-Let's start with you, Tika.
It has been an amazing ride, yes?
Yes, it has.
And I don't think the fans realize,
it's been two years since you guys have taped.
Yes, two whole years.
-[woman] Wow -[Egypt] But how does it feel now,
being here, seeing all of your family members.
Oh, my gosh. I mean...
Just the energy that you felt coming out,
from all of us, that's the energy that we have
all the time and...
Seeing this family just feels--
I feel safe with them and I love them so much.
And I've heard, even in interviews,
where everyone's sort of
referred to this cast as just that, a family,
and not the kind that tries to kill one another.
-[woman] No. -[Angela, audience laughs]
But is that how everyone's felt?
-[Angela] Absolutely, I know-- I think so -[Egypt] Yeah?
-[Angelo] I think-- -[John] We shared a lot of life together.
-[Angela] Yeah, a lot of life. -[John] Since 2013.
We've gone to weddings together.
We've been to funerals together.
We've celebrated people's
children being born together.
You know, we didn't know
totally, what we were all getting into,
when we first got on here and,
It was the first show-- Drama on OWN.
And we didn't know-- I didn't know how the,
fans would react to my character.
I was like, "Oh, Lord."
How did the fans react?
-[Tika laughing] -[audience cheering]
How'd they react? Yeah.
They loved you.
[Tika laughing] Um...
It concerns me when some people are like,
"I wanna be just like Candace."
-I'm like, "No, no, no, no." -[Egypt, audience laugh]
[TIka] Not fully, not fully but...
I've just-- I... I have to tell you the gratitude we feel
to our fans and to every single one of you.
I get chills in my body because
you guys have rode with us,
'til the wheels had fallen off,
and are still supporting us in everything that we do,
and we're so very grateful to you, seriously.
[audience clapping]
Yes, Candace Young.
So many moments where I threw stuff at the television set.
Like, "She's just never gonna learn."
[laughing maniacally]
"That girl's never gonna learn."
Here's a look back at Candace Young.
[thrilling music playing]
I've been on my own since I was 16.
I was raped and molested as a little girl.
I don't know who my father is.
My mother and I can't stand each other.
I had a baby with a gang member.
Who went to jail for multiple homicides.
That's who I am.
And what can I say?
Tika.
From my very first phone call, and you said "Yes."
You just...
Played the hell out of Candace Young.
Now, if you'll excuse me. I have people waiting for me.
Go on back to your mating and fetch your mama.
The plots and the schemes.
You're so pretty.
They can mess up your face so badly
that your own mother won't recognize you.
I want $100,000 in cash today.
-[Crystal] Come on. -[Oprah] Out-maneuvering just about everybody,
who stood in her way.
-What is your name? -[man grunts]
-Candace, look. -[man screams]
You took that character on and you made it your own.
Honey, you need to get laid.
What kind of men do you like?
Thugs, young? I'll send somebody to your house.
And the next time you decide to break someone's heart,
make sure it's not a cold-hearted bitch who knows how
to get even, Mr. President elect.
But it was her tender moments that really had us rooting for Candace
to do the right thing.
You still helped me up.
[Oprah] One of the ones I'll never forget,
that beautiful scene when Candace finally reconciled with her mother.
Please forgive me.
I can.
You know I can.
'Cause everyday I wake up and wonder if
you ever will.
Wow, you had all of us doing the ugly cry,
-Candace and Hanna. -[audience applauding]
I love you so much.
[weeping]
What's it like for you watching yourself back, watching that tape?
It's crazy because, you know, I would yell at myself, too,
when I would read the script, like,
"What? You're not learning anything."
And then, you know,
I think the evolution of Candace of being hard to being...
being able to see her vulnerable, and to see her reconcile
with her mother and really try to get out of the life that she created for herself,
um, I love her. I love Candace Young so much.
You said that last scene with Crystal was one of your favorites,
-Yeah. -Why is that?
[exhales] I think because I got to connect with Crystal.
In the middle of that scene, I just hyperventilate, I just started going...
I couldn't remember my line, 'cause I was so in it with her
and I just go... [hyperventilates]
And I looked at Tyler and I go, "I don't know what's happening."
-[audience laugh] -And he's like, "Come here, come to the room with me.
Let's just..." You know. And I was like [hyper ventilates],
because Crystal's character and my character have always been like this.
And never had a real moment to just
say I'm sorry.
That's the first time I said I'm sorry to my mother
who I've wrecked millions of times.
It was an emotional moment to watch, it truly was.
-It kinda brought everything full circle. -[Tika] Yeah.
You know, we live that.
But the series ends with Jim, John Schneider,
drowning Candace in the bath tub.
How do you feel about that?
Do you think maybe, uh, Tyler Perry should've
changed the script
-and had Candace drown Jim instead? Yeah. -[audience agreeing]
When I read it, I just was like,
"Farewell, Candace. Oh, my God!"
-It... it's over. -[audience laughing]