Welcome to another "talking dead" home edition,
What an insane, incredible way to end
Season six of "fear the walking dead."
We had nuclear explosions.
There was a helicopter from the crm.
A baby hitched a ride on the back of a walker
That was being pulled around by a dog.
Plus, we saw what happened
When dakota learned the truth about teddy,
And strand, a.K.A. Colman domingo,
Gave one of the most powerful speeches
We've seen in "walking dead" history.
But how will our survivors navigate a nuclear fallout?
And after everything that they've been through,
What is next for morgan and grace?
We have interviews with the cast, including ones
With alycia debnam-carey and karen david,
Some inside info on tonight's episode
That you cannot get anywhere else.
Plus, we're going to hear the cast and producers talk
About what's coming up for season seven
Of "fear the walking dead."
My guest tonight, victor strand himself,
Colman domingo, zoe colletti, who plays dakota.
Also executive producers ian goldberg
And andrew chambliss; I am chris hardwick,
And this is "talking dead: Home edition,"
For "fear the walking dead," season six finale.
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Well, the conversation's just beginning;
Of course, we want to hear from you --
You can tweet us or hit us up on instagram
@amctalkingdead
Or you go to "talking dead's" facebook page.
But please say hello to my guests, colman domingo,
Zoe colletti, ian goldberg, andrew chambliss.
Zoe, first of all,
What an amazing job you've done on "fear."
Congratulations on an incredible run.
What did you think of dakota going out the way she did?
You know, getting vaporized and all?
I -- I kind of found out, like at a similar time
To everybody else, kind of just as I was reading
The script, I figured kind of
After everything my character has done,
That I assumed she would kind of meet her demise
By the end of the season -- rightfully so.
And I think -- I think she had a kind of noble way of going out.
I feel like she had the chance
To -- to kind of see June and dorie senior off.
And, you know, I think for her it was, you know,
A form of peace for herself, you know,
As having that be her ending,
Where she just kind of got to watch the world
Come to be what it was going to be.
And, um, I think it was -- it was a nice way for her
To go out -- she got a little bit of
A redeeming moment at the end.
And then she kind of laid back and kind of let it happen.
So as much as I'm sad to go and leave,
Leave all my wonderful people at "fear,"
I think dakota had a -- had a cool way to go out.
From dakota's point of view, it seemed as though
She was -- finally accepted who she was
And went out on her own terms.
Why do you think it was difficult for her to kill teddy
In that last moment?
Yeah, I think it was difficult for dakota to kill teddy
Because she wanted that to be the person
That really saw her for who she was.
And she really, really hoped that that was going to be
Her kind of happy ending in her life,
That she was going to kind of see it through with him.
She knew, as from what teddy had told her,
That she was going to die.
So that wasn't new information to her.
-Right. -But I think finding out
That she had kind of messed up everything
For all these other people on behalf of someone
Who is just as bad as everyone that she so clearly hated,
I think that was a really, really gut wrenching
And heartbreaking moment --
Then knowing she's still going to die,
But not dying for this, like, noble cause
That she had thought she was dying for.
And I think getting rid of him was kind of hard for her,
But also what she felt was, like, the last right thing
She could do, not to let him have,
Like, you know, the justification of,
You know, seeing what he wanted to happen come true,
And him being able to live through that.
So I think she felt like it was her one thing she could do
To almost try and right her wrongs before knowing
She was inevitably going to still die herself.
Chris: Right. Because this one character, teddy,
Is the first character.
You know, he's this parental figure who said to her,
Like, "hey, I accept you for who you are."
And then it turns out, oh, he's, you know,
He's using her the way that he uses everyone else
As a pawn in this selfish scheme that he has.
-Right. -And so, you know,
That was... It was good for her
To have that opportunity to sort of claim
That last moment for her own.
But I want to talk a little bit --
-Of course. -...About teddy.
First of all, ian, you know,
To see the casting of john glover,
Who I think is such an incredible actor,
He is always amazing in whatever he does.
So, you know, kudos again to picking another
Just amazing veteran actor
And placing them within the "walking dead" universe.
