The Walking Dead: Dead City – S03E01 – Trillium – Transcript

The Walking Dead: Dead City
Season 3 – Episode 1
Episode title: Trillium
Original release date: July 26, 2026

Plot: Maggie and Negan are caught in a treacherous situation that challenges their newfound alliance.

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Transcript

Note for Students & Writers: This transcript is archived here for educational purposes, critical analysis, and screenwriting study. All rights belong to the original creators.

[Negan] Previously on Dead City.

[The Croat] With the methane, we can bring the city back.

[Negan] Right around the time that the world turned into shit soup, The Croat showed up at my door.

Said that I made him feel safe.

[Dama] He murdered your husband.

[Negan grunts]

[Maggie grunts]

Just look after Ginny, will ya?

No!

[Dama] Our world has been destroyed.

So now, we get to build something new.

[eerie music]

[hammer pounding]

[eerie music continues]

[Soldier] Hey, who are you? You’re not supposed to be here.

[referee whistle blows] Do you hear that?

Maybe we should get in there.

No… Sarge told us to hang these up all around, come on.

Lead the way.

You lead the way. Always tellin’ me what to do.

[gunshots] [people shouting]

[tense music] [wind whipping]

[tense music continues] [shouting]

[walkers growling]

[gentle music] [shovel thudding]

[gentle music]

What the hell are you doing?

You were sleeping.

[Negan scoffing] Armstrong and I got to talking.

She was my responsibility. Mine!

I was… I was tryin’ to do you a favor.

You’re still healing from the wound.

Where you stabbed me in the goddamn back?

Never ends with you, does it?

Uh, first, you lure me to this goddamn island, and then you lie to me, and then you hand me over to some psychopath because you think you’re gonna get your son back.

But you don’t get your son back because he sees the psychopath as the mama you’ll never be.

Don’t.

[Negan] Doesn’t end there, though, does it?

No.

Why don’t you try murdering me as the cherry on top of your shit sundae of shit ideas and pretend you don’t torch everything you touch by burying the one person

on this godforsaken island… Listen to me!

I am sorry.

I’m sorry for what I did. I’m sorry for what you lost.

If I could undo anything that’s been done, I would.

Would you?

This… This is where we are.

And we can either keep rehashing all this shit that we can’t change, or we can try to move on.

I have nothin’ to move on to thanks to you.

[somber music]

I’m stayin’ put for Hershel.

You got nothin’ and no one to stay put for.

So why don’t you go? I’ll help you pack your bags.

Who are you kiddin’?

You’re never gonna let me go.

All I am to you, all I ever will be… is a big old shit pile of the shittiest shit that I have ever done.

The fact of the matter is, you need someone as shitty as me because I am the only person shitty enough to make you feel less shitty about your shit pile of a life.

So do me a favor and go ahead and keep twistin’ that knife, because we both know that is the one goddamn thing that you’ll do without screwin’ up.

Okay, then you fucking stab me. Take it. Clean slate. Let’s go.

[Maggie] Here. [chuckling]

I don’t wanna die, okay?

But I will gladly bleed a little if it’ll make you shut that gapin’ bullshit hole.

So either do it or for the love of God, shut the fuck up.

It is a one-time offer with a ten-second expiration date, so you better get to it… Ten.

Nine, eight, seven, six… You are batshit.

Probably… Five, four…

Three… I’m gonna do it.

Do it! Two, one…

[Renata] Drop your weapons!

[dramatic music]

She said drop your weapons!

You got bullets in those guns? You wanna find out?

And whatever the hell that is.

What is this, all right? What do you want?

We were on our way to the cathedral to steal a methane tank.

Heard you call him Negan.

Rumor has it that’s the name of the Croat’s #2.

[Luis] With your boy here as leverage?

Our plan just got a hell of a lot easier.

My boy?

He just had a knife on me.

I’ve got nothin’ to do with this.

Oh, she’s lyin’.

She is definitely the Croat’s #3.

Listen to me. You…

Both of you, shut up!

