Fans had to wait awhile to learn what became of Glenn (Steven Yuen) after he seemed to die in a zombie horde on The Walking Dead, but they won't have to wait for answers on what became of Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and co. as they walked through a horde in the midseason finale.  

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In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Robert Kirkman confirms that the action will pick up almost immediately where it left off, so fans will see what the consequences of Sam's (Major Dodson) outburst where he called out for his mother, Jessie (Alexandra Breckenridge) were pretty quickly.  

"Yeah, we actually don't get back to that for seven episodes or so. It's going to be quite a cliffhanger," Kirkman joked before revealing the truth. "Nah, I'm joking. We pick up right in that moment. Alexandria is overrun. Rick and the kids are all covered in guts trying to get through the crowd. Everyone is where we last saw them, and things get worse from there." 

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However, Kirkman cautions that fans shouldn't expect for things to be completely over in Alexandria just because it's overrun by zombies at the current moment. 

"It comes back to those plans of rebuilding Alexandria," he said. "Assuming some people survive, and it's a good bet that some do because they've already talked in the midseason finale that they're not planning on leaving Alexandria. It's a bump in the road, but there's something special there, and they can turn this into an anchor that they can build upon. They actually have a chance at surviving long term and building a safe place, not going from safety to safety to safety the way they have for the life of the show. This isn't the prison, and 'Oh, we gotta move on from here and find another place.' This is something different. And from there, there will be other things that expand their world in new and terrifying ways." 

The Walking Dead returns Sunday, Feb. 14 at 9 p.m. on AMC.  

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