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[Negan] Previously
on Dead City...

I'm a New Babylon marshal.
Have you seen this man?

[grunting]

You're the last person that
I wanted to ask for help.

They took your kid.

[Maggie] The man
who's got Hershel,

they call him the Croat.

I tracked him all the
way up to Manhattan.

Manhattan was one
of the epicenters.

Military destroyed all
the bridges and tunnels

hoping to contain it.

Death is the most
abundant resource.

As the bodies break down,
they produce methane.

Hey, when this is over,

will you look
after Ginny for me?

I killed your dad.

Found this in one of
those tourist shops,

I thought maybe you
could give it to Hershel.

[The Croat] He
needed a little push,

Mom!

But you brought him home.

[Hershel] You're obsessed
with Negan, with what he did.

[Maggie] That is not true!

But you never see me.

There are others.

If we could unite them,
we'll be indomitable.

[Negan] Why would I help you?

[The Dama] My former guest
and I had a lot of talks.

I eventually let him
go in exchange for you.

But I kept a little piece of him

and I can always
go back for more.

[walkers growling]

[music by Ace Frehley
starts, New York Grove]

[metal crunching]

♪ Many years since I was here ♪

♪ On the street I was
passin' my time away ♪

♪ To the left and to the right,
buildings towering to the sky ♪

♪ It's outta sight ♪

♪ In the dead of night ♪

♪ I'm back, back in
the New York Groove ♪

♪ I'm back, back in
the New York Groove ♪

♪ Back in the New York Groove ♪

♪ In the New York Groove ♪

♪ In the back of my Cadillac ♪

♪ Wicked lady
sittin' by my side ♪

♪ Sayin', "Where are we?" ♪

♪ Stopped at 3rd and 43

♪ Exit to the night ♪

♪ It's gonna be ecstasy ♪

♪ This place was meant for me ♪

♪ Ooh Who cares
about tomorrow ♪

♪ So baby, you'd
better believe ♪

♪ I'm back, back in
the New York Groove ♪

♪ I'm back, back in
the New York Groove ♪

♪ I'm back, back in
the New York Groove ♪

[music distorts] ♪ I'm back,
back in the New York... ♪

[electricity humming]

[theme music]

[Maggie] Wait...

Overhand, remember?

It's more accurate. More spin.

It's okay. You'll
get it. Okay.

You get scraped by the brambles?

I'm fine.

[ominous music]

[soft music]

[fire crackling]

You sure about this?

Casey wanted a desk for her room
and I don't use it anymore, so.

All right.

Probably got some old clothes
you can donate to her brothers.

[sighs]

Looks like you outgrew
the corduroy jacket.

Sure. Take it.

Actually, I'm
feeling kinda tired.

Maybe we can take it down
tomorrow or something.

Of course.

Our signal.

When you were little, in
case we got separated,

so I'd know that you were okay.

Do you remember how it started?

You were five or six.

We were on the road, camping
just north of Charleston.

I woke up, heard feet
crunching on leaves outside.

Then I noticed your
blanket was empty.

So I got up, pulled
my knife out,

started toward the sound.

Then all of a sudden,
this creature came running

from behind the bushes.

And a little voice said,

"Look, Mom! I got it."

And you had your
hands cupped together,

and you opened 'em
up to show me...

A lightning bug.

[Maggie] Yeah, a lightning bug.

[soft music]

[ominous music]

You got any leftovers?

What's in it for me?

Well, what's in it for you is

you don't have to eat
a plate of cockroaches.

Or I can trade you for this

lovely bucket of my
very own piss and shit.

Yeah. I uh... I have had
my eye on that bucket

for the past couple of months.

I know you have.

But, I think I'll hold out
for that ratty blanket.

Thank you.

You said a year ago that

I would be beggin'
for cockroaches.

Christ.

How's it looking?

[plucking strings]

[playing light music]

[door opens]

Unlock it.

It pains me to
see you like this.

Time has run out, Negan.

She's going to talk,

and you need to listen now.

Are you ready to listen?

What about the boy?

You know, I have been
thinking about that myself.

You see, he is
home. He's safe.

And in order to get to him,

you would have to
go through his mom.

Who, I'm not sure that
if you recall, but,

she is a mama bear

that would tear out your
throat with her teeth

right after she gutted
you with her claws.

