Scripted series · AMC
The Walking Dead: Dead City
Keep your enemies close.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Lauren Cohan
Maggie Rhee
22 eps
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Negan
22 eps
Željko Ivanek
The Croat
22 eps
Lisa Emery
The Dama
18 eps
Gaius Charles
Perlie Armstrong
14 eps
Raúl Castillo
Luis
8 eps
Mahina Napoleon
Ginny
14 eps
Logan Kim
Hershel Rhee
21 eps
Aimee Garcia
Renata
8 eps
Dascha Polanco
Lucia Narvaez
8 eps
Jimmi Simpson
Dillard
8 eps
Michael Anthony
Luther
2 eps
Pallavi Sastry
Nina
3 eps
Trey Santiago-Hudson
Jano
1 eps
Michelle Hurd
Bar Owner
1 eps
Eleanor Reissa
Esther
2 eps
Charlie Solis
Bartender
1 eps
David Chen
Gritz
2 eps
Alex Borlo
Female Prostitute
1 eps
Jesse Reid
Male Prostitute
1 eps
Bobby Beckles
Bar Attacker
1 eps
Bryce Biederman
Buraz Underling
1 eps
Jonathan Higginbotham
Tommaso
4 eps
Karina Ortiz
Amaia
4 eps
John Wu
Mr. Aizawa
1 eps
Matthew R. Staley
Buraz
1 eps
Hedley Harlan
Skinny Buraz
2 eps
Caleb Reese Paul
Wesley
1 eps
Aixa Kendrick
Scavenger Woman
2 eps
Alex Huynh
Buraz
1 eps
Steven Ogg
Simon
1 eps
Allison Wick
Young Buraz
1 eps
James Jackson
Walker / Not Hershel
1 eps
Randy Gonzalez
Tribesman
1 eps
Frank Bal
Cabby Buraz
1 eps
Sean Thompson
Piano Playing Buraz
2 eps
James Gushue
New Babylon Man #1
1 eps
Dan Truman
New Babylon Man #2
1 eps
Christopher Bailey
Assistant
1 eps
A.J. Paratore
Neckbeard Buraz
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Walking Dead: Dead City actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Walking Dead: Dead City reads strongest on Spectacle, Character Depth and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Maggie and Negan travel to post-apocalyptic Manhattan - long ago cut off from the mainland. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made it a world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.
The run
Seasons
3 seasons · 22 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20232 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20236 episodes
8.1IMDbMaggie and Negan travel to post-apocalyptic Manhattan - long ago cut off from the mainland. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made it a world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.
Best episode · S01E03 People Are a Resource
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
20258 episodes
7.1IMDbIn season two, in the growing war for control of Manhattan, Maggie and Negan find themselves trapped on opposite sides. As their paths intertwine, they come to see that the way out for both is more complicated and harrowing than they ever imagined.
Best episode · S02E04 Feisty Friendly
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
20268 episodes
6.9IMDbIn season three, Maggie and Negan finally put aside their differences to build the first thriving community in Manhattan since the apocalypse, but when chaos in the city begins to arise, they are forced to question: have they learned from their old wounds or will their dark past spell doom for the entire city?
Best episode · S03E01 Trillium
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E03
People Are a Resource
Dark instincts reveal themselves as Maggie and Negan form a strategy; Armstrong is tested; Ginny embarks on a daring journey.
- Directed by Kevin Dowling
- Written by Keith Staskiewicz
S01E01
Old Acquaintances
Maggie finds Negan, and they travel to Manhattan; a marshal named Armstrong follows Negan; we meet a quiet young girl named Ginny.
- Directed by Loren Yaconelli
- Written by Eli Jorné
S01E06
Doma Smo
Tensions between Maggie and Negan come to a head; Ginny's search continues; questions arise around Armstrong's path forward.
- Directed by Gandja Monteiro
- Written by Eli Jorné
S01E02
Who's There?
Maggie and Negan encounter native New Yorkers; Armstrong revisits a trauma; Ginny attempts to adapt to change.
- Directed by Loren Yaconelli
- Written by Eli Jorné
S01E05
Stories We Tell Ourselves
Truths are unearthed and motives are revealed as Maggie, Negan and the others travel further into the city's depths.
- Directed by Gandja Monteiro
- Written by Brenna Kouf
S01E04
Everybody Wins a Prize
Maggie and Negan carry out an attack, but not everything unfolds according to plan; Ginny and Armstrong each make unexpected contact with others.
- Directed by Kevin Dowling
- Written by Eli Jorné
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S02E08
If History Were a Conflagration
- Directed by Michael Satrazemis
- Written by Eli Jorné
S02E07
Novi Dan, Novi Početak
- Directed by Michael Satrazemis
- Written by Eli Jorné
S02E06
Bridge Partners Are Hard to Come By These Days
- Directed by Lauren Cohan
- Written by Eli Jorné
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Eli Jorné
Showrunner
Gale Anne Hurd
Executive producer
Lauren Cohan
Executive producer
David Alpert
Executive producer
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Brian Bockrath
Executive producer
Scott M. Gimple
Executive producer
Robert Kirkman
Executive producer
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Matthew Negrete
Writer
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Sarah Nolen
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Mira Z. Barnum
Writer
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Mira Z. Barnum
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Brenna Kouf
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Jacey Heldrich
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Keith Staskiewicz
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Justin Boyd
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Jacey Heldrich
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Zoe Vitale
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Seth Hoffman
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Gale Anne HurdExecutive Producer
- Lauren CohanExecutive Producer
- David AlpertExecutive Producer
- Llewellyn WellsProducer
- Brian BockrathExecutive Producer
- Eli JornéExecutive Producer
Writing
- Matthew NegreteWriter
- Sarah NolenWriter
- Mira Z. BarnumWriter
- Mira Z. BarnumWriter
- Brenna KoufWriter
- Jacey HeldrichWriter
Direction
- Edward OrnelasDirector
- Lauren CohanDirector
- Michael SatrazemisDirector
- Sharat RajuDirector
- Loren YaconelliDirector
- Gandja MonteiroDirector
Cinematography
- Vanessa Joy SmithDirector of Photography
- Terry StaceyDirector of Photography
- Corrin HodgsonDirector of Photography
- Andrew VoegeliDirector of Photography
- Adam SuschitzkyDirector of Photography
Music
- Ian HultquistOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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The wider universe
Connected Series
The Walking Dead Universe
One apocalypse, many survivors.
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2024
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2022
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