Following the "Glee" season 5 premiere the time has come for episode 3 "The Quarterback" along with some spoilers. This will mark the tribute episode following the tragic death of actor and cast member Cory Monteith.

During the hour slot, the episode will address the death of Monteith's character, former football star Finn Hudson. During a Q&A for his other show "American Horror Story: Coven" the creator of the Fox hit series, Ryan Murphy shared some details about the tribute episode.

He said it was "incredibly difficult to work on" and "very difficult to shoot." Monteith died due to a fatal mix of alcohol and heroine, the actor struggled with substance abuse throughout his life.

Murphy said, "Cory obviously very much struggled with it, but never on the surface, and I think that's why everybody loved him."

He added, "He was the most kind, the most generous -- never a bad word for anybody."

Following the tribute episode the Fox musical will take a hiatus for baseball that series creators will use to map out the show's future without one of its central stars, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Murphy revealed, "Brad [Falchuk] and Ian [Brennan] and I wrote that episode and Brad directed it, and those performances that you'll see, 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."

The writer admitted, "I've never seen a crew that you can't continue shooting because they've left the room sobbing. It was very hard. I struggled even working on it because what you're seeing is what they felt not just about Finn but Cory."

He gushed, "It's amazing performances across the board and everybody went into it with a lot of love,"

Murphy told reporters, "It was very rough, and it was very rough with [Monteith's girlfriend] Lea [Michele]."

He went on to say, "I'm very proud of it. I think the performances are quite stunning. It was tricky. You had to have a hard eye when you were putting it together. People still are not over it and it's still very difficult."

"Glee" season 5 episode 3, "The Quarterback" airs on Thursday, October 10th at 9 p.m. on Fox.

Check out the first promo for "The Quarterback," below.

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