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For ten years, the ride to set has been my ritual.

It's how I clear my mind.

To where I leave my reality behind, and I ride into Daryl's.

Only this time, I'm bringing my Dixon family with me.

My brother. Yeah.

Dixon Brothers ride again.

Right on, baby. Right on, right on.

Alright, hit it!

Here we go!

Yeah, baby.

That was crazy!

I know

What you're trying to do

And I know

A decade can seem like a lifetime,

and at the same time, happen in the blink of an eye.

So it's a bit surreal to be returning to Senoia

to start another season of "The Walking Dead."

Before 2010, I didn't spend much time in the South,

but shooting eight months a year

in the same town with the same crew,

you can't help but fall in love with the place.

Why you gotta put me down?

You are not using your head

For me, the road back to Georgia has always been a solo journey,

but this ride calls for different plans.

So I'm in Alabama to pick up one hell of a local boy

for a reunion that's way past due.

- Buddy. - What's up?

Ugh.

Look at you. Hi, brother.

Look at this.

For decades, Michael Rooker has had an uncanny ability

to turn the most badass characters into iconic

fan favorites, from ruthless space pirates

to real-life serial killers, to the most terrifying

and savage role of all... My big brother.

You want something to drink? I'd love a coffee. That'd be awesome.

Oh, let's get it. Let's get it.

You got coffee? We got coffee.

I'll have coffee. What's a doebelly?

It's a breakfast sandwich on a large bun with ham,

bacon, eggs, tomato, and mayonnaise.

Can I, like, order a doebelly?

Yeah. I think I want a doebelly, too.

Thank you. There you go. You're welcome.

All right.

This looks good. Mm!

What, is it super heavy? Are we just gonna... Dude.

Are we gonna be taking a nap right here after this?

I'm telling you, I'm not...

I'm kind of scared of the doebelly, to be honest.

Mm.

How is it?

It's really good. I won't lie.

It's good to see you, man. Thank you for doing this.

Yeah, absolutely. What have you been up to?

Working, working, yeah, working, dude.

What do you get recognized most for?

Yondu, Merle, " Portrait of a Serial Killer," like, what?

They love Yondu.

Yondu is a very cool guy, very badass guy.

Yeah. I mean, you're always a badass.

Have you ever not played a badass in anything?

I don't play badass when I'm hanging

and dealing with my grandkids.

How are the grandkids? That's the only time.

How is the grandkids?

They're... they're beautiful. They're beautiful.

I got a 6-month-old right now. Dude.

She's got a tooth coming right in the middle of her mouth,

and she's just, like...

Yeah, it's great.

She looks just like you, right?

Just like me, yeah. Rrr!

Like the Popeye version of me.

You know, I start "Walking Dead"

in six days... six days, seven days, something like that,

so this is a ride back to work, you know what I mean?

Which is pretty dope that I'm doing it with you.

Oh, dude, are you kidding me? Yeah, yeah.

Absolutely. Yeah.

The brothers together again. Yeah.

How long is that show gonna last, man, do you think?

"Walking Dead," man, I don't know.

I never thought it would go past the pilot.

As soon as they started eating the guts

out of the poor horse... Right, right, right.

I was, like, ehh, that's it for me.

Yeah. I'm done.

I can't take the horse.

Where are we going today? What are we doing?

We're gonna go visit my hometown, Jasper, man.

Oh, cool. Is that where you grew up, Jasper?

It's where I grew up, yeah. Nice.

What does that small town think of the fact

that you're like a movie star now?

I imagine, like, all the little kids in Jasper

on Halloween are... Who is he?

On Halloween, they're either Yondu, or they're Merle.

Merle, walking around with knife hands?

Of course. Yeah, baby.

Of course they are. Of course they are.

All right, cool. Should we get out of here?

I'm excited to hit the road. Yeah, come on. Let's do it, man.

This was awesome.

This is great. Dixon Brothers on the freeway.

Yeah, baby.

I've worked alongside so many great people

on "The Walking Dead,"

but there's a unique bond between the original cast.

For us, it was a weird little zombie show no one else

believed in, and our lives, they all changed together.

So it's pretty cool to be bringing

Rooker back to where it all began.

Smile. Yeah.

After exploring Rooker's hometown of Jasper,

we'll head east into historic Birmingham.

Picking up my friend Brent Hinds,

we'll follow I-20 across state lines,

visiting a couple of Atlanta landmarks

before reaching Senoia, home base of "The Walking Dead."

A three-day, 200-mile ride.

I grew up in West Jasper.

