I must say this past episode was amazing. It may be my second favorite this season next to the episode in which Carl, Rick and Michone come across Morgan. Anyways, I see a lot of talk already. The finale looks beyond intense. I did hear they are getting new writers for next season.
The panel was amazing. It was slotted for an hour. The actors came up there in about 10-20min sections in order to get back to their autograph booths but they seemed to be up there for quite a while.
The first fifteen minutes or so was Jon Berthnal and Sarah Callies (Shane and Lori). They were both incredibly nice. They joked about how they sent out their dead actors first. There were some questions asked that you may have seen on the Talking Dead like, how was it when you found out when you were going to be written off. Plus there was a lot of character questions which were kind of strange like “what would Shane have done..?” etc. Jon (Shane) threw the F word around a lot which receive a lot of cheers. He started on about the opening shot of the show when he and Rick were sharing a pile of ketchup- in which Sarah (Lori) said “are you calling me a pile of ketchup?” Which had everyone lauhing.
The two talked about their upcoming work. The last question I remember, someone asked Lori who was better in bed, Rick or Shane? She laughed and was blood-red. THEN Rooker (Merle) came running out on stage saying “he was the best in bed and that the other two were circumsized!” Everyone was laughing in tears. He seemed to stay in Merle-character but managed to be polite. He kept calling Glenn “the little Asian fellow” which had people laughing. I do recall two drunk girls getting the mic and trying to mention spoilers but Rooker told her to be quite and sit down.
Then Scott Wilson (Herschel) came out, followed by Lew Temple (Axel). Herschel started hopping around the stage like he didn’t really have a leg. Merle kept telling everyone to watch out for the “old man on stage.” Somehow Herschel and Merle started talking about how Georgia cops are jerks in reference to Scott Wilson’s recent DUI charge. I would say Rooker stole the show. He was funny and loud, yet polite. The whole group was really on it.
Chandler Riggs never was mentioned. I couldn’t find his booth either. I know he was there taking photos with fans. Just as they informed everyone that Norman Reedus (Daryle) couldn’t escape in his line for the panel, he came running out. The ladies screamed. They said he had five minutes. I would said most of it was spent giving hugs and answering silly questions like ‘what was his favorite drink?’ However a few was asked about his experience with the show, how he would like his character to die and so forth. He then took pictures with a few kids and ran back to this table. Apparently he stayed close to 4 hours after the place closed to finish photos and signatures.
The whole thing was quite awesome.