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  • The Walking Dead: Dead City season 1 recap: What to know before season 2

    Once The Walking Dead ended after 11 seasons back in 2022, fans took solace in the fact that not one, not two, but three new spin-offs would be coming. Alongside The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, which has been renewed for a third season, and the well-reviewed The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, there’s The Walking Dead: Dead City. The series is set five years after the events of The Walking Dead and centers around fan-favorite reformed villain Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and badass hero Maggie (Lauren Cohan), who have both somehow ended up in New York City.

    Nearly two years after season 1 premiered, season two is almost here, with the first episode premiering May 4, 2025. The eight-episode season is two more than season one, with episodes released weekly through June 22, 2025. With this lengthy passage of time, a recap of the events from season one is in order.

    Negan and Maggie become an unlikely pair in the Big Apple

    Maggie with her hand on Negan's shoulder in The Walking Dead: Dead City.
    AMC

    The season begins when Maggie seeks Negan’s help. Her son, Hershel (Logan Kim), has been kidnapped by a man she believes has ties to the Saviors. She thinks Negan might be able to get through to him because of this, so she implores her old foe to help. Feeling as though he’s obligated to do so (he did, after all, bash Maggie’s husband and Hershel’s father’s head in with a barbed wire bat and has been seeking forgiveness ever since), and knowing who this mysterious man is and what he’s capable of, Negan obliges. Plus, the new authority in town, the New Babylon Federation, is after Negan. He is wanted for murder for her numerous kills. It’s the perfect time to get out of dodge. 

    The Croat in a dark setting talking to someone with people behind him in The Walking Dead: Dead City.
    Peter Kramer / AMC

    Off the pair go to the island of Manhattan to seek out this evil man known as The Croat (Željko Ivanek). A young selectively mute teen named Ginny (Mahina Napoleon) has been hanging on to Negan, but he has her set up in Maggie’s community for safety while he’s away. She doesn’t listen, however, and secretly follows them there. Someone else follows the duo: Perlie (Gaius Charles), an officer with the New Babylon Federation who vows to bring Negan in to pay for his crimes at all costs.

    Negan holding a knife to a bloody man's throat in The Walking Dead: Dead City.
    Peter Kramer / AMC

    Maggie struggles traveling alone with Negan, especially when she sees glimpses of the “old Negan” shining through, like when he guts a young man while standing over a railing and tosses his mangled body to his allies on the floor below. Negan needs these enemies to understand that they mean business. However, Negan is on Maggie’s side this time. Still, Maggie’s trauma leads to her nightmares.

    Perlie in a white shirt sitting down in an office in The Walking Dead: Dead City.
    AMC

    Through their quest, the duo meets others, both friends and foes. Perlie is captured for a time by The Croat, but eventually escapes, ironically with Negan’s help. Perlie, Negan, and Maggie share some heartwarming moments. Perlie is all about the rule of law, but he questions it after Negan reveals that the men he killed had raped and beaten his wife. Perlie fails to capture Negan and tells his leader that Negan is dead. He also trades some useful information in hopes of making up for not bringing him in. Perlie reveals details of the fuel source being produced on the island, which intrigues his boss. 

    Meanwhile, Negan is angry when he discovers that Ginny has followed him. Negan tells her that he murdered her father, implying that one of the men who beat and raped his wife was her dad and that’s why he felt compelled to take her in. It’s unclear if he’s telling the truth. Nonetheless, Ginny is devastated by this knowledge and takes off.

    Maggie hugging Hershel in The Walking Dead: Dead City.
    Peter Kramer / AMC

    Negan and Maggie eventually find Hershel (Logan Kim). While The Croat might be running the group known as the Burazi, a woman known as The Dama (Lisa Emery) is in charge. Also, The Croat wanted to exchange Negan for Hershel, and Maggie lied to get Negan to help her.

    In his usual “oh well” style, Negan is fine with it. He probably deserves this anyway, and his priority is ensuring that a child is not harmed. So, he goes along willingly, and Maggie reunites with her son.

