1 00:00:05,123 --> 00:00:07,095 Previously on Dead City... 2 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:09,908 I'm a New Babylon marshal. Have you seen this man? 3 00:00:10,739 --> 00:00:12,942 You're the last person that I wanted to ask for help. 4 00:00:12,967 --> 00:00:14,311 They took your kid. 5 00:00:14,336 --> 00:00:15,764 The man who's got Hershel, 6 00:00:15,789 --> 00:00:17,168 they call him the Croat. 7 00:00:17,193 --> 00:00:19,327 I tracked him all the way up to Manhattan. 8 00:00:19,352 --> 00:00:20,752 Manhattan was one of the epicenters. 9 00:00:20,777 --> 00:00:22,523 Military destroyed all the bridges and tunnels 10 00:00:22,548 --> 00:00:23,767 hoping to contain it. 11 00:00:23,792 --> 00:00:26,735 Death is the most abundant resource. 12 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,228 As the bodies break down, they produce methane. 13 00:00:29,253 --> 00:00:30,689 Hey, when this is over, 14 00:00:30,714 --> 00:00:32,272 will you look after Ginny for me? 15 00:00:32,324 --> 00:00:34,098 I killed your dad. 16 00:00:35,125 --> 00:00:36,998 Found this in one of those tourist shops, 17 00:00:37,023 --> 00:00:38,783 I thought maybe you could give it to Hershel. 18 00:00:38,808 --> 00:00:40,116 He needed a little push, 19 00:00:40,140 --> 00:00:40,655 Mom! 20 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,245 But you brought him home. 21 00:00:43,270 --> 00:00:45,075 You're obsessed with Negan, with what he did. 22 00:00:45,099 --> 00:00:46,344 That is not true! 23 00:00:46,369 --> 00:00:47,675 But you never see me. 24 00:00:47,700 --> 00:00:48,852 There are others. 25 00:00:48,877 --> 00:00:51,487 If we could unite them, we'll be indomitable. 26 00:00:51,512 --> 00:00:52,745 Why would I help you? 27 00:00:52,783 --> 00:00:55,568 My former guest and I had a lot of talks. 28 00:00:55,593 --> 00:00:58,754 I eventually let him go in exchange for you. 29 00:00:58,779 --> 00:01:01,303 But I kept a little piece of him 30 00:01:01,328 --> 00:01:04,843 and I can always go back for more. 31 00:01:41,831 --> 00:01:44,486 ♪ Many years since I was here ♪ 32 00:01:46,798 --> 00:01:50,889 ♪ On the street I was passin' my time away ♪ 33 00:01:52,189 --> 00:01:56,498 ♪ To the left and to the right, buildings towering to the sky ♪ 34 00:01:56,672 --> 00:01:58,891 ♪ It's outta sight ♪ 35 00:01:59,011 --> 00:02:01,622 ♪ In the dead of night ♪ 36 00:02:01,647 --> 00:02:05,390 ♪ I'm back, back in the New York Groove ♪ 37 00:02:06,742 --> 00:02:10,180 ♪ I'm back, back in the New York Groove ♪ 38 00:02:12,024 --> 00:02:15,550 ♪ Back in the New York Groove ♪ 39 00:02:15,575 --> 00:02:17,055 ♪ In the New York Groove ♪ 40 00:02:22,724 --> 00:02:24,987 ♪ In the back of my Cadillac ♪ 41 00:02:27,147 --> 00:02:29,584 ♪ Wicked lady sittin' by my side ♪ 42 00:02:29,671 --> 00:02:31,586 ♪ Sayin', "Where are we?" ♪ 43 00:02:32,070 --> 00:02:34,806 ♪ Stopped at 3rd and 43 44 00:02:34,831 --> 00:02:36,355 ♪ Exit to the night ♪ 45 00:02:36,380 --> 00:02:38,984 ♪ It's gonna be ecstasy ♪ 46 00:02:39,009 --> 00:02:42,317 ♪ This place was meant for me ♪ 47 00:02:42,342 --> 00:02:44,518 ♪ Ooh Who cares about tomorrow ♪ 48 00:02:44,543 --> 00:02:47,210 ♪ So baby, you'd better believe ♪ 49 00:02:47,235 --> 00:02:50,456 ♪ I'm back, back in the New York Groove ♪ 50 00:02:52,192 --> 00:02:55,630 ♪ I'm back, back in the New York Groove ♪ 51 00:02:57,318 --> 00:03:00,930 ♪ I'm back, back in the New York Groove ♪ 52 00:03:02,888 --> 00:03:06,240 ♪ I'm back, back in the New York... ♪ 53 00:04:11,425 --> 00:04:13,296 Wait... 54 00:04:13,342 --> 00:04:15,344 Overhand, remember? 55 00:04:15,369 --> 00:04:17,502 It's more accurate. More spin. 56 00:04:26,213 --> 00:04:29,216 It's okay. You'll get it. Okay. 57 00:04:42,030 --> 00:04:43,773 You get scraped by the brambles? 58 00:04:44,482 --> 00:04:45,799 I'm fine. 59 00:05:46,423 --> 00:05:47,787 You sure about this? 60 00:05:47,812 --> 00:05:50,890 Casey wanted a desk for her room and I don't use it anymore, so. 61 00:05:50,915 --> 00:05:52,826 All right. 62 00:05:55,023 --> 00:05:57,939 Probably got some old clothes you can donate to her brothers. 63 00:06:33,716 --> 00:06:36,153 Looks like you outgrew the corduroy jacket. 64 00:06:36,386 --> 00:06:37,936 Sure. Take it. 65 00:06:40,959 --> 00:06:45,094 Actually, I'm feeling kinda tired. 66 00:06:45,119 --> 00:06:47,722 Maybe we can take it down tomorrow or something. 67 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:49,924 Of course. 68 00:07:18,139 --> 00:07:19,993 Our signal. 69 00:07:21,823 --> 00:07:23,541 When you were little, in case we got separated, 70 00:07:23,565 --> 00:07:25,626 so I'd know that you were okay. 71 00:07:26,355 --> 00:07:28,401 Do you remember how it started? 72 00:07:28,426 --> 00:07:30,036 You were five or six. 73 00:07:30,061 --> 00:07:34,828 We were on the road, camping just north of Charleston. 74 00:07:35,211 --> 00:07:40,042 I woke up, heard feet crunching on leaves outside. 75 00:07:40,067 --> 00:07:42,088 Then I noticed your blanket was empty. 76 00:07:42,659 --> 00:07:45,749 So I got up, pulled my knife out, 77 00:07:45,774 --> 00:07:48,342 started toward the sound. 78 00:07:48,367 --> 00:07:50,238 Then all of a sudden, this creature came running 79 00:07:50,262 --> 00:07:51,968 from behind the bushes. 80 00:07:51,993 --> 00:07:54,561 And a little voice said, 81 00:07:54,586 --> 00:07:58,381 "Look, Mom! I got it." 82 00:07:59,423 --> 00:08:01,860 And you had your hands cupped together, 83 00:08:01,885 --> 00:08:04,701 and you opened 'em up to show me... 84 00:08:04,726 --> 00:08:06,510 A lightning bug. 85 00:08:06,535 --> 00:08:09,016 Yeah, a lightning bug. 86 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:58,453 You got any leftovers? 87 00:09:00,850 --> 00:09:01,982 What's in it for me? 88 00:09:02,007 --> 00:09:03,276 Well, what's in it for you is 89 00:09:03,301 --> 00:09:05,539 you don't have to eat a plate of cockroaches. 