West Jasper, yeah. Yeah, yeah.

What'd your parents do?

My mom was a housekeeper, mother, you know.

Raised a bunch of younguns.

A little Rooker must have been a full-time job.

Dealing with me is a full-time job.

That's what I'm talking about.

This whole little area here is where I grew up.

Long ago, I was a fool, yeah ♪

Your time almost wasted

This was my grade school. Oh, wow.

What were you like in school?

I flunked first grade.

How do you flunk first grade?

All you do is listen to stories and eat crackers.

I'm back Better than ever

Oh, I'm back

Better than ever

When you're a kid playing stuntman and stuff,

did you ever think you're gonna grow up and be a movie star?

God, no. Not even an inkling.

Now you're being filmed motorcycling

through your neighborhood.

It all comes full circle, huh?

Yeah, right? Yeah.

This is a street my cousins and my aunts lived on.

This here used to be my grandma's house right here.

- No way. - Yep.

That's my cousin right there, the lady cleaning the grass.

No, are you serious? That's your cousin?

- Yeah, yeah. - Should we stop back and say hi?

Yeah, let's go back and say hi.

She has no idea that we're here.

What a perfect coincidence.

There she is, right there.

What's up, girl?

What you doing?

Can I say hi?

Give me a hug, woman.

Oh, God, I'm so happy you don't like being on camera.

Okay, let's do it.

Hi, Greg. How you doing, man?

Hi, man, I'm Norman. Nice to meet you.

How you doing, Greg? I'm Michael.

Oh, okay.

This is what... What'd they call you?

Merle, my name is Merle. Merle...

That was...

"You still in that 'Walking Dead' mess?"

Yeah, that mess.

I was flipping the TV last night.

- Uh-huh. - That was "Galaxy."

"Guardians of the Galaxy." "Guardians of the Galaxy."

You saw me on TV? Yeah, I flipped it to...

I watched the last 30 minutes.

I seen you kill all them guys with that arrow.

That was the best part. I know it.

Where we going? Where we going?

Listen, you going in my house.

- Okay. - She's kidnapped him.

- She's taking me away. - Good luck!

People down here are a little bit camera shy, y'all.

That's my cousin, Georgie.

She don't like cameras.

Michael! Get in here. These dolls are awesome!

Aah!

You know all the dolls' names?

You don't really know their real names?

Well, that's not fair.

- What's this one's name? - Suzy Q.

- That's Suzy Q? - Suzy Q.

Is this Julie?

Is she in trouble?

Is she... Why is she in trouble?

Why don't you have any boy dolls?

I got boy dolls, look.

Show me a boy doll. Right here, baby.

Say hi to everybody, Peter.

"Hey, how y'all doing?"

Hey.

You promised you'd make me butter beans

and cornbread, woman!

She didn't make any food.

Norman, she didn't make any butter beans.

What? Because you didn't let me know.

I want you to look at all these messages

I sent him, and he didn't respond.

I see butter beans and cornbread.

He didn't respond. Oh, you've proved it.

There's a whole bunch of messages to you, and...

I don't respond to messages.

Well, you would have got some butter beans

and cornbread if you had.

Geez, she didn't make us butter beans and cornbread.

She should have known I would like butter beans and cornbread.

Take a picture with us 'cause we're gonna...

We can't stay here all day.

Come here. We're busy people, woman.

Here, let me get this.

You ready? I'm dirty.

You are dirty. You're a filthy girl.

I'm messy. You're a messy girl.

You're a mean, messy, filthy girl.

Oh.

I can be.

- Bye, baby! - Bye, dolls!

Bye, little dollies!

- Bye! Thanks for having us! - Bye, Georgie!

- Bye-bye! - She's great.

It's hard to say exactly what makes Rooker, well, Rooker.

She's, like, calling all her friends the whole time. I know.

But after meeting Georgie and her dolls,

I can see that whatever it is,

it definitely runs in the family.

All right, brother. I'm following you.

Bye. Butter beans and cornbread next time!

Butter beans and cornbread next time, woman!

Shut up!

- Yeah! - That is awesome!

You've never done this before? Never, ever?

I think maybe once when I was, like, 12.

Someone help. Help.

When you work on "The Walking Dead,"

we are a family,

and we all leave a little piece of ourselves.

Oh, my God!

I still get asked about the scene where I find you.

Yeah. Yeah. And I start crying, and I start stabbing you,

more than any scene on "The Walking Dead"

still to this day. I bet.

I was listening to Willie Nelson right before that scene

because it reminded me of my dad.

That is a beautiful scene, man.

