it makes it even sadder to know that these are the casts real emotions. their real grief of losing their friend and castmate.

"Before Finn i used to sing alone"😭

None of them were acting in this.... Lea sang this for Cory, not for Finn. 5 years passed and this is still so heartbreaking to watch. We miss you, Cory. Always 💔

apparently the reason naya had such a big role in this episode is because lea couldn’t handle it. 😭😭 i lost it when her voice shook

Rachel Is not singing , Lea Is singing i can feel it

You can tell that Lea is trying to hold back a waterfall here. My heart breaks for her :(

2020 and we still out here crying. Rest in peace Cory and Naya.❤

Cory, Look after our beautiful Naya 🤍

Six years ago today, we lost out Quarterback. Love you forever, Cory

This is definitely not Rachel singing...this was Lea singing and mourning the loss of the love of her life and the person she wanted to spend the rest of her life with. You can feel her love for him and the pain of her loss. This wasn’t a scene this was a memorial for her late fiancé...

When she hugs herself, it's like she's trying to find strength inside herself. It's the saddest thing I've seen today.

I can't believe it has been exactly a WHOLE DECADE since Cory left this earth. Still hurts. We love and miss you, Cory.

*“The show must go...all over the place, or something”* -Finn Hudson (2011)

I wish Naya could have a tribute episode. All of this is so damn heartbreaking.

1:49 From Naya Rivera’s book Sorry Not Sorry: “Mike O’Malley wrote me a very sweet note, telling me how he felt that people looked up to me on set, and that I needed to be extra strong to help pull everyone else through it (Cory’s passing). That was really comforting, and I tried, Mike, I tried.”

Kudos to Lea. To stand there. In front of those people who knew exactly what she was going through and still follow through with this scene. Mad respect.

she hasn't started singing yet and i'm already crying

I recently watched Glee for the first time, and when I got to this episode I thought it was a joke.. I thought Finn was gonna appear later on in the episode saying something ridiculous. It wasn’t until Rachel got there that I felt my heart drop. I had no prior knowledge about the actors , who they were or what they did, and when I saw that Cory had actually died it broke my heart. I was not ready for any of it. I felt so bad for Rachel. I feel like the show died with Finn, it didn’t feel the same after.

Do I support leas behaviour? Absolutely not. But I definitely don't agree with the way she's being treated online. People telling her naya and cory died because of her is extremely out of line and completely disgusting. Yes she didn't act like a good person, but these comments are incredibly toxic. How are you supposed to expect change if you keep beating people down to the point where no matter what they do. It prevents people from growing . And to the people saying naya and cory died because of her, you're no better than her. Think twice before you write something on the internet.

I feel like her dialogue at the beginning is a genuine story of her and Cory not Rachel and Finn and it makes the whole thing hurt so much more. RIP Cory 💕🙏🏻

Here after Naya’s passing. What a year for everyone. Rest in peace dear Naya.

March 2020: I'm crying again.

The sad thing is that for the rest of the seasons you could tell she was never really happy... I guess some pain doesn't go away... Maybe one day it will...

Right before Lea starts singing, the cast looks like they are trying to steel themselves because they know they're about to hear Lea's heartbreak, and they are supposed to just sit there and let her sing.

I refuse to think that we lost another one.

This is so heartbreaking I lost my boyfriend a little over a year ago and it hurts and we used to love this show so when I listen to this it reminds me of him sad and happy days I miss him so much.....

I'm not condoning Lea's actions, but someone commented on her latest Instagram post that she was the reason Cory overdosed. the whole reason she was called out was because she was unkind/difficult/predjudice towards cast mates, that comment negated the whole post. Lea is trying to better herself and learn, for herself, others and her unborn child.

The fact that she sing while crying I can't even say one word when I'm on the verge of tears

2018 and im sill crying😭❤️

Girl, the pain is real

2019 and im still crying gleeks 😪. I can hear Lea Michele singing not Rachel Berry 😢💔

The singing in the car line was authentic, I read somewhere Lea and Cory used to hold karaoke nights too

it it makes me so sad, because I know in my heart the casts tears in this are real tears. I cry missing finn he was such a genuine and nice person. Off and on screen, I don't have a big emotional connection to most actors but Corey was different I can't imagine what especially Lea as well as the other actors are feeling right now. I'm crying a river 😭😭

That hug between Santa an Sam was kinda the most heartbreaking because you know they really didn’t get along but the comfort when She wrapped her arms around Sam was pure! ❤️😢

"before finn, i used to sing alone" hit me hard. we love you corey and finn hudson will always be our quarterback

I love that she went to the way she used to dress at high school and wore the Finn necklace for this episode.

I wish we got to hear the rawness and emotions of her signing in the recording/video instead of the studio version on top.