[Negan chuckling]

[Renata] Go!

You are makin’ a mistake.

The Croat is in the wind.

It’s New Babylon who’s got control of those methane tanks now.

So if you want us to get close, any of us, we get hanged: you, us, all of us.

Bullshit. Get walking

Go. Come on. Come on.

[tense music]

[Luis] Alley on your right.

[Renata] Clear.

[tense music continues]

Is he your brother? I see the resemblance.

Yeah. He yours?

No. Definitely no.

Well, you sure as hell fight like it.

[Luis] Cellar door on your left.

[Renata] Looks clear.

[Hershel] Mom? Mom?!

Hershel? Mom!

[explosions rumbling]

[dramatic music]

[explosions rumbling] [fire crackling]

[shouting, screaming]

[tense music] [walkers groaning]

[Luis and Renata grunting] [walkers groaning]

[Renata] All the dead in this city are going to be coming this way after that explosion.

We need to find cover.

We need to find Negan.

[walker snarling] [thudding]

[Negan grunting] [walker groaning and snarling]

[Negan grunting] [walkers groaning and snarling]

[Maggie] Hershel! Hershel, where are you?

Hershel, down here!

[Hershel panting]

[Maggie] Hershel! Can you hear me?!

Mom?

[Hershel coughing] [walkers growling]

Hershel!

[walker snarling]

[grunting] [walker growling]

I’m sorry for this.

[Negan] For what?

[Maggie grunting]

[Negan groaning]

[Maggie] That.

God, I so should’ve stabbed you.

[dramatic music] [walkers snarling]

[Negan groaning] [walkers growling and snarling]

[The Croat panting] [walkers growling and snarling]

[grunting]

Luis! [sighs] Luis, you look terrible, my friend.

You’re gonna lead us to the tanks.

You’re gonna give us one, and then you’re going to die.

[walkers snarling]

[grunts]

The tanks?

What do you think that explosion was?

Tanks are gone.

What?

[The Croat] What I created?

Falling into the hands of those… New Babylon Visigoths?

No. They had to be exploded.

Then you’ll make us one.

There won’t be time enough for that.

[dramatic music continues]

[The Croat breathes heavily]

[Negan groaning] [walkers snarling]

[dramatic music continues]

[The Croat breathing heavily]

No, Luis! No, no. [speaks Spanish] Come on.

It’s not worth it. Luis…

[dramatic music continues]

[Negan groaning]

[walkers snarling]

[rattling and thudding]

[Negan groaning and panting] [walker snarling]

[sighs wearily]

[walker snarling]

[Maggie grunting]

[thudding, splat] [walker grunts]

[dramatic music continues]

[walker snarling]

All right, dickhead.

I guess you get the honor.

[suspenseful music]

[walker snarling]

Mom!? Are you down here? Over here!

[walker snarling]

[Maggie grunting]

Hershel…

[tense music]

Where’s your wrists?

[Maggie panting] Oh God.

[dramatic music] [walkers snarling]

Luis, it is not safe out here. We need cover.

There! [dramatic music continues]

[walkers growling]

What are you doin’?

Renata…

Damn it, leave him!

[dramatic music continues]

Shit!

[dramatic music continues]

[Renata coughing]

[Negan grunting] [dramatic music continues]

Negan!

I had a feeling our paths would cross again before the end.

You.

[suspenseful music]

No, no! Stop, stop, stop, stop! Please.

We weren’t gonna hurt you.

We were just tryin’ to keep a baby alive.

[dramatic music]

[upbeat Latin music]

[cork popping] [cheering]

[upbeat Latin music continues] [indistinct chattering]

[Renata] Yvette, the kids wanna show you the stuffy they made for the baby.

[Yvette, beyond touched] Aww. It better not make me cry.

Aw, see, Tio Chucho loves it. [giggling]

As if the world weren’t fucked up enough, now there’s gonna be a little Chucho runnin’ around here?

Can’t believe it, dude.

I love you, bro.

[Luis] I love you, man.