Leaving Jasper, Rooker and I are riding 40 miles east

to the city of Birmingham.

Birmingham has everything you would want.

They do a lot of good stuff down here. Yeah.

You travel to Alabama, you want to hit Birmingham.

It has everything about, like, the traditions of Alabama,

the history of Alabama.

Birmingham is full of color, full of love.

It's full of opportunity.

It's full of people that are working together

to make a better city for those who come behind us,

just like those who fought for where we are now.

Look in any history book,

and you'll see Birmingham has a complicated past,

but today, there's new energy running through the city.

We've been invited to meet with a motorcycle club

who have strong ties to its streets to find out why.

What's up, fellas? How's it going?

- Hey, guys, how's it going? - Hey.

- Smoke. Welcome to Birmingham. - Oh, thank you. I'm Norman.

- All right. All right. - Hi. Dimples.

Nice to meet you.

- Hey. Ice Cube? - Nice to meet you, man.

Yeah, a pleasure.

These are all you guys's bikes.

- They're beautiful. - Oh, man, are they ever.

How long have you guys been here?

Tell me the history of this place.

The organization was formed back in '96.

We're one of the largest black motorcycle clubs in the world,

over 115 chapters worldwide. Right on.

We've been in Birmingham

just doing our thing, community service,

and doing good in the 'hood, as they say.

Did you guys all know each other before this,

or just through buddies, I guess? a lot of us did.

To be a part of the organization,

you have to be either retired or active duty military,

law enforcement, or business professional.

So, we were all pretty much in the same community.

Oh, wow. Can we see inside?

- Yes, sir. - Yeah, show us.

What's up, man? Hi.

- Hey, man, I'm Randall. - I'm Norman. Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you. Pleasure. - How's it going?

- It's going great. - Welcome to Birmingham.

- You were born and raised here? - Born and raised.

I've been in public service for quite some time

and stumbled upon being the mayor the last 17 months.

Oh, that's awesome.

I knew probably since my junior year of college

I wanted to become the mayor of my hometown.

Serious? Yeah, that's about 20-plus years.

Wow, that's amazing. That's super cool, super cool.

When you think about Birmingham,

I think everybody knows its history.

But if you fast-forward to 2019,

we've had a spike in violence in this city,

like a lot of urban cities across America.

And I think part of what we've done is engage various groups,

and Buffalo's one of them.

These are folk who have lived the streets,

been in the streets, understand the streets.

- Actually I have a question. - Yeah?

When you come into a city,

and you've had a chance to interact with

various motorcycle clubs and organizations,

is there a theme you see throughout,

is there something consistent?

Put it this way, if my bike breaks down

on the side of the road, it'll be another person

on a motorcycle that'll stop to help me.

There's a freedom, but there's also a brotherhood of,

"I got your back, you got my back."

The South has a very, like, family-oriented mentality,

you know what I mean? Are you coming with us?

Are you riding? I wish I could, brother.

I gotta get back to work.

Honor to meet you, man. Pleasure is mine.

Pleasure is mine, man. Yeah, absolutely.

Honor to meet you, too. Pleasure, brother.

Y'all take care. Pleasure.

- Are you taking us out? - Yes, sir.

- It's a good day for a ride. - Yes, it is.

It's cool you guys are working with the mayor,

making a difference that way. It's really cool.

It has been a very great venture thus far.

Dimples, if you make a hard right or hard left,

does that go up on two wheels?

I'm not gonna try to find out.

If you'll look off to your right,

that tall statue standing way over there?

- Yeah. - Uh-huh.

He's called the Vulcan. We call him the Iron Man.

He symbolizes the iron ore that was manufactured here

In Birmingham during the founding of the city.

Ah, the original Iron Man.

Coming up on the right, guys,

is the 16th Street Baptist Church.

It is where the bombing took place in 1963

that killed the four young black girls.

Oh, wow.

The 16th Street Baptist Church is a place of worship.

It was bombed in the '60s, and four little girls

were killed, several people were injured.

It was a tragic situation that happened,

and it pretty helped fuel the Civil Rights movement.

We can look back at the things that happened in Birmingham,

and we can think of ways to make our communities,

make our cities, make our states a lot better.

But no matter how far we've come,

justice and equality should never be taken for granted.

So it's my hope people across Alabama, Georgia,

and throughout the nation

continue to resist discrimination on any front

and stand up for their fellow men and women.

Pleasure, brother. Thank you, sir. Thank you.

Yeah, man. Y'all ride safe. Next time.

Yeah, be well, guys.

All right. Smoky, have a good one.