90 00:09:06,589 --> 00:09:11,159 Or I can trade you for this 91 00:09:11,184 --> 00:09:14,318 lovely bucket of my very own piss and shit. 92 00:09:14,343 --> 00:09:17,041 Yeah. I uh... I have had my eye on that bucket 93 00:09:17,066 --> 00:09:18,775 for the past couple of months. 94 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:20,889 I know you have. 95 00:09:20,914 --> 00:09:23,869 But, I think I'll hold out for that ratty blanket. 96 00:09:39,410 --> 00:09:41,108 Thank you. 97 00:09:47,942 --> 00:09:50,379 You said a year ago that 98 00:09:50,404 --> 00:09:53,538 I would be beggin' for cockroaches. 99 00:09:56,716 --> 00:09:57,975 Christ. 100 00:10:02,290 --> 00:10:03,433 How's it looking? 101 00:10:51,101 --> 00:10:52,625 Unlock it. 102 00:11:16,287 --> 00:11:20,412 It pains me to see you like this. 103 00:11:23,924 --> 00:11:26,757 Time has run out, Negan. 104 00:11:26,782 --> 00:11:29,437 She's going to talk, 105 00:11:29,659 --> 00:11:31,711 and you need to listen now. 106 00:11:32,766 --> 00:11:35,116 Are you ready to listen? 107 00:11:36,197 --> 00:11:38,274 What about the boy? 108 00:11:39,673 --> 00:11:42,363 You know, I have been thinking about that myself. 109 00:11:42,388 --> 00:11:45,217 You see, he is home. He's safe. 110 00:11:45,721 --> 00:11:47,244 And in order to get to him, 111 00:11:47,269 --> 00:11:49,881 you would have to go through his mom. 112 00:11:49,906 --> 00:11:52,430 Who, I'm not sure that if you recall, but, 113 00:11:52,799 --> 00:11:54,952 she is a mama bear 114 00:11:54,977 --> 00:11:57,953 that would tear out your throat with her teeth 115 00:11:57,978 --> 00:12:01,396 right after she gutted you with her claws. 116 00:12:01,851 --> 00:12:05,942 Yeah, that's what I've been thinking about. 117 00:12:05,967 --> 00:12:09,318 Hey, don't you worry about me. I'm good. 118 00:12:09,343 --> 00:12:12,694 Look at this. I got this nice bed. 119 00:12:12,719 --> 00:12:17,423 I got a private toilet. Gourmet meals. 120 00:12:21,708 --> 00:12:24,711 Mm, it's just how I like it, 121 00:12:24,736 --> 00:12:26,869 crunchy on the outside and soft in the middle. 122 00:12:38,122 --> 00:12:40,085 In that case, 123 00:12:40,924 --> 00:12:43,428 I fear things will have to escalate. 124 00:13:47,507 --> 00:13:48,943 We need to get back. 125 00:14:21,506 --> 00:14:24,031 If y'all don't remember me from admission day, 126 00:14:24,064 --> 00:14:25,892 I'm Charlie Byrd, 127 00:14:25,917 --> 00:14:28,354 governor of The New Babylon Federation. 128 00:14:28,801 --> 00:14:30,759 Your governor. 129 00:14:30,784 --> 00:14:33,221 I could ramble on, but, 130 00:14:33,246 --> 00:14:34,834 I got a feeling you'd rather hear from someone 131 00:14:34,858 --> 00:14:37,817 whose reputation precedes him, 132 00:14:37,842 --> 00:14:40,758 a man who traveled to a distant land, 133 00:14:40,783 --> 00:14:44,874 made huge discoveries. And as if that weren't enough, 134 00:14:45,092 --> 00:14:48,182 tracked down the notorious outlaw, Negan, 135 00:14:48,207 --> 00:14:50,819 and brought him to justice. 136 00:14:53,122 --> 00:14:55,124 Thank you, Governor. 137 00:14:58,238 --> 00:15:01,328 Looking around today, I think it's fair to say, 138 00:15:01,353 --> 00:15:03,656 we're no longer just lucky to be alive. 139 00:15:05,529 --> 00:15:07,541 We're living. 140 00:15:08,908 --> 00:15:11,511 Getting back what we lost. 141 00:15:13,046 --> 00:15:14,905 But our work isn't done. 142 00:15:15,593 --> 00:15:17,726 There was a place once. 143 00:15:17,751 --> 00:15:19,578 Full of so many buildings, so packed together, 144 00:15:19,603 --> 00:15:22,127 you could barely see where the sky started. 145 00:15:22,510 --> 00:15:24,947 A strategic port. 146 00:15:24,972 --> 00:15:26,974 The center of music, 147 00:15:27,213 --> 00:15:30,129 food, art, 148 00:15:30,154 --> 00:15:31,772 and commerce. 149 00:15:32,094 --> 00:15:34,979 A city that announced to the world, we are here. 150 00:15:35,556 --> 00:15:37,739 Humanity is here. 151 00:15:37,764 --> 00:15:39,710 All that's left today are crumbling buildings 152 00:15:39,735 --> 00:15:41,694 and a million dead souls. 153 00:15:41,719 --> 00:15:44,547 It's been overrun by lawless barbarians. 154 00:15:44,572 --> 00:15:49,002 So what's our interest in it? Why would we go there? 155 00:15:49,911 --> 00:15:53,741 To bring it back. It's not too late. 156 00:15:53,766 --> 00:15:58,422 Manhattan can once again inspire and spread hope, 157 00:15:58,447 --> 00:16:01,711 and serve as a bastion for civilization. 158 00:16:03,243 --> 00:16:06,159 Now, look-I'm not gonna lie, it's not gonna be easy. 159 00:16:06,303 --> 00:16:09,045 Which is why we've been going from town to town, 160 00:16:09,070 --> 00:16:11,246 drafting soldiers for an exploratory mission, 161 00:16:11,271 --> 00:16:14,052 as is the federation's right by treaty. 162 00:16:15,503 --> 00:16:18,201 You're scared. I get it. 163 00:16:18,226 --> 00:16:20,390 But look, this is a fight. 164 00:16:21,534 --> 00:16:23,840 This is a mission worth fighting... 165 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:39,754 Go! Ginny. 166 00:16:47,363 --> 00:16:49,304 State your name and town. 167 00:16:49,357 --> 00:16:53,534 Jason Ornell. Madgeburg. 168 00:16:53,559 --> 00:16:55,100 State your crime. 169 00:17:01,788 --> 00:17:04,833 After arrival at Madgeburg, Mr. Ornell 170 00:17:04,858 --> 00:17:07,208 chose to shamefully flee 171 00:17:07,233 --> 00:17:10,556 rather than face conscription. 172 00:17:11,655 --> 00:17:14,049 He was apprehended in the forest. 173 00:17:16,841 --> 00:17:19,191 Code 52, section 8. 174 00:17:19,216 --> 00:17:22,219 "Refusal or evasion of registration 175 00:17:22,244 --> 00:17:26,161 "into the armed forces of The New Babylon Federation 176 00:17:26,186 --> 00:17:30,223 shall be punishable by public execution." 177 00:18:22,104 --> 00:18:24,106 Our eyes and ears on the mainland 178 00:18:24,131 --> 00:18:28,526 have intercepted messages between the colonies. 