1 00:00:02,398 --> 00:00:04,515 Previously, on "The Walking Dead"... 2 00:00:04,679 --> 00:00:06,382 I got her! Let's go! 3 00:00:08,973 --> 00:00:10,292 Hey Maggie. 4 00:00:10,463 --> 00:00:11,935 We were gonna lose everything. 5 00:00:12,020 --> 00:00:13,678 Negan's the reason we didn't. 6 00:00:13,863 --> 00:00:16,748 You attacked our home, killed my friends, our family! 7 00:00:16,833 --> 00:00:18,459 Who are you?! 8 00:00:22,646 --> 00:00:24,513 So this is home sweet home. 9 00:00:24,862 --> 00:00:26,748 Yeah... 10 00:00:27,068 --> 00:00:28,576 it is. 11 00:07:29,901 --> 00:07:31,144 Come on. 12 00:10:16,581 --> 00:10:18,587 *THE WALKING DEAD* Season 11 Episode 01 13 00:10:18,672 --> 00:10:20,280 Episode Title: "Acheron: Part I" 14 00:11:02,427 --> 00:11:03,888 Come on, boy! 15 00:11:32,925 --> 00:11:34,731 Mom! Mom! 16 00:11:36,997 --> 00:11:38,731 Cole has a surprise! 17 00:11:40,340 --> 00:11:42,763 Guess who this cat dragged in. 18 00:11:43,933 --> 00:11:45,144 Agatha! 19 00:11:47,068 --> 00:11:48,495 Oh! 20 00:11:49,847 --> 00:11:51,842 Can't get rid of us that easy, kid. 21 00:11:52,684 --> 00:11:54,003 Shoulders. 22 00:11:57,362 --> 00:11:59,066 I missed you, too, man. 23 00:12:01,615 --> 00:12:02,964 It's good to see you, Mags. 24 00:12:03,097 --> 00:12:04,722 Good to see you, too, Duncan. 25 00:12:06,643 --> 00:12:07,996 I thought you guys were dead. 26 00:12:08,081 --> 00:12:09,575 We thought the same about you. 27 00:12:09,784 --> 00:12:11,308 When we got to Meridian, we, uh... 28 00:12:11,393 --> 00:12:13,636 well, we figured if you were still alive, 29 00:12:13,721 --> 00:12:15,159 you'd be here. 30 00:12:17,409 --> 00:12:18,753 That him? 31 00:12:19,941 --> 00:12:21,332 - For my family, man! - Hey! 32 00:12:21,417 --> 00:12:22,464 Hey, break it up. 33 00:12:22,549 --> 00:12:24,155 - Come on. - That's mine, alright? I said break it up. 34 00:12:24,239 --> 00:12:25,394 Come on. 35 00:12:25,761 --> 00:12:27,425 Everyone calm down. 36 00:12:28,152 --> 00:12:29,980 There's enough food for everyone. 37 00:12:30,065 --> 00:12:31,214 One week. 38 00:12:31,299 --> 00:12:33,886 That's it? In that last run, just a week? 39 00:12:34,112 --> 00:12:35,384 We can make it work. 40 00:12:35,651 --> 00:12:36,729 How? 41 00:12:36,814 --> 00:12:38,824 We just took in two new communities. 42 00:12:38,909 --> 00:12:40,723 We have no crops, no back stock. 43 00:12:40,808 --> 00:12:41,738 We can get there. 44 00:12:41,822 --> 00:12:43,253 Got people out there right now, 45 00:12:43,338 --> 00:12:44,864 scavenging houses for materials. 46 00:12:44,949 --> 00:12:46,650 And they're slowing down. 47 00:12:46,871 --> 00:12:48,832 It's a little hard to put up a wall 48 00:12:48,917 --> 00:12:50,747 with broken tools and an empty stomach. 49 00:12:50,909 --> 00:12:52,730 Our people are good hungers. 50 00:12:52,879 --> 00:12:54,862 Frost and I could take a group out. 51 00:12:55,226 --> 00:12:56,714 Ground's all spent. 52 00:12:57,097 --> 00:12:59,894 The last big horde scared all the animals away. 53 00:13:01,378 --> 00:13:02,972 We can find new territory. 54 00:13:03,096 --> 00:13:04,823 We don't have time. We need food. 55 00:13:04,908 --> 00:13:06,693 Lots of it. Now. 56 00:13:14,964 --> 00:13:16,808 I know one more place. 57 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:19,347 The place I lived before this. 58 00:13:20,022 --> 00:13:21,628 Where we lived. 59 00:13:24,472 --> 00:13:25,855 Meridian. 60 00:13:26,528 --> 00:13:29,963 It's got plenty of food, water, crops, and animals. 61 00:13:31,266 --> 00:13:33,361 Yeah, and now it's gone. 62 00:13:36,783 --> 00:13:38,635 So, what happened out there? 63 00:13:46,533 --> 00:13:47,955 We were on a mission. 64 00:13:48,611 --> 00:13:50,206 Leading walkers away. 65 00:13:51,845 --> 00:13:53,590 Duncan, Agatha, and Frost 66 00:13:53,675 --> 00:13:55,184 took the last shift at the front of the herd. 67 00:13:55,268 --> 00:13:56,519 Going miles out. 68 00:13:57,082 --> 00:13:59,300 I circled back with Elijah, Cole. 69 00:14:01,916 --> 00:14:04,428 On the way back home, things kept going sideways 70 00:14:04,513 --> 00:14:05,948 and we got stuck out on the road. 71 00:14:06,551 --> 00:14:09,339 Looking back now, I don't think that was an accident. 72 00:14:12,556 --> 00:14:15,388 All of a sudden, we heard these screams in the distance. 73 00:14:16,653 --> 00:14:19,529 We raced back home. 74 00:14:19,746 --> 00:14:22,143 But it was too late. 75 00:14:24,142 --> 00:14:26,196 Most of our people had been slaughtered. 76 00:14:30,158 --> 00:14:32,704 And the rest of us barely got away with our lives. 77 00:14:38,437 --> 00:14:40,163 The people that attacked us... 78 00:14:40,882 --> 00:14:42,718 We only knew two things about them. 79 00:14:44,241 --> 00:14:45,730 They come at night, 80 00:14:46,382 --> 00:14:48,694 and by the time you see them, you're already dead. 81 00:14:52,265 --> 00:14:53,739 That was before we caught one. 82 00:14:53,940 --> 00:14:55,264 Daryl was with me. 83 00:14:56,648 --> 00:14:58,410 He came after us alone. 84 00:15:00,269 --> 00:15:01,574 Why? 85 00:15:02,386 --> 00:15:03,906 Because there aren't that many of them. 86 00:15:04,846 --> 00:15:06,847 They're at Meridian now. 87 00:15:06,933 --> 00:15:08,929 There's plenty of food to feed Alexandria 88 00:15:09,013 --> 00:15:11,453 'til we get this place back up and running again. 89 00:15:11,537 --> 00:15:13,237 That's why they took it. 90 00:15:13,321 --> 00:15:15,413 We just need to take it back. 91 00:15:18,544 --> 00:15:21,659 So... you're leaving to fight ghosts. 92 00:15:21,808 --> 00:15:23,291 That's the plan? 93 00:15:23,376 --> 00:15:25,076 You have a better one? 94 00:15:25,232 --> 00:15:27,252 Shore up Alexandria, for starters. 95 00:15:28,318 --> 00:15:29,701 The walls are not stable. 96 00:15:29,786 --> 00:15:31,486 Walkers will get inside. 97 00:15:31,571 --> 00:15:33,485 That's not if, it's when. 98 00:15:33,842 --> 00:15:35,542 Alexandria needs us. 99 00:15:35,634 --> 00:15:38,009 This is for Alexandria. 100 00:15:39,088 --> 00:15:40,728 My son is here. 101 00:15:40,813 --> 00:15:42,252 I have skin in the game, too. 102 00:15:42,337 --> 00:15:44,509 Yeah, but if they slaughtered everyone once, 103 00:15:44,594 --> 00:15:45,574 what the hell makes this situation any different? 