All right.

- Cool guys. - Hell, yeah.

Before Rooker and I set off towards Georgia

to reunite with our "Walking Dead" family,

we're gonna meet up with a local biker

to see another essential part of Birmingham's history.

This is Chopper central over here.

That's too many choppers. What's up, buddy?

- Hey, how are you? - I'm good, man.

Norman. Nice to meet you. Jeremiah, nice to meet you.

Pleasure, man. This is the Dojo.

It's kind of like a community hangout

where we all just build bikes and party.

How long have you been here? Two years.

My girlfriend and I traveled the country

in a little camper trailer for two years,

and we didn't know where we were gonna live,

and then these guys are the reasons

That I moved to Birmingham from Chicago.

How cool is that? Yeah.

- This is Nick. - What's up?

- What's up, man? Norman. Hi. - Nick. Nice to meet you.

How you doing, man? Michael.

Michael, Nick. Good to meet you.

- And then John. - Hey, bro.

I'm Norman. How are you? Why the Haints?

What does that even mean, the Haint?

It's a Southern word for ghost.

Oh, I never heard that before.

It's 'cause a chopper in Alabama was kind of like seeing a ghost.

Oh, wow. Yeah.

I gotta say, these are the first choppers I've seen here.

They must all be here. Pretty much.

It takes a weird dedication to ride these type of bikes. Yeah.

Do you know what I mean? 'Cause it's a lot of maintenance,

it's a lot of patience on your part to make 'em run.

The last time I rode something like this was

my Stingray bicycle.

It was all chopped out.

All my friends thought, man, we are the coolest.

We are the coolest.

It was a pleasure to meet you, man. Yeah, dude.

We're off with Jeremiah to explore a colossal relic

from Birmingham's industrial past.

That place is crazy-looking.

Let's blow up.

That's probably about 2,300 degrees.

What is this place? It's a haunted chicken factory.

What? What the hell?

- Where we going? - Sloss Furnace.

From every area of the city,

this rusty metal monster has loomed over us,

And Jeremiah's gonna get us in for a closer look.

The industry down here, there's a lot of steel and iron,

a lot of metal.

Birmingham is called The Magic City

because it grew so quick

because of those resources that were there.

It's like it popped up overnight.

This place is awesome.

Lots and lots of history here.

How you guys doing? How are you, my friend?

- I'm Norman. Nice to meet you. - Marshall Christie.

Michael Rooker, good to meet you.

Good to see you, man. How are you?

- Great, great. - What's going on?

Melting some metal.

So, what is this place?

Sloss Furnace is... It's kind of the reason

that Birmingham is here as a city.

Birmingham is one of the few places in the world

where all three natural materials exist to create iron.

So you've got iron ore, coal, and limestone all in the ground

right here around Birmingham.

Once that was discovered,

that's where the Magic City happened.

Sloss Furnace itself was founded in 1882,

and it ran all the way to about 1971.

The city of Birmingham thought they might just tear it down,

and the citizens of Birmingham

were, like, it was important to us.

We want to save it.

So they've reopened as a museum to industry.

And then the artists took over? And then the artists took over.

It's very like a Warhol factory in metal.

- Right. - You know what I mean?

It really is. Yeah.

Let's suit you guys in some gear, what do you think?

- Let's do it! - All right, cool.

You got your shorts on backwards there, brother.

I got them on backwards. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Does that happen often? Oh, yeah. Oh, totally, yeah.

You look kind of sexy in this outfit, I gotta tell you.

- That's you, man. - Is this working?

- Yeah, it's working. - It's working, right?

Let's blow up.

We're gonna have y'all take this first ladle.

So I'm gonna swing around over here, right? Right over here.

Norman, you're gonna come up against the furnace,

and you're gonna rotate it all the way over,

and you're gonna catch it just like that.

That's...

And then we're gonna take you over here to pour the mold.

Okay. Okay. Now just straight back.

We're at a nice, slow, comfortable pace.

No rushing around. Got good, hot metal.

You can kind of see that metal moving around on top there.

Yeah. That's probably about 2,300 degrees.

And then you're gonna straddle those other molds.

Once you get that stream established

in the cup, fill it up. Ready?

Yep. Good, perfect. One more.

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go.

Up, perfect.

That was the best rookie experience

I've ever seen in my life.

Best first pour ever.

It's got a very H.R. Giger feel, right? Yeah. Yeah.

There's some spookiness for sure in here.

I'm waiting for Sigourney Weaver to jump out.

Exactly. Chase a little orange cat somewhere.

Yep.