[upbeat Latin music continues]

[music stops]

No, no, no, no. Don’t stop on my account.

You have much to celebrate.

My eyes and ears tell me your family is expanding, yes?

Yes.

Yvette and Chucho are having a baby.

[The Croat] Well, then.

I suppose congratulations are in order.

Flowers from the cemetery. And the world begins anew, eh?

[tense music]

And yet, Renata… all this at the very time I have an issue to address with you.

We have an arrangement, yes?

We protect you.

With respect, the deal was forced on us.

We didn’t need it.

So why don’t we just end it?

The Burazi protect this island.

The deal ends when you leave it. Are you leaving?

[Ramon] Our family’s been here a hell of a lot longer than you guys have.

Well, good for you.

But the arrangement stands.

And the Dama’s vision of the future?

Well, it only succeeds if everyone contributes something valuable in return.

And as much as I want to believe you can… I don’t.

I was training some of the others in emergency medicine.

Okay… Doctors!

Doctors are a resource!

Your brother Chucho! [laughs]

Is he among your trainees?

He is.

Well, Doctor Chucho, let me take a look at you.

Come, come, come.

[tense music]

[The Croat] So…

Are you a resource, Doctor?

[tense music continues]

Yes.

Well, then prove it.

[knife thudding] [gasping, exclaiming]

No, no, no. [indistinct clamoring]

I’ve given you a patient, Doctor.

Save him.

Don’t leave me, tio. Don’t leave me!

Stay with me. Stay with me. [Ramon groaning]

You know… I fear he is not too good at this.

Maybe you are a bad teacher?

Or maybe you are lying to me about this whole business?

[Chucho] Don’t leave me, tio. [speaking Spanish]

Just look at me, tio. No!

[The Croat] Huh…

[panting]

I have no choice.

You just don’t make the cut. No!

[group screaming, crying]

[gurgles]

[sobs hysterically]

Yvette… [speaks Spanish]

You know, Iwas someone’s trainee once.

Hopefully better than Chucho.

And one of the many things my mentor taught me was that killing the right person at the right time makes everyone else fall in line.

So, I wonder…

Did I pick the right person… persons?

Maybe we should try this again, huh?

Who shall be the next patient, huh?

Huh?

Eenie, meenie, miney…

Renata… Oh, Renata…

Do you really believe one of those slapdash weapons can save your family?

Everybody back. [speaks Spanish]

[gas hissing]

I’m willing to die for them.

Are you?

I don’t think you would.

You don’t know me very well.

[gas hissing]

This isn’t over. For any of you.

[gas hissing]

Again… Congratulations.

[gas hissing] [tense music]

No, Chucho! No, Chucho! Chucho, please?

[sobbing] [somber music]

[walkers snarling]

[Hershel] They’re closed, but there’s no lock.

My sister-in-law is having her baby.

We need to go now.

All right, well, walkers are swarming out there.

There’s nothing any of us can do about that.

[walkers groaning faintly]

[Maggie] Nobody is going anywhere.

[walkers groaning faintly]

He and I are gonna make sure that this place is safe.

If you would just let us explain.

The baby is coming two months early…

Nobody…

[Renata] If we don’t… kill anybody until we get back.

[dramatic music] [walkers groaning faintly]

There’s another door up the stairs.

There may be a way out, but it’s secure.

Okay.

How did you… I know Ginny’s dead.

You know?

I saw you bury her.

And I went looking for you, and…

Just wanted to see if you were really gonna stay.

You thought that I wouldn’t?

I wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t.

When I got back, the Dama…

She knew what I did.

She started talkin’ about how it wasn’t enough for me to hurt you.

She told me I had to…

She told me I had to kill you.

Just like how I told you to kill him.

I… I think it came from her.

Just being around her.

And I just didn’t see it. And I should’ve.

[Maggie] No. It’s what she does, Hershel.

She sees what people are looking for, what they need, and she uses it to get what she wants.

It’s easier than you would think to lose yourself.

And you were right to be mad. Because I wasn’t there.

