Rick honored his sons dying wish by keeping Negan alive at the end ofThe Walking Deads eighth season.
But will that cause other problems when things pick back up in season 9?
We know there are some other people going out.
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It was always intended that way, for a long time.
And then true to the structure of the comics, we are starting with a time jump.
Its a bigger time jump than what weve had on the series.
And it allows us to see what has changed.
And obviously there are a lot of changes happening in the season as a whole.
In terms of the look and feel of the show, its very different from what weve been seeing.
Just because the world itself has changed.
Its moving to a much more horses and wagons and hand weapons and scarcity pop in of vibe.
And then yeah, obviously we have some major cast changes this year.
And so within the show, well really be exploring what happens with the loss of Rick.
And so, thats a giant story thats part of the season.
Hes looking for his family.
He finds them, he finds this kind of larger family of nomads.
They wind up at a community.
Some of the communities fall, but ultimately they find a series of communities.
We kind of move to a place where they have found a system that largely works.
We are still Negan.
You see these things that are the signs of discontent among the people.
And how do you deal with that?
And how do you move forward from that?
After the time jump, how are they now with that decision to keep Negan alive?
And we know that these are both people who are true to their word.
We see that Maggie starts the season in a really good place.
Hilltop is thriving, she has her baby.
She has found a way to keep going, and to be at peace with herself.
Both of them are people who didnt agree with the decision to spare Negan.
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