GLEE Season 3 a Jayma Mays Family Affair

Glee’s third season is putting a bit more emphasis on family than it has in the past with the addition of guest stars to play the parents of characters like Emma (Jayma Mays). This likely means that Will and Emma’s relationship will be taking a serious step forward if he’s meeting her folks. On the other hand, it might be an impromptu visit and Emma wants to hide her family away from everyone. Either scenario should make for some good tension.

It was TV Guide reporting that Don Most and Valerie Mahaffey would be playing the roles of Rusty and Rose Pillsbury respectively. What a lovely ginger family! I’m wondering if either of them shares any of Emma’s obsessive tendencies. Most is best known for playing Ralph Malph on Happy Days, while Mahaffey has received an Emmy nomination for her supporting role as Eve on Northern Exposure. They both come from very iconic television shows, but hopefully their careers don’t overshadow what they’re doing on Glee.

Most and Mahaffey are appearing in the same episode that introduces Mike Chang’s parents, played by Keong Sim and Tamlyn Tomita. It’s like these parents are just crawling out of the woods all of a sudden. I can’t help but wonder if there’s a relation between Mike and Emma’s parents appearing at the same time. Will we be seeing more parents during the episode? If so, PLEASE bring out Brittany’s parents. I need to understand where she came from. I would not be surprised if it were aliens.