The actress reacts to Maggie’s big speech and the meaning behind her final line.
WARNING: This article contains spoilers for the series finale ofThe Walking Dead.
“Because I know now, I can’t.
Lauren Cohan in the series finale of ‘The Walking Dead’.Jace Downs/AMC
I’ll never love anyone like that again.
I remember his smile.
And the way he made me feel.
Lauren Cohan and Kien Michael Spiller in the series finale of ‘The Walking Dead’.Jace Downs/AMC
I hear him calling for me, and I hear you mocking me while he’s dying.
So I can’t forgive you.
Even though I’m so grateful that you saved my son.
Even though I know that you’re trying.
I’m trying too.
Because I don’t want to hate you anymore.
If you and Annie want to stay, you have earned your place.
Because all I have are my memories.
And I don’t want to remember Glenn like that.”
LAUREN COHAN:It definitely left a lot open, which was obviously part of the plan.
I like Rosita’s storyline.
It was so symbolic for her to protect her daughter at all costs, and the sacrifice.
It had just that exact cocktail of emotion.
And part of that is beginning to address it with Negan instead of avoiding it.
What was it like just getting all that down?
Oh yeah, that’s so funny.
So it was easy.
It felt really good to be able to talk about Glenn.
The line I remember is “Glenn was beautiful.”
And I feel like that’s all I said.
I find it brave to really feel and remember when your heart is lit up.
And I really loved that we got to see that and do that.
That’s what I see.
I see the show.
It’s so cheesy, but it is really what it is to love.
And that’s the thing we’re all so afraid of.
And yet it happens, and yet we continue.
And Negan is there as this reminder, and not only a reminder but athiefof the memory.
And I think she has to say it to get to not let that happen.
It’s funny because it just seemed like it would happen.
It was just kind of the moment when it doesn’t happen.
And I liked that because there’s just so much going on in that episode.
And that was sort of a facet of this forgiveness and release.
There’s a lot out here to find out about.
And I think it’s time we did."
Does that tie in to how you end up in New York at all?
When we pick up in New York, it’s a few years later.
And family means Daryl and Carol and everybody else.
And so that is what that means to me.