All right, watch your step going down here.

This is definitely your horror movie scene

waiting to happen. This is crazy.

We should shoot "Walking Dead" here.

- Gracie Walker came here. - Oh, really?

When they were looking for ideas for Negan's place.

Dude, that guy's a genius.

When he made Negan's place, he did all this to the walls.

Yeah. You know where he got those ideas?

- Right here. - Right here.

Is this water drinkable?

Uh...

- Go ahead and try. - I wouldn't drink it.

I mean, pretty much everything... I'll give you 10 bucks.

On this site is iron.

I mean, if you were iron deficient.

If you're iron deficient, it'd be great.

You'll definitely be deficient after you drink it.

All right, y'all ready to see the fruits of your labor?

- Yeah, yeah. - Okay.

So this is y'all's Christmas morning up at Sloss.

Whew.

As you can see, we took these molds from gloves.

Look at that, baby.

Shut up. Snap.

Aw, dude, that is awesome.

Y'all ready to catch some on fire?

Hell, yeah. Yeah, let's do this.

So this is a trebuchet.

Medieval improvement on the catapult.

A catapult is a single arm that threw a projectile.

This one throws with a whip

and a basket. Love it.

And it's always better when it's on fire, right?

Of course. Of course it is. Yeah, yeah.

Please. Yes.

We'll get it loaded up here.

We call it the one-day trebuchet.

'Cause they made it in one day for a performance.

- I love it. - All right, y'all ready?

Yep.

All right, Bones, light it up.

Whenever you're ready, brother. Give me a countdown.

3, 2, 1!

- Go! - Ohh!

- Shut up! - Oh, yeah.

- Ohh! - Shut up!

Yeah!

Yes! That is... That is awesome!

Yeah. I want one. Can you build me one?

I wanna do one! In one day.

And that's a crossbow. Yeah, man.

That's great. Great first shot.

This is great. Let's throw another.

- Let's do it. Rooker. - Let's do it.

Wow, that's neat.

Gee! Oh, yeah!

Nice, nice, nice.

Unreal.

Art has the unique ability to bring people together.

It can turn an old industrial site

into a haven for creativity.

A place to make friends and set some stuff on fire.

This makes me, like... I might cry right now.

I might cry.

Step off to the side

'Cause I'm coming like a bullet ♪

Feels good to be out, right?

Yeah.

Dude, we shot fireballs through the air last night.

Oh, my goodness.

This morning, we depart Birmingham,

150 miles down I-20 until we reach Atlanta,

the last stop before our "Walking Dead" reunion

in Senoia.

Oh, didn't your mama tell you not to play ♪

With a ticking bomb

Yeah, baby, look at that.

All those little outhouses make me wanna go.

But before we cross into Georgia,

we're meeting up with musician and Alabama native Brent Hinds

to check out a real-life poultry-geist.

Yeah, I know. I went there.

Just ahead on the right, haunted chicken house.

Just ahead!

I thought we were gonna eat before we did this.

What's up, buddy? Hey.

What's up, man? Good to see you, dude. How you doing?

- I'm good. - Good to see you.

Yeah. You been good? Hi!

- Hey. - Meet my wife, Raisa.

Nice to meet you. Yeah. Nice to meet you, too.

Brent Hinds needs no introduction,

mostly because I already gave him one

when we rode together in Louisiana.

For those not in the know, he's a guitarist and songwriter

for the Grammy-winning metal band Mastodon.

He's one of the craziest guys I have the privilege

of calling a super good friend.

- It's good to see you, man. - It's good to see you.

What a pleasure. Hey, man, thanks for having me back.

Yeah, thanks for coming back. What is this place?

It's a... it's a haunted chicken factory.

What? They have real chickens?

Yeah, there's one over there... Hope so.

We were noticing, that's hanging out.

Oh, my God. He's trapped. Look at him.

Yeah. This guy's gotta be warm.

Oh, my God.

Hey, how y'all doing? Hi.

What's up, buddy? I'm Norman. I'm Chicken Dan.

Nice to meet you, Chicken Dan.

Here, this is a fundraiser

for our volunteer fire department.

I'm the fire chief here.

You're from Alabama, ain't you? Yeah.

Yeah. I feel you guys know each other already.

Let me see... Let me see that look again.

I love it.

Come on, we'll go down and take you

in the haunted chicken house.

Let's do it.

Oh, this is scary. Who's gonna go first?

Norman, you go first. I'm not gonna go first.

This is it.

Good luck, everybody.

What the hell?!

That was good!

The chainsaw man was a little intense.

