Last night's episode of "Glee" hit close to home for many.
The Fox series revolved around a potential school shooting.
The episode, "Shooting Star," comes nearly five months after last year's December school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut left 28 dead.
CNN reported the school's superintendent sent out a letter warning parents of the episode's content.
The controversial episode features the "Glee" gang hanging out in the choir room when a shot is heard. Pan to images of empty locked doors, empty windows, and students running and screaming down the hallway.
The majority of the episode is pretty tame with the audience viewing the events unfold from inside the choir room with the majority of the cast.
At one point someone tries to enter the room, scurrying in the halls and a second shot is heard.
After that, a SWAT team member is seen clearing rooms and escorting students out of the building.
The episode never shows any blood shed or lives lost.
One of the students, Becky (Lauren Jackson), ended up bringing her father's gun to school because of her fear of leaving high school after graduation.
Instead, Coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) ended up taking blame for the incident claiming the gun was her own and accidentally went off. In turn, her character was fired.
Lynch has been set to leave "Glee" for some time as she will be joining the Broadway cast of "Annie" as Miss Hannigan in May.
It's kind of a dramatic turn of events for a character exit.
The episode didn't hurt the series at all.
Rather, the show saw a bump in the ratings with 6.8 million viewers. The last new episode, airing three weeks ago, was watched by 5.9 million.
Earlier today, Fox's GLEE Twitter handle tweeted out the following asking if last night's episode made viewer's hearts race.
Did last night's #glee make your heart race? Tweet us your thoughts now!
— GLEE (@GLEEonFOX) April 12, 2013
The full episode won't be able to view online until next week.
Watch a clip from the episode below via CNN:
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