na'vi language from the movie *Avatar*.

Kurt, meanwhile, is infuriated by what he deems to be Finn's homophobia, but after talking to his father, realises 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, and tells him that he should do the duet with Ash instead. As he leaves, Kurt again in a flirtatious manner accuses Sam of dying his hair, which Sam half-heartedly denies once more. Kurt makes Ash go into the showers and agree to do the duet with Sam. They meet up to rehearse the next day but as they talk he tries to kiss her, causing Ash to panic and run off. Later, she tells Finn she can't do the duet and that he needs to help Sam find someone else to sing with. Finn and Rachel talk Quinn into doing the duet with Sam and together they sing *Lucky*. With Finn and Rachel's vote, they win a free dinner at Breadstix together. Quinn is initially put off by Sam's 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

Sam is cast in the role of Rocky in the Rocky Horror Show. Later in the weight room, Sam and Finn discuss their insecurities with their bodies. Though Sam adheres to a strict and healthy diet, throughout the episode he displays signs of having an eating disorder or body dysmorphic disorder, stating that if he eats a hot dog or misses a workout, he hates himself for a few days. Sam asks Ash to help him rehearse and in return he will help her with costumes. She agrees and goes over to his house where they rehearse *Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me*, where Ash dances around Sam and gets very touchy. 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. During a dress rehearsal, Sam walks onto the stage wearing a pair of very short gold shorts. Sam asks Emma Pillsbury if he can wear board shorts but his request is denied. He later asks Ash for the shorts instead and to not to mention their rehearsal to Quinn, to which she disappointedly agrees to do. Sam is later pulled out of the musical and replaced by Will. Sam initially believes that the reason he was pulled out was because of his complaints about his costume, but Will assures him that it has nothing to do with Sam's body or his complaints. Sam falls into a funk and confides in Finn that he feels fat, despite Finn's protests that Sam's body is fine. Sam advises Finn to be confident with his own body, but Finn seems to take Sam's words the wrong way, as he is nearly suspended after walking around the school in his underwear. Finn later tells Sam to stay away and give Ash some space after she confided in him her feelings about Sam, not wanting to see his sister get hurt. After the musical is cancelled, Will apologises to Sam and Finn for making them feel uncomfortable and insecure. Sam later performs *The Time Warp* with the rest of the New Directions.

Never Been Kissed

Sam and Finn are in cold tubs in the locker room and both discuss how they control their sexual urges while being with their girlfriends who abstain from sex. Finn tells Sam that he visualises something that turns him off, encouraging Sam to use images of Coach Beiste in compromising positions to cool off during make-out sessions with Quinn. Upon telling Finn, it starts to circulate throughout the glee club. When Will tells Beiste about it, she takes it very personally and quits. Will invites her to see the boys' mash-up, *Stop! In the Name of Love/Free Your Mind*, and she accepts their apology and decides to stay at McKinley.

The Substitute

Sam performs background vocals in *Forget You* and *Singing in the Rain/Umbrella*. 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 Will taught him how to tie his shoes, when the New Directions are asked about him.

Furt

When Finn tells Sam that he might be getting replaced, Sam says that he is on the verge of being super popular. Finn thought he didn't care about that stuff, and he admits that he does. He says that he will get Quinn to be his girlfriend, and Finn and Sam fist bump. As he walks away, Finn gives Sam a dirty look. After hearing that Burt and Carole are getting married, he asks Quinn for some alone time. He says that he wants to be like the stars with Quinn, and says he thinks he loves Quinn. Then, he bends down on one knee, and shows Quinn a ring. Quinn says to get up, she's not ready to be married. Sam says that he wants to be married some day, and says that it is a promise ring. A promise ring that he will be true and never pressure her to do anything but kiss. He says that he will promise to make her feel proud, and do much more. He says that he cares about Quinn, and wants them to be together. When she closes the ring box, she says that it is a maybe. In an all glee girls meeting, Quinn says that Sam and her are not officially dating. In the boys locker room, all the glee guys, except Finn, are telling Karofsky to back off Kurt. After he knocks down Mike and Artie, Sam launches into Karofsky, starting a fight. Karofsky, who is bigger than Sam, ends up knocking him to the ground and punching him in the eye, but the fight is then ended by Coach Beiste. Back in Glee Club, Quinn puts an ice pack on Sam's eye. Quinn calls Sam's black eye hot. Kurt thanks Sam for what he and Ash did.

