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Lincoln: Rick and Michonne are perfect
partners in an imperfect world.

Gurira: They first met
as reluctant allies,

but over time, their bond grew.

Through so many hardships,
so much loss and sacrifice,

they found each other.

Until one day when it
all got taken away.

Michonne was fearful that she
may have lost Rick forever.

And Rick never stopped
thinking about his family

and never stopped trying
to get back to them.

But when Michonne made
a fateful discovery,

she knew she had to find him.

She had to make
her family whole.

♪

So how weird is this...
after all this time?

Yes, and finishing
telling the story

of Rick and Michonne, to be
here where it all started.

♪

The only thing to really do

is to start at the
very beginning,

'cause it's a very
good place to start.

[Herd growling]

♪

♪

This is approximately where
Rick and Michonne first met.

Yeah.

How did you feel that day?

What do you mean, how do I feel?

How did you?

What? Meeting you, or...

Yeah. Do you remember it?

I think... I do remember.
Of course I remember it.

'Cause I think he
was going through

quite a defensive phase

where he was very distrustful,
and seeing somebody

with a katana and two
zombies with their...

Okay, you don't...
you don't remember.

Oh. I have no idea.

I'm leaving, guys.
Yeah. [Laughter]

Going down memory lane with
someone with no memories.

W... but... How do I do this?

Did I... Come on.

Okay, so to help my
colleague out here.

Listen, don't tell
them the st...

How I came to the gate was...

I didn't have... I didn't
have the two zombies.

I was covered in zombie gunk.

Okay, so you didn't have the
two people on the chains? No.

They were long gone. I got rid
of them long before I met you.

Oh, my God. There were a lot of
walkers clinging onto this fence.

Yeah.

And you're standing there and...

And Carl's there as
well. Should we help her?

[Herd growling]

'Cause he was the one that
convinced me to go and get you.

And that's when Carl
says, "We have to..."

Says, "We got to..."
Yeah, that's right.

And pushes for her to be
saved. No, I do remember that.

Guys, everybody calm down.

[Gunshots]

Carl.

That was a memorable way
for the characters to meet.

It was a great way, yeah.

And also because they're
so similar in temperament

and personality,
there's a kind of

they're alpha, they're
independent, they're stubborn.

It wasn't easy for them
when they started. Yeah.

It was such a counter experience

for Michonne from
the Governor. Yeah.

'Cause the Governor, he
was trying to charm her

and sort of woo her
into his little...

Yeah, and she was
like, "Mnh-mnh."

And she does have
respect for Rick

even before she meets
him, because of Andrea.

And so she knows it's time
to not be a loner anymore.

But the Governor was trying
to treat her all good

and she's, like,
flipping swords in them

and killing his zombie daughter.

[Growls]

But when she comes
here, Rick is hostile,

but Michonne trusts that.

She trusts that, considering
the world they're in,

considering the man
she knows he is,

considering who he's
protecting. Yeah.

And she has a lot of grace for
Rick from the jump. Yeah, yeah.

So when you joined, Danai,
we were in season three.

What did you feel
joining this cast?

Were we a welcoming cast?

Yeah, everyone was amazing.

I remember I became immediately
very close to Lauren

and of course to the
awesome Steven Yeun

and of course to Laurie Holden.

You did a lot of stuff...
And you were okay.

You were all right.

You were nice... you
were nice enough.

You know? It was like, "Okay."

Yeah. No, I'm kidding.
You were very sweet.

Apart from when I dropped you.

Well, yeah. I mean,
that was a funny day.

You want to tell it?

No, you tell it 'cause it's
always gonna end up going there.

If you tell it, then, you know,
it'll... it'll lighten it up.

Okay, so we had a policy. In the
sense that you lighten up for you.

We had a policy
when we were filming

that we didn't throw marks down.

The crew were absolutely
the heart and soul

of "The Walking Dead."

And we had this environment
where everybody kept acting

at all times, and we
didn't call "cut."

What does this have to
do... I'm getting there.

[Laughs] This is... This is
basically protecting myself.

The scene goes where...
I see you drop.

