New season of 'best Walking Dead spin-off' finally streaming
The new season of what some fans consider the 'best Walking Dead spin-off' is finally streaming.
Fans can finally binge all episodes of Dead City season two from today (July 10). Viewers just need access to Sky Max or an entertainment pass on NOW streaming platform.
Fans over in the UK have had to wait a considerable amount of more time than those in the US for its release. However, all eight episodes have been released at once.
Here is everything you need to know about The Walking Dead: Dead City season two, including plot, cast and reviews so far.
What is second season of The Walking Dead: Dead City all about?
The series follows two of the most popular characters from the main and original Walking Dead series in Maggie and Negan. Audiences are used to seeing them on opposite sides but the first season saw them traveling together into a post-apocalyptic Manhattan cut off from the mainland .
They were in search of Maggie's kidnapped son, Hershel. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made New York City their own world full of chaos, danger, beauty, and terror.
Season two picks up a year after Maggie infiltrated New York to save her son. Her group, The Brocks have been forced to join the New Babylon Federation while Maggie has been trying to move on with her life with teen son Hershel and Ginny.
However, those now in charge want to conscript the residents for a mission to finally take over the city. Meanwhile, Negan attempts to bring together the gangs that control Manhattan, knowing an invasion is inevitable.
Who stars in The Walking Dead: Dead City season two?
Lauren Cohan reprises her roles as Maggie Greene: formerly a part of Rick Grimes' group on The Walking Dead. She is the leader of the Bricks, a community of survivors that relocated to New York from Virginia, where it was known as the Hilltop Colony.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan also returns as Negan: The reformed former leader of the Saviors who left the Commonwealth with his pregnant wife to build a life together at the end of The Walking Dead.
Gaius Charles as Perlie Armstrong: A marshal for the New Babylon Federation, a network of survivor communities in New York, who is tasked with hunting down Negan.
Željko Ivanek as Mile Jurkovic / The Croat: from Croatia, hence his name, he is a sadistic former member of the Saviors who kidnapped Maggie's son in season one. He is also the leader of the Burazi (Brothers), a group of hostile survivors who have taken control of Manhattan.
Mahina Napoleon as Ginny: A young girl under Negan's care who is selectively mute following the traumatic death of her father.
Lisa Emery as The Dama: The Croat's mysterious ally.
Logan Kim takes over the part of Hershel Rhee, Maggie's teenage son in season two.
Orange is the New Black's Dascha Polanco plays Lucia Narvaez: A high-ranking marshal for New Babylon who takes part in their mission to control Manhattan.
Keir Gilchrist as Benjamin Pierce: New Babylon's historian who documents the rebuilding of society and is fascinated by New York City.
What have The Walking Dead: Dead City reviews been like for season two?
The second season's final has now aired in the US and as a result, full series reviews have started to be shared online. The first season received some high praise from fans, with one even claiming: "It's definitely the best of the three spin off shows. I had low expectations going into this as the Daryl spin off was a big disappointment. But I was pleasantly surprised by how good this was and really enjoyed it."
Unfortunately, it seems the second season hasn't wowed the critics as much. It only has a 63% rating on Rotten Tomatoes while season one managed 80%.
However, one reviewer claimed the leads make it worth a watch. They said: "Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohen make the writer's job easy as they consistently deliver within Negan and Maggie, making Season 2 well worthy of a watch."
Another added: "The Walking Dead: Dead City goes weirder in season 2, with more eccentric groups, all the while continuing its introspective look at Maggie and Negan."
Have the stars of Dead City said anything?
While Lauren Cohan reprised her role as Maggie, a character she has played since 2011, the star also directed an episode of Dead City for its second season.
Speaking about the new role, she said: "Being able to direct on a creative level is so satisfying because you collaborate with everyone and you get to you get to go into their world. You go into the production designers' world you go into the costume designers' world."
She continued: "I felt like the responsibility to the fans is baked in because we know it, we love it. We just don't want to get in the way of the thing we love. And the responsibility to my co-stars, working with the actors is the best part of the whole thing because we speak the language."
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