-T onight, we picked back up with the group
In the middle of the brutal reaper attack.
Many of maggie's people were killed,
Ma but ggie herself managed to escape.
Eventually she reu nwith a severely wounded alden,
But they were again attacked by more reape
Rs, eventually she reu nwith a severely wounded alden,
Only to be saved by none other than n
Egan! Eventually she reu nwith a severely wounded alden,
It's working out great with him.
Meanwhile, back at hom e, carol led a mission
To capture horsehes in t wild
And bring them back to alexandria.
D after a few failed attempts, they finally succeeded
But,sh in a ocking twist,
Actually slaughtered one of the horses
To feed their starving community.
So, how much longer can the group survive
Without fresh supplies?
What does it mean that negan saved maggie
After leaving her dead back in the subway tunnel?
And how will alden manage now that he's hurt and on his own?
On tonight's se how, whave interviews with the cast,
One with lauren cohan, y jeffredean morgan,
Also more of the cast,
An exclusive sneak peek of next eweek'spisode.
My guests tonigh tmy dear friend,
Member of the "walking dead" universe eternally,
Ryan hurst is here, who, of course, was beta.
Callan mcauliffe is here.
He plays alden, who -- who figured heavily into this show.
Now he's here onin "talkg dead."
I am chris hardwick, and this is "talking dead."
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-Thank you. -Thank you fngor bei here.
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Please say hello to my guests --
Ryan hurst, who is wonderful
In "the mysterious benedict society,"
By the way, and callan mfecaulif,
Who is wonderful on this show, "the w dalkingead."
-Thanks, everybody . [cheers and applause]
-Ryan hurst. It's so lovely to see you.
-Chris hardwick. -So, I know you've been
A "walking dead" fan for a long time, ryan hurst.
-Yeah.
-What's been your reaction to the first part
Of season 11 and a and a post-whisperer world?
-Well, chris hardwick --
-I sense a preexisting friendship here
That's making me feel left out. -No, I always --
-If you guys could have less of a rapport, that would be lovely.
-Just using full names. I always -- hachris rdwick.
So, I mean, yeah, one of -- I --
E ththing that I've been mo st impressed by,
And as -- and a giant fan of the show,
Is just kind of, like, how many genres hothis sw
Has sort of, you know, traipsed through.
Ea -yh. -Obviously, suspense and horror
And western and the sort of
"gilligan island"-ness of it all.
But, like, where -- where the show sort of has l
Anded "gilligan island"-ness of it all.
Thatnk I thi is really interesting is that it's so --
It feels very mature all of a sudden.
It feels very dickensian.
It feels very -like - the -- the -- the --
The ripeness of the ivnarrate, the ripeness of the character,
The depth of these characters that we've lived with
For so long is really kind o f starting to mature in a way
That I just watch with -- like, I'm just captibyvated it.
-I-I had a hard time hearing
Anything you said afilter "gligan's island."
-Yeah. Yeah. -And I'm just imagining
That in the apocalypse. -Yeah.
"gilligan's island"-ness. Yeah. Yeah, sure.
-Just making everything out of coconuts the way they
Did. "gilligan's island"-ness. Yeah. Yeah, sure.
Th aey had millionaire on the island.
Callan mcauliffe, you get the first and last name, too.
-Yeah. -'cause you're part of the
First-and-last-name club. I feel complete.
-It's nice to see you. Thanyou for being on the show.
-Thank you for havin g mfirst time.
-It's your first -yeah.
-Welcome. Welcome. Welcome.
-Been on the show four years.
First time on the "talking dead," though.
-T this ishe first time.
-I'm gonna work not to be offended.
-No. [laughs]
It's not -- you know, for a long time,
We did the show in my house. It was very --
We were going through a weird time.
-Iy 'm verhappy to be here.
-But it's nice to have you here in my fake loftmt aparent.
-It's beautiful. -Thank you. Thank you.
This is a city of some sort.
-It's looking not so hot.
-It's not so hot 'cause it's in the apocalypse.
Let's talk a little bit about the reaper attack sequence...
-Oh, yeah. -...'cause it was --
It was very horror movie-esque,
To ryan's point earlier
About kind of genre hoppin tg withhe show.
Can you botalk aut what it was like to film?
-I mean, that was -- that was a hell of a time,
Not least of all because,
You know, it was very, vereny violt.
But it was -- it wasti nightme.
It was in the dark. It was in a forest.
And there were a bunch of creepy masked dudes
All on the periphery.
And so it was very easy togi be letimately frightened,
'cause all of the kind of --
The accouterments of a are kind of invisible.
There was a roving camera, too.
So it was very easy for theur foth wall to be put up.
And yo -u just- you were there.
And my heart was pumping the whole time.
It was a hell of a thing.
-Well, we asked everyone what they thought at home
At twdu.Com/deadlive --
Who would win in a fight, beta or ulthe skl mask reaper?
The reaper, he fell down a stairwell.
He took a bottle to the face.
