Here’s what the final episode of The Walking Dead season 10 revealed about Negan and where it leaves him going into season 11: Exiled from Alexandria and stuck in Leah’s old cabin, Negan sits by the fire and confronts the worst possible version of himself.
Here’s what really happened in “Here’s Negan.” This Walking Dead feature contains spoilers. With Maggie back, there’s no doubt that Negan’s time in Alexandria is going to get harder. After all, she is there with little Hershel, and every day she has to walk by the man who killed her husband.
Negan Smith, as he appears in the comic book series (left) and as portrayed by Jeffrey Dean Morgan in the television series (right). Negan, later revealed as Negan Smith, is a fictional character in the comic book series The Walking Dead and in the television series of the same name.
When they walk down the stairs to where Negan is being held, Negan grabs the bars to his cell and asks if they are here to rescue him, saying that “they’re animals.” This shocks Magna and her group. Negan begs to be released and claims Rick is a monster who locked him up and tortured him for speaking out against him.
Who played Negan in The Walking Dead?
The eighth season of The Walking Dead has been a long, slow build toward a final confrontation between Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), but their relationship is rather complicated. Rick has repeatedly pledged to kill the leader of the Saviors, and Negan’s last words to Michonne were that he planned to return the favor.
In “Wrath,” Negan’s plan to ambush Rick’s ambush seemed to be working perfectly as Rick’s team was surrounded by gun-toting Saviors. But surprise! Eugene made faulty ammo that caused all of their weapons to backfire, including Negan’s very own.
Who does Maggie recruit in The Walking Dead?
This results in a splintering of the heroes we’ve spent most of The Walking Dead with: Rick and Michonne on one side, while Maggie recruits Daryl and Jesus to her own cause. As ominous music plays in the background, she meets with them and vows that they’ll “bide their time,” and show Rick just how big of a mistake he’s made.
As anyone who’s read the comics is aware, Negan survives in a similar way, and spends the rest of his life locked up in the basement in an unknown house. Rick’s decision on the show, however, doesn’t sit well with Maggie, who has a hysterical breakdown after Rick tells her it had to be done to ensure the future of a “new world.” How could he let the murderer of her husband, Glenn, live?
What happened to Negan in the zombie apocalypse?
During an argument, Lucille collapses and he rushes her to the hospital, where she is diagnosed with cancer. As his wife is tended to, Negan tells his mistress the truth, and she immediately leaves him. When the zombie apocalypse starts, the hospital workers tell Negan they are being forced to abandon the hospital and he should leave with them, but he refuses to leave Lucille’s side. Lucille dies when the power goes out, short-circuiting her life-support machine; moments later, she reanimates as a zombie. He flees the hospital and finds a boy being trapped by zombies , and helps to dispatch them with a fire extinguisher. In return, Negan asks the boy to kill Lucille for him.
Morgan has received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Negan in the television series upon his debut, earning the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series, MTV Movie Award for Best Villain, and Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television. When offered the role of Negan, Morgan immediately accepted, …
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They line up all of the survivors from the van (Rick, Carl, Glenn, Maggie, Michonne, and Heath), telling them that Negan wants revenge for the Saviors who were killed. Without Rick’s consent, Negan imposes a binding deal: everything that belonged to the Alexandria Safe-Zone now belongs to the Saviors. Negan also introduces his weapon of choice; Lucille, a baseball bat covered in barbed wire. After a long talk about the new world order and whom he should beat to death using Lucille, he finally chooses his victim at random: Glenn. Negan tells the mourning and crying group that the Saviors would be back in one week to collect half of everything that Alexandria Safe-Zone owns, or there will be more killings. Rick vows to avenge Glenn’s murder and kill Negan. Negan laughs at this, beats Rick with his bare hands, and then turns around, leaving the survivors with Glenn’s mangled corpse.
Negan, along with his team (which includes at least 50 others), makes a deal with the Hilltop Colony: the Saviors would use the weaponry the other group was lacking to cull all zombies wandering near the Hilltop’s premises; in return, the Saviors would obtain half of Hilltop’s supplies, such as livestock and crops.
Lucille dies when the power goes out, short-circuiting her life-support machine; moments later, she reanimates as a zombie. He flees the hospital and finds a boy being trapped by zombies, and helps to dispatch them with a fire extinguisher. In return, Negan asks the boy to kill Lucille for him.
Negan risks his own life to chase after Judith and save her, finding her by following the barking dog, though his leg is injured by flying debris in the process. Negan saves Judith and the dog, and carries them to shelter. The next day, a recovering Negan is visited in the infirmary by a grateful Michonne.
As his wife is tended to, Negan tells his mistress the truth, and she immediately leaves him. When the zombie apocalypse starts, the hospital workers tell Negan they are being forced to abandon the hospital and he should leave with them, but he refuses to leave Lucille’s side.
Who killed Negan in The Walking Dead?
Negan was supposed to die by Maggie’s hand, according to creator Robert Kirkman. According to Insider, Negan was supposed to be shot and killed by Maggie in issue No. 174, and Kirkman “even wrote the full issue script, ending with Negan’s death.”. So, why did the writer suddenly have a change of heart regarding the Walking Dead character?
Intent on seeking revenge on the man that killed her husband Glen, Maggie confronts Negan in a house with the intent to kill him. When Negan reveals that he’s ready to accept his fate, she decides not to pull the trigger but rather wants him to live out his days in exile.
When Negan pushes back, Carol tells him that Maggie will kill him if he stays in the town. However, he doesn’t listen to Carol’s warning and ventures back to Alexandria to confront Maggie. Season 10 ends with the pair once again meeting face-to-face, with Negan cracking a villainous smile.
Maggie Will … (SPOILERS!) The hit zombie apocalypse series, The Walking Dead, may be based on the comics, but the storylines don’t always entirely match up. If you’re a fan of both, you know that character death and storyline details are sometimes changed for the AMC series.
If you’re a fan of both, you know that character death an
d storyline details are sometimes changed for the AMC series. In the Season 10 finale, fans are finally shown Negan’s (Jeffery Dean Morgan) origin story, which included details about his late wife Lucille (Hilarie Burton Morgan). Article continues below advertisement.
If you’ve read the comic book titled “Negan Lives!,” you are aware that the former villain is not killed off. Instead, he’s sentenced to live his life in exile. However, that was not always the character’s set fate. Negan was supposed to die by Maggie’s hand, according to creator Robert Kirkman.
