We got a big Elton backstory that showed what happened to him the night the sky fell.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Two big things happen here right at the end of the episode.
She has grown so much closer to Elton out of everyone in the group.
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She has this connection with Elton, they both see the world the same way.
And they’re odd kind of soulmates in a way.
And that’s what happens here with Hope.
So, she’s going to have a lot to kind of process and deal with.
So there’s a lot at play here.
It’s not just about her relationship with Elton.
And everything that informs the way he sees the world is from his parents.
So, I think that’s everything.
Those are the things that she’s weighing at the end of the episode.
Hope is someone who reacts in a way that’s kind of different than a lot of people.
She doesn’t really necessarily have a high view of her own self in a lot of ways.
And that that’s born out of the guilt she feels.
So she’s going to follow a course that kind of accomplishes both of these things.
Let’s get to that other big thing at the end of the episode.
What can you tell us at this point about this mystery person?
This is a mystery person that will potentially be around for longer than an episode.
Things are going to happen in a way that are ignited by the presence of this character.
And there’s not going to be any going back.
And I’m excited for people to see where it all goes.
Okay, this could beabsolutelynothing, but why have Hope cut her hand putting together this boat?
Because things like that dont usually happen for no reason.
Is that something that is going to play out in the future in some way.
or was it just to show them having trouble assembling this contraption?
It really was showing sort of the difficulty that they were having.
So that was a real reason behind that.
It’s just a glimpse at the beginning of things going wrong in the apocalypse.
What’s her real name, Matt?
I will tell you that we’ll learn her name in the next few episodes.
Annet, when we were shooting the pilot, kept asking me that.
“What is her real name?”
And we both wanted a name that might sound a little like, “Oh, okay.”
But I don’t know.
We didn’t want something that was super expected, but something that just kind of made sense.
I would say out of everyone, Felix is still probably the most reluctant.
And we realized that he’s actually very worried about them, too.
I do worry about what may have happened to their father and his boyfriend."
But also he’s starting to see these characters grow as well.
What can you tell me about what’s coming up next week?
And there will be an element of danger that comes along with the arrival of this character.
In a way that things might get a little darker than they have been in the first half.
And we’re starting to see them actually kill walkers now.
There’s going to be an added threat.
That could be a human element that they’re going to have to deal with soon.
And that’s going to add a new sort of dangerous layer to things.
