Original subtitles

[Negan] Previously on Dead City.

When you go deep it's not you, you know, but it is.

[gunshot]

[Dillard] Whoever you are, it's not what it has to be.

-No! -[screams]

[Dillard] The years when I went dark, it was me

and it was someone else.

I'm holed up in that bar for ages.

I knew I didn't understand them.

I had to pretend or I would have gone crazy.

Maybe I don't really know what is happening.

When you play a part for too long

it becomes a piece of who you are.

No matter what, there's no way it's ever gonna leave you.

Bring me the bad man.

[Cockenspiel & Titicaca growling]

[unsettling music]

[growling continues]

[chuckles]

[Cockenspiel] ♪ Mason Dillard, you're a tool ♪

♪ And I'm gonna show you... ♪

[chuckles]

[Cockenspiel] ♪ Titicaca thinks you're cool ♪

♪ But I'm the one that knows you ♪

♪ Mason Dillard shit his pants while riding on a pony ♪

[Sitcom-style cheers and applause]

♪ Shoved his thumb right in his bum ♪

♪ And licked it like boloney ♪

♪ Mason Dillard, you're a tool And I'm gonna show you ♪

♪ Titicaca... ♪

Alright, 30 seconds left.

-I can't concentrate! -You're doing great, TT.

[canned laughter]

How do you expect us to draw a reasonably accurate

portrait of you if you only give us two minutes?

I did mine in five seconds, you trollop!

-Oh! -[canned laughter]

Can you tell him to shut up?

Alright, 20 seconds left. Nothing he's doing

technically violates the rules of the challenge.

We're just gonna let it fly.

[screams]

[thud]

[Cockenspiel & Titicaca growling]

[canned cheers and applause]

[Cockenspiel] ♪ Mason Dillard shit his pants ♪

♪ While riding on a pony ♪

♪ Shoved his thumb right up his bum ♪

♪ And licked it like boloney ♪

[blows whistle] Alright.

Time's up.

[frustrated sigh]

These challenges are getting so impossible!

But that's kinda what keeps it fun.

Am I right? Come on.

[slaps table] Let's do it.

Alright, talk to me.

-It's the world, okay? -Mm-hmm.

All the red, it represents how violent and scary everything is.

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I see that. Okay, where am I?

You're the negative space. The light.

That represents you.

Our eccentric survivor.

-Our architect of wonder. -[Dillard] Stop it.

-[canned laughter] -[Titicaca] And...

that's your nose.

[tense music]

-[Titicaca] Right there. -[canned "aww"]

I told you, I didn't get to finish.

No, no, no, this is great. I love it.

You're so smart.

It looks like you exploded your tampon.

-[Dillard chuckles] -[canned laughter]

Why are you laughing?

I don't even use tampons anymore.

Everything's okay, don't worry. Alright?

This is exactly what he wants.

It's okay to get a little rise out of you, buddy.

Alright, my man. How you doing?

Hmm, what do we got here? Is this me?

It's upside down, shit beard!

-My mistake. -[canned laughter]

It's a big dick. With a little dick.

-Suits you to a tee! -[Dillard & audience laughing]

That's not funny.

Why do you let him talk to you like that?

-You are a good person. -With a wee, widdle willy.

[Titicaca] Curse you and the mother who birthed you!

Don't listen to him.

You are a good person and a great friend.

Is decent and kind...

[dramatic sting] [rumbling, clinking]

What the poop stack was that?

Did something blow up?

I gotta go check on those animomos,

make sure none of the windows broke.

♪ Mason Dillard shit his pants while riding on a pony ♪

[laughs]

Everybody's present and accounted for.

[Cockenspiel] ♪ ...right up his bum ♪

♪ And licked it like boloney ♪

[ominous music] [turkeys gobbling]

[heavy breathing]

[unsettling music]

[heavy breathing]

[unsettling music]

[unsettling music]

[theme music]

[wind gusting] [bird cawing]

[Dillard] You know, I used to be a cop.

-Used to work undercover. -[walker growls]

You don't know how it feels.

And when you go deep... [ripping, squishing]

-[sighs] -[walker growls]

It's not you, but it is.