I'm like, "I don't think
she should come in here.

She's got a katana. She's
dangerous. We need to..."

And Carl's going, "Get
out. We have to save her."

So eventually I do. I
concede we're gonna do that.

And it was supposed to cut
when I pull you onto my back.

And I didn't do that.

And so I picked you up,
got about three steps,

dropped you... And fell.

And then decided to fall
on top of you as well,

which wasn't the ideal welcome.

I'm like, "What is
this dude doing?

You're not supposed to do this."

I'm just lying there. I'm dead.
I'm like, "I'm out. I can't..."

[Laughs]

I remember Lennie James.

We were on the porch in
Alexandria at one time

and we watched you, and you had
your dreads and your katana,

and you were just sort of
walking down the main street.

And he went, "Look at
that." And I went, "I know."

And he went, "That's
the coolest character."

We'd never seen
anything quite like it.

It's so deeply, profoundly,
apocalyptically cool.

You know what I mean? Mm-hmm.

[Walkers growling]

♪

I think we were just
always a bit jealous.

That's probably
why I dropped you.

Ha ha ha ha ha.

Speaking of jealous of
great, cool characters,

your son, Chandler Riggs.

Yeah. Extraordinary young man.

Yeah. We just struck
gold with that kid.

It's an extraordinary bond
to see somebody grow up

in front of your eyes on screen

and spend so much time

with this incredibly
impressive young man.

It's not the truth, but I spent
more time with Chandler Riggs

than my own son for
a lot of that decade.

That's not the truth, but
it felt like that some days.

And you never know what you're
gonna get with young actors

and what they're
gonna turn into.

But I think he's a brilliant
young man, you know,

and a very, very
impressive actor.

And I always sign off
"DTVS"... "Deceased TV Son"

is my sign-off with
Chandler Riggs.

You know what I mean?
It's a bit weird, but...

Yeah, a little... that's
the way we roll here.

I couldn't speak
more highly of him.

He's so incredible and really
was that warm, welcoming heart

that was at the
heart of this show.

It was exactly what
he did for Michonne

was kind of what I
felt he was towards me.

We just really
clicked and got along.

I loved my scenes
with him so much.

I-I just thought Judith should

should know what
her mom looked like.

It was really with Carl

and the idea of this young
man growing up in this world

that really warmed her
heart and of course

aligned her with you very deeply

to want to keep... preserve
him and save his life.

Well, we sort of had
this family, didn't we?

It sort of established...
before we even fell in love.

What are you doing?

Winning a bet.

In your dreams.

I'm still on.

[Grunts] [Laughs]

You spoke too soon, wise guy.

This might go on a while.
Maybe we can speed this up.

Yeah, you're right.
Shouldn't be fooling around.

We should probably... Carl!

♪

♪

Lincoln: This is the one.

'Cause I know from
all the scars.

Yeah.

It's so cool.

♪

I remember doing an
interview with a magazine

and they challenged
me to a firing range,

and it's actually really
well balanced, this thing.

And I did quite... I don't want
to big myself up or anything,

but I got quite a
lot. But you will.

But I will right
now big myself up.

I got quite a lot of bull's-eyes
with... with real things

in Atlanta.

We went to a shooting
alley. Well...

He's the only one who
remembers this, so...

Bit more coordinated
than... than you were...

Just take his word for it.
Hitting me on the head.

Just...

Why is there a rock here
that says "Andy's rock"?

That's because I had
a limp for a while

and I liked that
rock in my boot.

And I get a little
bit OCD about things.

No!

And this was the one
that I had to have.

So... You?

Yeah, and so I would
put that in my boot

because we didn't
want to fake it.

I mean, it's absurd, but,
yeah, that's what we did.

So that's why I
was hobbling around

with that rock in my boot. Wow.

And we got it from outside
the prison, actually.

Wow. Yeah.

I have to say, I am very moved
by good prop making and design.

It really helps, doesn't
it? Yeah. It does.

And we were so
fortunate in the show

to have such an incredible
design team in all areas.

And also, of course,
Greg and KNB.