Yeah, after she told me to…

I started thinkin’ about the times you werethere, the scary things you made go away.

You made it so I had a life.

I don’t want to spend it being mad anymore, at you, at anyone.

Me neither.

[gentle music]

[Maggie] She’s not gonna hurt us anymore.

I won’t let her. We won’t let her.

Soon as it’s safe, we’re gonna get out of here, go home, and start over.

Hershel, you’re gonna move mountains.

[angry shouting]

[yelling in Spanish]

[The Croat] You said Yvette is only 7 months pregnant!

Luis, how can I help you with your hand on my throat?

[Maggie] Hey, hey! [angry shouting]

Were you gonna do anything to try to stop this?

No, I’m puttin’ the little ball in the little cup.

[The Croat breathing heavily]

[Luis] This sociopath killed our brother right in front of us and our uncle.

[The Croat] Okay, maybe… Maybe I handled things badly.

But I was just trying to make a point.

As my mentor taught me.

[Renata] Mentor?

You said you would help.

They know the baby needs an incubator to have any chance.

And a tank would make it run.

You need to show us how to build one now.

There’s no need to build.

There’s still a tank left.

There is a single prototype I hid away a long time ago with plans and detail how to make more.

Where? Where is it?

Oh and I tell you and he kills me? No.

My story does not end in a musty basement.

No. I’ll show you. It’s not far from here.

So we go now.

He shows us where the tank is.

Our family’s still waiting at the hospital with the generator.

I told you, you’re not gonna last five minutes out there.

We don’t know how long he’ll last in here.

Luis, she’s right.

We are no good to anyone dead, okay?

We wait it out here as long as we can and then we go.

Listen to her, Luis. Because what I’m offering has value far beyond the child’s life.

It’s my legacy.

Imagine your homes with steady power, your own fields to plow, fauna to hunt, all surrounded by water.

This island…

It could be your fortress…

Forever.

We just wanna save this baby.

And we will. [speaks Spanish]

When it’s safe, we could use some good fighters to help us out there.

[gentle music] [cup popping]

You can save this baby.

Haven’t you learned by now what happens to people stupid enough to have hope in this world?

Look, I’m sorry.

You can try whatever you want here, but that baby doesn’t have a chance.

Oh, wow.

You’re a real fighter.

[cup and ball clank]

You’re right.

[tense music]

Where are you goin’?

We’re in a bar, right?

I’m gonna go find a drink.

[walkers growling faintly]

[unsettling music]

[walkers growling]

[walker snarling]

[walker snarling]

[Dillard whistling]

[Dillard] She’s still being that way?

[walker snarling]

[Dillard] And what’d ya say to her?

[Dillard] Well, have you thought about… [groans like walker]?

That’s classic Titicaca. Don’t you wish that… okay.

[laughs] I hear you, buddy.

[floor creaking]

Hey there, amigo.

Quite the fustercluck out there, amiright?

[chuckling]

You wanna pull up a stool?

Me and Cockenspiel’s about to start a game of Fuck, Marry, Kill.

And Titicaca’s bein’ a wet blanket, so we could use a third.

And don’t worry. I made these guys nice and safe.

Name’s Dillard. Skunky brewski?

Sure.

[Dillard] I thought pullin’ teeth would be hard, but those nails were a real son of a bitch.

[walker growling] [Negan chuckling]

[Dillard] He likes you. [chuckles]

Thank you.

Welcome to the bar.

[glass ringing] Cheers.

[Dillard chuckling]

[walkers snarling]

Okay. That should hold.

You could’ve left the Croat to die.

You didn’t.

And because of you, that baby still has a chance.

[walkers snarling faintly]

San Lazaro, patron saint of hope and mercy.

It belonged to my dad.

He always told us that we had a choice.

We could choose the fight or we could choose the light.

[thudding] [walkers snarling faintly]

[Hershel] So you can just forgive the Croat

after what he did?

[Renata] No.

Never. Making him suffer…

I think about that every single day.