[clank]

Whoever you are, it's not.

Also it has to be, right?

Yeah, for years when I went dark, I was...

I was me...

and I was someone else.

[ripping, squishing] [grunts]

[walker growling angrily]

And then I was holed up in that bar, you know?

I knew I wasn't really talking to 'em, okay?

I had to pretend though or I'd go crazy.

Maybe I did.

Maybe I don't actually know what's really happening.

[chuckles softly]

I'll tell you what I do know.

Luis, if you play a part for too long,

it becomes a piece of who you are.

-[Walker Renata growling] -[Dillard grunts]

And no matter what, it's never gonna leave you.

I mean, take Titicaca, rest her beautiful soul.

When I first tamed and named her,

it was a goof. You know what I mean?

It was just something to pass the time.

I should have known

that if you spend enough time with somebody,

you're gonna bond.

[Walker Renata growling]

[Dillard] Hmm...

[Dillard grunts]

God damn it, if I didn't look up one day and she was...

Was the best friend I ever had.

And you know why?

Because I didn't need to pretend with her.

I actually liked myself when we were together.

And that is how you know it's real.

Not fake friends.

Haters. Losers.

Like Negan.

[Walker Renata growling]

[soft sobs]

She wants you to know I'm not hurting her, buddy.

It's sweet she worries about your feelings even now.

You know? She's a good woman,

your sister.

Now, I'm not saying she could replace Titicaca, but...

Like I said, if you spend enough time with someone...

[gentle, creepy music] [Walker Renata growling]

[Dillard grunts] [clank]

My sister wouldn't want me to kill you.

But that's exactly what I'm going to do.

And I'll be happy to burn for it.

I get that you're feeling really shitty right now, Luis,

but I want you to know that I appreciate ya.

I do.

Hey, Kelso!

Could you... Could you take him out front?

Oh, Luis.

Now, I wanted you to see all this.

I wanted you to know that... I am gentle. Okay?

This is not violence. It's...

It's love.

And I need you to know that,

'cause I don't want you to be scared.

'Cause if Negan's not here by sundown,

you are gonna join your sister.

[inhales, exhales audibly]

But that won't be so bad. You know man?

I think you and I would make really good friends.

[ominous music]

[chuckle]

[walkers growling]

[tense music]

[walkers growling]

[Maggie] I see guards on every wall

and outside the apartment.

[sinister music] [walkers growling]

[sinister music]

[sinister music]

[indistinct chatter]

Damn it.

[Dillard sighs, grunts]

[unsettling music]

[high-pitched feedback] Hey, Maggie!

Why do I get the feeling that you don't think I'm serious?

I can tell you Luis knows I'm serious.

I bet he'd love to tell you just how serious I am.

You know what, Maggie? I actually think he's got

all kinds of sweet stuff to tell you.

How's that sound?

So tick-fucking-tock, Maggie!

Because... procrastination's a bitch.

I say we go after the bastard now

before he knows what hit him.

[Dillard] You hear that, Maggie?

-I get it. -[Dillard] Come on, Neegs.

-[Dillard] Be a man! -I do.

But I'm telling you right now, you bum-rush that asshole,

and it's curtains for all of us.

-Negan's right. -[Dillard continues ranting]

We have to kill the bastard, but we have to do it smart.

Plan it out.

So turn me in.

Not a chance.

It's what he wants, Maggie.

Look, if the shoe was on the other foot...

If the shoe was on the other foot,

you'd do exactly what I'm doing right now.

I'm not turning anybody in.

We three do it together.

Goddamn, you are just too good for this world, you know that?

-[Dillard] Negan! -Thank you.

[Dillard] Come out and play!

All right, then why are we burning daylight?

We have got a cluster to unfuck.

[Dillard] Get over here, you mother...

Goddamn it!

[tense music]

[walkers growling]

I count three lookouts, all armed.

We have to fight our way through

the herd without getting picked off,

and we can't wait till dark for cover.

What about a smoke screen?

We could set some fires up down the street.

[Negan chuckles] What, are we just gonna hope

that the wind cooperates?

Even if it doesn't, it could be a diversion, maybe.