    Negan gets an offer he probably can’t refuse

    Negan sits down with The Dama in The Walking Dead: Dead City.
    Peter Kramer / AMC

    As it turns out, however, The Croat, who was one of the few people Negan actually sent away from the Saviors for harming a teenager against his instructions, doesn’t want to hurt Negan. He has regaled tales of this vicious, manipulative, cunning leader to The Dama, and she wants him on her side. He might be the only person who can help.

    At the end of season one, The Dama sits Negan down with a drink and an offer. She wants to unite all the groups on the island together to fight the New Babylon Federation, which she knows is coming. The Croat is a brilliant scientific mind, and he devised a way to use the methane that is naturally produced by walker bodies and turn it into a better source of fuel than ethanol. It’s easy to see why the New Babylon Federation wants to get its hands on this valuable resource and why the Dama wants to protect it.

    The Dama holding out a glass to Negan and smiling in The Walking Dead: Dead City.
    AMC

    Negan is not interested, but The Dama implies that she isn’t asking. She hands him a small box, a token of her appreciation. He opens it, and inside is a severed toe. It’s Hershel’s toe. It’s a not-so-veiled threat that if he doesn’t oblige, she will kill Hershel. Negan doesn’t provide his answer, but based on the bat-wielding images of him in the trailer for season two, it might convince him to do so if it means preventing Hershel from being harmed. 

    Meanwhile, back at home, something is different with Hershel. He’s still a usual brooding teenager, but he seems more off than usual, understandable given what he just went through. He reveals to his mother that he feels like her obsession with Negan and what he did to Glenn (Steven Yeun) has taken all her attention his entire life, and he’s had enough. She agrees and promises to finally put that feud to bed for the sake of her son. But when Maggie finds one of Hershel’s recent drawings of an older woman smiling, she realizes that whoever this mysterious woman is still has a hold on her son. 

    Season two will pick up in the aftermath as Negan prepares to give his answer, the New Babylon Federation plots its attack, and Maggie somehow gets roped into it all.

    Stream The Walking Dead: Dead City on AMC+. Season 1 is also available on Netflix. 

  • 5 shows to stream if you like The Handmaid’s Tale

    If you watched and loved The Handmaid’s Tale, which concludes after its sixth and final season, you might be looking for something else to watch that’s similar. To bide your time between episodes, or once you have binged your way through the show, there are several shows worth checking out with similar themes from all the top streaming services.

    Here, I have gathered five shows to stream if you liked The Handmaid’s Tale. One is new with just a single season, so it’s a quick binge. Others have multiple seasons to keep you busy and entertained for months to come. 

    Paradise (2025-)

    Sterling K. Brown wearing sunglasses and a suit standing outside with people behind him in Paradise.
    Brian Roedel / Disney

    Already renewed for a second season, Paradise has a similar premise in that people reside in an oppressive society. It does not disrespect women like Gilead in The Handmaid’s Tale. But it is one where the central protagonist rises up to fight against injustices. Similarly, a powerful person uses their influence (and wealth) to create a society they believe is better than the one that existed before.

    Paradise will keep you gripped through its eight-episode first season. The political thriller has an equally tremendous cast and a story about good intentions rooted in an evil need for control and a desire to cope with trauma.

    Stream Paradise on Hulu. 

    Silo (2023-)

    Juliette sits in the corner of a dark room looking ready to pounce in Silo on Apple TV+.
    Apple TV+

    A post-apocalyptic sci-fi dystopian drama, in Silo, the people who reside in an underground silo don’t have anywhere else to run, like June (Elisabeth Moss) does in The Handmaid’s Tale. The outside world, or so they are told, is an uninhabitable wasteland. They live under the rule of a few individuals who appear to have a cult-like mentality, fueled by warped beliefs and characterized by brainwashing and coercive control. 

