-Tonight, we saw just how brutal and terrifying
E thmasked reapers truly are.
And we got a tiny glim pseof what they're capable of.
And we found outma that ggie survived being left behind
In the walker-filled subway tunnel by negan.
But it turns out that was nothing
Compared to what she li and ttle hershel experienced
En they were out there on their own.
Eugene shared some vesory pernal information
Th wi mercer at the commonwealth,
And we all finally got to meet stephanie inn! Perso
She's real! But -- I knoy w. Verexciting.
But is the group too just beaten up
To go against the reapers?
And what does it say about maggie's state of mind
That sheed allow gage to be ripped to shreds by walkers?
And then what will happen no ew thatugene and stephanie
Have graduated from radio friends to ienrl frids?
On tonight, we have interviews from on the set,
A behind-the-scenes look at the epic moment
When the group fought their way through the train cars,
Plus a sneak peek of next week's
All-new episode of "the walking dead."
My guests are josh mcdermitt , aka eugene,
Il emy kinney, who of course played beth, is back,
And maggie herself, lauren cohan.
I am chris hardwick, and this is "talking dead live"!
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Alright. Hello. Welcome.
The conversation is just beginning.
We want to hear from you.
Tweet ust or hius up on instagram @amctalkingdead,
Or go to our facebook page.
Also, you can go to twdu.Com/deadlive
To vote in our polls and make your voice heard.
But for now, please say hello to my guests,
Josh mttcdermi, emileyy kinn,
And lauren cohan via satellite in atlanta.
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It's so nice to see you back on the "talking dead" couch!
Thank you for being here. -Yeah, I'm so happy heto be re.
-It'ers wondful to see you.
So, what was your reaction to maggie
Surviving negan'mps attet to make her walker food?
-Y meah, iean, I was so happy she survived the last episode.
I was so angry. I wondered if erthey we actually going to --
Just 'cause I knew it was the last season and everything.
And I was so excited to see maggie back.
And I ttwas geing so upset. Like, are they seriously
Going to kill off maggie on the first episode?
Like, this is their their chance to, like, shock everyone?
I was as-- I w legitimately like so upset,
And then I was so happy she survived.
But I was also very angry with negan,
Because I just feel like at every chance he has
E to likbuild some trust with maggie,
He -- he doesn't, you know? -Something like --
And then -- anyeah, d then he leaves her on a train car.
But everyone is very thrilled that you're okay, laur
En. And then -- anyeah, d then he leaves her on a train car.
King of e on twitter says, "'g walkindead' had me hollering
When maggie came from under the subway car.
Hollering!"
He wrote a bunch of g's. "hollering-g-g-g!"
Teen wolf human on twitter says, "maggie's alive!
O, boy. Negan is in for it now."
Brooke saggers says, "maggie is such a badass.
She has always" been.
And then venji grimes says,
"maggie pu nnchingegan is so satisfying to watch."
Lauren, what did you think
Pistol-whipping negan in the face
When she got back onto the tra
In? Pistol-whipping negan in the face
-Yeah, I mean, I t hohe was lucky
To get away with just a pistol whip, if I'stm hone.
-Yes. Fair. -It'ngs a lo time coming.
And I just -- I just -- I just feel like
It's not just that he let her fall off the edge of this train.
Ther a very important mission
That these people have to complete.
Ad he's now getting in between mama bear and her baby.
-R igh-and it's all good and well
That he lets maggie fall off the train,
He but 's preventing this mothr
From bringing food home er to h child.
And I just -- I just think,
You know, he has really pushed his luck.
And I know he makes this justification
Like, "she just said she was going to kill me."
I wouldn't kill him in cold blood.
That's what I'm saying. Push me, and I'll kill you.
But he basicalvely leas her,
Makes thisbl cold-ooded, murderous decision,
And it's just not okay.
-Josh, w ghat isoing through eugene's mind
When mercer called him a bad liar?
[both laugh]
-Yeah. When mercer called him a bad liar,
It was definitely like one of those situations,
Like, "oh -- hold my beer," you know?
Like, t he juskind of like cracked his knuckles
And then went into it, you know?
It's -- lo'sok, it -- eugene's superpower is lying.
And he's not one of those guy-- likeyou can leitherie,
You know, to get something you want
And kind of be nefarious about it,
Oran you c lie to survive.
And that's like really where eugene thrives
Is whe jn he'sust trying to survive
And keep p othereople safe.
So, you know, when he calls him a bad liar,
It's just like he takes -- he's like michael jordan.
He's like, "and I took personal offense to that,"
You know? He did not like that.
