We're already four episodes into the fifth season of "The Walking Dead" and it has us hooked. The premiere started off with a big bang- Rick and company escaped Terminus and finally reunited after spending a long time apart on the road.
The next three episodes included a major character death, cannibals and the introduction of Father Gabriel (played by Seth Gilliam). Before the season kicked off in October, IGN sat down with creator and executive producer Robert Kirkman who said that he thinks fans of The Walking Dead comic books will love Season 5 because it's going to closely follow his original storyline.
"Season 5 is, more than any other season, following the comics very closely. There's more comic book moments being adapted than there have been in any previous season, so there's a lot of cool stuff for the comic fans coming up and a lot of stuff they will recognize, but of course we'll be doing some stuff in different ways... There are a lot of cool key moments that come directly from the comics."
"The biggest thing for Season 5 is that the story completely changes," he continued. "There's a mission to this season - this mission of getting to Washington and if there's a cure there and if there's infrastructure there and security there. What is that is actually in Washington? I think that having our characters suddenly be driven with a goal that they can actually accomplish is changing how we tell stories in a big way. The episodes of this season are going to feel a bit different than how the show's felt before."
Kirkman also offered some intel on the still-untitled spinoff show, telling IGN "there's no end of huge differences that are going to set this apart from the original show."
"I can't get into specifics right now," he added.
SpoilerTV.com also got the scoop on the fifth episode and said fans can expect a new name for Walkers, the introduction of new character Noah (played by Tyler James Williams) and Beth!
What do you think of "The Walking Dead" Season 5 so far?
