Negan Makes a New Friend in 'The Walking Dead: Dead City' Episode 2 Clip

Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) doesn’t have a long list of folks he’d call “friends” but he’s about to make a new one in this new clip from the 2nd episode of AMC’s Walking Dead spinoff series DEAD CITY.

Collider exclusively revealed a new clip that sees him and Maggie (Lauren Cohan) confronting the old woman they encountered near the end of Episode 1 and "trading" with her. The unlikely duo is also looking for any information they can get as they look to get closer to The Croat who has taken her son Hershel (Logan Kim).

The Walking Dead: Dead City is the first of several spinoffs set in the aftermath of The Walking Dead's series finale. While both Negan and Maggie are not necessarily close (remember she never forgave him for bashing in Glenn’s head with Lucille) they will inevitably have to work together to survive the dangers of New York City. Maggie, in particular, is in a race against time as she tries to find and save her son, doing anything needed in order to bring him back.

Series showrunner Eli Jorné and co-creator and chief content officer of the franchise Scott M. Gimple emphasized how their conflict, combined with the oppressive new setting, was their focus in order to bring a very human story to the forefront. Jorné explains how the goal was to make the real-life challenges of the series leads compelling even without walkers in the picture:

"To me, all the challenges that seem like they would be there between these characters in real life are the things that excite me, as a writer. Even if you strip away all the walkers and the apocalypse, even then, there’s a compelling story there. How do you work with and cooperate with, and how do you trust, if you have to work with the person who murdered the person you loved most in this life? And vice versa for Negan, how do you work with the person whose husband you murdered? Right away, to me, I was excited to get messy with that unfinished business."

In addition to Morgan and Cohan, Dead City also features Gaius Charles who plays the villainous New Babylon marshal Perlie Armstrong who's hunting down Negan. Also aboard the series are Jonathan Higginbotham, Mahina Napoleon, Trey Santiago-Hudson, Charlie Solis, and Zeljko Ivanek among others.

The Walking Dead: Dead City Episode 2 premieres on Sunday, June 25 at its usual 9 p.m. ET time slot on AMC.

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