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`` Funk '' is the twenty-first episode of the American television series Glee .. Glee. Glee ( TV series ). American. United States. The episode was written by series creator Ian Brennan and directed by Elodie Keene .. Ian Brennan. Ian Brennan ( writer ). Elodie Keene. Elodie Keene. It premiered on the Fox network on June 1 , 2010 and was watched by 9 million viewers .. Fox. Fox Broadcasting Company. In `` Funk '' , New Directions is intimidated by rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline .. Jesse St. James -LRB- Jonathan Groff -RRB- defects back to Vocal Adrenaline , and New Directions explores funk music , knowing it is their rival club 's weakness .. Jonathan Groff. Jonathan Groff. Jesse St. James. Jesse St. James. funk music. funk music. The episode features cover versions of six songs , all of which were released as singles , available for download , and two of which are included on the soundtrack album Glee  : The Music , Volume 3 Showstoppers .. Glee. Glee ( TV series ). cover versions. cover versions. singles. Single ( music ). download. Music download. soundtrack album. soundtrack album. The episode received mixed reviews from critics .. Lisa Respers France of CNN and Blair Baldwin of Zap2it both received the episode positively .. CNN. CNN. Zap2it. Zap2it. Todd VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club , Entertainment Weekly Tim Stack and James Poniewozic of Time highlighted continuity issues with the show , while VanDerWerff and Henrik Batallones of BuddyTV deemed `` Funk '' a set-up episode for the season finale .. The A.V. Club. The A.V. Club. Entertainment Weekly. Entertainment Weekly. Time. Time ( magazine ). BuddyTV. BuddyTV. Bobby Hankinson of the Houston Chronicle gave a more positive review , but still found `` Funk '' lacking compared to previous episodes , a sentiment shared by Aly Semigran of MTV .. Houston Chronicle. Houston Chronicle. MTV. MTV