The Walking Dead Season 9 Premiere Recap
The 7 Most Important Things That Happen During The Walking Dead's Season 9 Premiere
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After Gregory tries to have Maggie killed by Ken's dad, Maggie confronts him in his office with a blisteringly brutal line: "You wanna run this place? You can't even murder someone right." Damn. Naturally, this prompts Gregory to try to stab Maggie, and he whispers in her ear that he'll tell the people of Hill Top that he acted in self-defence. But, true to what Maggie says earlier during their conversation, he can't even kill her standing mere feet away — she easily wrestles the knife from him and he gets tied up.
The episode concludes with Maggie displaying her strength to the people of Hill Top, even though her actions aren't universally embraced. She spares the life of Ken's father, but decides to put an end to Gregory's meddling once and for all by hanging him from the wooden gallows; his screams for his life fall on deaf ears and he dies without contest. As his lifeless body swings back and forth, Maggie and the rest of the community are left to reckon with the new journey his death has inevitably sent them all on.