One thing leads to another, I guess.
So Travis, Madison, and Alicia were forced to flee, while Strand chose to stay behind.
DAVE ERICKSON:Chris is dead.
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How and when did you let Lorenzo Henrie know that his character was being killed off?
It was several weeks before.
How does that turn him as we move into season 3?
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What does that do to him as a person, and as a character?
So, never an easy conversation to have.
You guys really dont kill main characters lightly.
It doesnt happen that often.
So its a big move for you all when something like this happens.
Yeah, and its usually planned well in advance.
He just looks completely broken at this point.
What does this mean for him going forward into season 3?
It was a long time coming.
But it was always with an eye toward this moment.
The one thing he promised Liza was that he would protect Chris, and hes failed to do that.
The apocalypse has taken his son, and its about to take him as well.
And its not something that hes going to bounce back from.
Madison and Travis have now both straight up killed people, and not as self-defense.
I think they were both justified in their own way.
Hes been holding back on any violent intent for quite some time.
But this is not a rational action this is pure rage and pure violence.
And it shifts something in him, fundamentally.
And she can be far more calculating.
Shes actually, I think, one of the deadliest characters on the show.
And weve seen evidence of that before, and we will certainly see it again as we move forward.
I chose not to.
Im not dying for him.
And Im not dying for any of you.
I think hes gone through his mourning period.
Well see more that old con artist coming through.
Its someone whos going to establish what the currency for the apocalypse is and how you survive.
Its also complicated by the fact that hes still recovering from his knife wound.
Lets put it this way: Strand has a plan.
Ive been watching zombie stuff and horror material for a long, long time.
Its hard to gross me out.
That was so gnarly.
Howd you guys come up with that one?
Im so glad you liked that because that was a massive combination of practical effects and then VFX.
And theres a subtle reference to it in episode 208, where Nicks playing thumb-war with Gloria.
Ive watched that now probably 87 times, and it always makes me cringe.
But thats my favorite as well.
Great disturbed minds think alike, Dave.
I think thats exactly what it was.
I think it was two things for Alejandro.
One obviously was protecting the people, but the other side of it was protecting that place.
And I think the pressure of Marco and his men arriving, hes not happy about it.
He had a score to settle in that.
Are these the same people that have Ofelia?
That is a question to be answered.
Yeah, Unser captured her!
Are we going to be visiting that place next season?
There is a very good chance well visit that place.
We may not stay there very long.
And I think a lot of those threads will start to come together.
And one last loose end here is Daniel.
We last saw him surrounded by flames, and that was a while ago.
Is he going to reemerge in some fashion in season 3?
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