He got away.
Beta, he fell down an elevator
Shaft. He got away.
He was stabbed in the chest, and he got away.
Il whe we're calculating those results,
An ry, what do you think?
Are the reapers scarier than the whisperers?
-No, no. Come on.
I mean, we -- we -- we wore dead people on our face.
-True. -We -- we -- I mean, it's --
They're trying t they're -- like, that's our bag.
Let's juvest lea that where it is, okay?
-I know. Bu'rt theye very purge-y.
There's a -- there's a -- -oh, come on.
Oh, come on.
I abgot stbed in the chest and kept a-moving.
Like, let's -- -yeat'h, thas true.
That's true. 50/50, they say.
50% say beta. 50% say reaper.
-Pbht! -So it's very, very, very
Li spt down the middle there.
-I'm definitely gonna go with beta
'cause I'm sitting next to him.
-He's -- you're sitting right next to him.
-Yeah. -That seems the wisest o
Ption.He's -- you're sitting right next to him.
-What do you rememstber mo about working with ryan on the show?
-Really itvery ltle. -Yeah.
E, -w uh -- we didn't have all that much together.
-Yeah. -And when we did,
It was at a distance. Ea -yh.
-But I do --
I do know that a lot of people were upset that I --
That I cothose n to shoot you despite ample opportunity.
And I -- and ia have feeling that the,
You know, tertiary character of alden
Is being kept up pretty much every night by the knowledge
That he could have killed a primary antagonist.
-[laughs] -nd I don't think you
H flesmask would have stopped an arrow in the head.
-Yeah, that's correct, correct.
-And as we've seen -- as we've seen from "ac"heron,
Episode 1, myself and a number of other characters
Havenl suddey become olympic archers.
-Yeah. -So it's not like
I would have missed you. -Right.
-But it was a pleasure wowirking th you all the same.
-You -- you were really keeping e thosarchery skills
In your back pocket for a while there.
-I have, yeah. No, I was --
I'm a vepro jalin thrower, as well.
-Yeah. Yeah. -So keep moue on yr team.
-Some -- some real -- -but, yeah, I wish
Wed worketogether more. -I know. I know.
-Some real legolas il skls. There
-Honestly. -Like, firing those arrows.
And, ryan, of the remaining survivors,
Who do you think would have made the bespet whisrer?
-Who would have made the best wh--
, uhi would probably be leaning toward --
I mean, this might be surprising,
But I-I would lean towards magna a little bit.
-Okay. -There's a steely sort of,
You know, military precision
To the way that she's being portrayed that I think,
You know, wokeuld ma its way ito the whisperer sort of cult
Li a ttle -- very well, you know, I mean, 'cause the -- the --
The whis apererst their essence were, like, purists...
-Right. -...Of the apocalypse.
And -- and -- and -- and I think that sldhe cou
Have been swayed in that iodirectn, sure.
-She looks pretty wild, too. -Yeah.
-I think she could not shower for a couple of years
And look pretty similar.
-Well, I think that's the whole apocalypse thing, right?
Like, I-I don't know where -- I mean, obvi tously,here --
There are scenes where people are tout inhe woods,
And they go back in, d anit just looks like a --
Like a suburban hgw,tv sho you know?
-Yeah, yeah. Sure, sure.
-But they go b out there, and it's like,
"where are people showering?
Arwhere e they going to the bathroom?"
-Yeah. -Like, what's happening?
-And people seem pretty well put together.
-Ye-but I don't k
Now. -And people seem pretty well put together.
So -- so magna was your choice
For -- for that? -Yeah. Absolutely.
Yeah. -Excellent.
Well, we have to take a quick break.
When we come back, we're gonna have interviews with the cast
From the set, plus an exclusive sneak peek
From next week's episode of "the walking dead."
But first, before you find out that carol knows exactly
Which mushrooms will make ipyou tr
The light fantastic let's slow things down
And say a final farewell to all those we't ve lostonight.
♪♪
-[grunting]
[clang]
♪♪
[glass shatters]
-[groans]
♪♪
-[growling]
-[screaming]
♪♪
[horse grunts]
♪♪
-[growling]
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-People are gonna do what they can to survive.
I think that's the name of the game,
And everybody kind of has their own way of doing that.
And -- and he chose his way.
And I thgaink nen is a smart ou engh person to appreciate
Whate peopldo to survive,d analden picked his way.
He chose his path.
And I think that negan is fine with that.
I don't think negan hold --
Nyheld a ill will about him being maggie's friend
Or being on that side .At all
[cheers anapd pl
Ause]being on that side .At all
-Welcome back to "talking de
Ad."]being on that side .At all
That was jeffrey dean morgan on negan's view of alden
Going from former savior to maggie's ally.
We're back with ryan hurst d ancallan mcauliffe.
So as a former savior,
How do you think alden end at the sanctuary?
-I mean, iket's li with anything, really.
