<P> The episode is written by all three of the show's creators--Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan--and directed by Falchuk . Murphy said that "almost everything in that episode is from the first take of every performance because the actors and the crew had a really hard time shooting it ." He added, "I've never seen a crew that you can't continue shooting because they've left the room sobbing ." Many cast members called to request that they be included in the episode although they weren't under contract to do so, including Iqbal Theba, who plays Figgins on the show, and appears in the episode . The episode was finalized for broadcast--"locked"--on October 3, 2013 . The broadcast episode was followed by a dedication: "Cory Monteith 1982--2013". </P> <P> Cory Monteith, who played Finn, was set to return to Glee for the fifth season after having missed the last few episodes of the fourth season while undergoing drug rehabilitation treatment from late March through late April in 2013 . However, Monteith died of a drug overdose on July 13, 2013 . At Monteith's request, Finn was to have been featured prominently during the fifth season, so a number of the planned story arcs had to be revised or replaced . </P> <P> Fox President Kevin Reilly told the Television Critics Association on August 1, 2013, that Finn would be written off the show in the fifth season's third episode, and also that the contents might include previously unused footage and outtakes involving the character . The death of Finn is to be established as the episode begins, though Murphy has said that the cause of death is deliberately not mentioned . </P> <P> The filming of the episode has been "incredibly hard" according to Matthew Morrison, who plays glee club director Will Schuester--"We've mourned Cory, but now we're mourning Finn . So it's kind of like two people in that one person ." Kevin McHale, who plays Artie Abrams, noted that some in the cast are finding it "weird" when they "are having to play reactions that they obviously would not feel in real life"--for example, a number of the characters "aren't dealing with the loss of Finn" and are in denial, unlike the actors who "were all very much dealing with it ." </P>

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