Think Alpha started the Whisperers?
Showrunner Channing Powell explains what it all means.
Warning: This article contains spoilers about Sunday’s episode ofTales ofThe Walking Dead,titled “Dee.”
Samantha Morton and Scarlett Blum on ‘Tales of the Walking Dead’.Curtis Bonds Baker/AMC
Then we saw how Alpha met her trusted lieutenant Beta.
And everywhere you go, I will be there reminding you of how you failed my little girl."
But the biggest sign of Dee’s future as Alpha was yet to come.
Samantha Morton on ‘Tales of the Walking Dead’.Curtis Bonds Baker/AMC
When Dee asked the group’s leader what they wanted, she was told, “I’m Hera.
And was then prompty knocked out.
And the beginning of me.
Samantha Morton and Lauren Galzier on ‘Tales of the Walking Dead’.Curtis Bonds Baker/AMC
And then I met you.
And you showed me love.”
Will we see more of Dee’s transformation into Alpha?
Hera on ‘Tales of the Walking Dead’.Curtis Bonds Baker/AMC
Will we learn more about Hera?
And have we seen the last of the now disfigured Brooke?
We whispered those questions and more toTales of the Walking Deadshowrunner Channing Powell.
How would I navigate this world?
What would I do to protect them?"
I will admit that I thought of more of a story for Alpha.
And I just was thinking, “What inspires somebody to become a villain?”
And we tried to work backwards in that way.
I really like fish out of water stories.
And we came up with a boat.
Yeah, it’s neatly tucked in there.
This face slicing scene of Brooke is maybe the most gruesome scene I have ever watched on anyWalking Deadshow.
Thank you so much.
Were there discussions on how far you could go and how much to show of that?
In my mind and in the world, Brooke’s not dead yet.
And I just really loved the idea of Brooke being so defined in the non-walker apocalypse world.
And she tries to continue that into the walker apocalypse.
She tries to make it feel like it’s not happening.
And I wanted something that would not only shatter her world, but shatter her image of herself.
Is that something we could maybe see in a season 2 or down the line?
I would honestly love to see that.
I have plans for Brooke and I have plans for Alpha.
So that would be a dream of mine, should we get a season 2 or beyond.
What can you say about this group at the end and this woman Hera who finds Dee and Lydia?
Obviously, that is the origin of the Whisperers story.
Their community is very different.
Their community is a little bit more human than the way Alpha runs the Whisperers.
Is there anything you could say in terms of what ultimately happened to her?
We see that head and Alpha’s talking to it.
I cannot give away what happens.
Obviously, it’sThe Walking Dead.
Tragedy befalls everybody at some point.
But whatever happens causes Alpha to turn into the Alpha that you know and love from the show.
