Maggie Finally Forgiving Negan Works (Despite Walking Dead’s Spinoff)
The long-awaited moment Maggie finally forgives Negan might've been understated, but The Walking Dead's all-important scene succeeded… despite a spinoff specter. The dynamic between Lauren Cohan's Maggie Rhee and Jeffrey Dean Morgan's Negan is a storyline 5 seasons in the making. Immediately upon his arrival, Negan bashed Glenn's head with a baseball bat while forcing his pregnant wife to watch on. A friendly first impression it was not, and even after Negan was defeated and imprisoned, Maggie's grudge, understandably, wouldn't budge. Even after Negan then saved Judith, defeated Alpha, and helped win the Whisperer War, Maggie couldn't bring herself to accept him like most others in her community begrudgingly had.
Because the moment Maggie finally extends a hand of forgiveness toward Negan has been building for so long, audiences might've expected The Walking Dead's payoff to come during an epic, showpiece scene. Maybe Negan takes a bullet for the Rhee family, prompting Maggie to absolve him as he bleeds. Or perhaps, after an mammoth battle against the Commonwealth, Maggie acknowledges Negan as a changed man before an emotional parting of ways.
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Ultimately, The Walking Dead's climactic scene between Maggie and Negan wasn't so climatic. During a seemingly innocuous rendezvous between Hilltop and the hidden survivors of Riverbend, Maggie suddenly drops the bombshell Negan has been desperately longing to hear — she trusts him. Not only that, Lauren Cohan's character looks at Negan without barely-concealed murderous intent — a truly historic day for The Walking Dead. Certainly, it's a strange time for The Walking Dead to complete Negan's redemption story, sandwiched
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