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My daddy and I used to go out first thing like this when I was your age.

Rock a different part of the property every day. He said it gave him a feel

what kind of day it was going to be.

First we'd go early back then.

Even earlier, you little brat.

Remember this bong he used to sing me?

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.

You make me happy when skies are gray.

Hey,

I just wanted to thank you for giving me the hell out of Dodge.

I mean, you may have noticed things with Maggie and I are a little bit tense.

I don't mind being Laylo Negan for a bit, but...

Hell, there's only so far I can go to get out of her way.

You know, I was thinking maybe you'd put in a word for me.

Move things over, at least kind of get the ball rolling.

Given our recent history, I kind of figured you'd owe me that much, right?

You know this place?

Mm -hmm.

I see you went ahead and moved me in.

Gerald helped.

I'm sorry.

The council voted to banish you.

What you want just isn't going to happen. It's not possible.

I know it's not what I promised, but given our less recent history, it's

than you deserve.

It is what it is, I guess.

If you don't mind me asking, did the council really banish me?

Or is this more of a Carol seizing the reins kind of situation?

This rabbit's for you.

Little pig, little pig.

Let me in.

All right. See, I know you can hear me loud and clear.

I know that nobody likes an I told you so.

What can I say?

I must be a bit of a masochist, because, uh...

You know what the sad part is? The sad part isn't when we ended up here,

because, I mean, let's face it, it could have been a hell of a lot worse.

No, see, the sad part is that you thought for even a second that those

would see you for anything but who you truly are.

Which is me.

You're a clown.

A cult of personality with no cult.

You go ahead and you call me whatever little names you want to call me, but

got to admit, you got a hell of a lot further with a kind word and good old

Lucille here than we ever got with just a kind word.

It's time to face the facts, old man.

You are nothing.

Carl said it doesn't have to be, it doesn't have to be a fight anymore.

He was wrong.

What would

you do?

I want to see her.

I need to see her. No, Negan.

We don't have your bat.

Where is she? What did you do with her?

Still out there.

You gotta let me go.

My wife, she has cancer. She needs it.

You gotta keep it safe, okay?

I told you. No.

You're keeping me here.

I know.

It kills me and her.

I told you.

Hey, I know you did.

I know.

And I told you in my heart.

It goes out to you.

Can't imagine what she must be going through right now.

Just wondering if she's ever going to get

her next treatment.

We drove out the way you told us. Those doctors gave you this stuff. Well, they

weren't there.

That's not my fault. I told you. I told you they move around. They were never.

There. That road, it was so overgrown.

I couldn't even get the pickup down it.

So now, I know you can't get this stuff just anywhere.

It needs to be refrigerated.

Somebody, they took care of this for a long time.

They've got something as rare as this.

They probably got a lot of other stuff, too.

So now,

You tell me where you got it.

I am going to let you take this to your wife.

Otherwise, I'm going to pour it down the toilet and make you watch.

Huh?

Just please put that back in the cooler. I will tell you whatever you want to

know.

Just please keep that safe.

The part about the medical clinic, that's all true.

And yeah, you're right. They have a medical stockpile somewhere. They keep

equipment, drugs.

I don't know where, but that is where that came from.

I've been tracking them for weeks.

I found them. I don't know.

Two or three days ago.

Drop your guns!

Drop your guns!

I don't want to shoot him, but I will.

Okay.

Take it easy.

No, don't.

You didn't have to do that.

I'm sorry.

Take it easy, Capone.

My name's Negan.

Negan. All right.

I'm Franklin.

We gonna have any problems?

No. No problems.

Exposure.

Exhaustion.

Dehydration.

I think I can add malnutrition to the list.

I gotta wonder with a guy like you.

State you're in.

Trying to rob a bunch of doctors with an empty gun.

My wife has cancer.

She was in the middle of treatments when the world went to shit, and I've just

been trying to keep it going. So you're a doctor?

I'm a high school gym teacher.

High school.

So, what'd you mean by keep it going?

The doctors had given us a calendar of what she needed and when she needed it,

so all I had to do was find the drugs and figure out how to do infusions.

Wait a minute, so you taught yourself how to give someone chemotherapy?

The pumps aren't that complicated.

Unless something goes wrong.

Did something go wrong?

Yeah.

You could say that.

Trying to figure out what James Bond movie I want to watch. Well, baby, I

we're going to have to skip the movie just for now.

Generator is making too much noise.

Hey, we're going to have to kill it.

Why bother?

All right, I threw the generator off for a little bit, and they lose interest.

They always do.

I see what you're feeling, replied Charlotte.

You must be surprised, very much surprised.

So lately, as Mr. Collins was wishing to marry you, but when you have...

Mama, this book sucks. It's killing me. I can't do it.

Your mother won't let me watch James Bond.

Great.

We gotta take care of it.

