• The first episode will explain what happens immediately after the apocalypse then a three year time jump will happen halfway into the episode

• new villains and heroes

• Even after redeeming himself Alex is still the enemy in the eyes of the others

• at the start of the second half everyone is split up and struggling to find each other as the world has been turned into a wasteland

• Struggle to find food, water and blood

• There are thousands of survivors in beacon hills at first but the fallout infects many of them with the T Virus

• The 3 year time jump will reveal that new relatio ships have formed and many have broken

• new locations

• Alex has a hard time controllikg his powers

• lots of horror in the season especially afrer the time jump