No, see, I got a feeling that old dildo,

he even smells something funny going on,

there's not gonna be much left of your Dr. Feelgood

by the time we get in there.

He's got the rest of our people trapped in that apartment.

We'd have to split up.

Maybe we could draw him out

and say you want to negotiate one-on-one.

No, he's never gonna go for it.

Look, Dillard is crazy, but he's far from stupid.

He knows we have to go to him.

And he holds all of the cards.

We are outnumbered four to one,

and they have access to the whole armory.

[Dillard, taunting] Here, Maggie, Maggie, Maggie,

Maggie!!!

Negan!!!

Hey, Negan? Hey, buddy?

Come on, brother, it's just you and me.

Let's work this thing out.

Maggie! Mag, Mag, Mag, Maggie!

[walker growling]

[Dillard] Hey, come save your people, Maggie!

These fists aren't worth it.

I think I've got it.

Where's Negan?

[Dillard] Now! Right now!

Shit, stay here.

[tense, pulsating music]

[Maggie] Where do you think you're going?

[Negan] God, just let me go, Maggie...

What were you gonna do, just cut and run?

-Maybe, yeah. -Bullshit!

-[chuckling] Maggie. -No!

Do not make me hurt you.

You would have to kill me

to hurt me more than you already have.

But you're not gonna.

[wind gusting]

But then let's get real, shall we?

You know exactly where I'm going

-and why I'm going there. -You were going to find Dillard.

-Yeah. -Yeah.

[walker growling]

-Goddamn it! -[Negan] Jesus Christ!

[Maggie] Got it.

[stab, squish] [Maggie grunts]

[walker growling]

[whack] [grunts]

-[grunts] -[Maggie] So what was your plan?

Go after him or turn yourself in?

Goddamn! Whatever works!

Okay, well, I didn't save your life

in that goddamn bar

for you to go and turn yourself in now.

Dillard will kill everyone in that building.

He will burn your crops to the ground.

He will destroy this entire island to get to me.

Okay, so you were gonna sacrifice yourself for

a community that you didn't even want to join.

I tell you what, you can name a street after me.

Negan, come back inside.

-Make a plan with me. -This is the plan, Maggie.

This is it.

It doesn't matter if I don't get my happy ending.

But I will not be the reason

that you and Hershel lose someone else.

Do you not get it?

The psycho doesn't get to make the rules.

I'm not losing anybody else.

I've lost enough. No more.

Think about your son.

Alright, you have someone here and now.

-I don't. -You've got me.

You've got me.

We are forever connected, Negan.

We are outright chained to one another.

I'm not saying it because I like it.

But you are like a shadow that I can't shake.

-Okay... -Shut up.

I'm never gonna forgive you, not ever.

But we have moved past it.

And not further apart.

And maybe there's a reason for that.

I don't know.

But what I do know is, aside from my son,

you are the closest thing to family that I've got left.

Shit, Margaret.

I don't deserve you.

Damn straight. But life's not fair.

Now come inside.

[emotional music]

[walkers growling] [creepy, ominous music]

[Maggie] When you get over the wall,

make sure Dillard knows you're there.

Oh, I will let him know.

And so will the walkers.

They'll lead me,

and I will lead him to 96 and Columbus,

just as we discussed. But Maggie?

You best be there when we get there.

[Maggie] I will.

If you don't get the drop on him,

it means he's got the drop on me.

-I've got you. -Alright.

Well, it's a long shot, but... best we got.

Well, goddamn, these are cool.

I don't know what the hell they're gonna do

against their firepower.

Help us get a hold of some of theirs?

Yeah.

It ain't gonna be no cakewalk, kids.

Look, I hate to be the bearer of bad news here,

Sparky, but you're gonna have to sit this one out.

We need three people for the plan.

-We can pull it off with two. -[Hershel] I'm doing this.

It's not up to you.

[eerie music]

-Maybe he's right. -What if you don't make it?

-What do you expect me to do? -You can find people.

-You can find Armstrong. -[Hershel] Tell him what?

That I let you die while I hid like some coward?

Yeah, I'm sure he'd understand.

That's not even the point.

The point is, I couldn't live with myself.

