Despite the darkness of Ryan Murphy's show American Horror Story, his other show Glee is set to have an uplifting ending, giving the fans what they want.

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The always busy Murphy spoke with Entertainment Tonight this week about the ending of Glee and how the series will ultimately conclude with an important message about arts and education.

"We've really listened to what the fans want," Murphy said. "Everything that I've been reading from the last four years about what the fans want from Glee is what they're going to get."

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This fan service likely explains why many of the show's characters are coming back to Lima and in some cases to McKinley High itself. Leaked spoilers have revealed that Rachel (Lea Michele), Kurt (Chris Colfer), Blaine (Darren Criss) and more are returning to Ohio to essentially close out the story where it began.

"It's a very optimistic, uplifting story," Murphy said, discussing the final run of the show. "Not just about our characters, but about the future of arts and education in our country, which is why I wanted to do that show [in the first place]. "It has a really happy bow on everything and I'm happy about that."

As Murphy has previously said, the original ending for the show featured Michele and the late Cory Monteith (who played Finn Hudson), her onscreen and offscreen boyfriend. Monteith's untimely death in 2013 forced them to change their plans, but Murphy suggested that the ending will be more "universal" in a way.

"It used to end with Cory and Lea and it was a much more micro relationship ending," he said. "But I think we've taken the heart of what we were going to do and expanded it so it feels more macro and universal and I'm happy with that."

Glee is expected to return in early 2015 on Fox, though the network has not yet scheduled a specific air date.

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