At the wedding, Santana tells Finn that Sam is the new glee hotshot. Sam helps Ash put on her necklace since she can't do it as she hurt her hand and she thanks him for standing up to Karofsky. Sam performs in *Marry You*. When Will is performing *Sway*, Sam is seen hugging Quinn. He performs in *Just the Way You Are*. Back at McKinley, Quinn says she's proud of Sam for doing what he did for Kurt. 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 to the couple as 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 sing *(I've Had) The Time of My Life* by themselves. They also perform back-up in *Valerie*. At the end, Sam is seen performing backup in *Dog Days Are Over*.

A Very Glee Christmas

Sam performs a solo in *The Most Wonderful Day of the Year*. During *Merry Christmas Darling* he and Quinn are seen kissing each other against the lockers under the mistletoe. He also tells the mall Santa Claus, while sitting on his lap, that he wants tons of ChapStick for Christmas. Sam also performs *Welcome Christmas* with the rest of the glee club.

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. Sam also performs *Thriller/Heads Will Roll* with the rest of the glee club and football team. At the end of the episode, Quinn kisses Finn.

Silly Love Songs

Sam sees Quinn and Finn while he is at the kissing booth that Finn set up. He then confronts Quinn about the matter and she then decides that she will kiss Finn after glee practise. He then watches them kiss and is satisfied then Quinn lies saying that she is getting her purse, but actually is organising to meet Finn. Sam becomes jealous of Finn and Quinn's relationship and starts feeling threatened because Finn and Quinn both get mono. He then smiles at Santana at Breadstix after she waves at him.

Comeback

Sam forms a band called The Justin Bieber Experience and performs *Baby* and *Somebody to Love* to get Quinn back, after Quinn makes up an excuse as to why she kissed Finn. While for a moment everything seemed perfect, at the end Santana makes him realise that Quinn has cheated on him with Finn and that she will be there for him if he wants to. Sam wants to talk about it with Ash but they are interrupted by Puck, who Ash had just started dating, so Sam decides to end his relationship with Quinn and starts dating Santana, which comes as a huge surprise to the rest of the Glee Club. Ash later yells at him for dating Santana, saying that she didn't want Santana to change him.

Blame It on the Alcohol

At Rachel's party, Sam is seen making out with Santana on the sofa. After Puck breaks into the liquor cabinet, 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. During *Blame It (On the Alcohol)* and *Tik Tok*, he performs along with the New Directions under the influence of alcohol.

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.

Original Song

Sam backs up the idea that the New Directions should write original songs. He and Ash agree to try and write a song together. 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. While Ash and Sam try to write their song together Ash gets a text from Puck to meet up and tells Sam they should meet up after school but Sam says that he can't, as he has to look after his brother and sister. When Ash offers to go to his house he shuts her down and hastily leaves the room. Minutes before performing at Regionals Ash corners him and asks why he has been avoiding her and he tells her that he's homeless.

A Night of Neglect

Sam questions the decathlon team why they didn't tell their friends they were going to be on television. He is also the announcer for the Night of Neglect concert in the auditorium.

Born This Way

It is shown that he and Santana are no longer together, as she starts fake-dating Karofsky to hide that she is a lesbian.

Rumours

Sam is asked out by Rachel, but turns her down, claiming that she is "not his type." Later, due to Sue's gossip paper, Sam is suspected by everyone in school to be having a secret affair with Ash, Quinn and Kurt, who were all seen visiting him at an old motel. In the end, it is revealed that his dad lost his job after the economy failed and his family have 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 Ash knew because he had told her before Regionals. She and Quinn had offered to babysit his brother and sister, Stacey and Stevie. 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.

Prom Queen

Funeral

Sam attends the funeral of Jean Sylvester and performs *Pure Imagination* with the New Directions.