I feel like he was just a victim of unlikely circceumstan,
Ended up with folks with whom he doesn't necessarily align,
But it kept fehim sa. -Yeah.
-And he probably, like everyone, once they're done
With their lone-wolf fantasies in the apocalypse,
Ndyou fi a group to shack up with, right?
And I thatink th's who he went in with.
Ma and ybe he just made some friends
Anedd turn a blind eye to the horrific violence
And did his best to get through.
But I think he'stl a lite happier where he is now,
At least temporarily.
-Yeah. But I think he'stl a lite happier where he is now,
-[laughs] ryan, what was it like watching a former savi
Or,ah. But I think he'stl a lite happier where he is now,
Alden, interact with negan?
-Well, I mean, more than anything, you know,
I've been, yw,ou kno such a fan of his for the entire series.
And in these -- this season, for these first three episodes,
I justom -- fr actor to I'm just, like --
Soi was unbelievably impressed by your performance.
It was so nuanced. -Ah. Thank you.
-It was subtle. It was charismatic.
It waswa -- I s -- I was so happy
That they really for these, you know,
Couple episodes really shined a light on you.
And you got to -- and you knocked it out of the park.
Ha -tnk you very much. -You really did, really did.
-Yeah, the writing was -- thine writg made it easy
To work with. -Right.
-So [bleep] hell of a time.
-What do you enjoy most about workthing wi jdm?
-[chuckles] jdm and I are on a very similar,
Like, fatigue wavelength, I want to call it.
When the two of us are in a scene together
And we make anything like eye contact
And it's a little late in the day,
You' gre notetting any more work done.
And I -- because hehe's -- 's so much fun
And I've become a friend of his'v and ie --
I've loved working with him.
But there was a couple of -- there were a couple of moments
On that train toward the end of the day
Where we h mightave cost some company money because we just --
We -- ldwe cou not look at each other
Without fainlling to giggle fits.
-Oh, yeah. -So, yeah, I had a gimreat te.
-[laughs] it's that exhaustion delirium.
-It's like that. Well, the thing is, is, like, it's --
It's -- it's impossi because on the one hand,
It's -- it's real chemical, joy. -Yeah.
-You're having fun internally. -Yeah.
-But on the other hand, you're acutely aware of the fact
That everyone else is not in on the joke with you.
-Yeah. -And they're all
Majorly inconvenienced by what's going on.
It's a real binary experience. -Absol
Utely. Majorly inconvenienced by what's going on.
Yeah, you're having the best t
Ime.Y. Majorly inconvenienced by what's going on.
And everyone's just looking at their watches.
-Exact ly.Just like, o "comen, guys."
-But as the performers, you do have to --
I mean, it is --
You have to have an incredible amount
Of focused energy on call...
-Sure. -That's true.
-...Over and over and over again
For take after take after take.
So whatever your brain has to do -- and I wmaould I--
-That reservoir runs out eventually.
-Of course. And your body --
You're like -- you -- you know, your nervous --
Your central nervous system probably doesn't know,
"we're just pretending." -yep.
-You know, it's like you're going through it.
You're feeling all thotese emions.
So of course you're gonna be spent after a while.
-That's right.
-Ryan, if beta had one more chance
A at fight to the death, would --
And he got to choose... -Okay.
.. -.Does he go negan or does he go daryl?
-Negan. Every time. Every time.
Negan every time. -Every time.
-Again, like I was saying, like, you know, the whisperers,
You know, this sort of religious cult-ish sort of, you know,
Purist, you know, yfantas that they sort of lived was --
I still think that beta had ant amounof respect,
That there was a sort of resonance n betweehim and daryl.
In that first sort of knife fight, he sort of said,
"okay, this is -- this is somebody like me.
We're just gonna have to fight it out
And see who makes it." -yeah.
-But with negan, I think he knew it.
He smelled it from theo. Get-g
And we saw it in that -- in those --
In that episode where he was like,
"this guy's a liar." -mm-hmm.
-"this guy's disloya l. He's full of guile."
You know, that this isra deploble.
And ffor --or the whisperers, you know, being --
Being in that space is just
Not -- and ffor --or the whisperers, you know, being --
Is always sort of d frowneupon.
So I think it's always "ckk!"
-Since your time on "the walking dead,"
Ouhave y had any fan tabout cutting a country album?
-Absolutely not. No, no. -Why not? Why?
-It's like I'd -- I'd originally, yo -u know-
Back in the day, I pitched this idea to -- to a
Ngela. -It's like I'd -- I'd originally, yo -u know-
I was like, you know, that,
"I think instead of a basketball player,
Beta should be this country singer,"
Never thinking that they would say,
"you know, hey, can you sing?"
"uh, yeah, sure. A little."
"in three days, can you record this song?"
"no."
You know, so, I mean, and then they wanted me
To do another one.
You know, here's a little easter egg.
The second song was actually written by d
An -- you know, here's a little easter egg.
By our dlean fogr.
-Oh, that's amazing. -Yeah. Yeah.
