>> Chris: HEY, EVERYONE, HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.
I'M PROUD TO BE YOUR DATE
TONIGHT AND BREAK DOWN ONE OF
THE BEST "THE WALKING DEAD"
EPISODES EVER.
BUT BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THE
MID-SEASON PREMIER, HERE'S YOUR
SPOILER ALERT.
IF YOU CAUGHT THIS ON YOUR DVR,
HERE'S YOUR WARNING.
FIVE SECONDS, FOUR, THREE, TWO,
ONE, YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.
NOW IT'S YOUR FAULT.
HERE WE GO.
RICK LOST HIS NEW GIRLFRIEND.
THE WALKERS LOST THEIR MIND
OVER THAT LAKE OF FIRE.
AND CARL LOST AN EYE BECAUSE
PORCH DICK JUNIOR WENT ALL
DIRTY HARRY ON RICK.
THERE'S SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT!
WE HAVE A PACKED SHOW FULL OF
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS FROM THE
SET, INCLUDING A
BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE
MASSIVE LAKE OF FIRE THAT SAVED
ALEXANDRIA, PLUS AN EXCLUSIVE
SNEAK PEEK OF NEXT WEEK'S
EPISODE OF "THE WALKING DEAD."
MY GUESTS ARE: SEVEN-TIME
GRAMMY WINNER, AND SHE'S
NOMINATED AND
PERFORMING AT THE GRAMMYS THIS
YEAR, CARRIE UNDERWOOD.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND THE
DIRECTOR OF TONIGHT'S EPISODE,
GREG NICOTERO.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE
OUR SURPRISE WALKING DEAD CAST
MEMBER, THE WOLF HIMSELF,
BENEDICT SAMUEL.
I'M CHRIS HARDWICK AND THIS IS
"TALKING DEAD."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
¶ >> Chris: WELCOME!
WELCOME TO "TALKING DEAD."
I'M FEELING COMPLETE WHEN I'M
SITTING ON THIS CHAIR ON SUNDAY
NIGHTS.
THE CONVERSATION IS JUST
BEGINNING,
AND WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
WE'LL READ YOUR QUESTIONS AND
COMMENT AND ANSWER YOUR PHONE
CALLS.
IS THERE SOMETHING YOU'RE DYING
TO KNOW AFTER WATCHING
TONIGHT'S EPISODE?
YOU CAN TWEET US AT
@AMCTALKINGDEAD.
OR CALL US TOLL FREE AT
1-855-332-3548.
THAT'S 1-855-DEAD-LIVE.
AND WE WANT YOU TO HAVE YOUR
SAY ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE JUST
SEEN.
GO TO TALKINGDEAD.COM/PLAYDEAD
ON YOUR PHONE, TABLET, OR
COMPUTER AND LATER IN THE SHOW,
YOU CAN VOTE IN THE POLLS IN
REALTIME.
AND WE'RE EVEN GOING TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT TONIGHT'S
EPISODE IN A "TALKING DEAD"
LIVE QUIZ.
PLEASE SAY HELLO TO MY GUESTS,
GREG NICOTERO, BENEDICT SAMUEL
AND CARRIE UNDERWOOD.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S A LOT TO
TALK ABOUT.
I LOVE THAT ABRAHAM JUST WANTS
TO KNOW WHO PEOPLE ARE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
I LOVE WHO IS NEGAN.
WHO IS NEGANA!
LIKE MASH 'EM UP.
YOU DIRECTED THIS EPISODE.
SINCERELY, I KNOW I WORK FOR
THIS NETWORK.
I KNOW I DO THIS SHOW AND YOU
FEEL LIKE I'M OBLIGATED TO SAY
THESE THINGS.
I'M NOT.
I REALLY THINK THIS IS ONE OF
THE BEST EPISODES OF THE ENTIRE
SERIES.
IT HAD EVERYTHING.
[ APPLAUSE ]
WHAT WERE SOME OF THE BIGGEST
CHALLENGES FOR DIRECTING THIS
ONE?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE
PREPPING EPISODE ONE, WE DID A
LOCATION SCOUT AT THE TRACKER
DEALERSHIP AND -- TRACTOR
DEALER SHIP AND SCOTT AND I SAW
A BURNED OUT OF LAKE WOODS NEXT
TO THE LOCATION.
AND THAT'S SORT OF WHERE THE
IDEA CAME ABOUT FOR THE BURNED
OUT -- THE BURNED OUT WOODS IN
EPISODE 6.
AND SCOTT SAID, OH, SO, WE'RE
GOING TO LIGHT THE LAKE ON
FIRE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO LEAD ALL THE
WALKERS INTO THE LAKE.
SO IT REALLY ONLY MADE SENSE TO
SHOOT IT AT NIGHT.
NOW, WHEN YOU ARE SHOOTING IN
THE SUMMERTIME, OF COURSE, YOU
ONLY HAVE A -- YOU HAVE A VERY
LIMITED AMOUNT OF NIGHT TIME,
BECAUSE THE DAYS ARE LONGER.
SO WE HAD TO -- WE HAD TO DO A
LOT OF DANCING.
JEFF JANUARY WHO IS OUR
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SCHEDULED
THE WHOLE EPISODE.
IT WAS VERY, VERY TRICKY
BECAUSE IT WOULD GET DARK AT
8:30 AT NIGHT AND GET LIGHT AT
6:00 IN THE MORNING.
SO YOU HAD MINIMAL -- YOU
DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE 12-HOUR
SHOOT OKAY.
IT WAS HARD.
>> Chris: HAVE YOU BEEN
WATCHING SINCE THE BEGINNING?
YOU SAID YOU WATCHED THIS SINCE
EPISODE ONE.
>> YES.
>> Chris: WHAT HAS KEPT YOU ON
THE WALKING DEAD TRAIN?
>> MS. GENRE.
I LIKE MOVIES AND SHOWS THINGS
IN THIS FEELING.
THE STORYLINE KEPT ME HOOKED
AND INTERESTED IN AND COMING
BACK FOR MORE.
WE WOULD BE IN LIKE RANDOM
CITIES ON TOUR AND WE WOULD
MAKE OUR BUS DRIVERS RIDE
AROUND SO WE WOULD MAKE SURE
AND HAVE, LIKE, SATELLITE ON
OUR TV.
I DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE
NEXT DAY.
I WANTED TO SEE AS IT WAS
HAPPENING.
BIG FAN.
>> Chris: AND YOU NEXT YOUR MOM
TOO?
>> OH, WE TALK ABOUT IT.
WE WATCH THE SHOW.
WE WATCH "TALKING DEAD" AND
THEN WE HAVE OUR OWN TALKING
DEAD THE NEXT DAY.
