Ryan Murphy Reveals Original GLEE Ending Before Cory Monteith's Death

Glee creator Ryan Murphy has revealed just where the show's leading characters, Lea Michele's 'Rachel' and Cory Monteith's 'Finn,' would have ended up before the trajectory of the series was altered following the actor's untimely death this summer.

In an In Memoriam piece in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, per E!, Murphy opened up about the pair's original destined paths, and where they would end up in the final episode of GLEE.

Murphy wrote:

"Rachel was going to have become a big Broadway star, the role she was born to play...Finn was going to have become a teacher, settled down happily in Ohio, at peace with his choice and no longer feeling like a Lima loser."

In the final episode, the two would be reunited after years apart:

"Rachel comes back to Ohio, fulfilled and yet not, and walks into Finn's Glee club...'What are you doing here?' he would ask. 'I'm home,' she would reply. Fade out. The End."

Glee is a musical comedy about a group of ambitious and talented kids who escape the harsh realities of high school by joining a Glee club, where they find strength, acceptance and, ultimately, their voice. Last year's graduates and aspiring singers, RACHEL BERRY (Lea Michelle) and KURT HUMMEL (Chris Colfer), packed their bags for New York and enrolled at a prestigious performing arts school, NYADA, where they made new friends and learned the cruel realities of college. These naïve freshmen moved into a Brooklyn loft, signed up for internships, auditioned for Broadway shows and gained a roommate when SANTANA LOPEZ (Naya Rivera) moved to the Big Apple.

Since its debut, GLEE has become a bona fide cultural phenomenon, received prestigious honors, including a Golden Globe Award and a Peabody Award, and singlehandedly made glee clubs cool again. The series boasts critical acclaim, a die-hard fan base, two Grammy Award nominations, two platinum and five gold albums, more than 43 million songs and more than 13 million albums sold worldwide, two sold-out concert tours, a 3-D movie and four Emmy Awards and three Golden Globes, including the award for Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical.

Glee has attracted A-list guest stars, from Gwyneth Paltrow to Kate Hudson and Sarah Jessica Parker. This season, Demi Lovato (THE X FACTOR) guest-stars as "Dani," a New York-based struggling artist and friend of Rachel and Santana's.

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