So little big man thinks he's got what it takes.

Took down a friggin' bear with these, Negan.

You ever take down a bear?

[Negan] You ever take down a person?

It ain't the same thing.

Especially when said person's

got a machine gun pointed at your kisser.

[gentle music]

This plan needs three people.

And I know that you can handle it.

You took down a friggin' bear.

[slams down Lucille]

Well, goddamn.

You are as stubborn as your mother.

Do not screw the pooch.

-Screw the... what? -[Negan] Forget it.

All right. Well, time is money, honey.

-Let's do this thing. -Good luck.

I will see you two kids in class.

[suspenseful music]

[walker growling]

[suspenseful music]

[walker growling]

[loud whack] [Negan grunts]

[squish]

Must be my lucky day.

[walkers growling]

[suspenseful music]

[Negan grunting]

[walkers growling] [suspenseful music]

[walkers growling] [clanging]

[walkers growling]

[walkers growling] [suspenseful music]

[wind whistling]

[suspenseful music]

[walkers growling] [banging]

[suspenseful music]

North side secure. Girzenkowski, over.

[suspenseful music]

[wind whistling]

[music intensifies]

[suspenseful music]

[glass shatters]

[music intensifies]

[alarm wailing]

-We should go in. -And open the doors

we just nailed shut? That's what they want us to do.

[alarm wailing]

[gunshots]

[two-tone whistle on radio]

That's Negan. He's setting us up.

-Yeah, no shit. -Shots were fired from uptown.

Girzenkowski's posted up there. Girzenkowski?

Girzenkowski?

That is why I never go above 96th.

Hey, Bear, Chef. You gotta stay right on

the apartment like stink on garbage, okay?

Nobody goes in, nobody gets out.

-[Chef Mesing] Copy. -[Radomir The Bear] Copy.

If Maggie can't follow directions,

then there's gotta be some kind of consequence.

Put down the doc.

You got it.

All right, Maggie and her kid are now fair game!

Nobody kills Negan except me.

[grunts]

[sinister music]

[car starts]

[sinister music]

Hershel, where did you... How did you...

Hershel, Hershel! What's going on?

-Dillard said Negan... -Dillard lied.

We're taking our home back.

My mom and Negan are out there now.

And Renata?

-Oh God... Oh God... -[cries]

[suspenseful music] [alarm wailing]

Luis?

Dillard has him.

He's next. Then it's us!

That's not gonna happen.

I'm not gonna let that happen.

How? They emptied the armory. We have no weapons.

-We barely have any food. -It'll be safest upstairs.

-Take the kids, lock the doors. -Okay.

Any of you who wants to join them?

No. I'm coming with you.

-Let's do it. -Yeah.

[Maggie grunts] [bang]

[alarm wailing]

[walkers growling]

[tense music]

[walkers growling]

[Luis grunts] [suspenseful music]

You think it's bad luck to kill a doctor?

Oh, definitely.

Good thing I don't believe in luck.

[walkers growling]

[Luis] Oh, shit. Walkers.

[walkers growling]

[Luis struggling]

[cocks gun]

[music intensifies]

[whack] [grunts]

[thud]

Are you okay?

There's no time. You gotta run.

But I know you're not gonna listen to me,

and I wouldn't mind surviving this.

I wouldn't mind you surviving it either.

[alarm wailing] [suspenseful music]

[walkers growling]

[gunfire]

[walkers growling] [suspenseful music]

This whole block is about to be infested.

Hershel's working to secure the apartment building.

[Luis] And Negan?

Negan's meeting Dillard at 96 and Columbus,

but I have to get there first to kill him.

Fastest way is through the hospital.

Okay, would northwest ambulance bay get us to Columbus?

Best shot at getting through this mess.

Okay.

[walkers growling] [suspenseful music]

[stabbing] [Maggie grunting]

[dramatic music]

[walkers growling]

[Maggie] Shit!

[tense music]

[Walker Renata grunting]

[Maggie] Renata...

Give me your knife.

[Walker Renata growling]

I can't leave her like this.

[gentle music]

[Walker Renata growling]

[gentle music]

[metallic slice] [growling stops]

[gentle music]

I'm sorry.

