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| "Here's Negan" | |
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| Series The Walking Dead Season 10, Episode 22 | |
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| Air date | April 4th, 2021 |
| Writers | David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick |
| Director | Laura Belsey |
| Producers | David Alpert; Roberto Fuertes; Jim Barnes; Brian Bockrath; Ryan Buffa; Ryan DeGard; Kevin Deiboldt; Scott M. Gimple; Julia Hobgood; Gale Anne Hurd; Denise Huth; Joseph Incaprera; Angela Kang; Robert Kirkman; Oleg Livits; John Marler; Meredith Meade; Nicole Mirante-Matthews; Erik Mountain; Greg Nicotero; Corey Reed; Julia Ruchman; Jason Sax; Vivian Tse; Caleb Womble |
| Starring | Norman Reedus; Melissa McBride; Lauren Cohan; Josh McDermitt; Christian Serratos; Seth Gilliam; Ross Marquand; Khary Payton; Jeffrey Dean Morgan |
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"Here's Negan" is the twenty-second episode of season ten of the survival horror television series The Walking Dead and the 153rd episode of the series overall. It was directed by Laura Belsey with a script written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick. It first aired on AMC on Sunday, April 4th, 2021.
Cast[]
Starring[]
Note: Listings marked with a (†) symbol indicate cast members who are credited in this episode, but their character does not make an appearance.
Also Starring[]
Note: Listings marked with a (†) symbol indicate cast members who are credited in this episode, but their character does not make an appearance.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Callan McAuliffe | Alden † |
| Eleanor Matsuura | Yumiko † |
| Cooper Andrews | Jerry † |
| Nadia Hilker | Magna † |
| Cailey Fleming | Judith Grimes † |
| Cassady McClincy | Lydia † |
| Lauren Ridloff | Connie † |
Co-Starring[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Hilarie Burton Morgan | Lucille Smith |
| Miles Mussenden | Franklin |
| Rod Rowland | Craven |
| Lindsley Register | Laura |
| Mandi Christine Kerr | Barbara |
| Kien Michael Spiller | Hershel Rhee |
Notes & Trivia[]
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- The Walking Dead was created by writer Robert Kirkman and artists Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard. It is based on The Walking Dead comic book series published by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment. It was developed for television by Frank Darabont.
- This episode was made available to AMC Premiere subscribers on April 1st, 2021, three days before its regular premiere.
- This is the sixth part of six filler episodes broadcast to round out the season.
- This episode was the spotlight feature of the April 4th, 2021 episode of The Talking Dead: Home Edition after-show, which aired following the premiere of "Here's Negan". Special guests included actors Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Hilarie Burton Morgan.
- This is the sixth episode of The Walking Dead directed by Laura Belsey and her fifth episode from season ten of the series. She previously directed "Splinter".
- Writer David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick makes an uncredited contribution as the radio announcer in this episode.
- This is the fourteenth episode of The Walking Dead written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and his second episode from season ten of the series. He previously wrote "Squeeze".
- Actress Hilarie Burton is credited as Hilarie Burton Morgan in this episode.
- The characters of Negan and Lucille are presented as husband and wife. Actors Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Hilarie Burton are married in real life.
- On The Talking Dead: Home Edition, Lucille's surname is revealed to be "Smith", implying that Negan's surname is also Smith, which likewise establishes that "Negan" is his given name, not his last name.
- This is the first and only appearance of Lucille Smith. Dies in flashback circa 12-years ago.
- This is the final appearance of Lucille the baseball bat, not counting flashbacks and recaps. It is destroyed in this episode. It appeared last in "Wrath".
- Archival footage of Rick Grimes and Michonne appears as flashback scenes in this episode.
- This is the earliest chronological appearance of Laura on the series. Laura was one of Negan's Saviors, who was killed by Beta in "Stalker" during the Whisperer War. She appeared last as part of Michonne's hallucination in "What We Become".
Allusions[]
- The title and story elements of this episode are an adaptation of the Walking Dead: Here's Negan! story and graphic novel. The story was originally published in serialized format in Image+ #1-16, and collected in a trade paperback collection in April, 2016, and in hardcover edition in October, 2017.
- Negan previously spoke about his wife and her cancer to Gabriel Stokes in the season eight episode, "The Big Scary U". Most of the information that he recounts from that episode is presented visually in this one.
- In the flashback scene, Negan tells an online gamer, "I hope you got your shittin' pants on, 'cuz you are about to shit your pants". This is the second time in the series that Negan has said this line. The first was to Gabriel Stokes in the season eight premiere, "Mercy".
- In this episode, it is Laura who first gives Negan the baseball bat that he will dub "Lucille". In "Chapter 8" of the Walking Dead: Here's Negan! serial, it was Paul that first gave Negan the bat.
- Before the flashback sequences commence, Negan returns to the tree with the stained glass frame hanging from it. This is the same spot where Rick Grimes nearly killed Negan by slitting his throat with a broken shard of glass. With Negan's defeat, this incident signified the end of the war with the Saviors. This took place in the season eight finale episode, "Wrath".
- It is stated that Lucille's favorite song is "You Are So Beautiful". This is a love ballad, written and performed by Billy Preston in 1974. The more famous version, and the one that is referenced in this episode, is the version performed by Joe Cocker, released later that same year and was released as a single and and appeared on the album I Can Stand a Little Rain.
- The radio announcement during the twelve-years-ago flashback is a send-up to the broadcast featured in the original 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead by director George A. Romero. Romero is considered by many to be the Godfather of modern zombie films. The Walking Dead executive producer and writer Greg Nicotero worked on the Romero 1985 sequel film Day of the Dead.
Quotes[]
- Negan Smith: I hope you got your shittin' pants on... 'cuz you are about to shit your pants".
See also[]
The World of The Walking Dead
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Miscellaneous
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 This article pertains to an episode from season ten of the The Walking Dead television series. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Walking Dead season 10 episodes category. Episodes
Lines We Cross • We Are the End of the World • Ghosts • Silence the Whisperers • What It Always Is • Bonds • Open Your Eyes • The World Before • Squeeze • Stalker • Morning Star • Walk With Us • What We Become • Look at the Flowers • The Tower • A Certain Doom • Home Sweet Home • Find Me • One More • Splinter • Diverged • Here's Negan Main characters
Daryl Dixon • Michonne • Carol Peletier • Eugene Porter • Rosita Espinosa • Gabriel Stokes• Aaron • Ezekiel • Beta• Alpha • Negan |