WE SOLVE EVERYBODY'S PROBLEMS
AND ANALYZE.
>> Chris: WHAT IS YOUR MOM'S
NAME?
>> CAROL.
>> Chris: OH, GOOD NAME, CAROL!
YOU ARE SITTING NEXT TO THE
WOLF AS HE'S KNOWN OR YOUNG
DAVE GROLL AS WE CALLED HIM ON
THE SHOW.
[ LAUGHTER ]
THIS GUY WAS ONE OF THE
CREEPIEST CHARACTERS WE HAVE
SEEN THAT FAR.
WE DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HIM.
WHAT HAS THE FAN REACTION BEEN
LIKE FOR YOU?
>> IT'S VERY INTERESTING.
I HAD SOME PEOPLE STRANGELY IN
SYDNEY WHERE I'M FROM, JUST
LOOK AT ME.
I'M LIKE, THAT IS VERY STRANGE.
I WAS LIKE, OH, THEY ARE PAYING
SOME HOMAGE.
>> Chris: RIGHT NOW PEOPLE ARE
LIKE, OH, MY GOD, HE'S
AUSTRALIAN!
THEY JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU
EVEN MORE.
>> YEAH.
I HAD ANOTHER CIRCUMSTANCE
WHERE THIS GUY AND HIS
GIRLFRIEND, WANTED TO HAVE A
PHOTO BUT SHE WANTED TO STAY IN
THE CAR WHILE HE TOOK THE PHOTO
AND I SAW HER LOOKING.
>> Chris: I MEAN YOU ARE PART
OF THIS UNIVERSE FOREVER.
THEY WILL ALWAYS DO THE "W"
DOCUMENT HIS CHARACTER REDEEMED
HIMSELF OR DO YOU THINK HE WAS
NOT CHANGED AT ALL?
>> I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S
THING, WE WILL NEVER KNOW.
WAS HE JUST TRYING TO SAVE
HIMSELF?
WAS HE JUST TRYING, TO LIKE,
PROTECT ANIECE TO SAVE HIMSELF.
OR DID HE HAVE THIS GLIMMER OF
HOPE, OF, YOU KNOW, HUMANITY
LEFT IN HIM?
WE'LL NEVER KNOW.
>> Chris: WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I THINK HE'S A BIT OF
CHAMELEON, AND HE CAN CHANGE TO
SUIT THE CIRCUMSTANCE.
>> Chris: YES.
HIS TEETH CAN CHANGE TO ANY
COLOR!
>> THEY CAN.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Chris: I MEAN, WAS IT AN
ACT?
WAS THE THING WITH DR. DENISE
AN ACT AT THE END?
>> I THINK WHAT IS INTERESTING
ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP
PARTICULARLY IS THAT SHE REALLY
IS THE FIRST PERSON THAT
CHALLENGES HIM.
AND NO ONE ELSE REALLY HAS
CHALLENGED HIM.
AND I THINK HE REALLY ENJOYS
THAT INTERACTION.
>> Chris: YEAH.
>> AND HE FINDS SOMETHING
REALLY INTERESTING IN THAT.
>> Chris: IT WAS ALMOST LIKE --
IT SEEMED LIKE A CHALLENGE FOR
HIM TO CHANGE HER.
LIKE I'M GOING TO CHANGE HER.
I WILL DO THE SAME THING THAT
SOMEONE DID TO ME.
I SAID WHEN THIS EPISODE HAD
EVERYTHING.
IT STARTED WITH THIS AMAZING
MOMENT WHERE DARYL BLOWS
EVERYONE UP AND THEN WE LOST
PEOPLE AND THAT WAS REALLY
DRAMATIC.
AND THEN ALSO, SEEING TWO
CHARACTERS FINALLY KNOT UP.
I MEAN GABRIEL AND MORGAN
FINAL!
FINALLY.
WHAT WAS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
MORGAN FOR YOU, WHEN HE FINALLY
PUT THIS GUY DOWN?
>> MY OPINION ABOUT THE "W."
I THINK HE'S ENAMORED WITH
DENISE.
I THINK THE PLAN OF GETTING HER
UP AND OVER THE WALL.
OH, SHE WILL HAVE A LITTLE "W"
ON HER HEAD AND THEY WILL HAVE
LITTLE BABIES WITH LITTLE "W'S"
IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.
>> A LOVE STOREY.
>> BUT MORGAN'S PHILOSOPHY IS
TO TURN PEOPLE AROUND.
I THINK HE ACTUALLY GOT THROUGH
TO THE W-MAN AND THERE ARE
THREE INSTANCES WHEN HE FINALLY
SWINGS HIS STAFF AND KILLS THE
"W" MAN WALKER, YOU SEE "W"
WALKER.
OH, WE ARE SHADOWING.
WE MIRRORED THAT SHOT MULTIPLE
TIMES.
WE SHOT IT IN EPISODE 2, WHEN
HE KNOCKS HIM OUT IN THE HOUSE.
AND THEN WHEN -- IN EPISODE 4,
WHEN HE'S KNOCKED OUT.
WE DID THE EXACT SAME SHOT.
SO WE HAD A LOW ANGLE LOOKING
UP AT MORGAN WHEN HE SWINGS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF
SIGNIFICANCE VISUALLY AS WELL
AS JUST, I THINK THAT HE
FINALLY KIND OF --
>> Chris: I'M SO GLAD HE BROKE
THE CODE TO DO WHAT THEY NEED
TO SURVIVE.
AND CAROL WAS RIGHT YOU WERE
DOING THAT BEFORE.
SHOW.
YOU SHOULD DO THAT THING WHERE
YOU MAKE A HASHTAG.
I SAID WHEN CARRIE UNDERWOOD.
AND LET'S DO WALKING DEAD
COUNTRY.
SO TAKE A COUNTRY SONG.
I DID THE DARYL WENT DOWN TO
GEORGIA.
>> RUN SOAP ZOMBIE.
>> Chris: AND BEFORE HE EATS
PEOPLE.
>> YES.
>> Chris: THE BIG BAD BOOGIE,
ALL MY EXES ARE WALKER IN
TEXAS.
SO #WALKINGDEAD PLAY ALONG.
COMING UP, WE HAVE A
BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT
TONIGHT'S EPIC LAKE FIRE.
GREG IS GOING TO SHOW US WHAT
SPECIAL EFFECTS WENT INTO
SHOOTING CARL'S EYE OUT.
AND AN EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK OF
NEXT WEEK'S ALL NEW EPISODE OF
"THE WALKING DEAD"
BUT FIRST, BEFORE YOU TAKE A
NICE ROMANTIC WALK HAND IN HAND
THROUGH A WALKER HERD, LET'S
SLOW THINGS DOWN AND SAY A
FINAL GOOD-BYE TO ALL THOSE WE
LOST TONIGHT, INCLUDING SOMEONE
THAT'S SITTING RIGHT HERE NEXT
TO ME.
