Britney 2.0

"Britney 2.0"
Glee episode
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 2
Directed by	Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Written by	Brad Falchuk
Featured music	"Hold It Against Me" "Boys" / "Boyfriend" "Womanizer" "3" "(You Drive Me) Crazy" / "Crazy" "Oops!... I Did It Again" "Gimme More" "Everytime"
Production code	4ARC02
Original air date	September 20, 2012 (2012-09-20)
Guest appearance(s)
Kate Hudson as Cassandra July Jayma Mays as Emma Pillsbury Iqbal Theba as Principal Figgins Alex Newell as Wade "Unique" Adams Samuel Larsen as Joe Hart Melissa Benoist as Marley Rose Dean Geyer as Brody Weston Jacob Artist as Jake Puckerman Becca Tobin as Kitty Wilde Josh Sussman as Jacob Ben Israel Trisha Rae Stahl as Millie Rose
Episode chronology
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"Britney 2.0" is the second episode of the fourth season of the American musical television series Glee, and the sixty-eighth episode overall. Written by Brad Falchuk and directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, it aired on Fox in the United States on September 20, 2012, and features Glee's second episode dedicated to the music of Britney Spears. This episode features, the New Directions attempting to cheer up a depressed Brittany Pierce (Heather Morris) with Britney Spears songs. Special guest star Kate Hudson returns as Rachel's dance instructor, Cassandra July.

The episode was watched by 7.46 million viewers, making it the most watched episode of the fourth season.

In New York City, Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) and Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer) rent a small apartment and move in together. At the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYADA), Rachel continues to be pressured by her dance instructor, Cassandra July (Kate Hudson), who refuses to teach Rachel tango because she thinks she lacks sex appeal. Kurt reveals that Cassandra used to be a promising star on Broadway but wrecked her first performance so dramatically due to pressure that no one wanted to hire her again.

Meanwhile, in Lima, Ohio, Brittany Pierce (Heather Morris) performs Britney Spears's "Hold It Against Me" during cheerleading practice before being interrupted by coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch), who kicks her off the Cheerios due to her bad grades and replaces her with Kitty Wilde (Becca Tobin). This, in addition to the busy schedule of her girlfriend, Santana Lopez (Naya Rivera), who is attending University of Louisville, causes Brittany to become depressed. Hoping to cheer her up, guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays) convinces glee club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) to have New Directions perform Britney Spears' songs. Subsequently, Artie Abrams (Kevin McHale) and Blaine Anderson (Darren Criss) perform a mash-up of "Boys" and Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend", for Brittany, and she is once more inspired by Spears.

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