179 00:18:28,551 --> 00:18:31,946 There is to be an exploratory mission 180 00:18:31,971 --> 00:18:35,148 followed by a massive land invasion, 181 00:18:35,173 --> 00:18:40,858 so we must be ready with an army of our own. 182 00:18:40,883 --> 00:18:42,933 To that end, 183 00:18:42,958 --> 00:18:48,137 uptown is controlled by three groups. 184 00:18:48,179 --> 00:18:52,357 They are ferocious and territorial. 185 00:18:52,887 --> 00:18:56,238 And the park sits between them, 186 00:18:56,342 --> 00:18:57,908 acting like a buffer. 187 00:18:57,933 --> 00:18:59,151 No man's land. 188 00:18:59,176 --> 00:19:03,451 Yeah, because no man comes out alive. 189 00:19:04,099 --> 00:19:07,714 If we can form an alliance, 190 00:19:07,739 --> 00:19:10,742 bring everyone onto our side, 191 00:19:10,957 --> 00:19:14,222 then New Babylon won't stand a chance. 192 00:19:14,247 --> 00:19:19,037 Now, the groups interface once a month, 193 00:19:19,670 --> 00:19:23,326 at this plaza for a form of street trade. 194 00:19:23,351 --> 00:19:25,397 Gambling on sport. 195 00:19:25,422 --> 00:19:27,076 Got your own farmer's market. 196 00:19:27,101 --> 00:19:28,390 Yeah. 197 00:19:28,415 --> 00:19:31,854 It was a brainchild of a man named Bruegel. 198 00:19:31,879 --> 00:19:34,055 And unsurprisingly, he has accumulated 199 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:37,210 a good deal of wealth from this, this trade, 200 00:19:37,235 --> 00:19:40,282 weapons and food, armor, shelter. 201 00:19:40,307 --> 00:19:44,764 He's a snake, snake charmer. 202 00:19:44,789 --> 00:19:46,176 Silver-tongued... 203 00:19:49,157 --> 00:19:50,157 Well... 204 00:19:50,874 --> 00:19:53,442 The next meeting is tonight. 205 00:19:53,467 --> 00:19:55,651 I've invited them to the church afterwards 206 00:19:55,676 --> 00:19:58,419 for a little nightcap. 207 00:19:58,673 --> 00:20:02,720 My overtures have gotten us as far as they can go. 208 00:20:02,988 --> 00:20:06,034 What's required now is leadership. 209 00:20:06,059 --> 00:20:07,974 Inspire them. 210 00:20:08,170 --> 00:20:09,780 Manipulate. 211 00:20:09,933 --> 00:20:11,370 Terrorize. 212 00:20:11,395 --> 00:20:13,266 Put on a show. 213 00:20:13,291 --> 00:20:16,947 Whatever it takes to get them on board. 214 00:20:19,836 --> 00:20:21,969 Is it to your liking? 215 00:20:21,994 --> 00:20:23,648 You're a gin man, right? 216 00:20:23,820 --> 00:20:25,142 I am, indeed. 217 00:20:26,747 --> 00:20:28,444 Here's the thing, I... 218 00:20:28,469 --> 00:20:29,795 I feel like we had this conversation 219 00:20:29,819 --> 00:20:32,474 a couple of months ago. 220 00:20:32,499 --> 00:20:35,573 My answer's still the same. 221 00:20:35,825 --> 00:20:37,126 Hell no. 222 00:20:42,343 --> 00:20:44,562 You yourself have seen 223 00:20:44,587 --> 00:20:47,640 what New Babylon is capable of. 224 00:20:48,899 --> 00:20:50,746 As Dama says, 225 00:20:50,771 --> 00:20:53,687 we have been given a gift. 226 00:20:53,712 --> 00:20:57,932 The old world, it was a place of suffering and injustice, yes. 227 00:20:57,957 --> 00:21:00,663 But our past has been erased. 228 00:21:01,517 --> 00:21:03,889 With the methane, 229 00:21:05,047 --> 00:21:07,782 we can bring the city back 230 00:21:07,807 --> 00:21:10,158 in wondrous new ways. 231 00:21:10,352 --> 00:21:12,659 A church can be a power plant. 232 00:21:12,684 --> 00:21:16,847 A gym teacher can command an army. 233 00:21:22,464 --> 00:21:24,948 This is a little too fancy for my taste. 234 00:21:28,712 --> 00:21:31,585 But I do appreciate the gesture. 235 00:21:38,736 --> 00:21:43,480 You know, when our people were out searching for you, 236 00:21:43,505 --> 00:21:46,334 they heard whispers of a settlement in Tennessee 237 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:49,293 that was home to a woman and child. 238 00:21:49,318 --> 00:21:54,187 Annie and Joshua, if I'm not mistaken. 239 00:21:56,211 --> 00:22:00,041 Their wagon train was meant for Missouri, as you know, 240 00:22:00,066 --> 00:22:02,449 considering you yourself paid the driver. 241 00:22:03,446 --> 00:22:07,842 But a flooded Mississippi rerouted them to Memphis. 242 00:22:07,867 --> 00:22:10,629 I hate spoiling the surprise, 243 00:22:11,113 --> 00:22:13,985 but now that they're en route to the island, 244 00:22:14,010 --> 00:22:17,143 I suppose you'd want to make your preparations. 245 00:22:27,633 --> 00:22:30,070 At least with Manhattan, there's a chance. 246 00:22:30,095 --> 00:22:31,618 - We don't know for sure... - No. 247 00:22:31,643 --> 00:22:34,342 No, it's a death sentence either way. 248 00:22:34,367 --> 00:22:37,203 Anyone they take to Manhattan, we'll never see them again. 249 00:22:37,228 --> 00:22:39,909 It was the capital of the old world. 250 00:22:40,636 --> 00:22:43,695 Home to museums, theaters, churches. 251 00:22:44,558 --> 00:22:48,667 Avenues as wide and open as a prairie plain. 252 00:22:48,692 --> 00:22:53,428 And will all soon be restored just as sublime as it once was. 253 00:22:56,867 --> 00:22:58,095 Excuse me? 254 00:22:58,120 --> 00:23:01,284 Nothing. It's just everything you're saying is total bullshit. 255 00:23:01,309 --> 00:23:04,967 Well, considering I've spent years poring over old textbooks, 256 00:23:04,992 --> 00:23:06,239 maps and periodicals, 257 00:23:06,264 --> 00:23:10,094 I would think that what I'm saying is not total bullshit. 258 00:23:10,389 --> 00:23:12,217 But you haven't been there. 259 00:23:13,221 --> 00:23:15,049 Wait, you've... What's it... 260 00:23:15,074 --> 00:23:17,032 It's full of walkers. 261 00:23:17,057 --> 00:23:18,797 More than you've ever seen before. 262 00:23:18,822 --> 00:23:20,404 And... and those museums and churches, 263 00:23:20,429 --> 00:23:22,223 they've all been looted or blown up. 264 00:23:22,248 --> 00:23:25,777 There's this one bridge, high up between the buildings, 265 00:23:26,555 --> 00:23:28,340 it started to fall, but then it caught itself 266 00:23:28,365 --> 00:23:30,932 and got all twisted, so it's like uh... 267 00:23:31,586 --> 00:23:33,066 Here, I'll show you. 268 00:23:53,016 --> 00:23:55,067 It's better now than it ever was. 269 00:23:56,756 --> 00:23:58,453 Can I keep this? 270 00:23:58,478 --> 00:24:00,063 Uh, yeah, sure. 271 00:24:09,763 --> 00:24:11,939 Why don't we pick this up after dinner? 