Back To McKinley

Back To McKinley is the first episode of Glee: The Next Story's first season, the first episode overall. It is set to premiere on March 14th, 2013. The episode is written and directed byManuel. Filming started on March 1st and ended March 8th.

Plot

 * Santana comes back to McKinley after living in New York for the past two years. She is granted the position as the new coach of the cheerio's after Sue Sylvester retired. She is informed that there is no more glee Club. Santana meets a young girl named Marley and the two set out the bring the glee club back to life.

Ryder and Marley

 * Marley influences Ryder to join glee club.
 * Ryder will be begin to like Marley.
 * Marley is the first person to join New Directions, and will help Santana find others.

Joe and Gina

 * Gina asks Joe to duet with her for her audition. The performance gets the both accepted into ND, even though Joe initially wasn't going to join.

Scenes

 * Nellie was on set today.(3/5) Source

Music

 * Blake was in the studio. (3/5) Source
 * Melissa was in the studio with Naya. (3/05) Source
 * Ariana was in the studio. (3/05) Source

Song Notes

 * There will be 2 duets, 1 group number and 3 solo's.

Main

 * Becca Tobin as Kitty Wilde
 * Blake Jenner as Ryder Lynn
 * Melissa Benoist as Marley Rose
 * Michael Weisman as Liam Peterson
 * Naya Rivera as Santana Lopez
 * Nellie Veitenheimer as Rebekah Anderson
 * Lindsay Pearce as Harmony Trinket
 * Samuel Larsen as Joe Hart
 * Dylan O'Brien as Trae Robertson
 * Ariana Grande as Gina Garza

Recurring

 * Jacob Artist as Jake Puckerman
 * Dianna Agron as Quinn Fabray
 * Vanessa Lengies as Sugar Motta
 * Ali Stroker as Betty Pillsbury
 * Emma Stone as Monika Greyson
 * Leon Thomas as Patrick "Pat" Greyson