He was like, "I think --"
He's like, "I'm gonnait give a shot."
I was like, "go for it.-That's fantastic.
-Yuteah, b -- but no, no plans on...
-No plans. Okay. -...Cut-in- cuttg an album.
-Callan, I want to talk a little bit about theic dynam
Between maggie and negan at this point,
Because it does -- it --
It does feel a little bit like watching someone else's parents
Argue that you know don't like each other.
You're just like - - you just sort of feel that,
"oh, I should not be in thero same om."
Does it feel that way, do you think, for you or for alden?
Tl-a lite -- yeah, a little bit.
But, I mean, I think he more
Feels tl-a lite -- yeah, a little bit.
Like a bit of a third wheel a lot of the time.
-Right. -'cause, I mean,
Don't even know if negan knew
That I was there half the time that I was there...
-Right. -...'cause whenever I made
Kindsn of a arky comment,
He'd turn over his shoulder and just be like,
"who -- what?" -yeah, yeah.
-And continue spatting with maggie.
But I just love watching them work together.
And I loved being able to work with both of them,
Like little, you know, traveling trio.
-Yeah. -It was so much [bleep] fun.
And they -- like, they have a wonderful dyna-- sorry.
They have a wondernaful dymic ons set a-- as people...
-Yeah. H-...Asumans,
Mewhich ans that as actors,
It's just -- it's such a beautiful interplay.
So, yeah.
-Well, we'nare gon see what everyone thought at home
When we aske d wd at tu.Com/deadlive,
"can maggie and negan work together as a team
Withouint killg each other?"
Yes, they don't know who else survives,
So they don't have a choice, or, no, their past makes trust
And cooperation utterly impossible.
And wh'rile wee calculating the results, ryan,
Do y think they could possibly form an alliance, work together?
-I-I would love to see --
As a fan, I would love to see it, you know,
Maggie and negan sitting in ee a tr kind of, you know -
I mean, I think that would be fantastic.
I mean, who knows?
I mean, they're both volatile.
They're both volatile savages.
Kn you ow, I don't know.
But I just love watching them on-screen together, you know.
-73% said yes. That's a lot.
That's a -th- at's a big percentage.
-Alright. -And --
And about 73% of the audience agitrees wh that.
So those numbers hold.
When we return, more interviews from the set,
Plus an exclusive sneak pof next week's episode.
But first, here's jdm discussi g the dire reasons as to why
Negan and maggie had to work together in t'tonighs episode.
Check it out.
-Negan just looks at her and "isays, 'm on idyour se."
Because of the situations that they're in,
Because it is so [ tbleep]ense, he understands that the only way
They're gonna survive is if they work together.
Anmabeggie, ing maggie,
She's stubborn and can't see past the end onof her se.
He is trying to make her realize,
In order for them to survive,
'r theye gonna have to work together.
And so he hae s to bvery obvious and say,
"we are on the same team here,"
If for no other reason to live to see tomorrow.
It's so easy.
And he is just, again, trying to drill that home.
♪♪
Nk-I thi that from the moment they need to leave alden
In the church and go out just the two of them,
There is the constant push and pull of thinking
That you know who the other person is.
And I think that that's what's re ally interesting
About the te between maggie and negan
Is t dhat heoes protect her.
It just continues to challenge the decision
That you want to make about your enemy.
And then just as soon as he's done something
Athat's little redeeming,
We see the blood drippingom fr the crowbar
And can't help but think of the blood dripping from the bat
And what he did anhed who is and how that will never change.
[cheers and applause]
-Welcome back to "talking dead."
That was lauren cohan on the veryic complated relationship
Betweeien magg and negan.
We're back with ryan and callan.
Ryan, reaction to negan killing the
Walker we're back with ryan and callan.
With the crowbars, veilry lucle-esque.
Did that -- -yeah, yes and no.
I meanme, for persona lli think once we got to touch
Upon sort of the history of negan and his softer side
And getting to empathize with him, you know, this --
The -- the journey with his -- his wife also, for me, it --
It feeitls a ltle bit like, you know, seeing --
Peeking behind the curtain.
It's kind of like watchi nplay dress-up.
You know, , likewhen he came onto the show, he was so --
It was so easy to demonize h im,to vizillaine him as this,
Like, iconic, you know, just evil character.
But now that we've, you know, spent so much time with him --
And again, like, the affection thshat he owed towards judith
And all of this is -- is -- it's --
It's hard to take him quite as seriously as we have for the --
You know, the other parts of the season.
-Yeah, I didn't -- I didn't really feel
Like the crowbar n' doest really activ
Ate -yeah, I didn't -- I didn't really feel
Some other part of his persona, ei
Ther. -Yeah, I didn't -- I didn't really feel
Like, he doesn 'he doesn't have a name for it.
-Yeah.
-And so it -- to me, it was just like a tool.
It was just -- it was mortie funconal.
It was like, "I need this right now."
Ea -yh. -"and that's g-onna -
I'm gonna make that work."