272 00:24:20,943 --> 00:24:22,293 So that's your son. 273 00:24:23,636 --> 00:24:25,425 That's my son. 274 00:24:29,892 --> 00:24:31,261 It's been a while. 275 00:24:31,406 --> 00:24:34,844 Yeah. Congratulations, by the way. 276 00:24:34,869 --> 00:24:36,820 Tracking down the notorious outlaw, Negan, 277 00:24:36,845 --> 00:24:38,847 and shooting him dead. 278 00:24:38,872 --> 00:24:41,405 I only said that to protect him. 279 00:24:41,765 --> 00:24:44,053 Where is he? What happened to him? 280 00:24:44,078 --> 00:24:46,610 Still on the island for all I know. 281 00:24:48,141 --> 00:24:49,481 What do you want? 282 00:24:49,506 --> 00:24:51,582 I'm gonna recommend your conscription. 283 00:24:52,194 --> 00:24:54,190 I think you could be an asset to the mission. 284 00:24:54,215 --> 00:24:55,695 You've been there. 285 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:57,210 You got your son back from the Croat. 286 00:24:57,235 --> 00:24:59,486 You know his weaknesses, how he operates. 287 00:24:59,655 --> 00:25:02,005 You've got it all figured out, I guess. 288 00:25:02,030 --> 00:25:04,380 I know how you feel about New Babylon. 289 00:25:04,405 --> 00:25:06,103 - I've got my doubts, too. - Why now? 290 00:25:06,128 --> 00:25:09,107 Why all of a sudden do you wanna bring back Manhattan? 291 00:25:11,988 --> 00:25:13,888 You want the methane. 292 00:25:14,514 --> 00:25:18,173 I've seen the moths. You're running out of ethanol. 293 00:25:18,559 --> 00:25:20,546 They've spread all over the south. 294 00:25:20,571 --> 00:25:23,690 Laying eggs in the corn, rotting it from the inside. 295 00:25:23,715 --> 00:25:24,977 We can survive without it. 296 00:25:25,002 --> 00:25:27,029 New Babylon can't, which is just fine by me. 297 00:25:27,054 --> 00:25:28,544 It's true. 298 00:25:28,702 --> 00:25:31,487 If we can take over their methane operation, 299 00:25:31,512 --> 00:25:33,924 it's ready to go, practically unlimited. 300 00:25:34,623 --> 00:25:36,756 It'll fuel power grids. 301 00:25:36,781 --> 00:25:39,131 Give us back technology and medicine. 302 00:25:39,156 --> 00:25:41,091 People wouldn't have to die of infection or the flu. 303 00:25:41,115 --> 00:25:43,553 And I'm not just talking about my people. 304 00:25:43,578 --> 00:25:45,101 Your people. 305 00:25:45,357 --> 00:25:46,880 Everyone. 306 00:25:46,905 --> 00:25:48,522 But if we don't get that methane, 307 00:25:48,547 --> 00:25:50,606 if New Babylon falls, 308 00:25:51,332 --> 00:25:54,335 we've lost too much. 309 00:25:54,360 --> 00:25:56,623 Why would we put ourselves through that again? 310 00:25:56,648 --> 00:25:58,339 We're in this together. 311 00:25:58,364 --> 00:25:59,739 Are we? 312 00:26:01,494 --> 00:26:04,192 Where's your wife then? Where are your daughters? 313 00:26:04,217 --> 00:26:06,512 Why aren't they coming to Manhattan? 314 00:26:06,537 --> 00:26:08,626 Exploratory mission, huh? 315 00:26:08,651 --> 00:26:11,436 'Cause we're just the first wave, the conscripts, 316 00:26:11,467 --> 00:26:13,228 just a bunch of fucking guinea pigs. 317 00:26:13,253 --> 00:26:15,283 I'll remind you that you're treaty-bound members 318 00:26:15,308 --> 00:26:17,156 - of the federation... - Which you forced us into, 319 00:26:17,180 --> 00:26:18,660 cut off all of our trading partners... 320 00:26:18,685 --> 00:26:20,729 Even if you can't see it's in your interest as much as mine... 321 00:26:20,753 --> 00:26:21,966 - Not that I voted for it... - You're coming. 322 00:26:21,990 --> 00:26:25,762 - Is that right, Marshal? - Colonel. It's Colonel now. 323 00:26:27,325 --> 00:26:30,545 If I'm treaty bound, then it'd be my duty 324 00:26:30,570 --> 00:26:33,995 to inform your superiors what really happened to Negan. 325 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,551 If I come to the island, 326 00:26:45,576 --> 00:26:48,513 no one else from the Bricks gets drafted that doesn't want to. 327 00:26:49,642 --> 00:26:51,296 I'd have to sell it to the governor. 328 00:26:53,614 --> 00:26:55,007 Get selling. 329 00:27:10,159 --> 00:27:12,910 Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned... 330 00:27:13,749 --> 00:27:16,535 And sinned, and sinned, and sinned. 331 00:27:23,977 --> 00:27:28,938 I'm sorry your wife and son got dragged into this. 332 00:27:28,963 --> 00:27:32,097 But think of it as less a threat to your family and more a 333 00:27:32,122 --> 00:27:36,655 chance to welcome them into our larger family, huh? 334 00:27:37,919 --> 00:27:39,430 Hey... 335 00:27:40,826 --> 00:27:43,089 I have a surprise for you. 336 00:27:47,602 --> 00:27:49,115 Huh? 337 00:27:49,388 --> 00:27:52,960 Just like the original Lucille. 338 00:27:54,567 --> 00:27:59,311 Although I have added some, shall we say, improvements. 339 00:28:04,948 --> 00:28:07,168 I understand. 340 00:28:07,629 --> 00:28:09,252 After a long break, 341 00:28:09,277 --> 00:28:11,323 when a performer takes the stage again, 342 00:28:11,348 --> 00:28:13,655 he wants to try out new material. 343 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:15,943 But in the end, 344 00:28:15,968 --> 00:28:20,418 all the audience really wants are the greatest hits. 345 00:28:23,159 --> 00:28:25,796 We have to go. It's time. 346 00:29:34,398 --> 00:29:35,574 Get him! 347 00:29:43,623 --> 00:29:46,321 That is one big-ass walker. 348 00:29:46,775 --> 00:29:49,161 Goddamn, farmer's market. 349 00:29:55,442 --> 00:29:57,081 No! Get up! 350 00:30:51,652 --> 00:30:53,198 Major Narvaez, 351 00:30:53,223 --> 00:30:55,578 I read that Manhattan's power grid was run underground 352 00:30:55,603 --> 00:30:57,823 after the blizzard of 1888. 353 00:30:57,848 --> 00:30:59,572 Which means that it's probably survived the destruction 354 00:30:59,596 --> 00:31:00,635 of the city. 355 00:31:00,660 --> 00:31:03,814 I'm getting ahead of myself, but is it possible... 