New York

Sam is seen along with the rest of the New Directions enjoying being in New York City. He is later seen as part of the street performers serenading Finn and Rachel in a dream-like sequence, having solo lines in *Bella Notte*. Sam is seen performing back-up vocals during the Nationals performance and looks devastated when the club only achieves 12th place. It is revealed that Sam and Ash are officially dating and they are attempting to keep their relationship a secret from the glee club because Ash doesn't want to rub their new relationship in Puck's face.

Hold on to Sixteen

In the premiere, it is revealed that Sam and his family moved out of state during the summer. At some point, he and Ash broke up, allowing her to start dating Tyler. 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. However, they agree and Sam returns to McKinley, where he is welcomed back by the New Directions and sings *Red Solo Cup*. Ash leaves the choir room and Sam chases her down the hallway, asking what he did wrong for her to leave like that, and she tells him that she's happy to see him but he caught her off guard because she didn't think she was going to see her again. Ash then tells him that what they had was a "summer fling", that she had a boyfriend and he needed to move on. As Ash begins to walk away he announces that he doesn't care who her boyfriend is, he will still fight for her, and that he will see her at home, causing Ash to stop in her tracks as she wasn't informed that Sam was moving in.

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 favourite line in the song Jack and Diane is "Hold on to sixteen as long as you can." Later, when the New Directions are practicing ways they could win Sectionals, Sam and Blaine instantly disagree on whether they should be "cute" or "sexy," leading to Blaine making a hurtful comment to Sam and resulting in the two boys attacking one another.
During *ABC* he performs background vocals, and the same goes for *Control*. He gets a solo in *Man in the Mirror*. Before the New Directions go to sing their celebratory number Ash tells Sam that they couldn't have done it without him.

Extraordinary Merry Christmas

After Glee Club, Sam helps Rory pick up some textbooks 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 USE. 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 and Ash argue 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 ring one of the bells to help with the Salvation Army, he calls to Rory to help him. Rory declines, choosing instead to stay in the show. Ash then pulls out of the show and tells Sam that she'll ring the bells with him, and they both leave, disgruntled and upset by their teammates. Later, while ringing the bells together, Sam tells Ash that he was a stripper back in Kentucky, and thinking that she will dislike him for it, tells her that he wasn't proud of having to do it, but Ash stops him, telling him that it was nothing to be ashamed of and that he did what he had to for his family. They then start joking together about Sam's stripper name, White Chocolate, and Sam teaches her his signature body roll.

While most of the New Directions are filming parts of the Christmas special, Sam is at the homeless shelter with Ash and Quinn, helping to give food to the homeless. Sam and Quinn have a conversation of how Quinn has changed for the good, stating that she deserves good things. As they are running out of food to give out, the rest of the New Directions appear, with food, claiming that Rory helped them see what truly mattered and Sam is both surprised that they showed up and happy that they came around. Sam joins in with the New Directions as they sing *Do They Know It's Christmas? (Feed the World)* at the shelter. Near the end, Sam, Ash and Rory are seen ringing bells for the Salvation Army and Rory asks Sam to be his Valentine's Day sponsor as well, to which Sam accepts, but under the condition of Rory helping him perfect his Sean Connery impression. They are then joined by Rachel and Finn who sold their gifts meant for each other in order to donate the proceedings. Finn and Rachel stay to help ring the bells with Sam, Ash and Rory.