Yeah, that's what I've
been thinking about.

Hey, don't you worry
about me. I'm good.

Look at this. I
got this nice bed.

I got a private
toilet. Gourmet meals.

Mm, it's just how I like it,

crunchy on the outside
and soft in the middle.

In that case,

I fear things will
have to escalate.

[creepy music]

[dramatic music]

[walkers growling]

[ominous music]

[engines rumbling]

We need to get back.

[ominous music]

If y'all don't remember
me from admission day,

I'm Charlie Byrd,

governor of The New
Babylon Federation.

Your governor.

I could ramble on, but,

I got a feeling you'd
rather hear from someone

whose reputation precedes him,

a man who traveled
to a distant land,

made huge discoveries. And
as if that weren't enough,

tracked down the
notorious outlaw, Negan,

and brought him to justice.

Thank you, Governor.

Looking around today, I
think it's fair to say,

we're no longer just
lucky to be alive.

We're living.

Getting back what we lost.

But our work isn't done.

There was a place once.

Full of so many buildings,
so packed together,

you could barely see
where the sky started.

A strategic port.

The center of music,

food, art,

and commerce.

A city that announced to
the world, we are here.

Humanity is here.

All that's left today
are crumbling buildings

and a million dead souls.

It's been overrun by
lawless barbarians.

So what's our interest in
it? Why would we go there?

To bring it back.
It's not too late.

Manhattan can once again
inspire and spread hope,

and serve as a bastion
for civilization.

Now, look-I'm not gonna
lie, it's not gonna be easy.

Which is why we've been
going from town to town,

drafting soldiers for
an exploratory mission,

as is the federation's
right by treaty.

You're scared. I get it.

But look, this is a fight.

This is a mission
worth fighting...

[crowd grumbling]

Go! Ginny.

[music]

State your name and town.

Jason Ornell. Madgeburg.

State your crime.

[music]

After arrival at
Madgeburg, Mr. Ornell

chose to shamefully flee

rather than face conscription.

He was apprehended
in the forest.

[tense music]

Code 52, section 8.

"Refusal or evasion
of registration

"into the armed forces of
The New Babylon Federation

shall be punishable
by public execution."

[dramatic music]

[engine stops]

Our eyes and ears
on the mainland

have intercepted messages
between the colonies.

There is to be an
exploratory mission

followed by a massive
land invasion,

so we must be ready
with an army of our own.

To that end,

uptown is controlled
by three groups.

They are ferocious
and territorial.

And the park sits between them,

acting like a buffer.

No man's land.

Yeah, because no
man comes out alive.

If we can form an alliance,

bring everyone onto our side,

then New Babylon
won't stand a chance.

Now, the groups
interface once a month,

at this plaza for a
form of street trade.

Gambling on sport.

Got your own farmer's market.

Yeah.

It was a brainchild of
a man named Bruegel.

And unsurprisingly,
he has accumulated

a good deal of wealth
from this, this trade,

weapons and food,
armor, shelter.

He's a snake, snake charmer.

Silver-tongued...

Well...

The next meeting is tonight.

I've invited them to
the church afterwards

for a little nightcap.

My overtures have gotten
us as far as they can go.

What's required
now is leadership.

Inspire them.

Manipulate.

Terrorize.

Put on a show.

Whatever it takes to
get them on board.

Is it to your liking?

You're a gin man, right?

I am, indeed.

Here's the thing, I...

I feel like we had
this conversation

a couple of months ago.

My answer's still the same.

Hell no.

[soft music]

You yourself have seen

what New Babylon is capable of.

As Dama says,

we have been given a gift.

The old world, it was a place
of suffering and injustice, yes.

But our past has been erased.

With the methane,

we can bring the city back

in wondrous new ways.

A church can be a power plant.

A gym teacher can
command an army.

This is a little too
fancy for my taste.

But I do appreciate the gesture.

You know, when our people
were out searching for you,

they heard whispers of a
settlement in Tennessee

that was home to
a woman and child.

Annie and Joshua,
if I'm not mistaken.

Their wagon train was meant
for Missouri, as you know,

considering you yourself
paid the driver.

But a flooded Mississippi
rerouted them to Memphis.