356 00:31:03,839 --> 00:31:06,176 Don't you have some journaling to do? 357 00:31:06,842 --> 00:31:08,714 She's just jealous, Mr. Pierce. 358 00:31:08,739 --> 00:31:10,873 The history you'll be recording along the way, 359 00:31:10,898 --> 00:31:13,916 the tales of discovery and glory, 360 00:31:13,941 --> 00:31:15,653 they'll be our biggest victory of all. 361 00:31:16,185 --> 00:31:17,523 Speaking of which... 362 00:31:20,646 --> 00:31:22,785 Only to be smoked in celebration 363 00:31:23,802 --> 00:31:25,690 when we get what we're after. 364 00:31:33,357 --> 00:31:35,678 Have you given any thought to what we talked about earlier? 365 00:31:36,584 --> 00:31:37,917 That Bricks woman? 366 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:40,520 Is she really that important? 367 00:31:40,545 --> 00:31:43,241 She's the woman I met on the island. 368 00:31:43,266 --> 00:31:45,940 She single-handedly rescued her son from the Croat. 369 00:31:45,965 --> 00:31:47,314 So let's just draft her. 370 00:31:47,339 --> 00:31:49,261 We could try. 371 00:31:49,942 --> 00:31:52,408 Over her dead body, as she put it. 372 00:31:52,501 --> 00:31:55,025 Either we bring her on incentivized alive, 373 00:31:55,050 --> 00:31:57,363 or we throw away yet another opportunity. 374 00:31:57,388 --> 00:32:01,175 By my count, we have 20 able-bodied soldiers here. 375 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:03,271 Is this woman worth 20 soldiers? 376 00:32:03,296 --> 00:32:04,748 I think she is. 377 00:32:06,744 --> 00:32:08,800 So then let her prove it. 378 00:32:10,526 --> 00:32:11,930 I think that's smart. 379 00:32:13,513 --> 00:32:15,393 We'll conduct an assessment of the woman. 380 00:32:19,921 --> 00:32:21,157 Why does it have to be you? 381 00:32:21,182 --> 00:32:23,425 Because that's the only way that this works. 382 00:32:23,450 --> 00:32:25,049 Yeah, but you didn't try to find another way. 383 00:32:25,073 --> 00:32:26,182 You just... 384 00:32:26,515 --> 00:32:28,025 It's almost like you wanna go. 385 00:32:28,050 --> 00:32:29,312 I don't wanna go. 386 00:32:29,337 --> 00:32:31,185 I'm doing it for you, for the Bricks. 387 00:32:31,210 --> 00:32:33,603 Hersh... Hershel. 388 00:33:14,664 --> 00:33:15,783 No, no, no. 389 00:33:20,086 --> 00:33:23,916 If you plan on taking the place of 20 conscripts on the island, 390 00:33:23,941 --> 00:33:26,596 it won't be soldiers you'll be fighting. 391 00:33:47,636 --> 00:33:49,325 I only just found out. 392 00:33:49,350 --> 00:33:54,529 Anyone intending to enlist, step up to the corral. 393 00:33:59,103 --> 00:34:00,971 Ginny, you're not going in there. 394 00:34:02,483 --> 00:34:03,876 Wait, hold on. We can't... 395 00:34:03,901 --> 00:34:06,401 - What's the problem? - She's just a kid. 396 00:34:06,426 --> 00:34:07,775 And kids can't fight? 397 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:09,235 This isn't what we decided. 398 00:34:09,260 --> 00:34:11,392 No one gets drafted involuntarily. 399 00:34:11,417 --> 00:34:12,810 That was the deal. 400 00:34:17,832 --> 00:34:19,694 Don't make me say it again. 401 00:34:21,220 --> 00:34:22,612 Please. 402 00:34:31,411 --> 00:34:32,906 No, Ginny! I said... 403 00:34:32,931 --> 00:34:33,994 Goddammit. 404 00:35:13,810 --> 00:35:14,811 Ginny. 405 00:35:16,545 --> 00:35:18,075 Ginny! 406 00:37:13,803 --> 00:37:15,576 We gonna start this shit or what? 407 00:38:09,675 --> 00:38:11,851 Thank you all for coming. 408 00:38:13,391 --> 00:38:16,577 From what I gather, y'all hate each other's guts. 409 00:38:17,041 --> 00:38:18,825 I gotta say, I get it. 410 00:38:18,899 --> 00:38:21,120 I just walked in the door 411 00:38:21,145 --> 00:38:23,613 and I already hate your guts. 412 00:38:25,814 --> 00:38:27,729 And yet, here we are, 413 00:38:27,754 --> 00:38:30,949 all together in God's house. 414 00:38:31,486 --> 00:38:33,793 I gotta say, I was a little surprised that nobody got... 415 00:38:33,818 --> 00:38:35,416 I don't know, struck by lightning, 416 00:38:35,441 --> 00:38:37,269 or burst into flames. 417 00:38:37,294 --> 00:38:42,385 I mean, after all, we are the walking manifestation of sin. 418 00:38:42,958 --> 00:38:44,569 But here's the thing. 419 00:38:44,594 --> 00:38:49,294 Why bring this motley group of shitheads together? 420 00:38:49,319 --> 00:38:51,969 I mean, what is the fucking point? 421 00:38:56,584 --> 00:38:59,021 Anybody recognize this? 422 00:39:01,232 --> 00:39:03,089 It's a badge. 423 00:39:03,551 --> 00:39:05,868 A lawman's badge. 424 00:39:06,298 --> 00:39:08,390 Do you remember the law? 425 00:39:08,808 --> 00:39:11,028 I mean, I know it's been a minute. 426 00:39:11,296 --> 00:39:13,994 From The New Babylon Federation. 427 00:39:14,019 --> 00:39:17,022 See, I got this badge 428 00:39:17,047 --> 00:39:20,267 when the asshat that was chasing me down lost it. 429 00:39:20,292 --> 00:39:24,383 That is correct. I was once a wanted man. 430 00:39:26,351 --> 00:39:30,203 Lawman chased me down, so I came here. 431 00:39:30,228 --> 00:39:34,241 I came here because I hear this island's got no laws. 432 00:39:34,266 --> 00:39:36,006 Got that right, bitch. 433 00:39:38,058 --> 00:39:42,018 The question is, are you gonna keep it that way? 434 00:39:42,066 --> 00:39:44,807 You see, where this badge came from, 435 00:39:44,832 --> 00:39:46,794 there's a hell of a lot more of 'em. 436 00:39:46,819 --> 00:39:51,650 And they are coming here right now as we speak. 437 00:39:51,675 --> 00:39:55,555 See, New Babylon, they found out about your 438 00:39:55,580 --> 00:39:59,353 kick-ass, bad-ass way of life. 439 00:39:59,378 --> 00:40:01,894 And to them, that's a problem. 440 00:40:01,919 --> 00:40:07,099 For New Babylon, the solution to that problem is their laws. 441 00:40:07,709 --> 00:40:11,234 So you join us, 442 00:40:11,259 --> 00:40:14,262 you put aside your differences, 443 00:40:14,402 --> 00:40:15,795 and we fight. 444 00:40:15,820 --> 00:40:17,239 We keep New Babylon... 445 00:40:17,264 --> 00:40:22,702 ♪ Kumbaya, my Lord Kumbaya ♪ 446 00:40:27,146 --> 00:40:29,300 And you are? 447 00:40:30,632 --> 00:40:32,634 Christos. 