Monteith's character Finn Hudson will be written out of the show in the third episode, which will "deal directly with the incidents involved in Cory's passing and the drug abuse in particular," Fox's Chairman of Entertainment, Kevin Reilly, said on Thursday during a Television Critics Association panel here, reports a website.

Cory Monteith with co-star and girlfriend Lea Michele. The couple had been dating since 2011. File pic/Getty images