I just jumped into Rooker's arms.

That'll be crazy if a guy came out, like,

in a black suit with all these polka dots on him.

There he is!

Oh, my God! You gotta high five me.

Yeah! That was the best!

Come on. I got you.

Aah!

You should go first. I'm not gonna be the first.

No, no. You got her.

You got this. No!

My cousin's house!

Yeah, this is her house. This is her house.

Like the cousin's house.

How creepy is she?

Hi.

Okay.

- Bye-bye! - Hinds and Bye.

Whew! Chicken Dan!

Why'd you do that to us?

That was awesome. Thank you so much!

For some reason, it was a little bit pleasurable.

All right, cool. Let's go to Atlanta. Let's go.

Hot-lanta, here we come.

Oh, oh!

Jesus Christ!

Help. Here we go. Come on down. I got you.

This is bull.

I'm here in Talladega with a guy you might know as Eugene

to drive the pace car for the Geico 500.

How many races have you been to, Josh?

Uhh, this'll be my fourth.

- Really? - Yeah.

This is, by far, the biggest?

Here to lead the field to the green flag, from AMC-TV's

"Ride With Norman Reedus," and "The Walking Dead"...

Norman Reedus!

You want some of this pace car, bro?

You want some of this?

Let's go, come on!

Oh, oh, okay, they all want some.

They all want some.

Can I give him the middle finger?

Is that crazy? Man.

That's kind of my symbol.

Sorry, had to.

I'm only here once, you know what I mean?

Norman Reedus!

I'm shaked, and I'm baked. That was fun.

That was crazy, bro.

Chicken Dan.

They don't make 'em like that anymore.

No, they don't.

They broke the egg on that one.

If you really want to know a place,

you gotta hang with the locals,

and riding in Alabama with two of its native sons

turned out to be an unforgettable experience.

But now we're crossing state lines

into "Walking Dead" country,

a place I know a thing or two about.

I feel like the trees are bigger in Georgia.

You ever heard the expression, when someone says,

"I'm as high as a Georgia pine"? I guess that's why.

Atlanta, baby!

Look at that skyline!

Yeah, man, there's some Atlanta for you to the left.

Oh, there we go.

I can smell the Clermont from here,

that's how close we are.

Wow, look at this fancy place.

The Clermont Lounge is an Atlanta Institution,

and it's the oldest strip club in America.

I once came here with Jon Bernthal and Scott Wilson

when we were shooting season two and had a night to remember.

Thankfully, most of that I think I forgot.

Let's check this place out.

While the basement still gets wild...

the revamped rooftop bar

provides some of the best views of the city.

You guys are both from Alabama.

Yeah. So tell me, how was Alabama?

I've taken that journey thousands of times,

but never on a motorcycle.

Never on a motorcycle? That was great for me.

Well, I gotta tell you, I never, as a kid,

I never hung out in Birmingham, and I'm really saddened by it

because Birmingham, what a great city.

What do you remember about Jasper back then?

I remember... Pretty small area, right?

I was just... I would leave the house.

It was just so much fun to be out in the woods and play

and shooting my BB guns and stay out all day long.

Yeah. All I knew

was I would just play.

Being from Alabama, and you being a successful actor,

what was that like, you know?

Oh, that's... They're obviously so proud.

I can't go anywhere with my mom or my cousin.

Anything music-related, "He... he won a Grammy!"

I believe it, yeah.

I cannot go to a theater with any of my sisters.

- They'll be, like, "You know who my brother is? - " Oh.

"My brother is Michael from..." Dude.

Yeah. "And here he is, look."

No, they stand up and go, "Oh, my God, there he is!

Look, he's right here." I'm, like, get me outta here.

- Amazing. - They talk back to the movie.

"Don't you hurt him!" Yeah.

You always knew you wanted to be an actor, right?

No, you know what I was?

I was always the kid that would look at the TV

watching a commercial, and I'd be going, like,

there's no way you eat a hamburger like that.

We did a scene on the roof where he's handcuffed.

Yeah, yeah. It was so hot outside, like,

his head looked like bacon.

And he's up there, like, just giving it

1,000% in the hottest day of the year.

I almost pulled my arm out of the socket.

And everybody was just, like.

"Rooker. He was killing it today."

Norman, I mean, my God, he had to work with me.

What about Steven comes up with a gun?

I slap the gun away, and it smacks you in the face.

I've never, ever said what happened during that day.

I've never once ever ratted you out, ever. Really?

- Cheers. - This is a good day.

- Cheers, man. - Yeah.

Nice to meet you, Michael.