[gentle music]

But once the killing starts, when does it stop?

[gentle music continues]

You know, choosing the light after that… was the hardest thing I’ve ever done.

It still is.

[gentle music continues]

But it’s a choice that I wanna keep making.

Me, too.

Just started.

Maybe when we’re done here, Luis can take a look at Negan’s back.

I put a knife into it last night.

[Renata] Oh.

You, like, just just started.

[walkers snarling faintly]

[walker snarling]

Okay.

[snarling continues]

That is dastardly!

Fuck, that is fresh, Cockenspiel.

[Negan chuckles]

He’s gonna kill Audrey Hep, marry Venus Williams.

And he says he’s gonna bang Barbara Bush like a screen door in a twister.

I gotta ask.

Where are you from, man?

What planet do you come from?

Well, I’m actually from Earth. I’m from here.

Upstairs studio apartment actually, from way before shit went tits up.

So you have survived here alone this whole time?

How?

[Dillard] So, over the years, folks either cut bait or croaked.

But I stayed.

And I stayed above dirt by turnin’ each floor into a link in a CLVFC.

Closed Loop Vertical Food Chain, okay?

It starts with the deadies who go slipin’

‘n slidin’ into the basement.

Here we got those maggoes maggin’ on the deadie…

[upbeat music] [flies buzzing]

Then you got the froggies froggin’ on the maggoes…

[upbeat music continues] [frogs croaking]

Of course we got the turks turkin’ on the froggies…

Chain goes all the way up to coyotes, which are surprisingly delish, by the way.

But I am happy to pump the brakes on turkeys if you’re feelin’ kinda peckish.

[lock rattling]

Did baloney used to be illegal?

[lock rattling]

Infection is spreading faster than I’d hoped.

How can you tell?

Rising body temperature, redness and swelling growing outward from the wound.

And see this pus and milky drainage right there?

Not good.

What can I do to help?

Use that water to clean the wound.

I’ll find something to dress it with.

[Renata] So you think with those plans you could bring electricity to the Bricks?

We got someone there who used to be a plumber tryin’ to figure it out.

My cousin Solmari’s an engineer.

You should come back with us.

I mean, it’s… It has been hard there with the crops.

Really hard… But with power… it could be a fresh start for all of us.

And I need a fresh start.

[tense music]

So what kinda doctor are you?

Emergency medicine.

I’d been training my brother before the Croat…

[somber music]

Had to brain my uncle after.

But when it came to Chucho, I just… I couldn’t.

You and your people, you could come with me and Hershel to The Bricks.

Thanks.

But this godforsaken city has been our home for generations.

The Croat’s right.

The city could still be our home.

[gentle music]

[The Croat coughing]

[Luis] Hey, where’s the tank?

Tell us where it is.

No, I’m coming with you.

End where I began.

It’s not far…

[Luis] He doesn’t have much longer.

We need to go now.

[The Croat coughing]

I know it’s not safe out there, but we need your help.

We should help. At least try.

Okay.

[dramatic music]

[walkers snarling]

[Dillard] And if I had spilled the beans on that one, let’s just say a whole boatload of people would’ve had diarrhea.

That is not appetizing. It’s not.

Oh, shit.

Hello. Mason W. Dillard.

Welcome.

The Croat, he doesn’t have much time.

We have to go now.

What’s the point?

I know that you think that baby’s dead, but that mother.

I know what she’s been through.

I know what she’s going through right now.

We need numbers. Please. We need you.

All right, well, you need numbers, why don’t you ask my pal here, Dillard?

I ain’t goin’ nowhere.

I need you.

[gentle music]

I finally got my son back, and I need to know that I’m not gonna lose him again.

I need to know that things can work out.

They can’t, Maggie.

Without you, you’re probably right.

I’m tired of bein’ angry.

[gentle music continues]

Aren’t you?

[gentle music continues]

After it’s done, Luis can stitch you up and you can be free of me, free to do whatever you want.

I just… I need this one last thing from you.

Please.

[gentle music continues]

God damn it.

