'The Walking Dead' Season 7: No Cliffhanger For Future Seasons Of Hit Show? [VIDEO]
The Walking Dead got a lot of heat for ending season 6 on a major cliffhanger and expecting fans to patiently wait for six months before they found out who Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) killed with his trusty studded baseball bat Lucille, and now, the show and comic book creator is assuring fans that the same tactic won't be repeated later on.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Kirkman admitted that they took note of the negative response fans had to the big cliffhanger, and have decided not to repeat it for season 7.
"Look, I think as a creative person I have to acknowledge that all responses are valid, so I definitely have to take note that there's a seemingly significant portion of the audience that wasn't happy with that direction, so in that respect I think everyone on The Walking Dead creative team has taken note of that, and I don't know that I would expect a similar cliffhanger at the end of season 7," he said.
However, he did also acknowledge that there were some who enjoyed the cliffhanger, and while there aren't plans to use the tactic again, there will be efforts still made that add to the mystery of the show, something that they have tried to do throughout it's successful run.
"At the same time, I know it's just a small portion of the audience, and a lot of people actually like the mystery and are enjoying the guessing game that they're playing over the summer so I don't know," he continued. "But you get to season 6 on a show and you try new things and sometimes they work, and sometimes they don't, but I would hope that after enjoying six seasons of the show people would recognize that everything that [showrunner] Scott Gimple is putting together is an effort to keep the show exciting, and engaging, and keeping everybody excited about it."
"A lot of the responses were like, 'Ah, these jerks trying to pull one over on us,' and it's like, 'No. It's all done in an effort to keep you entertained,'" he added. "We love the fan base, we love the audience and so if you didn't like this one you'll like the next one. We hopefully have many more seasons to go."
The Walking Dead season 7 premieres in October on AMC.