104 00:15:45,658 --> 00:15:47,706 Duncan, Agatha, and Frost are Meridian's best fighters, 105 00:15:47,790 --> 00:15:48,969 and now I have them. 106 00:15:49,053 --> 00:15:50,579 And hopefully, some of you, too. 107 00:15:50,663 --> 00:15:53,756 Maggie, this sounds like a suicide mission. 108 00:15:58,340 --> 00:15:59,892 Well, if we don't have food, 109 00:15:59,977 --> 00:16:02,021 it's not gonna matter, anyway. 110 00:16:02,631 --> 00:16:03,857 I'll go. 111 00:16:04,403 --> 00:16:05,873 Anybody else? 112 00:16:20,169 --> 00:16:21,435 Alright. 113 00:16:46,801 --> 00:16:50,169 Negan, how much longer 'til we're through the city?! 114 00:16:50,614 --> 00:16:52,162 Well, we got about six hours! 115 00:16:52,246 --> 00:16:54,567 We should hunker down, wait for this to pass! 116 00:16:54,652 --> 00:16:57,005 You don't get a vote, asshole! 117 00:16:57,386 --> 00:16:59,783 Ah, he's right. We need to find some shelter. 118 00:16:59,868 --> 00:17:01,559 No! We don't have time! 119 00:17:01,651 --> 00:17:03,247 We can't stay out in this. 120 00:17:07,941 --> 00:17:08,968 Yeah. 121 00:17:09,053 --> 00:17:10,442 Let's go. 122 00:17:43,712 --> 00:17:45,329 Alright. Which way? 123 00:17:45,727 --> 00:17:47,611 Not to sound like a broken record, 124 00:17:47,696 --> 00:17:48,907 but I think we ought to take a breath, 125 00:17:48,991 --> 00:17:50,851 hunker down, and wait for this storm to pass. 126 00:17:52,088 --> 00:17:53,698 You don't wanna go in there? 127 00:17:55,052 --> 00:17:56,562 No, I don't. 128 00:17:56,815 --> 00:17:58,586 I don't give a shit. 129 00:17:59,153 --> 00:18:00,462 Which way? 130 00:18:03,820 --> 00:18:05,257 Yellow line north. 131 00:18:05,491 --> 00:18:07,351 Switch to blue at Reagan National, 132 00:18:07,436 --> 00:18:09,156 then hop the red toward Bethesda. 133 00:18:11,195 --> 00:18:12,789 Come on. Let's go. 134 00:18:12,874 --> 00:18:14,851 Hey, can I talk to you? 135 00:18:15,086 --> 00:18:16,375 Why's that? 136 00:18:16,460 --> 00:18:18,212 You think we're buddies or something? 137 00:18:18,649 --> 00:18:19,929 Come on. 138 00:18:20,354 --> 00:18:21,750 Come on, boy. 139 00:19:12,605 --> 00:19:14,097 What the hell was that? 140 00:19:18,745 --> 00:19:20,372 The storm's pushing air through the pipes, 141 00:19:20,456 --> 00:19:21,737 making them groan. 142 00:19:21,964 --> 00:19:23,628 It's nothing serious. We're good. 143 00:19:35,698 --> 00:19:37,761 Know what that noise actually is? 144 00:19:37,934 --> 00:19:40,809 That is God, telling us to turn around. 145 00:19:41,690 --> 00:19:43,917 I'm pretty sure He would have ran that by me first. 146 00:19:44,002 --> 00:19:45,002 Yeah? 147 00:19:45,087 --> 00:19:48,050 The Good Lord direct your one eyeball to this? 148 00:19:48,807 --> 00:19:50,548 Water-line mark. 149 00:19:51,233 --> 00:19:53,870 That means this tunnel floods on a regular basis, 150 00:19:53,955 --> 00:19:55,268 like when it rains. 151 00:19:59,737 --> 00:20:02,003 It's bad down here. It's worse up there. 152 00:20:02,234 --> 00:20:04,449 Look, man, all I am saying... 153 00:20:04,534 --> 00:20:05,870 And it ain't working. 154 00:20:06,276 --> 00:20:07,940 You trying to run shit. 155 00:20:08,322 --> 00:20:09,753 Keep moving. 156 00:20:11,095 --> 00:20:12,221 Come on. 157 00:20:12,306 --> 00:20:13,487 Dog! 158 00:20:15,221 --> 00:20:16,878 You're in on it. 159 00:21:12,955 --> 00:21:14,603 Eugene Porter? 160 00:21:15,855 --> 00:21:17,120 Yes. 161 00:21:17,375 --> 00:21:19,204 That is my given moniker, yes. 162 00:21:19,289 --> 00:21:21,970 There's no need to be nervous, Mr. Porter. 163 00:21:22,321 --> 00:21:24,433 Not if you're honest with us. 164 00:21:24,603 --> 00:21:27,509 Those who know me, know me to be an honorable gent. 165 00:21:28,384 --> 00:21:29,449 If you're inferring something 166 00:21:29,533 --> 00:21:31,376 from my manner of speaking, well... 167 00:21:32,073 --> 00:21:33,861 that's just how I roll. 168 00:21:34,852 --> 00:21:36,335 Verbally, that is. 169 00:21:36,689 --> 00:21:38,666 We are Auditors for the Commonwealth, 170 00:21:38,946 --> 00:21:41,126 and you are under Level One Assessment. 171 00:21:41,248 --> 00:21:44,453 If you pass inspection, you'll move to Level Two. 172 00:21:44,623 --> 00:21:46,572 What if we don't pass inspection? 173 00:21:47,329 --> 00:21:49,470 You will go through re-processing. 174 00:21:51,317 --> 00:21:52,666 What's re-processing? 175 00:21:52,751 --> 00:21:54,626 We should start the assessment. 176 00:21:57,352 --> 00:21:59,611 What did your parents do for a living? 177 00:21:59,970 --> 00:22:02,095 My father was a mechanical engineer, and... 178 00:22:02,309 --> 00:22:04,227 My mother taught Sunday school. 179 00:22:04,357 --> 00:22:06,057 You mean deadbeat loser number one 180 00:22:06,142 --> 00:22:07,625 or raging prick number two? 181 00:22:07,710 --> 00:22:09,150 What did you do for a living? 182 00:22:09,283 --> 00:22:10,653 I was a zookeeper. 183 00:22:10,738 --> 00:22:12,142 I worked at a music store. 184 00:22:12,227 --> 00:22:14,447 Lawyer. What is your alma mater? 185 00:22:14,532 --> 00:22:16,659 What's the relevance? It's just procedure, ma'am. 186 00:22:16,744 --> 00:22:18,749 I attended Oxford for my bachelor's, 187 00:22:18,833 --> 00:22:20,064 Harvard for Law. 188 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:21,752 Highest level of schooling? 189 00:22:21,993 --> 00:22:24,040 Three years at the University of North Carolina. 190 00:22:24,143 --> 00:22:25,452 You didn't graduate? 191 00:22:25,621 --> 00:22:28,431 - I had to leave due to a... - So, no? 192 00:22:30,814 --> 00:22:32,127 What was your zip code? 193 00:22:32,212 --> 00:22:34,548 How can anyone possibly be expected to remember that? 194 00:22:34,632 --> 00:22:38,947 From 1978 to 1984, it was 75001. 195 00:22:39,114 --> 00:22:44,642 From 1984 to 1996, it was 76244-0361. 196 00:22:44,907 --> 00:22:46,533 From latter half of 1996 through... 197 00:22:46,644 --> 00:22:49,423 What were the results of your last routine physical? 198 00:22:49,603 --> 00:22:51,948 Uh... I-I don't think I've had one. 199 00:22:52,033 --> 00:22:54,142 Have you ever been vaccinated for measles? 