I was just gettin’ all comfy and settled.

I really should’ve stabbed you.

You weren’t gonna stab me.

Oh, I was sogonna stab you a little bit.

[tense music] [walkers growling]

How much further? We’re close.

It’s just ahead. Ahead where?

[Renata] He needs to tell us where to go!

[Maggie] I got an idea.

Your mother, she sacrificed everything for you.

What would she say? [speaking Croatian]

Her legacy, your legacy, is about to disappear forever.

Come on. [speaking Croatian]

Does anybody speak Croatian?

[dramatic music]

Wait, I think I know where it is. Keep goin’.

[dramatic music continues] [walkers growling]

[Renata grunting]

[dramatic music continues]

[Negan] Okay, we’re almost there.

I think we’re just gonna have a seat, Maggie.

[dramatic music continues]

Okay.

[dramatic music continues]

Oh, sorry… I know.

[somber music]

I was so arrogant.

I tried to lead… someone who only knows…

How to lead.

[somber music continues]

Hey…

[somber music continues]

[speaking Croatian]

[somber music continues] [Negan crying]

[flag rattling] [somber music continues]

[sniffling] [somber music continues]

[dramatic music]

Solmari. We got it. Oh, thank God!

Through those doors.

She’s in the O.R. Contractions are close.

Take this. Can I help?

C’mon.

[Renata] Evie! [Yvette moans]

Evie, we’re here.

Mira, Solmari is setting up the tank across the hall.

[speaking Spanish] [laughing happily]

The baby’s head is crowning.

Yvette, I’m gonna need you to start pushing, okay?

I need blankets, water to boil, and an extension cord for the incubator.

[Renata] Okay! [speaks Spanish]

[gentle music]

Okay.

[gentle music continues]

Come on. That’s a good push.

Another one just like that. Okay.

Push .Good, good, good.

[Luis] C’mon. [gasping and panting]

Solmari?

When you’re done over there, I need you to come here and help Hershel.

Why? Where are you going?

[dramatic music]

Tanks need methane.

[dramatic music]

[tense music]

[Chucho snarling] [tense music continues]

[blade squelching] [tense music continues]

[Luis breathing heavily] [somber music]

[gentle music] [machines beeping]

[no audible dialogue]

[baby crying] [no audible dialogue]

[gentle music continues]

[upbeat Latin music] [lively chatter]

Feels like I finally got my brother back.

I’m so proud of him.

I’m sure he’s proud of you.

You’re just as responsible as he is for things workin’ out, for what you chose.

[upbeat Latin music continues faintly]

I was thinkin’ when I go back to the Bricks and get things settled down… maybe your people and my people, we could be in business.

Maggie, you should bring your people here.

Hey, everything the Croat said about this place is true.

It is a fortress.

The only thing that we are missing is someone who knows how to keep things safe.

This isn’t my home.

Why can’t it be? I’m serious, Maggie.

Give me one good reason why this can’t be your fresh start.

I mean, Maggie, you and me together.

Just imagine.

I’ll have to think about it.

I have to talk to Hershel.

Of course.

Nothing’s more important than family.

[Negan groaning] [faint Latin music]

Are you really gonna leave without sayin’ goodbye?

Well, you know me.

Never one to overstay my welcome.

Thank you.

For what you did today.

I wasn’t sure that I’d convince you.

Well, you did.

How?

I mean, you, um… You said you needed me.

[Negan sighs]

You know what happened this morning at Ginny’s grave?

There was a lotta shit goin’ on, you know? But…

I wasn’t mad at you for tryin’to kill me.

I was mad at you because you didn’t.

[somber music] [Negan sighing]

Why didn’t you finish the job, Maggie?

[somber music continues]

‘Cause somewhere inside, I knew you were capable of what you did today.

You better be careful.

You’re makin’ my head get all kinds of big.

[somber music continues]

[chuckling]

You know, I don’t think I’ve ever seen you smile.

It suits you.

[somber music continues]

[Negan groaning]

Well, you need me again…

You know where I’ll be. That bar? Really?