Same to you, man.

I knew you guys would get along.

Whew, that was fun.

Man, was that ever fun.

Yeah, it got weird. Oh, man, I know.

Last night, the allure of the Clermont

eventually got the best of us,

and yeah, we wound up downstairs.

Wasn't the craziest night I've ever had there,

but still a ton of fun.

After reminiscing over Rooker

and Brent's childhood in Alabama,

today begins with a new plan.

A call-back to being young and carefree,

and in Atlanta culture, that means roller skating.

So, do you skate? Hell, no.

I don't know how to do this.

Everybody knows about the skating rinks.

It is about the movie "ATL" where it's, like,

you have crews of people who are able to do

all these, like, fantastic tricks.

You learn a lot of different things.

You meet a lot of different people.

And really, you know, it's like Atlanta's Olympics.

You know, if we're stressed out or if we need somewhere to go,

the skating rinks will always welcome you.

You've never done this before, never, ever?

I think maybe once when I was, like, 12.

I don't remember it going well. Ahh.

Whew!

Oh, oh!

Jesus Christ.

Ah! Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

I'll come hold this.

Twirl yourself around.

Help. Here you go. Come on down. I got you.

This is bull.

You're good right here, right there.

You're good. That's perfect.

Hey, guys. Hi.

How are you guys doing? How are you?

Welcome to Cascade in Atlanta.

You guys look amazing already. Thank you.

We're standing, right? You have good taste.

I feel like this place has been here for a long time, right?

Yes, it has. It's a staple in Atlanta,

you know, culture, Atlanta community, so.

Check it, I can spin already. Look at that.

Turn up, I love it.

We start everybody out with just a shuffle,

so you just want to take your feet and do like this.

Good. Do your shuffle.

Like running in place? I feel like that...

You know that infomercial where the guy's like...

I love it. It's like a workout, right?

Yeah. We're gonna just find the beat.

Skating is all about the beat.

Oh, the beat. Look at you, off the wall.

Ah, ha. Yeah, you are.

You are off the wall. I'm in the deep end right now.

That's the name of a song, isn't it? Yeah.

My side to side brought me all the way over here.

Norman, you're doing it!

Don't mess me up. Don't mess me... whoa.

So what you guys are doing right now is your stride.

Your stride is how you skate.

You make it look too easy.

Someone, help.

Help, little help.

Aah!

- This is bull. - No, it's not.

This is bull.

- Okay, so turning. - Good.

And turn right, take your time.

- Oh, turn. - Good job.

Whoa.

We lost our friend.

- We gotta go back and get him. - Yeah.

So, so what?

Oh, well, look at you.

I was gonna do that, but I thought I'd just sit down.

How did you get here? What's your story with this place?

Well, I was married and was going through a divorce,

had a bad car accident.

And once I got over the injuries,

I just needed a great way to work out

and just get stress out,

and for $9, you can get your life back.

I love the idea that everybody was so different, you know?

You have doctors. You have teachers.

You have people with a story.

I was really bad at it, and then I just kept going.

Everybody helps somebody, you know?

It's like church.

It kept a lot of kids in this community off the streets.

You know, this rink is like home for a lot of us,

and we come, and now I teach skating here.

It just took off. Oh, how wonderful. How wonderful.

You're awesome. Thank you for the lesson. Aw, thank you.

Yeah, you're super sweet. You guys are athletic.

I want, like, a whole suit made of diapers next time

I come here just in case.

Bye. Thank you so much! Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

Thank you guys.

Whoa! Hi, muddy.

This is way too much fun.

- Hi, honey. - Hi, honey.

No, I can't believe you're riding around with Rooker.

So excited when they told me

that we were playing brothers in "Walking Dead."

I was, like, "The dude from

Portrait of a Serial Killer, " oh, my God."

You know, I used to wonder what Daryl and Merle's life

Would have been like before the zombie apocalypse,

growing up in the Georgia countryside,

and the trouble they'd no doubt find themselves in.

So I'm taking Rooker to a spot just outside Senoia

that I'm pretty sure those younger Dixon brothers

would have loved.

What's going on, fellas?

I got a feeling we're about to get real muddy.

Yeah, you could forget those bikes for a little while.

It's an '80s 911 Porsche. We modify 'em up.

This is kind of my inspiration and interpretation

of those cars from back in the day.

I grew up in middle Georgia on a four-wheeler doing this.

And then I went and used to race Porsches professionally,

and then I just kind of combined that.

And this is it. What all did you do to them?

All the suspension's going through,

longer shocks, lifted up.

Dude, let's do this. I'm excited.