200 00:22:54,227 --> 00:22:55,405 Would you like the dates? 201 00:22:55,531 --> 00:22:57,275 Any history of cancer? 202 00:22:57,382 --> 00:22:58,751 None. 203 00:22:59,767 --> 00:23:01,139 Tell me about the goiter. 204 00:23:01,223 --> 00:23:03,548 It's a benign growth. I've had it since childhood. 205 00:23:03,713 --> 00:23:06,017 Where did you get the cash we found on you? 206 00:23:06,217 --> 00:23:07,352 The $2 bill? 207 00:23:07,437 --> 00:23:09,137 Tell us exactly where you got it. 208 00:23:09,275 --> 00:23:10,690 Uh, so, when I was 15, 209 00:23:10,775 --> 00:23:13,151 my first job was at Missy Moose's Pizzeria. 210 00:23:13,236 --> 00:23:15,447 - You know, the... - You can skip to the end. 211 00:23:16,228 --> 00:23:18,026 When I cashed my paycheck at the bank, 212 00:23:18,110 --> 00:23:20,626 I asked for a $2 bill so I could keep it, 213 00:23:20,738 --> 00:23:23,040 because it was the first money I'd ever earned. 214 00:23:25,683 --> 00:23:27,427 When we're done with these questions, 215 00:23:27,511 --> 00:23:29,118 can I get my $2 back? 216 00:23:30,102 --> 00:23:31,447 Have you ever been arrested? 217 00:23:31,532 --> 00:23:32,469 - No. - No. 218 00:23:32,554 --> 00:23:35,043 - Yeah, but it wasn't me. - Wasn't me. Yes, during a student protest. 219 00:23:35,127 --> 00:23:37,654 - History of drug use? - Define "drug". 220 00:23:37,738 --> 00:23:39,345 I was a proud founding member 221 00:23:39,430 --> 00:23:42,174 of the anti-drug and alcohol coalition at my high school. 222 00:23:42,259 --> 00:23:44,455 How many bowel movements do you have a day? 223 00:23:44,540 --> 00:23:45,791 Excuse me? 224 00:23:45,876 --> 00:23:48,050 - What do you use to wipe? - Pass. 225 00:23:48,224 --> 00:23:50,134 Why were you at the train station? 226 00:23:50,368 --> 00:23:52,557 I was on the road with my traveling companions, 227 00:23:52,642 --> 00:23:53,807 Ezekiel and Yumiko... 228 00:23:53,892 --> 00:23:56,385 ...for years, wandering from place to place. 229 00:23:56,470 --> 00:23:57,580 We ran into Princess... 230 00:23:57,665 --> 00:23:59,330 ...I helped them out. They loved me. 231 00:23:59,415 --> 00:24:00,666 I decided to stick with 'em. 232 00:24:00,751 --> 00:24:02,714 We were holed up at a place that had a working radio. 233 00:24:02,798 --> 00:24:04,447 Stephanie and I made a connection. 234 00:24:04,556 --> 00:24:05,807 We wanted to meet, 235 00:24:05,892 --> 00:24:07,518 but my friends were worried, so I... 236 00:24:07,603 --> 00:24:09,557 ...pretended like there were more of us than there really are. 237 00:24:09,641 --> 00:24:11,691 - And that's how we wound up at the rail yard. - So we wound up at the rail yard. 238 00:24:11,775 --> 00:24:13,681 I would really like to speak with Stephanie. 239 00:24:13,766 --> 00:24:16,540 Do you consider yourself a fundamentally honest person? 240 00:24:16,681 --> 00:24:17,813 Yes. Of course. 241 00:24:17,952 --> 00:24:19,348 - Yes. - Hell yeah. 242 00:24:19,432 --> 00:24:21,089 Did your mother work outside the home? 243 00:24:21,173 --> 00:24:24,198 I told you. Grace Baptist Church. 244 00:24:24,283 --> 00:24:26,392 What's the location of your settlement? 245 00:24:26,574 --> 00:24:27,837 You already asked that one. 246 00:24:27,922 --> 00:24:30,861 What was your highest level of education attainment? 247 00:24:31,157 --> 00:24:33,845 - Location of your settlement? - What settlement? 248 00:24:33,930 --> 00:24:35,790 Have you run into any groups out there? 249 00:24:35,875 --> 00:24:38,173 We've had some negative encounters. 250 00:24:38,258 --> 00:24:40,228 How lucky are you and why? 251 00:24:40,313 --> 00:24:41,500 What? 252 00:24:41,585 --> 00:24:43,603 Location of your settlement. 253 00:24:46,910 --> 00:24:48,579 Do you think this is funny? 254 00:24:48,735 --> 00:24:50,150 Yeah. 255 00:24:51,237 --> 00:24:52,689 Yeah, I do. 256 00:24:55,853 --> 00:24:57,337 Are you in charge? 257 00:25:03,562 --> 00:25:04,954 You've been standing there, 258 00:25:05,039 --> 00:25:07,368 not saying a damn word like you're the man in charge. 259 00:25:09,702 --> 00:25:11,157 Yeah. 260 00:25:12,329 --> 00:25:13,790 I'm in charge. 261 00:25:15,314 --> 00:25:17,314 Do you think that I fear you? 262 00:25:19,610 --> 00:25:21,446 You look scared to me. 263 00:25:24,628 --> 00:25:26,658 What did you do before the fall? 264 00:25:26,786 --> 00:25:29,939 Let me guess. Asshole beat cop. 265 00:25:30,930 --> 00:25:33,275 That's why this fascist crap comes so easy to you. 266 00:25:33,438 --> 00:25:34,587 Look at you. 267 00:25:34,672 --> 00:25:36,111 All they had to do was give you 268 00:25:36,196 --> 00:25:38,158 a pumpkin colored space suit 269 00:25:38,454 --> 00:25:39,689 and you're back to power tripping 270 00:25:39,773 --> 00:25:42,083 with your head up your own ass, just like before. 271 00:25:42,243 --> 00:25:44,618 You think I was some "power tripping cop"? 272 00:25:44,775 --> 00:25:47,658 The shoe fits. But honestly, I don't care. 273 00:25:47,900 --> 00:25:49,743 You've been asking us the same damn questions 274 00:25:49,827 --> 00:25:51,932 over and over for seven hours straight. 275 00:25:52,017 --> 00:25:53,431 I've been cooperative. 276 00:25:53,516 --> 00:25:55,767 My people have been cooperati... 277 00:26:08,945 --> 00:26:10,340 Thirsty? 278 00:26:10,479 --> 00:26:12,197 I'm fine. 279 00:26:42,861 --> 00:26:44,868 You told off their leader? 280 00:26:48,408 --> 00:26:50,392 I was asserting myself. 281 00:26:51,478 --> 00:26:54,056 Perhaps I could've handled it better, but... 282 00:26:54,469 --> 00:26:56,822 I didn't like the way they talked to me. 283 00:27:00,993 --> 00:27:02,479 Ezekiel, do they know... 284 00:27:02,564 --> 00:27:03,908 No. They don't know. 285 00:27:03,993 --> 00:27:05,158 Gonna be fine. 286 00:27:05,243 --> 00:27:07,548 They seem obsessed with our medical histories. 287 00:27:07,876 --> 00:27:10,501 - They might not let you... - I said don't worry about it. 288 00:27:32,934 --> 00:27:34,576 We gotta pull the rip cord on this. 289 00:27:34,661 --> 00:27:35,716 Yes. 290 00:27:35,801 --> 00:27:37,497 Yes. Thank you. 291 00:27:37,582 --> 00:27:39,098 This place is... 292 00:27:39,278 --> 00:27:40,810 I don't even know what this place is. 293 00:27:40,895 --> 00:27:41,818 And does anyone else think 294 00:27:41,903 --> 00:27:43,068 the Commonwealth might not be real? 295 00:27:43,152 --> 00:27:44,450 Yes, Yumiko. Thank you. 296 00:27:44,535 --> 00:27:46,426 I assumed you would think otherwise, but... 297 00:27:46,595 --> 00:27:49,295 It doesn't matter. Never mind. Time to get out. We gotta... 