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There was a lot of blood, sweat, and tears on Sunday’s season premiere of The Walking Dead. Especially blood. We spoke to comic creator and TV exec producer Robert Kirkman to get his take on all the mayhem — including those emotional reunions, a secret post-credits scene, and the stuff they didn’t think would make it to air.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Well, I guess I don’t have to keep asking you if the people of Terminus are cannibals.ROBERT KIRKMAN: It certainly looks like they are eating the people, yeah. I don’t know what else they would be doing. Maybe they’re making furniture?
There were a lot of super gory moments in this episode. I think maybe the most chilling thing for me was how absolutely cavalier these guys are as they’re slitting people’s throats — almost like they’re filing paperwork or doing menial labor or something.They’re certainly horrible people. I mean, you’re either the butcher or the cattle. They are definitely butchers. That opening scene with the throat slits, I was standing next to [director] Greg Nicotero on set at one point and he just leaned over and was like, “There’s no way this is getting on TV.” But yeah, I mean I really have to hand it to AMC. They really do allow us to do what we think is necessary, and I think that you know as startling and as horrifying as some of the things that we do on the show are, I think people recognize that they also come from a place of character, and it’s always in the interest of telling the best story. And I think that AMC recognizes that you want the people of Terminus to ascend to that level, like you want to see just how horrifying they are so that you know what our characters are up against. And it actually adds a tremendous amount of value to the story, and so that’s what justifies these great lengths that we go to to, you know, disgust the audience.
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