Winter Watchlist Warmers - The Walking Dead: Dead City - Season one

The Walking Dead: Dead City is based on The Walking Dead characters Maggie and Negan. 

It may be the first sequel to The Walking Dead, however it is the fifth series in The Walking Dead franchise.

Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan reprise their roles as Maggie and Negan from TWD, while Gaius Charles, Željko Ivanek, and Mahina Napoleon also star. 

The first season (even though I thought it was a miniseries) commenced mid last month. Concluding in Australian on Stan today. At roughly 4pm. The spin-off, sequel has also been renewed for a second run.

This time around with the zombies overrunning the world, Maggie and Negan traveling into a post-apocalyptic Manhattan cut off from the mainland in search of Maggie's kidnapped son, Hershel. 

The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made New York City their own world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror. Spoilers below BEWARE!

This was a much better watch the FTWD and recent TWD seasons/episodes! In the finale, after reuniting with Ginny, Negan reveals that he was the one who had murdered her father in a harsh effort to get her to leave. 

Perlie transports Ginny to the Bricks before returning to New Babylon where he lies that he had killed Negan and the New Babylon leader shows interest in the methane that the Burazi are able to produce which is a better fuel source than ethanol. 

Maggie and Negan track the Croat to the Staten Island Ferry terminal where Negan deduces that Maggie is luring him into a trap and overpowers her. Acknowledging that Maggie should never forgive him for his actions, although disappointed as together they could've rescued Hershel for real, Negan allows Maggie to trade him to the Croat for her son who berates Maggie for caring more about her obsession with Negan than him for his whole life. After returning to the Bricks, Maggie realizes that Hershel is right, and she decides to find a way to end her feud with Negan for good so that she can finally find peace. 

The Croat delivers Negan to the Dama who explains that she wants Negan to unite the various communities in Manhattan to stand against the New Babylon Federation and others who would come for their natural resources. Having learned the story of Glenn's murder from Hershel, the Dama reveals that she has cut off Hershel's toe and she threatens to go after him again if Negan doesn't comply, using Negan's care for the boy as leverage against him. 

At the same time, Maggie discovers Hershel's drawings of the Dama, and she realizes the continuing threat to her son.

So where will season two take us in New York City? Time will tell! How long will we need to wait for season two? Time will also tell. Hopefully I'll have another TV post ahead of the US trip! Where maybe I can get a photo at the said strike!