298 00:27:49,380 --> 00:27:50,723 No, no, no, no. 299 00:27:51,036 --> 00:27:52,822 Please, hold... Hold onto your horses. 300 00:27:52,906 --> 00:27:54,521 Look... they're asking 301 00:27:54,606 --> 00:27:56,256 admittedly strange and intrusive questions, 302 00:27:56,340 --> 00:27:57,498 but in a polite manner, 303 00:27:57,583 --> 00:27:59,770 and this gruel is not the worst thing I've ever eaten. 304 00:28:00,380 --> 00:28:01,684 Stephanie warned me up front 305 00:28:01,769 --> 00:28:03,856 that her people were uber-cautious. 306 00:28:04,526 --> 00:28:06,801 Michonne... Our Michonne... 307 00:28:06,886 --> 00:28:08,880 Shut people out from Alexandria for years. 308 00:28:08,965 --> 00:28:10,231 This is a test. 309 00:28:10,434 --> 00:28:12,581 We have to hunker down and level up. 310 00:28:12,919 --> 00:28:14,848 Maybe we should just get honest with the "heat". 311 00:28:14,933 --> 00:28:16,459 - Oh, you mean the solider-cops? - No. No. 312 00:28:16,543 --> 00:28:17,637 Yeah, that's funny. No. 313 00:28:17,722 --> 00:28:19,545 You really want these guys rolling up to Hilltop 314 00:28:19,629 --> 00:28:22,262 or Alexandria with their machine-gun swords? 315 00:28:22,723 --> 00:28:24,169 Apologies. 316 00:28:24,911 --> 00:28:25,982 Our people need help, 317 00:28:26,067 --> 00:28:28,864 and... I-I think these people can give it. 318 00:28:29,117 --> 00:28:30,339 Excuse me? 319 00:28:30,424 --> 00:28:31,786 Uh, sorry to bother, 320 00:28:31,871 --> 00:28:35,007 but... you mind me asking how long you've been here? 321 00:28:35,171 --> 00:28:37,449 - Four... four months. - Nine. 322 00:28:38,324 --> 00:28:39,686 It's been nine, remember? 323 00:28:39,779 --> 00:28:41,817 Right. Yeah. The... the re-processing... 324 00:28:41,902 --> 00:28:43,409 But... but it feels like things are finally... 325 00:28:43,493 --> 00:28:44,801 I'm sorry. What do you mean? 326 00:28:48,348 --> 00:28:49,966 Wait. Wait! 327 00:28:50,050 --> 00:28:51,403 Wait, no! No! 328 00:28:51,488 --> 00:28:52,848 No! 329 00:28:53,090 --> 00:28:54,473 Stop! Stop! 330 00:28:55,186 --> 00:28:56,364 Wait! Wait! 331 00:28:56,449 --> 00:28:57,801 What did I do? 332 00:28:58,825 --> 00:29:00,380 Where are you taking me? 333 00:29:00,493 --> 00:29:02,184 Re-processing. 334 00:29:13,684 --> 00:29:15,488 Okay, we gotta go. 335 00:29:36,878 --> 00:29:38,206 Oh. 336 00:30:23,153 --> 00:30:25,059 Why didn't it make any noise? 337 00:30:34,530 --> 00:30:37,647 Throat's slashed so deep it almost severed his head. 338 00:30:40,917 --> 00:30:42,835 The guys we're going after do this? 339 00:30:42,982 --> 00:30:44,047 No. 340 00:30:44,218 --> 00:30:46,280 These people were killed during the fall. 341 00:30:55,268 --> 00:30:56,648 All of 'em? 342 00:30:59,531 --> 00:31:00,618 What? 343 00:31:01,203 --> 00:31:03,047 We're walking through a mass grave 344 00:31:03,132 --> 00:31:04,735 that could still be in use. 345 00:31:04,820 --> 00:31:06,968 So, I am asking you... 346 00:31:07,492 --> 00:31:10,820 Are you sure all of them were killed during the fall? 347 00:31:18,062 --> 00:31:19,562 Take each one out. 348 00:31:20,688 --> 00:31:22,335 Clear the path. 349 00:31:23,964 --> 00:31:26,709 - Maggie, hold up... - We're not stopping. 350 00:32:06,723 --> 00:32:08,202 Kid! 351 00:32:37,348 --> 00:32:39,996 Pay attention so we don't miss any more. 352 00:32:41,414 --> 00:32:43,114 Pay attention? 353 00:32:43,674 --> 00:32:45,637 That's it? That's... 354 00:32:45,863 --> 00:32:47,676 that's your new big plan? 355 00:32:48,754 --> 00:32:51,521 Tell me, Maggie, anything in particular 356 00:32:51,606 --> 00:32:53,653 we should be paying attention to? 357 00:32:54,972 --> 00:32:57,723 I'm real close to shoving a gag in your mouth. 358 00:32:58,714 --> 00:32:59,864 Well, why don't you 359 00:32:59,949 --> 00:33:01,954 get up on your little tippy toes and try? 360 00:33:02,091 --> 00:33:04,450 Cut it out. Both of you. 361 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:07,403 This kid almost died. 362 00:33:08,684 --> 00:33:10,301 You don't give a shit about that kid. 363 00:33:10,413 --> 00:33:12,778 No, shedoesn't give a shit. 364 00:33:13,176 --> 00:33:16,137 She has been playing dictator since we left, 365 00:33:16,301 --> 00:33:19,051 not listening to me, not listening to him. 366 00:33:19,168 --> 00:33:20,911 Hell, not even listening to you. 367 00:33:20,996 --> 00:33:22,582 We don't know if this tunnel 368 00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:24,231 even has a way out. 369 00:33:25,598 --> 00:33:27,771 Whoever or whatever 370 00:33:27,856 --> 00:33:29,185 killed these rot bags 371 00:33:29,270 --> 00:33:30,420 could still be down here. 372 00:33:30,504 --> 00:33:33,441 Has that thought crossed anyone's mind? 373 00:33:35,543 --> 00:33:37,480 Exactly. It has. 374 00:33:37,565 --> 00:33:40,418 So, then this is a death march, 375 00:33:41,324 --> 00:33:43,871 and you are the goddamn pied piper. 376 00:33:44,604 --> 00:33:46,957 Now, y'all wanna roll with that shit, that's fine. 377 00:33:47,220 --> 00:33:48,398 Knock yourselves out. 378 00:33:48,483 --> 00:33:50,358 But not me. Not today. 379 00:33:50,926 --> 00:33:52,207 I am out. 380 00:33:55,363 --> 00:33:56,794 Me, too. 381 00:33:56,878 --> 00:33:57,957 What? 382 00:33:58,042 --> 00:34:00,340 He... he's a dick, but... he makes sense. 383 00:34:00,425 --> 00:34:01,945 Yeah, we shouldn't have come down here. 384 00:34:02,105 --> 00:34:03,309 We're not splitting up. 385 00:34:03,394 --> 00:34:05,786 It ain't up to you. "Buddy". 386 00:34:05,916 --> 00:34:07,275 Just let him go. 387 00:34:07,691 --> 00:34:08,732 He's supposed to be helping us, 388 00:34:08,816 --> 00:34:10,598 but all he's doing is slowing us down. 389 00:34:10,771 --> 00:34:12,371 - We can't. - Why not? 390 00:34:12,456 --> 00:34:14,059 We need him. He knows the city. 391 00:34:14,331 --> 00:34:15,754 Oh, is that why I'm here? 392 00:34:15,839 --> 00:34:19,285 I-I'm your DC tour guide? 