448 00:40:32,659 --> 00:40:36,335 Christos? Christos. Very cool name. 449 00:40:37,194 --> 00:40:39,232 Here's the deal, Christos, I'm wondering if we can save 450 00:40:39,256 --> 00:40:41,781 the Q and A until... I don't know, afterwards. 451 00:40:41,806 --> 00:40:43,329 What if we don't wanna join you? 452 00:40:43,354 --> 00:40:45,008 Yeah. 453 00:40:46,722 --> 00:40:48,472 Hmm? 454 00:40:48,497 --> 00:40:52,936 What if we don't want to uh, put aside our differences? 455 00:40:52,961 --> 00:40:54,963 Yeah. 456 00:40:54,988 --> 00:40:56,665 Why don't we all just take a breath? 457 00:40:56,690 --> 00:40:58,997 What if we like things just the way they are? 458 00:41:00,724 --> 00:41:03,740 And we don't give a fuck about someone else's problem. 459 00:41:03,765 --> 00:41:05,288 Yes! 460 00:41:06,039 --> 00:41:07,258 Hmm? 461 00:41:09,508 --> 00:41:13,903 Now I don't know what the old lady was hoping for, 462 00:41:13,928 --> 00:41:17,868 but there is no way I am bending the knee 463 00:41:17,893 --> 00:41:21,220 to some skinny fucking bitch-ass old man. 464 00:41:23,098 --> 00:41:25,854 Who's come here out of fucking nowhere 465 00:41:25,879 --> 00:41:28,002 thinking he can sell us on some bullshit! 466 00:41:33,450 --> 00:41:35,417 'Cause if we're fighting, I think we know whose ass 467 00:41:35,441 --> 00:41:36,469 we're fucking up. 468 00:41:37,793 --> 00:41:39,752 Damn right! Damn right! 469 00:41:47,216 --> 00:41:49,398 This is my fault. It is. 470 00:41:49,423 --> 00:41:51,006 I'm gonna take all the blame for it, 471 00:41:51,030 --> 00:41:52,597 but I think we're having a little bit 472 00:41:52,622 --> 00:41:54,941 of a misunderstanding. 473 00:41:54,966 --> 00:41:59,406 I am not asking for any kumbaya. 474 00:41:59,451 --> 00:42:01,540 You see, I am not a preacher. 475 00:42:01,565 --> 00:42:05,711 And you sure as shit ain't no congregation. 476 00:42:05,995 --> 00:42:07,693 But you are gonna fight. 477 00:42:07,718 --> 00:42:09,435 And not for the common good. 478 00:42:09,460 --> 00:42:12,227 I could give a rat's ass about the common good. 479 00:42:12,252 --> 00:42:14,953 No, you are gonna fight... 480 00:42:17,013 --> 00:42:20,103 You're gonna fight because I say so. 481 00:42:26,072 --> 00:42:28,620 Get that fucking thing out of my face. 482 00:42:28,660 --> 00:42:31,006 Nah. 483 00:42:31,031 --> 00:42:32,505 Get that fuckin' thing... 484 00:42:52,165 --> 00:42:53,949 Methane... 485 00:42:53,974 --> 00:42:55,367 We got it. You don't. 486 00:42:55,392 --> 00:42:57,357 We got the bright lights, the cool cars, 487 00:42:57,382 --> 00:43:02,430 the awesome weapons. We got bombs. 488 00:43:02,455 --> 00:43:04,915 You see, power, 489 00:43:06,457 --> 00:43:08,720 equals power. 490 00:43:08,745 --> 00:43:10,860 It's as simple as that. 491 00:43:11,649 --> 00:43:14,406 So if you ain't with us... 492 00:43:14,431 --> 00:43:17,627 I guess you're in for a bit of a shock. 493 00:43:19,554 --> 00:43:22,524 So why don't y'all talk amongst yourselves. 494 00:43:22,549 --> 00:43:23,898 Think about it. 495 00:43:23,923 --> 00:43:25,838 But do me a favor, yeah? 496 00:43:26,925 --> 00:43:28,634 Don't think too hard. 497 00:44:19,092 --> 00:44:20,443 I need my compass. 498 00:44:20,468 --> 00:44:21,774 Why? What's going on? 499 00:44:21,799 --> 00:44:24,093 She thinks she's coming to Manhattan and she's not. 500 00:44:29,405 --> 00:44:31,356 The three of us, 501 00:44:31,927 --> 00:44:34,576 we know what it means to go back there. 502 00:44:35,264 --> 00:44:37,223 I'm worried about you. 503 00:44:37,293 --> 00:44:38,846 Okay? 504 00:44:39,978 --> 00:44:41,789 I made him a promise. 505 00:44:41,814 --> 00:44:44,643 I swore that I would look out for you. 506 00:44:47,316 --> 00:44:49,589 Is this about Negan? Is that why you wanna go? 507 00:44:51,244 --> 00:44:54,230 - I can't let you. - You're not my mother. 508 00:44:56,492 --> 00:44:58,843 You're not anything to me. 509 00:45:09,668 --> 00:45:11,498 - I'm going, too. - What are you talking about? 510 00:45:11,522 --> 00:45:13,307 I'm coming with you. 511 00:45:13,332 --> 00:45:15,140 - No. - Ginny can go, but I can't? 512 00:45:15,165 --> 00:45:17,297 Yeah, because you're my son. 513 00:45:17,322 --> 00:45:19,261 And, I'm only going because I have to. 514 00:45:19,286 --> 00:45:20,994 Or maybe you're going for him, too. 515 00:45:21,019 --> 00:45:22,495 What is it 'cause you feel bad? 516 00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:24,313 You feel guilty 'cause you left him there? 517 00:45:24,338 --> 00:45:25,362 What are you talking about? 518 00:45:25,386 --> 00:45:27,476 Or is it still about everything from before? 519 00:45:27,501 --> 00:45:28,653 I mean, I thought we were past that. 520 00:45:28,677 --> 00:45:29,678 I thought we finished it. 521 00:45:29,703 --> 00:45:31,792 That's what you said, it was finished! 522 00:45:31,817 --> 00:45:33,312 I thought we were getting better, 523 00:45:33,337 --> 00:45:35,426 but you just keep holding on. 524 00:45:35,451 --> 00:45:37,880 This has nothing to do with Negan. 525 00:45:40,155 --> 00:45:42,014 Why are you doing this? 526 00:45:42,102 --> 00:45:44,409 Why do you wanna go back? 527 00:45:44,765 --> 00:45:47,393 After everything that happened? 528 00:45:49,463 --> 00:45:50,470 Why? 529 00:45:58,070 --> 00:45:59,593 You went through my things? 530 00:46:01,020 --> 00:46:03,024 What do these mean to you? 531 00:46:03,761 --> 00:46:04,819 Nothing. 532 00:46:04,844 --> 00:46:06,612 Did something happen to you there? 533 00:46:06,637 --> 00:46:08,480 Other than being kidnapped? 534 00:46:09,251 --> 00:46:11,914 Does the city have some kind of pull on you? 535 00:46:12,611 --> 00:46:14,000 No. 536 00:46:16,868 --> 00:46:18,788 Who is this woman? 537 00:46:19,630 --> 00:46:20,400 I don't know. 538 00:46:20,425 --> 00:46:22,913 I saw her face on some billboard or something. 539 00:46:24,351 --> 00:46:26,788 I'm not lying, Mom. They're just drawings. 540 00:46:30,265 --> 00:46:32,354 I don't wanna be apart. 