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Hilarie Burton Returns as Lucille in Emotional Dead City Season 2 Finale

The real-life couple channeled personal tragedy into a poignant scene days after his father’s death

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Overview

  • Burton’s surprise cameo in the June 15 episode saw Negan hallucinatorily reunited with his late wife following a head injury on screen
  • The key sequence was filmed just six days after Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s father, Richard, died on July 2, 2024, intensifying the actors’ performances
  • AMC’s crew granted Morgan time off to say goodbye in California before he returned to set in Massachusetts to shoot the scene
  • Morgan’s children, Gus and George, supported him on set by spending time in his trailer and with the camera crew between takes
  • In the finale Negan briefly lapses into his former brutal persona even as his redemption arc continues and Burton hopes to reprise Lucille