Can we talk a little bit about his inspiration,
The character creation, inspiration?
We got tremendously lucky with with john glover.
He was just incredible.
But the the origins of the character,
I remember it very clearly.
Andrew and I were sitting in austin.
We were working on the script for 604 where john dorie
Was talking about his father and the serial killer
That he had been prosecuting back in the '70s
In which he had compromised himself to put him away,
And it sort of ruined his life.
And we started to bat that around, say,
"wouldn't it be amazing if that was a character
We could see on the show,"
Someone like a charles manson
Who was thrown on death row,
But then the apocalypse actually vindicated him.
It made him feel like all his crazy philosophies
Actually were real and that he was right.
And what if he was out there in the world
And that the apocalypse essentially freed him to be
Who he always wanted to be all along.
And so we got really excited about that and decided
That's going to be the leader of the end is the beginning.
We wanted teddy to be the face of that philosophy.
Andrew, can I ask you what the significance was
With bookending the season with rachel and her baby.
We see her at the beginning of the season
When morgan's establishing the community at the dam
And now, you know, at the end, sort of bookending her story
In that way.
Can you talk a little bit about that?
Yeah, when we were kind of sitting down
And thinking about how we wanted to open the finale,
We thought back to the premiere and, you know,
That was the story where we saw morgan
Team up with isaac, rachel's husband,
And they kind of gave everything they could
So isaac could get back to the place he was setting up
So his wife could give birth to -- to the baby.
And for us, we wanted to tell this small little story
About the lengths a parent would go to, to protect their child.
And it kind of struck us that obviously giving your life
Is -- is, you know, giving everything for your child.
But then the other piece of it is we're always looking
For new ways to use walkers
To -- to have kind of walker gags.
And the more we were thinking about it,
We thought it'd be really cool
If a walker carried the baby to safety.
Essentially death begetting life,
N-not to get too much into teddy's philosophy,
But the end is the beginning in a way.
Yeah, no, he's right about a lot of things.
Chris: Not too many.
He's not right about too many things.
Well, not too many. Okay, fair enough.
He -- he knows how to grow a great beard.
Teddy -- teddy knows about beards.
Chris: Oh, that beard -- that beard is magic.
That beard is magic.
Colman, I-I want to talk about strand for a minute
Because there was -- I want to talk about strand
For a long time because there's that -- the moment at the end
When he's, you know, he's recounting to this historian,
Like, "well, you know, there were two of us.
And then, you know, and I --"
And then he kind of -- he says that thing,
Where you're like, "wait, what?" you know, "I was the one
Who was willing to give my life" kind of thing.
And I go, "oh, my god,
Is he going to tell this guy he's morgan?"
Then he says, "my name is morgan,
Morgan jones," I'm like, "no!
Strand!"
What was your personal reaction to that -- to that moment?
What's interesting is, is that I think at the very end
He will want to be remembered as someone who did good,
And so he says that he's someone else --
Again, he's assuming that his own instincts
Were terrible.
He's like, "I've been trying to f-follow my instincts.
But apparently I'm not right. I'm not the better man.
I'm not great. So I want this person to believe
That I was good if this my last moment."
And then once he sees that his instincts brought him here
And he was right, and he survives, he was like,
"oh, no, I was wrong again,
I'm actually pretty awesome.
Victor strand is going to double down on being victor strand,
And that is a good thing
Because I'm still -- I'm still a survivor," you know?
So that's -- that's the way I thought of it, you know?
Well, and I -- and I think that's a recurring --
We're going to take a quick break,
But I think that's a recurring theme that you see
With a lot of the characters who are faced with...
They've been in a long apocalypse,
But it looks like they're about to hit,
Like, a really quick apocalypse.
And then everyone kind of like has to accept --
They all just sort of come to terms with who they are.
Dakota does, strand does.
You see grace and morgan like,
"oh, I wish we had just been honest about our feelings --"
You know, it's like everyone's having that moment,
And, like, "we need to be who we are in these last moments,"
Or like dwight and sherry.
So I-it's very consistent with all the characters.