And it's just... I mean,
we were so fortunate.

We would walk into environments.
They weren't, sort of, sets.

No. It was an environment.

So, Danai, apart from you
stealing your katana...

Does that make sense?
Me stealing my katana.

Just break down that sentence
for a second, everybody. Just...

Apart from stealing your
katana... Does that make sense?

Was that the one that

wasn't in the Smithsonian

but it found its way into
your apartment in New York.

Don't tell people where it is!

[Laughs]

Apart from the
katana... It's, um...

Apart from the katana that you
decided to pilfer... I took it to

are there any other props

that you would have
liked to have held on to?

Listen... [Laughs]

Don't be mad 'cause you
don't have a katana.

Yeah, I am jealous. I know.

It's like Norman used to end
each season on a motorbike.

Norman took... he
took every crossbow.

He took one home at the
end of every season.

Every season. In full costume.

Yeah. With a crossbow.
Driving home.

Just going, "Thank you
for another good season."

Yeah. On a bike that was
probably designed by him.

I had to wait nine
years to get my katana.

[Laughs] Um, so, yeah.

Is there another prop or thing
I would like to have kept?

Maybe the Governor's eyeball.

Ohh! That's cool.

[Grunting]

[Screaming]

I don't know if
we really got it.

She just put it in,
but I don't think

she yanked it out, you know?

But I think we should have
a thing of the eyeball

with that piece of
glass stuck in it.

That would be amazing.
Yeah, I want that.

Speaking of that, I'll
never forget Dave Morrissey,

who played the Governor... Yes.

Attacking in such a badass way

out on that field.

Go ahead!

Screaming, all the rest
of it, and shooting at us

when the war was kicking off.

And then he got into his car

and he had, obviously,
the patch on

and he started driving, and
he just lifted his patch up...

[Both laugh]

'cause he couldn't

'cause he couldn't
drive with one eye.

He was terrified.

I just remember going, "Um...

That's not that bada..."

They can cut around it.
They can cut around it.

All right, okay. Why
you calling him out?

We love you, David.
You're amazing.

Love you, David. Incredible,
incredible actor.

Amazing. What is that?

Judith and Carl.

Mm.

But where was
that? What is that?

Is it the w...

The porch. Oh, the
porch of the house.

Did you just cut
it out of the porch

and leave a hole in the porch?

Are you sure about that?

Sure you didn't just
leave a hole in the...

I'm gonna check
later on when we go.

♪

♪

Look at that. There we go.

Had my arse out, as
they say in Scotland

for the whole of the
first episode right there.

Gurira: Okay, moving on.

Right. Right.

Now we're talking.

This was my first outfit that
the fantastic Eulyn Hufkie,

who was our costume
designer for many years,

and did a fantastic job.

Amazing job. Yeah.

I think she really enjoyed
kind of stepping away

from certain things
that the show had had,

like duller colours.

So Michonne kind of
got more color...

That felt like a dig. I don't
know about you... in her palette.

Duller color? [Laughs]

You brightened up the show.

No, I didn't say that. [Laughs]

I said Eulyn decided
to give me colour.

And then we covered
you in blood.

[Growling] [Grunting]

♪

[Groaning]

Oh, God. The boots.

I can't... I can't even believe
all the stuff I did this.

But there came a time
I had to graduate these

and put on some shoes

with a bit more...
more heel support.

But, like, listen,
sturdy as hell.

Like, nothing's gonna get
past them or around them.

So you were being appropriate
to the environment

is what you're saying.

We were... you know, we were
down and out in the dirt,

eating dogs.

Yeah, that was a low point.

It was low. I have to admit.

And I think, at the end of it,

we meet Aaron after we,

and we're in the barn
and you look at me,

and I'm like... nod.

And then you punch him. Yeah.

♪

Like, I wasn't
saying, "Punch him."

I thought... I thought
that was the nod.

I was saying, "I believe
what he's saying."

So we're clear, that look wasn't
a "let's attack that man" look.

It was a "he seems like
an okay guy to me" look.

She's like, "We've got
to give this guy a shot,"

because her instincts are
saying this could be a place,

as she says to you
in that episode,

where Judith could grow up.