And so he -- he made mercer look like an idiot.
-And then, of course, and then the part
Where he pulls out the v card and --
-Yeah, man, I was --
I was like, "yeah, that sounds r aboutight.
Yeah. I think he's a virgi you know,
Which was -- which was nice because, you know,
This is a guy who's trying to do anything he can to survive
And to do anyt hhe can for his friends
And keep them alive and to be selfless about it.
You know, when we first meet eugene, he's a very selfish man.
He's just only think iabout himself,
Trying to survive on his own.
And now he's, you know, thinking about all these other
People trying to survive on his own.
And all his friends that got ripped from him.
He hasea no id what's happened to the communities
Back in alexandria and hilltop.
And he left during the war, during the battle.
So, you know, he's -- he's not as self-conscious
About that sort of thing anymore,
That he's able to just be emotional and open up
And actually use something like that
To continue to lie, to further his lie to mercer,
Because I think he just kind of ddangle
That little bit of a, you know, emotional truth,
And then mercer bit on that, and it's likm.E, boo
-Yeah. And they all kind of have this look on their face like,
"well, no one would lie about
That." -yeah. And they all kind of have this look on their face like,
-No one would lie about that.
-Here's just reactions from - t- fromhe internet.
Nekosmn on twitter says, "eugene's speech in the office
Was so emotional, so fun, so cute that I shed a tear.
By the way, josh mcdermitt is an acting mon
Ster!" was so emotional, so fun, so cute that I shed a tear.
Ad unde randy on twitter say, "never mind the rick movies.
W need eugene porter mo
Vies." ad unde randy on twitter say, "never mind the rick movies.
And critic poil nt girsays,
"eugene, the 40-year-old virgin."
-Oh.
-Aw! "eugene, the 40-year-old virgin."
-An actistng moner?
[both growling]
-Emily, if they had interr people on hershel's farm,
Would -- do you think rick's group
Would have been allowed to stay?
Do you think they would ashave psed the test?
-Um, yeah,it definely.
I meanin, I thk they were looking for,
It seemed like, goenod inttions
And then also if they had some sort of lilike skl set.
And I do feel like
When we first met, you know, grick'sroup,
Evy erybodwas just trying to do anything they could to survive.
And I do feel like everyone had these really good intentions
And weretr just ying to help each other out
And survive together.
So I do think they would henave be let --
-But they wouldn't have let shane in, th
Ough. So I do think they would henave be let --
-Maybe not shane. But I also thinidk we dn't know that
Ti unl further into season 2,
S thathaneu -- yoknow, like at first, I don't think
They would have caught on. -Like once he sh havedis
Head, s thathaneu -- yoknow, like at first, I don't think
They're "glike, et o
Ut.Ad, s thathaneu -- yoknow, like at first, I don't think
Like, you're -- you're being a little r nuttyight now."
-Weird. Yeah. Come on. What are you doing?
Yeah. You don't need to -y-- ou're like staring at yourself
In the mirror. -Okay, well, most people --
-Yipeah, wing the steam from the mirror?
They're like, "no."
-Like, you k'snow he going to do bad stuff.
-Yeah. He's just getting ready. He's just gettiny g readfor it.
And he d
Id! -Yeah. He's just getting ready. He's just gettiny g readfor it.
Coming up, we haerve intviews with the cast from the set,
A behind-the-scenes look
At the violent battle insi tde therain car,
Plus, an exclusive sneak peek
Of next week's episode of "the walking dead."
But first, before eugene admits, "I am, in fact, a virgin,
Even though ive observed that act
Far more times than I c aare todmit,"
Let's slow things down and say a final farewell
To all those we've lost tonight.
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-Liar.
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-Did she look at him because,
"I'm going to give you a gun, and you might shoot me"?
I don't know. But ne ganjust looks at her and says,
"give me the gun so I can go take care of the walkers
That are coming up our six."
She hates negan. That's it. Maggie wan dts himead.
Unfortunately for her, the only out, the only way
At th she's going to survive certain situations,
Is if she lets negan intool the fd.
It's simple as that, because what it is,
Is kind of what it is. She hates him but needs him.
[applause]
-Welcome bactak to "lkading de." that was jeffrey dean morgan
On how negan ande maggi had to work together
After he left her dead in the last episode.
We're back with josh, emily, and lauren.
Lauren, o what dyou think is the issymbolm behind maggie
And negan and him hnding the gun back and forth?
-Sharing their toys?
-Yeah. Yeah, exactly.
