Two major characters are in mortal danger heading into the series finale.
We went to Angela Kang for answers.
There were two brutal acts on Sunday’s penultimate episode, titled “Family.”
Cassady McClincy on ‘The Walking Dead’.Jace Downs/AMC
so the infection hopefully would not spread, that does not mean Lydia is out of the woods yet.
As if that was not enough, Judith Grimes (Cailey Fleming) then got totally shot.
Jesus, she’s only a kid!
Khary Payton and company on ‘The Walking Dead’.Jace Downs/AMC
And hasn’t the Grimes family suffered enough?!
It is key to defining Ezekiel’s character.
And what is Ezekiel’s take on Negan?"
Norman Reedus and Cailey Fleming on ‘The Walking Dead’.Jace Downs/AMC
It’s all locked in there.
And he felt that Ezekiel would want Negan to step up.
And that felt very, very true to that character.
So he has gratitude for being there, and he wants Negan to have that same thing.
We talked a lot about what happens with this group that’s out there.
But I think that for Lydia, it was still worth the effort.
But, of course, it’s just horrible.
But also, maybe that’s the way she needs to live.
Why does Mercer surrender himself to Pamela’s spy there?
I think it felt like for Mercer, he is always keeping his eye on the bigger picture.
There’s no help for any of our people.
And so I think he feels like, “Why take that risk?
And also at that moment, he is kind of surrounded.
He’s caught and then hijinks ensue from there.
What’s going on there?
I think that there are a couple of things.
For Judith, mom and dad Michonne and Rick have been on her mind this entire time.
And remember, she has this secret of why mom actually went off and what she’s doing.
She’s the only one that knows that Rick might be out there.
She has not shared this with the adults in her life because she’s scared.
And so that’s what she’s thinking.
Did he come home?
But also, Daryl is her father figure.
I have to save her.
Whatever’s happened to him, Michonne made me promise he was gonna take care of these children.
And that puts a lot of responsibility on Daryl.
I mean, Daryl kind ofisher father at this point, right?
Yeah, he calls them “my kids” earlier in the season.
It is a village.
But at the same time, this is her special person.
