Engxoxweni nokushicilela ukugoqa, waqinisekisa izintatheli ukuthi ubona ikusasa lokuthi "ngokuhamba ufile" ngaphezu kokuhle. "Ngenkathi" umdlalo wezihlalo zobukhosi "ungangeni kwizikrini, lo wumbukiso wesibili owaziwa kakhulu kuthelevishini. Eyesibili phakathi kweminye imibukiso ye-TV yesithathu, "kusho uMadden.
Uvumile ukuthi abadali bombukiso nobuholi babekhathazekile ngezilinganiso ngemuva kokusuka kuka-Andrew Lincoln, obamba iqhaza likaRick of Gillems. Kodwa-ke, asikho isizathu sokwethuka. "Isiqephu esalandela iRick sishiye ipulazi, sikhombise umphumela wokuba mubi kuphela kunangaphambili. Mayelana nokugcinwa kwezithameli, kumane kungathandeki. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kusekhona izibukeli eziningi ezinobungane embukisweni: Daryl (Norman Rudus), uCarol (Melissa McBride) kanye neNigan (Jeffrey Din Morgan), "kusho uMadden.
Futhi yize izilinganiso 'zokuhamba ezifile' eminyakeni embalwa edlule zawela, futhi inani lababukeli lehle, uchungechunge alukakulungeli ukuqeda. "Angisho ukuthi lo mbukiso uyoba nezinkathi ezingama-20, kodwa futhi ungaqiniseki okuphambene," kusho uMadden. Ngokusho kwakhe, ukuqedwa kwencwadi yamahlaya yasekuqaleni kaRobert Kirkman ochungechungeni ngeke kuthintwe, ngoba abadali basuke kude nomthombo wokuqala.