Outside, Perlie finds an atlas leading him straight to Maggie and Negan in Manhattan. Despite her compliance, Perlie still kills the owner for aiding and abetting. After some gruesome torture by these "lawful" marshals, the owner tells Perlie about Negan and Maggie's encounter. It's revealed Negan's wanted for murdering five people in cold blood and will be executed for his crimes. New Babylon seems to be a place where prohibition is at large, as the residents hide any signs of alcohol, gambling and prostitution. He refers to Maggie as an "old acquaintance" to Ginny while also mysteriously brushing off Maggie's inquiry about his wife Annie and their kid.Īt night, marshals Perlie Armstrong and Gritz, along with marshal-in-training Jano, search the motel and its bar for Negan. No matter how much time has passed, the two are still at odds with one another - Negan is still as playful and charismatic as ever, and Maggie is cold as ice. Even Negan is impressed by the handiwork of the artist and holds onto it for safekeeping. He's got his face printed on a "Wanted" poster and everything, living out a Western film's dream. Negan's wanted by the marshals at New Babylon, a settlement not far from where Maggie and Negan are currently stationed. They suspect she was sent by "Vasquez from down the road," but it's clear what Maggie's ulterior motive is: she came for Negan, who was hiding out in the motel room with a young girl named Ginny. Maggie searches a motel room to get more information on this guy but gets caught by the people running the motel before she can investigate more. She lies to him about her cabin getting overrun by walkers, and he tells her there's a guy living at the motel that specializes in taking care of this type of problem. Maggie is clearly in distress over something and kills a walker with all the rage that's pent up inside her.Īt a bar in a motel, Maggie drunkenly flirts with the bartender to get information out of him. Now it's home to likely over a million walkers. When the Wildfire virus became a pandemic that was out of control, the military blew up the bridges to the island to contain the chaos. As expected, nature has taken over Manhattan buildings are overgrown with moss, and walkers are swarming the streets. It's at least been a few years, as once younger characters are now much older. The pilot episode opens with Maggie overlooking the island of Manhattan in the post-apocalyptic world, in an unspecified time since The Walking Dead's series finale. The pair is back to headline the spinoff The Walking Dead: Dead City, where old habits come to the surface and tensions fester like mold. Maggie Rhee and Negan Smith made their peace in the series finale of The Walking Dead back in 2022, but good graces never last forever in this franchise. The following contains spoilers for The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 1, Episode 1, "Old Acquaintances," which premiered Sunday, June 18 on AMC.
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