We can't just toss him
aside and say he's lying.

Yeah. Yeah.

We don't need to find out.

We do.

You know what you know,
and you're sure of it.

But I'm not.

Maggie: Me neither.

♪

Your way's dangerous.
Mine isn't.

Passing up someplace
where we can live?

Where Judith can live?

That's pretty dangerous.

♪

We need to find
out what this is.

♪

I'd call dibs on that one.

It's got more... curb appeal.

♪

Lincoln: Because this
hasn't changed that much

I feel this is like

more shocking to my
system, seeing this now.

I mean, we've shot every
single part of this place.

So, what did you feel
like when you came here?

Were you just relieved
to get a hot shower?

Gurira: It was about
the idea of moving

into something structured and
real that was safe and good

and the belief that
that had still exist,

that Michonne was holding on to.

And she was the one who
said, "Let's go towards D.C."

She was the one who said,

"We've got to give Aaron
a chance." Yeah, yeah.

And she's the one who
persuaded you to come here

and you didn't know whether
or not you were gonna

be able to do it, and we
have that conversation

that was about what you
would hear when we got there.

And when we got to the doors,
we hear children laughing.

[Children shouting
indistinctly in distance]

♪

I loved coming here
because it was... it was

it was about coming together

in a place that was,
yes, clean and beautiful

and we could not shoot on
the side of a ditch road.

I hated it,
actually. I really...

I know, that's perfect
for our characters.

I hated it 'cause
it was, like, clean.

I didn't feel real.

It just didn't
feel like the show,

and I was really uncomfortable.

And also then I had
to shave my beard off

and I was furious about that.

Which we all thought was great.

Yeah, it was... well,
I'm glad you did.

He had this wretchedly
massive beard.

It was like you could
not see his face at all.

But I thought I was
really rocking it,

and then my son, who
likes to humiliate me,

showed me a photo of the
beard, and I was like,

"Oh, man, that was like
about four months too big.

"Why didn't anybody tell me?"
It was a lot. It was a lot.

It was a bad look. And
then it was like...

It was a real shock, like,

'cause all the men on
set, in solidarity,

shaved their beards
when he shaved his.

It was a really shocking
day to come to work.

And all the girls were like,
"Did you see Andy?! Oh, my God!"

So he was a little hottie
on set for a few days.

And then it was like,
"Eh, it's just Andy."

We did double
takes. It was weird.

Like, "Oh, my God.
That was under there?"

And then we had to
wear that uniform,

which made me feel
a bit weird as well.

What was your reaction to
Deanna appointing us constables?

Well, I mean, the
good thing about it

was that it allowed
us to have authority.

There was a nervousness about,
are they gonna try to eat us

like Terminus did
or try to kill us?

Like, what is about
to happen here?

And so I think the
cool thing was the idea

that she was entrusting us.

It was really her
reaching out and saying,

"I entrust you with the
authority over this place."

I'd like you to
be our constable.

♪

That's what you were.

That's what you are.

♪

And you too.

♪

I sort of took the law into my
own hands a little bit. Exactly.

He became the biggest outlaw
in the whole doggone place.

He was a dick.

He was, but, I mean,
I rewatched that

and I was like, "Oh, my God."

That was really some crazy
vigilante stuff you went after,

and it was really just because
you had a crush on his wife.

A little bit. Would you care if you
didn't have a crush on his wife?

Yes, I was... I was entrusted
as being a constable.

I was making... I was keeping the peace. That's
not how a constable functions. Give me a break.

I was keeping the peace by breaking a few...
I kept the peace, and I knocked your ass out.

That was keeping the peace.

But it made for great drama.

If you don't fight, you die.

I'm not gonna stand by...

[Grunts]

Was it a conscious decision
to actually hit me?

Uh, it was a conscious
decision to make it work

and trust that you could
take it, whatever it took.

Wow.

But no, I did not consciously
want to actually make contact.

Okay. It just... Andy, come on.

I probably deserved
it. I had it coming.

Probably. But it was
just a little clip.