[gentle music]

[yanks necklace]

[walkers growling]

[walkers growling]

-[effort grunting] -[frantic chatter]

We have to block those doors now!

[Chef Mesing] Let us in!

[shouting and clamoring]

[Chef Mesing] Walkers are coming!

[Chef Mesing] Okay, we're coming in.

[Chef Mesing] Aah! You bitch!

[Radomir] You wanna play? Let's play!

[shouting] [gunfire]

-[walker growling] -[screams]

Screw this! [gunfire]

Block that door!

Now! They're coming! Yeah! Just like that!

You fuckers thought you had me, huh?

Well, I'm too pretty to die!

[gunfire] [screaming]

Please! There are children up there!

[gasping, screaming]

[yells]

[weak grunt]

[walkers growling]

[frantic chatter]

[suspenseful music] [walkers growling]

[Luis] Shit. This way's even worse.

-Out the front. -No, Maggie...

Listen! We've gotta get to Negan.

I have to kill Dillard.

-Then I'm coming with you. -[walkers growling]

-Okay. -Okay.

Maggie, don't... don't do it!

Maggie! Maggie!

Don't!

[Maggie] I'm sorry.

-[Maggie grunts] -[walkers growling]

[unsettling music] [Negan whistles cheerfully]

[walker growling]

[clanking]

[walkers growling]

Jesus.

[thump thump]

[thump thump thump]

[thump thump thump]

[thump thump]

[walkers growling]

[metallic slice] [squish]

[thud]

[unsettling music]

[walker growling]

[unsettling music]

Maggie?

Maggie?

[gate opens]

[walker growling] [thud]

[unsettling music]

[intensifying music]

-[walker growling] -[cocks gun]

[walker growling]

[unsettling music]

[walker growling]

[walker growling]

-[splat] -Oh!

[cocks gun]

Requiem "atarium", motherfucker.

[gunshot] [thud]

[sinister sting]

Hey, buddy.

I tried to tell him

no one gets to kill you but me.

[music intensifies]

Goddamn.

I thought I smelled bacon.

Look at you, back in your polyester sausage casing.

Why don't you get those hands up?

Ocifer, you haven't read me my Miranda's.

Hands up.

Now.

All right, Dillard.

[clanking]

[Negan] What are you gonna do, huh?

[gunshot] Ah!

[Negan grunts]

Get up.

All right, all right, all right, all right.

Ow! That is gonna fuckin' bruise! Shit.

Hey, Maggie! Magbag! Maggot! You better get out here,

or I will shoot him!

And I don't think he has a bulletproof vest, so...

-Do you, buddy? -Oh, f...

Oh, shit.

Maggie?

There she is. There she is.

Hey. Hey.

Why don't you just slide that on over here?

[Negan] Shoot him.

[Dillard, whispering] She's not gonna do that.

-[Negan] Annie Oakley his ass! -Slide the gun over to me.

Four Manhattan, three Manhattan,

two Manhattan, one Manhattan!

[gun scrapes floor]

Knife too. Do it.

[knife scrapes floor] [Dillard] Good girl.

[heavy breathing]

You... shit!

Shit, buddy. I might actually be crazy.

'Cause for some reason, I don't want to kill you right now.

[dramatic music]

Okay.

After what you took from me, all I could do was sit around

thinking of different ways to snuff you out!

Dillard...

But then I saw the...

the Reverend with his gun in your face.

My buddy's face.

You really fuckin' hurt me, man.

But I don't want to be alone again.

[Negan] Hey. Hey, hey, hey. Let's just...

Let's just go home. Just go back to the bar.

Have a beer.

Play video games. Yeah?

-Yeah? -[Negan] Of course.

-Just like before? -[Negan] Yeah, man.

-Hell yeah. -[Dillard] Okay.

-Let's just start fresh. -[Negan] Okay.

[Dillard] We'll just make things right first.

So you killed my friends, right?

Hear me out, Negan.

I'm gonna kill yours.

-[Negan] No. -[Dillard] Yeah.

-[Negan] No. -[Dillard] I think so, buddy.

She's not even my friend.

I don't know. I think she is, bro.

