"Glee" said "Farewell to Finn" on Thursday (Oct. 10) night's episode by remembering what everyone loved and cherished about the late Cory Monteith and his character Finn Hudson. The episode, titled "The Quarterback," brought in a total of 7.4 million viewers, up 75 percent from the following week.
The episode was a tear-jerker and did a good job remembering the actor. Following the episode "Glee" will take short break and will return with episode four, titled "A Katy or a Gaga" on Nov. 7.
Episode 5, "The End of Twerk," will air the week after on Nov. 14. Show creator Ryan Murphy told E! News that he hoped fans enjoyed the episode because it was made with nothing but the "pure feeling of love."
"We wrote it because we loved Cory. So the episode is about how all the people loved Cory and find it really hard to go on with the show so to speak, but that's the whole point of this show," he said.
He revealed to E! that even though the show said goodbye to Finn doesn't mean the character won't be forgotten. Viewers and fans will still get small reminders of his presence on future episodes.
"I just made a decision that we keep mentioning Finn," he said. "We don't just say this is done and we're never going to go back to it, so that resonates throughout the year."
"We're trying to be sensitive and also have some fun and go back to some optimistic stories," he continued. "I think he would have wanted that, he always loved that about the show."
The tribute for Monteith and Finn began with a beautiful rendition of "Seasons of Love" from the Broadway show "Rent."
It began three weeks after Finn's funeral and did not reveal how the character died. Murphy had previously said he wanted the episode to focus on his life and not how he died. Even though it had been several weeks since the funeral, current and former students met up at McKinley High School after getting an invitation from Mr. Schue "to memorialize him the only way we know how - by singing."
The rest of the show focused on each character's song for Finn and how they each coped differently with the death.
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