Showrunner Scott Gimple participated in a conference call just after the finale aired, and gave us plenty of fodder to suggest we'll find out right away.
- On how things will kick off, continued: "Without spoiling anything, things are going to start off very, very dark because everybody knows where we're starting."
- On why it's important to kick off with the death: "I know — and have for a while — what is in 701. To show what happened in full force is the beginning of the next story."
- On depicting the graphic gore of Negan's brutal murder: "I'm certain that we will be pushing some boundaries with it."
- On how the premiere will handle the events of the finale: "I hope with [episode] 701 people see that it justifies the way we've decided to tell the story . . . I know what 701 is and I feel that it delivers on what 616 sets up."
