The Walking Dead: Dead City Star Lauren Cohen explained at New York Comic Con how Negan’s dark return in season 2 will affect Maggie and her upcoming mission in New York City. Dead City Season 2 will see Maggie attempt to rescue Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) from Dama (Lisa Emery), who she believes is holding him captive after trading him to the Burazi for Hershel (Logan Kim). However, she does not realize that he is used to unite the people of Manhattan under the Damma’s rule, forced to become his old self to ensure that the Bricks are not attacked.
Talk to Screen Rant At NYCC, Cohen explains how Negan’s dark return in Dead City Season 2 will affect Maggie. The actor explained how A major theme this season is the main duo looking to their past to become the people they want to be In the future. For Maggie, that means seeing who Negan was and dealing with past events in a civil manner. Check out what Cohen had to say below:
The themes in season 2 that are linked to Negan, wrapped up in the Negan-Maggie dynamic, really require them both to look at themselves and who they were and change is possible and how you have to go through what gets to what can be . And it’s a huge theme of the season that I think we serve very well and delicately in the second season, and we all put ourselves in the back of those thoughts. Every character is touched by this process.
What Cohen’s statement means for Maggie and Negan in Dead City season 2
The pair still won’t be on even ground
Dead City Season 1 ended with Maggie deciding to return to Manhattan to save Negan, who now dons a new Lucille and familiar clothes when he was a savior. This implies that he embraces a darker side of himself more seriouslyAlthough they do this in order to survive and they and Herschel prove safe. however, Dead City Trailers indicate that’s not what she’ll see when they meet again, instead believing that he’s returned to his old ways now that he’s been betrayed.
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While Dead CityThe characters all returned to Manhattan for various reasons, ​​​​​​Maggie’s mission is filled with the complexities that she and Negan have been through since the previous series. Because she’s about to see an older side of him that she hasn’t seen in a long time, it’s likely she’ll go through her own mental battle to differentiate between who he is now and what he once was. Even so, both of them will need to process their new situation and how much they can trust one another, especially with the former antagonist seemingly slipping into his old ways.
Our look at how Negan will affect Maggie in Dead City Season 2
His darkness can lead to resolution
Although Negan’s redemption comes in The Walking Dead Maggie’s reaction to his old ways led to some level of understanding between the pair. Although there is no definitive way to know how the duo will interact, it seems that their trust will be at an impasse when she learns what the dama has been doing to him. However, with eight episodes this time, Dead City May be able to continue their relationship despite the initial crumbling of trust they are bound to have.
The Walking Dead: Dead City Returns in Spring 2025 on AMC and AMC+.