NIBBLE ON THIS.
¶
>> I THOUGHT THEY COULD PUT UP A FIGHT.
I GUESS YOU ALL THOUGHT THAT.
¶ >> YOU.
¶
>> I'M NOT LEAVING YOU.
¶
>> I PLAY SAM ANDERSON. >> I'M AUSTIN ABRAMS.
A PLAYED RON.
>> WE'RE NOT DEAD.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I WOULD DESCRIBE RON AS A
GUY THAT WAS PUT IN A REALLY
BAD SITUATION AND SORT OF MADE
INTO WHAT HE BECAME BECAUSE OF
HIS ENVIRONMENT.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.
I NEVER CAME FROM A PERSPECTIVE
OF SEEING HIM AS A VILLAIN AT
ALL.
>> MY FAVORITE SCENE TO SHOOT
OF ALL TIME ON "THE WALKING
DEAD" WAS PROBABLY MY FIRST
SCENE WITH CAROL.
WAS WORKING WITH MELISSA
McBRIDE WAS AMAZING.
SHE IS AN ABSOLUTE JOY TO WORK
WITH.
ME AND HER ARE BUDDIES.
FUN FACT, WE ACTUALLY BOTH
REALLY LIKE ANTIQUING.
>> MOST MEMORABLE THING THAT I
WOULD TAKE FROM WORKING ON IT
WAS THE ENTHUSIASM THAT, LIKE,
EVERYONE STILL HAD, AFTER SIX
SEASONS.
>> YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THEY ARE
THE "THE WALKING DEAD" FAMILY,
BUT IT'S TRUE.
WE ARE ALL ONE BIG FAMILY.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Chris: WELCOME BACK TO
"TALKING DEAD."
I'CHRIS HARDWICK.
THAT WAS
AUSTIN ABRAMS WHO PLAYED RON
AND MAJOR DODSON WHO PLAYED
SAM.
THAT IS AWESOME!
HE GOES ANTIQUING!
I'M SORRY YOU DIED, SAM.
THANK YOU FOR CELEBRATING YOUR
VALENTINE'S DAY WITH US.
MY FIANCE GAVE ME THIS TIE WITH
A BRAIN.
IT'S DANAI'S BIRTHDAY.
WHO ELSE'S BIRTHDAY?
>> SIMON PECK.
>> SIMON PECK'S BIRTHDAY.
WE'RE BACK WITH GREG NICOTERO,
BENEDICT SAMUEL AND CARRIE
UNDERWOOD.
>> WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN
THEY LOST THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY
AT ONE TIME.
>> YOU KNEW THAT SAM REALLY
DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE.
AND I WAS WANTING HIM TO LEAVE
WITH GABRIEL.
WHY DID THEY LET HIM KEEP
GOING?
LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> JESSIE WASN'T GOING TO LEAVE
HIM OR LEAVE HER FAMILY.
AND THEN RON, HIS TEENAGED
ANGST GOT THE BEST OF HIM.
>> Chris: YES.
HE KIND OF ASKED FOR IT.
I REALLY THOUGHT AT THE END OF
LAST SEASON WHEN SAM WAS LIKE,
MOM, MOM, I THOUGHT SHE WAS
GOING TO BE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW
YOU.
AND JUST KICK HIM.
[ LAUGHTER ]
HOW DID YOU CHOREOGRAPH?
AND THE CHOPPING OFF OF THE
ARM, GREG.
>> WELL, THE TRICK IS, IT WAS
JESSIE -- HE WAS HER ACHILLIES
HEEL.
AS SOON AS HE DOESN'T WANT TO
GO WITH GABRIEL AND SHE ALLOWS
THEM TO GO, SHE KIND OF SEALED
ALL OF THEIR FATE.
>> YEAH.
>> BY NOT BEING ABLE TO DO
THAT.
SO, OF COURSE IN THE GRAPHIC
NOVEL, WE HAVE THESE FANTASTIC
PANELS THAT WERE DRAWN AND, YOU
KNOW, SCOTT AND ROBERT KIRKMAN
KEEP GIVING ME THESE BIG
EPISODES THAT PAY DIRECT
TRIBUTE TO THEM -- TO THE
GRAPHIC NOVEL.
WE KNEW THE CARL BIT WAS
COMING, BUT WORKING OUT THE
CHOREOGRAPHY OF EVERYTHING
ELSE, YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY
QUIET.
MICHONNE WAS DISPATCHING
WALKERS IN THE FRONT OF THE
BACK OF THE LINE.
WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING WAS WE
MADE BLEEDING DENTURES.
I WANTED TO SEE THE SHOT OF
SAM'S FACE WITH BLOOD TRICKLING
DOWN.
I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT A
PROSTHETIC IN IT.
I WANTED TO STAY IN THE
EMOTIONAL MOMENT.
AND SO ONE OF OUR MAKEUP GUYS
WE MADE DENTURES FOR HIM THAT
HAD A BLOOD TUBE THAT RAN OFF
THE SIDE OF HIS FACE AND WAS
HIDDEN BY THE PROSTHETIC.
SO WHEN HE PIT DOWN, THEY WERE
SOFT TEETH AND THE BLOODSHOT
OUT OF THE TEETH AND TRICKLED
DOWN HIS FACE, WHICH IS
SOMETHING WE NEVER DID BEFORE.
>> Chris: SO YOU GOT A GOOD
CHOMP OUT OF SAM.
>> AND THAT BLOOD-CURDLING
SCREAM WHEN WE SHOT IT, IT SENT
CHILLS.
>> Chris: FIRST OF ALL, I THINK
WE NEED A HUGE HAND FOR
ALEXANDER BRECKENRIDGE AND
MAJOR AND FOR AUSTIN FOR BEING
FANTASTIC.
[ APPLAUSE ]
BECAUSE I REALLY LOVED -- I
REALLY LOVED JESSIE'S CHARACTER
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE
MANY SHOWS THAT WOULD HAVE
KILLED OFF A POTENTIAL LOVE
INTEREST FOR THE CHARACTER LIKE
RICK.
I WAS VERY SURPRISED TO SEE
THAT.
>> YEAH.
>> Chris: I DON'T THINK WE KNEW
IT WAS GOING TO BE VALENTINE'S
DAY.
>> SHE WAS REALLY TO JUST START
TO LOVE WHO HER CHARACTER WAS
TOO.
THAT MADE IT TOUGH.
THIS WAS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE
MOMENTS WHEN YOU GET THE SCRIPT
AND YOU'RE LIKE OH!
