Ryan Murphy: Glee should have ended after Monteith’s death

Ryan Murphy has suggested that Glee may have been on the air for too long, with the death of Cory Monteith being the most opportune time to conclude.

Murphy recently sat down for an interview on the podcast “And That’s What You REALLY Missed”. On the episode, Ryan Murphy reflected on the history of Glee, particularly the show’s run and how it probably should have ended following the untimely death of Cory Monteith. “If I had to do it again, we would’ve stopped for a very long time and probably not come back… I would be like, ‘That’s the end.’… Because you can’t really recover from something like that… It wasn’t, like, a normal death where someone is sick, and you can see them. It happened so quickly with no warning.”

Cory Monteith died in 2013 from a heroin overdose not long before production on season five was set to begin. His character, Finn Hudson, was killed off, although no reason was given for the character’s death. The third episode of season five, “The Quarterback”, serves as a tribute to both Finn Hudson and Cory Monteith.

Cory Monteith’s death will undoubtedly play a major and emotional part of the upcoming Glee docuseries, which will look at numerous controversies surrounding the hit Fox series. One can also expect the series to cover the deaths of two other cast members, Mark Salling and Naya Rivera.

Glee ran for six seasons, launching in 2009 before concluding its 121-episode run in 2015. For its first season, Glee won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Individually, Cory Monteith would win a Teen Choice Award.

What do you think? Did Glee go on for too long? Would the death of Cory Monteith have been a good place to stop the show? Let us know your thoughts below.