Glee Season Four Promo Features Kate Hudson in Action! Plus New Directions' New (Familiar) Face

Darren Criss performs Imagine Dragons' "It's Time" and Wemma shares a cute moment in a new promo for the Fox hit

By Tierney Bricker Aug 16, 2012 12:03 AMTags
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"A brave new Glee."

That's exactly what the first promo for the Fox hit's fourth season says fans can expect when it returns on Sept. 13. They can also expect a kind of mean Kate Hudson (We love it!), Blaine (Darren Criss) performing Imagine Dragon's hit song "It's Time" and a familiar face joining New Directions! So who is it?

Plus, we get a quick first look at Sue's (Jane Lynch) baby and a cute Wemma moment!

"I bet you were a big star back in Iowa," a deliciously snarky Hudson says to her dance student Rachel (Lea Michele). When Rachel corrects her, saying, "I'm actually from Ohio," Hudson kicks her snarkiness up a notch: "Oh, Ohio? Even worse." Rachel Berry must be toast because she just got burned!

And it's time to meet one of the new members of New Directions: Alex Newell! Yes, it seems the Glee Project star will be returning as Unique and will be transferring to McKinley! (Sorry, Jesse St. James!) Brittany's (Heather Morris) amazing response? "That's a great haircut, Mercedes, but I thought you graduated?" Whole new Glee, same old Brittany.

Also, we saw that cute little nose tap, Will (Matthew Morrison) and Emma (Jayma Mays)!

Glee returns Thursday, Sept. 13, at 9 p.m. on Fox.