At its core,Walkeris a show about a family and a community of people grieving.

“It affects everyone in very different ways,” showrunner Anna Fricke tells EW.

Even though he’s been home, he hasn’t really been dealing.

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Jared Padalecki and Genevieve Padalecki in ‘Walker’.Rebecca Brenneman/The CW

A lot of it is him finally emerging from the undercover cocoon and being with his family."

“So Adriana [Alex Meneses] breezing in in this episode is quite a shock.

But Adriana will be sticking around, we’ll be exploring more of the layers of their relationship.

Walkerairs Thursdays at 8 p.m.

ET on the CW.