-I want to say it's interesting how jeff said there,
"and negan tells her he needs that gun
Sh and e should give it to him" maggie decided
That she was better off... -Mm-hmm.
-...And trusted him in that moment
And decided to give him the gun.
And it can be whatever jeff wants it to be,
But that's what really happened.
-Okay, I just -- yeah. -But --
-Yeah. Yeah. -No, that's it.
-I just need to kn owi just need to know,
If -- if the roles were reversed and you were on top of the train
Wand heas down there in the walker pile,
Would you have left him, or would you oihave hsted him up?
-No way would I have left him.
-You would have pulled him up on the train?
-I would have pulled him up. -Alright.
O, -n you wouldn't. -I have no reason.
We're on the same mission.
And I think, you know,en wh jeff -- "when jeff."
Their characters, lauren.
When negan gives maggiee thgun back at the end,
I do see that as kind of like a little semi truce,
That we see that er the's a greater evil.
And y,luckil we get to the point in the episode
Where wey reallsee that there's a greater evil against us.
But, no, I mean, maggie is struggling
To not become the person she's --
That she b mighte.
She's struggling to hold onto the person she was.
But also, that story that she tells the the guys
Is like if she were to kill negan,
She'd be that bad. She'd be that animal.
She'd let those animalist--
Tat animalistic nature take over her.
And so she's n she'sot going to just let him die.
She's saying to him, "keep pushing me, and I
Will." and so she's n she'sot going to just let him die.
But, you know, him cop ming uinnocently
Trying to get on the train with her,
These aren't the kin dpush-me moments
That would lead her to kill negan,
If that's all making sense. -Absolutely.
-I'm still very angry about all this.
[laughter] -it's still a lot to process.
Emily, what do you think of maggie's --
Like, leader maggie, fighter maggie?
Do you think -- how do you see her,
And how do you think beth woulder see h now?
Do you think beth would recognize maggie?
-Yeah, I mean, she's definitely cha
Nged. Do you think beth would recognize maggie?
But hijust wle I was watching, I thought it was so cool
To see maggie step up and be the leader that she is.
I definitely think beth looked up to her and --
And saw her as a leader and looked to her to see
How she was handling situations. And meso to , it makes sense.
There is this really great mon ment ithe train car
In this episode where maggie's not with them.
You know, she's -- she's been left behind, you know,
With the w, alkersand everyone kind of like looks around like,
"well, then where's maggie? Like, who's going to tell us
What to do?" and then finally, someone --
I think it's gabriel, father gabriel or what
Ever, what to do?" and then finally, someone --
Says like, "go -- go somewhere," or whatever.
But you see everyone stop an ad lookround like,
Wait, she's the one thleey're aning --
-Yeah. -They're leaning to and --
And looking to to give them direction.
-Yeah. Josh, what do you think it says abounet euge
That he crafts a shiv out of a piece of wo
Od? -Yeah. Josh, what do you think it says abounet euge
-Yeah. I mean, that's -- that was a cool moment,
Because, you know, I want to say the last time we saw, you know,
People like kind of crafting weapons in a panic like that
Was the premiere episode of season 5
When they were trapped in that train car
With gareth and the cannibals, you know, looming outside.
Anndd -- a eves ryone'like trying to like make a weapon
Out of any little piece of wood they can.
And I don't think eugene was making a shiv.
He wasn't doing anything, 'cause he knew --
Season 5 eugene knew that abraham
And other people are going to protect him.
-Right. -So now, you know,
It's a complete 180.
He's having to do it. And there's a paniisc in h eyes,
And it's not -- it's not a panic of like,
"oh, my gosh. I have to kieoll somne."
I think he's comfortable with that t if icomes to that.
I think it's more of a panic of,
"do I have enough time to get this done," you know?
And so that's what's --
That's what I thought was really cool about it,
Is, like, it really called back to that episode
Ju and st like we see how far - I mean, that's all we're seeing,
Is how far this guy has come from when we m firstet him.
-I want to ask laure n about how --
Ca beuse obviously maggiek.'s bac
We don't really know where she's been. She just hasea reappred.
And so there's a lot of questions,
You know, like, well, what's -- what's been going on?
What has, you know -wh- at's she been through?
And she gives pethis sech on the subway car,
And we start to get a sense of just
Thife horric things that she's been through.
U can yotalk about the speech when you first read it?
-Yeah, the disembodiey d fairtale,
Limbailess fry's tale, fairy tale?
Yeah, I -- [chuckles]
It's like the, "gather 'round, kids,"
To the campfire --
What is that thing called when you light it
And it leads the way?
You know the thing I'm talking about,
The thing shtse ligh?
