Ride with Norman Reedus

How would I direct this episode?

I'd have just no plans whatsoever.

I'd find the most interesting people to be like,

"hey, where should we go?"

And just do it that way.

I wouldn't even... I wouldn't look on the internet.

Wouldn't internet.

Damn chance.

The road is freedom.

Until you're followed by all these cameras.

Did we lose half our crew? Should we pull over?

Hell no!

You're one of those, like, those directors.

That tries to, like, mind-people.

But it's the people behind the scenes.

Whose hard work makes each journey possible.

Look at these ass trying to figure this out.

That's the show right there.

So I'm reuniting with my crew to relive our crazy adventures.

Yo, let's go, he's bleeding, like, he needs stitches, yeah.

And share some unseen stories.

And that's why we're banned from japan,

Because of kyle.

As we pull back the curtain.

On what it takes to survive "ride."

Peeper.

You little peeper!

- Yeah! - Alright, hit it!

Here we go!

Yeah, baby.

- Can you hear me? - Yes.

It's good to see everybody

I kind of miss all... all your faces.

I hope we're back on the road soon.

It's always a blast.

It's called "ride with Norman reedus."

But it's amazing how many people.

That we need to film this television show.

It's like a motorcycle traveling circus.

And Norman is the ringleader.

Another day with Norman reedus.

This is the man.

It's such a tight knit crew.

Who on the crew do you guys, like, bitch about it?

You. Besides me.

We all travel together.

- How far are we going? - We're eating meals together.

We're riding together. We're stopping together.

And Norman feels part of that crew.

My sound guy's phone just went off.

My phone's off. I'm a professional.

I've never lost your gloves.

With those sexy eyes he can get away with murder.

All the love on this crew.

All right. How does this work?

We're going to go through some memorable scenes.

And also talk about some things that happened behind the scenes.

We're going to make the best of it.

We'll pretend we're some place fun.

We shoot "ride" during norman's hiatus.

From "the walking dead,".

And that lands in the dead of winter.

Yeah, there's a point yesterday where I could not feel my feet.

Weather is a huge problem on "ride."

Basically, if it's not sunny and warm, it's miserable.

So we pick locations that are usually southern states.

Or other warmer climes around the world.

We've been really lucky that for the most part,

We have been able to stay on motorcycles.

And maintain our ride.

We're out in the country, it looks like.

We wanted to go to japan, it's a place that

Norman has strong connections to and has amazing riding culture.

We're going to go to this mountain town.

And there's hot springs.

And difficult thing about a mountain town.

- Is it could snow at any time. - Yeah, this is beautiful here.

Well, it snowed literally the day.

That we were going to go up there.

Show runner is shorthand for "everything is my problem."

We woke up and had about.

A foot of snow on the ground, unexpected.

We could ride in a lot of different.

Weather scenarios on the show.

But one thing we can't do is ride in snow.

Not going to fall.

It's the curse of the ride, you can't ride motorcycles.

That's the show. It's the title of the show.

What are we going to do?

Today in hakone, we got snowed out.

Now we're in some mini mall somewhere getting pelted.

With snowballs.

By my delinquent friend Ryan over there.

I've learned from watching you!

That exploded...

Right in the balls!

First shot. My god.

Literally, the road we're supposed to drive on is closed.

And we can't get anywhere.

Norman doesn't tend to freak out about whether.

I think he kind of likes it.

When something unexpected happens.

- Got it! - There you go!

But we had to pivot big time.

We had to get Norman and Ryan an suv,

And they got in their suv.

And we drove 'em to get to this racetrack.

To go drifting in the snow.

Are you kidding me?!

We're gonna die!

This looks really dangerous.

Yes.

Yeah, but it's good weather to drift today!

This is good weather for this?

Really? Well, there you go.

It's funny because it was like a sweet accident,

Because it was icy, snowy.

These guys were slipping all over.

It was like the best drifting conditions ever.

Whoa! What?! What?!

Sorry if I break your car, you seem like a really nice guy.

Norman driving that car around,

I can't believe you didn't total it.

I think I came close.

He tried as hard as he could, for sure.

Stop, stop, stop!

I don't want to die. Come on!

I'm not going to kill you, bro!

The whole plan for the day had to change,

But that's what we do.

There's a problem, we always.

Somehow find the perfect solution.

Dude, your teacher just bailed.

So on the show, we've had...

Where are we right now?

Right now we're in Aden... Excuse me, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Norman and Melissa are very good friends.

And the idea to road trip through Scotland came up.

While they were on the set of "the walking dead."

I was like, you should... You should be on "ride,".

And you go, "you know what'd be a great idea",

Is to go to Scotland, because I... I have relatives.

Buried on this cliff near the ocean...

And I was like, "that's what we'll do."

Melissa did a lot to get ready for that trip.

She tried to find out.

As much as she could about her family history.

And then also she learned to ride.

So you took your... you took your lesson?

I did, and I worked really hard to get my motorcycle license.

But when we got there, there was some of.

The most Scottish weather you can imagine.

Whoo!

Yeah! This is summer?

Is that what I heard?

We just couldn't have them on motorcycles.

- It was too dangerous. - Now, here we are.

Except the weather's very... yeah.

And I'm... I'm a new rider.

It was a safety decision and everybody's involved.

The no decision was made.

That we should put these two in a vehicle.

You guys just think you can do like.

That kind of conversation?

- Yeah. - I don't know, Norman.

It's cold.

My job is to make sure you have a tv show at the end of the day,

We found these super cool cameras.

That were, you know, high definition,

To mount into the cars, and it was just a different feel.

All right, this is going to be a good trip!

That's when we got to see norman's driving skills.

In Scotland, and let's just say they weren't great.

Did I hit something? Yes!

What was it? The curb.

This is where... this is where I lose a mirror, ready?

No! Clip, clip, whoa, that was close!

I'm not a good driver anyways.

I mean, it was it was definitely slightly dangerous for sure.

- Yeah. - Exactly.

But it actually provided a wonderful, um,

Twist on our show, which is always about two people bonding.

How you feel?

I'm starting to feel a little overwhelmed.

Yeah. So your relatives were right here.

Looking at that ocean.

This is your roots right here, girl.

It wasn't even noticeable that they weren't on motorcycles,

It was, your eyes were firmly focused.

On the journey that they were making together.

You ready? Not really.

It's gonna be great.

As a travel show,

Via motorcycle,

Norman is out in the world,

That means exposed to the elements...

Rain, heat, all of that.

It really doesn't stop the train.

It might slow it down. But we are going.

The Hawaii episode in season two had weather challenges.