Turns out we might not be goin’ far.

Thinkin’ about staying.

I think Hershel really likes it here.

You really think you can change it here?

Once we find the Dama, who’s left to stop us?

[somber music continues]

[dramatic music]

[tense music] [walkers snarling]

[dumpster rumbling]

That’s it…

Oh, god… Oh, god. [groaning]

[walkers growling]

Shit!

[eerie music]

Oh, you poor boys.

You’re hurt.

Half of Midtown… is gone.

[Linus] There’s no one left. No. There must be others.

You’ll rest, you’ll heal…

And when you’re ready, you’ll help me find them.

And then we begin again.

Every empire starts with the broken.

[eerie music continues]

Yes, our work is just beginning.

[suspenseful music]

This place is the start of something else, something better.

We could bring in even more people.

Here we go.

The whole, you know, New York City thing, it is starting to feel like home.

♪♪

You and Renata really got something here, Maggie.

It’s your job to protect this place.

This is what we asked for when we turned on that light.

♪♪

We’ve come to make a deal.

It gets in the wrong hands, it could be dangerous.

If you were in charge, none of this would be happening.

What’s going on? We’re taking our home back.

I’m guessing this isn’t your first suicide mission.

Not hardly.

Look out!

♪♪

Together, we can do something bigger than we’ve ever done before.

♪♪

You guys rolling? Yeah. I mean, I’m rolling.

Yeah. [Laughs]

After this much time we did a season…

It shocked us. That shocked us.

Yeah.

You fucking stabbed me.

It is a one time offer with a 10-second expiration date, so you better get to it.

For the first couple of years I was on the show, Lauren can hardly look at me.

Her process as an actor, and…

I just didn’t have my glasses on.

Maybe didn’t have her glasses on.

[Both grunt]

Sorry. I thought you were better on your feet.

Good to see you, too.

And then we started this spin off.

Every scene, it was always so heavy.

There was never a lightness or a humor to it.

We are quite silly people in a very dark world.

And now it’s… And now we… we can do it. We get to bring that in front of the camera.

I’m going to flip you around like this, and you’re gonna fucking Bruce Lee the fuck out of them.

[Laughs] I’m no help.

In this season, they actually work together.

Heard you call him Negan.

Rumor has it that’s the name of the Croat’s number two.

Maggy and Negan are zip tied together, and there we go.

Yeah, and you never see us… No.

Under other people’s control.

They’re at it with each other, but this was a great way of us being joined in misery against another force.

Yeah. Let’s talk about this scene.

We need to find cover.

We need to find Negan.

One of the cellar doors leading to the street is open.

Beneath the open door, makeshift slide.

A beat later, Maggie, Negan tumble down the slide.

[Grunts] [Grunts]

The walkers immediately on them.

That was a cool sequence that was sort of still being worked out closer to production.

It got worked out on the day. That too.

[Both laugh]

You were being so nice.

[Laughter]

Originally it’s a fight in the streets, remember?

And it was the dust. You had an eye infection.

I had an eye infection. I had a nose, a sinus infection. Yeah, and we were…

So we couldn’t do the super dusty scene.

We were both like, “We’ll die, you know?”

Yeah. My eye is going to fall out of my head, and she’s just gonna die.

Yeah, and my nose was going into my face.

I know we seem like superheroes, but…

No, just kidding. [Laughs]

I mean, I believe us for what it’s worth working together that I’m here doing this, and then Negan comes in.

I’m sorry for this.

For what? [Walkers growling]

[Grunts] [Walker crashing

And cut. Good.

It’s the first time we’ve seen them really fight together since season… yeah.

It could have been 11.

We need numbers, please. We need you.

I need you.

I think what sets the whole thing in motion, of being able to move forward is, for herself and for her son, there has to be a life without anger.

There has to be a moving forward.

The possibilities for this new world and for us are tremendous.

I really should have stabbed you.

You weren’t gonna stab me.

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

♪♪

[outro music]