Glee Season 5 SPOILERS: New Episode 1 Premiere Air Date Confirmed After Cory Monteith’s Death, Ryan Murphy Reveals; Finn Will Die In Episode 3, Tribute Planned, Lea Michele To Return

Lea Michele and Cory Monteith as Rachel and Finn on "Glee." (Photo : Facebook/Glee)

“Glee” fans have been wondering how the show will continue after the tragic death of Cory Monteith, and now show creator Ryan Murphy has spoken to TV Line about how “Glee” will move forward.

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Murphy revealed that “Glee” will air its first two episodes normally, with the premiere date a week after its original schedule, and have Monteith’s character, Finn, die in Episode 3 before the show goes on hiatus.
The new episode 1 premiere date will be on September 26. The cast and crew will return to filming, with Monteith’s on- and off-air girlfriend Lea Michele’s permission.
“Ultimately, what we decided to do for the cast and crew was start shooting with something that we had already written,” Murphy said, adding that two Beatles episodes had been in the works for years.
“We just decided that it would probably be the best for everybody to get back together and be working and have grief counselors on set for two weeks, which we’re going to do,” he added. “But, ultimately, we made no decisions without consulting Lea.”
“She was very adamant that she thought it was best for the cast and crew to get back together sooner [rather] than later so that mortgages could be paid and people could take care of their families,” said Murphy.
“Cory was so beloved that she felt people really needed to be together in this time. So we sort of followed her lead.
Finn’s absence won’t be addressed in the first two episodes, and his character will die in Episode 3. Then, the show will go off air for a long hiatus.
“Right now we’re writing the third episode, which deals with Finn’s death – which, you can imagine, is a very difficult episode to write,” Murphy said. “[It] has to be done very carefully and with a lot of taste and really making sure that it’s a tribute to Cory.”
Murphy added that Michele will returning to filming and will be part of the first two episodes, as well as the third.
“She wants to be with people. The [Glee] family is her family. She wants to be with the cast and the crew,” Murphy said.