Glee premiered with one of the best TV episodes ever 17 years ago today

I’m sorry to inform everyone, it’s been 17 years since Glee aired its iconic pilot (Picture: 2009 FOX)

‘You think this is hard? Try being waterboarded, that’s hard.’

It’s the utterly bonkers – and yet somehow pitch-perfect – opening line to the pilot episode of Ryan Murphy’s magnum opus: Glee season one (yes, even over American Horror Story, argue with the wall)

Jane Lynch’s acerbic Sue Sylvester’s megaphone-touting declaration to her cheer squad kicks off 50 minutes of television so absurd and yet so compelling that it...