Norman Reedus on 'The Walking Dead' scene that 'felt like a funeral' - Entertainment Weekly News

The episode began with Daryl (Norman Reedus) trying to save Judith (Caily Fleming) who had been shot in the previous episode by Pamela Milton (Laila Robins).

But the rescue mission hit a speed bump when Daryl was knocked out and given a black eye — a plot twist that was incorporated after Reedus suffered his own serious concussion and black eye on set.

NORMAN REEDUS: It's not done, so I can't even answer that question because I'm still shooting Daryl.

I like that that the Commonwealth story line is ending.

But it's definitely weird on a personal level knowing I'm not going to see the cast or the crew anymore.

I'm happy where the season ended, but as far as the Daryl story, it's still continuing so it's not really over for me yet.

It was wild too, because I'm like looking at my black eye and everything else and I'm like, "Oh yeah, that hurt!

It's funny because I've had like four real black eyes on this show and some of them we've covered up, some of them we've just written it into the story line, and then some of it we've enhanced?

There are certain parts of real life that blend in with story lines sometimes, and that was a really heavy day.

There was a lot of dialogue that was kind of jokey and we kind of took out the jokey-ness because it was such a real day, and to say jokey dialogue, it kind of didn't make sense.

When you're about to get on the bike and you're telling each other "I love you" in that final scene together after this journey they've been on, there has to be a little bit of Norman and Melissa in there in addition to Daryl and Carol saying those words, right?

I don't know what take they use in the final episode, but there's a moment where I'm riding the bike and I'm thinking about everything that I'm leaving behind, and there's just a moment where I kind of smile, and that's me reflecting on all my family