This is a question from the internet for callan...
-Terrifying. -...Which is from
@axelbeauxthelab on instagram.
"caloelan, ds alden regret not fighting harder
To save gage in episode 2?"
Obviously, you had a imhard te with that.
Nk-I thi he fought pretty hard.
I don't know what you were wg.Atchin
I was the only one who gave a damn.
-Yeah.
"I was the only one who gaamve a dn."
-Very fair answer. Very fair answer.
-But, I mean, I-I don't think --
Yeah, I don't think s there'much harder he could have fought
Without endangering the rethst of e crew...
-Right. D,-...An you know,
Potentially making an enemy of himself.
And also, he's -- you know, he'sg havinsome trouble
Processing this transformation he's just seen in maggie.
-Rig h-and --
And it's a -- it's a pretty high-strung moment.
So I suppose he could have
Tried to smash the window in with his head or something,
But he did what he could. -Right.
-Especially coming after the moment when,
You know, she's like, "he just left me there to die."
And he's like, "I'm not r miskingy --"
And then a very similar, like, "okay, well, it is --"
At least it shows that everyone's kind of
Playing somewhat in the same ballpark...
-True. -...To, you know --
Although his defyinitel was more like,
"I'm not h gonnaelp,"
And hers was more to protect the group.
But anyway -- -I don't know if alden's
Totally ceconvind that there wasn't enough time
To save him there, either.
I mean, he was -- he -- he --
Took some time with those knives, as well.
-Yeah. -We could --
We could have got him of out there.
-But it's one of those things that I remember hearing
Angela talk about ikwas, le, every single character
At this point has lost so much...
-Right. -...Ths,at it' like -- it's --
It's very easy to understand that nobody is wrong
In theuase sittions, that it's -- it's --
It's very easy to see the goand d the bad in everybody.
. -Rightwell, 'cause everyone's constantly having to make
The worst ondecisis that people would have to make...
-Yeah. .. -.Which is, essentially,
"how do we protect the mounst amot of people,
Or who lives andie who d--"
You know, it's like no one wants to be in any of those --
-Constant trolley problems, left, right, and center.
-Constant. -Yeah.
-Ryan, what did you th iwhen gabriel killed the reaper
In the woods, "god is not
Here"? -Ryan, what did you th iwhen gabriel killed the reaper
-Right. Well, I mean,
It's been interesting chto wat the sort thof -- e --
The mantra that he's sort of saying to himse
Lf. It's been interesting chto wat the sort thof -- e --
It's -- it's -- it's intngeresti to watch him
Trying to keep to his faith.
You know, is that -- is -- is that --
It's been tested for so long.
I-I-I was like, "s he gonna kill him?
Is he not gonna kill his he gonna kill him?
He's not gonl na kilhim."
And to see him that he -- he could have walked away,
U yoknow, and that he decided to kill him
Instead, it wakes li, "oh, okay."
So we're -e - we'r-- you know, he's really battling for --
For his own soul again.
-Callan, can you talk a little bit about the -- the --
Alden's -- the accent that -- that aaslden h?
Like, just what went into picking that,
Landing on that when you got tt?He par
-Yeah, sure. I mean, I --
Like a lot of international actors
When they come to the u.S.,
I started some 10 or 12 years ago
With a base californian.
It was a pretty simple -- I think althey cled it,
Like, american neutral. Ea -yh.
-When people moved over, they'd get you to do that one.
And aftemer a ti, I don't know if it's just 'cause
I got wibored th it or if it just started to drift
Se 'cau of all the travelig I was doing,
Eventually imet beca some strange kind of
East coast/west coast --
I was calling it "weast coast" hodgepodge.
And that's the one I ended up doing for ansuditio.
It's je ust thone that I fell into.
And it's a little anisachrontic.
Like, you know, it's not entirely of the time,
But it's fun.
And, like, there's some music to it that I've enjoyed.
-Yeah.
-And I did the audition with that.
And scott gimple was like, "yeah, you sound like me
When I was growi"ng up.
So I think it's -- that's why I was cast.
But I've -- I've got --
I don't have that many lines on the show.
So when I do come back, after a couple of weeks
Of not working, it's changed a little bit.
And it's -- it's -- at certain times,
It got danger close to kind of a child of christopher walken.
-Yeah, yeah.
-Wt'hich is -- it's all in good fun.
Something between that ad like a dicaprio circa '95.
I -- it is what it is.
-Has dicaprio's voice changed that --
I mean, it's not like pacino. It hasn't changed --
Dicaprioce's voi hasn't gone -- -no, that's true.
But, like, the tone of it, the grit,
'cause it was in the of his throat.
It had kind of a rasp to it, but I don't know.
Yeah, it is what it is.
T bumy natural voice that I speak with, like,
That I'm sg peakinwith now... H. -Yea
-...Is -- is a [bleep] anyway.
So... -I'm just --
Au [lghs] I'm just waiting foonr somee to come on the show
And do, , likea -- just lean into, like,
A 1930s, like, "hey, what are yo du guysoing over there?
