The Walking Dead: Dead City

When did this happen?

A few days back.

I've been up and down from Maryland

looking for somewhere safe,

scavenging, trading what I can.

Saw the Statue of Liberty lit up,

decided to take a chance.

Definitely an inversion sprain.

Does it hurt when I move it like this?

Aah!

Damn it!

Any chance you got something for the pain?

I was gonna ask you the same thing.

Cleaned ourselves out a few weeks ago.

Come on, whatever you got, I'll trade you for it.

I-I-I got this, uh...

I-I-I got this whiskey.

Saving it for a special occasion, but...

Holy shit, Johnny Walker Blue?

You know what this was worth before shit went down?

Where'd you even get this?

We came across this cabin upstate near Beacon.

There was this woman...

You never did this as a kid?

No, I can't say that I did.

Luis and I spoke to Chris and his wife separately.

Their story does check out.

Apparently, this woman can get her hands on anything,

as long as we have something of value to offer in return,

which we do.

Alright, well, my job is keeping everybody here safe.

Maggie, we need medical supplies.

Everyone here will be safer once we have those.

And you're sending our only doctor away.

Terrence said that we got

another refugee today with medical training.

That's four in the last week, so, yes, technically,

Luis is our only doctor, but he's also the only one

who can make sure that the meds we get in trade are legit.

He needs to go,

and I need you to make sure he's safe.

So she calls herself The Trader?

Turns the car into an airplane.

Makes it fly.

But only if you do it, too.

He said this Trader

had been to Newfoundland and back,

like, after things went to shit.

You grab me some of that jerky?

You know what sounds gross, but is actually kind of amazing?

Me and Renata used to cut up jerky into little bits

and sprinkle it over our mac and cheese.

You talking about...

Hillbilly Hamburger Helper?

Well?

Having both windows down, it'd clearly just burn more gas.

Mm-hmm.

Got some of the old New Babylon vehicles stashed up ahead.

It's funny with the bridges gone...

I don't know.

I guess at some point I stopped dreaming

I'd ever step foot off that island.

It's good to know dreams can still come true.

Mission's the mission.

Gotta enjoy the ride.

Now, all this construction,

is bringing more walkers.

Maggie knows that, right?

She also knows now

that your home and hospital are safer.

And once we finish up this place,

the pantry will be, too.

So you and Maggie go way back, huh?

Is that why you volunteered?

Volunteered?

More like nagged into submission.

Plus, I'd rather see things done right

than watch monkeys juggle chainsaws.

-No offense. -Yeah.

Once she made her pitch to move us from the Bricks,

she told us we'd be safer, better off.

Well, it's a good start for safer.

But better off?

Hey, man, from where I'm sitting,

here equals food, power.

There, dead crops

and more moths than an old nun's clam palace.

Seriously?

Why would you say that?

Why would you ever put those words together?

If you think of us, right, looking at birds.

I don't know.

I've just always wondered if crabs think fish can fly.

'Cause they're just, you know, looking up at this.

Do crabs think fish can fly?

I really don't know.

But I really like the way your brain works.

What?

I just haven't really been paid a compliment recently,

especially by a lady, so...

Gracias.

Look, Negan, I know we got shit now, all right?

But our numbers have doubled what they were three weeks ago.

We keep letting these newcomers take all our resources.

I got a family to worry about, man, all I'm saying.

I'm at 24, by the way.

You gotta take your shoes off to even count to 19.

24, my ass.

You're 23, I'm at 24.

But it's cool, you're doing great for your age.

Whoa, whoa.

You are a sparky little bastard.

Kinda proud of you.

All right, everyone,

let's close the gate and get them to the cages.

Alright, look, I'm just saying, we're bringing the walkers.

We should get more hours of electricity, right?

This was the old world, we'd get some kind of bonus.

Yeah, and if my abuelo had three balls,

he'd be a pinball machine.

- Excuse me? - What?

Sorry, I just didn't know you had that setting.

Hold him there.

Shit...

Help! Help! Negan!

-Help! Negan! -Fabian,

-you gotta shut up. -Negan, Negan, Negan...

Hey, can you keep 'em distracted over here?

Yup!

Hey, guys! Over here!

Hey! Here!

Over here!

Come on!

Aah!

Negan! Keys!

I don't think you're gonna earn any bonuses

for that one there, Bucky.

Let's move, Half-Pint!

cricket chirping]

Everything you did for the hospital,

add to that your work protecting the construction crew,

risking your life to save Fabian...

Last empty apartment in the building.

I want you to have it.

Well, my goodness, it must be Christmas

and Negan has been a good little boy,

apparently, 'cause old Renata Claus

has come right down that chimney.

Now, you do know that I told--

You turned down Maggie's offers to live here, I know.

But I think you've come around, Negan.

Just like I've come around on you.

Now, do I trust you completely?

No.

That's gonna take time.

But you have become an asset to us.

You deserve more than you have. You deserve a home.

But if I live here, I have to live under your rules?

That's right. Just like everyone else here.

And that does include no killing.

Or in your case, no more killing.

I know you murdered The Dama.

She was on a hunger strike.

But when we cleaned out her cell,

she had eaten some of the food on her tray,

which got me thinking, why would The Dama choose

to take a bite out of the tuna casserole

and then decide to kill herself?

Well, I don't know.

Have you tried Maggie's tuna casserole?

You chose death for her.

You broke the rules.

But you are worth something to my community,

to Maggie.

Who doesn't need to know what you did,

by the way.

What makes you think I give a shit what Maggie thinks?

Because if you didn't, you would have told her.

Honestly, I think you'd like it here.

I mean, we don't got a stripper pole,

but we got Tai Chi.

Tai Chi.

My only ask, Negan,

is that you follow the same rules as everyone else.

Keys are on the mantle.

Think about it!

You've traveled a good bit

since the outbreak.

Yeah, I mean, not as far as some.

When they bombed the city,

destroyed the bridges, leveled skyscrapers,

I figured that's what it must be like everywhere.

End of the world, fire-and-brimstone-type shit,

you know?

We've been driving for miles and everything...

looks like it's been untouched.

It's like they only came after us.

You never thought to leave?

Never knew if it was the right time.

Leave too soon and...