Turn the generator back on. I want to watch your movie.

How you doing?

I'm good.

I got something for you.

I found someone's stash.

Now, it's a little bit dried out, but this is going to help with your nausea.

You're having to go further and further every time.

Well, the generator needs gas, and this place has been picked over.

But the bright side is...

Then I reckon that's exactly what's keeping us safe. There is nothing here

anybody wants.

You can't keep it up.

We need to move. We need other people.

It's just too dangerous out there.

That's my point.

Baby, you have three treatments left.

That's it.

Okay, so we are going to get your strength up, and then I will put you on

motorcycle, and I will take you wherever you want to go, wherever you can dream

up.

I promise.

You are so beautiful to

me.

Can't you see?

You're everything I hope for.

You're everything I need.

Because you are so beautiful to

me.

It's not like killing a person, babe.

Not even like killing an animal.

You can't let it keep bothering you.

It doesn't bother me.

I'm just worried that I'm gonna get used to it.

Okay.

Go turn the generator off.

How, um... How's your dinner?

It was really good.

If I had known that dog food could taste like this, I would have been eating

that shit all along.

Oh, God.

Oh. Mm.

Happy anniversary.

Happy anniversary.

Wait, do you actually know what day it is?

No. I just want you to have it. Open it.

oh my god holy shit

where did you get this okay it was in the crawlspace this whole time because i

was mad i was so mad that i couldn't return it so i just hit it and i told

returned it so there you go you're awesome

I'm really sorry I made a big deal out of it.

If I'd known, like, all this was gonna happen, I wouldn't have cared about a

stupid credit card bill.

No. No, no, no, no.

See, I, um... I don't deserve anything from you.

And you shouldn't be apologizing to me. It should be me apologizing to you.

The man that I was.

The pain that I put you through.

You know, I lay awake at night just wondering

how I got so lucky that you have stuck with me.

Come here.

Listen to me.

I've stuck with you.

Because I could always see the man you are right now, even when you

weren't.

And that asshole really had it coming.

Yes, ma 'am.

Let's smoke the pot.

No way. Yeah. I got that for you. No.

Well, you got to go to work tomorrow.

Let's pretend it's like...

Are you sure?

You feel okay?

I feel good enough.

Can I wear my jacket? You better.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Remember that guy in his family who came through here a while back? The kid had

leukemia and they...

We're looking for this group of doctors who travel around in a mobile clinic.

I remember I sat down with him. He showed me his map. These doctors, they

the same route every time. They make the same stops.

I think that I know where they are. And if I leave right now, I can catch them

before they move on. They could be dead by now if they even existed to begin

with. And then what do you do when you find them? You have nothing to barter

with. So just stop. I will figure it out.

Stop, Negan?

I said stop!

I have something to tell you.

Calm down.

Don't worry.

I got two leads.

One's a lock, but the other one pays better, and I am just celebrating it

literally is all.

Really? Yeah. Tell me about these two leads.

Because you can't be a gym teacher anymore. You have a misdemeanor assault

your record, and you refuse to go back to school. So please, I would love it if

you would tell me all about this job that you got that's going to pay for

Right.

I'm returning it.

I threw the receipt away.

I just feel it's unfair to give up on him.

You know, he really wasn't such a good space.

He loved that job. He loved working with those kids.

Yeah, and then he beat a guy up and he put him in the hospital.

Janine, I told you.

That asshole had it coming.

How's the food?

It's good.

Did you do something different?

Yeah, I tried a little rosemary instead of oregano and a little white wine

reduction in with the chicken stock.

My appointment's tomorrow at 2 .15.

What appointment?

I'm getting an MRI.

I need you to drive me home.

I can't. Tomorrow at 2 .15, I have a meeting with a probation officer.

Besides, you know how the doctors can be. They have you sit around for three

hours with your ass hanging out, and then they tell you everything's fine.

The good news is that we caught it early on. A lot of times with this one, we

don't.

Do you have someone to drive you home?

Hey, it's me, Negan. Probably out riding the bike, so... Hi,

you've got Janine.

If I don't pick up... Uh, he should be there.

He said he was going, um... He was gonna see you at three.

So he should have been there 20 minutes ago.

that in all cases, the killers are eating the flesh of the people they

Shut up and play some goddamn music!

You knew about Janine, about me and her. You knew this whole time.

Just, you know, I broke it up with her as soon as we got your diagnosis. I

saw her or even talked to her again.

I know that, too.

I know.

Jesus, Lucille, I don't understand. Why are you telling me this now?

I want you to know that you made up for it.

And you can stop.

None of you really want to help me.

And just stay.

Stay.

Baby, we... We were so close. You know, this... This could work. The doctor said

that this could work. No, it didn't.

We went down the...

Now it's time for you to go on without me.

I need you to do my fighting for me.