And so it's nice to see that sort of emotional continuity
That they're all sort of experiencing it
In their own way.
But a very similar thematic thing.
But we'll talk about that more later.
Coming up next, a behind the scenes
Look at the submarine set from tonight's episode.
Plus, the cast and producers will tell us
What to expect next season of "fear the walking dead."
But first, before you decide to put another apocalypse
Inside your current apocalypse, let's slow things down
And say a final farewell to all those we've lost tonight,
Including one very complex character named dakota.
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[engine rumbling, clattering]
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[gunshots]
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[explosion]
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Action!
Man: So the first time I learned that we were going to do
A nuclear submarine,
The first thing I did was laugh a lot
Because I thought it was a joke.
We've been given very crazy sets
To build with impossible timelines.
And I always wait to see if other people are laughing.
And if they're not, then I realize
That it's, uh, that it's really happening.
I walked into that sound stage
And walked into the interior of that submarine set,
Which was predominantly the missile silos.
It is magnificent.
And being able to shoot in that kind of an atmosphere,
It enhances enormously what all of us actors
Are feeling when we're in a set like that.
One of the biggest challenges is -- is space --
How to make it look very, very claustrophobic,
But then to have enough space to shoot it.
I was blown away by the submarine set --
Everything functions.
We were really climbing through the hatches
And climbing up the ladder.
It's multi level, so detailed, so extraordinary.
It was awesome. -It was brilliant.
They should hold onto those sets forever
And have people tour them because they were amazing.
The look of a submarine, the, you know,
The inner guts of it
Where there's just hallways and doors,
It's not that exciting.
And since this is at the end,
A bit of a horror tv show,
We knew that we had to make a couple of decisions --
How to make it darker, how to make it moodier,
How to make it more into the "walking dead" universe.
It needed to look hi-fi, but we also needed to look neglected,
But it also needed to look menacing.
But at the same time,
Always it needed to look like a submarine.
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Welcome back to "talking dead: Home edition"
For "fear," that was a behind the scenes look
At the submarine set, by the way,
Let's have a huge round of applause
For production designer bernardo trujillo,
Who absolutely did an amazing job this season.
Well done, bernardo.
We're back with colman, zoe, andrew and ian.
So, andrew, where did the idea of a nuclear sub,
A beached nuclear sub
Launching missiles into the atmosphere come from?
Well, kind of the origin of the idea
Actually comes from my childhood.
No beached submarines, but my dad actually
Served on nuclear submarines.
So I grew up hearing just all these stories about it.
And I've always been fascinated by it.
And when ian and I were working on the premiere this season,
We were trying to think of something really kind of crazy
To tie up the episode with.
And we started batting around ideas.
And then we landed on a beached nuclear submarine
And we got really excited about it.
And when we saw it in the premiere,
I think we said it's the chekhovian nuclear submarine.
If you see it, you've got to fire it.
So we knew by the end of the season
We would -- we would launch a missile from it.
Okay, ian, so just so everyone is on the same page,
There was definitely
A -- several, actually -- nuclear blasts that happened.
So can we talk a little bit about who survived the blast?
Is there radiation poisoning moving forward,
As grace had said?
W-will they be okay?
What does this mean for the future of the show?
We have effectively blown up this area of texas.
It is -- it's going to be a completely new reality
For our characters to reckon with.
We've seen them grow very formidable and able with,
You know, how they've navigated the apocalypse
For these six seasons.
And now it is a whole new game with the apocalypse.
And yes, they are going to have to deal with devastation,
Nuclear fallout,
Ash, unbreathable air, destroyed structures,
Limited resources, all these effects,
All these new environmental factors
That are going to make survival
Just exponentially more difficult for them.
And I mean, and the other thing that excites us about it
Is it's also going to force them
To redefine themselves once again.
And we see -- we see that a bit,
I think, most notably with with victor strand at the end of 616,
Where he has survived,
He feels more emboldened in himself
Than ever because of the choices he's made
That have allowed him to survive.
But this new world is going to bring out very different sides
To all of these characters
Because they are in a whole new reality and a very scary one.