I was dist fractedor a second
Because I was remembering terminus
And how shiny, sweaty,
Attractive everybody looked in that train
Car. And how shiny, sweaty,
[laughter]
I just remember it we as likmuscle city.
[laughter]
We were there. We had these tiny, little jobs
To do [laughter]
That -- that somehow we all were like,
"yeah, g we'reoing to really make this a big job."
And then it was just my little nostalgic moment here.
But no, this -- this speech,
This -- this situation, you know,
I-I read that, and then I thought back to tennessee
When we had the episode, when maggie telll,s dary
Like, "these are the things that hapeve hapned.
And, you know, I may have ta hesited to come back,
But --" but anyway,
Angela had kind of alluded to this horrible stuff on the road.
And it's interesting to me us becae, you know the comic,
How it addresses the governor and his world and everything,
And we never need to go into that much detail in the show.
And t-- andhis is kind of one of the really only other times
Thveat we' touched on that real depravity.
And I think it's important, and I think it's a good lesson.
It was definitely hard to stomac sh thattory,
Ino punntended. And -- but I think --
I itthink 's something that they needed to hear.
It's kind of what paevery rent wants to do.
And congratulations, by the way.
I was watching last week when you made your announcement.
-Oh, thank you. Oh, yes. Yes, thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
S -it'toct prote their kids from making mistakes.
And I think that's at the root of what she's doing.
And that's -- and that's not just what's out
There and I think that's at the root of what she's doing.
In these worlds. That's what's in here, you know?
-Yeah. -And so that's kind of --
-Well, perfect. Thank --
And yothank u for the congratus.Lation
Ju and st if you guys missd last week,
My wife and I are haviabng a by in the next few months.
I don't mind saying it again. It's fun to say it.
Before we go to break, I want to show you all this.
This is an amazing original poster art featuring mercer...
-Who a. -And the commonwealth soldiers.
-Wow. -You can get one for yourself
At twdushop.Com.
And of course, you're all going to get one
Because that w's howe do it here it on the show.
Everyone gets stuff. And when we return,
More interviews from the set, a behind-the-scenes look
At the gory fight in the train car,
And an exclusive sneak peek of next week's episode.
We'll be right back.
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-I feel like for a while,
N aldehad an almost religios re spect for maggie,
Juaust becse of the contrast that he'd known behetween r
And between negan kind of deified her in a way.
And so to see her trespass like that in that way
Was probably quite confronting for him.
I don't think he was really ever one of negeoan's pple,
But by unhappy circumstance. D anso I think
He was always going to make hisom way sewhere else.
And I'm glad, of course, that it waies magg,
'cause then I got to work withauren, l who iove.
An wd thatas another blessing, as well,
Was beleing ab to work with her again finally, yw?Ou kno
I missed hery. Dearl
And I didn't -- you know, we didn't get as much time
Working together on previous seasons,
So this was -- this was great.
Pp [alause]
Me-welco back to "talking dead."
That was callan mcauliffe on working with lauren cohan
And how alden was affected by gage's death.
We're back with josh, il emy, and lauren.
And now it's time to see e whatveryone thought at hoe
When we twasked du.Com/deadlive,
Did maggie make the right call with gage?
Yes, they couldn't trust him after whdiat he d,
Or no, he made a mistake, but he didn't deserve to d
Ie.Es, they couldn't trust him after whdiat he d,
While we're calculating the resu
Lts,s, they couldn't trust him after whdiat he d,
Emily and josh, would you have tried
To open the door to save him? I don't know.
Emil'sy, let start with you. What would you vote?
-I mean, I fkeeel li I would have.
It's hard to watch that sc I feel like I --
I felt like there was enough time to save him.
And I just felt like it would have beenfo hard r me
To -- to -- to see him go down and --
-Yeah. You got t oh.R-yea
Ve -en if you'd want the guy to die, you'd be like,
"oh, the door's not opening."
I mee an, ththing is like this big.
It's not like it's a giant barn door
Wher're theye all coming in.
Like, you could have just picked them off one at a time.
With father gabriel, with his one b
Ad eyeke, you could have just picked them off one at a time.
And his shotgun. Ulyou cod sit there,
And even he could have hit it, bt she's like, "nope."
I mean, like, alden tried.
-Oh, it just reminded me of like several s seasonago,
The death in the rngevolvi door,
Where glenn is just watching? -Yeah.
Oh, that was -- -that was so rough.
-That was really tough.
-53% said no.
53% said no. 47%ye said s.
