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As the last episodes of The Walking Dead premiere connected AMC Oct. 2, showrunner Angela Kang is teasing however fans tin expect things to wrapper up. Find retired what she revealed.
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The Walking Dead is connected its past legs.
As the beloved zombie drama rolls retired the past 8 episodes of its 11th and last season, returning connected Oct. 2, showrunner Angela Kang understands that expectations are precocious to wrapper things up successful satisfying fashion.
"The happening we felt we perfectly had to bash was marque definite that we person immoderate level of closure for each character's story," she told TVLine. "Whatever signifier that takes, we wanted to person immoderate consciousness of wherever they onshore emotionally...so if you saw thing other aft this, you'd inactive person a consciousness that things are done."
As for what to expect from The Walking Dead's swan song? Well, Angela revealed determination are plentifulness of questions near to beryllium answered.
"There's a conception that we utilized for these episodes that was [not only] fitting for the [end] of the show," she said, "but besides has to bash with being astatine the Commonwealth, which is simply a assemblage which has you stuck successful your past. Our protagonists, if you look backmost to who they were before, there's truthful overmuch growth. So they're reckoning with that. Who were we? Who are we now? Who bash we privation to beryllium now?"
Perhaps astir expressly, the last episodes volition supply a showcase for Walking Dead OG Daryl (Norman Reedus).
"We've mislaid truthful galore of our leaders on the way, and Daryl is portion of that archetypal radical of people," Angela said. "The value that's connected him is truthful heavy, and helium conscionable benignant of steps up, due to the fact that helium had a beingness wherever radical didn't measurement up for him. He's breached that pattern."
That mightiness yet impact a pay-off to the volition they-or-won't simmering hostility betwixt Daryl and Connie (Lauren Ridloff), arsenic Angela teased, "There's decidedly a vibe there, people volition conscionable person to ticker and see."
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The last episodes volition besides bring astir a conclusion, astatine slightest somewhat, for Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Maggie (Lauren Cohan).
"In the past scenes of this show, those actors are truthful bully together," Angela said. "There's a crushed they got a spinoff."
Ah yes, the spinoffs!
If the eventual decision of The Walking Dead doesn't suit your fancy, there's inactive plentifulness much zombie contented ahead.
Jeffrey and Lauren volition star successful their ain spinoff, present titled The Walking Dead: Dead City, which volition aerial connected AMC and AMC+ successful 2023. Norman volition look successful an untitled Walking Dead spinoff—which volition apt besides diagnostic Carol (Melissa McBride)—which does not person a merchandise day yet.
In addition, Walking Dead instrumentality favorites Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira are starring successful their ain Walking Dead spinoff, also coming to AMC and AMC+ successful 2023.
Before you tin instrumentality a wound of those, however, accidental goodbye The Walking Dead erstwhile its last 8 episodes statesman to premiere Oct. 2 connected AMC.
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