>> Chris: OH, WE HAVE TO CHOP
YOUR ARM OFF AND STUFF.
>> AND WHAT WAS KIND OF FUNNY,
I DIDN'T REALIZE.
THE WAY THE EPISODES ARE
DIVVIED OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE SEASON, I WASN'T 100% SURE
WHICH EPISODE WAS GOING TO LAND
WHERE AND CHANDLER WAS THE ONE
ON THE PLANE TO SAN DIEGO SAID,
OH, SO, HEY WHEN WE SHOOT ME IN
THE EYE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO
THAT?
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I
REALIZED THAT THAT GAG WAS
HAPPENING.
>> Chris: WE WILL SHOW MORE OF
THAT LATER ON IN THE SHOW, AND
SEE HOW YOU DID THAT.
CARRIE, YOU WOULD HAVE TRUSTED
YOUR BABY WITH FATHER GAB
BRINGEL?
>> NO.
NO.
I'M REALLY, REALLY HAPPY THAT
HE, LIKE, -- THE SWITCH FLIPPED
AND HE, LIKE, REALIZED THIS IS
THE WORLD I LIVE IN NOW.
>> PEOPLE CAN CHANGE.
>> YES.
THERE YOU GO.
>> Chris: AW.
>> AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THEY
HAD NO CHOICE.
CARRY A POTENTIALLY CRYING
BABY.
THEY HAD TO.
>> Chris: I THINK I WOULD HAVE
BEEN, NO, I WILL KEEP HER UNDER
THE MEAT CLOTH.
NO, JUST GO AWAY.
>> HE DIDN'T QUITE EARNED HIS
TRUSTWORTHINESS.
>> Chris: NOW HE'S EARNED MY
TRUST.
WE WANT TO FIND OUT HOW
CAREFULLY YOU PAID ATTENTION TO
TONIGHT'S EPISODE OF "THE
WALKING DEAD" AND TAKE OUR QUIZ
LIVE.
WHEN WE COME BACK, WE HAVE A
BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT
TONIGHT'S EPIC LAKE FIRE.
GREG IS GOING TO SHOW US WHAT
SPECIAL EFFECTS WENT INTO
SHOOTING CARL'S EYE OUT, PLUS
AN EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK OF NEXT
WEEK'S EPISODE OF "THE WALKING
DEAD."
BUT FIRST, IT'S TIME FOR THE
QUIZ.
MAY THE BEST FAN WIN.
IN FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO,
QUIZ!
¶
>> IN THAT SCENE WHERE CARL GETS SHOT, IT BLEW MY MIND!
JESSIE, SAM, CAN'T GO ON.
HE GETS TAKEN.
SHE GETS TAKEN.
AND YOU SEE WHAT YOU THINK IS
YOUR DYING SON.
THE MOST INSANE SCRIPTS I HAVE
EVER READ!
AND THE BIGGEST EPISODE WE HAVE
PROBABLY EVER ATTEMPTED.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Chris: WELCOME BACK TO
"TALKING DEAD."
I'M CHRIS HARDWICK.
THAT WAS ANDREW LINCOLN
DISCUSSING TONIGHT'S MOST
SHOCKING SCENE.
WE'RE BACK WITH GREG NICOTERO,
BENEDICT SAMUEL AND CARRIE
UNDERWOOD.
GREG, BROUGHT A VIDEO AND
PHOTOS OF CARL'S -- NOW, CARL
LOSING HIS EYE, THERE'S A LOT
OF THING IN THE COMICS.
THEY DON'T ALWAYS FOLLOW, HOW
THEY WILL DO THAT.
AND I WASN'T SURE YOU WOULD
EVER DO IT, AND YOU DID.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO.
WHAT DO YOU SEE HERE.
>> WELL, THIS IS A DUMMY THAT
WE DID.
>> Chris: HOW DARE YOU!
>> RICK HAD TO RUN UP AND DOWN
THE STREET CARRYING CARL.
SO WE DID A LIVE CAST OF
CHANDLER'S FACE, AND WE CREATED
A SILICONE HEAD.
>> Chris: THAT WAS THOROUGHLY
UNSETTLING.
>> HE WOULD GO TO THE MAKEUP
ROOM AND HE WAS SITTING THERE.
I WAS LIKE, HEY.
>> Chris: THERE'S A PHOTO RIGHT
THERE.
>> AND THE WOUND WAS VERY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE TALKED A
LOT WITH ROBERT ABOUT CAPTURING
WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE IN THE
GRAPHIC NOVEL.
WE ARE SAYING THE BULLET HIT
HERE AND SENT BONE FRAGMENTS
OUT AND THE BULLET RICOCHETED
OUTWARD.
AND IN THE SHOT IN THE EPISODE,
WHEN CARL TURNS AND LOOKS, WE
DID A SHOT OF CHANDLER AND THEN
WE SHOT THIS DUMMY AND WE
DIGITALLY ADDED THE WOUND ON TO
HIS HEAD SO THAT YOU CAN GET
THE DEPTH OF THE INJURY.
>> Chris: WOW!
SO DID SOMEONE KISS THE DUMMY?
>> YES.
AND THEN ONCE THEY GET THE
DUMMY INTO THE INFIRMARY.
AND SO A LOT OF THIS STUFF WAS
SHOT WITHOUT CHANDLER.
IT WAS ANDY RUNNING THROUGH
STREETS OF ALEXANDRIA BEING
CHASED BY WALKERS AND THEN ONCE
THEY GOT HIS BODY ON TO THE
TABLE, WE DID THIS PROSTHETIC
ON CHANDLER.
FOR THE ENTRANCE AND THEN
LAYING HIM DOWN ON THE TABLE
AND A COUPLE OF CLOSE-UPS AND
THE REST OF THE SCENE WAS SHOT
WITH A DUMMY.
SO WHEN DANAI IS STROKING HIS
FOREHEAD AND MERIT WAS DOING
THE SURGERY.
SHE KISSES IT.
>> Chris: CAN YOU BRING UP THAT
PICTURE AGAIN, THE LAST PICTURE
OF CHANDLER.
THAT'S CHANDLER.
>> THAT'S CHANDLER.
>> Chris: BUT HE HAS WEIRD
STUBBLE DOWN HERE.
OUR BOY IS GROWING UP!
DID YOU THINK HE WAS A GONER
WHEN HE GOT SHOT, CARRIE?
>> I DID BUT THEN WHEN RICK
PICKED HIM UP AND STARTED
RUNNING WITH HIM, I WAS KIND OF
LIKE, OKAY.
IT'S CARL.
