Showrunner Channing Powell reveals the original plan was to have an episode that takes place in real-time.
Ah, see what we did there?
That’s because Sunday’s installment ofTales of the Walking Deadnot only broke format by acting as a gulp!
Jillian Bell and Parker Posey on ‘Tales of the Walking Dead’.Curtis Bonds Baker/AMC
comedy, but the episode also served as a double gulp!
Only the day keeps happening.
And they keep dying.
Parker Posey and Jillian Bell on ‘Tales of the Walking Dead’.Curtis Bonds Baker/AMC
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I tend to like dark comedy a lot.
And I just was always curious, what that would look like in this world?
And [show co-creator Scott M. Gimple] just embraced my wanting to try new things.
I did know there were going to be other spinoffs.
I was always, for some reason, very curious howParker Poseywould behave in a walker apocalypse.
I’ve been a huge fan of hers for years.
I really love a very quirky, specific character like that, having to deal with very real-life issues.
you’ve got the option to present a certain person in your everyday life.
you could hope to be somebody.
And sometimes it’s a surprise to even that person themselves.
And I was always really interested in that.
And then I wanted to take that and balance it with something as mundane as everyday living.
What would come out about you?
What would come out about them?
And it just opened up a lot of ideas for us.
So, where did the time loop concept come from?
This isn’t something that you’re able to just lightly slap into aWalking Deadepisode.
No, that was a big discussion.
It’s pretty muchstilla big discussion about whether or not we should have it in there.
And somehow I don’t even remember how that evolved.
So we ended up doing a time loop.
They can either believe in the time loop or believe in the justification.
I mean, there’s already a supernatural element obviously inThe Walking Deadwith the zombies.
However, adding this magical element is jarring, but in a really sort of fun way.
There’s another episode that deals with the different bang out of supernatural element.
And I was always really curious because the world is inherently supernatural.
What else could be happening in this world?
Is it in their heads, or is it actually happening?
We never really give you a definite answer.
So the audience can take away from the episode what they want to.
But yeah, I was itching to push the boundaries.
I had written inThe Walking Deadworld so long.
I was wondering: If walkers exist in this world, what else can exist in this world?
They finally make it alive past 5 p.m.
So, what happens next?
So, Blair is married to Gina in some sort.
They’re like work spouses at this point.
The next goal is to save Gina’s family.
How do you think they do out there in the zombie apocalypse?
I would like to think that they do really well.
They survived an explosion with amazing hairdos at the end.
So I think if they can get through that, they can get through anything.