393 00:34:20,574 --> 00:34:23,379 What, nobody here know how to read a goddamn map? 394 00:34:24,879 --> 00:34:27,051 I'll tell you why I'm here, man-tits. 395 00:34:27,315 --> 00:34:29,246 She brought me here to die. 396 00:34:32,391 --> 00:34:35,730 If we get through this, I'm not coming back. 397 00:34:37,145 --> 00:34:38,836 She'll find a way, she'll find a reason, 398 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:40,434 she'll do it herself. 399 00:34:40,519 --> 00:34:43,590 Away from the prying eyes of Alexandria. 400 00:34:44,739 --> 00:34:46,457 Here in the jungle. 401 00:34:49,366 --> 00:34:51,754 Man, I really thought you were in on it. 402 00:34:51,980 --> 00:34:53,324 I did. 403 00:34:54,605 --> 00:34:56,856 But see, I can tell from that glazed look in your eyes, 404 00:34:56,941 --> 00:34:58,332 you didn't have a clue. 405 00:35:01,418 --> 00:35:02,973 None of you did. 406 00:35:03,285 --> 00:35:04,685 You're paranoid. 407 00:35:04,770 --> 00:35:06,168 But I'm right. 408 00:35:07,915 --> 00:35:09,902 Look, you all want to put your lives 409 00:35:09,987 --> 00:35:11,145 in her hands? 410 00:35:11,934 --> 00:35:13,523 Her head isn't even in the game 411 00:35:13,607 --> 00:35:16,832 because I'm in her head, living rent-free. 412 00:35:17,198 --> 00:35:20,746 So, Maggie, me dying on your terms, 413 00:35:21,528 --> 00:35:23,152 it ain't happening. 414 00:35:24,449 --> 00:35:26,145 So, what do you say? 415 00:35:26,402 --> 00:35:28,020 Let's just get her done. 416 00:35:28,511 --> 00:35:31,020 Right here and right now. 417 00:35:31,234 --> 00:35:33,761 Because I am not gonna let you drag me through the mud, 418 00:35:33,845 --> 00:35:37,230 filth, and slime to put me down like a dog. 419 00:35:38,717 --> 00:35:39,863 Like Glenn was. 420 00:35:49,396 --> 00:35:52,051 We're down here because up top is death. 421 00:35:53,020 --> 00:35:55,535 We're moving fast because our kids are starving. 422 00:35:55,941 --> 00:35:57,350 And I'm calling the shots 423 00:35:57,434 --> 00:35:59,824 because that's how everyone voted. 424 00:36:00,877 --> 00:36:03,316 As for me killing you... 425 00:36:05,629 --> 00:36:07,770 It's always on my mind. 426 00:36:09,332 --> 00:36:11,190 I'm not gonna tell you that you're wrong about me, 427 00:36:11,274 --> 00:36:12,629 because you aren't. 428 00:36:13,409 --> 00:36:16,368 The woman who left six years ago 429 00:36:16,453 --> 00:36:18,762 is not the one standing over you now. 430 00:36:19,887 --> 00:36:22,270 There's a little bit of her left in me, 431 00:36:23,394 --> 00:36:25,028 and that little bit is the only thing 432 00:36:25,113 --> 00:36:26,645 keeping you breathing. 433 00:36:28,069 --> 00:36:30,934 But I don't know how long that's gonna last. 434 00:36:33,314 --> 00:36:35,269 So keep pushing me, Negan. 435 00:36:37,710 --> 00:36:39,059 Please. 436 00:36:53,403 --> 00:36:55,074 What do you think, Princess? 437 00:36:55,851 --> 00:36:57,117 Princess. 438 00:36:57,762 --> 00:36:58,794 Princess. 439 00:36:58,879 --> 00:37:00,302 - I'm sorry, what? - Ideas? 440 00:37:00,387 --> 00:37:01,895 How to get past the guards. 441 00:37:02,194 --> 00:37:03,824 Oh, yeah. Not yet. 442 00:37:04,631 --> 00:37:06,645 What? What are you looking at? 443 00:37:06,793 --> 00:37:09,441 Livits and Zell are at it again. 444 00:37:11,379 --> 00:37:13,469 - What and who-who? - You know, the two 445 00:37:13,553 --> 00:37:15,254 that are always flirting with each other. 446 00:37:15,410 --> 00:37:16,718 The big guy... Livits. 447 00:37:16,803 --> 00:37:18,168 The skinny one... Zell. 448 00:37:19,893 --> 00:37:21,072 You know their names? 449 00:37:21,157 --> 00:37:23,261 - Yeah. - You can tell them apart? 450 00:37:23,346 --> 00:37:25,264 - You can't? - Okay, we're wasting time. 451 00:37:25,348 --> 00:37:26,840 Hold on. Princess, 452 00:37:27,050 --> 00:37:28,309 how can you tell them apart, 453 00:37:28,394 --> 00:37:30,591 and... and why do you believe that those two are flirting? 454 00:37:30,675 --> 00:37:31,770 Oh, I dunno. 455 00:37:31,855 --> 00:37:33,888 I overheard stuff when were on the wagon, 456 00:37:33,973 --> 00:37:35,442 and I remember things about people, you know? 457 00:37:35,526 --> 00:37:37,004 Like, Zell is from Cleveland. 458 00:37:37,091 --> 00:37:39,575 Livits hurt his leg, so he favors the left one. 459 00:37:39,660 --> 00:37:41,474 Sorsensen smokes. He doesn't like Garcia. 460 00:37:41,559 --> 00:37:43,005 That's the guy with the bladder problems. 461 00:37:43,089 --> 00:37:45,283 I always used to ask him if I needed a pee break 462 00:37:45,368 --> 00:37:46,887 when we were driving here. 463 00:37:47,510 --> 00:37:51,687 Oh, and Livits and Zell are having sex, 464 00:37:51,772 --> 00:37:53,855 but they don't want anyone to know. 465 00:38:01,258 --> 00:38:02,770 They're not looking at each other. 466 00:38:02,855 --> 00:38:04,809 Yeah, but it's obvious 467 00:38:04,895 --> 00:38:07,131 from the way they're not looking at each other 468 00:38:07,215 --> 00:38:08,809 that they're jonesing for it. 469 00:38:09,012 --> 00:38:11,418 They, uh, change shifts every six hours. 470 00:38:11,503 --> 00:38:14,312 Whenever they're on break, one of them takes off, 471 00:38:14,397 --> 00:38:17,324 and then three minutes later, the other one disappears, too. 472 00:38:18,104 --> 00:38:20,496 Gone for about an hour, mas o menos. 473 00:38:21,962 --> 00:38:23,691 Probably most of the time is spent 474 00:38:23,776 --> 00:38:25,355 taking off their armor. 475 00:38:31,785 --> 00:38:33,332 Oh. 476 00:38:34,074 --> 00:38:35,488 Uh-huh. 477 00:38:38,505 --> 00:38:41,162 What was the result of your last routine physical? 478 00:38:44,721 --> 00:38:46,815 I don't understand these questions! 479 00:38:47,358 --> 00:38:49,511 What are you talking about? 480 00:38:58,542 --> 00:38:59,832 Hey! 481 00:38:59,925 --> 00:39:01,878 Where are you taking those two? 482 00:39:05,909 --> 00:39:07,366 Yeah, that's what I'd like to know! 483 00:39:07,450 --> 00:39:08,758 This is bullshit! We have rights! 484 00:39:08,950 --> 00:39:10,394 Re-processing. 485 00:39:13,078 --> 00:39:14,800 Move along. 