GLEE Exec Teases: 'All the Core Relationships are Tested' in Season 4

In an interview with TVLine, GLEE executive producer Brad Falchuk hinted that some of the core relationships that viewers have come to love are headed for serious troubles in an upcoming Season 4 episode titled "The Break-Up."

Rumors of impending rough times were first hinted at by GLEE creator Ryan Murphy, who last week tweeted, “I’m not going to say who breaks up and who doesn’t, but they all — Santana/Brittany, Kurt/Blaine, Will/Emma, Rachel/Finn — get kicked in the nuts. And it’s all about how do they recover — and can they recover? And some don’t. Absolutely some don’t. Of those couples, not all of them are going to make it. It’s like Titanic."

Falchuk spoke of the long-term relationship between the show's Kurt, who last season decided to follow Rachel to New York, and Blaine, who is entering his senior year at McKinley High. “Long-distance relationships are hard,” he commented. “They’re not impossible, but they’re really hard. And with all the couples we’re really trying to look at what it takes to have a relationship when one person leaves. It’s particularly hard when somebody graduates high school and someone is still in high school. The second you graduate high school you’re in a different world. You see things differently, your needs are different, your perspective on things is different. So I think it’s a pretty tough challenge.”

He continued, “Relationships in general will be less of a focus this year. I personally think a lot of these characters are more interesting not in relationships. And I think with a lot of them we will be exploring that. Whether they break up or not, we’re really focused on giving them more individual stories.”

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