LIKE, THEY ARE NOT -- I MEAN, I
KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE NOT
AFRAID TO LIKE GET RID OF MAIN
CHARACTERS TO MUCH OF OUR LIKE
HORROR AND SHOCK AND SADNESS
AND DISMAY, BUT IT'S CARL.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WAS READY
TO SEE HIM GO.
>> Chris: I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID
BEFORE WE STARTED THE SHOW.
YOU'RE LIKE IS THIS A GOVERNOR
THING THAT WILL HAPPEN WITH
HIM?
>> IT'S THE EYE.
BUT IT'S LIKE WHAT WILL THAT DO
TO HIS PERSONALITY?
LIKE, IS HE GOING TO BE, LIKE,
UPSET?
HE'S LIKE A TEENAGER.
>> Chris: HE WILL BE PISSED.
>> HE'S LIKE A TEENAGER.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT TIME IN HIS
LIFE AND --
>> Chris: IT'S NOT LIKE HE'S
GOING TO SCHOOL AND ANYONE WILL
MAKE FUN OF HIM.
THIS IS PART OF HIS JOHN
CONNOR-ESQUE ASCENSION TO TAKE
OVER THE APOCALYPSE.
NOW, WE WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT
YOU THINK AT HOME.
SO GO TO
TALKINGDEAD.COM/PLAYDEAD AND
LET US KNOW, WHAT'S THE BIGGEST
THREAT THIS SEASON?
NEGAN'S GROUP, WHEN YOU BLOW UP
BIKERS, SOMEONE'S COMING FOR
REVENGE!
THE MEGA HERD, RICK'S GROUP IS
EXHAUSTED AND THE WALLS ARE
STILL DOWN.
OR A KINDER, GENTLER RICK.
DANGEROUS TIMES NEED A
RICKTATOR, NOT AN OPTIMIST!
WHAT DO YOU THINK BENEDICT?
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE
BIGGEST THREAT RIGHT NOW?
>> I THINK RICK IS GETTING A
BIT SOFT.
>> Chris: DO YOU.
>> AND IT'S A REAL SHAME.
>> Chris: IT SOUNDS VERY GOLDIE
WITH YOUR FANCY ACCENT.
>> THE WOLVES CAPITALIZED ON IT
AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHO ELSE
MAY.
>> Chris: WELL, THAT'S WHEN I
SAID THE EPISODE HAD
EVERYTHING.
JUST THAT MOMENT OF HOPE AT THE
END TOO, AND RICK BREAKING
DOWN.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE
BIGGEST DANGER?
>> I THINK NEGAN'S GROUP.
I THINK RICK HAS BECOME A
LITTLE MORE HUMAN AGAIN.
>> Chris: YEAH.
>> I DON'T SEE THAT NECESSARILY
AS A WEAKNESS.
I FEEL LIKE HE WANTS TO REBUILD
EVERYTHING AND, LIKE, FIND MORE
PEOPLE AND, LIKE, NOT BE SO
CLOSED OFF TO THE REST OF THE
WORLD AND HE REALIZES THAT
PEOPLE ARE ON HIS SIDE.
>> Chris: YEAH.
>> AND PEOPLE OF ALEXANDRIA ARE
THERE AND THEY CAN DO THIS TO
GO.
>> Chris: MOST EVERYONE AGREES
WITH YOU.
87% SAID NEGAN'S GROUP,
ESPECIALLY NOW.
BEFORE WE GO TO BREAK, I JUST
WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT
THE "THE WALKING DEAD": NO
MAN'S LAND, JUST GOT MAJOR
UPDATES INCLUDING ADDING SOME
OF THE GAME'S TOUGHEST THREATS
YET.
IT'S THE "THE WALKING DEAD'S"
ONLY OFFICIAL MOBILE GAME.
THE ONLY ONE.
SO DOWNLOAD IT FOR FREE ON
EITHER THE APP STORE OR GOOGLE
PLAY.
COMING UP, WE HAVE A
BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT WHAT
IT TOOK TO CREATE TONIGHT'S
EPIC LAKE OF FIRE, AND AN
EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK OF NEXT
WEEK'S EPISODE OF "THE WALKING
DEAD."
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Chris: WELCOME BACK TO "TALKING DEAD."
I'M CHRIS HARDWICK.
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 IN THREE, TWO,
ONE!
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>> YOU KNOW, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SERIES, THE FIRST COUPLE
OF SEASONS, EVERYBODY WAS IN
ALL THE TIME TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAD ALL THE
SCENES TOGETHER WITH SO MANY
ACTORS BUT AS TIME GOES ON, WE
BREAK THEM UP PERIODICALLY.
SO WE GO THROUGH HUGE STRETCHES
WHERE THEY DON'T SEE ANYONE,
GLENN AND ABRAHAM, THEY HAVE
BEEN OUT SINCE 601.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN BACK WITH ANY
OF THESE CHARACTERS SINCE THEN.
IT'S REALLY FUN TO GO, AH, I
GET TO WORK WITH YOU AGAIN.
IT'S EXCITING TO HAVE THEM ALL
HERE BECAUSE IT BECAME A
RARITY.
IT'S A BLAST.
IT JUST GIVES YOU SO MUCH
ENERGY THAT WE DON'T NORMALLY.
HAVE
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Chris: WELCOME BACK TO
"TALKING DEAD."
I'M CHRIS HARDWICK.
THAT WAS CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
DENISE HUTH TALKING ABOUT THE
WHOLE CAST COMING TOGETHER IN
TONIGHT'S EPISODE.
WE'RE BACK WITH GREG, BENEDICT
AND CARRIE.
SO HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT MAGGIE
AND GLENN REUNITING?
>> AH.
>> AW.
>> I MEAN IT WAS ONE THING,
LIKE, THEY WERE REUNITED BUT
THEY DON'T TOUCH EACH OTHER.
>> Chris: RIGHT.
>> THEY CAN'T RUN AND, YOU
KNOW, KISS EACH OTHER AND
STUFF.
BUT THEN IT WAS LIKE, OH, MY
GOSH, ARE WE ABOUT TO LOSE GLEN
NOW?
I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
>> Chris: AGAIN!
>> HE'S LUCKIEST DUDE ON THE
FACE OF THE PLANET!
LIKE, SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS THERE
TO, LIKE -- YEAH, RESCUE HIM OR
THE RIGHT THING HAPPENS AT THE
RIGHT TIME.
AND HE JUST -- HE'S A LITTLE
ESCAPE ARTIST.
HE ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
>> Chris: YOU HAVE TO BE IN
THIS WORLD.
I'M CURIOUS, BENEDICT, DID YOU
HAVE A BACK STORY FOR YOUR GUY?
WHAT WAS HIS DEAL.
