Phenomenal musical TV series Glee will return on its fifth season starting September 26. The first teaser for the upcoming season was released Friday, just over a month after the passing of Cory Monteith who plays Finn Hudson.
Glee creator Ryan Murphy said in a recent interview that it was very difficult to work straight for the 5th season after Cory's tragic death, especially that they will have to tape for the first two episodes—tribute to legendary band The Beatles—which should be fun and optimistic as planned.
So how will the show tackle Finn Hudson's death?
He told Deadline: "There were a lot of things that we had to decide—how are we going to deal with his death? At one point, we were going to have his character die after an accidental drug overdose—that was something we had considered."
"But we have decided that we’re not going to have him pass from that. Basically, what we’re doing in the episode is we are not telling you yet, or maybe not at all, how that character died. The idea being, how somebody died is interesting and maybe morbid, but we say very early on in the episode, 'This episode is about a celebration of that character’s life.'"
"We loved Cory and we loved Finn and it feels like a huge loss and a huge heartache not to have either of them around. We’re trying to craft an episode that’s not just about us grieving but about a lot of the young fans grieving," Murphy added.
"Once again with feeling, drama, passion... Are you ready to go once again," said the first teaser of Glee season 5 (watch below).
