Tomasz Wadowski
TWD: Dead City – Negan and Maggie together again, but it’s not a happy reunion.
After dozens of lies, blood and trauma – here we are. The penultimate episode of season 2 of The Walking Dead: Dead City finally serves us the emotional climax we have been waiting for since the beginning. Negan and Maggie, although separated by pain and the past, cross paths once more. In the background: Hershel, Croatian lies, the returning Lady (what?!) and the ghosts of the past that won’t let Negan rest.
How did it all begin?
The idea for Dead City didn’t come out of nowhere. It is a direct spin-off of the main TWD series, intended to be more than just another zombie-survivor show. It aimed to explore something fans have been waiting for years – the confrontation between Maggie and Negan. He killed her husband before everyone’s eyes. She has carried that anger for years, but the world is changing. And with it – so are the people.
From the moment Negan saved Hershel (Maggie and Glenn’s son - who he had killed), the tension between the two of them reached a completely new level. He – a criminal trying to atone for his sins. She – a mother struggling with hatred and trauma. Hershel? He is not only a bridge between them but also the key to the entire story. It all revolves around him.
Negan confronts the ghosts of the past, Maggie fights for her son - Episode 2x07: “Novi Dan Novi Pocetak”
This is one of the strongest episodes of the second season. On one side – Maggie, on the other – Negan. Each caught in their own hells, which ultimately lead to the same place. Maggie first follows a trail left by the Croat, experiences a macabre climb up a skyscraper full of traps, and then... nearly allows herself to be killed. Or perhaps she secretly wished for that? After all, the Croat brought her there specifically to die on the spot. But typically for Maggie, she didn't give him that opportunity.
However, the finale of this journey was different from what everyone expected. Hershel is alive. But the Lady... too? With a burnt neck, like half-zombie, half-leader. Maggie gets slapped and ends the episode just as confused as the viewers.
At the same time, Negan tries to save Ginny, a girl whose health is deteriorating. In the hospital, he fights a zombie child (a bit like from a cheap 80s VHS), gets hit on the head, and then... hallucinations begin. Lucille returns (his wife who died at the beginning of the pandemic and his famous baseball bat that bore her name). Then – Annie and Joshua (his new wife and son). They are not real, but Negan facing the family he lost provides powerful shots for fans of this universe. The effect? A new determination: he returns to the church with a respirator and states without the slightest hint of mercy: "This time I’m just going to kill them all."
So what now? Dead City is still airing on AMC+, but there are still other shows to watch like: The Ones Who Live and Daryl Dixon!