And then this -- this questomion fr instagram
From j packsonace, who plays gage,
His question is, "lauren, why diied magg let gage die?"
[lau g-I don't know, jackson.
Why'd you take all our weapons? And did yo cu justome back
Because reyou we lost and out of options,
Or did ye ou comback because you wanted to help
The team and stuff?
That's what I would like to know. Are you there, jackson?
-Yeah, come on, man!
-But that doesn't mean as he h to die, lauren!
-Oh, be quiet, josh. I didn't write it.
-You don't get to make that call!
-She's the leader!
-Ou don't get to make that
Call! -She's the leader!
-Yeah, she's the leader.
-No, he waabs a liility.
-Come auon. [lghs]
-I think you're a liability right now.
-You know what? You know what?
T -ihink maggie is out of control, man!
-I've never seen it get so heated lkon "taing dead."
-I mean,on come . -This is just out trof conol.
-But didn't he do a good job? Jackson?
-Oh, he did an amazing job. -Not with his tweet,
But with the performance.
[laughter]
-With the performance.
-Stabbed himself in the heart twice.
Like, started crying. -Twice! Twice.
-So sad. -It was so sad.
-It was that kind of twhere like, you know,
Negan leaves maggie to the wal
Kers, -it was that kind of twhere like, you know,
And then she gets back on, and she's like,
H, no, leave that guy," you know?
But, you know, di she dn't trust him.
The olegacyf twd on instagram
Says, "l iauren,f it were daryl behi the door,
Ul wod maggie have attempted to open it?"
-Yeah, because daryl has their back.
-Yeah.
-I mean, daryl's a team player.
-Yeah, he is. -You h know?E's daryl.
-People edeserv second chances, though.
-He has a dog.
Yes, I agree.
But I think, you know,
We see what she's been through and -- and wharit the sk is.
Just -- I don't want to talk about iort anyme. Move on.
-But I'll say this is how you know lauren is a great. Actor
She -- she's defending her character's ch
Oices, -but I'll say this is how you know lauren is a great. Actor
Even though esshe don't deep down believe them.
She still has to defend it.
That's what we all do. And it's like, it's interesting,
'cause, you know, we'll get people come --
Like, even when like eugene was living with the saviors,
And they're like, "why'd you turn on rick?! Rah-blah --"
And I'm like, "dude, this is a tv show. Like, chill out, man."
But like I found myself -- I was like,
"yeah, she was living with rick, too."
But you have to defend I owyou kn?
And you know I love you, lauren.
I'm just giving you some crap. -I know. I know.
-But like it's -- it ie,s, lik
To me, that e was onof the greatest moments of this show,
Because, you know, this whole show lives in that gray area.
And that's one that's just so charged ti hat I-loved it.
But you made the wrong call, you kn
Ow. And that's one that's just so charged ti hat I-loved it.
-Do you --think il emy, do you think
Daryl will prove beth right in t?He end
Do you think he will the last man standing?
-I d do. Ion't know if he'll be the only last manin standg,
But I definitely thihenk 's going to be
One of the last men standing.
I-I errememb back when I say that to daryl.
That particular scene happened in this cabin in the woods,
If you guys remember.
And we -- we went out there tors reheae one day,
And we were with angela, who wrote that episode.
And I remember in the van over
Norman just asking angela,
Like almost like paranoid, like, "what does that line mean?
Is that like foreshadowing, like, my death?"
And I was feeling methe sa way.
Like the fact that I say like,
"oh, you're going to be the last man standing," it's like,
Is it saying like, "oh, you're about to die next episode,"
Or is it -- you know, like, just not knowing.
But I actually do think, yeah.
-It'd be weird if beth was like,
"ou're going to get a spin-off."
-It'd be weird if beth was like,
He'd be like, "what's that mean? I don't understa
Nd." -it'd be weird if beth was like,
-And then he morphs to in tim allen
In his show "last man standing." -"last man standing."
Oh. -And then he morphs to in tim allen
And then daryl goes [barking]
-That's a different show, chris.
-Totallyre diffent. It's not even --
Jo sh, if the apocalypse --
If the apocalypse etomorrow, what would eugene do?
Like, what would he pick up and do with his life, tdo youhink?
-He'd probably just go back to norm
Al. Like, what would he pick up and do with his life, tdo youhink?
Li'ske, he like, "oh, I don't have
To do all these things to survive anymore?
Alright. I'll be in my bunker reading comic books."
Hat's what he would do. He'd go read comic books.
-I think so. I mean, it's like
Everybody's being pushed to the limits
To do everything they can to protect themselves,
Protect others, and to survive.
