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Murphy admitted that he has a "good idea" about how the show will end.

"I'm going to tell the studio and the network [in a week] how after Cory's unfortunate passing we can end the show that I think is very satisfactory," he explained. "And kind of in his honor, which I love."

Fox president Kevin Reilly told E! News in August that he didn't see the show continuing past season six.

"I would not anticipate it going beyond two more seasons," he said. "Look, never say never, but there's two very clear arcs to get to the end and conclude. If we dicover a new crop of kids and there's some breakout in life, who knows? But right now we're just thinking about two more seasons."

Last week, the show paid tribute to Monteith in the emotional episode "The Quarterback." It honored the actor's legacy and it also laid to rest one of the sweetest, and most endearing, characters on TV, Finn Hudson.

And it brought in big ratings: 7.4 million total viewers and a 2.8 in the demo. That marks a 75 percent rise from the previous episode, the best ratings of the season and Fox's best demo numbers since September 2012.

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