Okay?

Stay.

No.

No. We are not giving up.

We have made it this far, so we are going to see this through.

I'm going to find these doctors, and I'm going to bring you back the drugs that

you need.

And we are going to get this cancer out of you.

We are not giving up. Do you hear me?

We are not giving up.

Not ever.

That was about six weeks ago.

You know, I figured I would... I would scavenge along the way.

It was worse out there than I thought, and then I ran into some problems with

the dead, and... Here I am.

I found that note you wrote.

My daughter went out to the warehouse to see if we had what you needed.

We had it all.

Everything on your life?

I don't know what to say here.

We have a lot.

We just want help.

You know, I came here threatening your life, and you patched me up, gave me the

first decent meal I've had in weeks, gave me everything that I asked for, and

you haven't asked for anything in return.

Well, we're good.

For what goes around, comes around.

There's a gang that owns the roads at night. That empty gun your only weapon?

I broke my hammer on the way here.

Here, take that.

Is this the bat you hit me with?

Damn, girl.

You pack a wallop.

Enough.

Enough! Enough!

Enough!

I asked you where you got the drugs and all you've done.

He's told me one stupid, pointless story after another.

First, he wouldn't talk. Now, I'm begging you to shut up.

Well, story time is over, bitch.

Now, either you tell me where you got him, or I pull this trigger and your

dies thinking you ran out on her.

I'm not even going to count.

If you don't stop talking by the time I stop... I swear to God. Wait, wait,

wait. Just bring me my map.

Bring me my map.

Okay.

What about

security?

Security is light. It is a guy and his daughter.

There are guards on top of their RVs. There are decoys. There could be a

of others, and they have no guns.

And if they're not there for literally any reason, I'm going to come back here

and kill you.

No questions asked.

Lock him in his storage room.

Good to go, my man.

Deal?

Deal?

Yeah.

yeah yeah

to me.

It's been a long day.

I did not get much sleep last night, so this is going to be the last time I ask.

Tell me, will you keep the good stuff, or I'm going to bring out the girl?

She's a little young for you, don't you think?

What the hell is going on out there?

Stay there. We're checking it out.

No, no.

Go take a look.

Come in here!

Come in here!

Can one of you idiots tell me what the hell is going on out there?

Are there any more of them?

I think I got all of them.

You take this.

You go find your daughter and make sure she's okay.

are again you know last time we did this you said that i talked too much

bad news is i got some stuff to get off my chest this time as well but see this

time this time you best hope i never stop talking because when i do

when i do something very terrible is gonna happen to you you

know i never killed a man before tonight

It's the truth.

Came close once.

See, there was this bar.

My wife and I used to go to. It was our favorite bar. It was our favorite bar

because it had our favorite jukebox. Favorite jukebox because, well, it had

favorite song.

You are so beautiful by the one and only Joe Cocker.

Probably the greatest love ballad ever written. I'm sure you agree.

But see, there was...

There was this guy.

This guy, he had one of those voices you can't unhear.

You know, it was like my brain had been hijacked and I can't think anymore.

Anyway, he is talking and laughing while the song is playing, being completely

obnoxious. So my beautiful wife, Lucille, she gets up, goes over to where

and politely asks him if he could keep it down.

So she could hear her song.

Well, let's just say he chose poorly.

So now I got to get up.

And I go over and I tell him that he owes me 50 cents.

So I can play the song again. He can shut the hell up. And my wife can enjoy

song.

Now here's the important part. I really want you to pay attention to this.

You know when people get so angry they say they see red?

That shit is actually true.

When this asshole comes at me, all I see is red. It's like I am looking at the

world through blood.

So I wail on him.

I wail on this son of a bitch until he's not moving.

And then I reach down, I grab his wallet, and I take out one dollar.

And I play our song again.

Turns out that this prick has kids to go to the school that I teach gym at.

Needless to say, the school is unthrilled.

I get fired. This guy sues me. I don't have a job, so now my wife has to pay

medical bills.

So the point of this is there were consequences to me seeing red. Seeing

a bad thing then. I was a bad man.

Then. But see, now, nobody's suing anybody.

Nobody's getting fired. Hell, nobody's keeping score.

Now, when I see red, it's just a question of what I am capable of.

And, well, man, I hate to break it to you.

See, I am starting to think that I am capable of damn near anything.

So this, this is for not killing me.

I am sorry that I left you.

I was a coward.

I couldn't face the pain of losing you, so I ran away.

And then I made myself not feel anything because I didn't want to feel the

shame. The problem is that shame is the one thing that I still feel.

I am sorry that I named a stupid baseball bat after you.

I'm sorry for all the pain that I put you through.

I hope that you found someone in the afterlife and you were screwing your

out.

Well, not really, but fair is fair.

I love the shit out of you.

And I'm gonna do your fighting for you.

