Kwete kare zvakaziviswa zviri pamutemo kuti Norman Ridus uye Melissa McBride ichaunza imwe spin-kubva pane zvakasikwa zvekufamba kwevakafa, uye zvino zvakazozivikanwa kuti pfungwa yeakapatsanurwa neDarril naCalaro rakamuka a Vaviri makore apfuura, kureva kuti, pamberi mune huru dzakateerana zvakasarudzwa kuti vaise pfungwa. Reidus pachake akataura izvi, achiva muenzi wevaraidzo vhiki nevhiki rarama:
"Angela [Kang, showranner] uye ini ndakatanga kutaura nezvazvo mukati mechando nechando, mukuru wewaini weGreg [Nicoteo]. Ndakakanda mazano aya nekuti ndakafunga kuti: "Nhevedzeri dzinogara kwemakore masere, asi zvese zviri kufamba kupi?" Zvino tarira ndakaita zano iri, ndakafunga izvi, uye takatanga kumukurukura. Angela naScott [Gimple, Vagadziri uye Screenwriter], nekuda kwavo, zvakare vanoratidzwa pane chimwe chinhu chakafanana. Kukurukurirana hakuna kumira, uye anopfuura makore aindishevedza uye akati isu tinogona kuzviita. Chokwadi, ipapo isu hatisati taziva kuti nhare dzakateedzana dzichapera. Pfungwa iyi yaive iyo Daryl naCarol vanosiya dzakateerana, asi dzimwe nguva vachadzoka. Kuti ndive akatendeseka, ndaivimba kuti chirongwa chevashandi chaisazombopera. Ndiri kutya kuenda naye.
Kukurukurirana kwakaratidzwa naRidus kwakaitika pakupera kwa 2018 panguva yekufema kweiyo chiitiko che "dutu". Sezvatinogona kuona, raive hurukuro iyi yakatanga chimiro mukufamba, iyo inofanirwa kuwana yakazara yakazara muna 2022, kana yekutanga yeiyo spin-yetsva ndeyekuti iitike. Vateveri vanoramba tariro kuti zvese zvichafamba maererano nechirongwa uye uratidziro ichi chinotanga chaizvo panguva yakatarwa.