486 00:39:41,804 --> 00:39:43,652 A wall of the lost. 487 00:39:58,718 --> 00:40:00,201 We have a straight shot to the back gate, 488 00:40:00,285 --> 00:40:01,764 but we gotta go now. 489 00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:08,312 Yumiko! 490 00:40:08,467 --> 00:40:10,108 - Let's go, let's go! - No. 491 00:40:10,989 --> 00:40:12,264 Mira. 492 00:40:13,108 --> 00:40:14,335 Isn't that you? 493 00:40:43,632 --> 00:40:45,114 Yumiko! 494 00:40:47,749 --> 00:40:49,343 I... 495 00:40:50,899 --> 00:40:52,593 I have to stay. 496 00:41:16,330 --> 00:41:17,889 Shit. 497 00:41:26,248 --> 00:41:27,534 Need a battery swap. 498 00:41:27,619 --> 00:41:29,189 Gage? 499 00:41:31,538 --> 00:41:33,889 - Gage? - Roy? 500 00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:35,874 Has anyone seen them? 501 00:41:36,584 --> 00:41:38,068 They took our supplies. 502 00:41:39,933 --> 00:41:41,421 Ammo clips, rations... 503 00:41:41,554 --> 00:41:43,507 Oh, great. That's just great. 504 00:41:43,975 --> 00:41:46,046 It's this asshole's fault. He scared them off. 505 00:41:46,250 --> 00:41:47,602 Shh! 506 00:41:48,193 --> 00:41:49,468 Listen. 507 00:42:05,695 --> 00:42:07,439 Alright. Cut them off. 508 00:42:07,593 --> 00:42:10,070 We'll clear the rest. Agatha! 509 00:42:35,266 --> 00:42:37,314 - Blocked. - Here, too. 510 00:42:37,398 --> 00:42:40,970 Hold this. Let me try. 511 00:42:57,212 --> 00:42:59,843 Fall back! Now! 512 00:42:59,928 --> 00:43:01,871 Go! Go! 513 00:43:07,827 --> 00:43:10,093 - Go! - Can we get around it? 514 00:43:10,255 --> 00:43:11,113 It's a choke point. 515 00:43:11,198 --> 00:43:13,035 We don't know what's on the other side. 516 00:43:13,700 --> 00:43:14,949 Up top. 517 00:43:15,339 --> 00:43:16,778 Go, all the way up. 518 00:43:21,268 --> 00:43:23,839 Go, man. Up top. On top of the platform. 519 00:43:23,923 --> 00:43:26,320 Go. Hurry. 520 00:43:32,802 --> 00:43:34,023 Come on, man, get up. 521 00:43:34,107 --> 00:43:36,635 All the way up to the top. Go! 522 00:43:39,184 --> 00:43:40,229 Come here, boy. 523 00:43:40,314 --> 00:43:42,798 Dog! No! Come here! Dog! 524 00:43:45,336 --> 00:43:46,949 Go. Let's go. Let's go. 525 00:43:47,033 --> 00:43:48,821 Meet me at the next platform. 526 00:43:48,905 --> 00:43:50,562 Daryl, wait. I'll be fine. Go. 527 00:43:50,646 --> 00:43:51,954 Daryl, wait! Dog! 528 00:43:53,392 --> 00:43:55,857 Dog! Dog! 529 00:44:53,992 --> 00:44:55,882 Negan! 530 00:45:12,305 --> 00:45:13,422 Where's Maggie? 531 00:45:13,507 --> 00:45:14,952 She was right behind me. 532 00:45:15,538 --> 00:45:17,522 And then we just keep going. 533 00:45:18,726 --> 00:45:20,547 - Ezekiel's gone. - Someone took him! 534 00:45:20,866 --> 00:45:23,062 For the last time, just stick to the story. 535 00:45:24,068 --> 00:45:25,725 Hey! Dog! Come here! 536 00:45:26,005 --> 00:45:27,005 Dog! 537 00:45:33,613 --> 00:45:35,758 I did what needed to be done. 538 00:45:36,139 --> 00:45:38,139 Sync corrections by srjanapala 539 00:45:45,587 --> 00:45:48,736 This first shot, on Daryl's wings... 540 00:45:48,892 --> 00:45:53,354 It just feels right to kind of start this season on Daryl. 541 00:45:53,439 --> 00:45:54,987 There's this big story line that 542 00:45:55,072 --> 00:45:57,950 he's helming for this first block. 543 00:45:58,034 --> 00:46:00,377 And I think that that angel-wing vest 544 00:46:00,462 --> 00:46:03,612 with the modifications that Judith made in the last season, 545 00:46:03,697 --> 00:46:05,932 there's something that's so emblematic about it. 546 00:46:06,017 --> 00:46:09,439 I think it speaks a lot to the person that Daryl wants to be, 547 00:46:09,523 --> 00:46:11,044 and there's times when those angel wings 548 00:46:11,128 --> 00:46:12,552 have gotten destroyed. 549 00:46:12,637 --> 00:46:14,947 There are times when it's been built back up. 550 00:46:15,032 --> 00:46:17,666 And so we love that image, and it just felt like 551 00:46:17,751 --> 00:46:21,103 the right thing to kind of start the story on. 552 00:46:23,118 --> 00:46:26,549 So, we have seen lurkers on "The Walking Dead" before, 553 00:46:26,634 --> 00:46:28,762 but we just haven't really done 554 00:46:28,847 --> 00:46:32,111 a big lurker action sequence like this. 555 00:46:32,236 --> 00:46:35,126 They're the type of zombies that 556 00:46:35,212 --> 00:46:37,064 just seem like they're dead, 557 00:46:37,149 --> 00:46:40,782 and, suddenly, they'll wake out of this sort of dormant state. 558 00:46:42,216 --> 00:46:46,267 They are a big part of the mythology of the comic book. 559 00:46:46,540 --> 00:46:48,087 Most walkers are roamers. 560 00:46:48,171 --> 00:46:50,175 They are the ones that just... They move and move and move, 561 00:46:50,259 --> 00:46:51,655 constantly in search of food. 562 00:46:51,739 --> 00:46:54,627 We thought it would be really fun to just feature the lurkers, 563 00:46:54,712 --> 00:46:58,227 where the danger is, how many of those bodies down there 564 00:46:58,311 --> 00:47:01,197 are actually dead, how many of them might be alive, 565 00:47:01,282 --> 00:47:03,307 and how do you avoid kind of, like, 566 00:47:03,392 --> 00:47:04,908 stirring up that hornet's nest? 567 00:47:04,993 --> 00:47:07,354 So, it's definitely always been part of the mythology 568 00:47:07,439 --> 00:47:09,884 but not one that we've used very much until now. 569 00:47:10,748 --> 00:47:14,299 It was really fun to do this action sequence and see our 570 00:47:14,384 --> 00:47:16,854 amazing women do the fight. 571 00:47:16,939 --> 00:47:18,857 That idea really came about because 572 00:47:18,941 --> 00:47:21,903 if you're gonna send people down into a building, 573 00:47:21,987 --> 00:47:23,721 you want to send the lightest people. 574 00:47:23,806 --> 00:47:27,088 And why not do, like, a super-cool sequence 575 00:47:27,173 --> 00:47:29,471 with the women and start off the season that way? 576 00:47:29,556 --> 00:47:32,782 It was really, really fun to see them kick ass 577 00:47:39,853 --> 00:47:43,252 I think what's really important to keep in mind 578 00:47:43,337 --> 00:47:45,144 when we're talking about our characters 579 00:47:45,228 --> 00:47:47,299 and the debate about whether to go to Meridian 580 00:47:47,384 --> 00:47:49,260 is that they have just come out of 581 00:47:49,345 --> 00:47:51,672 this massive war with The Whisperers. 