Why is Carol baking cookies again?
And who are the enemies now?
Angela Kang previews the show’s return.

Melissa McBride in ‘The Walking Dead’.AMC
So what can we expect when things pick back up?
That’s exactly what we asked showrunnerAngela Kang.
How will our heroes do in their new surroundings?
Is Carol going undercover again?
And who exactly are the enemies now?
We fired our own rocket-fueled questions directly at the showrunner.
What can you say about how things pick up?
And that becomes a more and more important part of the story going forward.
We haveseen in the trailersome of the integration of some of the Alexandria folks into the Commonwealth.
What can you say in terms of how that assimilation will go?
I think that the integration is very smooth for some and very bumpy for others.
We seeCarol (Melissa McBride) with cookiesagain in the trailer.
Carol definitely has a very particular and specific role to play at the Commonwealth.
If you look back, we’ve had the Governor and Woodbury.
We’ve had Negan and the Saviors.
We’ve had Alpha and the Whisperers.
Who’s the enemy now on this show as we go into 11B?
But I will say that what is unique about the Commonwealth is that there is so much bureaucracy there.
How do we even talk to the people in charge if we have a problem?
And as well as that, there are other threats that are out there in the world.
So they are grappling with a lot.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.