Mercedes Jones

Mercedes Jones
Glee character
Amber Riley as Mercedes on the Glee Live! In Concert! tour
First appearance	"Pilot"
Created by	Ryan Murphy Brad Falchuk Ian Brennan
Portrayed by	Amber Riley
Information
Occupation	High school student
Significant other(s)	Shane Tinsley
Religion	Christian

Mercedes Jones is a fictional character from the Fox popular musical comedy-drama series Glee. The character is portrayed by actress Amber Riley, and has appeared in Glee from its pilot episode, first broadcast on May 19, 2009. Mercedes was developed by Glee creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan. She is a dynamic diva-in-training who refuses to sing back-up, and is a member of the glee club at the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio.

Storylines

Amber Riley (pictured) plays Mercedes.

Mercedes auditions for the school glee club, New Directions, by performing Aretha Franklin's "Respect".^[1] She develops a crush on fellow member Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer), unaware that he is gay. Though she is hurt when he rejects her, Mercedes is supportive when he confides his sexuality, and they become close friends.^[2] Mercedes has a rivalry with glee club co-captain Rachel Berry (Lea Michele), which comes to a head in the episode "Sectionals", when she impresses the club with a rendition of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going". Rachel agrees that Mercedes should perform the solo competitively, but she loses the chance when a rival school steals the song.^[3]

Frustrated with the lack of solos they receive, Mercedes and Kurt join the school cheerleading squad, the Cheerios, as vocalists.^[4] Mercedes struggles when cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) demands that she lose weight. She faints after crash-dieting, and is supported by former Cheerios captain Quinn Fabray (Dianna Agron), who tells her that she is beautiful regardless of her size. Later, during a pep rally, Mercedes sings the song "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera.^[5] Being a member of the Cheerios increases her popularity, and Mercedes briefly dates football player and glee club member Noah Puckerman (Mark Salling). However, she feels that she is being untrue to herself, so she quits the squad and breaks up with Puck. A friendship develops between Mercedes and Quinn; she invites Quinn to live with her family after Quinn's parents evict her for becoming pregnant,^[6] and supports her through the birth of her daughter.^[7]

Mercedes' friendship with Kurt is tested when they disagree over religion; Mercedes is a devout Christian, and Kurt an atheist. When his father has a heart attack, Mercedes convinces Kurt to attend church with her, devoting the service to the Hummels and performing "Bridge Over Troubled Water" with her church choir for him.^[8] Kurt later develops a strong friendship with Blaine Anderson (Darren Criss), a gay student from another school. He begins to neglect Mercedes, and offends her by trying to set her up with another student. When Sue Sylvester, temporarily Acting Principal, begins a healthy eating initiative at the school and declares a ban on Tater Tots, Mercedes organizes a student protest and fills the tailpipe of Sue's car with Tots, causing $17,000 worth of damage. Kurt suggests that she is substituting food for love and their friendship for a romantic relationship, and Mercedes agrees to talk to the student Kurt attempted to set her up with.^[9] She remains romantically unattached, however, and explains to Kurt and Rachel that sometimes it is necessary to choose between love and talent.^[10]

Mercedes writes an original song entitled "Hell to the No" to be a contender for the glee club's set list for the Regionals competition; though director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) thinks it's a great song, he also doesn't think it's appropriate for the competition.^[11] When New Directions plans a benefit concert, Mercedes allows her performance slot to be moved to a less desirable place in the program; club member Lauren Zizes (Ashley Fink) is surprised by her failure to stand up for herself, and offers to be her agent, suggesting that she make diva-like demands to ensure they appreciate her talent. Ultimately, Mercedes takes the closing slot from Rachel by performing an overwhelming rendition of Aretha Franklin's "Ain't No Way" so good that Rachel doesn't even try to follow it.^[12] Mercedes attends the junior prom as part of a group with Rachel and fellow New Directions member Sam Evans (Chord Overstreet).^[13] In the season two finale episode, "New York", it is revealed that she and Sam have begun secretly dating.^[14]

In season 3 Mercedes helps sing the song "You Can't Stop the Beat" with Rachel and tells Mr. Schuester that she is "proud that there is allegiance up in here (Glee Club)." She auditions for the role of Maria in the school play of West Side Story against Rachel and in the end it is decided that they will be double cast as Maria. Rachel accepts this but Mercedes does not and gives the part to Rachel. She also has been stressed and ends up leaving the New Directions. After giving her part to Rachel she joins Shelby Cochran's group saying that she is the "star power".

