‘Glee’ season 4 spoilers: New photos featuring Darren Criss, Naya Rivera

Has the wait for new “Glee” season 4 episodes made you rather impatient? Well don’t worry: on Thursday night, the Fox comedy is finally going to be back and will start running through five consecutive new episodes leading up to the May 9 season finale. There’s quite a bit to get to in that time, as well, in between the graduation of some more students, regionals, Rachel’s audition for “Funny Girl,” and what in the world is going on with Finn and Puck.

While Ryan Murphy is keeping mum on the details of the upcoming episodes, he is at least being kind enough to share some photos from the upcoming episodes. The first one is a very familiar auditorium shot with some students of McKinley High, and it’s unfortunately rather hard to figure out just what exactly we are supposed to make of it, at least save for the fact that Samuel Larsen is getting the shaft once again. (Seriously, is Joe Hart a ghost now?)

As for the other photo, it is basically of something that you have seen a little bit of coverage for already, in the “At the Ballet” performance that is set to feature Naya Rivera (Santana), Chris Colfer (Kurt), Lea Michele (Rachel), and returning guest star Sarah Jessica Parker (Isabelle). Why are these three characters so dressed up? We’re currently assuming that a certain Vogue.com editor must have hooked these three up with some pretty exquisite fashions, since we don’t otherwise know how they could have afforded any of these glamorous outfits.

What do you think of these photos, and does the second one to you show the contrast that exists at the moment between the world of McKinley High, and then what we are seeing with the characters in New York? If you want to watch some more footage of the upcoming “Glee” episodes, you can do so over at the link here.

Photo: Twitter / Ryan Murphy