    Like in The Handmaid’s Tale, people are forbidden from owning certain items or reading certain materials, namely anything that might remind them of the world before. Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson) starts to believe that there’s more to what’s going on, and her actions result in the rallying of a resistance. Silo is just as dark, though not as disturbing, with fantastic acting and a cast to match. The series has been renewed for a third and fourth season to conclude the story.

    Stream Silo on Apple TV+. 

    Servant (2019-2023)

    Leanne lighting candles in a scene from Servant.
    Apple TV+

    Servant has similar religious themes to The Handmaid’s Tale. The main plot centers around a woman who loses her baby and receives a lifelike doll that she believes to be real. A young woman is hired to help her care for the “baby,” but it turns out this woman may possess supernatural abilities. As the story unfolds, it dives into topics of religious oppression, cults, and morality.

    Servant takes the theme to a psychological horror slant, so the feel and tone of the show are different. But it’s a show fans of The Handmaid’s Tale will appreciate for the way it handles the manipulation of vulnerable women, especially pertaining to their children, and religious control. The series ended after four riveting seasons.

    Stream Servant on Apple TV+. 

    The Leftovers (2014-2017)

    A man stands by a window in a plaid shirt looking worried in The Leftovers.
    HBO

    Based on the Tom Perrotta novel of the same name, the supernatural drama The Leftovers centers around a disastrous event that has wiped out two percent of the world’s population. Those who survive deal with the breakdown of mainstream religion and the rise of cults with leaders and members who believe themselves to be, or to be following, the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

    Featuring conflict between two major groups, like in The Handmaid’s Tale, The Leftovers touches on differences in beliefs and faith, dealing with trauma, and fighting back for what you believe in. The Leftovers may have only lasted three seasons, but it ranks among the best HBO shows ever.

    Stream The Leftovers on Max. 

    The Walking Dead (2010-2022)

    T-Dog, Glenn, Rick, and Daryl standing together in a scene from the first season of The Walking Dead.
    AMC

    The Walking Dead might not initially seem like a show that fans of The Handmaid’s Tale would appreciate. But there are elements throughout that are reminiscent of themes you’ll find in that series and plenty of life lessons to be learned from the show. As the group navigates survival in a post-apocalyptic world, they come across different groups of survivors who all live by their own principles. Some are religious in nature, while others believe in the survival of the fittest.

    There are groups that will happily deliver punishments by death. There are also ones like The Saviors, where Negan claims to respect women yet forces them to be his polygamous wives, tearing them away from their real partners. In both shows, it’s about survival through dire circumstances, the need to make polarizing moral decisions, and groups coming together who might never have done so in the real world.

    Stream The Walking Dead on Netflix. 

  • The Walking Dead brings new Fortnite maps, characters, and weapons

    The Walking Dead has come to Fortnite in the form of new weapons, new enemies, and new assets to build with. Creators in Fortnite can now build new islands using content from The Walking Dead in Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) and in Fortnite Creative. That’s not all, either; when version 34.30 rolls around on April 8, Negan will be available as an NPC, and he arrives as a playable character on April 4.

    But here’s the best part: you can start building today (even though you can’t publish your islands on the Creator Portal until May 16.) If you’ve been away from Fortnite for a while, the game isn’t what it used to be. It has expanded far beyond the battle royale mode to include a slew of user-created content, game types, and more.

    One of the new type of enemies is called a Walker. These are slow, shambling hordes — typically what you think of when you think zombie — and they’re easy to kill in small groups. Put a bunch of them together, though, and you have trouble. If someone is bitten, it deals damage over time. And you know what that means: once bitten, it’s just a matter of time.

    Fortnite x Walking Dead
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    The Prison Starter Island gives you a map to start from, but youc an also use the Flat Grid Template to create an island all your own. You can opt for the classic zombie-killing Shiva Shotgun, or go for Negan’s own Lucille. Nothing like clobbering a mindless ghoul with a barbwire-covered bat, right?

    There are plenty of how-to guides and documentation to help you get started. The Fortnite community continues to create custom, fresh content for the game that keeps it fun long after the initial thrill of coming in first place wears off, and this collaboration is another chance to continue that trend.