It was a tap. Yeah.

And I think it helped you...

Hit the deck...
Enact your action.

Yeah, true. Yeah. Which
you did pretty well.

Thank you.

Yeah, you looked
pretty messed up.

I loved how it came
out, quite honestly.

I thought it looked great.

Ha ha ha ha!

The punch did lead to
a very tender moment

between Rick and Michonne,

which I think was definitely
a hint at what was to come,

which was the scene where
he's sort of admitting

that he lied to her...

Yeah... And was scared
to tell the truth,

'cause she could talk
him out of things,

and hands her his gun. Yeah.

And her response is to trust him

and to make him keep his gun...

Yeah... and to trust him
to make the right move

and to let him know that
she's still with him

even if things
don't work out here.

I think that was a
very telling moment

between them as future partners.

Yeah.

♪

♪

This is exactly
where it happened.

Mm-hmm.

When did Scott
actually... Scott Gimple

when did he tell you?

He told me at the beginning
of the season. Ah.

He told me in a way
that was very like

he was almost too afraid to
mention it in full sentences.

But he basically told me.

You know, we had
had conversations

about why I was grouped
with you so much.

And one of the writers said
to me one time, they're like,

"Well, we just keep writing
to Rick and Michonne

because those scenes
just work so well.

We just keep writing them."

And so he'd been talking
about things like that to me,

and then he just said, "That
thing that keeps happening

over this year, it'll..."

And he couldn't bring his

he couldn't bring the
words out of his mouth.

Like he was scared.
That's so Gimple.

Like the walls were
listening, you know?

And I was like, "You mean Rick
and Michonne get together?"

He's like, "Well, we don't want
to say out loud! But yeah."

So he... he had always... but
it really did freak me out

to see it on the page.

Oh, God, yeah. I
was freaked out.

I was like, "Holy shit."

But then it made absolute sense
as soon as we did the scene.

Yeah, I will give Rick this...

It looked like he
was making the move

and she was responding in
shock to the realisation

that this is exactly
what she's wanted,

but not dared to truly
bring to full consciousness.

And now it was just dead clear.

Well, and I think it was
also, for the group dynamic,

it was already established
that there was a sort of

father and mother of
the rest of the group.

Certainly the biggest baby
in the group, Daryl Dixon,

you know, felt that
much earlier on.

[Laughs] He had very mixed
feelings about our coupling.

He was so... oh, my
God, he still does.

He was like, "I'm mad.
Don't touch me. I'm mad."

Yeah. I was like, "What
are you mad about?"

He's like, "Michonne's supposed
to be with Daryl." Yeah.

But then at the same
time, he was like,

"Rick's supposed
to be with Daryl."

Yeah. So he was just in
a bit of a conundrum.

Yeah, he just didn't
know where to turn.

He was very confused. [Laughs]

It was a very difficult
season for Normski, bless him.

Bless him.

♪

Son...

What?

[Whistling]

♪

[Whistling continues]

♪

Go! Go!

[Whistling continues]

♪

♪

Lincoln: So, Danai, this spot in
particular, does it haunt you?

Yeah, this was the
Negan lineup place

where it felt like we
spent about 200 days

shooting on our knees.

It was... It was awful.

And it was... like, the
saddest part was to see,

like, how defenceless we were.

Like, we had no way
out of that situation.

Eeny...

♪

Meeny

miny

moe.

And we lost two spectacularly
brilliant actors.

Yeah. Yeah.

It was just here, wasn't
it? I mean, it was...

And they had that horrible
whistle, didn't they?

With that...

That [Whistles]

Yeah. That.

And he was such a
saunterer, you know?

Mr. JDM. [Laughs]

We had to just spent hours
and hours just watching him

just masquerade, you know? Yeah.

Well, bless him.

I mean, he did have to
come and... Oh, no, no, no.

He was brilliant, I mean.

And do 14 pages of dialogue.

I know, taking that role,
like, just dropping in

and just blanching us,
that's no small task.

It took a titan like JDM to do what
he did. Yeah, he was brilliant.