Where's the A -team off to?

Looking for food at an army base Daryl found.

If we find anything, I'll bring some by your cabin.

No, that won't be necessary.

In fact, that whole situation isn't going to work out.

I came by here hoping that maybe you could requisition a cart for me. I could

bring back my stuff.

Yeah, I'll ask Gabriel to approve that.

If you stay here, she will kill you.

I just didn't want your death on my conscience.

Man, I hate to break it to you.

See, I am starting to think that I am capable of damn near anything.

This episode is called Here's Negan, and this title is ripped straight from the

comic book. We've stolen pieces of it through the years, and so we were

for a new way to get into this backstory, but we wanted to keep that

because it would be a travesty if we finished out the series and we didn't do

something called Here's Negan.

Little pig, little pig.

Let me in.

Isn't it fun to see just Savior Negan again? Big, bad, mean, scary Savior

You start to feel the divide that has grown between the images of the two

people. But at the same time, Savior Negan is saying... Now, see, the sad

is... That you thought for even a second that those folks would see you for

anything but who you truly are.

Which is me.

That's sort of a thesis statement of the episode and of the series, you know.

It's like, can you ever really leave behind that person that you were?

And you see that Negan was one guy before, he became another guy, and now

he now? And I think he's grappling with all of those things.

What appointment?

I'm getting an MRI.

I need you to drive me home.

Uh, I can't. I have a meeting with a probation officer.

The meeting with Steele, pre -apocalypse, I think they were a family,

many other families, where they were struggling.

We've kind of given some clues, like, you know, they've got this basement, but

it's unfinished.

They started on this project and never got all the way there. They probably ran

out of money at some point. They were at... a strained point in their

relationship. Negan was fooling around on her with the person that she thought

of as her best friend.

They have money trouble.

He wasted money on this leather jacket.

$600 on this happy days bullshit.

He's out of a job because he assaulted a guy.

He beat a guy up and put him in the hospital.

Janine, I told you.

That asshole had it coming.

There is a deep love there because you'll notice that Lucille always kind

Dicks up for Negan. They're each other's ride or die.

I've got cancer.

When she found out that she had cancer, he tried to rally around her. Once you

jump into the apocalypse, you see that Negan's in a mode where he's doing

everything humanly possible to keep her alive.

You know, I lay awake at night just wondering how I got so lucky that

you have stuck with me.

From her side, what you're seeing is a woman who is realizing, like, this thing

that we're in isn't going away. This might be the rest of my life, and I

have to get to that point where I'm ready to say goodbye, but he's not ready

let go.

We are not giving up. Do you hear me?

We are not giving up.

Not ever.

We thought it'd be really fun to cast Jeffrey Dean Morgan's real -life wife.

Hilary Burton in the role of Lucille. The two of them have such a wonderful

natural dynamic.

Hilary's a wonderful, wonderful actor in her own right. And this role just felt

like the right role. It's an iconic role in the show. And so it was really fun

to see them get to work together. I think it's one of the highlights of the

for me.

The idea of killing something that was once human is pretty horrific. We show

our characters able to do it with ease now because they're monsters that are so

far removed from the humans they once were.

Imagine if it's you and this has just started and you're having to now kill

people that were maybe once your neighbor or somebody that looks vaguely

familiar and you're having to get through all those protective mechanisms

the body has to prevent you from being killed.

It's not for the squeamish. And so I think like that was a choice that the

writer had pitched that I loved, which is like, let's see how hard it is.

When you're looking in the face of somebody, that's not an easy task.

Over the course of that episode, he has to like make harder and harder choices.

And he just rages once she's gone.

feeling like these guys that imprisoned him and took his stuff and made him go

through all this maybe kept him from making sure that his wife didn't kill

herself or that at least that he could have been the one by her side holding

hand through it as she let go you know i never killed a man before tonight it's

the truth that really is the trigger for the negan that we remember coming into

the show there's nothing else that he's afraid of anymore

We wanted to end this block of episodes on the scene of Maggie and Negan locking

eyes because it really feels like in some ways that's a major part of the

conflict going into season 11.

In the first episode, Maggie's kind of deciding, can I live with Negan?

Ultimately, she decides, yes.

I'm sorry. The council has voted to banish you.

The story of Here's Negan is Carol sort of makes a unilateral decision that that

is not going to be the case. They cannot live in the same space. But Negan

ultimately makes the choice, is that how I need to live my life? Or was Lucille

asking me to accomplish more? And I think that by the end of the episode, as

he's kind of gone through this reverie, he realizes that he owes the memory of

his wife something more.

When he goes in, they're both kind of making a choice in that moment. When

look at each other, like, the future is going to have to be something different.

Don't know what that is yet, but, you know, we're going to have to figure it

out. There's so much great emotion between those two, so I'm excited to

what happens next with the fans.