No, no. You know she's not.

Then prove it! Prove it, buddy.

How the fuck am I gonna do that?

There's a knife right there.

Just pick it up.

And show me that you're my friend.

Yeah, buddy. Come on.

Please.

Just pick that up and show me we're pals.

[suspenseful music]

[ragged breathing]

[suspenseful music]

[Negan exhales]

[Maggie screams] [metallic stab]

[gentle music]

[Maggie whimpers]

Shut it up. Close the doors.

Close it up.

[struggles to breathe]

That was brutal, buddy.

But you made your point.

She certainly got your point.

[walkers growling]

Okay.

[grunting] [gate rattling]

[distant grunting, struggling]

[walker growls]

[Maggie grunts]

[grunting]

[walker growling]

[screams]

[pulsating music]

[metallic stab]

[music intensifies] [walker growling]

[Luis grunts] [thud]

[distant grunting, shouting]

-I'm stabbed. -I got you.

[Maggie pants]

No!

[suspenseful music]

Just... I thought we were friends, man.

-Please. -We are friends.

Because the old me, the old me would just kill you.

And then I would kill you ten times after that

until you were dead dead.

And then you know what I would do?

Just for fun, I would piss on your grave

just to kill the grass.

See I want to do something that real friends do.

Because that's what we are, man.

We are real friends.

[Dillard] I wanted something different.

I wanted to be somebody new.

I really did and I tried.

But you know, you are who you are.

I'm the eccentric survivor.

I'm the, the architect of wonder.

So I built a new world.

And I made a family, man.

And I just want you to be a part of it, my friend.

[grunting] [thrilling music]

[walker growling]

[grunting]

[thrilling music]

[grunting]

[thrilling music]

[Negan groans]

[thrilling music]

[Dillard pants]

[Negan groans]

[two-tone whistle]

Like looking in the mirror, huh, buddy?

I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry.

[slash] [blood spilling]

[dramatic music]

[gasps, whimpers]

[pants]

Maggie, no. Please.

[walkers growling]

[Dillard] [breathes raggedly]

Thanks, amigo.

[gentle music]

I hope you find what you're looking for.

[gentle music]

[walkers growling]

[glass shattering] [thud]

[gentle music]

[thud] [walkers growling]

[shoots flare]

[flare whooshes, sparks]

[gentle music]

[birds chirping]

[sighs]

[birds chirping]

[languid piano intro to Manhattan]

♪ I'll take Manhattan ♪

♪ The Bronx and Staten Island too ♪

[walkers growling]

♪ It's lovely going through ♪

[walkers growling]

♪ The zoo ♪

[growling]

♪ It's very fancy ♪

♪ On old Delancey Street, you know ♪

[walker trio growling]

♪ The subway charms us so ♪

[Luis explaining procedure]

♪ When balmy breezes blow ♪

♪ To and fro ♪

♪ And tell me what street ♪

♪ Compares with Mott Street in July ♪

[tattoo machine buzzing]

♪ Made for a girl and boy ♪

[gunfire]

♪ We'll turn Manhattan... ♪

-[grunts] -That was sad.

That was sad. I feel sad for you.

Yeah.

♪ ...an isle of joy ♪

♪ I'll take Manhattan ♪

♪ I'll take Manhattan... ♪

[song ends]

[door opens]

[door closes]

Anyone ever teach you to knock?

You weren't at your apartment.

Well...

I'm restocking my liquor cabinet.

Yeah. Kind of late for a beer run.

Kind of late for a social call.

I have something I wanna talk to you about.

All right, well, I'm gonna tell you right now,

if it's about the birds and the bees,

then maybe you ought to talk to your good doctor,

and he may be able to explain it in better detail than I can.

-Are you done? -Nope.

[badge scrapes table]

I need someone to run security.

You were right.

We need people.

All the hurt that we have been through,

it didn't come from the outside.

It came from us.

Everything that happened with Renata, Fabian, Dillard.

The outsiders weren't the problem.

They saved our home.

All right. So if I am running security...

where does that leave you?

In charge.

Solmari, Luis, Hershel...

they want me to do it.

And I want to do it.