It was, I mean, from an
audience perspective,

he was extremely entertaining

but utterly
horrifying, diabolical.

I still think that that...
the reconciliation was,

you know, so difficult with
with the Saviours, wasn't it?

It was such a... an amazing
sort of ambitious idea

for the writers to try
and rehabilitate him.

Yeah. And they did it.

They kind of did it. Yeah.

I mean, I think by the
time I leave the show,

he's still locked up in a cage.

Yeah. Good.

Oh, but also, you
know, losing Steven,

I fought so hard to try
and save Stephen. Did you?

Yeah, because, you know,

he was such a great friend
and he'd been there.

He was a pillar of the show.

Yeah. Big-time, big-time.

But the death dinner
was a tradition

that kind of kicked
in very early.

I think it was Sarah Wayne
Callies that just went,

"Well, let's do a death dinner."

Great. It was a great idea.

And what it did is that
it made sort of more sense

for the person leaving,
hopefully, but also helped

everybody recover from
the change in the dynamic.

Yeah. You know, which I
thought was really inspired.

And everyone could express
love to the person.

Yeah, it was great.
It was just...

Yeah, it was. It was like having
your funeral and being alive.

Yeah.

With Steven's, I had this idea.

I was like, Steven was
such, like, a performer.

He could dance, he could
sing like none of us could.

And he would just be
always just singing

like a lot of Justin Timberlake

and like, you know,
the boy-band stuff.

So we did "I Want It
That Way" as a lip sync.

We were all in white pants, and
we were all being like the guy.

Oh, I do you remember
that? Yeah, yeah.

And then Cudlitz as well.
Lovely Michael Cudlitz.

Yes, who then came and directed
and directed some... Brilliant.

Astounding moments I've been
able to do with him as an actor.

I know there's a moment
in there you don't like

and I won't talk
about it, but...

Yeah, let's talk
about it. Why...

'Cause why would you just bring
it up and then just move on?

It was just a moment
where Ezekiel was about to

possibly take his own life,
and Michonne stops him,

and in his gratitude...
With your lips.

No. No. You stopped
him with your lips.

In his gratitude,
he then... we hug.

And then, surprisingly to
Michonne, he does kiss her.

Oh, he kisses her. Yeah,
of course he kisses her!

She didn't kiss him.
Was it reciprocated?

How long was it? No, not really.

♪

It couldn't have been
more than three...

Okay, that's reciprocated.
Two, three seconds.

Anything past a second...
That is not reciprocated.

How? How is that reciprocation?
...Is reciprocated.

She pulls back like this. If
someone kisses, you move away.

But you're never gonna watch
it, so this isn't a problem.

That's not even a second.
It's like half a second.

It's weird. It's
weird. Oh, my God.

And then she proceeds to only
talk about Rick, like, so...

That's even weirder.

You might not know about this,
but in my final episode, I

it was like a
"Sliding Doors" thing.

You kiss someone else?

I didn't kiss
anybody. Okay, good.

Well, I mean, if we're gonna
do it, let's do it now.

No, no. While we're recapping.

Nobody... [Exhales sharply]

It was just a moment
where... you're so silly.

You kind of go through
a journey with her

of how it could have gone if
she hadn't made the choice,

through her humanity,
to save her.

And so you see this
really gruesome sequence

where she just leaves
Andrea to get killed. Wow.

So that's like her other reality

and she becomes a Saviour.

What?

So this is all a "Sliding Door"

sort of thing that's
going on in her mind.

She's hallucinating because
she's been made high

by some tea that
causes hallucinations.

Long story. It's how she finds
your boots, though. Long story.

So then she's walking down the
line, and it's really freaky.

I have an incident with you guys
where I'm the person saying,

"Help me," and then you guys
drive past me in the car

when I have the orange
backpack from episode 12...

Oh, wow, wild...
But I'm that person.

How wild. So then I
have beef with you guys.

Something else happens
and I... oh, yeah,

you go and shoot all the
people in the thing that we do.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And so I have
personal beef with you guys

'cause I'm in one of the beds

and I shoot a couple
people and get away.

This is... who wrote this?