Come over here. We got some --"
-Every time -- whenever I go-"we're going on a r."um run
-"I got a pocketful of fireworks waiting fotcr a mah."
-People are tell that I sound like
A wartime radio announcer.
So...There are worse things.
-Love it. -We have to take a quick break.
We 'll be right back on "talking dead."
We'll see in a few minutes.
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-No one on this show is unaware of the sacrifices
That you have to make to keecop the mmunity alive.
But aaron is still really hoping to do it the right way.
And he has some pushback with carol, of course,
But we find that
She was bringing a horse back so that they could eat.
D anit was a nice little throwback
To aaron and butortons hse,
Because all he was hoping to do was get orthis hse wrangled
And bring it back for many reasons.
And then, of course, it -- it died.
And I think that their willingness
To just kill a horse, to feecod the mmunity is --
It's very sad and it's very, very touching.
[cheers and applause]
-Welcome back to "talking dead."
That was ross marquand discussing tonight's episode
And a callback to buttons the horse.
We're back with ryan and callan.
Omjust se reactions -- some reactions to the horse.
Bruno -- "I felt really sad and alcried ong with carol."
Lemachel b said, "it was sad, hard to watch, gross,
But had to be done r fothem to survive.
I don't think I would have been able to do it,
But carol gets it done."
N.J. Says, "she's got to do what she has to do.
It's carol."
And then juan c says, "someone had to feed alexandria,
So why not the best cook?"
- Ryan- -ohh!
-Do you --think -look at the flowers.
Ok lo at the flowers.
-The horse didn't even get k to looat flowers.
-Aw, man. -Was in a garage.
Ryan -- ryan, do you think
Magna is right that carol is giving kelle y falshope?
-I -- you know, look, is -- carol, at this point,
The character is so, like, taped and stapled together.
She's just clinging on.
I mean, and it's so apparent in --
In melissa's performance.
Melissa, hello.
That --
She can do no wrong for -- for -- in my eyes, is that --
Is that she' s bthrough everything.
-Right.
-She's just been through everything.
Isis -- --
I-I-I-I don't think th at she can do any wrong.
-This is from hannynanny on twitter.
"callan, despite all the odds, de aln still has
His amoralsnd decency.
How does he do it?!"
-[chuckles] I think he's just got so many
Bad examples all around him... -[laughs]
-...He just has to work counter to those.
-That's actually a really great a
Nswer. -...He just has to work counter to those.
-Yeah. -I'll le tave ithere, then,
If you like. -[laughs]
So, you -- you -- you feel like, in a way, it's --
Like, I like that -- that idea
That hyie's trng to counterbalance
All of these bad decisions that he feels
He's seen making around him, with people losing themselves?
-He's been fighting to keep hit s hearfor the whole time.
And I think you see it.
D anthat's actually probably the thing
I've had the most fun inembodyg with him,
E becausit is a horrendous world that they live in,
At this time, and trying to just maintain some [chuckles]
Moral integrity... -Yeah.
-...And just keep a center there.
I mean, it's -- I'm -- I'm proud of him.
-Yeah, he does. He's got that sweet, like,
Like, "are you sure we should leave that fella
On the other side of the..."
-There's little pokes and nudges here and th
Ere.
-"okay, alright. Are we
Sure?"
-Always got to listen to it, but --
-But I -- I -- I also love watching your --
Your interactions with negan, because it's like --
It's like you're, you know, ul inocated to his [bleep].
You know what? It's, like,
Uh, it's like you're, you know, ul inocated to his [bleep].
Especially in thsois sean,
As you just watching these things
And it just kind of rolls off your back,
It's really fun to watch. Yeah.
-Callan an,d ryan carol spotted magic mushrooms.
--Uh, who in particular
Fromro the gup would you like to see partake?
-It's got to bnee euge.
-I was gonna say eugene, as well.
-[laughs] -that's, like, the.. Only.
[laughter pland apause] -you've got to --
You really want to hea r hput it into words.
-Oh, yeah.
-You want to hear him more -- -or just, like --
He might just start to dan-- imean, eugene dancing?
I -- I -- that's -- that's a show.
-Ust unlock some part of his brain?
-I want to hea r describe
It. -Ust unlock some part of his brain?
I want to hear him describe it.
-[laughs] -can you imagine?
-"I'm seeing a lot of colors f inront."
-Make a lotut of sff in code. I -"-- I can --
I can smell time."
[laughter and applause] "I smell..."
You know, I feel lik-e it - he and 'd just be chill eugene.
Who knows? Who knatows wh'd happen?
Before wo e go tbreak, I do want to show you guys something.
Um, this is, uh -- this -- just coincidence.
This is a sherpaet blank... -Aww.
-...Featurinlg caro and a horse in happier times.
-Yeah. -Uh, you can get one
For yourself at twdushop.Com.
And of course, it is a beautiful t.Blanke
Everyone, you're all gonna get one.