So I alluded to it before, colman, but strand
Basically just throwing morgan to a bunch of walkers,
I was really trying to wrap my head around like,
"okay, maybe this is some complicated scheme
That he's -- that's ultimately goo-"
Like, what is the -- and --
And it seems like he just did it
Because he was kind of -- that was a strand --
That was from the old strand playbook, I think.
I don't know -- what was your reaction?
You know what I think it is, chris?
I actually think that it's from a playbook
That he's playing now,
Which is really listening and discerning information.
He knew that morgan was going to be a martyr for everyone,
And that was his whole intention.
He wanted to do this alone.
He was, like, willing to give his life.
And he kept fighting against that,
Victor strand just kept fighting against that,
Saying, no, let me go with you, let's find another way.
And then when the stuff hit the fan
And in the moment he was like, "maybe morgan's right,
That he should give his life over
For the -- for everyone else to live."
So he makes that choice in the moment.
You know, it's like -- it's like he's going through the market
Getting that little -- getting the candy he shouldn't,
You know, the almond joy at the checkout counter,
Just decides it -- [ laughter ]
Except, instead of a candy bar, he's throwing his friend
Into a -- a herd of walkers.
I mean, don't judge, chris, it's what we have to do to survive
It is -- it is that sort of
Just that split-second moment of like,
Do you think strand thinks, like, does he know --
Do you think he knows he's --
Does he think he's doing something selfish
Or do you think he thinks he's doing something helpful?
I think he thinks he's doing something helpful
Because I think he's like, "well," he's like,
Morgan he gave the idea -- morgan,
You want to try to risk your life anyway
And be a martyr for this whole situation.
So then I'm going to make it -- make it happen,
Because I think at the end of the day,
He realizes this is maybe
The best thing to happen right now.
And I will continue on and make sure that we save everyone.
Okay, so sort of speaking about this idea of like, you know,
What acts are for good, what acts or villainous,
What acts are -- we have a question from social media,
From @lovemyaussie1, who says,
"zoe, do you think dakota was a villain?"
Ooh, okay -- I think that's a --
I think that's a loaded one.
I think there are several different ways
That you can look at the character.
I think the fact alone that she is a kid
Is a big impact on a lot of the stuff she does.
I think you look at, you know, her mom, virginia,
And, you know, you kind of take it from the source --
Look who she's being raised by -- I don't know that
You could expect something so good
To come out of, you know, that being your parental
And guardian figure in your life.
I do think she is not, you know, a good person,
But she has all very sweet and sincere
And really, really sad motives behind what she does.
So I don't know that she's a villain,
But I do think her reasons behind things is --
Is really heartbreaking to see why,
You know, she is the way she is,
Especially when she is just a kid.
Chris: Right. Of course. Coming up,
Cast of "fear the walking dead"
Will tease what's in store
For fans in season seven.
But first, I want to let to know that
"talking dead" will be back for
The "walking dead" season 11 preview special.
That'll be Sunday, August 15th.
So make sure and join us then; we'll be right back.
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I think what's so exciting about alicia is that
While she's still inherently, at her core,
Morally, ethically trying to be good,
She's also a realist in the way that her mother was,
Which is if she has to pull the trigger,
She will pull the trigger.
And I think that's a really important distinction
With her character.
I don't think she likes that
Teddy sees this hero in her.
Alicia doesn't think of herself as a hero; she's not a hero.
And I don't think she likes being revered by someone
Who's so completely unhinged.
We've seen alicia go through a lot
To finally get to this place where she's trapped.
And I think she feels like she's completely failed.
She's failed to warn her crew about what's going on.
She's failed to stop teddy from what's happening.
But I guess there's also a seed that's been planted in her mind
That she's going to be left
To lead these people when they reemerge.
Welcome back to "talking dead: Home edition"
For "fear," that was alycia debnam-carey
On what it may mean for her character, alicia,
Now that teddy locked her down in that bunker
With his followers.
We're back with colman, zoe, andrew and ian.
So, colman, would this new version of strand
Care if alicia found out that he nearly killed morgan?