>> I WAS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED
WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED, BUT I
THOUGHT MORE ABOUT THE
PHILOSOPHY OF THIS GUY.
AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY, I
THINK, WE STARTED TALKING A LOT
ABOUT, IS HIS ATTITUDE IS KIND
OF, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
YOU KNOW?
EITHER YOU GO OR I GO.
WE BOTH CAN'T GO.
>> Chris: RIGHT.
>> AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE OUR
STORY AND OUR KIND OF
DISCUSSIONS STARTED HAPPENING.
BUT NOT REALLY SO MUCH OF A
BACK STORY.
>> Chris: WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT
IS TRICKY IS WHEN YOU HAVE
PEOPLE COME ON TO THE SHOW, A
LOT OF TIMES THINK DON'T GET
SCRIPTS.
>> Chris: RIGHT.
>> AND THEY GET PAGES AND A LOT
OF THE TIMES THEY GET AUDITIONS
AND WHEN THEY AUDITION, THEY
ARE NOT EVEN AUDITIONING WITH
REAL PAGES.
THEY ARE FAKE SCENES.
>> COMPLETELY.
>> OUR FIRST DAY ON SET, WE
WERE HAVING A CONVERSATION AND
I WAS GIVING HIM A LITTLE BIT
OF INPUT.
THAT'S WHAT DIRECTORS DO YOU
KNOW.
HE'S LIKE, DO YOU THINK I COULD
GET THE SCRIPT?
I WAS LIKE UH --
>> YOU DON'T HAVE THE SCRIPT?
>> YEAH, ANYBODY, BRING ONE
SCRIPT FOR THIS GUY.
FORTUNATELY, PART OF THE WAY WE
DEVELOP EACH EPISODE IS THAT
SCOTT HAS CONVERSATIONS, SCOTT
GIMPLE HAS CONVERSATIONS WITH
THE ACTORS AND THEN DURING THE
TONE MEETINGS DOWNLOADS
INFORMATION.
>> Chris: OKAY.
>> IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY BUT
A LOT OF TIMES, CHARACTERS DO
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD
BACK STORIES AND STUFF LIKE
THAT.
>> YEAH, AND THERE WAS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO START THINKING
AND CREATE SOMETHING
INTERESTING.
WE DID THAT WITH THE TRAPS.
>> Chris: WE HAVE A FAN FROMMED
AUDIENCE -- FROM THE AUDIENCE
WHO WILL GET UP AND ASK YOUR
QUESTION.
PLEASE GET UP AND ASK YOUR
QUESTION.
BE HEARD BY THIS TRIBUNAL.
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
>> CYNTHIA.
>> Chris: WHAT IS YOUR
QUESTION?
>> THIS IS FOR GREG.
GREG, WHAT REALLY WENT INTO
BLOWING UP NEGAN'S BIKER GANG
THIS.
>> WELL, I HAVE TO SAY, WE
ENDED UP GET -- I WANTED
EVERYTHING TO BE AS PRACTICAL
AS POSSIBLE.
AND THIS EPISODE REALLY WAS A
TRIUMPH FOR THE ENTIRE CAST AND
CREW.
THE SPECIAL EFFECTS GUYS, AND I
WANT TO SAY THE MAKEUP EFFECTS
TEAM, MY TEAM DID AN AMAZING,
AMAZING JOB.
THERE ARE ZOMBIES GOING ON AND
GAGS AND ALL OF THIS STUFF
HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WITH THAT PARTICULAR SHOT, I
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
BLEW UP ACTUAL DUMMIES.
SO WE MADE RED TINTED FOAM
DUMMIES THAT WE WRAPPED PRIMER
CORD AND BLOOD BAGS AROUND.
SO IN THE SHOT, WE HAD CHRIS
BERRY DO HIS DIALOGUE AND THEN
WE CUT AND WE HELD ON THAT.
WE TOOK ALL THE ACTORS OUT AND
THEN WE BROUGHT THE DUMMIES IN.
AND WE HAD THREE PROPANE
CANISTERS THAT BLEW AT THE SAME
TIME AND WE PHYSICALLY BLEW THE
BODIES TO PIECES.
AND HAD MULTIPLE CAMERAS ON IT.
IT WAS GREAT.
>> WOW!
>> Chris: YOU KNOW NO ONE
LEAVES HERE EMPTY HANDED.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
OR EVEN ONE HANDED.
IT'S NOT REAL.
IT'S TOTALLY FAKE.
IT'S JUST FOAM.
BUST I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO
HAVE THIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, CYNTHIA.
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.
IT'S A VALENTINE'S DAY HATCHET.
THERE YOU GO.
[ APPLAUSE ]
NOW, BEFORE WE GO TO BREAK, WE
HAVE TO HAVE OUR OPRAH MOMENT.
EVERYONE IS GETTING THIS.
IT'S CARL'S PUDDING CAN LUNCH
TOTE FROM THE COOP.
IT'S AVAILABLE AT
SHOPTHEWALKINGDEAD.COM.
AND THE BEST PART IS THAT
THAT YOU ARE ALL GETTING ONE!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
AND THE OTHER BEST PART, OH, MY
GOD, I MISS JESSIE SO MUCH.
OH, MY GOD.
YOU CAN PUT YOUR HAND IN YOUR
OWN ONE.
COMING UP, WE HAVE A
BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT
TONIGHT'S EPIC LAKE OF FIRE,
PLUS AN EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK OF
NEXT WEEK'S EPISODE OF "THE
WALKING DEAD."
BUT FIRST, LET'S ENJOY THE
SUBWAY FRESH BUZZ.
TWEETS WE LIKE FROM REAL LIVE
FANS LIKE YOU.
ENJOY!
>> TONIGHT IS AWESOME. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW WHAT WE
DID.
WE DID THE HUGE LAKE EXPLOSION.
WE COME BACK WITH A TANKER.
THEY FLOODED THE LAKE WITH GAS
AND USED THE ROCKET LAUNCHER,
HUGE EXPLOSION AND IT WORKS!
>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BLOWING
UP A LAKE AND THEN SETTING A
BUNCH OF WALKERS ON FIRE THAT
WALK INTO IT.
>> FOR US, IT WAS KEEPING THE
FIRE AS REAL AS POSSIBLE.
DO IT ALL AT THE REAL SCALE.
DO IT WITH THE REAL LIGHT, YOU
KNOW, REAL FIRE.
>> SO THIS IS HOW WE BURN
WALKERS DOWN HERE ON WALKING
DEAD.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR
SEVERAL SEASONS.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE LEVELS OF
GEL-SOAKED FIRE RETARDANT
UNDERWEAR.
AND THIS HOLDS THE COLD, WET
GOODNESS IN AND THEN WE WILL
PUT THE WARDROBE AND THAT'S HOW
WE KEEP THEM SAFE.
