21 Facts About Emma Pillsbury

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Emma Pillsbury Schuester is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee.

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Emma Pillsbury was developed by Glee creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan.

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Emma Pillsbury is a guidance counselor at the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio, where the series is set.

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Emma Pillsbury suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder and has romantic feelings for glee club director Will Schuester, but she becomes engaged to football coach Ken Tanaka, as Will is married.

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Emma Pillsbury becomes pregnant during the middle of the fifth season.

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Emma Pillsbury is introduced as the guidance counselor at William McKinley High School.

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Emma Pillsbury has romantic feelings for Spanish and glee teacher Will Schuester, and encourages him in his attempt to revitalise the school glee club.

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Emma Pillsbury tells Will that she has resigned from the school, as she is ashamed of her behavior with Ken, and is heartbroken that she cannot be with Will.

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Will tells her that he has left Terri, but Emma Pillsbury feels it is too soon for him to move on.

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Emma Pillsbury later discovers that Will kissed another woman and verbally berates him, terminating their relationship.

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Emma Pillsbury begins a relationship with her dentist, Dr Carl Howell, which leads to a Vegas wedding.

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In "A Night of Neglect", Emma Pillsbury reveals to Will that Carl has left her for good and wants an annulment, since their marriage was never consummated.

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Emma Pillsbury starts seeing a psychiatrist in the episode "Born This Way", and is showing signs of improvement by the end of season two.

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When Will is named to a national blue-ribbon panel on the arts in Washington, DC, early in the fourth season, he expects Emma Pillsbury to come with him, but Emma Pillsbury is very reluctant to do so: she doesn't want to leave her job for several months while he's away.

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In "Opening Night" Emma Pillsbury gives birth to a boy, Daniel Finn Schuester.

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Emma Pillsbury appears at the McKinley auditorium's rededication to Finn Hudson and enjoys the final performance of the New Directions.

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Emma Pillsbury is visibly shocked when Will and Terri hug and together with all of the Glee Cast take a final bow.

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Emma Pillsbury is so obsessive-compulsive she counts the bristles on her toothbrush.

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Emma Pillsbury's relationship with glee club coach Will Schuester is an integral part of her character.

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Variety Brian Lowry deemed the adult cast of early Glee "over-the-top buffoons", however opined that Emma Pillsbury offered "modest redemption".

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Goldman wrote: "Schue and Emma Pillsbury finally coming together was very hard to not feel good about, even though you know it just won't be that easy when the show returns".