I believe she was filming a movie at the time, but yeah, I expect Ryder and Kitty to take center stage, since they've gathered a more positive reaction than Marley and Jake.I think this season Kitty will take center stage for the McKinley group as Marley didn't have a line in the first two eps that I can recall.
Take with a grain of salt since I don't have a source but someone on another forum said that RM stated somewhere that "Ryan Murphy came out explaining why Diana Agron is not in the episode. He said the episode was written for the main cast as it is now. He only included non-current main cast/guest stars if they asked him to be in it."
Which I have to call bull to.
"When you write something like that, there's no right way to do it," Murphy said. "So we wrote it. We put people who were under contract to the show in it, and a lot of the actors contacted me and said, 'I just loved him so much. Can I just please be a part of it?'"
I believe she was filming a movie at the time, but yeah, I expect Ryder and Kitty to take center stage, since they've gathered a more positive reaction than Marley.
No no, don't remove Jake's name. He's a boring piece of ****.![]()
Just saying he isnt as bad as Marley who is god awful. Jake on screen is fun to me and not someone I just want to punch in the face.

That's an old picture, considering she's given birth by now...
I believe she was filming a movie at the time, but yeah, I expect Ryder and Kitty to take center stage, since they've gathered a more positive reaction than Marley and Jake.
I suspect a lot of the criticism about Marley is about her being too nice.
Murphy also referred to Miley Cyrus as "wildly talented", which I'm not even gonna touch...