On July 18, 2013, it was announced the show would be going on a two-week hiatus while its writers and producers rewrote the storylines and figured out how to handle the death of Monteith's character, Finn Hudson.
Den 18. juli 2013 blev det meddelt, at showet ville gå på en to-ugers pause, mens dens forfattere og producenter omskrev storylines og regne ud, hvordan de håndtere Monteiths død i forhold til hans figur, Finn Hudson.