582 00:47:51,756 --> 00:47:55,719 And it just was devastating for their communities. 583 00:47:55,803 --> 00:47:58,040 So they're still just licking their wounds 584 00:47:58,125 --> 00:48:00,333 and trying to pick themselves back up. 585 00:48:00,417 --> 00:48:03,259 There are people that wound up homeless, basically, 586 00:48:03,344 --> 00:48:05,077 and had to be taken in as refugees. 587 00:48:05,161 --> 00:48:08,805 So the idea of kind of traveling a distance, 588 00:48:08,890 --> 00:48:14,694 going to face these people, when they are practically starving, 589 00:48:14,779 --> 00:48:18,655 for some of our people, it just feels like it's bad trade. 590 00:48:18,739 --> 00:48:20,483 Why not try to fix those walls 591 00:48:20,567 --> 00:48:23,095 and find the food closer to home? 592 00:48:23,179 --> 00:48:26,185 For Maggie, of course she wants to help our people, 593 00:48:26,269 --> 00:48:29,704 but is there this element of revenge that's driving her, too? 594 00:48:29,789 --> 00:48:32,931 Does she want to take it back just to get the food 595 00:48:33,015 --> 00:48:36,447 or does she want to take it back because she's angry about 596 00:48:36,532 --> 00:48:38,736 what happened and because the people from Meridian 597 00:48:38,821 --> 00:48:40,112 are kind of pushing her? 598 00:48:40,196 --> 00:48:43,245 So, I think, really, there are multiple sides to the issue, 599 00:48:43,329 --> 00:48:45,376 and I personally don't feel like 600 00:48:45,461 --> 00:48:48,033 any character is wrong in this scenario. 601 00:48:48,157 --> 00:48:49,948 You know, it's just really a matter of, 602 00:48:50,032 --> 00:48:52,037 what are the different things that need to be done 603 00:48:52,188 --> 00:48:53,821 to keep everyone safe? 604 00:48:53,905 --> 00:48:56,086 And I think people come down on different sides of it 605 00:48:56,203 --> 00:48:58,957 and have reasonable opinions on either side. 606 00:48:59,041 --> 00:49:00,393 Well, if you don't have food, 607 00:49:00,477 --> 00:49:02,758 then it's not gonna matter anyway. 608 00:49:03,264 --> 00:49:04,571 I'll go. 609 00:49:04,786 --> 00:49:06,573 Anybody else? 610 00:49:12,493 --> 00:49:15,657 In the subway, we really loved that feel of, like, 611 00:49:15,796 --> 00:49:19,586 the long corridors that you're sneaking around, 612 00:49:19,670 --> 00:49:22,483 and it's just... It's dark and it's dank, 613 00:49:22,568 --> 00:49:25,444 and there are things moving and lurking. 614 00:49:25,529 --> 00:49:28,334 That was something that we particularly love. 615 00:49:28,560 --> 00:49:31,946 Whenever we do an environment on the show, 616 00:49:32,030 --> 00:49:33,912 especially if it's something that's as featured 617 00:49:33,997 --> 00:49:38,146 as the subway, we want to tell a little bit of the story 618 00:49:38,255 --> 00:49:40,380 of what was there before, 619 00:49:40,466 --> 00:49:42,631 you know, or, like, what has happened since. 620 00:49:42,716 --> 00:49:46,092 And I think, for us, we were really thinking about 621 00:49:46,177 --> 00:49:50,505 stories of people who are homeless living in subways, 622 00:49:50,638 --> 00:49:53,467 and there's a real story about class 623 00:49:53,552 --> 00:49:56,405 which runs through what happens in a subway. 624 00:49:56,489 --> 00:49:59,887 And it's also a place where people from a variety of classes 625 00:49:59,971 --> 00:50:02,020 crash into each other as they're going to work 626 00:50:02,104 --> 00:50:04,022 or they're kind of going about their lives. 627 00:50:04,106 --> 00:50:06,311 That, thematically, is very important for us 628 00:50:06,396 --> 00:50:07,350 for the entire season. 629 00:50:07,435 --> 00:50:11,159 So we thought we'd take this opportunity in the first episode 630 00:50:11,247 --> 00:50:13,205 where we wanted to do the subway 'cause we thought that that 631 00:50:13,289 --> 00:50:15,366 was cool and scary and we just... 632 00:50:15,451 --> 00:50:18,037 We haven't done something in a subway before on the show. 633 00:50:18,122 --> 00:50:20,912 So we're always looking to kind of mix that up. 634 00:50:20,997 --> 00:50:23,358 But we thought like, "You know, there is this opportunity 635 00:50:23,443 --> 00:50:26,264 to tell this story about high and low 636 00:50:26,349 --> 00:50:28,841 and the mix of people that kind of crashed into each other 637 00:50:29,005 --> 00:50:31,049 at the beginning of the apocalypse. 638 00:50:31,133 --> 00:50:32,872 We are walking through a mass grave 639 00:50:32,957 --> 00:50:34,794 that could still be in use. 640 00:50:34,949 --> 00:50:36,214 She has been playing 641 00:50:36,299 --> 00:50:38,260 dictator since we left. 642 00:50:39,060 --> 00:50:40,232 Maggie and Negan... 643 00:50:40,316 --> 00:50:43,235 There's just no love lost between them. 644 00:50:43,319 --> 00:50:44,873 They don't trust each other. 645 00:50:44,958 --> 00:50:46,455 And why should they, you know, 646 00:50:46,539 --> 00:50:50,807 given the history that has preceded them up to this point. 647 00:50:50,951 --> 00:50:53,866 After Glenn was killed in front of Maggie 648 00:50:53,951 --> 00:50:56,373 and he just seemed to find such glee in that, 649 00:50:56,458 --> 00:50:58,912 I don't feel that Maggie is at a place 650 00:50:58,997 --> 00:51:01,340 where she thinks she's ever going to forgive this person. 651 00:51:01,424 --> 00:51:04,935 And I think, for Negan's part, he feels like 652 00:51:05,044 --> 00:51:07,412 he's been on a journey to try to redeem himself, 653 00:51:07,497 --> 00:51:09,342 and it's been a bumpy one, you know? 654 00:51:09,427 --> 00:51:13,221 I mean, this is not a person who is, by any means, perfect. 655 00:51:13,305 --> 00:51:15,093 I think there's a lot of times that he is 656 00:51:15,177 --> 00:51:19,069 definitely in a gray area, maybe even still in a villainous area. 657 00:51:19,154 --> 00:51:22,123 But he's trying, and she has not been privy to a lot of that. 658 00:51:22,208 --> 00:51:26,967 And so he feels like her view of him is stuck back when 659 00:51:27,052 --> 00:51:30,673 she came and was going to, as a vigilante, take him out. 660 00:51:30,757 --> 00:51:32,592 And she just left him to rot in jail. 661 00:51:32,677 --> 00:51:34,460 So I think, on either side, 662 00:51:34,544 --> 00:51:38,072 the lack of trust is absolutely warranted. 