The Walking Dead: Dead City
Summary
Negan ’s evil side will resurface inThe Walking Dead : Dead Cityseason 2 - even after Jeffrey Dean Morgan ’s character worked so heavily to switch his ways during the main show ’s late time of year . The Walking Dead ’s panel atSan Diego Comic Conpeeled back the curtain on what zombi fans can wait whenDead Cityseason 2rolls around in 2025 , and the revitalization of Negan ’s villainous persona is the big takeout food .
Screen Rant was present at the jury forThe Walking Dead : Dead Cityseason 2’sSDCC trailer , and witness a leather - clad Negan wielding a baseball game squash racquet covered in barbed conducting wire - Lucille II , plausibly - all over again . After the Saviors ' defeat , Negan garner a modicum of respect by helping Alexandria agitate the Whisperers and the Commonwealth , and that repurchase discharge bear on intoDead Cityseason 1 when the straighten out enemy risked his life to rescue Maggie and Glenn ’s son . Despite that procession , Dead Cityseason 2 trailerfootage draw Negan flick back into classic " risky hombre " mode .
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The Dama Is Forcing Negan To Be A Villain In Dead City Season 2
The Dama Wants Old Negan, Not The New Guy
Evil Negan is most likely conjure by an even bigger villain . The Walking Dead : Dead Cityseason 1 ’s endingsaw Negan haul before Lisa Emery ’s character , the Dama , who leads the main Manhattan subsister grouping . War is brewing between the various New York faction as they vie for valued methane reserves , and after hearing tales of his exploits as loss leader of the Saviors , the Dama believes Negan can facilitate herwin . Negan ’s return to villainy is , therefore , necessary for his survival . If he can not tap into his inner autocrat , the Dama has no reason to keep him alive .
Dead City ’s time of year 2 teaser footage shows a sinister smirk stretching across Negan ’s human face as he admires the renewed Lucille .
Negan already evidence his ability to change over between personalities on a dime during an especially tenseDead Cityseason 1 view . After he and Maggie found themselves pinned down by Burazi goons , Negan , like slipping on an old baseball glove , immediately summoned the theatrical , remorseless , darkly comedic caliber he displayed too soon in hisThe Walking Deadrun . He cut a Burazi member ’s pharynx , soaked the others in bloodline , and successfully frighten off them off . With the job done , Negan went right back to his tranquil , well - meaning , " good " persona - much to Maggie ’s amazement .
With his lifespan in the Dama ’s hand , Negan may have no choice but to flip that shift more oft throughoutDead Cityseason 2 . It should be take note , however , thatDead City ’s season 2 mystifier footage shows a threatening smirk load across Negan ’s look as he admire the renewed Lucille . Even if the old Negan ’s big comeback is nothing more than an elaborate act , he evidently feels tempted to embrace that dark corner of his mind-set .
Maggie’s Betrayal May Have Pushed Negan Toward Embracing His Darker Side
Being Good Hasn’t Worked Out For Negan
Despite being integral to Alexandria ’s victories over both the Whisperers and the Commonwealth , attitudes toward the ex - Savior loss leader stayed frosty and Negan was never embraced as a true member of the community . Then , afterThe Walking Dead ’s conclusion , Negan ’s wife was horrifically aggress by survivors from the New Babylon Federation . The couple part in the aftermath , leaving Negan completely alone .
When she finally catch up to him in season 2 , the version of Negan that Maggie respect may have been replaced by the old version she hates .
Negan strove to be a good man regardless , but attempting to rescue Hershel inDead Cityseason 1 badly backfired when Maggie sell him out to the Dama . It would not be a huge surprisal , therefore , if time of year 2 sees Negan decide life was better back when he was hitting home runs with human heads and spending his evening skirt by wives , plural form . His take to villainy might begin as a functioning for the Dama ’s benefit , butonce Negan rediscovers his taste for blood and the seductive drag of power , he might decide to stay that mode .
The Walking Dead ’s timeline is a mess , this much is realize , but Dead City has a gilt chance to finally exculpate up some of that confusion .
That poses a swelled problem for Maggie , who will be attempting to rescue Negan inThe Walking Dead : Dead Cityseason 2 , fixing her mistake from their old missionary station . Lauren Cohan ’s character consider the man she leave behind in New York is worthy of redemption , but when she finally catches up to him in season 2 , the version of Negan she prize may have been replaced by the older version she hates .
Dead City Season 2 Can’t Undo Negan’s Character Development Completely
Dead City Shouldn’t Walk Back Negan’s Character Growth
Whichever way Negan ’s moral compass ends up pointing inThe Walking Dead : Dead Cityseason 2 , the spinoff must quash ruin the redemption electric arc Jeffrey Dean Morgan ’s persona began in 2018 . After Rick Grimes locked him up , Negan gradually transition from terrible antagonist to sympathetic antihero , and had arguably develop into an outright hero by the timeThe Walking Deadended . If Negan reverts to being properly evil inDead Cityseason 2 , those years of growth and development will go to waste .
perchance Negan ’s forthcoming dark minute are just play for the Dama as he reluctantly run along with her orders . Perhaps Negan truly take a step back toward his Savior era inDead City ’s soph season , but ultimately get by to resist the temptation when all is enounce and done . Whichever way the story plays out , The Walking Dead : Dead Cityseason 2 must terminate with Negan continue his ho-hum walk down the path of redemption , relinquishing the spiny wire bat and leather jacket .
