"Before Finn i used to sing alone"😭

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

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

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

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 💔

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

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

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

Cory, Look after our beautiful Naya 🤍

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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.

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

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 💕🙏🏻

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.

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.”

2018 and im sill crying😭❤️

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.

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

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

Girl, the pain is real

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.....

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...

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

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

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

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

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 😭😭

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

I refuse to think that we lost another one.

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

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

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

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

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.

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! ❤️😢

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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 ❤️

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

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!😭🥺

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

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

someone crying with this song in 2019?

2018, and I'm still crying

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

October 2019 everyone ;(

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.

And now is 5 years without Cory😭💔

Watching Glee from the beginning is STILL SO HARD ..

You're a warrior lea, i love you so much! We miss you and love you cory ❤

cannot believe it's been 10 years... ugh cory was such a beautiful soul❤️❤️ i've been thinking about him all day and how he had so much life ahead of him, so much more good to do for people... such a shame what addiction can do to people, even the good ones🙁 forever missed we love you cory❤️

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

Today I watched "The Quaterback" and I literally can't stop crying. This is the most heartbreaking thing I've ever seen on TV. You can feel the pain is real. We miss you Cory, we'll keep you in our hearts as long as we live. ✨

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.

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

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

“I like to sing in the car and before Finn I use to sing alone 🥺” Aghhh still gets me.

7 years later and it still hits hard

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.

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

2019 and I wish people would stop throwing onions to my face. 😭😭

“before finn i used to sing alone” DONT TOUCH ME😭😭😭😭

I wish I could’ve hugged her...my god I felt her heart this part makes me cry allll the freaking time.....rip Cory...May god continue to bless your soul

This was one of the only songs in Glee that made me cry and it still does every single time I listen to it

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

2024 and still crying

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🥺😭✨

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

When Santana and Sam hugged that broke me

I feel I'll never be able to watch this without crying! Cory's death was so hard for Glee fans.

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

Losing Cory took a piece of her soul

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.

2024 and this song still brings me to tears keep resting Cory

I’m over here in 2020 sobbing about Cory and Naya 🕊❤️😭

7 years later and this still hurts. This was one of the best shows and such a beautiful tribute. I lost it when Rachel's voice broke when she said she used to sing alone, and then when Tina was breaking down. We miss you, Cory ❤️

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

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

Leas emotion through this song is just so powerful and I know he’s watching from above smiling down on her lea is just phenomenal when she sings it’s such a beautiful connection she’s just amazing and I know Cory is so proud of how far she has come and I remember in the Christmas episode finn named a star after him so he could always look down on Rachel whenever she missed him or felt sad 🥺❤️

2020 and I still cry every time I watch this! 😢

RIP NAYA AND COREY BEAUTIFUL SOULS🥺🥺

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

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

It’s gonna be 5 years this month, it still hurts. I cry every time I see this 💔

Everyone's emotion in this is so real

i hope lea is living a happy and bright life. this moment must have been so hard.

I am crying!!!! 💔💔💔💔- 30 September 2019