Yes/No

Sam and Ash start the episode singing *Summer Nights' with the New Directions, recounting the summer they spent together. After a Glee Club meeting where Will tells them that he plans to propose to Emma, Sam walks with Ash down the hallway, questioning her about her future plans of marriage, wanting to be a part of those plans. Ash turns Sam down, and Sam brings up a memory of their summer that Ash has to admit was fun. But in the end, Ash states that she is dating Tyler and what she and Sam had was a summer fling. Sam watches as Tyler approaches Ash and they walk away with their arms around each other. 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 Ash. Coach Beiste tells Sam of the only open sport, which turns out to be the synchronised swimming team, coaches by Roz Washington. Upon seeing Sam, Coach Roz Washington points out how big Sam's mouth is among other things. 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 synchronised swimming team to which Finn tells him to be quiet about, saying that it is "some kind of weird death wish" to be on that team and in Glee Club. Sam tells Finn that it's sexy, but Finn disagrees. Ash then storms up to Sam and Finn walks away hastily, causing Ash to yell after him as he had been avoiding her before she turns to Sam and questions him about being on the synchronised swimming team, before letting him know that she was worried about him being on the team. As she walks away from him he announces after her, "I knew you still cared." During Rachel's song* Without You*, Sam glances at Ash. Later as Will is giving up hope of proposing to Emma, Sam brings up an idea that he has to help. Minutes before Ash and Santana perform* We Found Love *Ash asks how he came up with the idea and he tells her that it was what he would do if he was going to propose to her.*

Michael

Sam is seen with the rest of the New Directions taking part in *Bad* during their face-off with the Warblers. Sam is also seen during Quinn's tribute to all her ex-boyfriends, *Never Can Say Goodbye*, and after her song, congratulates her on her acceptance to Yale. Sam sends a text to Ash, asking her to meet him in the auditorium where he asks her to sing a duet with him, to which Ash tries to refuse, but eventually gives in. At the end of *Human Nature*, Sam and Ash share a kiss. Sam later helps the New Directions with the song *Black or White* as a way to make peace with the Warblers.

The Spanish Teacher

Sam is first seen with Ash in Emma's office where Sam and Ash talk about their relationship after their kiss and Emma suggests that Sam and Ash don't talk for a week. Later in glee club Ash tries to avoid eye contact with Ash while she sings *Siempre Tú*, but couldn't help but watch her as she sings, smiling. As a counter to this, Sam sings *Bamboleo/Hero* with the ND boys where he dedicates the lyrics to *Hero* to Ash.
Near the end of the episode, Sam is watching as the clock ticks down, ending the week that he and Ash couldn't talk. He meets her in the hallway and just as they are about to say something, Tyler approaches them and after a short conversation on his part, Tyler and Ash walk away and Sam is seen with a heartbroken look on his face as Ash walks away with Tyler.

Heart

Sam joins The God Squad in an effort to earn money for glee club. As part of the group her performs Stereo Hearts to Rachel, having been paid for doing so by Finn, and Cherish/Cherish to Brittany in the name of Santana. When the members have an argument about if they should perform to a gay couple, Sam states that he is fine with doing so. He later asks Ash to be his date to Sugar Motta's party and gives her a small statue of one of the Three Wise Men, that he painted to look like St Valentine as a gift. Ash then reveals that she has told Tyler about what had been going on between her and Sam, and that they broke up. When Sam asks if they now can be truly together, Ash declines. She confesses her love to Sam, but explains that she is feeling remorse because she made Tyler very sad by cheating on him, and she is having issues about being a bad person, after also nearly doing the same thing to Puck the previous year. She says that she has to be alone for the time being to solve those issues, thus declining Sam's present and his offers to be his date and his girlfriend. Sam walks off feeling rejected and subsequently, Ash sings (SOMETHING), addressing it to Tyler as well as to him. Sam becomes so sad while watching her sing, that he has to leave the room, bursting into tears.

On My Way

Sam is seen performing at Regionals with the rest of the New Directions. 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.

Big Brother

Sam is excited when Blaine's big brother Cooper is giving the New Directions lessons in show business. He is also referred to as "Kentucky Fried Stripper" by Sue when she points out the sexual tension between him and Ash.

Saturday Night Glee-ver

Dance With Somebody
When Will 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. After a glee rehearsal he receives a text from Finn to meet him in the auditorium, but when he goes he discovers that it wasn't Finn that sent it, it was Ash, wanting to apologise for hurting him and that she wants him back. He goes to walk out, still hurt, and she performs *If I Could Turn Back Time*, where they share a kiss at the end of the song. He is later approached by Joe Hart in the weight room where Joe asks Sam for 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 is also later seen with the rest of the Glee Club singing *My Love Is Your Love* as one big family.

