This is getting old but again its me keeping up with content, not exactly that I just saw the first episode of Dead City yesterday but I do want to cover it, since my elbow injury I couldn't post so I got some backlog. I was honestly pumped about "The Walking Dead: Dead City - Season 2" because season one close strong in my opinion after a very slow start and I like how the put on the spot Negan and Maggy on Season 1 to now start developing the "survivors" characters, keep in mind that while this is happening Rick is having his own story going on so its a matter of time before they all get together?? idk. I’ve been hooked on this show since Maggie and Negan first teamed up at NY and after the wild ride of Season 1, I was curious about how season 2 would be with all that tension still simmering.
- IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18546730/
- Platform: AMC+
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I had no clue where they’d take us, especially after that cliffhanger with Negan stuck in Manhattan by force, who would imagine he of all have a soft spot and Maggie trying to piece her life back together with Hershel, they jumped a whole year ahead and it’s like everything’s shifted drastically specially for Maggy having such a hard time with Hershel. Seeing Negan in a grimy cell, scraping by on whatever scraps he can get, I kinda felt bad for the guy since when he finally wanted to change his life around now its like the Devil doesnt want to let him go and do more of his work, yet somehow, he still got that snarky spark in him. Then there’s Maggie out in the Bricks community, playing mom to a moody teen Hershel, teaching him to chuck knives at deer like it’s just another Tuesday and I couldn’t help but feel for her, juggling that protective vibe with a kid who’s pulling away and sometimes just made me feel like I just want to smack the stupid out of him.
What got me hyped was how they set up this big clash over Manhattan with New Babylon eyeing the island’s methane factory since its literally the kinda of power that can bring back technology and I’m sitting here thinking, man, this is gonna be a bloodbath but latter on episode 2 things really go one way only. New Babylon sheriffs are blind power hungry, they ready to draft anyone into their army with no one safe not even teenagers and they doing all this from the back of their "law" no matter how stupid it can be. At the head of this army is the creepy governor lady and Colonel Armstrong, who’s got no chill, pushing Maggie into a corner with threats, making her cut deals just to keep her people out of their suicide mission to take over Manhattan, it’s messed up.
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The whole methane thing as a power source is genius although not black magic so I'm curious why this was never brought up during the OG series, turning walkers into energy and it’s got me wondering how far they’ll go to control it, whoever holds that card basically rules the game. It's also contradictory how Madam has control over the Croat and his operation although they do not control the rest of the Gangs and now Negan is forced to step up and do their work to gain control. Negan is constantly fighting not to slip back into his old savage self and it hits hard if you ever saw the OG series, you can tell he’s torn between protecting his family and staying true to who he hass become. I’m also kinda worried for Jinny, that kid has some guts, jumping into danger to prove herself but I’m scared she is in over her head, she even has this constant battle against Maggie after she discover the truth of why she went with Negan to Manhattan, although Negan knows by now Jinny still doesnt trust her at all. Maggie for Jinny is like a mama bear ready to tear through anything for her cubs and it would be funny if during this series Jinny becomes more affected to her than her own son.
The tension between Maggie and Hershel after discovering those drawings of Manhattan is haunting her down trying to figure what is going on in his mess up head, to this moment I still can't understand what Madam did to him to remain so loyal, I doubt that she promise him Negan's head but it would be the most obvious answer. One episode one there is also a character reborn, because that is exactly Lucille the bat wired that he constantly carry around now it’s like a taser on steroids and watching him wield it in front of those factions immediately get your senses going waiting to who will be the first victim, like watching a lion roar after being caged too long.
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Aside from the characters there is one thing that got me thinking and could lead to more development of the factions within the city and its the walkers fights, there is something fishy in it, very similar to dog fights I would say but they do look like a rigged game and I'm wondering who is pulling the strings, there is the character of Bruegel who look like the guy who got things under control, the classic business man before anything even himself who lets Christos think he is the one in charge. This episode felt like setting up a chessboard for a brutal match, with every piece moving into place for chaos but it still feels a bit draggy just like season 1, I guess the meat of the series will come up once New Babylon gets their army across the river and invade Manhattan although the Croat is waiting and now by the hand of creative Negan will most like blew them apart.
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