A new era of The Walking Dead Universe has started and starts in New York. Dead City is the first off the new spinoffs that comes after the finale of TWD. The great thing about this show is how different and unique it feels from the mother show. If there wasnt Maggie and Negan you would think this was a whole new Zombie show.
The show picks up about 3 years after the finale of TWD and Maggie is searching for Hershel who has been kidnapped. A lot of people have been wondering out of everyone Maggie could ask for help why does she ask Negan. Well this makes it clear straight away as we find out that the person who has taken Hershel was in fact part of the saviours with Negan, meaning Negan knows his weaknesses.
Lauren Cohan and Jeffery Dean Morgan are allowed to shine here more then ever as the focus is purely on those two. Lauren gets to take Maggie to a much darker and emotional place as she is willing to do anything to get her son back. I love how this version of Maggie works with Negan as here he has got some of that classic Negan back, where Jeffery is allowed to have more fun with the character.
The time of this shows is set within the first minutes as we see Maggie absolutely destroy a walker and then break down into tears. Lauren Cohan gives it all her all and I have a feeling we will get to see the Lauren do her best here with the spotlight on her.
The setting of New York also allows for a whole new feeling as it looks different from anything we have seen in The Walking Dead Universe yet. It really does feel like a Dead City as you have empty streets and just the dead falling from the sky, which creates a new kinds of danger.
The whole show is also enchanted from the budget it has. The problem with both the main show and Fear is that you can see they have a limited budget however that isn’t the case here. With only 6 episodes and a much smaller cast you can really see the amount spent on this show and it pays off as the show just looks visually better form the sets to the way New York is in ruins.
Overall, I absolutely loved the first episode and it is exactly what I wanted from these spinoff shows and I very intrigued to see where this storyline goes and how the Maggie and Negan dynamic will evolve.
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