Dead City Season Finale Breakdown: Season 2 Theories & New Babylon vs. Negan

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The Season Premiere of Dead City Season 2, I mean, the season finale of Dead City Season 1 is here, and we got some payoffs to overarching storylines in the first couple minutes, and then a but-load of setups for Season 2.

0:00 - 0:29 - Intro
0:30 - 1:40 - Opening Scene Payoffs
1:41 - 2:56 - Maggie vs. Negan
2:57 - 4:23 - New Babylon
4:24 - 6:20 - Maggie + Negan = ?
6:21 - 9:13 - Ending Reveal
9:14 - 11:34 - Season 2 & Beyond

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Outro:
Late Night Driving - Broke In Summer

[LeadLeftLeon]

Croat being the biggest Negan fan is the best part. Croat represents us the viewer. We all watch this show as Negan fanboys

[cldavis]

You can really tell that these spin-off shows with less episodes, higher budgets are working… Jeffery Dean Morgan carries every scene. I feel like Hershel’s pent up aggression toward Maggie over Negan encapsulates the viewer’s feelings also. I think we are all ready for her to grow and move on from that traumatic experience. Great show though. Kept me hooked from start to finish unlike the last few seasons of the main series. Excited to see where it all goes from here. Give me Rickey Dickey Doo Da Grimes

[rlzz]

I dont think negan actually killed Ginny's dad, he must have only said that because no matter what he said Ginny would still want to stay with him in the city which is dangerous. So he lied so Ginny would hate him and accept leaving the city

[LeadLeftLeon]

So if she wants Negan to lead them, how can she continue to blackmail him to do her bidding. Negan is effective and charismatic. He could overthrow her and destroy the group like he did with the whisperers

[LS-Z]

I 1OO% agree that Maggie and Neegs should never have a romantic relationship.

[drecapito]

Bro rewatching Glenn’s death after people wanting Negan and Maggie to get together is fk up, Glenn is legit taunted till death infront of Maggie and his head smash to pieces over and over again. in no way in hell would she ever get with this man, please walking dead I beg I’m right and that they don’t do this

[chaoticmoviegirlie]

The most I would accept is them somehow becoming ''friends'' like getting over themselves and accepting the past for what it was, moving on without that burden and maybe even living in a community together once again, having a decent enough relationship. Romantically involved though? No way, I would throw my laptop out the window in anger and never watch a minute of this universe again.

[ragecrane]

Good to hear your thoughts! Thank you for the upload and starting the convo. I think that The Dama was dropping hints that she brainwashed Hershel similar to how Neegan reshaped the Croat. Hershel even said he felt safer there which she repeated "...once he felt safe with me" . I'm betting Hershel willingly gave up his toe because he probably thinks the Dama is the first person to see him for him rather than being the son of the widow and all that implies. He will prolly work undercover for her in season 2, but Ginny notices, and it will be a whole b plot or sumthin. It also seems plausible they have more people on the inside but who knows at this point ha. At first I thought the dama could be the crm in, but now I'm wondering whether New Babylon is the DC connection to the civic republic. Thanks again!

[x_Gist_x]

Negan and Maggie ending up together would be the perfect twist for this spinoff, it would make a lot of fans angry, like you lol and I would love that haha

[adipoke]

I totally read the big Hershel reveal as saying that he somehow was in on the plot to trick Maggie into handing over Negan. Those drawings didn't look like they'd been shoved into a bag for however long he'd been away; they looked like he'd worked on them at home and hidden them under his mattress. That might explain why he didn't seem to want Maggie to see his artwork. Then again, if he wanted to hand over Negan so his mom would stop obsessing, why was he still such a little turd in the car afterwards? 😂

The whole thing just seems like such a stretch: the Dama just happens to hook up with the Croat, who just happens to be an ex-Savior and just happens to know of the story of Negan & The Widow - which happened AFTER the Croat was exiled - and then they all just happen to know that Maggie & crew had moved into the area (for some reason, despite the logistics of moving a whole community that far away from their original location AND that far away from the other communities they were working with), and then Negan just happened to be there too, and then, and then, and then... ugh. Like why couldn't this stuff have all happened in Virginia, or at least somewhere closer than NYC? It would have at least made all of them running into each other make more sense.

But then again, Daryl's in France, so... clearly there's no room for logic here. (Loving the Last of Us vibes in the newest Daryl trailer... *tired sigh*)

I am also very much on the "If Negan & Maggie get together I am erasing this franchise from my memory" train. I'm HOPING that won't be the case because Annie & Joshua are still out there somewhere... plus SURELY they know that the shippers for that "couple" are few & far between in this fandom and in general that pairing would cause mass outrage, right?

right?

[AnteUjcic]

I think that Zeljko did a great job as The Croat

[SomeOrdinaryGooners]

Thanks for covering this show. Always enjoy your walking dead reviews

[mcgaming]

My initial thought and theory was that she was a scouter for potential CRM base locations and probably heard how Negan was capable of leading effectively through the croat. I think she saw Negan as a capable leader for non CRM people to clear all of New York for the CRM arrival which causes no casualties for the CRM forces in the process. But chances are I might be way off based on how the finale went cause my thoughts before were waaay different.😂😂

[ApocalypticRetrospective]

10000% agree. I can’t watch if Negan and Maggie actually become a romantic pairing. Same as with Daryl and Carol . It feels like lazy writing to just put two people who’ve been around along time together as a couple. Rather than find new characters with chemistry and build from there.

[hacksawhavoc]

I don't think she gave hershel those drawings, i think he drew them himself and I think hershel would happily go back to her because he said he felt safe there. I think that's what she means shen she days she can always go back for more

[evaninaz]

Its surprising that you didn't pick up on the fact that Negan was 99% sure lying to Ginny about killing her dad. He just said something so she wouldn't want to tag along with him. I thought that was probably the most obvious thing in this episode so far.

[malcolmferguson]

One way I could see Maggie & Negan's arcs ending would be a mercy killing of some sort - Maybe Negan risks his life to save Maggie and/or Hershel, but gets bitten (or mortally wounded in some other way) in the process. They have one final conversation, giving both characters closure, and then Maggie puts Negan down out of mercy. I think that would wrap up both of their arcs pretty well.

[dragonballradiant]

Maggie will definitely be back. No way is she just going to except what she did to Herschel. Negan well, act as a information gatherer. Letting new hilltop understand what they’re up against. Even if he was rescued. What’s to stop them from coming again. This time with worst consequences. What if there’s a Simon in his group. What then? As far as pearly, he’s totally screwed. The best he could is just totally sneak away into the night. What a bully does. Once they realize they can get something out of you, they keep coming back for more. Which is why you have to stand up them. 8:34 we don’t know what she knows, and what’s been reported to her. So it’s safe to assume that she probably knows more about new hilltop then the audience. Remember how long the saviors had been hanging around. And how they surprise Carol with everything that they know instantly. 8:59 not really, but I hear you.

[YaBoyCorey]

When she said she was going to handle her shit with Negan, I 1000% only took it as "I'm gonna go rescue him"

[belugawannabe]

Now that I think about it the relationship between negan and Maggie is like the relationship between zuko and katara in mid season 3 of avatar