I hate spoiling the surprise,

but now that they're
en route to the island,

I suppose you'd want to
make your preparations.

[music]

[Tim] At least with
Manhattan, there's a chance.

- We don't know for sure...
- No.

No, it's a death
sentence either way.

Anyone they take to Manhattan,
we'll never see them again.

[Pierce] It was the
capital of the old world.

Home to museums,
theaters, churches.

Avenues as wide and
open as a prairie plain.

And will all soon be restored
just as sublime as it once was.

[chuckles]

Excuse me?

Nothing. It's just everything
you're saying is total bullshit.

Well, considering I've spent
years poring over old textbooks,

maps and periodicals,

I would think that what I'm
saying is not total bullshit.

But you haven't been there.

Wait, you've... What's it...

It's full of walkers.

More than you've
ever seen before.

And... and those
museums and churches,

they've all been
looted or blown up.

There's this one bridge, high
up between the buildings,

it started to fall, but
then it caught itself

and got all twisted,
so it's like uh...

Here, I'll show you.

[music]

It's better now
than it ever was.

Can I keep this?

Uh, yeah, sure.

Why don't we pick
this up after dinner?

[Armstrong] So that's your son.

That's my son.

It's been a while.

Yeah. Congratulations,
by the way.

Tracking down the
notorious outlaw, Negan,

and shooting him dead.

I only said that to protect him.

Where is he? What
happened to him?

Still on the island
for all I know.

What do you want?

I'm gonna recommend
your conscription.

I think you could be an
asset to the mission.

You've been there.

You got your son
back from the Croat.

You know his weaknesses,
how he operates.

You've got it all
figured out, I guess.

I know how you feel
about New Babylon.

- I've got my doubts, too.
- Why now?

Why all of a sudden do you
wanna bring back Manhattan?

You want the methane.

I've seen the moths. You're
running out of ethanol.

They've spread all
over the south.

Laying eggs in the corn,
rotting it from the inside.

We can survive without it.

New Babylon can't, which
is just fine by me.

It's true.

If we can take over
their methane operation,

it's ready to go,
practically unlimited.

It'll fuel power grids.

Give us back technology
and medicine.

People wouldn't have to die
of infection or the flu.

And I'm not just
talking about my people.

Your people.

Everyone.

But if we don't
get that methane,

if New Babylon falls,

we've lost too much.

Why would we put ourselves
through that again?

We're in this together.

Are we?

Where's your wife then?
Where are your daughters?

Why aren't they
coming to Manhattan?

Exploratory mission, huh?

'Cause we're just the
first wave, the conscripts,

just a bunch of
fucking guinea pigs.

I'll remind you that
you're treaty-bound members

- of the federation...
- Which you forced us into,

cut off all of our
trading partners...

Even if you can't see it's in
your interest as much as mine...

- Not that I voted for it...
- You're coming.

- Is that right, Marshal?
- Colonel. It's Colonel now.

If I'm treaty bound,
then it'd be my duty

to inform your superiors what
really happened to Negan.

[music]

If I come to the island,

no one else from the Bricks gets
drafted that doesn't want to.

I'd have to sell
it to the governor.

Get selling.

[music]

Forgive me, Father,
for I have sinned...

And sinned, and
sinned, and sinned.

[laughs]

I'm sorry your wife and
son got dragged into this.

But think of it as less a
threat to your family and more a

chance to welcome them into
our larger family, huh?

Hey...

I have a surprise for you.

Huh?

Just like the original Lucille.

Although I have added some,
shall we say, improvements.

I understand.

After a long break,

when a performer
takes the stage again,

he wants to try
out new material.

But in the end,

all the audience really
wants are the greatest hits.

We have to go. It's time.

[ominous music]

[dramatic music]

[crowd cheering]

[walkers growling]

[crowd cheering]

Get him!

[Negan] That is
one big-ass walker.

Goddamn, farmer's market.

[crowd screaming]

No! Get up!

[crowd cheering]

[ominous music]

Major Narvaez,

I read that Manhattan's power
grid was run underground

after the blizzard of 1888.

Which means that it's probably
survived the destruction

of the city.

I'm getting ahead of myself,
but is it possible...

Don't you have some
journaling to do?