It's crazy. This
is a great episode.

He comes down the line... I kind
of wish I watched the show now.

I kind of wish you
did too sometimes.

It sounds like a
really good episode.

He comes down the line,
he sees everybody.

Then he says, "Now
I'm gonna let my girl

who's been doing such great
work make her decision."

Oh, and you kill the
person in the lineup?

Yeah, but it ends up
being I kill myself.

What happens next...

♪

It's your fault.

♪

Welcome to the new world.

Hagh! [Thuds]

♪

I wonder how many scenes
we've done on this porch.

You know what I mean?
It's so bizarre. Mm-hmm.

This isn't the right porch,
but it's just brought to mind,

you know, Scott Wilson
and his porch scene,

which is after Carl's been
shot and we go to the farm.

And I just want to shout out
Scott Wilson just because...

Yes, the great Scott Wilson.

Just because it was
such a privilege.

He was just one of those
extraordinary mentors,

wasn't he, that we all loved.

Your exit from the show...

Yeah.

I thought they did
such a beautiful job.

Particularly, I loved
our scene on the bridge.

You're my family.

♪

I found you.

You did.

Lincoln: We were able to
say so much in that episode

because of bringing
extraordinary actors back,

like Jon Bernthal
and... and Scott.

And I think that that was
the brilliance of the writing

was really, really
proper genre writing

that you could sort of
break apart the form

and try different things
and fail sometimes,

but sometimes it works.

I thought they did a
magnificent job with that exit.

I found them.

♪

♪

♪

[Helicopter blades whirring]

♪

♪

I have a B.

Not an A. I never had an A.

He's hurt, but he's
strong. Can you help him?

I'm trying to save a friend.

A friend who saved me.

I have something for you now.

We have a deal?

♪

You're still here.

You're gonna be okay.

They're gonna save you.

It was hard leaving the
show. It was really hard.

I knew what I was doing.

I knew what I was... the
hole that I was leaving.

And there was that
draw of wanting to stay

and be with my family here,
but knowing that my real family

was needing me back
home, you know?

And it... And it was... and,
you know, the truth was,

I could have gone a year
earlier, and I wasn't ready to.

I remember we were at Comic-Con
and I went, "I can't do it."

And I said... I saw everybody,
and I was just like,

"I'm gonna have to
stay a bit longer.

I said to Scott, I said, "Scott,
I don't think I can do it yet.

I haven't made peace with it."

You know, it was a big deal.

This is gonna
sound wrong, but...

You preferred your experience
after I'd left the show. No.

No, I don't mean it like
that. I don't, I swear.

I don't. "But..."

But there was an interesting...
There was a "but" coming.

There was a navigation she
had to make. You can't...

Okay, that's it. You
have to go your...

It was like we had to
jump six years forward.

And then she has a son now.

She has a five-year-old
that looks just like him.

And then she has this very
precocious 12-year-old daughter

who walks around with her
little katana on her back.

It was just so riveting and
amazing to work with her.

Incredible. It was just
new beginnings so quick.

It was super smart.

This little katana on her
back, which I just loved.

Yeah. I already mentioned it.

I loved that little
thing on her back.

Now she's kind of
outgrown it, hasn't she?

Did you steal that as well?

Who exactly is supposed to
have that katana except me?

Who, Andy? Who?

Was it difficult for you?

Because you went
the following year.

Well, when you said
you were leaving,

I think I knew it was
my time as well coming.

And I didn't know
exactly how or when,

but I knew I had to
start thinking like that.

And when you left, you
said, "Now go lead."

And I was like,
"What?" Oh, yeah.

I was like, "That's
scary." Yeah.

And I was like, "How?"

And you were like, "Just do
what you... Do you. Be you."

And I was like, "What
the F does that mean?"

And I was like... you walked
away like fucking Yoda.

And I'm just left
like... "What?"

I think I might have meant
that for Norman, that...

No, you didn't. [Laughs]

No, I'm joking.

Though, yeah, I
mean, I was surprised

that you said it
to me, but you did.

You... You asked me the
question, you know, earlier...