When we first came here, I thought that leading meant

that I had to lose myself.

And everything, everyone that I cared about.

And I'm not that person anymore.

I've grown.

I can be a leader and a mom.

I'm more than what I thought.

Some of us have been telling you that

for a long time.

You're the most fearless person that I've ever met.

In ways that other people aren't.

That's why I want you to do this.

We've got Manhattan back,

but there are four more boroughs out there.

Together, we can do something bigger

than we've ever done before.

Just between us...

I am scared every single day.

[gentle music]

All right. Well, is there some sort of form I need to fill out,

or are you gonna make this official?

[bright, hopeful music]

[Maggie] I'm glad you said yes.

Because I got something I need you to do.

Yes, ma'am.

[bright, hopeful music]

[glasses clink]

[music fades]

Here's where we are now.

We're gonna start inside of Jimmy's back,

and we're gonna pull back of them being walkers.

I knew I wasn't really talking to him, okay.

I had to pretend, though, or I'd go crazy.

Maybe I did.

-You killed my friends. -I'm gonna kill yours.

-She's not even my friend. -I think she is, bro.

No, no, you know she's not.

-Then prove it! -There's a knife right there.

Just pick it up and show me that you're my friend.

When I first talked to Jeffrey about this season,

one of the things that was important to him

was that he not just get over the fact that he got stabbed.

And so when we had an opportunity

where Negan could actually stab Maggie and repay her for that,

we jumped at the opportunity.

Oww!

I love this whole stabbing storyline.

In episode one, it was always sort of intended

to be almost sort of funny.

You fucking stab me. Take it.

And then we bring it up a couple of times.

I really should have stabbed you.

You weren't gonna stab me.

Oh, I was so gonna stab you a little bit.

And then it does eventually happen in the end,

and it's the thing that saved them.

[Walkers snarling]

[Grunting]

I land on my back, sort of.

I roll over and absorb a couple hits.

On your back, I'll give you two bold kicks.

[Grunting]

We take it this far.

We take the chop arm rig and we continue the scene after this.

-Bleh, bleh, bleh, bleh. -[Laughing]

When I read that Maggie cuts off Dillard's arm,

my first thought was, "Well, that tracks."

Just 'cause it's just a little outside of Maggie,

but very deserving.

And it just shows that she's...

She can go there, too.

And the way it ends for...

-He's in pain. -He's in a lot of pain.

He is in a lot of pain.

I hope you find what you're looking for.

The arm cut off implies a certain kind of death

in this world that will result in something else.

-Here we go. -And action.

[Glass shatters]

And I find that choice on their part to be thrilling.

I hate that we lost him.

In fact, Lauren and I pitched...

Oh, God, we went so hard pitching ways he doesn't die.

We went hard.

"You should shoot an alternate ending in case

we can get him back for another year."

-We tried everything. -Yeah.

I know.

Don't make me cry.

Seth did tell me that that is his fate.

And so I built Dillard the entire series

with this deep desire to connect.

Scene 36.

Walker Dillard shuffles through the streets.

[Hissing]

And so to be placed back into the most comfortable place

Dillard has been in is romantic, and it's very poetic.

The overall experience in "Dead City" has kind of been,

I gotta say,

one of the most rich acting experiences of my career.

When we first came here,

I thought that leading meant that I had to lose myself.

I can be a leader and a mom.

Some of us have been telling you that for a long time.

If you think about where Maggie and Negan

started the season together, Maggie could not imagine

that she could be in the same family as Negan,

But by the end of the season, they are family.

It's like, these are the things we've learned

and this is how we've grown

and what we've gained from everything.

And how do we look forward.

The way the trajectory of where we're going,

the new ground, I think, that has been tilled in front of us,

brings up some storylines

and some opportunities for these characters

that I've never been more excited about.

-Truly. -I think where we could go,

the possibilities for this new world are,

and for us, really exciting.

I said I wasn't gonna cry. I'm already crying.

We were lucky enough to bring in Seth and Matt,

who revitalized, I think, the show and the script.

And this year, it's been such a fucking pleasure.

I don't know what to say.

I love you all so much. Fuck off.

[Applause]

[outro music]