She's just jealous, Mr. Pierce.

The history you'll be
recording along the way,

the tales of
discovery and glory,

they'll be our biggest
victory of all.

Speaking of which...

Only to be smoked in celebration

when we get what we're after.

Have you given any thought to
what we talked about earlier?

[Narvaez] That Bricks woman?

Is she really that important?

She's the woman I
met on the island.

She single-handedly rescued
her son from the Croat.

So let's just draft her.

We could try.

Over her dead body,
as she put it.

Either we bring her
on incentivized alive,

or we throw away yet
another opportunity.

By my count, we have 20
able-bodied soldiers here.

Is this woman worth 20 soldiers?

I think she is.

So then let her prove it.

I think that's smart.

We'll conduct an
assessment of the woman.

Why does it have to be you?

Because that's the only
way that this works.

Yeah, but you didn't
try to find another way.

You just...

It's almost like you wanna go.

I don't wanna go.

I'm doing it for
you, for the Bricks.

Hersh... Hershel.

[tense music]

No, no, no.

If you plan on taking the place
of 20 conscripts on the island,

it won't be soldiers
you'll be fighting.

[claps]

[walkers growling]

[dramatic music]

I only just found out.

Anyone intending to enlist,
step up to the corral.

[music]

Ginny, you're not
going in there.

Wait, hold on. We can't...

- What's the problem?
- She's just a kid.

And kids can't fight?

This isn't what we decided.

No one gets drafted
involuntarily.

That was the deal.

[walkers growling]

Don't make me say it again.

Please.

[music]

No, Ginny! I said...

Goddammit.

[dramatic music]

[walkers growling]

[grunting]

Ginny.

Ginny!

[dramatic music]

[grunting]

[gunshot]

[ominous music]

[organ music]

[organ music]

[banging on floor]

We gonna start
this shit or what?

[organ music blaring]

[music stops]

Thank you all for coming.

From what I gather, y'all
hate each other's guts.

I gotta say, I get it.

I just walked in the door

and I already hate your guts.

And yet, here we are,

all together in God's house.

I gotta say, I was a little
surprised that nobody got...

I don't know,
struck by lightning,

or burst into flames.

I mean, after all, we are the
walking manifestation of sin.

But here's the thing.

Why bring this motley group
of shitheads together?

I mean, what is
the fucking point?

Anybody recognize this?

It's a badge.

A lawman's badge.

Do you remember the law?

I mean, I know
it's been a minute.

From The New Babylon Federation.

See, I got this badge

when the asshat that was
chasing me down lost it.

That is correct. I
was once a wanted man.

[chuckles]

Lawman chased me
down, so I came here.

I came here because I hear
this island's got no laws.

Got that right, bitch.

[Negan chuckles]

[Negan] The question is, are
you gonna keep it that way?

You see, where this
badge came from,

there's a hell of
a lot more of 'em.

And they are coming here
right now as we speak.

See, New Babylon, they
found out about your

kick-ass, bad-ass way of life.

And to them, that's a problem.

For New Babylon, the solution
to that problem is their laws.

So you join us,

you put aside your differences,

and we fight.

We keep New Babylon...

♪ Kumbaya, my Lord Kumbaya ♪

And you are?

[clears throat] Christos.

Christos? Christos.
Very cool name.

Here's the deal, Christos,
I'm wondering if we can save

the Q and A until... I
don't know, afterwards.

What if we don't wanna join you?

[Crowd] Yeah.

[Christos] Hmm?

What if we don't want to uh,
put aside our differences?

[Crowd] Yeah.

Why don't we all
just take a breath?

What if we like things
just the way they are?

[crowd agreeing]

And we don't give a fuck
about someone else's problem.

[Crowd] Yes!

Hmm?

Now I don't know what the
old lady was hoping for,

but there is no way
I am bending the knee

to some skinny fucking
bitch-ass old man.

[crowd shouting]

Who's come here out
of fucking nowhere

thinking he can sell
us on some bullshit!

[crowd agreeing]

'Cause if we're fighting,
I think we know whose ass

we're fucking up.

[crowd shouting]

Damn right! Damn right!

[banging bat]

This is my fault. It is.

I'm gonna take all
the blame for it,

but I think we're
having a little bit

of a misunderstanding.