Choke

Sam and the rest of the New Directions boys, except Kurt, are approached by Finn in the weight room where Finn voices his worries regarding Puck's graduation. The later meet in the choir room with Ash 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, Ash 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 favourite past time for a lot of New Directions members. He later attends prom with Ash where he talks to Ash about last year's prom and the fact that Ash thought they wouldn't get together again. When Ash waves to Tyler, Sam gives Tyler a friendly nod and the gesture is returned. He agrees to dance with Becky so that Ash can dance with Puck. He later performs *What Makes You Beautiful* with some of the other ND boys and takes a prom picture with Ash.

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 her 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 Ash, 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 performs at Nationals in *Paradise by the Dashboard Light* which helps the New Directions to win. He is later seen giving Will a hug during *We Are the Champions*.

Goodbye

Sam is seen enjoying the son the graduating seniors sing, *You Get What You Give*, to him and the others who are not graduating and is sad with the fact that they are leaving. Sam and the rest of the non-graduating class sing *In My Life* in return. Sam is later seen with the rest of the current glee members cheering on the graduating glee kids at the graduation ceremony. During *Roots Before Branches*, Sam is seen saying goodbye to Rachel with the rest of the New Directions.
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## Personality

Sam appears to be a nice and self-possessed guy, and sometimes a bit of a dork, with a quirky awkwardness when he speaks, at first never being sure what to say. As the new kid, he tries to find his way within the social networks of his new school, and seems content to make friends. When Finn offers him the chance to join the Glee Club, Sam seems genuinely excited at the idea, and by how welcoming the people he met are. However, like all kids, Sam fears social alienation, embarrassment, and temporarily backed out of joining for fear of being bullied. But even at the risk of being alienated, Sam has shown signs of being very honourable, as he refused to back out of a duet with Kurt, even though Finn warns him that performing a duet with another boy might cause him to be bullied. Sam states that he gave his word to Kurt and that was too important to go back on.

Despite being a nice guy, Sam is rather socially awkward and naïve, and is generally oblivious to how much the girls find him attractive. He claims this is because of limited interaction with girls, due to previously attending an all-boys school. This appears to cause him to move a bit more quickly than most would in terms of interacting with girls, such as trying to kiss Ash. He also appears to be very easy going and likeable, as Santana declared him as the "new Glee favourite" in Furt. He is very determined to get what he wants, such as popularity or being Quinn Fabray's boyfriend, which has also been shown to have taken a toll on his self-confidence. Despite this, he is shown to care about Quinn and stays committed to her.

Sam loves to play football and to sing, and he is apparently a bit of a nerd when it comes to things like the movie "Avatar." He often does impressions of various celebrities. He was only recently taught how to tie his shoes by Will, which was mentioned in the episode The Substitute. He struggles with his dyslexia throughout the series, making it hard for him to take tests.

Sam seems to become embarrassed easily by the attention he's given at times. He becomes increasingly self-conscious about his body, particularly when Will replaces him in the role of Rocky in the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Although Will did it for other reasons, Sam assumed it was because he asked to not wear such tight-fitting shorts, and that stated he also felt grotesquely fat, despite Finn assuring him he was in perfect shape. This is also a regular feature in other episodes.

When he returns in the episode Hold on to Sixteen, he seems to have gained a lot of confidence, perhaps due to his increased seniority and experience within the school.

## Relationships

* Ashley Murdoch
* Kurt Hummel
* Quinn Fabray
* Santana Lopez
* Brittany Pierce
* Blaine Anderson

*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.

Main article: Kurt-Sam Relationship

Kurt feels attracted to Sam right when the latter joins the New Directions, and believes him to be gay, due to his lips and his dyed hair. Kurt initially persuades Sam to sing a duet with him, in an effort to get closer to Sam, but is talked out of it by Finn and Burt. They help each other out later in the season: Sam when he helps defend Kurt against Karofsky, and Kurt when he gives some of his clothes to Sam while the latter is homeless.

