Victor Strand is back!
Although that is certainly true.
And this time, there were casualties.
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:Lennie Jamesstepped into the director’s chair for the first time on this episode.
How did that come about?
And at the time, he kind of said not really, but we kept it as a possibility.
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And Lennie obviously knows theWalking Deaduniverse incredibly well.
Why is she running away to help the others?
What’s the sibling dynamic here?
The relationship that these sisters have is an interesting one.
But as we see from Dakota, she views things very differently.
And Dakota has a front-row seat to the way Virginia operates.
And as Dakota mentions when she first meets Alicia and Strand, she’s aware of who they are.
A big part of that is because of Virginia’s kind of obsession with them in season 5.
And I think Dakota saw a lot in what they were trying to do that’s attractive.
Strand straight-up murders Sanjay.
GOLDBERG:Well, I think it all hinges in this episode on his relationship with Alicia.
And he acknowledges that.
And he doesn’t want Alicia to have to see that.
But I think that that’s really the balance there is that Strand wants to be a good person.
He wants to do right by Alicia, that she’s sort of the closest person left for him.
And that’s what makes him such a great character to write for.
CHAMBLISS:Yeah, exactly.
And I think what Ian was getting at, it’s really about looking at his motivations.
He wants to be the one in charge.
It will be a mounting threat that we’ll see why Virginia is forming an army.
It’ll all make sense, once you see exactly who this group is and how formidable they are.
We talked about Strand sending Alicia off.
Where is he sending Alicia to?
CHAMBLISS:Well, that’s something that we’ll find out.
But that doesn’t mean Alicia’s necessarily going to be happy about it.
We haven’t talked about Salazar yet.
Yet at the end, we see him drop the facade with Morgan.
Is he pretending so he can overhear intel from Ginny?
And if so, why trust Morgan and not the others with that info?
He’s created this persona about himself inside Ginny’s communities to be just this sort of harmless man.
Obviously, the tactics are a lot different.
All right, what can you tease for the next episode?
GOLDBERG:The inspiration for this episode wasDie Hard.
Andrew, did he steal your tease?
CHAMBLISS:Yeah, You did.
