‘We wanted to break people’s hearts,’ say showrunners Ian Goldberg and Andrew Chambliss.
Warning: This article contains spoilers about Sunday’s midseason premiere ofFear the Walking Deadtitled “The Door.”
At the heart of one of the biggest tragedies inFear the Walking Deadhistory was a knife.
Zoe Colletti as Dakota on ‘Fear the Walking Dead’.Ryan Green/AMC
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Okay, you murderous bastards, why kill off John Dorie?
And where this family really began was with Morgan and John Dorie in season 4.
GOLDBERG: There are a few aspects to it.
Garret Dillahunt and Jenna Elfman on ‘Fear the Walking Dead’.Ryan Green/AMC
And it really feels like he’s fighting for every last breath he’s got.
Also, the other aspect is how it’s going to affect June going forward.
And then this is him choosing the opposite, choosing life.
Garret Dillahunt on ‘Fear the Walking Dead’.Ryan Green/AMC
And the interesting thing is Dakota, this impressionable young woman, just doesn’t believe that.
She doesn’t believe someone could be that selfless.
And she’s lived in a very different world.
So you know everyone watching is just going to be hating Dakota right now.
Is that hate everyone is feeling right now justified?
And so, I think she’s a bit of a victim herself of her upbringing and her circumstances.
I know you shot the majority of this episode before COVID shut down filming.
Which parts did you film after the pandemic break?
And we did actually turn around with the idea of like, could we have it as a cliffhanger?
But it just felt like it wanted to be a complete whole.
Okay, each of you give us a quick tease for what’s coming up next.