Musical performances

Season one

Mercedes (Riley, left) and Puck (Salling, right) duet on "The Lady Is a Tramp" in the episode "Laryngitis".

Further information: Glee Cast discography, List of songs in Glee (season 1), List of songs in Glee (season 2)

As Mercedes, Riley features in many ensemble musical performances. She has had several solos and duets, which have been released as singles, available for download, and included on Glee's soundtrack albums. Her first performance, "Respect" by Aretha Franklin, was included in full on the series' first DVD box set, Glee – Volume 1: Road to Sectionals.^[15] In the episode "Acafellas", she gives a performance of Jazmine Sullivan's "Bust Your Windows", which was called "showstopping" by Raymund Flandez of The Wall Street Journal.^[16] It was included on the album Glee: The Music, Volume 1,^[17] and released as a single, which peaked at number 35 in Ireland.^[18] Riley recorded a version of Dionne Warwick's "Don't Make Me Over" for the episode "Hairography". It was used as an instrumental within the episode, rather than performed by Mercedes on-screen,^[19] but was included in full on Glee: The Music, Volume 2.^[20] Her performance of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" in the episode "Sectionals" also features on this album.^[20] As a single, its peak position was number 85 in Canada.^[21] The rendition of Aguilera's "Beautiful" in the episode "Home" was called "so forced that it loses any power it might have from what's a genuinely nice arrangement of the song" by Todd VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club,^[22] while Tim Stack of Entertainment Weekly wrote that it was "a great moment for not only Amber Riley but for the entire show."^[23] The number peaked at 39 in Ireland,^[18] and 44 in Canada.^[24]

Also during season one, Riley duetted with Colfer as Kurt on "4 Minutes" by Madonna. This track was included on the extended play (EP) Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna,^[25] and reached number 32 in Ireland.^[18] In the episode "Laryngitis", Mercedes duetted with Puck on "The Lady Is a Tramp" by Sammy Davis, Jr., and with Santana Lopez (Naya Rivera) on "The Boy is Mine" by Brandy and Monica. The former was included on Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers,^[26] and reached number 72 in Canada,^[24] while the latter features on the compilation album Glee: The Music, The Complete Season One,^[27] and reached 46 in Ireland.^[18]

Season two

In the season two episode "Grilled Cheesus", Mercedes performed Whitney Houston's "I Look to You", and led a choral rendition of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Aretha Franklin.^[28] Erica Futterman of Rolling Stone commended Riley's vocals on the latter song, and commented that series creator Ryan Murphy should assign Mercedes more solos.^[29] MTV's Aly Semigran felt that "I Look to You" was the episode's weakest song, preferring Riley's "more powerful" rendition of "Bridge over Troubled Water".^[30] Amy Reiter of the Los Angeles Times expressed disappointment in both numbers, as they left her "strangely unmoved". She suggested that, "Mercedes sang admirably, beautifully even, but she didn’t seem truly transported by the music; so we weren't."^[31] "I Look to You" peaked at number 74 in Canada and the U.S., while "Bridge Over Troubled Water" reached 69 and 73 respectively in the same territories.^[32] Mercedes later assumed the role of Frank N. Furter in the glee club's performance of The Rocky Horror Show, and sang Sweet Transvestite. The song was included on the EP Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show,^[33] and caused disagreement amongst critics over her casting in a traditionally male role. Semigran felt that, as sung by a female, the song lost its shock value.^[34] Flandez would have preferred Salling's Puck in the role, but praised Riley's vocals, and wrote that her solo "woke us all up from the timid pacing."^[35] Anthony Benigno of the New York Daily News also enjoyed the number, and found that while Mercedes lacked the stage presence of Tim Curry, Riley did something "completely remarkable" as Frank, giving a largely flawless performance.^[36] "Hell to the No", Mercedes' original song, was titled for the character's signature catchphrase. Co-written by Glee's music supervisor Adam Anders, composer Peer Åström, and executive producer Ian Brennan,^[37] it peaked at number 53 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[38] In the episode "A Night of Neglect", she performed another Franklin song, this time "Ain't No Way".^[39] Her final solo of the season was Otis Redding's "Try a Little Tenderness", which was included on the album Glee: The Music, Volume 6.^[40][41]

