Right from the get-go in “Acts of God” it becomes clear that this will be one of those episodes. The Walking Dead continues Sunday April 4 on AMC.Every now and again, The Walking Dead likes to include an audio or visual motif in one of its episodes to make things feel a bit more epic. Episode 22 delivers in telling a compelling Negan backstory, but it won't change any negative views on season 10C for those who didn't like its introspective episodes. However, much of that content seems like window dressing. There are certainly plot threads left to explore like the capture of Princess and her friends, the battle against the Reapers, and now this Negan situation. It does, however, fill fans in on a backstory they've been dying to see for the past few years. Like most episodes in season 10C of The Walking Dead, this one doesn't do much for plot advancement. There are also mentions of Daryl finding some sort of military base as well, which could play a role in future episodes. The episode ends lingering on a possible faceoff between Negan and Maggie in Season 11. This doesn't appear to be the best idea, though, as Carol warns him that Maggie will kill him if he stays. When he finally returns home, he finds that Lucille has presumably succumbed to the cancer.īack in the present, Negan decides to burn the Lucille bat and leaves the cabin to walk back to Alexandria. At first he lies about the doctor's location, but eventually gives him up to be set free. On his way back home, however, Negan is captured by a group of bikers who demand to know where he got his meds. Negan and Lucille appear to be a dysfunctional but loving couple in 'The Walking Dead' Season 10 episode 22. Even though he's taken down, the doctor opts to help Negan by giving him an IV full of fluids, a meal all the meds Lucille needs. This daughter just so happens to be the future Savior, Laura. When he finds the doctor and tries to overpower him, he's knocked out by the doctor's daughter instead. He leaves his wife unattended for six weeks and becomes horribly malnourished. This causes Lucille's cancer medication to spoil, which sends Negan on a quest to find some doctors in the area that he's heard about. One night the couple decides to get high, and the generator shuts off while they're asleep. This scenario ends up paying narrative dividends when it's discovered that Lucille has pancreatic cancer. It's Lucille who ends up getting the job done.
When a walker attacks their generator and disrupts their power supply, Negan is too afraid to go over and kill it. All the while, Negan is also cheating on his wife with her friend Janine, and it's not much of a secret.Īs far as handling the early months of the apocalypse is concerned, it's Lucille who seems far more equipped to handle the change in lifestyle. Lucille hates this trend and tries to return the jacket, but she isn't able to and ultimately let's him keep it. Negan loses his job as a high school gym teacher for getting in a bar brawl, and the dejected man responds by spending $600 on his iconic leather jacket and insulting people with some very familiar insults in online video games.
In the episode we're introduced to Negan and Lucille Smith, a fairly average couple trying to make their way through the zombie apocalypse. The flashback features the highly anticipated backstory of Negan, and it doesn't disappoint. What plan might Carol have for Negan? 'The Walking Dead' airs on AMC. 'The Walking Dead' Season 10 episode 22 airs April 4, and we've got spoilers to share.