As an autistic teenage girl, I really related to Rachel for a lot of reasons back when Glee first started. The fact that no one really liked her (and were so open about it, too), her being an outcast, the way she talked too quickly, too loudly, too often, the way she was just... too much. How singing and music in general became her crutch, and she used it to prop herself up and make herself feel better, but also to communicate with others when words weren't enough. My favourite scenes in Glee were the ones where Rachel would sing and the others would smile and join in. It felt like music was a language they all spoke, and that when Rachel sang, everyone understood her. I felt like a total freak back then, but I'm an adult now, and I can look back and see just how much Rachel helped me just by being her obnoxious, loud, overbearing, overdramatic, often thoughtless, occasionally cruel self. Nobody really liked Rachel, but I did, and now I like myself too.

7 years ago we lost our quarterback and today we have lost our Santana. Fly high Naya

2:29 Lea touching the necklace that says Finn breaks my heart

She puts this song over with incredible beauty and honesty. It still hurts.

All I keep thinking is Lea recording this in the studio😭

2024 and still crying

October 2019 everyone ;(

I just watched this on Netflix and i was crying the whole episode.

I always hated the very end because she was just standing there alone, crying. I keep thinking that at lest one person should have gone up and hugged her :,(

“I like to sing in the car and before Finn I used to sing alone” *pure sadness*

Off subject: I was always wondering why Marley looked so affected by his death this episode; I had to go back and watch some season 4 episodes to discover they actually had an awesome friendship and Finn really did help her on more than one occasion

someone crying with this song in 2019?

i don't even know how Lea managed to do this season

What doesn’t get talked enough about this episode is the amazing strength Matthew Morrison had throughout the episode. There was many unscripted show of emotions because of what Cory meant to everybody on glee, and I think it was amazing throughout filming Matthew was able to hold himself up until the end.

“I could make you happy make your dreams come true” literally breaks my heart

And now is 5 years without Cory😭💔

Lea: i still havent watched the quarterback. Its the only episode i’ve never seen. If i dont watch it i can pretend that Finn is still alive 🥺😢 City winery concert 2022 talking about picking this song and how pretty much all her lines were straight out of conversations between her and ryan about cory 🥺😭

1:49 kills me when Chord, who was one of Cory's best friends, goes for Naya who was also one of his best friends so they can support each other and cry through it😢. It also shows that the boys can cry also not just the girls😭. Forever in our hearts, Cory xx

He died 7 years ago and I still cry whenever I hear this

You can see how much both Finn (and Cory) meant for them all in this song, and just the whole episode... it's heartbreaking to think about. I cry every time I watch this and every time I watch the whole episode.

When the rain is blowing in your face And the whole world is on your case I could offer you a warm embrace To make you feel my love When the evening shadows and the stars appear And there is no one there to dry your tears I hold could hold you for a million years To make you feel my love I know you haven't made your mind up yet But I will never do you wrong I've known it from the moment that we met No doubt in my mind where you belong I'd go hungry; I'd go black and blue I'd go crawling down the avenue No, there's nothing that I wouldn't do To make you feel my love Oh, the storms are raging on the rolling sea And on the highway of regret The winds of change are blowing wild and free You ain't seen nothing like me yet I could make you happy, make your dreams come true Nothing that I wouldn't do Go to the ends of the Earth for you To make you feel my love To make you feel my love

All of the cast were grieving in this episode and in real life since this episode also aired a few months after Cory’s passing. Cory struggled with drugs since he was younger. And when he joined glee he got better then got into drugs again. Lea helped him through it, she was there for him. She was his sole mate, people need to understand that the drugs weren’t nothing to do with Lea people need to stop blaming her for it. People need to stop bullying her over something that happened in the past. They don’t need to be horrible towards her son as well it’s wrong, everyone has made mistakes. Everyone grieves in different ways. Lea was always with Cory, Lea is still in pain over his death. Cory was so happy with Lea. Lea always does tribute for him every year since his death. The people I blame for his death are his friends who left the hotel that night.

2022 Who still has teary eyes when they watch this? This performance is such a beautiful tribute to Cory. RIP Cory and Naya. ❤❤

Seeing Darren cry makes me cry. It's those huge beautiful eyes he has

I’ve watched every season 3 times. Heartbreaking. The cast did an excellent job. I wish they would make a reunion episode.

When Chord leaned into Naya and Jenna was sobbing up front, that was so real. My heart aches for all of them and even years later it hurts to watch this episode. RIP Cory ❤️

i don’t like Lea but this is the most emotional performance to ever be given and no one can tell me other wise

Losing Cory took a piece of her soul

2024 and I still miss Cory and finn

When Santana and Sam hugged that broke me

Both Sam and Santana needed Brittany at 1:49

This isn’t Rachel, here. It’s Lea. And it HURTS!!! 😭💔😫

Who is here after seeing The Girl from Plainville

7 years later and it still hits hard

And now Naya is missing and presumed dead.. Praying for her

Tina crying just broke me . Rip to both Naya and Cory

almost a full decade on and I still marvel at her incredible bravery in such a painful time for her. God bless you, Lea. May your light forever shine bright

it's almost 2019, and im still crying watching this song

2018, and I'm still crying

Watching Glee from the beginning is STILL SO HARD ..