541 00:46:32,379 --> 00:46:34,048 I just... 542 00:46:34,648 --> 00:46:36,134 I don't want you to go. 543 00:46:50,648 --> 00:46:52,200 You know, I... 544 00:46:53,208 --> 00:46:55,733 I didn't... I didn't know my mom. 545 00:46:58,452 --> 00:47:03,022 I mean, not for very long and not very well. 546 00:47:05,345 --> 00:47:08,015 By the time I got things right with my dad, 547 00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:09,955 I was all grown up. 548 00:47:09,980 --> 00:47:12,286 And I had my own life. 549 00:47:21,019 --> 00:47:22,977 All I'm trying to say 550 00:47:23,002 --> 00:47:27,833 is that these last few months with you 551 00:47:27,858 --> 00:47:30,551 have meant the world to me. 552 00:47:31,240 --> 00:47:33,565 And it's like you said, 553 00:47:33,811 --> 00:47:36,596 we're finally getting better. 554 00:47:36,621 --> 00:47:39,615 We're finally moving past... 555 00:47:40,064 --> 00:47:41,283 all of it. 556 00:47:41,896 --> 00:47:46,335 That's why I have to go, so that you don't have to. 557 00:47:46,360 --> 00:47:49,147 So I can protect what we have here. 558 00:47:49,199 --> 00:47:52,994 I'm gonna go. I'm gonna come right back. 559 00:47:53,019 --> 00:47:55,492 And we are gonna pick up right where we left off. 560 00:47:56,050 --> 00:47:57,551 Okay? 561 00:47:58,199 --> 00:47:59,902 Okay. 562 00:49:40,118 --> 00:49:42,337 Guess you won't be eating today. 563 00:49:54,121 --> 00:49:56,675 But don't worry... 564 00:49:57,582 --> 00:49:59,410 It won't be long. 565 00:50:03,251 --> 00:50:04,862 You'll get there. 566 00:50:56,976 --> 00:51:00,080 You've been getting a lot of attention. 567 00:51:00,105 --> 00:51:01,545 There's something I gotta do. 568 00:51:01,690 --> 00:51:04,007 You know what he's capable of. 569 00:51:06,493 --> 00:51:08,147 We received the signal. 570 00:51:08,172 --> 00:51:10,408 The new Babylonians breached the island. 571 00:51:10,668 --> 00:51:13,346 If the soldiers are dead, I'll find them. 572 00:51:13,371 --> 00:51:15,398 If they're not, I'll finish them off. 573 00:51:15,423 --> 00:51:17,074 Happy hunting! 574 00:51:20,815 --> 00:51:22,340 We've only won a battle, 575 00:51:22,365 --> 00:51:23,366 not the war. 576 00:51:23,391 --> 00:51:25,176 We need our army. 577 00:51:25,971 --> 00:51:28,147 Power is a funny thing. 578 00:51:28,483 --> 00:51:30,269 It fuels you. 579 00:51:30,294 --> 00:51:32,326 We have to get the methane ourselves. 580 00:51:33,407 --> 00:51:35,952 I want you to bring Negan here. 581 00:51:38,733 --> 00:51:41,498 I'm gonna line them all up and kill them all. 582 00:51:41,523 --> 00:51:42,524 Boom! 583 00:51:45,496 --> 00:51:48,607 Was this a game to you?! 584 00:51:58,673 --> 00:52:00,782 I'm only going because I have to. 585 00:52:00,807 --> 00:52:02,572 Or maybe you're going for him, too. 586 00:52:02,597 --> 00:52:04,040 Was it because you feel bad, 587 00:52:04,065 --> 00:52:05,609 you feel guilty, 'cause you left him there? 588 00:52:05,633 --> 00:52:08,185 This has nothing to do with Negan. 589 00:52:09,753 --> 00:52:11,543 When we came to the end of season one, 590 00:52:11,568 --> 00:52:13,222 Maggie had made a promise to Hershel 591 00:52:13,254 --> 00:52:15,256 that we were going to put the past behind us 592 00:52:15,281 --> 00:52:17,507 and find a way to move on and heal all these things 593 00:52:17,532 --> 00:52:19,118 that had come before. 594 00:52:19,143 --> 00:52:21,524 And pretty early on, when we see the characters again, 595 00:52:21,549 --> 00:52:24,857 we're going to see this promise already challenged in a big way. 596 00:52:24,882 --> 00:52:26,738 Hershel's relationship with his mother 597 00:52:26,763 --> 00:52:28,809 is a very complicated one. 598 00:52:28,834 --> 00:52:31,619 The fact that his mother is always obsessed 599 00:52:31,644 --> 00:52:33,793 with his father's murderer 600 00:52:33,818 --> 00:52:36,299 and also not willing to kill his father's murderer. 601 00:52:36,324 --> 00:52:38,267 I think that is a huge issue for him. 602 00:52:38,292 --> 00:52:41,422 I'm gonna go. I'm gonna come right back, 603 00:52:41,447 --> 00:52:44,117 and we are gonna pick up right where we left off. 604 00:52:44,142 --> 00:52:45,050 Okay. 605 00:52:45,075 --> 00:52:47,343 I think she's just sort of desperately trying 606 00:52:47,368 --> 00:52:49,952 to erase all the trauma, 607 00:52:49,977 --> 00:52:51,622 everything that's kind of gotten in the way 608 00:52:51,646 --> 00:52:52,730 and trying to tell herself, 609 00:52:52,755 --> 00:52:55,037 "This is home, and we're okay, and everything's gonna be okay." 610 00:52:55,061 --> 00:52:59,218 She's trying to create a kind of sense of family and home, 611 00:52:59,243 --> 00:53:00,766 and being there for Ginny to. 612 00:53:00,791 --> 00:53:02,618 What's primarily motivating Maggie 613 00:53:02,643 --> 00:53:04,272 this year is to try to hold on to something 614 00:53:04,296 --> 00:53:06,428 that she owes her son and promised her son 615 00:53:06,453 --> 00:53:08,064 while navigating the kind of challenges 616 00:53:08,089 --> 00:53:10,078 that we know come up in this show. 617 00:53:10,983 --> 00:53:12,158 Aah! 618 00:53:18,826 --> 00:53:21,600 Initially, when we meet Negan, he's in the cell. 619 00:53:21,625 --> 00:53:23,453 I think on some level, he's like, 620 00:53:23,478 --> 00:53:25,370 "This is where I want to be. This is where I should be." 621 00:53:25,394 --> 00:53:27,381 You know, he's got his pot, he's got his bed, 622 00:53:27,405 --> 00:53:29,189 he's got his cockroaches. 623 00:53:29,214 --> 00:53:30,597 Got any leftovers? 624 00:53:34,342 --> 00:53:35,951 Uh, yeah, I got the cockroaches again. 625 00:53:35,976 --> 00:53:37,195 Here's the deal. 626 00:53:37,220 --> 00:53:39,527 Uh, eating a plate of cockroaches 627 00:53:39,552 --> 00:53:41,641 when you're blind and your character 628 00:53:41,666 --> 00:53:45,805 doesn't get to wear glasses is a problem. 629 00:53:46,594 --> 00:53:49,230 And they were like, "Oh, Jeff, this one's, like, filled... 