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Jun 15, 2023 · Old Acquaintances: Directed by Loren Yaconelli. With Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, Gaius Charles, Zeljko Ivanek. Maggie finds Negan and they travel to Manhattan, meeting a quiet young girl named Ginny. A marshal named Armstrong follows Negan.
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- Adventure, Drama, Horror
- Loren Yaconelli
- 2023-06-15
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"Old Acquaintances" is the first episode of the first season of AMC's The Walking Dead: Dead City. It is the first episode of the series overall. It premiered on June 18, 2023, the same night as "All I See Is Red", the mid-season finale of the eighth season of Fear the Walking Dead. It was written by Eli Jorné and directed by Loren Yaconelli.
Maggie finds Negan, and they travel to Manhattan; a marshal named Armstrong follows Negan; we meet a quiet young girl named Ginny.
Maggie Rhee observes Manhattan through a large monocular, seeing that the buildings have been partially reclaimed by nature and are ruined in places. On the streets is a massive herd of walkers, the sight of which causes Maggie to stop and check a map of Lower Manhattan which has a large dot in one particular spot. Hearing a small herd coming, Maggie quickly hides, but she is surprised by a walker that comes up from behind her. However, Maggie manages to overpower the walker and bash its head in with her monocular, continuing on in a rage even after the walker is dead, utterly destroying the walker's head. Splattered with walker blood, Maggie lets out a scream before catching her breath.
Maggie drives to the Easy Stay Motor Inn and drinks at the bar before rejecting another round, stating that she's not in the best headspace. Maggie claims to have a cabin about an hour away and that she came home from a scavenging run to find it overrun by walkers. The bartender tells Maggie that she's in the right place as they have a guy here who clears out walkers and they can maybe loan him out. Maggie becomes interested and asks if the guy is any good and the bartender confirms that the man is the best that he's ever seen at it. Maggie asks for more information about if the man lives at the motel, but Jones at the other end of the bar interrupts the conversation to tell the bartender that their generator needs to be refilled.
At Maggie's request, the bartender directs her to the bathroom, but she immediately drops her act as soon as Maggie is out of sight. Passing the bathroom, Maggie checks out the motel rooms and she finds one with a shower running in it. Checking out the room, Maggie finds an adult's clothes, kid's toys, a bracelet and a knife. Taking the knife, Maggie goes to confront the shower's occupant, but she is grabbed by two men and dragged away.
In the bar, Maggie is thrown onto a table and restrained, and Jones reveals that she had suspected that Maggie was up to something. Jones guesses that Maggie was sent by "Vasquez from down the road" to snoop and prepares to cut her nose off so that Maggie won't snoop around anymore. Deploying a blade from her boot, Maggie stabs the bar owner in the back, causing her to accidentally stab herself in the hand. Maggie quickly subdues the three before Negan enters the bar, drawn by the commotion. Seeing Maggie, Negan flees, aided by a silent young girl named Ginny who was sitting at the bar who trips Maggie before running after Negan.
Grabbing her hat off of the bar, Maggie runs outside and tries to leave in her truck, but she is attacked by a man who tries to stop her. Kicking the man away, Maggie escapes, but she accidentally drops her book of maps on the ground in the process. Maggie quickly catches up to Negan and Ginny, cutting them off and quickly overpowering Negan. Holding a knife to Negan's throat, Maggie quips "sorry, I thought you were quicker on your feet" while Negan sarcastically comments that it's good to see Maggie too.
Negan examines a Wanted poster of himself from New Babylon with amusement and he decides to keep it as Maggie silently tosses him a medical bag. Negan calls Ginny over to help treat his leg wound and Maggie asks where Annie and his kid are. Lowering his head for a moment, Negan dodges the question by introducing Ginny to Maggie, calling himself and Maggie old acquaintances. Negan guesses that Maggie is either here not to kill him or she has gotten seriously rusty. "A few weeks back I got raided. Outnumbered, overpowered, stole all our grain. Said they'd be back in a month for more. Then a month after that... took a hostage as collateral." Negan realizes that the attackers took Maggie's son Hershel and she adds that she tracked them all of the way up the Hudson River, but by then they'd already made it all of the way across to Manhattan. Praising Ginny's job on patching up his leg, Negan sends her away to check on their belongings.
Co-Stars
•Eleanor Reissa as Esther •Pallavi Sastry as Nina •Charlie Solis as Bartender •David Chen as Gritz •Alex Borlo as Female Prostitute •Jesse Reid as Male Prostitute •Bobby Beckles as Bar Attacker •Bryce Biederman as Buraz Underling
Uncredited
•Kyli Zion as New Babylon Criminal •Justin Clarke as New Babylon Criminal •Unknown as Manhattan Survivor •Victor Plajas as Buraz •Steven Yeun as Glenn Rhee •Christian Serratos as Rosita Espinosa •Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon •Danai Gurira as Michonne Grimes •Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes •Roe Digi as Red Beanie Savior •Duke Jackson as Savior •Billy Holt as Savior •Vincin Zo as Savior •Skylar Felton as Jackson Wallace •Donald J. Koko as Savior •Greg Sproles as Savior
•Ginny's Father •Jones
•Jano
•Gritz •Manhattan Survivor 1
•2 unnamed New Babylon Federation criminals •1 unnamed New Babylon Federation magistrate •3 unnamed New Babylon residents •1 rat
•First appearance (in Dead City continuity) of Maggie Rhee.
•First appearance (in Dead City continuity) of Negan Smith.
•First appearance (in Dead City continuity) of Hershel Rhee.
•First appearance (in Dead City continuity) of Glenn Rhee. •First appearance (in Dead City continuity) of Rosita Espinosa. •First appearance (in Dead City continuity) of Daryl Dixon. •First appearance (in Dead City continuity) of Michonne Grimes. •First appearance (in Dead City continuity) of Rick Grimes. •First appearance of Ginny.
•First appearance of Perlie Armstrong.
•First appearance of Nina.
1.Instagram post by Jeffrey Dean Morgan
2.Ouch! Magazine® Lauren Cohan on YouTube. (At 0:17)
3.Negan's Wanted Poster
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Jun 18, 2023 · Released. 2023. Run Time. 44 min. Rated. TV-MA. Region of Origin. United States. © 2023 AMC Film Holdings LLC. All Rights Reserved. Languages. Original Audio. English. Audio and Subtitles. English (AAC, Dolby 5.1, CC)
