‘The Walking Dead’ season 5 spoilers: Robert Kirkman on Terminus story, expectations
Anytime you proclaim that something is going to be the “best season yet,” you better be ready for the ramifications of such a statement. Basically, if this thing does not meet expectations for whatever reason, everyone irrationally looks towards you and wants to claim that everything if your fault. Without you somehow managing to get their hopes up, they would have been able to actually enjoy it!
This proclamation about “The Walking Dead” season 5 comes courtesy of source writer / executive producer Robert Kirkman, who shares his high hopes in the midst of a longer dialogue about where the story will pick up for the characters at Terminus:
“it’s very much going to focus on the story of Terminus. There’s a lot of big revelations that haven’t really come out that I think people are gonna be pretty startled by. There’s a couple other revelations that I think people might’ve gotten a little bit of a lead on. We’ll definitely be defining those in some cool ways and confirming some theories and shooting down others, which is very exciting. But I think the coolest thing about coming back to season 5 is that we really hit the ground running. What I mean by that is that we very quickly deal with the situation that we left them in — this trapped, victim situation where they’re kind of at the mercy of the people of Terminus. We really kind of expand the story from there very rapidly, so I think this is going to be a pretty fast-paced season with quite a bit going on. News is already out that Seth Gilliam has been added, and we’re bringing in new characters like we always do, and I think season 5 is going to be our best season yet. I think when people finally see the premiere, they’ll see what I’m talking about.”
We do feel like the potential really is there for this to be the strongest season of the show to date, but the challenge will be continuing to focus on individual characters when they are back in such a large group again. It’s easy to get stuck into superficiality in that sort of situation. There’s also a risk that comes anytime from introducing new characters, but that’s just the reality of the situation. you want to see some new people entering the world of the show, regardless of whether or not they work out in the end.
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