That's a great question.
I -- I'm thinking that...
He doesn't -- I think that there's something about this
New version of strand that we're seeing that he's on a precipice
At the end of season six, is someone
Who is going to double down with his own ideology.
There was a reason why he sent alicia away from him.
He said, "I want to remember the best parts of me,"
And I'm not qui-- I just don't know,
To be honest, as we go into season seven,
Will he want to see that part,
Knowing that he's got to be this other person?
So I think that that's going to be a conflict,
Because as we know that I think that they're close as can be,
They're like family.
But I think that he possibly needs to suppress
Certain things in his heart and in his mind
In order to be this other, fully realized version
Of victor strand, and I think that's going to
Be a part of the complication going into season seven,
With this new version of him.
Andrew, so we saw the crm helicopter at the end there
And @itsjustkatya on twitter wants to know,
"is isabelle potentially going to make an appearance
Next season -- are we going to start to see, you know,
As we see the universe -- the universe all tying together
From the shows, is it going to tie together that much?"
We will likely see isabelle next season.
You know, I think, for me and ian,
One thing we're very interested in
Is exploring al's relationship with isabelle
And exactly what it means to al and to isabelle.
And I think the other interesting thing
Is just seeing how someone like isabelle,
And perhaps the crm would react to,
You know, half of texas being blown off the map.
It's kind of changing the world fundamentally.
And it's definitely going to send, kind of, shock waves
Beyond texas and, you know, the characters on this show,
Because it's -- it's a pretty big deal
When a bunch of warheads go off.
Chris: Ian, can we talk about the significance of
Daniel's, uh, uh, memory issues this season?
Can we talk about what that means,
What that could mean, what's going on?
I think we've saw a whole new side
To daniel salazar this season.
You know, he's someone that spent the first half
Of season six fooling everyone into believing
That he was this forgetful person,
That he was starting to have slips in his memory.
And he was doing all of that with a --
With a very targeted purpose.
And then in the back half of the season,
We saw that that began to manifest in a real way
For him in sort of a post-traumatic stress disorder.
You know, just sort of this tonnage of a lifetime of lies
For daniel, and how it's hurt other people.
And now it's suddenly coming back to impact him.
And what I think we start -- what we saw in the finale here
Is he was very much in that place.
We saw that the group was not trusting of him,
Did not believe in him, but luciana did.
And she went with him
When he had sort of this half-baked theory
About hearing coordinates on the walkie.
But then when they showed up to those coordinates
And the helicopter arrived,
It felt like daniel was vindicated
And maybe he's on the road back to recovery.
And it's also the beginning of this relationship with luciana,
This new friendship, you know, who really believed in him
And is starting to hopefully bring him toward
A more healing place with his --
With the issues he's having.
Shout out to ruben on for an incredible performance
This season too, it was it was so great to see
Daniel salazar back and really involved.
And -- and ruben did such an amazing job.
But I want to shift gears for a sec and ask zoe about --
I really want to ask about the st. Louis barn raiser stunt
Where the gun gets shot out of your hands.
Can you -- can you talk about that stunt a little bit, zoe?
The first few times before they really focused on,
Like, you know, actually shooting
Where the gun kind of gets pulled out of my hand,
I kind of just like, they had me,
Like, when it gets shot, I kind of just like...
Kind of like had to flick it out of my hand myself
For the first little while, which was amazing,
Looked so real for me that whole time,
I did a great job on there.
And then for the real actual close-up shots of the gun,
Like, actually getting pulled out,
They just -- it's not that exciting.
I thought I -- really unexciting.
They just like tied a little, like, clear string to the gun
And had somebody on the side, like, pull it out of my hand.
-You know, I didn't know that, that's great information!
Zoe: The most unexciting answer.
Chris: No, that's a very ex-- honestly, I had no idea.
Even just hearing like, "oh, that's how they did that."
Like, that is very -- that's very exciting
And interesting to me.
So absolutely.
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Welcome back to "talking dead: Home edition"
For "fear" -- we're here with coleman, zoe, ian and andrew.