[cheers and applause] so you can take these home.
Very soft, very soft.
Coming up, we're gonna have that, uh,
Exclusive sneak peek of the --
I just want to get the blanket on properly.
Okay. -There you go.
-Coming up, we're gonn a have the exclusive...
-Aww. -That's not -- is that rig
Ht? -Coming up, we're gonn a have the exclusive...
Is it right? No, it's not right.
[laughter] alright, here we go.
-Yep, you got it. -Coming up, we're gonna have
The exclusive sneak peek of next week's episode
" ofthe walking dead." but, first, are you ready
To go insideea the dd? Here's some inside info
From tonight's episode that you can't get anywhere else.
[neighing] please enjoy! Ohh! [laughter and applause]
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M -hi.Y name is paul. I'm from salem, massachusetts,
And I am a huge "walking dead" fan.
This show means a lot to me because these characters
Have shown us how hard it is toon hold to our humanity
Through these tough moments, th and rough it all,
They still manage to d o ias one big fam
Ily.Rough these tough moments, th and rough it all,
One of my favorite things ab o"the walking dead" is,
Characanters c redeem themselves, like ald
En,e of my favorite things ab o"the walking dead" is,
Who is a former savior that was onrice impsoned by maggie,
But now fights side-by-side with her.
Ter how far he's come, I really hope
Alden can make it out of the situation he's in.
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-Welcome b "ack totalking dead."
That was this week's featured fan, paul,
On what he loves about "the walking dead."
And if you want a chance to be featured
On an episod e of "talking dead" like paul,
Send us a 30-second video of yourself explaining
How "the walking dead" has pacted you,
At fanssubmission@ taealkingdd.Tv.
And now paul igs goin to ask a video question.
Heroll t question!
-My questionr is foryan.
If beta edappear to negan in this episode,
Likelpha did for carol in season 10,
What would he say to him?
-Well, I -- I don't -- dn I di't follow the questio.
I-if --f -- if beta appeared to negan in this episode...
-Yeah. -...Like alpha did for carol...
-Hmm. -...In season 10,
What would he say to him?
What would beta say to negan?
-I have no -- oh, gosh.
I don't -- I don't know.
I can't answer that one. I can't answer that one.
I don't have -- I have zero idea.
I have zero idea on that one. Sorry.
-Boogety, boogety!
I'm a ghost. -There you go.
-Ohhhhh!
-Yeah. You never ki mean, we --
We never got to ousee, y know,
Beta post, you know, being, you know, eaten.
He -- he might have been a very lovllely feow.
-He might have been very nice. N,-I mea he was --
He was a zombie d anthen up the whole time.
You know, as -- as an actual wahelker, 's -- maybe he's just
A song-and-dance -- -just lovely.
-Just a song-and-dance, man.
Yeah. A song-and-dance -- -just lovely.
[laughter]
-Well, he was -- he -- he did --
He did mus ic before the apoe.Calyps
-That's right. That's right.
-Then he went through his whisperer phndase, a then --
And then ardfterwas, he was just --
Nd -a now that he's dead, he gets to really let it shine.
-[english accent] he was the most delightful
Walker you've ever seen.
What was it like seeing greg dressed up as a walker, uh --
-Beautiful. -Yeah. Of course.
A whatn honor to get zombied by greg.
-I know. It's -- I h mean,e --
He looks amazing as a walker.
I -- I loved -- I loved seeing him do that.
And I also was excited by the fan response.
Everyone thought that that was my arm in the trailer...
-Oh. -...That he bites into.
D ani-I wish. I -- you know? [laughter]
I could one ly hopthat I got to have greg nicotero
Bite into my flesh. -That would --
That would have been an honor.
This is from @dereksherprd on twitter --
"ryan, beta knows about revenge.
If maggie took revgaenge ainst negan, how should she do it?"
-Slowly. -Slowly.
The only-- -- I
It's, you know --
Every morsel of torturing that guy should be just consumed.
-Yeah. Ea -yh.
-This is from erica r. On facebook --
"callan, did alden ever find peace after losing enid?"
Which is a very -- a question we've gotten a lot.
'm -I sure he tried. I mean, it's --
I don't know if it's really --
I'd be surprised if I evdon't er properly find peace
T inhis world that they're inhabiting.
But t I don'know.
I think there's so much crazy nonsense
Going on in the wake of all this
That I think he's just fgightin to stay present.
-Yeah. -You know?
-This -- this is an interesting question,
And since you're on the couch,
I want to have the opportunity to ask you.
This is from [robotic voice] @cordelia1037509 oten twitr.
[normal voice] that's the only way -- that's the only way
You can say a long string of numbers.
-Yeah. -"what would beta haveli been ke
If he had never become part of the rewhispers?"
-Ah.
-I thought he was asking you a question in binary
There for a second. -Yeah, yeah.
-[robotic voice] 1-0-1-1-1-
1-0-1. There for a second. -Yeah, yeah.
