Jude Moody

"Most of what you see in people is an illusion. Everyone has an act."

-Jude, S1 E7, 7 Days.

Jude Moody is a main character in Glee: NDNG. He's a junior, at the start of Season One, and a somewhat reluctant member of the football team. His popularity seems to have no effect on him. Perhaps he would be happy without it, having more time to smoke in peace. As of the end of Pilot, he was a member of the New Directions.

Early Life
Jude was raised solely by his mother, as his father left not long after he was born. She loved him deeply, but he was somewhat bitter about what he had missed, and grew up to resent his father. At the age of four, he met Ricky Vincent, who quickly took him under his wing, and would often get into fights for him. When Jude's sister was born, he vowed to do the same for her.

Season 1
Now, Jude fights for himself, at every opportunity, which can land him in trouble, on occasion, but spends most of his time smoking by the football field.

In Pilot, he's first seen just after doing exactly that. He comes up behind Ricky, and scares him. Ricky is concerned about his whereabouts during the last football practice, and his smoking habits. When Beth Corcoran appears, Jude is largely ignored, and he's indifferent to the idea of a Glee Club. When Beth goes, Ricky pleads with him to join the club, as they do everything together. Jude reluctantly agrees, and follows him to the sign-up sheet.

Jude's next seen at the audition, where he auditions with Shut Up and Dance.

At the first rehearsal, Jude's lying across several chairs, visibly high, to Beth's disapproval.

In Edge, after the club perform You Can't Stop the Beat Jude is the first to tell Beth that they're all sick of singing 'happy, bouncy, musical theatre bullshit', and that they want something different. He wants something with edge. When September Puckerman argues with some club members over her wish to sing a male song, and sits down in defeat, Jude watches her, conflicted. Soon, he defends her, and says she should do it.

September finds him on the football field, smoking something illegal, as usual. She asks him for a favour, promising edge. She wants him to sing a duet with her, as she noticed that he didn't laugh at her for wanting to sing Corner of the Sky. Jude semi-apologetically refuses, saying he already agreed to sing a duet with Liam Cook, explaining that he approached him, nervously, and bribed him. Jude couldn't refuse the look on his face. When September asks what song, he's suspicious, but goes along with it.

As Liam and Jude are about to start What You Own, September announces that she planned to do the same song, with Logan Abrams. Jude's outraged, but it's allowed to go on, and made into a competition. When Liam gives the other two the win, Jude's quick to agree. After the rehearsal, Jude helps Misty Erickson put chairs away, and explains his reasoning for helping September. She believes she can do anything, and he wants his sister to think the same.

Jude leads the group's performance of Holiday, and is satisfied with the song choice, as is the rest of the club. (Well, most of them.)

In Coming Out of My Cage, Jude appears in the performance of Totally Fucked.

He also appears in the performance of My Junk, making intense eye contact with Misty in the club room while she sings about him. The two then dance together in the dream sequence.

It is evident that Jude and September have built a playful friendship in Popular, winking suggestively when the club are keen to find out who September has a crush on (before making very clear that she is far too young for him).

In Invitationals, Jude can be seen tossing a ball around with Ricky and some unnamed jocks.

When the club are awaiting Beth before their performance, Jude agrees with Ophelia Yates' blunt lack of hope for Beth to come through, to his own horror. He also offers a hug to comfort a very nervous Liam.

Personality
Jude is generally considered dark, brooding, and mildly threatening. Though, underneath that act, there's a warm heart, and a guy who loves his family and friends.

Style/Appearance
While Ricky is almost never seen without his Letterman jacket, Jude can almost never be seen with his. Instead, he favours an oversized, worn-out trenchcoat, the one thing of his father's that was left in the house.