Adam says "I'm doing a handful of episodes" here. He doesn't say "literally" but I bet it's only five:
I do not take that to be literally 5 shows. But you may be right.
>> A few reasons why I think we get 6 shows.
- I take this with the tweet from Shoshanna about the number of episodes that Adam is in depends on the shooting schedule and if Adam is available to mean that it was unknown how many episodes he would be in. That was after this interview. Shoshanna does not say all she knows but she does not make stuff up. And she did not have to answer that fan tweet.
- Popular guest stars who get along with Ryan Murphy often return to the show later on. Adam and Ryan get along. Adam and the Glee cast and crew and writers get along.
- Glee is in flux and they are trying to resuscitate it. Adam made the "handful of episodes" comment on November 4, 2013, the Glee cast was told that the show would move to NY in early January. [It was confirmed Jan 15.] I doubt Ryan told Adam and not the rest of the cast. So the dynamic is different now than when Adam said that.
- The Glee guest star agreements come in two versions (yes, they could have made a special one for Adam), 1 show and up to 6 shows. Both include options for extending the agreements. We know Adam will be in 5 episodes, my guess is he will be in 6. The contract max. They will both make it work.
- FOX moved Glee back to Tuesday to try and give it a chance. There will be a Season 6. My money is on Elliott returns for at least one show next season.
- Elliott and Kurt are too cute together. His addition has helped give the writers something to do with Kurt that is more interesting than being a gay BFF and part of a
pretty completely unsexy gay relationship.
- Elliott is a popular addition to the show and Adam generates a lot of much needed press coverage and online buzz. Adam Lambert has 2x the Google search volume of any character on Glee. No he is not too important to Gleeks but he reaches an audience that Glee lost over the years.
>> I think the theory that Elliott becomes a rockstar is a good bet. I think/hope that he returns as a star. I do not think that Ep 14 fits that storyline. That episode 14 --- "New New York" is the first episode after Lima, OH is done. All we really know is that Elliott (Adam Lambert) and Kurt (Chris Colfer) will duet on A Great Big World’s “Rockstar"That sounds like a good song for Elliot to perform about dreaming about being a rockstar but it is not really a big he's made it song. Also, I just have a feeling Elliott will leave with a solo performance, not a duet with Kurt.
There is no sign that Elliott is in 5x15 (filming now). But that leave 7 more shows. All in NYC.
ETA: The GLEE Ep 14 maybe spoiler, which makes sense, really makes me think there is more Elliott to come.
