The Walking Dead: Dead City
Series, 2023, After the finale, Set in Manhattan
The Walking Dead: Dead City is #5 of 7 in release order and #6 of 7 in chronological order in the The Walking Dead.
The story
Maggie and Negan travel to post-apocalyptic Manhattan - long ago cut off from the mainland. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made it a world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.
The Walking Dead: Dead City recap
In season 1, Maggie teams up with Negan, the man who killed her husband Glenn, to rescue her son Hershel from the Croat, a former Savior who now rules Manhattan for a woman called the Dama. They are tracked by Perlie Armstrong, a marshal from New Babylon in New Jersey. Maggie secretly offers Negan to the Croat in exchange for Hershel; she gets her son back, Negan is taken to the Dama, and Hershel learns what his mother did. In season 2, the New Babylon Federation invades Manhattan to seize its methane, Maggie fights with them, and Negan, working for the Dama, tries to unite the island's gangs; Hershel is manipulated by the Dama, and the season ends with Maggie letting go of her revenge and agreeing to work with Negan and Perlie. In season 3, Maggie moves her people into Manhattan, the Dama is captured and killed by Negan, and Maggie lights the Statue of Liberty as a beacon for survivors. The settlement takes in groups from New Jersey, and Negan clashes with Dillard, a disturbed survivor who keeps the dead as companions.
The Walking Dead: Dead City ending explained
Season 3 ends with Dillard killing Renata, whose Dead Squad hunts walkers, and seizing control of the community with her squad. Maggie chooses to stand with Negan, Hershel lures the dead into the building, and they defeat the squad; Maggie kills Dillard. A week later Maggie leads the community with Negan as head of security, and she proposes retaking the rest of New York City.
Where to watch The Walking Dead: Dead City
The Walking Dead: Dead City is streaming on Netflix, Prime Video, Philo, AMC+, YouTube TV, and AMC in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 7.0/10, Rotten Tomatoes 78%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Tales of the Walking Dead, before The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon.
- Chronological order: after The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, before The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon.
What to watch before The Walking Dead: Dead City
The Walking Dead (2010), which The Walking Dead: Dead City (2023) continues. The Walking Dead: Dead City itself is optional in the The Walking Dead order.
Cast
- Lauren Cohan as Maggie Rhee
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan
- Logan Kim as Hershel Rhee
- Željko Ivanek as The Croat
- Gaius Charles as Perlie Armstrong
- Mahina Napoleon as Ginny
- Lisa Emery as The Dama
- Raúl Castillo as Luis
- Aimee Garcia as Renata
- Dascha Polanco as Lucia Narvaez
- Jimmi Simpson as Dillard
- Kristina Ellery as Titicaca
Created by Eli Jorné.