I am not asking for any kumbaya.

You see, I am not a preacher.

And you sure as shit
ain't no congregation.

But you are gonna fight.

And not for the common good.

I could give a rat's ass
about the common good.

No, you are gonna fight...

You're gonna fight
because I say so.

[ominous music]

Get that fucking
thing out of my face.

Nah.

Get that fuckin' thing...

[chuckles]

Methane...

We got it. You don't.

We got the bright
lights, the cool cars,

the awesome weapons.
We got bombs.

You see, power,

equals power.

It's as simple as that.

So if you ain't with us...

I guess you're in
for a bit of a shock.

So why don't y'all talk
amongst yourselves.

Think about it.

But do me a favor, yeah?

Don't think too hard.

[ominous music]

[electricity humming]

[blade clangs]

I need my compass.

[Hershel] Why?
What's going on?

She thinks she's coming to
Manhattan and she's not.

The three of us,

we know what it means
to go back there.

I'm worried about you.

Okay?

I made him a promise.

I swore that I would
look out for you.

Is this about Negan? Is
that why you wanna go?

- I can't let you.
- You're not my mother.

You're not anything to me.

[door slams shut]

- I'm going, too.
- What are you talking about?

[Hershel] I'm coming with you.

- No.
- Ginny can go, but I can't?

[Maggie] Yeah,
because you're my son.

And, I'm only going
because I have to.

Or maybe you're
going for him, too.

What is it 'cause you feel bad?

You feel guilty 'cause
you left him there?

What are you talking about?

Or is it still about
everything from before?

I mean, I thought
we were past that.

I thought we finished it.

That's what you said,
it was finished!

I thought we were
getting better,

but you just keep holding on.

This has nothing
to do with Negan.

Why are you doing this?

Why do you wanna go back?

After everything that happened?

Why?

You went through my things?

What do these mean to you?

Nothing.

Did something
happen to you there?

Other than being kidnapped?

Does the city have some
kind of pull on you?

No.

Who is this woman?

I don't know.

I saw her face on some
billboard or something.

I'm not lying, Mom.
They're just drawings.

I don't wanna be apart.

I just...

I don't want you to go.

[soft music]

You know, I...

I didn't... I
didn't know my mom.

I mean, not for very
long and not very well.

By the time I got things
right with my dad,

I was all grown up.

And I had my own life.

[soft music]

All I'm trying to say

is that these last
few months with you

have meant the world to me.

And it's like you said,

we're finally getting better.

We're finally moving past...

all of it.

That's why I have to go,
so that you don't have to.

So I can protect
what we have here.

I'm gonna go. I'm
gonna come right back.

And we are gonna pick up
right where we left off.

Okay?

Okay.

[music]

[dramatic music]

[The Dama] Guess you
won't be eating today.

[music]

But don't worry...

It won't be long.

You'll get there.

[walkers growling]

[loud roar]

The Dama: You've been
getting a lot of attention.

Maggie: There's
something I gotta do.

The Dama: You know
what he's capable of.

The Croat: We
received the signal.

The new Babylonians
breached the island.

Negan: If the soldiers
are dead, I'll find them.

If they're not, I'll
finish them off.

Happy hunting!

♪

The Dama: We've
only won a battle,

not the war.

We need our army.

Bruegel: Power
is a funny thing.

It fuels you.

Lucia: We have to get
the methane ourselves.

I want you to bring Negan here.

Negan: I'm gonna line them
all up and kill them all.

Boom!

[Explosion booms]

[Glass shatters]

Was this a game to you?!

♪

I'm only going
because I have to.

Or maybe you're
going for him, too.

Was it because you feel bad,

you feel guilty, 'cause
you left him there?

This has nothing
to do with Negan.

When we came to the
end of season one,

Maggie had made a
promise to Hershel

that we were going to
put the past behind us

and find a way to move on
and heal all these things

that had come before.

And pretty early on, when
we see the characters again,

we're going to see this promise
already challenged in a big way.

Hershel's relationship
with his mother

is a very complicated one.

The fact that his mother
is always obsessed

with his father's murderer

and also not willing to
kill his father's murderer.

I think that is a
huge issue for him.

I'm gonna go. I'm
gonna come right back,

and we are gonna pick up
right where we left off.

