We’re all counting down the days until ‘The Walking Dead’ returns to our screens in October of this year and thankfully we’ll have something to fill that gap.
That’s right, ‘The Walking Dead’ now has its own companion series, sort of like a spin-off, known as ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ which will see the outbreak occur in Los Angeles. The spin-off series will begin airing in August (exact date to be confirmed) and will run for six episodes – a second season has already been ordered.
We won’t see what caused the outbreak but we will see how people react to it in the early days which we missed while Rick (Andrew Lincoln) was in his coma.
While we’ve got that to look forward to, we can’t stop thinking about what’s to come in season six of ‘The Walking Dead’ itself, especially with what happened in the season five finale.
TVLine posted a question from reader Gerry as part of the Ask Ausiello article which asked if he knew anything about what we can expect from season six.
“Yup. I think I may already be able to reveal the first casualty of the season: new guy Kirk’s innocence. Casting intel describes the mid-twentysomething married man — as yet uncast — as a Mr. Nice Guy who, over and over, gets the same message from cruel fate: Do unto others before they can do unto you.”
“And since whoever’s hired for the recurring role has to be available for future seasons — but there’s no such requirement placed on the actresses vying for the part of his wife, Hilda — it seems safe to speculate that losing the missus will eventually push him over the edge. Or am I reaching here?