Old Acquaintances

Maggie observes a herd of walkers in Manhattan; she is attacked by one walker and later she goes to a bar of a motel, where she has to fight for her life. Finally, she meets Negan, who was in the motel and is on the run with the teenager Ginny. Negan is wanted in New Babylon for killing a judge and the marshals are hunting him down. Maggie tells him that Hershel was kidnapped by his former follower, The Croat, and she is tracking him down until the Hudson River. Negan says that The Croat is a sick man, and Maggie says that he owes her and proposes to take care of Ginny at Hilltop if he teams up with her to hunt down The Croat and rescue Hershell. Maggie tells him that Hilltop was relocated and fires a flare; soon, her friend Gina arrives to take Ginny to Hilltop. Meanwhile, the Marshal Perlie Armstrong arrives at the bar where Maggie and Negan were, and he shows the wanted poster of Negan and asks his whereabouts. After torturing the owner of the bar to have information about Negan and Maggie, Armstrong throws her to be devoured by walkers restrained by a fence. When Maggie and Negan are ready to navigate to Manhattan, Armstrong and the two marshals arrive, but the junior one, Jano, is captured by Maggie while pissing. They use Jano as a shield and cross the Hudson River by boat. But soon Armstrong and the other marshal follows them, in the beginning of their journey hunted down by a local gang, The Croat gang and the marshals.

"Old Acquaintances" is the first episode of "The Walking Dead" spin-off "Dead City. The beginning of this show is confused, with strange things happening, such as Hershell a teenager and Maggie with the same appearance; people driving cars; and outlaw marshals that kill without judgement, although they claim that Negan killed a judge. The environment of New York recalls John Carpenter's "Escape from New York" (1981), showing a derelict Manhattan. The team-up of Maggie with Negan is maybe the worst in the show, since she hates and do not trust him; therefore, it seems incoherent this association specially when the viewer learns that The Croat has a grudge with him. But the show has many action scenes and twists and is not bad. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Old Acquaintances"

After the disaster that is "Fear the Walking Dead's" final seasons and the other garbage spin-offs like "World Beyond" and "Tales of The Walking Dead," I have lost all hope for this universe to be good again. However, "Dead City" is breaking that cycle. I'm really liking the whole vibe of this new series, with its dark, gritty emptiness set in New York City. It gives me vibes reminiscent of John Carpenter's "Escape from New York." I can't believe I'm actually enjoying what I'm watching. I don't think l've enjoyed a premiere this much since Season 9 of "The Walking Dead." I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it stays that way.

Additionally, I'm enjoying the chemistry between Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan. I'm looking forward to the other episodes.

Dead City quickly hooked me in and got right to the point unlike the franchises previous spin off shows which have infamously fumbled. While it is still too early to fully determine where dead city will rank among it's flagship and sister shows, Dead city starts off the right way by offering strong characters we are familiar with as well as interesting new ones such as."The Croat" played by Zeljko Ivanek. One of my favorite parts of the first two episodes is the beautiful clausterphobic atmosphere of New York City where danger is around every corner. Dead City could be the best product The Walking Dead has to offer in a very long time.

To be honest, at first, I have doubts about this show seeing how the TWD franchise has been doing lately. I thought this was just going to be the same. But I am turned out to be wrong.

First of all, let's start with the cinematography and the special effects. Like the view of Manhattan looks soooo good. I am in awe at how much budget has been put into the background views (though I hope not too much), and then we have the writing. It's great and well-written so far, but it can be predictable at times, but that's it. I'm really impressed at how good it is. It's so refreshing tbh.

The only problem I have with this episode is how it gets STRAIGHT to the point, like I understand, they probably will explain why Maggie leaves Alexandria and the others and why Negan leaves his wife and child in the next few episodes, but they ought to have given us a hint of it, don't they? Especially since it's the FIRST episode of this series.

Other than that, this episode couldn't be more perfect. I can't wait to see what the next episode has in store. :D.

After the walking dead went on for over a decade, I am so impressed with how well this spin off started out. Congrats to all of those who made it possible, good job! Even if I didn't know the back story, I still consider it a great start. I am super excited to watch the rest of this season. I'm so glad that they didn't let the zombie apocalypse genre go. Honestly, I really think that they could keep this going permanently if they keep the right scripts for it just like morning soap operas. Keep it going guys! So excited LLLLLLOOOOOOVVVVVVEEEEEE IIIIIITTTTTT!!!!!!! I will probably be a fan for life.