Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below...
...We really mean it!
So.
Yeah.
Lexa’s dead.
It sucks. It really, really sucks. I loved the character, I loved Alycia Debnam-Carey in the role and I loved the Lexa and Clarke relationship.
On the other hand, you kind of had to figure this was a strong possibility once Debnam-Carey signed onto Fear the Walking Dead as a series regular. Because Lexa had become integral to the story on The 100, yet the actress who played her was committed, contractually, to another series. One that has now moved production to Mexico in its second season, while The 100 still films in Canada. And as The 100 executive producer Jason Rothberg notes in my new interview with him about this episode and Lexa’s death, yes, that innate scheduling conflict played a big role in the decision to kill her off.
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...We really mean it!
So.
Yeah.
Lexa’s dead.
It sucks. It really, really sucks. I loved the character, I loved Alycia Debnam-Carey in the role and I loved the Lexa and Clarke relationship.
On the other hand, you kind of had to figure this was a strong possibility once Debnam-Carey signed onto Fear the Walking Dead as a series regular. Because Lexa had become integral to the story on The 100, yet the actress who played her was committed, contractually, to another series. One that has now moved production to Mexico in its second season, while The 100 still films in Canada. And as The 100 executive producer Jason Rothberg notes in my new interview with him about this episode and Lexa’s death, yes, that innate scheduling conflict played a big role in the decision to kill her off.
Continue reading…
Continue reading...