I think that's an interesting question for arall chacters.
Like, what would happen if this ended,
And they had to go back to their regular life?
It's like, you know, th qat's auestion
That we keepg askinon the show, is like, how do you go back?
Can you ever go back? I think people would try,
And I think they would have a really hard tih me witit.
-Especially after this long, especially after this long.
Ea-oh, yh. -We just have to take
A quick break. But before we go to break, I want to mention
Emily kinney has a new album out
Ed call "the supporting characte
R." emily kinney has a new album out
So please go mi to ely's instagram,
Which is emmy kinney, e-m- m-k-I-n-n-e-y,
To find out more.
Coming up, an exclusiakve sne peek
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Thtat sho is one of my favorite shots
I've ever been in on this show.
It was -- it looked like "the matrix," kind of,
But it alsa o had very "blade runnel r" feeto it.
-We're kind of in the background
When nshorman oves the grenade into the walker's mouth,
And it was cit's a cool sequence.
It wasof kind hard to -- to -- to navigate
Because it was so narrow,
And I hathd all ese weapons on my back
Dealin g thame stre of walkers
Coming up the aisl e and trying to kill the
M off. Dealin g thame stre of walkers
I was abletc to wah from behind. The kills looked fantastic.
-Fortunately for us, the way that they'd set it up
Was really creepy in and of itself.
W soe didn't have to really do very much acting,
Whiclwh is aays nice. And that's one of the best parts
About being on a show hilike ts,
Is you get to see these -- you know, these othelyrworld setups.
So it should be cool.
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-Welcome back to "talking dead." that was a behinscd-the-enes
Look at tonight's episode. We're back with
Josh, -welcome back to "talking dead." that was a behinscd-the-enes
Emily, and lauren.
Lauren, did the suarbway cs look as realistic in person
As they do on th?E show
-It's like vegas.
U yodon't know what time it is when you come out.
You don't know if you' re going in or you're coming out
Or you just -- you know, what.
It was -- it was such a disorienting expe.Erienc
And we were in there for, yoku ow, three weeks for something.
-Oh, wow. -So it was good.
Ou but r production designers built that whole thing.
I mean, that is like a -- they built that
And all those tunnels and --
Yeah, it was pretty epic.
-Josh, do you have a favorite behind-the-scenes
Moment yeah, it was pretty epic.
On the commonwealth set?
-Gosh, therea were lot.
It was nice e to bback to work with everybody,
Us becae that, you know, obviously, these were
The first kind of cepisodes back to work.
We shot them both at the --
Episodes 1 and 2 at the same time.
So it was nice to be vewith eryone.
I think -- yeah.
You know, the thing that keeps sicking out in my head
Is the moment of reprocessing,
Where they like rip the guy out of the --
Like, we're all just kind of in that cage.
And then they're like, "you're coming with us."
And they pull -- and I don't I don't remember
The actor's name who was sitting at the table,
But we were like wg atchinthat, like, cheering him on,
Because at some point, kirk, kirk riley,
One of our stunt guys, was like lifting the guy out,
And heki just nd of grabs him and pulls him aside.
And we're like, "man, you got to --
Like, you got to rip him of out that table."
And we're just like cheering him on like --
So rick comes in, and he's like -- or, not rick.
I'm g callinhim rick. Kirk.
Ilkirk rey. I'm a moron.
Anyway, he like rips him out,
And the guy's h likeolding the table.
And we're like, "yeah!" like, freaking out.
Denih se hutis like, "you guys are not helping.
You need to shut up right now."
But we were jukest, li, cheering it on,
Because we -- and I think at one point,
'cause there's the chain link fence.
Li wke, heas pulling him,
Enand th the guy was like sideways,
Hanging onto the chain link fenchie for s dear life.
And I just -- just watching that, I go, "this
Is -- hanging onto the chain link fenchie for s dear life.
Like, bawe're ck in it. Like, this is not --
We're not, like, screwing around anymore. This is like,
We are back into shooting this film --" or, uh, show.
I told you I'm a moron. Ghi thout it was a movie.
-It'vis a moe. It's just episodic films.
They're just -- they're just movies.
Emily, do you think the commonwealth will be a resource
Or a problem for alexandria?
-I mean, definitely a problem, I feel.
Just in those interrogation scenes,
They asked you guys ale,l, lik "where's your settlement?
Where's your settlement?" like, I don't think they want --
I think everybody need, s foodresources.
And I just -- I caagn't imine them being a help to alexandria.
I mean, maybe I just have a bad deattitu.
