We hope you were planning on doing that and still plan on doing that.
Kirkman spoke to EW to answer exactly that.
We knew that there would be a reaction, Kirkman tells EW.

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We probably didnt anticipate it would be so big, but cliffhangers are supposed to elicit a reaction.
I mean, thats what theyre designed to do.
So, to a certain extent, it did its job.
However, dont think that means Kirkman is rethinking the decision.
Im not sorry that we did it, he says.
Only around five more months of uncertainty to go!