Comic book and screenwriter Robert Kirkman is best known for his work on The Walking Dead – the series is based on his own comic and has spawned numerous zombie spin-offs. An early decision But the series creator still has regrets in his extremely successful franchise. Season 1 ended wrong.
The Walking Dead shouldn’t have revealed so much in the Season 1 finale
As The Hollywood Reporter reports, The Walking Dead creator recently revealed that he was very unhappy with the Season 1 finale. In the said episode entitled Nothing more The characters are horrified to discover that the deceased “return” and become the living dead even without a zombie bite.
Then Dr. Jenner (Noah Emmerich) tells the protagonist Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) that the virus that turns people into zombies has already spread to all of them. All characters – whether they have been attacked by a zombie or not – are infected and transform after their death.
From today’s perspective, Robert Kirkman would have this violent revelation later wanted:
It may have given too much away and was a big change at a very early point in the series. […] I feel like there could have been a better ending to Season 1.
According to Kirkman, there were things in this episode that weren’t part of the Walking Dead world. He is probably alluding to the scientific context and that the episode tries to go into the background of the zombies: “I would do it differently now. I would distance myself from it if I could do it again.”
The end of Season 1 is a pivotal moment for the entire The Walking Dead universe
He has one key moment in particular in mind: In the episode, Dr. Jenner France and that French scientists were the only ones who might have developed an antidote.
This statement had great impact Impact on further spin-off stories the series, which would not go into production until many years later. The Walking Dead: World Beyond and The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon were created by Dr. Jenner’s almost casual statement in her story was heavily influenced.
He was very positive about other aspects of the series adaptation – for example the development of the character Carol, who dies early in the comics. He praised the character’s major change from the comics and her portrayal by actress Melissa McBride.