‘The Walking Dead’ Boss Scott Gimple Teases Season 6 Time Jump

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The Walking Dead is picking up the pace when the AMC drama continues its sixth season this Sunday.

While the action in the first half of the season covered a relatively short period of time, it also featured episodes that jumped back and forth in time (the season premiere “First Time Again”) and entire standalone flashbacks (the Morgan [Lennie James] showcase “Here’s Not Here”). However, showrunner Scott Gimple promises the storytelling in these upcoming eight episodes will be more linear.

“We’ll also see a bit of a time jump in there,” Gimple reveals. “It’s not a huge jump. Time will have passed between episodes at one point. Not years and years, but certainly more than in the first half.”

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As for more standalone episodes like “Here’s Not Here,” Gimple says viewers can expect a similar installment sometime within the second half of the season, but it will not be as large of a departure as Morgan’s 90-minute flashback. “There is a pretty concentrated episode without a lot of characters in it,” Gimple says. “But it is very much a part of the great plot, continuity and timeline.”

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Gimple also has an important recommendation for fans before they sit down to watch Sunday’s midseason premiere. “I would make sure that people don’t have too big a meal on Valentine’s Day,” Gimple says. “No heavy sauces. People are going to have to tie themselves to their couches because it’s rather epic.”

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The Walking Dead premieres Sunday, February 14 at 9/8c on AMC.

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