Walking Dead’s Deanna Tribute Proves The Commonwealth Will Fail
As The Walking Dead season 11 celebrates Alexandria's Deanna Monroe, the future fall of the Commonwealth becomes all but inevitable. Debuting in The Walking Dead season 5's «Remember,» Tovah Feldshuh portrayed Deanna Monroe, first leader of Alexandria. She welcomed Rick Grimes' group into her community (albeit after some initial hesitation), but succumbed to a zombie bite when Alexandria found itself overrun by undead in season 6.
Deanna has seldom been mentioned since, but The Walking Dead season 11's «The Lucky Ones» finally acknowledges the foundations she laid at Alexandria. During Pamela Milton's maiden visit to the humble community, Daryl Dixon recounts Deanna's importance, describing her as someone he admires "very much" and admitting, "We'd never met anybody like that before." In a rare moment of retrospective appreciation, The Walking Dead finally addresses Deanna's contribution to the current landscape of allied communities, confirming their prosperity would never have been possible without her.
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More interestingly, The Walking Dead's «The Lucky Ones» subtly positions Deanna Monroe and Pamela Milton as polar opposites — before and after the zombie outbreak — and this comparison proves Pamela doesn't have what it takes to make the Commonwealth prosper long-term. When Pamela reveals how she and Deanna used to "cross paths" pre-apocalypse, it's implied they might've occupied opposite ends of the political spectrum. Feeding into that notion, Pamela remembers having no interest in politics until later in life, whereas Deanna was apparently "born to run things." Pamela was the president's daughter raised in an environment of wealth and
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