What has it been like
to return to him?

And I said, well, it's...
it's so easy and so effortless

but also deeply important
to do it as well.

And I'm thankful for you because
you were the one that said,

"We have to. We should.

You know, there's
a story to be told

and we need to
finish this thing."

And... And I thank you for that.

And, you know, it's been
such a special experience.

You can't... no matter
how many of these we do

and how much information we give
you on film or... or in books

or whatever, or at Comic-Cons,
you know, we lived it.

It's like, I was thinking as
I was driving here, going,

I used to drive back
listening to Johnny Cash

when we'd done a
day that was great,

like when you knocked me out

and we had one of
those big days,

and there was nothing
better than seeing

a sort of Georgia sunset,

listening to a bit of
Johnny Cash and going,

"We had a good day
at the office."

And only we sort of shared that.

And it was... and it's
a very, very special,

you know, thing that
we'll always have.

Yeah.

♪

Hey, Rick.

Come here.

Look at this.

♪

[Bird chirping]

This place.

[Sighs]

It's beautiful.

Man on P.A.: Consignee
Grimes, you've been located

and are instructed to surrender.

Remain in place
with your hands up.

[Hooves clopping]

♪

[Helicopter blades whirring]

[Rick grunts]

Come on, Rick.

It's like he told you.

There's no escape
from the living.

Michonne: Remember what I said.

It's what he said.
Hold it to your heart.

It's true.

Forever.

♪

We are the ones who live.

♪

Rick: We're the ones who live.

♪

What was it like, Danai, to
reprise the role of Michonne

in the six-part
miniseries for AMC?

It was incredible. I
mean, it was very intense.

I mean, we started off,
it was the three of us,

you know, creating this thing,

and we got a lot done in
a short amount of time

in terms of figuring out
what this was supposed to be.

It was an epic love story

is kind of the heart
of it, wasn't it?

These two incredibly
similar types of people

that love one another
have disappeared

from the mother ship,
and we just wanted

to sort of fill in the
blanks, really, didn't we?

Well, yeah, it was it
was definitely a story

that needed to be completed.

And I do think that these
characters are so beloved,

you know, by us as well.

You know, we were... so to be
part of that creative process

and to have a bit more input
from the sort of the genesis

was really exciting
because, you know,

and I think a lot of it was,
"What would I want to see?"

Mm-hmm. You know,
you wrote an episode

and starred in it and
produced an episode

as you were filming... Yeah.

As well, and I was so impressed.

I was so kind of
shocked at your capacity

to be able to wear all of
these hats at the same time.

I don't think I would
be able to do that,

you know what I mean?

Were you able to kind
of navigate that?

Yeah, I mean, it
was... it was intense.

It was intense, but
it was just like

once I'd started to write it

and I was getting more and more
invested in getting it as rich

as it needed to be for the
characters and for the journey,

there was just no
letting go of it.

It was like, it's your kid.
Now it's just your kid.

You just take care of your kid.

But anyway, the long
and short of it was

it was extremely intense
and extremely hard

and also extremely
rewarding. Yeah.

Everybody was just incredible
with enacting the vision I had.

As were you. As were you, Andy.

Bless you. No, but we were...

Sometimes I was a little...
bossy. No, no, but...

You... no. "Bossy" is
not the right word.

Is it not the right word? No.

Good! What was it?
I think "specific."

Okay! I love that word! Yay.

But I think.

The fact that we're trying
to explore a new world,

we're sort of world-building.

We're not "sort of."
We are world building.

And what I've always
loved in the show

is when we meet
people or strangers

and you hear their story.

So what I want to hear
is the bigger story

of what's been happening in the

you know, in America,
in the continent,

while we've been scrabbling
around in the dirt.

But also, for me, it was always
about the reason that we do this

is to get these two lovers
together, to tell a love story.

Because after all, when
you're on your deathbed,

what else is worth
talking about?

You know what I
mean? Right, right.

It's love, man. Right.

And I think that the
story began with a man

looking for his family,

and it finishes, potentially,
with these two lovers,

hopefully finding one another
and completing the circle.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

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