>> IF I WASN'T NERVOUS, IF I
WASN'T CONCERNED, SOMEONE
SHOULD BE CONCERNED BECAUSE
GETTING SET ON FIRE IS NOT A
NORMAL THING.
>> WHAT WE ARE DOING IS REAL.
IT'S VERY HOT UP THERE.
YOU CAN FEEL THE HEAT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
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>> Chris: WELCOME BACK TO
"TALKING DEAD."
I'M CHRIS HARDWICK.
I'M HERE WITH GREG, BENEDICT
AND CARRIE.
THAT WAS A BEHIND-THE-SCENES
LOOK AT TONIGHT'S EPISODE, AND
I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATS TO
THE ENTIRE CREW OF "THE WALKING
DEAD."
PLEASE, A HUGE HAND BY ALL THE
CUE.
THEY DON'T ALWAYS GET CALLED
OUT BY NAME.
BUT ALL OF THEM MAKE THE SHOW
SO SEAMLESS AND WE APPRECIATE
THEM FOR IT.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED.
>> 180 TO 200 PEOPLE.
WE DID OVER 1200 MAKEUPS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS VERY
CRITICAL FOR ME WAS TO DO THE
EXPLOSION PRACTICALLY, IN THE
REAL LAKE.
SO DARYL PRITCHARD AND HIS GUYS
PUT PROPANE MORTARS IN THERE
AND LIT OFF FIRE BARS.
WE TESTED IT A BUNCH OF TIMES
IN THE EVENING JUST TO SEE HOW
BIG WE COULD GET THE FLAMES.
I MEAN, THOSE FLAMES WENT AS
HIGH AS THE REAL HOUSES.
IT WAS STUPENDOUS WATCHING IT
PLAY OUT.
OF COURSE THROUGH ALL OF THE
NIGHT, ALL THE COVERAGE OF THE
ZOMBIES IN THE STREETS.
WE KEPT EXPLODING THE LAKE OVER
AND OVER AGAIN.
WE DID IT NINE OR TEN TIMES.
I WAS WAITING FOR PEOPLE LIVING
IN THEIR HOUSES DOWN THE STREET
TO GET KNOCKED OUT OF BED, WHAT
THE HELL IS THAT?
>> Chris: OH, IT'S "THE WALKING
DEAD"!
JUST BLOWING UP THE LAKE AGAIN.
>> WE HAVE A CALLER.
WHAT IS YOUR NAME SOME.
>> MY NAME IS CAITLIN AND I'M
FROM ARKANSAS.
>> Chris: HELLO, WHAT IS YOUR
QUESTION.
>> FIRST I WANT TO SAY HAPPY
VALENTINE'S DAY, EVERYBODY.
>> Chris: HAPPY VALENTINE'S
DAY.
>> MY QUESTION IS FOR BEDUCT.
--
BENEDICT, I WANTED TO KNOW HOW
DID THEY GET YOUR TEETH TO LOOK
SO NASTY?
>> IT WAS ALCOHOL SWABS TO DRY
MY TEETH OUT AND THEN A TEAM OF
ABOUT THREE PEOPLE JUST
PAINTING THEM DIFFERENT COLORS
AND I WAS TOLD I CAN'T LIKE MY
TEETH.
I WOULD JUST STAY LIKE THAT FOR
A GOOD COUPLE OF MINUTES WHICH
WAS A BIT ANNOYING AFTER A
WHILE.
>> THERE'S DIFFERENT COLORED
TOOTH STAINS.
>> AND GRIT AND GRIME.
>> AND COFFEE.
>> IT'S LIKE NICOTINE.
>> Chris: I HAVE TO SAY, YOU
CLEAN UP REAL NICE, BENEDICT
SAMUELS.
RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE AMERICA'S
VALENTINE'S DATE TONIGHT,
LOOKING ALL HANDSOME.
>> WE DON'T HAVE A "W."
>> Chris: WE DON'T.
NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW
CARRIE OVER THE LAST HOUR, WE
WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU THINK
AT HOME.
SO GO TO
TALKINGDEAD.COM/PLAYDEAD AND
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, COULD
CARRIE UNDERWOOD SURVIVE THE
MEGA HERD IN TONIGHT'S EPISODE.
YES, HAVE YOU HEARD HER SONG
LYRICS?
SHE KNOWS WHAT TO DO WITH A
LOUISVILLE SLUGGER.
OR NO, SEVEN GRAMMYS ARE SUPER
IMPRESSIVE BUT THEY ARE REALLY
BAD AT KILLING WALKERS.
I WILL LET YOU STATE YOUR CASE.
>> I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE
THINKING, BUT I WAS BORN TO
SURVIVE THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE.
LIKE MY HUSBAND BOUGHT ME THIS
ZOMBIE SURVIVAL KIT FOR
CHRISTMAS.
I HAVE A MACHETE.
I KNOW HOW TO USE IT!
[ LAUGHTER ]
MY SONGS ARE QUITE AGGRESSIVE
AT TIMES.
[ LAUGHTER ]
I'M NOT AFRAID.
>> Chris: THE NOS ARE GOING
DOWN.
THAT'S HILARIOUS!
>> I WOULD KNOW WHAT TO DO I
WAS BORN FOR THIS.
>> Chris: WHO DO YOU RELATE TO
MOST ON THE SHOW?
>> I MEAN, I LOVE MAGGIE,
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE ARE BOTH
LIKE FARM GIRLS, YOU KNOW, I
GREW UP IN THE COUNTRY.
WE KNOW HOW TO HANDLE
OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, OUTDOORS.
BUST SHE'S ALSO LIKE GOT A
SOFTER SIDE.
>> Chris: YEAH.
>> YOU KNOW AND SHE'S SMART.
>> Chris: WELL, YOU -- YOU
KNOW, YOU STARTED OFF AT LIKE
87%.
YOU MANAGED TO CONVINCE 68%
STILL THINK YOU WOULD NOT
SURVIVE THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE.
34% ARE ON YOUR SIDE.
YOU SHOULD WRITE A SONG ABOUT
THOSE PEOPLE.
>> I AM!
I WILL DO IT!
YOU ARE GOING TO BE SO SORRY!
>> Chris: BENEDICT HAD SOME --
HOW WAS YOUR FIGHT SCENE WITH
LENNIE, BY THE WAY.
>> WELL, THE FIGHT SCENES WERE
UNBELIEVABLE, BECAUSE WE WOULD
COME UP ON TO SET, AND THERE
WOULD BE THE STUNT GUYS.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE GOT
PLANNED.
JUST TAKE A LOOK.
