The Hollywood Reporter spoke with Glen Mazzara about why things sped up:
Two major characters were killed early on (RIP Sarah Wayne Callies' Lori Grimes and IronE Singleton's T-Dog) in an episode that for others could have served as a season finale -- and there's a new threat with the introduction of two iconic "living" characters from the comics in 48-year-old David Morrissey's villainous Governor and 34-year-old Danai Gurira's sword-wielding heroine Michonne.
"As soon as I became showrunner, I felt our horror element demanded this style of accelerated storytelling," says Mazzara, 45, of the revitalized series, which originally was passed over at NBC and HBO. "If you have a good twist, move it up instead of saving it and building to it. Throw it at the audience when they -- and the characters -- least expect it."
It's all part of the Dead's "take chances" strategy that includes Kirkman's "two shows in one" approach, with storylines set at both the prison -- controlled by 39-year-old Andrew Lincoln's beleaguered ex-sheriff Rick Grimes -- and the idyllic community of Woodbury, where the Governor keeps its dark underbelly in the closet.
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