The Hollywood Reporter recently spoke with The Walking Dead’s showrunner about the mid-season finale.
Pointing out things the audience should expect in this Sunday’s upcoming episode.
1. There will be blood.
“We’ve seen The Governor kill people to ensure the safety of his new family and we see him determined,” Gimple says. “We see Rick is very much back as someone with a gun on his hip, ready to participate in the brutality of the world to keep his people safe. It’s a very explosive situation and it’s entirely possible that everybody doesn’t make it back. That sort of thing would be something that would affect these characters even more deeply.”
2. Things will get worse for the prison group.
“It’s a potentially explosive situation on top of an explosive situation; one from inside the prison [Daryl and Rick] and one from outside the prison [The Governor],” Gimple notes. “If both were to happen at the same time, that could be quite dangerous for the people inside the prison.”
3. The prison may be sustainable.
Rick’s ragtag group has reinforced the prison fences to withstand the walkers that have been drawn by a mysterious person feeding rats to the undead. “They’ve proven that they can stem the tide of walkers and keep the place safe,” Gimple says. “They can get through whatever is thrown their way. They could potentially have that place for a good, long time.”
4. Unfinished business.
The Governor, Michonne and Daryl, as well as Maggie (and Hershel), all have open wounds after the events of season three. The Governor still sees red in Michonne, who killed his zombie daughter Penny and claimed his eye, while the katana-carrying heroine hasn’t avenged Andrea’s (Laurie Holden) death yet. Daryl, meanwhile, lost his brother, Merle (Michael Rooker), at the hands of The Governor. “Michonne and Daryl will not react well if they were to see The Governor — they’re not all the way healed from their experiences with him,” Gimple warns.
5. Help could be on the way.
The AMC zombie drama has a history of introducing characters in dramatic fashion — see Michonne in the season-two finale — and comics heroAbraham (Southland‘s Michael Cudlitz), Eugene (Retired at 35‘s Josh McDermitt) and Rosita (Twilight‘s Christian Serratos) are all cast but have yet to make their debuts. “There is a potential to see them sooner rather than later,” a coy Gimple teases.
