Read on for more and also verify to check out ourinterview with finale director Greg Nicotero.
I think I take a stab at do that with every finale.
[Laughs]Maybe every episode.
But we knew where we were ending, more or less, from early on.
We didnt haveeverysingle piece locked down, but we have what the pieces are going to be.
Was Sashas fate sealed the second you decided that Abrahams fate was sealed?It was in the mix.
Theres always room for unsealing or mixing up plans.
At the very least, we knew what her story was going to be.
We had somewhat of an idea where it was going to end.
Obviously some pretty big changes with the Sasha thing in terms of what happened to Holly in the comics.
I also knew that Holly was very much a victim of Negan in the book.
And that wouldnt be the case here.
That it was her choice.
This was something that Sasha was doing.
So that butterfly effect sort of took things further.
It might have changed.
Certainly, the circumstances behind it changed.
The purpose of it changed.
I wouldnt have been surprised if more had changed beyond that as well.
So much of it was predicated on Negan using Sasha as leverage.
In the book, Holly is basically an ambush.
And onFear, it was something out of desperation didnt have a choice but to do it that way.
But the story was about Sasha getting the final word.
We knew we had this Eugene story that was independently predicated on poisoning Negan.
And all this stuff was flowing together.
And I love that Eugene and Sasha were playing off each other.
Because theyre completely different characters.
I mean, theyre complete and total opposites, and yet theyre friends.
A lot of story strands came together in really cool ways I felt.
And thats where the whole season basically started.
Those guys face to face.
Andys performance was spectacular.
Just so wonderful and powerful and emotional.
I was thrilled with it.
I was thrilled with what [director] Greg Nicotero did with the episode as well.
I always love hearing if there was anything thatdidntmake the episode.
Im pretty sure I did.
That sets up that moment a little bit between Rick and Negan.
And I dont feel we needed to set it up.
But it was a lovely scene that kind of did.
It was strictly about time.
This was already an hour and a half episode.
That scene in my mind absolutelydidhappen in the show.
You just didnt see it.
And I think about that a lot.
I think there are a lot of scenes that go on that we dont see.
And I could have followed any one of those characters throughout the whole day.
Its actually a very flummoxing sort of part of this.
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