You ready? Yeah.

This is way too much fun!

Oh, yeah, it's dusty!

Holy.

We got some water up here, so keep your speed up.

- You gotta drive it. - Whoa, buddy!

Yeah!

- You got it, baby. - That was crazy.

Ooh!

Whew.

I've never destroyed a Porsche like that before.

Yeah. That was nice. That was nice.

That'll be your first and your last.

Dude, this is fun. I kind of want to keep it.

Wow, so weird to be back, 85. This is my street.

But it's so wild to just take a ride directly onto the set,

basically, of "Walking Dead" and start.

I think "The Walking Dead" let Atlanta become, like,

the Hollywood of the South as it's known today.

"The Walking Dead" is beloved by locals here.

We would see places we knew they filmed it,

and that was a big deal.

I went out and bought me a crossbow.

I kind of get the willy-nillies when all

the zombie men come out.

I had to go lay down.

So, you start your new season, like, in a few days, right?

I do, yeah.

There's no other way to say it.

"The Walking Dead" changed my life,

and there'd be no "Walking Dead"

without the devoted team behind the scenes.

So tonight, I'm getting the crew together at my restaurant,

Nic and Norman's, to express gratitude to my TV family

and give Rooker the homecoming he deserves.

This is, literally, the street I take to work every day.

- Wow, it feels wild to be back. - Ahh.

I remember taking this road on my way back from meeting

Rooker for the first time.

Back then, I was all nerves and anticipation,

clueless what the future of our new show would hold.

And being with him now, ten years later,

you don't realize how strong some bonds have become

until you return to the place they were forged.

Right on, right on, right on.

- Damn. - Aah.

That was an epic journey.

All right, brother. Right on, my man.

You want to go see some old friends?

You ready for this? I'm ready. Let's get it.

Let's do it. Let's...

Man.

Some people in this world

Only think they right

Keep your left eye open

They'll steal up on your right ♪

It's just that evil

Evil going on

Look at this crew.

What's up, man? Hey, how are you?

Good to see you. Welcome. Good to see you.

- Thanks, man. Hi, honey. - Hi, honey.

How you doing, guys?

Oh, I can't believe you're riding around with Rooker.

Yeah. Ah!

Hi! How are you?

Hey! Hi, woman!

You cannot believe the we've gotten into.

Yeah, look at this monster.

Look at you.

What's up, Mike?

- How are you? Hi. - It's been a long time.

Indeed, it's been too long. Too long. Good to see y'all.

Look at this guy over here.

Yeah! What's up, brother?

How are you, man? I'm good. How are you?

What you doing? I like you with this...

Compare, compare.

What do you think?

The day that we shot your last scene

was the day that Norman and Andy

and I made a deal to grow our hair long.

This was from when we shot you. Yeah.

Dude, that's... That's how long it's got.

Driving here from Alabama with Rooker,

how weird to come with my brother on the show

who we started the show with, and be coming back.

The world's in sync all of a sudden.

Yo!

When you work on "The Walking Dead,"

whether your character's still alive,

or your character's gone, we are a family,

and we all leave a little piece of ourselves

with everybody here.

So, it's important that we give back to you

a piece that you gave us.

Is this... Uh...

It's your penis.

Oh, my God!

Look at my hand!

Yes!

This is the hand!

Dude!

Rooker with three hands seems really dangerous to me.

Yes.

You know, this is ten seasons for us on "Walking Dead,"

which is a huge frickin' thing, right?

And also, my family that I travel the world with,

My "Ride" family, I wanted both families to come together.

The people behind the scenes that work their ass off

To make both shows what they are.

I want to thank Michael for doing this episode.

My brother. Right?

Yeah. My brother,

who we started this together.

And how perfect that we ride from your hometown

back to Georgia together, you know what I mean?

Dude, I gotta tell you, I am...

I can't even talk.

I loved it. I loved it.

Yeah.

Yeah, brother. You're the best, brother.

You're the best. Yeah, man. Yeah.

Ask someone where they live,

and the answer is usually pretty simple.

But ask what they consider home,

And that's when things get tricky.

"The Walking Dead" is the greatest summer camp on earth.

The reason the show is such a good show

is the people who work on it.

The heart is always there.

It's because home is more than a place

to park your car or lay your head.

It's where you find comfort and familiarity.

It's where you're protected, and you're understood.

All these people, they would do anything for me,

and I would do anything for them.

And, you know, man. That's pretty...

That's pretty special.

And being back here, it all makes sense

because I was never just going back to work.

All this time, I was coming home.