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Perhaps they could transition the show to college and have the characters come up against each other with their new Glee clubs or something? I've only got a basic understanding of the show 'cause I've never watched it but perhaps that way they can explain away the fact he's not in it anymore because perhaps the character doesn't go into further education or he's moved away to another country or something... I liked that suggestion GypsyGoth made that they could just do a tribute to him and then move on without the character but it just doesn't seem right, writing the character out of the show like that... obviously the role needs to be written out (unless someone else takes it over, but that would be awful for continuity, plus Glee is all about its characters) but to just sort of break the fourth wall like that would be weird... This is really fascinating to think about IMO, how is the show going to deal with this?