1-0-0-0-0-0-0-1.
-Well...Let my calculator to answer.
Um, no.
Uh, what would he have been like?
You -know - well, he was sort of --
Again, he was shac kein that rehab center,
So he was pretty -- he was --
He probably wouldn't have -- have made it, you kn
Ow? So he was pretty -- he was --
I think that hidim decing to shack up with -- with alpha
Was -- she was, for take it or e, leav a saving grace for him,
As he was in such a dark place, you know?
I mean, he was palling around with his -- his buddy
Who ldhe coun't let go of who was a walker.
-Right. -Ou know, I just think
That he -- he was mentally at a breaking point
That she just saw it as an opening and, um --
And inevitably saved his life
By saying, "come with me."
-Jarrett-usmc on instagram says,
"callan, do -- do lydia and alden get along now?
Has he forgive"n her?
-We -- we shot a scene w inhiwach it s clear
That we had developed a respect for each oth
Er, -we -- we shot a scene w inhiwach it s clear
Or at least I'd -- I'd come to stop viewing her
As kind of innately representative
Of the people that killed my girlfriend.
Um...But that scene's gone.
So, narry ativelspeaking, no, I think he still hates her.
-But -- but now it's kind of out there in the world
Because you shot it and you told us about it.
So now we kind of understand that it --
That might actually be the case. -God, how confusing.
[laughter] -but --
-I'll let the fans decide, based on the portrayal.
-It is. Right. Right. Sometimes it's fun to pretend
The show's a documentary. U yoknow what I mean?
"the walking dead" is, like,
Some docuseries about a group of p
Eople. "the walking dead" is, like,
Before t we goo break, I want to remind you
That you can sign up for a free 7-day trial offer
On amc+ to watch episode s of "the walking dead"
A full week early!
So make sure to check it out aamcplus.Com.
Coming up, exclusiakve sne peek of "the walking dead,"
Ghbut rit now it's time to see how carefully you paid attention
To tonight's episode of "the walking dead."
Ae you ready? Here we go.
5, 4, qu3, 2, iz!
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-Welcome back lkto "taing dead."
It's time for an exclusive sneak peek
At next week's episode of "the walking dead."
Check it out.
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[dog growling]
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[dog whines]
-No! No!
[cheers and applause]
-What the "h"?
-Yeah.
F -ieel like -- -we riot!
-Come -we riot!
L -I feelike dog will be okay. I feel like dog will be okay.
E -oh, hbetter be okay. -Please be okay.
Please be oka-last time I cried
During a movie was in "I am l
Egend" please be oka-last time I cried
When that dog was killed. -Oh, yeah.
-Oh, my god. Ugh. Heartbreaking.
He -ty better not. -No, I don't -- I hope --
Please. Please. Angela, please.
Earlier we asked the audience
If they thought that alden would be okay.
60% said yes.
40% said no.
What can you tease about him?
Is hgon-- is he gonna be o
Kay? What can you tease about him?
-[eschuckl]
-I'm not a medical man. [laughter]
-Wait a minute. You're not a -- dr. Mcauliffe?
-Well, I mean, look,t put ith-- als den ha--
Like we said earlier, he's suddenly becomace a blksmith,
Suddenly become an -- an olympic archer.
Who's to say he's not suddenly a battlefield medic?
-He might be.
-But he was d stabbesomething like 47 times in the belly.
But I have hope. -Okay, good.
-Yeah. -Good.
Ryan, what are you hoping to see on this supersized season 11?
-You know, I-I -- I -- I'm riveted.
I''mm -- I just riveted at this point.
I'm -- again, I-I'm re allenjoying the depth
Of this season. -Yeah.
-It feels deeper andr riche than all of the other seasons,
So I'm just along for the ride.
-Let's see.
@lousgolden on twitter --
We have a couple -- maybe 30 seconds --
"callan, what was your favorite scene from tonight's episode?"
-Good lord.
I really loved --
I loved the walk-and-talk with maggie 'ca iuse -- don't know --
We got to talk smack about negan behind his
Back. I loved the walk-and-talk with maggie 'ca iuse -- don't know --
[laughter] asthat w fun.
It was a real bonding moment for the two of the
M. [laughter] asthat w fun.
-Well, ito want thank you all for watchilkng "taing dead."
My guests tonight have b eeryan hurst, callan mcauliffe.
Be sure to check out ryan
On "the mysterious benedict society" on disney+.
And don't forget to go to amcpl
Us.Com on "the mysterious benedict society" on disney+.
To watch next week's episode right now.
Next week, we're gonna be joined by alanna man,sterso
Cwho ofourse plays
Tara, next week, we're gonna be joined by alanna man,sterso
Hilarie burton morgan,
Who played negan's wife, lucille.
Plus, we'll have a special surprise guest for you
That you're not gonna want to miss.
Please stay safe and take care of each other.
I am chris hardwick. Hve a wonderful night.
Good night. Thank youcu so mh for watching.
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