During the season, Mercedes again duetted with both Santana and Rachel: with the former on Ike & Tina Turner's "River Deep – Mountain High"^[42] and ABBA's "Dancing Queen",^[43] and with the latter on "Take Me or Leave Me" from the musical Rent.^[44] "River Deep, Mountain High" was included on the album Glee: The Music, Volume 4 and peaked at number 30 in Ireland.^[45][18] "Take Me or Leave Me" featured on the following album, Glee: The Music, Volume 5, and reached number 51 in the U.S.^[46][47] "Dancing Queen" appeared on the season's final soundtrack album, Volume 6,^[41] and peaked at number 74 in the U.S.^[48] Futterman criticized the arrangement of "Dancing Queen" for diluting Riley and Rivera's "power vocals", which, she said, "[gave] them the thin sound of ABBA's original even though they're both much better than that."^[43]

Reception

Ryan Brockington for the New York Post has written that "the key to this show lies directly within the female leads", praising Riley as Mercedes and noting that in "Acafellas", Riley "finally got a chance to shine".^[49] Similarly, Stack commented that the best aspect of "Acafellas" was the focus it placed on previously more minor characters such as Mercedes.^[50] Eric Goldman of IGN criticised Mercedes' actions in the episode "Ballad", in which Puck confesses to her he is the father of Quinn's baby, and Mercedes responds by telling him to leave Quinn alone. Goldman questioned: "Really? She doesn't think Finn should know he's not really the dad? She doesn't think Puck should be involved, given he actually is the dad? It was a really strange response, and given Mercedes is not generally written to be an unlikable, manipulative person (That's Terri!), I'm not sure how the writers thought this was a justified viewpoint for her."^[51]

Korbi Ghosh of Zap2it has named Mercedes' best moment as her performance of "Imagine" in the episode "Hairography", commending her as: "instead of overpowering their performance with her spectacular talents, she toned it down, allowing the deaf choir to truly shine as she humbly sang beside them, showing her support."^[52] Ghosh deemed her low point vandalizing Kurt's car in "Acafellas", commenting: "Mercedes has clearly got some anger and aggression issues — not to mention being a bit clueless... the boy is into other boys, hello! — But we'll forgive her. We got to watch her sing "I Bust The Windows Out" because of it, so it's all good."^[52] Stack approved of the budding friendship between Mercedes and Quinn in the episode "Home", and added, "Their scene together in the nurses office was really touching and sweet. Damn, these kids can act."^[23]

The relationship between Mercedes and Marcus was initially well-received. The Hollywood Reporter's Lesley Goldberg called their first scene together "adorable", and wrote that her "new love life seems to have refreshed the character on screen as her newfound happiness translates well."^[53] Vicki Hyman of The Star-Ledger hoped their coupling would continue,^[54] though Matt Zoller Seitz of Salon.com lamented Sam's departure, as he felt a relationship between the two "would have been groundbreaking for all sorts of reasons."^[55]

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External links

• Mercedes Jones at Fox.com
• Mercedes Jones at the Internet Movie Database