Most fans (and even many detractors) agreed that Season 9 of “The Walking Dead” was one of the long-running show’s best seasons to date, with new show-runner Angela Kang breathing new life into the series thanks to a massive time jump, fresh storylines, creepy new villains, and even a finale set during a winter storm. What’s next, you ask?

Well, for starters, Kang wants to continue leading the show down fresh new paths.

“Things are going to pick up with a little bit more of a time passage, not a giant one like we’ve had, but winter will be over and people will be going to be in a different emotional space,” Kang teased in a chat with EW. “I’m working on the premiere, and we’re gonna, I don’t know… I’m crazy. I was like, ‘Let’s just do snow’ which is actually impossible to do. So so there’s other stuff in [the season 10 premiere] where I’m like, I must be psychotic, because let’s just do more stuff we’ve never done on this show that feels impossible. That’s part of the fun of the show.”

She continued, “Obviously, there are some problems to be worked out with the Whisperers, these crazy neighbors that come in and out and cause chaos in their world. That’s something to play out, and obviously there will be other storylines that are kind of intersecting with all of this. It’s always fun to have more than one thing going on at once. We’ll find out how this radio voice, what they have to do with our people and their world. We’re having fun working on the pieces of this season, so hopefully it will go well. I’m knocking on a lot of wood.”

“The Walking Dead” will return for its 10th season this coming October.