Wrap on Glee

          The Fox TV series, Glee just wrapped up their last episode ever, finishing it with their 6^th season.  I, like many others, have fallen under its spell.   The shows starts off with a bunch of kids from completely different social backgrounds who all come together for one musical and dancing group, called the Glee Club.  Each person is affected in a different way and there are some obstacles they each face, but still together.  I think this show is really inspiring and sends so many messages to adolescences.  The show teaches you self and social difference, finding yourself and others, acceptance, morals, and so much more.  It’s really eye opening from my experience and opinion.

          

         

          After season 4, the show lost an important character, friend, and love.  Cory Monteith died on July 13^th, 2013 from a toxic mix of heroin and alcohol.  Cory had been struggling with drugs before and would check into rehab and stay clean for a while, but it never lasted long.  Other Glee cast members knew of his struggling addiction and tried to help, including his girlfriend, Lea Michelle.  Lea and Cory met through Glee and became quite the pair.  They were planning their futures together and then he was gone.  Through everything, Lea has been SO STRONG.  There are many interviews and articles she addressed her situation in and she’s so powerful to push through something like that.     

(Lea Michelle finished up with Glee and takes the jersey Cory wore on the show)

          

           I know the hardest episode for me to ever watch was “the Quarterback”.  It’s a tribute episode to Cory and his character Finn Hudson.  They do not address what happened to Cory, but I think anyone who has watched or was watching knew and was deeply shaken.  The death was really hard and I remember watching the Teen Choice Awards that followed his death to have some of the members of Glee come out and remember Cory.  Lea Michelle spoke and I think everyone there was shaken.  She had a “Cory” necklace on and I remember feeling so sad. 

          The show must go on, but Cory will never be forgotten.  Before Cory died, the show had already planned out its ending with “Finn” and Lea’s character “Rachel”.  But since then, things had to change and they’ve continued on.  Even without “Finn Hudson”, the show has so many likeable characters.   

          

          With the show ending, I want to recommend it to anyone who loves comedy-drama shows might love this like I do.  I think it’s really captivating and worth a watch.