![]() "Their lives are also perfectly groomed until this event happens, and then it goes off the rails, and it just was a fun area to juxtapose with this kind of energy," Victor says. He also says he enjoyed how organized and groomed the Santa Clarita community was and thought it played well against the complete chaos that happens with the Hammonds. When asked about why Victor chose Santa Clarita as the location, he clarifies that he wanted the family to be in a middle-class, working-class suburb and didn't want them to have wealth. He also says it was important for the Hammonds to remain a strong couple, telling EW, "I personally would rather watch and write that kind of love and then the challenges from the outside coming in and how do we navigate this together as a team rather than, are we a team?" He wanted to experiment with how Sheila will adjust to getting what she wants all the time while also staying in a relationship. He was also interested in narcissism and how the undead are the ultimate narcissists. ![]() As a writer, you just try to do something that you feel is going to be really fun for you to write, and this felt like - and was - fun to write.” He went on to explain that he wanted to give the Hammonds a giant problem, but then also ground it in a real way and try to see what effect it would have on a relationship. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Victor states, “I get tired of watching shows about a family and the big change that happens to them is one of the parents moves in or something like that. ![]() He ultimately wanted to take a crazy idea and then ground it, and his goal was to create a family show with an interesting twist we've never seen before and make it different than just a family living in the suburbs dealing with everyday problems. Show creator Victor Fresco is well known for writing off-kilter family comedies, which prepared him for crafting a surreal series like Santa Clarita Diet. The couple's lives take a dark turn after Sheila goes through a transformation – becoming a zombie who feeds on human flesh. Married couple Sheila and Joel are real estate agents in Santa Clarita, California.
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