663 00:51:38,156 --> 00:51:39,647 Like, if you were Negan, of course 664 00:51:39,732 --> 00:51:41,577 you think she's gonna try to take you out. 665 00:51:41,662 --> 00:51:43,998 She did it once. Why wouldn't she do it again? 666 00:51:44,083 --> 00:51:47,951 And I think, for Maggie's part, I think she recognizes, 667 00:51:48,052 --> 00:51:52,397 very reluctantly, that this is a person who is 668 00:51:52,482 --> 00:51:54,957 formidable and can be a resource, 669 00:51:55,042 --> 00:51:56,525 but she doesn't trust him. 670 00:51:56,609 --> 00:51:59,608 So I think, like, they're really starting out the season 671 00:51:59,693 --> 00:52:03,522 just as far apart as they can possibly be. 672 00:52:03,607 --> 00:52:05,505 Keep pushing me, Negan. 673 00:52:06,036 --> 00:52:07,525 Please. 674 00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:13,494 In our first view of how the Commonwealth handles things, 675 00:52:13,579 --> 00:52:16,350 our people basically going through a detention center, 676 00:52:16,435 --> 00:52:18,139 which is, like, prior to coming into 677 00:52:18,224 --> 00:52:19,766 the walls of the Commonwealth. 678 00:52:19,850 --> 00:52:23,694 For the interrogation, we wanted this sense of a few things. 679 00:52:23,779 --> 00:52:26,983 Like, one, that our people are going through 680 00:52:27,068 --> 00:52:32,272 this really horrific sort of repetitive, strange process. 681 00:52:32,357 --> 00:52:34,030 We also wanted to show that they 682 00:52:34,115 --> 00:52:36,561 were good liars and had clearly 683 00:52:36,646 --> 00:52:39,897 come up with some sort of story, maybe on the wagon ride over. 684 00:52:39,982 --> 00:52:42,000 But they have decided that they're gonna tell a lie, 685 00:52:42,084 --> 00:52:43,458 which is probably smart, 686 00:52:43,543 --> 00:52:45,771 given how hardcore this group is. 687 00:52:45,850 --> 00:52:48,841 Do you consider yourself a fundamentally honest person? 688 00:52:48,926 --> 00:52:51,323 - Yes. - Of course. - Yes. - Hell yeah. 689 00:52:51,408 --> 00:52:53,904 We sort of thought, early on, like, 690 00:52:54,076 --> 00:52:56,777 "You know, maybe this would be a time to try a split screen." 691 00:52:56,861 --> 00:52:59,476 It's not something that has been part of the visual language 692 00:52:59,560 --> 00:53:01,391 of this show up to this point. 693 00:53:01,475 --> 00:53:03,943 But it felt like it was right for this moment. 694 00:53:04,028 --> 00:53:06,387 And I think, like, we got some really great moments out of it. 695 00:53:06,471 --> 00:53:07,823 Have you ever been arrested? 696 00:53:07,912 --> 00:53:08,708 - No. - No. 697 00:53:08,793 --> 00:53:09,873 - Yeah, but it wasn't me. - Yes. 698 00:53:09,957 --> 00:53:11,637 - It wasn't me. - During a student protest. 699 00:53:12,663 --> 00:53:14,388 Do you think this is funny? 700 00:53:14,473 --> 00:53:15,969 Yeah. 701 00:53:16,177 --> 00:53:19,539 Our people find themselves in the uncomfortable position 702 00:53:19,623 --> 00:53:22,934 of being wannabe immigrants or refugees 703 00:53:23,018 --> 00:53:26,024 into whatever this place winds up being. 704 00:53:26,108 --> 00:53:28,853 I don't think they have a really good sense yet of what it is, 705 00:53:28,937 --> 00:53:32,422 but what they're seeing are just these kind of odd clues 706 00:53:32,506 --> 00:53:36,861 that perhaps the Commonwealth is both like and unlike 707 00:53:36,945 --> 00:53:39,211 a world that they once knew before the apocalypse. 708 00:53:39,295 --> 00:53:42,052 And so, you know, they see this wall of the lost, 709 00:53:42,169 --> 00:53:46,349 and we've seen things like that just in the real world. 710 00:53:46,433 --> 00:53:48,220 When there's a major disaster, 711 00:53:48,304 --> 00:53:49,874 people are looking for their loved ones. 712 00:53:49,958 --> 00:53:52,396 And that comes straight out of the comic book. 713 00:53:52,481 --> 00:53:56,357 And I think Kirkman took inspiration from similar things, 714 00:53:56,442 --> 00:54:00,101 where there's this real sadness to think about 715 00:54:00,186 --> 00:54:02,155 how many people were lost 716 00:54:02,240 --> 00:54:04,844 during even this fictional zombie apocalypse. 717 00:54:04,929 --> 00:54:09,530 It's just that reminder, once again, that any community, 718 00:54:09,615 --> 00:54:12,853 at this point in the story, is comprised of people 719 00:54:12,937 --> 00:54:15,201 who have lost so, so much. 720 00:54:15,286 --> 00:54:17,052 And so that's gonna drive the decisions 721 00:54:17,137 --> 00:54:19,927 they make about how to move on. 722 00:54:21,632 --> 00:54:23,052 I have to stay. 723 00:54:29,265 --> 00:54:31,742 The final scene with Negan and Maggie... 724 00:54:31,827 --> 00:54:35,787 I think we were really interested in the idea of just 725 00:54:35,872 --> 00:54:40,372 pushing the conflict between them as far as possible. 726 00:54:40,499 --> 00:54:42,708 Negan... that guy's a survivor, 727 00:54:42,793 --> 00:54:45,930 and if he thinks somebody is out to kill him, 728 00:54:46,014 --> 00:54:49,295 then, you know, I don't know that he's actively trying to 729 00:54:49,380 --> 00:54:52,153 get rid of her, but he's an opportunist, as well, 730 00:54:52,237 --> 00:54:56,037 so he sees this opportunity to just not help, 731 00:54:56,122 --> 00:54:59,008 even if that effectively means he's okay with 732 00:54:59,093 --> 00:55:01,641 letting her fall to her death, possibly. 733 00:55:01,725 --> 00:55:05,863 For us, it was always about this character moment 734 00:55:05,947 --> 00:55:07,969 of these two people that hate each other 735 00:55:08,054 --> 00:55:09,156 and don't trust each other. 736 00:55:09,241 --> 00:55:11,464 And when you're in an extreme situation, 737 00:55:11,703 --> 00:55:15,002 do you step up and help unexpectedly, 738 00:55:15,086 --> 00:55:17,309 which is usually, like, what we see our characters do, 739 00:55:17,393 --> 00:55:18,702 or do you let kind of, like, 740 00:55:18,786 --> 00:55:20,704 the worst version of things happen? 741 00:55:20,788 --> 00:55:22,357 We just thought that it was interesting 742 00:55:22,463 --> 00:55:24,257 to push them to that point. 743 00:55:24,452 --> 00:55:25,882 Negan!