'Glee' Season 5 Spoilers: Cory Monteith Memorial Episode is the 'Most Beautiful Thing,' Jane Lynch Says [VIDEO]
The cast and crew of Glee are beginning to tackle Finn's (Cory Monteith) tribute episode, according to new reports.
Jane Lynch, who plays Sue Sylvester on the musical show, tweeted that she had read the script for Monteith's memorial episode on Wednesday and had nothing but praise for the upcoming segment.
"Just read Cory Monteith memorial episode," she tweeted. "Most beautiful thing. Thank you, @MrRPMurphy @BFalchuk Ian Brennan."
The memorial episode will be the third in Glee's upcoming fifth season and will air on Thursday, Oct. 10. Series co-creator Ryan Murphy said that they would be taking five or six weeks off after they film the episode to allow the cast to properly grieve and move on with the show without his Monteith and his character..
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Episode 2 will be called Tina in the Sky With Diamonds, according to a Thursday report by Wetpaint. The episode is the second of two Beatles tribute episodes, with the series' cast only singing songs by the legendary rock band. E! Online reported Wednesday that Santana (Naya Rivera) and Dani (special guest star Demi Lovato) will be singing a duet of Here Comes the Sun in the episode.
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No other songs have been announced for the episode but the set list for the season premiere - titled Love, Love, Love - has been floating around recently. The set list features multiple songs to be sung by Rachel (Lea Michele) and Blaine (Darren Criss).
Season 5 of Glee premieres on Thursday, Sept 26 at 9 p.m. on Fox.
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