Don’t know how she could’ve done that. I heave cry when she starts talking. I can’t even explain how emotional I get when I watch this

This is so sad. In 2020 I’m still crying. Lea has to retake this scene multiple times cause she kept breaking down and the reason naya had a bigger part in this episode is cause lea couldn’t handle it. This wasn’t Rachel singing, it was lea🥺😭✨

What filled me with so much painful injuries that when Cory died while his programme role was still at large that it affected Naya Rivera, Lea Michele and Christopher Colfer that were declared see u very soon for their new storyline's in New York were forced to leave there and returned to Lima Ohio from where it all began to do a tribute on this guy.

naya i miss you, wherever you are i hope you are at peace.

You'd have to have a heart of stone if this doesn't make you cry

Sam absolutely losing it and crying into nayas arms breaks my heart everytime! you could just see how heartbroken chord was that his emotions in this whole episode weren’t acting, they were real, along with everyone else’s which made this episode so special!😭🥺

You could tell Lea really loved Cory.

they were soulmates. not just finn and rachel, but cory and lea too

Took another look at this and she made me cry again .....

Cassie, this is my song to you. Love you forever and always.

Everything that has happened is Horrible but as they say, after the storm comes the rainbow and Lea is MOM, Cory will be proud of her and supports her wherever she is with Naya they are both very happy to see Lea grow as person, Never forget when Naya congratulated Lea on her pregnancy and could not see the baby being born but she and Cory are very happy supporting Lea ok, i think i'll cry all night 25/08/2020

i still don't know what happened after this episode, i couldn't bear to watch another episode without the chance Finn Hudson/Cory Monteith showing up. I tried again recently and failed to watch the show past the quarterback episode.

7 years...we miss you...

I can’t believe that some people are actually saying that this is the only time that they feel bad for Rachel/Lee. I’m sorry, but if you take somebody bawling their eyes out because they lose somebody for you to show any sort of sympathy towards them just because they may not be your favorite Help you need serious, serious help.

I have watched glee so many time but when I watch the episode where it they all pay respect to Finn/Cory it breaks my heart all over again and I always wished it went different. This may be show but from that episode every true fan would know that all characters was not acting it was all real, Their emotions, grief and pain. Everyone who sang for Finn/Cory was not there character it came from inside of them. They all lost someone they deeply loved expecially Lea.

9 years without him he was her everything I happy that she happy now he will always be apart of her heart😭rest in peace Cory 🙏🏾🙏🏾 I know your flying high up I the sky.

At the 1:12 mark , Rachel Berry stopped singing to Finn Hudson ....That's when Lea Michele started singing to Cory Monteith. I say that because in episodic television , you NEVER look at the camera while in character , once you do that , you immediately step out of character and you become yourself. Although I'm late to the party , I just started getting into GLEE in the summer of 2023 , But I can tell you that this is the saddest scene I have ever seen on television in my 66 years on Earth considering that Rachel \ Lea wasn't just mourning the death of a television character , but she was also mourning the death of a Castmate \ Lover...Kudo's to Rachel AND Lea and the entire cast and crew of GLEE .

RIP NAYA AND COREY BEAUTIFUL SOULS🥺🥺

the 36 dislikes were from people who were crying so much so they couldn't see the like button

I don’t care what anyone says, this was so tough for her to go through. My heart will always hurt at the thought, I wish her many blessings. It’s amazing she healed from this. I hope the same for anyone who loses someone they love.

moments that made me sob even more and yes I'm gonna use their real names bc they weren't even really acting, these were their real and raw emotions. 0:23 Harry grabbing Jenna's hands and Jenna grabbing his arm 0:30 Leaaaaaa 😭😭😭 0:46 you can see Chris' hand on Ambers back 1:49 Chord and Naya 😭😭😭 1:53 Jenna genuinely sobbing and Harry and Kevin both holding her hands😭😭😭 2:00 Amber and Chris :( 2:05 Lea just really hitting the feels while crying 😭 2:17 Just Lea crying again making me a mess. You can tell she's really singing the lyrics for Cory hoping that he can hear them and I'm sure he did. 2:54 same thing as ^^^ 2:59 Darren and Chris crying while holding each others hands😭 and you can see Jacob and Melissa in the background behind Darren and Chris too. Melissa crying on Jacobs shoulder. 3:27 Lea finishing it off with a big cry but they cut the scene right as she did. Basically just a lot of this:😭😭😭 I'ts 2020 and here i am still sobbing but idec

“Before Finn I used to sing alone” That line always gets me

i remember reading about how lea found out that cory died... it was late at night and she wouldn’t stop screaming and crying :(