Okay.

I think she's just sort
of desperately trying

to erase all the trauma,

everything that's kind
of gotten in the way

and trying to tell herself,

"This is home, and we're okay,
and everything's gonna be okay."

She's trying to create a kind
of sense of family and home,

and being there for Ginny to.

What's primarily
motivating Maggie

this year is to try to
hold on to something

that she owes her son
and promised her son

while navigating the
kind of challenges

that we know come
up in this show.

Aah! [ Groaning ]

♪

Initially, when we meet
Negan, he's in the cell.

I think on some
level, he's like,

"This is where I want to be.
This is where I should be."

You know, he's got his
[bleep] pot, he's got his bed,

he's got his cockroaches.

Got any leftovers?

Uh, yeah, I got the
cockroaches again.

Here's the deal.

Uh, eating a plate
of cockroaches

when you're blind
and your character

doesn't get to wear
glasses is a problem.

And they were like, "Oh, Jeff,
this one's, like, filled...

This is like a chocolate
thing, and this one's filled

with, like, uh,
custard or something."

Mikey said, "James,
I really need you

to make a very overloaded,

juicy roach for
Jeffrey. Just one."

Well, y-y... yes, I did
tell James Rosenthal

to make an extra juicy cockroach

'cause I wanted to see it
shoot out of his mouth.

And I kept eating these
[bleep] things and going,

"That's not chocolate."

And, you know, he's a
good friend of mine,

so you got to [bleep]
around a little bit, right?

Um, no one told me that half
the plate was real cockroaches.

[ Munches ]

Oh. Just how I like it.

And so I probably ate 10 to
20 real cockroaches before

I even found out there was
real cockroaches on the plate.

Yeah. So I put one in my mouth,
too, and it was disgusting,

but, you know -
but they are baked

and cooked, and they are edible.

And in other places of the
world, they eat cockroaches.

I'm like, I can't...
You guys, it's just

like a [bleep]
brown thumb to me.

I'm gonna eat it."

Just [bleep] ass [bleep]

That's what my crew
is. Just ass [bleep]

[ Laughs ]

When our people were
out searching for you,

they heard whispers of a
settlement in Tennessee

that was home to
a woman and child.

Annie and Joshua,
if I'm not mistaken.

You know, the one thing
that Negan has done,

and the only reason that I'm
still wearing the leather jacket

is because that he has
continued to evolve.

And I think that this season,

Negan finds himself in
a bit of a predicament

that he's certainly
never been in.

I think he's being used, and
he knows he's being used.

But Negan is always
kind of a step ahead.

He knows what's going on.

So, for him, it's about pulling
off the biggest scam of his life

to keep his family alive.

So watching him figure out
how to get ahead in the game

has been an interesting
story this year.

I knew that this season
was going to be a season

where the old Negan
comes back, in all ways,

so he couldn't have come
back without Lucille.

[ Electricity crackles ]

We wanted to give it something
new, a new layer there,

and if it was a bat that
could be electrified

with the barbed wire,
and our props department,

they made it
believable and real,

and they figured out
the sort of technology

and science behind it.

This is Lucille 2.0.

Takes me about four hours
to build one of these.

I'm happy if Jeffrey loves it.

He doesn't like to be
separated from it, seriously.

I don't let go of
it between takes.

So there are people
who always rush up,

"Jeff, can we take
Lucille?" "No, I got it."

I've never had a prop
in my life as an actor

that felt so innately mine

and feels like an
extension of the character.

And I think, for so long,

we have kind of pushed
away that Negan.

So to come back to that,
one, it felt like I was home,

but it felt like a very
good reason to be at home

and to have her back.

And me personally, I adore her.

I mean, I got a tattoo this
year, and it says "Lucille."

Um, and it helps that
my wife played Lucille,

but really, it's the bat.

[ Laughs ]

Season two, fans can look
forward to a lot more New York.

We're gonna be moving
north, into Midtown.

I am excited always
to continue this story

of the two characters that
we've known for so long

and finding a way to continue
the story in an original manner

and dig deeper into the issues
that they have with each other

and survival and all of it.

The thing I'm most excited
about for this season

is for everyone to
see what we've done.

I'm just, like, really
humbled and grateful.

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