Maybe the show runners got tired of seeing a name in their credits that sounds like a private detective from an old Raymond Chandler novel (Chord Overstreet, Private I)- that and if his is not a stag name - his parents should be taken out and flogged for naming their kid that.

Thi was hylarious! And complitely true. Honeslty... I have no criticism... I think your points made complete sense... and I wasn't aware I liked Sam this much before I read your article... But it totally does make sense... Someone, please, call Murphy and explain this to him. Oh, and send him this article too... he might realize what a huge mistake he's making... I mean, Trouty Mouth! "I love to suck on those salamander lips"? That's GOLD... Oh, and should we mention the gold shorts? 'cause the kid actually stood in those shorts... he should be rewared with a series regular contract at least for that...

I agree with 1 & 2 & 3

I havent hear Trouty Mouth yet and sicne Cory and Chris are my favorite singers on the show ... I actually like Marks voice more then Chords but he does make awful songs bearable

and thanks for giving more legitimate reasons for my dislike of Darren being made a regular - nothing against Darren, I just cant stand Blaine

Thank you for this article! Sam is my favorite character and it makes me sad that they would even consider cutting him.

To help keep him on the show, tweet #dontcutthechord and sign the petition at twitition.com

Buying his cover of Billionaire from iTunes also helps!

This was spot-on! Well done TwoP. I miss when Mercedes had a personality. Remember when she and Kurt were friends, not Kurt and Rachel? I think they paired Kurt and Rachel up because so many people disliked Rachel and they thought it would help. Sam was the character I think most could relate to on the levels mentioned. Finn and Rachel are really boring, and Finn just became a douche (who really can't sing) by the end. So now they're cutting Sam, I suppose Mercedes and her captivating plots will be elevated from tater tots to...TORTILLA CHIPS. I have given up on "Glee" unless TwoP's recaps indicate a serious upswing in quality. Even then, I'm waiting at least eight episodes in to trust an upturn.

This was spot-on! Well done TwoP. I miss when Mercedes had a personality. Remember when she and Kurt were friends, not Kurt and Rachel? I think they paired Kurt and Rachel up because so many people disliked Rachel and they thought it would help. Sam was the character I think most could relate to on the levels mentioned. Finn and Rachel are really boring, and Finn just became a douche (who really can't sing) by the end. So now they're cutting Sam, I suppose Mercedes and her captivating plots will be elevated from tater tots to...TORTILLA CHIPS. I have given up on "Glee" unless TwoP's recaps indicate a serious upswing in quality. Even then, I'm waiting at least eight episodes in to trust an upturn.

No, not Trouty Mouth! He was just getting interesting, he finally had a girlfriend who wasn't a cheater or a lesbian, he was starting to feel like he belonged with the group after they helped him out...and now he's just gonna be gone? There's approximately 800 characters on Glee, they couldn't have gotten rid of Lauren instead? My love of Darren Criss and Harry Shum, Jr. will keep me around for this season, but I can't believe the Powers That Be expect this show to last past next season. They've destroyed the characterizations of ALL their main character, and recycling plotlines after only 44 episodes.

I became a true Glee fan when they brought in the Sam character. He was the best singer out of all of the boys on that show and super cute. His romance with Quinn was my favorite couple by far on the show. So sad he got cut!

"(If you do live under a Glee-proof rock by the way, where can we find one?)"

Perry County, Pennsylvania. Was down there for the holiday weekend and heard absolutely nothing about this.

Oh, and on topic: Good riddance.

This was always about Chord, but for me it was also about Sam. I know what it's like to start out as this happy kid who just wants to be loved and to have everyone hurt you, turn on you, betray you, and then the worst possible thing happens and you're 17 and you find yourself supporting your entire family for whatever reasons, and you have to sacrifice your childhood, your life, your ability to be happy, sometimes even your very soul and there isn't a single person who understands and looks at you like you're the idiot. Sam Evans was the first fictional representation of myself that I have ever seen and it kills me that in a show that within the first 20 minutes of the first episode tells you it is all about joy that this character will never get a happy ending. There are so many people out there in the world who won't get that happy ending, RIB could have at least given it to Sam.

This is like the 16th article I have read on this topic. Listing all the wonderful reasons why Sam being shucked is horrible. It's really just getting depressing. Why am I watching this again.

And I wonder what's gonna happen to poor Connie Britton Ryan Murphy's new show.

It's a shame for Chord, he seems like a pleasant, if bland, kid. But at least there will be a little more room for Max Adler and we might get to finally hear his velvety baritone on the show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgQxhttNleg&feature=player_embedded

I honestly have hated Glee all season. One of the only reasons I watch the show now is because of Sam. He's one of the only people on that show I didn't want to slap in the face. He could also sing a whole lot better than Finn. Glee really made a bad mistake. Hopefully they will actually put some depth into these characters that they are seriously disgracing.

To start off with I wasn't really into Sam, but like a lot of people he became one of my fave's. I use to like Glee but now it's become a show I watch and think 'Why am I watching this again?' I was secretly hoping that Sam and Rachel would get together, because they are both socially awkward in one way or another and I think they would make a sweet couple. But no the show keeps pushing Rachel to become more and more obnoxious, and one week the cast members are hugging her and the next practically smacking her in the face. This show is so inconsistent, all the characters are cartoonist and there is nothing real to connect to. I think I only tune in to see the singing bits...which aren't always great. Oh and one more rant could they not rehearse the same song for regional's over the whole season - off screen of course - but I watched a documentary about Glee choirs and they practice the same routine, and have costumes and sets, and the Glee kids on the show pick a song a week or hours before...sigh. Quinn should go because she is the least interesting/likable character.
Please Ryan Murphy listen to the fans and fix the show before it looses it's remaining water-ski and falls into the awaiting sharks mouth!

that would be so "FREAKING" AWESOME if they brought in Alex as a relative of Mike's! You are a brilliant brain!!

i would be supporting your point, but you insulted dianna aggron, so fuck you.

And for the Paul supporters that think pulling back to the borders is the right thing to do, wrong. Exercise some high end battle theory with me for a moment. Given the choice of destruction and chaos surrounding a battle would you rather have it at the border or on another continent? Personally my favorite place to break things and kill people (basic military purpose, despite commercials to the contrary) is not in my own yard but in the yard of a moron that lives a mile away (that way I don't have to clean up or break my own stuff).

I would have to say yes. Instead of buying the stuff that they are delegating you to buy, they are letting you choose. Dont make them mad, spend it on what they say its for.