Showrunner Angela Kang reveals what exactly goes on at the mysterious (and yet very familiar) Commonwealth facility.
Sunday’s episode ofThe Walking Deadwas titled “Outpost 22.”
Which turned out to be appropriate when the episode ended… at Outpost 22!
Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Khary Payton on ‘The Walking Dead’.Jace Downs/AMC
But what exactly goes on at Outpost 22?
And how many times can one writer repeat the words “Outpost 22” in a single paragraph?
But what happens at Outpost 22, and what is the purpose of the now occupied facility?
Lauren Cohan on ‘The Walking Dead’.Jace Downs/AMC
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:Where did the idea come from to have Alexandria serve as Outpost 22?
So, that was an idea that we had like all the way back in probably January of 2020.
And then we came back around to it, because it still makes for an interesting reveal.
Lauren Cohan and Melissa McBride on ‘The Walking Dead’.Jace Downs/AMC
It also helped us budgetarily to use one of our sets.
It morphed probably a half a dozen times, if not more, throughout the season.
I know it’s a processing center, but what exactly happens at Outpost 22?
Or Pamela’s side soldiers.
These aren’t the people that Mercer is working with day to day.
The Commonwealth is clearly a massive operation and now we’re seeing all these outposts and labor camps.
It seems almost impossible the CRM would not be aware of them at all.
Are there any connections to the CRM we are going to see in these last few episodes?
I can’t get into the CRM.
Information about the CRM is in [Walking Deadchief content officerScott M. Gimple’s] camp.
I will say that it did notnotcome up in conversation, though.
But they are aware there are groups out there.
What’s going on there?
And so, there are those moments where it’s like, “Cool.
Let’s just blast apart these zombies and have monster movie fun!”
And when it comes to the child zombies, there’s a horrible story behind it.
It’s just sad, and there’s no way around that.
And for some of our villains, they turned into something really twisted where they couldn’t let go.
Her kid has been pretty safe, all things considered.
But certainly they have gone through a lot of crap.
Is that why you paired them up here?
That’s my pairing.
I want to see them every episode!"
And so we do often think that way.
Like, what have we not seen in a long time?
What have we never seen, or what have we not seen in a while that we miss?
And then we just kind of go from there.
What does that mean and what can you say about what’s coming up?