This is from @antoine1126 on instagram.
Zoe, do you have a favorite behind the scenes story
From this episode?
Ooh, favorite behind the scenes!
Gosh, what would that be?
Honestly, I think one of my favorite things --
It sounds really terrible, but when we were filming
Any of the stuff in the kind of submarine setting,
There was just this one little area
We were filming in that every crew member
Kept hitting their head on when they walked through the door,
And just like trying to film serious things.
And I was just like having
An absolute heyday cracking up at everyone,
Just whacking their head on the door for the submarine.
And I think that had to be one of my favorite days --
Terribly for me. -Okay, that's very dark.
[laughs]
[sighs] I know it's very morbid of me, I'm sorry.
But it was -- it's hilarious --
Sweet zoe plays this character so well.
I -- god, I know, I know, it's fitting.
You can see why they cast me now, I'm so --
[laughter]
Zoe, can I add one thing, too?
I just want to say this because I --
-Yeah, of course. -I realize I haven't had a chance to say it,
Is that you're such an extraordinary actress.
And when I tell you,
You being a part of our show has been such a joy.
You brought so much vitality and life and intelligence
You've been great to work with.
So I just wanted to say thank you,
Not only myself, I'm sure from the rest of the cast and crew,
We've really adored you and really what you brought to --
Aww, thank you!
Thank you so much, you guys have literally been so amazing.
I've learned so much from being able to work with --
With you and so many incredible actors,
And I wouldn't trade it for anything --
Even though you guys killed me!
[ laughter ]
It's been the best, it's been literally amazing --
And it was my first time dying in anything, so,
You got that, like, on my li--
On my, like, on my credentials,
You're the first people to kill me.
Chris: Not even -- I just want to say,
Not even dying, but in a nuclear blast --
Like, that is also -- -zoe: I know!
We're one of the first, I think, on television to do that.
Zoe, if I -- if I told you how many times
I had to watch the vfx of you going...
I started to feel bad about it.
Chris: I mean...
I know -- what other opportunity what I have to be incinerated?
I think it's pretty special.
I love it, but thank you, that means a lot to me.
This is from vera t. On facebook for colman --
Colman, you were named one of the best dressed at the oscars.
How important is wardrobe when crafting a character?
And before you answer, I do want to say,
And I told you this before we were shooting,
Your -- you looked phenomenal at the oscars.
That versace suit was just stunning.
So, amazing work. -Colman: Thanks.
And now can we talk about wardrobe
When crafting a character?
-Colman: Thank you, yes. -Actually tell me about
The oscar suit first, and then we'll talk about
Wardrobe crafting a character.
-To be honest, that was chosen by the tailor,
Because I put that on after choosing seven different outfits
And the tailor who was there, this beautiful,
Sweet latin woman, she was --
Had tears in her eyes and she clutched her chest,
And she says -- she took an inhale and she said,
"you have to wear that.
People have been so depressed for a year.
They need some fun, they need some magic,
They need some fantasy -- you have to wear that."
And I looked at her and I was like,
"yeah, you're right, I have to wear this."
So it was her decision, not even mine.
So that was telling that story for me with the oscar suit,
But also telling the story of victor strand,
It's -- I've always been very clear about really working
With our costume designers and hair and makeup
And really talking about a narrative of, like,
Why he has facial hair, or why he removes it,
Or why he's wearing a certain color pattern,
Or why the fit is a certain way.
I think all of it is to really help tell the story.
I feel like -- I really look -- investigate all of it.
I decided -- we made a decision at the end of --
Towards the end of season seven -- six --
To grow his beard back
Because I think he trimmed up,
In the middle of season six,
As people remember, in the early part --
Or even late five -- because he was becoming more open
And you were able to see his face.
And now I think you don't --
Victor does not want you to see his face.
He wants to be a bit more hidden,
Which -- which is all the hair stuff
Is growing out to -- to cover up a bit.
And also to have -- we're also investigating with
Season seven for him to have a bit more finesse and polish,
Because that's going to be the ultimate version of victor.
So we're very clear about it.