AND THEY ARE THROWING OVER
CHAIRS AND KICKING OVER TABLES
AND GOING FULL OUT.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?
AYE, I'M -- LENNIE AND I MIGHT
JUST REHEARSE.
NOW -- OKAY.
WE'LL LET YOU TO IT.
IT'S LIKE, OH, MY GOODNESS,
HERE WE GO.
BUT IT WAS -- IT WAS QUITE
AMAZING.
WE DID AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY
COULD, TO THE POINT THAT WE
WERE TWO STRENUOUS OR DANGEROUS
FOR US -- TOO STRENUOUS OR
DANGEROUS FOR US.
I WAS HAPPY THAT LENNIE AND I
DID QUITE A BIT.
>> Chris: WELL,
COMING UP, WE HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE
SNEAK PEEK OF NEXT WEEK'S
EPISODE OF "THE WALKING DEAD."
BUT FIRST, I WANT TO LET YOU
KNOW THAT TOMORROW IS THE
SEASON TWO PREMIER OF "BETTER
CALL SAUL "AND WE WILL DO A"
TALKING SAUL RIGHT AFTER THE
PREMIER ."
CREATOR VINCE GILLIGAN AND
PETER GOULD, PLUS SAUL HIMSELF,
BOB ODENKIRK WILL JOIN ME TO
BREAK DOWN EVERYTHING FROM THE
SHOW AND ANSWER ALL YOUR
QUESTIONS.
"BETTER CALL SAUL" AIRS EVERY
MONDAY NIGHT, AND I'D LOVE YOU
TO CHECK IT OUT.
WE ARE CALLING IT "TALKING
SAUL."
CHECK IT OUT.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH
"TALKING DEAD."
>> THIS IS WHAT A MIDLIFE
CRISIS LOOKS LIKE.
>> THIS IS SEASON TWO IS A
CONTINUATION OF THE STORY.
WE LEFT SEASON ONE AND JIMMY IS
AT A CROSSROADS.
HE'S TRYING FIGURE HOW HE WILL
LIVE HIS LIFE.
>> THE MORE WE DREAD HIM
EVENTUALLY TURNING INTO SAUL
GOODMAN.
>> LISTEN TO ME.
>> HE'S FRUSTRATED WITH JIMMY
AND HE WOULD JUST ASSUME BRUSH
HIM ASIDE.
>> I DID A JOB AND THAT'S AS
FAR AS IT GOES.
>> HE'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS
THAT KEEPS GOING.
>> WE GO A LOT DEEPER INTO
JIMMY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH KIM.
>> IS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> WILL THESE TWO COME
TOGETHER?
WILL THEIR LIVES FIT TOGETHER.
>> I FEEL LIKE THEY ARE BOTH
ADEPT AT WEARING MASKS AND THEY
BOTH TAKE THOSE MASKS OFF WHEN
THEY ARE WITH EACH OTHER.
>> YEAH!
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> IT'S LONG AND ENTERTAINING
ROAD.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> Chris: WELCOME BACK TO
"TALKING DEAD."
REALLY QUICKLY, A COUPLE OF
PIECES OF IMPORTANT BUSINESS.
MY SIXTH GRADE PITCHER NEXT TO
MAJOR DODSON.
THERE IT IS.
LOOK AT THAT GUY.
OH, YEAH!
ALSO SOME OF OUR FAVORITE
WALKING DEAD COUNTRY HASHTAG.
RIBA McENTIRE.
SWEET HOME ALEXANDRIA.
THANKS FOR PLAYING ALONG WITH
THAT.
NOW, IT'S TIME FOR TONIGHT'S
SNEAK PEEK OF NEXT WEEK'S ALL
NEW EPISODE OF "THE WALKING
DEAD."
HERE IT IS.
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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> Chris: ALL RIGHT.
SO APPARENTLY SOMETHING HAS
HAPPENED TO NEXT WEEK'S
EPISODE.
ALL WE COULD SHOW YOU WAS SOME
OF THE CHARACTERS RUNNING.
WE DON'T WANT TO SPOIL
ANYTHING.
>> IT WILL BE AWESOME.
>> Chris: APPARENTLY IT STARTS
INTENSE AND IT RAMPS.
THIS IS FROM @WMAP.
IF YOU COULD TAKE ONE OTHER
MUSICAL ARTIST INTO THE
APOCALYPSE, WHO COULD IT.
>> OH, MY GOSH.
COUNTRY MUSIC IS FULL OF BIG
DUDES THAT KNOW HOW TO HANDLE
THEMSELVES.
I DON'T KNOW, LIKE BRYANT.
>> Chris: I WOULD PUT TRACE
ATKINS LIKE YODA.
TAKE ME AROUND.
>> CATCH ME!
>> Chris: TAKE ME AROUND,
TRACE.
>> YEAH.
>> Chris: THAT WOULD BE A GOOD
ONE TOO.
BUT HONESTLY, I THINK WE ARE
JUST ABOUT OUT OF TOWN ON THE
SHOW.
GOOD LUCK TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE
GRAMMYS AND ALSO BENEDICT
SAMUEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING PART OF OUR WALKING DEAD
UNIVERSE.
>> GREG NICOTERO,
CONGRATULATIONS ON TONIGHT'S
EPISODE.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE REST OF
THE SEASON.
BY THE WAY, I'M ON INSTAGRAM
HARDWICK.
BUT YOU SHOULD FOLLOW UP GREG
NICOTERO.
HE'S GNICOTERO ON INSTAGRAM.
AND BE SURE TO CATCH CARRIE ON
HER "STORYTELLER TOUR,"
HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY
NOW THROUGH JULY.
NEXT WEEK WHEN WE HAVE THE ONE
AND ONLY MICHONNE, DANAI
GURIRA, SPENCER HIMSELF, AUSTIN
NICHOLS AND THE STAR OF
"CASTLE," NATHAN FILLION.
ALSO TUNE IN NEXT WEEK FOR A
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT OUR
SEARCH FOR THE ULTIMATE WALKING
DEAD FAN.
ONE OF YOU WILL END UP ON THIS
COUCH RIGHT HERE.
RIGHT NOW, STICK AROUND FOR AN
ENCORE OF "THE WALKING DEAD,"
FOLLOWED BY AN ALL-NEW "COMIC
BOOK MEN."
AND TOMORROW, BE SURE TO GO TO
TALKINGDEAD.COM FOR A BONUS
SEGMENT PLUS HIGHLIGHTS FROM
TONIGHT'S SHOW.
AND CHEN YOU CAN US OUT ON
"TALKING SAUL" TOMORROW NIGHT
AFTER "BETTER CALL SAUL."
I'M CHRIS HARDWICK @HARDWICK.
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.
BYE-BYE.