But, like, by this time in this show,
It's like, when have the two groups come together,
Well, not just without any sort ofem probls or I yssues,ou know?
Like, so, I think it'sbl a proem.
-Here's a fun tweet we just go
T in like, so, I think it'sbl a proem.
From pez1963 on twitter.
"if eugene loses his virginity, will that be in an in memoriam?"
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"let's say goodbye to all those we lost tonight."
Befo we goea to brk -- if our producers are listening,
The answer is yes,at th should be on there.
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-Hi. I'm caitlin. I'm fr tomhe
Uk, ♪♪
And "the walking dead" means pretty much hieverytng to me.
I have a couple of tattoos from the show
So it can live with me forever.
One literally says twd
Becausnce it eapsulates the entire unive
Rse one literally says twd
And the world that's become part of my life and alway bs wille.
Th e other is of my favorite character, eugene porter,
Because his character arc is fantastic,
An d josh is a really great actor.
My favorite scene in "the walkading de"
Is where we see eugene talk to stephanie on the radio
Before entinering to war with the whisperers.
This is something that tater bug wouldn't have done
For anyone else apart from his blue weevil.
But that's what makes it so, so s.Pecial
The way eugene's confidence has ow grn
Is enlightening and inspiring.
His monologue was so upsetting,
Besecause eingra a chacter that you really care about
And relate to upset is heartbreaking.
But him being brave is awesome,
And I cannot wait to see where that takes us
In season 11.
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-Welcome back to "talking dead."
That was this week's featured fan, caitlin,
Describi ang herll-time favorite "walking dead" moment
And showing off her amazing tattoos.
And if you want the chan ce to be featured
On an episode like caitlin, you can send30 us a -second video
Of yourself exngplaini how "the walking dead" has impacted you
At fansubmission@talkingdead.Tv.
But now it's time for caitlin to ask a questiovin via deo.
Let's roll it.
-My question is for josh. Is there an origin story
Asy to wheugene chose the name tater bug?
-[chuckles]
Can I just say, first, I've met caitlin before.
Y -oh,ou have? -Yeah. She's awesome.
She's a filmmaker.
And I got to -- she le tscreen one of her films
From film school, and it was awesome.
T' -thas fantastic. -Eah, which --
She lives in the uk.
I don't know if you could tell by her v
Oice. She lives in the uk.
But, no, she's rad.
Like, we've -- I've met her several times.
She's awesome. Bu t what was the question?
-The question is the origin story,
Why eugene chose the atname ter bug.
Is there an origin sto
Ry? Why eugene chose the atname ter bug.
-I mean, I think with most decisions that eugene makes,
It probably revolved around food.
He was probably hungry, probably thinking through, like,
"well, it's Friday night. What would I be doing
If we weren't killing zombies?"
And he probably started ngthinki about watching movies.
He's a big jon heder fan,
So he probablyed watch "napoleon dynamite"
And maybe started thinking hoabout w hungry he was
And how he'd love to have some tater tots,
Some pocket tots
And then got to thinking, "oh, well, you know,
Why don't I just throw thi sout there, tater tots?"
And he's lweike, "ll, why don't I make myself
A little more oa apprchable and cute,
Call myself tater bug?"
-Good. -That's pr -obably-
-So you haven't really thought t abouit a lot?
-I've thought t abouit a ton. -A lot?
Lo I ve that you -- likegh rit now, just like, of course,
"napoleon dynamite's" one of his favorite movies.
-Absolutely. -That is a fantastic --
That's so right on.
But now we want to see what everyonghe thout at home
When we asked you at twdu.Com/deadlive,
"how did you feel when you first saw stephanie?
Ecstatic! It's about time eugene had a chance at love.
Or relieved. I really thought eugene was getting catfished.
Or skeptical. It's hard to trust anyone.
We don't know about the commonwealth yet,
So we don't know."
While the results are calculating,
What was your first impression of stephanie?
-I mean, I was so -- I was so excited to see her,
S toee that she was real and see her glass--
Like, she has those cute red glasses.
And I'm just excited for any love story in this world,
Guess, like especially for eugene.
I ththink at'll be really -- or hopefully.
I mean, I gwe don't know for sure.
I definitelyee did fl at certain moments a little skeptical.
Like, is this some kind of trap of some sort?
-You and 57% of the people who voted...
-That's right. -. S..Werekeptic, al. Ohmy god.
You guys have been watching "the walkiadng" de for so long.
"I druon't tst anybody!"
24 % relieved, 19% ecstatic.
Well, good for the 19% for being positive.