Main article: Quinn-Sam Relationship

They enter and win the duet competition together. But as they are about to cash the voucher they won, Quinn makes Sam pay the bill instead, since she wants to declare the meal their first date officially. He gives her a promise ring in Furt, towards which Quinn acts reluctant at first, but ultimately decides to accept. Quinn cheats on him with her ex-boyfriend Finn in Silly Love Songs, which is exposed due to a scheme of Santana's. Encouraged by Santana, Sam then leaves Quinn in favour of her.
When Sam returns to WMHS in Hold on to Sixteen, Quinn tries to win Sam back, since she attempts to raise her daughter with him. He, however, rejects her, since he thinks that Quinn should enjoy the rest of her time at school rather than raising a little child.

Main article: Sam-Santana Relationship

Santana persuades Sam to date her in Comeback, but it becomes evident soon that Santana only wanted to date him to get back at Quinn, and to cover up her feelings for Brittany. When Santana enters a (fake) relationship with Dave Karofsky in Born This Way, Sam is shown to be indifferent towards it, indicating they had ended things between them off-screen.

Main article: Brittany-Sam Relationship

They become close in Britney 2.0 when Sam helps Brittany to get over a personal crisis. In order to not jeopardise this new friendship, they even agree to run for vice-president against each other in Makeover. When Ash breaks up with Sam he begins to date Brittany to try and get over her. They are wed in Glee, Actually, thinking the Mayan apocalypse is near, only to wake up the day after and realise that everyone is alive. Luckily, Coach Beiste didn't actually wed them so they were not married. They break up in Diva when Sam discovers that Ash was pregnant and lost the baby.

Main article: Blaine-Sam Relationship

Sam and Blaine become friends when they are persuaded to run for Senior Class President together. Following that, Sam helps Blaine deal with the latter's failing relationship with Kurt. It is thanks to Sam that Blaine manages to overcome his guilt regarding Kurt in Dynamic Duets.
In the weeks that follow, Blaine starts developing feelings for Sam as more than simply a friend. Blaine even helps Sam deal with his worries regarding the future in Naked. After spending a week coaching the glee club together in Guilty Pleasures, Blaine comes clean about his feelings for Sam. The latter is shown to be accepting of them, and promises that it won't jeopardise their friendship.
As a proof of their friendship, Blaine even asks Sam to become his best man as he is about to propose to Kurt, and although Sam is originally against the engagement, he ultimately helps Blaine set up the proposal in Love, Love, Love.
Together they move in with Kurt, Rachel and Ash following their graduation in New Directions, and move to (someone)'s apartment together in New New York. It is due to Blaine's encouragement that in this episode Sam gathers the courage to work on his dreams of becoming a model.
## Songs

**Total - ?**

* S2
* S3
* S4
* S5
* S6

**Solos**
Baby (Comeback)

**Duets**
Lucky (Quinn) (Duets)
(I've Had) The Time of My Life (Quinn) (Special Education)
Somebody to Love (Artie) (Comeback)
People Like Us (Ash) (Born This Way)

Back-up Singing

**Solos**
Bamboleo/Hero (The Spanish Teacher)

**Duets**
Human Nature (Ash) (Michael)
In My Life (Tina) (Goodbye)

**Solos**
Jingle Bell Rock (Glee, Actually)
Copacabana (Guilty Pleasures)

**Duets**
Celebrity Skin (Brittany) (Makeover)
Heroes (Blaine) (Dynamic Duets)
Something Stupid (Brittany) (Swan Song)
Old Time Rock & Roll/Danger Zone (Blaine) (Girls (and Boys) On Film)
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Blaine) (Guilty Pleasures)
More Than Words (Brittany) (Shooting Star)
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (Ryder) (Lights Out)

Back-up Singing

**Solos**
Girls on Film (The Untitled Rachel Berry Project)

**Duets**
Help! (Blaine) (Love, Love, Love)
Fire and Rain (Artie) (The Quarterback)
Best Day of My Life (Blaine) (New New York)
Werewolves of London (Artie) (Old Dog, New Tricks)

Back-up Singing

**Solos**
They Long to Be Close to You (What the World Needs Now)

**Duets**
first duet

Season Six