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The Walking Dead: Black or Zombie?

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The setup

Rick’s group hesitates to confront a newcomer turning into a zombie when he accuses them of racism.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

Rick Grimes and his fellow survivors meet Lyle while searching for a safe place to spend the night. They agree to let him stay, then notice clear signs that he has been infected. Lyle treats their suspicions as racial prejudice, prompting increasingly desperate explanations for his gait, behavior and missing foot. Even his attack on Maggie fails to break the group’s resolve to be accepting. Carl finally shoots him when he lunges for them, leaving the relieved survivors to move on while Maggie’s death receives little attention.

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It’s called swag, son.

Diabetes.

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ScriptEnglish · 51 turns

Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.

  1. 00:05

    Rick Grimes

    Alright. We'll camp out here for the night and head back to the others in the morning. Be careful. This place is probably crawling with walkers.

  2. 00:12

    Daryl Dixon

    You got it, Rick.

  3. 00:13

    Carl Grimes

    Dad, you want me to take first watch? I'm 12 now, so I'm totally ready to kill. I'm good at killing, and I feel emotionally fine after I do it.

  4. 00:22

    What's that? Oh, it's coming from over there.

  5. 00:24

    Lyle

    Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hey, listen, please don't shoot. I'm not a zombie. Don't shoot me, okay?

  6. 00:28

    Rick Grimes

    Who are you?

  7. 00:30

    Lyle

    Uh, my name is Lyle, and I don't want any trouble. I'm just trying to survive the freakin zombie apocalypse

  8. 00:35

    Rick Grimes

    have you been bitten

  9. 00:36

    Lyle

    what no man? I'm good. I'm clean look We can help each other.

  10. 00:40

    Rick Grimes

    I need to conference with my group.

  11. 00:42

    Lyle

    Okay.

  12. 00:42

    Rick Grimes

    We don't just accept anybody all right All right, we've decided to let you camp with us tonight But know this Lyle if you get bitten by a walker I will not hesitate to kill you

  13. 01:00

    Carl Grimes

    or I'll do it I shot my own mom when she was turning into a zombie, and it didn't screw up my head at all.

  14. 01:06

    Lyle

    Okay. No, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Literally, you won't regret this. You know, letting me stay in here is-is really gonna... is really gonna be a grrrr!

  15. 01:15

    Rick Grimes

    Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold on!

  16. 01:18

    Lyle

    What's wrong? What's going on, y'all? What's up?

  17. 01:21

    Rick Grimes

    You're one of them.

  18. 01:23

    Lyle

    Excuse me? One of them? Oh, my God. No, this is so racist right now.

  19. 01:31

    Rick Grimes

    Well, no, no, we're not racist. No, it just seemed like you were turning into a zombie.

  20. 01:36

    Lyle

    Oh, okay, I see. I see how it is. So when someone comes from a different cultural background than you, they're automatically a zombie, that's what you're telling me?

  21. 01:43

    Rick Grimes

    No, no, okay, all right, come on. That's definitely not what I meant. Maggie, why don't you take our new friend to get some water?

  22. 01:49

    Maggie Greene

    Sure. Follow me, Lyle.

  23. 01:51

    Lyle

    Thank you very much.

  24. 01:52

    Ah!

  25. 01:54

    Daryl Dixon

    Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. You didn't have a bum leg. when we first met you did you fella

  26. 01:59

    Lyle

    okay you ain't never seen a classic pimp walk before it's called swag son get a look at it swag swag

  27. 02:12

    Maggie Greene

    i'm really sorry i'm sorry come with me we'll get you that water

  28. 02:15

    Daryl Dixon

    okay well this is uncomfortable not to sound racist

  29. 02:19

    Rick Grimes

    well i gotta stop you there buddy just starting a sentence with not to sound racist means you're probably about to say something super racist

  30. 02:25

    Carl Grimes

    dad he's He's eating Maggie!

  31. 02:28

    Rick Grimes

    You get off of her!

  32. 02:30

    Lyle

    Hey, what's up, homie? What's going on?

  33. 02:34

    Daryl Dixon

    You're eating our friend.

  34. 02:36

    Lyle

    Oh, okay, I'm sorry. Would you rather I just eat some fried chicken or some watermelon?

  35. 02:41

    Daryl Dixon

    Whoa, I'm sorry, man, I'm sorry. Usually really cool.

  36. 02:45

    Rick Grimes

    Yeah, yeah, yeah, hey, uh, hey, bro, you just do your thing. Nah, I'm sorry, that one's trying too hard.

  37. 02:54

    Daryl Dixon

    Well, we're terrible people.

  38. 02:55

    Carl Grimes

    Dad, that guy's a zombie. I mean, come on, he's doing the Thriller dance.

  39. 03:03

    Rick Grimes

    Carl, Thriller is a very special dance for many African Americans.

  40. 03:07

    Carl Grimes

    What about that?

  41. 03:11

    Lyle

    Uh... Like I can't have a white friend?

  42. 03:15

    Carl Grimes

    This is ridiculous, Dad. His foot fell off.

  43. 03:19

    Lyle

    Diabetes.

  44. 03:22

    Rick Grimes

    See? Diabetes. Are you embarrassed? You should be. Carl, we're going to accept Lyle with all his differences.

  45. 03:30

    Lyle

    Ah, white people brains!

  46. 03:32

    Ah!

  47. 03:35

    Carl Grimes

    Told you he was a zombie.

  48. 03:37

    Rick Grimes

    Good work, Carl.

  49. 03:38

    Knew we weren't racist.

  50. 03:40

    Rick Grimes

    Let's move.

  51. 03:40

    Daryl Dixon

    Guys, can we discuss the fact that Maggie just died? Is that...

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