This is -- -but, lauren,
Lauren, dised you e how easy it was for them
T to jusopen the door and thenhe let t person through?
-Oz.H, gee what the... [laughter]
Why are we -- what is this?
Wh, y? Whyjosh?
-Oh, I made myself laugh on that one.
-This is a friendly -- we're having a good time.
Wh oy poopn it, josh?
S this ifrom number 394 on instagram.
"josh, how did efeugene el --" -you're not a virgin.
He -wn he -- [laughter]
"how did eugene feel when ht e firssaw stephanie?"
-Oh, he was like, "oh, thank god."
-That she's she's a person, she's real.
-She's real. She is real. -Yeah.
Yeah. -Yeah. I think he was excited.
I think -- I mean, that was like a really emotional time for him,
'cause he like moments before was reunited with his friends
And thenen momts after that was accepted into the community.
Then moments after that, m heeets, you know, stephanie,
I mean, I think he was just really overwhelmed.
And I loved that moment where she comes in.
You know, everyone in the commonwealth looks great.
Like, they've showered and they're all put together.
And then eugene is standing there like a big, fat toe,
Like, just like, "oh, hey. I'm the voice."
Te[laughr]
It's -- I just love the juxtaposition of that.
It was -- it was awe
Some. It's -- I just love the juxtaposition of that.
-Well, coming up, we've got that exc slusiveneak peek.
But first, you can now watch od epises of "the walking dead"
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-Alright. Oh, boy.
So -- so, that's next week, fo but r right now,
I just want to get to this question,
'cause I think 's it a it's a great question,
From serena grimes on twitter. "emily and lauren,
What do you miss most about working together on-set?"
Let's start with you, emily.
-I mean, I just feel like
It's always been so easy to do scenes with lauren.
I don't know how it happened , but if anything we had to do,
Especially if it was like some emotional scene,
There was just like tu a naral thing that happened.
It wasn't like we ha d to talk a lot about our scenes.
They just came really, really naturally.
And it's not always like that on other sets,
Or it's not always like that with your scene partner.
But like I always feel like me and lauren
Just had this really natural, like emotional connection
That just happened like magic.
Wand itas same with, you know, when we would do family scenes,
You know, with scott. It was just -- yeah.
-What about you, lauren? -Yeah. I fantasize
Ou abt emily still being here.
I mean, imagine going through all this s
Tuff, ou abt emily still being here.
And beth was still there to go through it with her.
D anshe's just such a -- you're such a bright light.
You know that. And it is --
It's -- it's so go od to see you here
And be with you on here.
And you being missed is testament
To what a wonderful person that you are.
-Aww. L -iove the reunion.
I love the greene family reunion on "talking dead."
K -inow. This was such a nice surprise.
When they said that that emily was going to be on this show,
I was so excited. -Yeah.
-I have one final question.
It's a very important qu festionor josh
From instagram user poo shoes.
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"josh, would eugene lose the tennessee top hat
If stephanie asked him to?"
Pr-he'd obably strangle her.
-No, he would not.
He would not. -He'd be like, "how dare you?"
-He would not. -He's ready to kill.
He would not. -He'd be like, "how dare you?"
He's ready to kill. -He is not.
Would you -- would you shave the mullet?
-Um, I think he'd have to get to know her more.
I mean, I don't know.
At's -- it's sewn into the fabric of who this man is.
I can't -- I can't see him without it.
It -- [sighs]
-Can you give me three - - just in 10 seconds,
Three words to describe the commonwealth this season.
-Oh, um, clean, ordered...
Yoga. -[chuckles] okay.
The last a one's little -- oh, wow. Alright. Yoga.
Liitttle b of a surprise -eugene's going to do some yoga.
Ha-oh, tt's reale.Ly nic -yoga classes.
-That's really nice.
Well, that's going to take us to the end of "talking dead."
I want to thank my wonderful guests,
Josh mcdermitt, emily kinney, anend laur cohan.
Make sure to liste n mi to ely's new album,
"the supporting character," which is out now.
Remember, her instagram is @emmykinney
Fo ir morenfo about her new music.
Don't foo rget tgo amcplus.Com
To watch next week's episode riw.Ght no
Join us next week, we 'll be joined by
Callan mcauliffe, who plays alden,
And ryan hurst will be coming back on the show.
He plays beta, of .Course
Stay safe. Please take care of each other.
S it iso wonderful to be back here.
And a huge hand for our live audience,- who -
It's lov sely toee you. Thank you for being here.
Y'all make the show for me.
I isam chr hardwick. Have a wonderful week. Goodbye.
We'll see you next week.
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