Chris: Perfect. Coming up, we're going to hear
From the cast, including June herself, jenna elfman,
About what to expect on the next season of "fear,"
But first, are you ready to go inside the dead?
Here's some inside info from tonight's episode
That you can't get anywhere else!
Please enjoy.
♪♪
Welcome back to "talking dead: Home edition"
For "fear," the season finale.
So, andrew, dynamic between morgan and grace
Was very intense in the finale.
Wh-what can you say about where they're at?
Yeah, I mean, they're in a very interesting place.
I mean, you know,
They finally shared their feelings for each other.
I mean, it only took nuclear missiles in the air
For morgan to finally tell grace how he felt about her.
But I think the interesting thing is really
Where they're going to be going in the future.
Morgan and grace kind of both had this dream
That they were building around the baby
That, you know, she sadly lost.
And by the end of this episode, in some way,
It feels like the universe kind of gifted them
With a second chance at that.
And, you know, that's definitely how morgan saw it, as we saw.
You know, he said, "I think this might be a gift from athena."
But I think the real question is whether grace is going to be
On the same page as morgan.
You know, she's got a lot of grief still to go through
And, you know, how they deal with that,
What it does to their relationship.
You know, we're just going to look to season seven
To find the answers for that.
Colman, what does it represent to strand that he sees
The st. Christopher medal around howard,
The historian's neck?
I think that he recognizes that this is a good man.
He's someone that he can actually
Be somewhat sincere with.
I think that, that sort of represents the fact
That he finds out those little bit of -- those little gems
That his wife gave him to -- that to him for protection,
And he still had it.
And he's looking around.
He's been collecting beauty and art and things like that.
So I think he assesses this man very clearly.
And I think that he believes that he can be
A part of the new future,
That they can do something together, because at the core,
He understands that, at least in this moment,
That this man is good.
I want to shift a little bit and talk about
Dwight and sherry, ian, because finally,
At the -- kind of near the end of the last episode,
They sort of agree, like, "okay, let's just throw
All this other stuff -- let's just start over.
We can just start over, can't we?
We don't have to be who we were.
You know, we can just start over," and that --
And that seems to be happening, it seems like they are
Definitely starting over in this episode.
But what can -- where do you see them
And what can fans expect going forward from their relationship?
What we see in the finale
Is that they've found some common ground
Of who they can be going forward as a couple.
And I think we see with the way that they dispense
Of teddy's acolytes there at the cellar,
And sherry even calling dwight on it and saying,
"I haven't seen that part of you for a long time, what happened?"
And I think what we're going to see from them is a way
To exorcise both their demons in a productive way,
Going after the bad guys.
And I guess the simplest way to say it is
We might see a bit of a bonnie and clyde dynamic
Between dwight and sherry going forward into season seven,
A really badass couple doing what they do best.
Chris: Excellent. Zoe, would did do anything
Special for your last day of shooting?
Um, what did I do for my last day of shooting?
It was -- it was interesting because the kind of
Whole barnyard raiser, me dying,
All that kind of situation was like
My second-to-last day of filming.
So I kind of got to do like all this big emotional stuff
Right at the very end, and then it was kind of nice,
'cause on my very last day of shooting,
It was like a super simple scene of this kind of
Driving in the car with -- with john.
And it was -- it was really nice, I got to kind of have,
Like, a super chill goodbye to everyone
And -- and just hang out for my last day.
And just, it was -- it was nice because it was very, very sleepy
On my, like, kind of -- my death day.
It was a lot of emotional stuff; so I got home that night
And I was just like right to my pillow, sleeping,
I was like, "and... Good night."
But it was a nice, very chill last day
Where I got to kind of really have a nice goodbye
With everybody, and it was just, it was great,
And got some, you know,
Have a cupcake for myself, and be like,
"yay!" -chris: Nice!
"I did it."
Well, coming up, we're going to hear from the cast,
Including lennie james himself,
On what to expect for the next season of "fear,"
But now, do you want to know even more
About tonight's finale?
