People gonna people. I want to know the timeframe of this with the first purge. How many years has it been?
In the episodes ahead, the event's formation will become a key part of the backstory for certain series regulars. According to Blum, however, the goal is to make sure the USA Network adaptation is as new user friendly as possible.
"We talked about whether we wanted to connect the TV series to the movie, or make it a new Purge world," he says. "There are a few easter eggs in this series, but the series is all new characters and in another world where the Purge exists, separate from the movies. Eventually, maybe one day, we'll connect them, but we really invested new characters for the television series."