SummaryMaggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) continue their journey to a post-apocalyptic Manhattan in the latest Walking Dead spinoff.
Created By:Eli Jorne
❮ The Walking Dead: Dead City
Season 1
Season Premiere:
Jun 15, 2023
Metascore
Mixed or Average
58
User score
Generally Favorable
6.6
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Mixed or Average
40% Positive
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Jun 15, 2023
80
Surprisingly, there is enough great storytelling here not only to keep that door open, but actually to inspire a little hope that the next era of “The Walking Dead” might be its best since the flagship’s early days.
Jun 14, 2023
75
If the future of the series is anything like this first season of Dead City, with its recentering of a core group of characters and the strongest story that The Walking Dead has had in years, then there may just be some life to be found in this dead world.
User score
Generally Favorable
57% Positive
23 Ratings
23 Ratings
20% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
23% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
Jun 18, 2023
10
Amazing so far, Negan and Maggie are both great three-dimensional and complex characters and acting from JDM and Lauren Cohan is superb and shows their full acting range,good action scenes, solid writing and character arcs. It's an enjoyable show if you liked the main show you will enjoy this it's fun entertaining post-apocalyptic zombie show with good acting and interesting character so far the best spinoff TWD ever did.
Jun 19, 2023
9
Its very entertaining. If you are a Walking Dead fan then this is 100% worth watching.
Jun 20, 2023
70
“Dead City” isn’t perfect, but after “The Walking Dead: World Beyond,” “Tales of the Walking Dead” and even the long-running “Fear the Walking Dead,” this first of several planned spinoffs following the series finale offers the best reason to reenter this post-apocalyptic world in years.
Jun 14, 2023
60
Too much of the healing and forgiveness achieved in their [Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan's] relationship during The Walking Dead’s final season gets taken back and undone, which makes Dead City feel like an unsatisfying loophole was created around moving their story forward.
Jun 29, 2023
50
Transforming Madison Square Garden into a staging ground for postapocalyptic mayhem is inspired. But what Dead City lacks is a compelling human element. [3 - 23 Jul 2023, p.6]
Jun 20, 2023
40
Stream it, if you’re a Walking Dead completist. But, for everyone else, SKIP IT. The Walking Dead: Dead City feels like the same show whose storytelling ambles like a hungry walker at times, just in a new location.
Jun 16, 2023
40
If you happen to be really tired of the core Walking Dead formula, it’s a long time before you’ll get even a hint of creative rejuvenation — and it really is only a hint, so don’t get your hopes up. If, however, you’re perfectly content to have Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan back on your TV making zombies go squish ... The Walking Dead: Dead City delivers a barely adulterated version of that formula.
Jul 19, 2025
8
Of the 3 spin off series since the main show ended, this is the one that feels most like a 6 part movie. It’s got a bigger budget and all the high octane set pieces that the main series had, just with a shorter run time and more grounded story. It’s surprisingly good and light on the plot filler that the main series got bogged down with. There’s little side characters or pointless waffling to fill the runtime. It’s worth a watch even if you haven’t watched the walking dead.
Jul 8, 2023
6
As another person said, it isn't a fresh take, it's the same corny B-rate tripe we've had for years now. There's the odd good moment here and there, but they're so few and far between. You'd have to be pretty deluded and or have rather poor standards to think this is actually anything better than OK.
Aug 19, 2025
5
An unmemorable detour through the Walking Dead franchise that focuses primarily on a repentant Negan and gives Maggie very little to do. There are many lapses in logic and character behavior, with lots of scene chewing by a stereotypical baddie, and few good zombie setups. It seemed like it was trying to be Escape from New York.
Jun 20, 2023
0
Tentaram reviver uma série que já estava "dead" !
Maia Jr Chora vendo isso !
Jun 18, 2023
0
this show became really boring, i was hoping for a fresh air with this spin off but its just more of the same