Well, you can head over to twd universe
On twitch right after "talking dead,"
Where ian will be answering your questions live.
Check it out. Twd universe over on twitch.
We'll be right back on "talking dead: Home edition."
♪♪
One of the things that I'm most curious about
Where this is going to go in season seven,
And I've been given a couple of little hints of information
About things that are going to be revealed about dorie senior
And certain burdens that he still carries.
Man: I don't know much about season seven,
But I have learnt one thing
That morgan does in the next season
That is so unlike morgan.
I'm really looking forward
To navigating his journey to that point.
I'm excited to see where grace's journey will take her.
I don't know if that will include morgan.
I don't know if she'll allow anyone
To come too close to her --
Because everyone knows what's happened to grace.
They know and they feel her loss and her pain.
But every time she looks at each and every one of them,
It's just a reminder.
I wonder if that means grace will need to go off on her own,
Or will she forgive herself?
Will she find some kind of peace?
So let's see.
Elfman: What's that next chapter of change for June?
She doesn't have closure on dorie.
She's just begun that process.
There's a tremendous amount of healing
That still needs to happen for June.
And I'm also very interested
To see where we take her contribution.
Where is she going to make an impact?
There's a lot to look forward to going into season seven.
I'm intrigued to find out what happens with alicia.
And the whole world is going to be different.
She doesn't know if her friends and loved ones are alive,
And I do not doubt she's going to emerge
A completely renewed version of herself.
And I think there are some very exciting things in store
In season seven.
Welcome back, that was the "fear" cast
Teasing season seven of "fear the walking dead."
Colman, what do you hope for strand
Going into the next season?
I hope that strand has found a really good wardrobe,
And I think that he has; I think, you know,
Strand is always very concerned about outward appearances,
And I think that this new version of strand,
He's going to say, "hey, meet me here."
And I think that you can probably tell
There's some little bits right here
That you can see, since I am filming right now,
This is part of it.
But that's what I'm looking forward to,
And great storytelling.
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So, ian and andrew, I just have to say --
And to everyone,
This really was an incredible season.
It was -- it was heartbreaking and -- and devastating,
A lot -- exciting,
And a lot of fresh things
That you brought to the "walking dead" universe.
Incredible performances, incredible directing,
Really great writing.
So I just want to first say congratulations to you
And everyone else -- it was just a phenomenal season.
What can we expect from season seven?
I imagine if there's -- I imagine it's probably --
There's going to be devastation and heartbreak,
But -- but what else, uh, can fans expect?
One thing that I'm particularly excited for is
Ian and I had a meeting with nicotero and his team
And we said, um,
"all these nuclear bombs, you know, went off.
Let's push the walker stuff as much as we can."
And they gave us some really cool designs
That we're excited to see kind of brought to life
And to share. -Chris: Fantastic. Ian?
The nuclear apocalypse will also bring out
A new element of human adversary
In, uh...
And some also really cool designs --
Garb, accouterment -- to, uh,
To -- to reflect this new reality.
There's going to be a lot of gas masks in -- in season seven,
As you can probably guess.
Last question here, this is from lostshowfan
On instagram for zoe.
What's next for you? What are you up to?
Yeah! Yeah, so, um, a little while back
I -- I filmed a christmas movie
That'll be coming out on netflix this christmas
Called "a boy called christmas."
I recently finished up a pilot I did for sam esmail
Called "acts of crime,"
And I finished a movie called "the evolution of nate gibson."
And that's about it for now.
And then just I'll be back to auditioning
And whatever it is that I do in my free time.
Well, thank you so much for watching this
"talking dead: Home edition"
For "fear," the season six finale
Of "fear the walking dead" -- by the way,
Make sure to catch "bottomless brunch at colman's,"
Which is colman domingo's show available at amc.Com
And youtube.
Also, "talking dead" will be back
For "the walking dead" season 11 preview special
Sunday, August 15th.
And make sure, obviously, to keep checking all of our socials
For any "talking dead" updates or exclusives.
In the meantime, stay safe,
Take care of each other, thank you so much for watching.
I'm chris hardwick. Bye!
See you soon!