630 00:53:49,255 --> 00:53:51,016 This is like a chocolate thing, and this one's filled 631 00:53:51,040 --> 00:53:53,434 with, like, uh, custard or something." 632 00:53:53,459 --> 00:53:55,287 Mikey said, "James, I really need you 633 00:53:55,312 --> 00:53:57,886 to make a very overloaded, 634 00:53:57,911 --> 00:54:01,476 juicy roach for Jeffrey. Just one." 635 00:54:01,501 --> 00:54:05,245 Well, y-y... yes, I did tell James Rosenthal 636 00:54:05,270 --> 00:54:07,536 to make an extra juicy cockroach 637 00:54:07,561 --> 00:54:09,584 'cause I wanted to see it shoot out of his mouth. 638 00:54:09,609 --> 00:54:11,746 And I kept eating these things and going, 639 00:54:11,770 --> 00:54:13,390 "That's not chocolate." 640 00:54:13,415 --> 00:54:15,088 And, you know, he's a good friend of mine, 641 00:54:15,113 --> 00:54:16,750 so you got to around a little bit, right? 642 00:54:16,774 --> 00:54:19,727 Um, no one told me that half the plate was real cockroaches. 643 00:54:23,314 --> 00:54:26,606 Oh. Just how I like it. 644 00:54:26,631 --> 00:54:29,459 And so I probably ate 10 to 20 real cockroaches before 645 00:54:29,484 --> 00:54:32,166 I even found out there was real cockroaches on the plate. 646 00:54:32,191 --> 00:54:34,591 Yeah. So I put one in my mouth, too, and it was disgusting, 647 00:54:34,616 --> 00:54:36,576 but, you know - but they are baked 648 00:54:36,601 --> 00:54:38,908 and cooked, and they are edible. 649 00:54:38,933 --> 00:54:41,283 And in other places of the world, they eat cockroaches. 650 00:54:41,308 --> 00:54:43,403 I'm like, I can't... You guys, it's just 651 00:54:43,428 --> 00:54:45,169 like a brown thumb to me. 652 00:54:45,194 --> 00:54:47,066 I'm gonna eat it." 653 00:54:47,827 --> 00:54:49,394 Just ass 654 00:54:49,419 --> 00:54:51,207 That's what my crew is. Just ass 655 00:54:53,696 --> 00:54:56,525 When our people were out searching for you, 656 00:54:56,550 --> 00:54:59,423 they heard whispers of a settlement in Tennessee 657 00:54:59,448 --> 00:55:01,842 that was home to a woman and child. 658 00:55:01,867 --> 00:55:06,959 Annie and Joshua, if I'm not mistaken. 659 00:55:07,253 --> 00:55:09,346 You know, the one thing that Negan has done, 660 00:55:09,371 --> 00:55:11,896 and the only reason that I'm still wearing the leather jacket 661 00:55:11,921 --> 00:55:15,041 is because that he has continued to evolve. 662 00:55:15,066 --> 00:55:16,850 And I think that this season, 663 00:55:16,875 --> 00:55:18,746 Negan finds himself in a bit of a predicament 664 00:55:18,771 --> 00:55:21,013 that he's certainly never been in. 665 00:55:23,850 --> 00:55:26,853 I think he's being used, and he knows he's being used. 666 00:55:26,878 --> 00:55:29,413 But Negan is always kind of a step ahead. 667 00:55:29,438 --> 00:55:30,771 He knows what's going on. 668 00:55:30,796 --> 00:55:34,295 So, for him, it's about pulling off the biggest scam of his life 669 00:55:34,320 --> 00:55:36,103 to keep his family alive. 670 00:55:36,128 --> 00:55:40,571 So watching him figure out how to get ahead in the game 671 00:55:40,596 --> 00:55:43,410 has been an interesting story this year. 672 00:55:48,724 --> 00:55:50,814 I knew that this season was going to be a season 673 00:55:50,839 --> 00:55:53,751 where the old Negan comes back, in all ways, 674 00:55:53,776 --> 00:55:56,614 so he couldn't have come back without Lucille. 675 00:56:00,731 --> 00:56:03,628 We wanted to give it something new, a new layer there, 676 00:56:03,653 --> 00:56:06,134 and if it was a bat that could be electrified 677 00:56:06,159 --> 00:56:08,074 with the barbed wire, and our props department, 678 00:56:08,099 --> 00:56:10,407 they made it believable and real, 679 00:56:10,432 --> 00:56:11,815 and they figured out the sort of technology 680 00:56:11,839 --> 00:56:13,369 and science behind it. 681 00:56:13,394 --> 00:56:14,976 This is Lucille 2.0. 682 00:56:15,001 --> 00:56:17,133 Takes me about four hours to build one of these. 683 00:56:17,158 --> 00:56:18,898 I'm happy if Jeffrey loves it. 684 00:56:18,923 --> 00:56:20,859 He doesn't like to be separated from it, seriously. 685 00:56:20,883 --> 00:56:22,496 I don't let go of it between takes. 686 00:56:22,521 --> 00:56:23,825 So there are people who always rush up, 687 00:56:23,849 --> 00:56:25,619 "Jeff, can we take Lucille?" "No, I got it." 688 00:56:25,650 --> 00:56:28,655 I've never had a prop in my life as an actor 689 00:56:28,680 --> 00:56:31,316 that felt so innately mine 690 00:56:31,341 --> 00:56:33,935 and feels like an extension of the character. 691 00:56:33,960 --> 00:56:35,918 And I think, for so long, 692 00:56:35,943 --> 00:56:38,424 we have kind of pushed away that Negan. 693 00:56:38,449 --> 00:56:42,975 So to come back to that, one, it felt like I was home, 694 00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:46,214 but it felt like a very good reason to be at home 695 00:56:46,239 --> 00:56:48,042 and to have her back. 696 00:56:48,067 --> 00:56:50,516 And me personally, I adore her. 697 00:56:50,541 --> 00:56:53,457 I mean, I got a tattoo this year, and it says "Lucille." 698 00:56:53,486 --> 00:56:57,754 Um, and it helps that my wife played Lucille, 699 00:56:57,779 --> 00:56:59,086 but really, it's the bat. 700 00:57:05,720 --> 00:57:09,246 Season two, fans can look forward to a lot more New York. 701 00:57:09,271 --> 00:57:11,939 We're gonna be moving north, into Midtown. 702 00:57:11,964 --> 00:57:15,707 I am excited always to continue this story 703 00:57:15,732 --> 00:57:17,692 of the two characters that we've known for so long 704 00:57:17,717 --> 00:57:21,243 and finding a way to continue the story in an original manner 705 00:57:21,268 --> 00:57:27,139 and dig deeper into the issues that they have with each other 706 00:57:27,164 --> 00:57:29,166 and survival and all of it. 707 00:57:30,636 --> 00:57:33,302 The thing I'm most excited about for this season 708 00:57:33,327 --> 00:57:35,851 is for everyone to see what we've done. 709 00:57:35,876 --> 00:57:38,821 I'm just, like, really humbled and grateful.