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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts) Sat Oct 5, 2019, 04:59 PM Oct 2019

Lauren Cohan to Return to 'The Walking Dead' in Season 11

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/the-walking-dead-lauren-cohan-returns-895322/

Following a string of high-profile cast departures – via voluntarily exits off-screen or killed off in-show – The Walking Dead revealed Saturday at New York Comic-Con that one fan-favorite character would return to the franchise for the just-announced Season 11 of the AMC zombie series.

Lauren Cohan, who portrayed Maggie Greene up through Season Nine of The Walking Dead, will come back as a series regular next season. Cohan was a surprise guest during The Walking Dead‘s New York Comic-Con panel, where her return was also announced:

Link to tweet

Walking Dead’s ninth season witnessed the exits of both Cohan and Andrew Lincoln’s Rick Grimes; it was later revealed that Lincoln would leave the TV series for a spinoff film series focused on the Grimes character, while Cohan took the lead role in the since-canceled ABC series Whiskey Cavalier. Black Panther star Danai Gurira, who plays Michonne on Walking Dead, will depart the series following Season 10.

“We’re delighted to welcome back Lauren Cohan, she has meant so much to this show and its passionate, global fanbase, who are in for a fantastic ride over the coming months,” AMC President Sarah Barnett said in a statement (via Variety).

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Lauren Cohan to Return to 'The Walking Dead' in Season 11 (Original Post) Miles Archer Oct 2019 OP

Well, if they don't cancel Fear the walking dead, then someone really is brain-dead. Walking Dead hlthe2b Oct 2019 #1

I gave up on "Fear"... Miles Archer Oct 2019 #2

Yes. Once they got into that silliness, I quit too. I read some summaries for other episodes hlthe2b Oct 2019 #3

You are soooo right, there is NO FEAR there, bland and boring is not drama! Baclava Oct 2019 #5

Fear had 1 good season NewJeffCT Oct 2019 #9

I thought this drivel GeorgeGist Oct 2019 #4

Yay Maggie! This show was so much better when they were on the road, cast is still too bloated Baclava Oct 2019 #6

I lost interest when Glen and Abraham were killed. nt doc03 Oct 2019 #7

Season 9 was definitely a step up from seasons 7 and 8 NewJeffCT Oct 2019 #8

Jesus, there's going to be a Season 11?!?! skypilot Oct 2019 #10

Good gawd, really? Iggo Oct 2019 #11

hlthe2b

(102,292 posts)

1. Well, if they don't cancel Fear the walking dead, then someone really is brain-dead. Walking Dead

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2019, 05:09 PM

Oct 2019

still has some decent casting so maybe it won't follow the same fate as it's sibling show. Having "Maggie" come back is good, though...

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)

2. I gave up on "Fear"...

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 5, 2019, 05:16 PM

Oct 2019

...the whole "we have to video tape this so people will know why we do what we do" thing played itself out MANY episodes ago.

Highlight of the entire season was knowing Logan was finally going to STFU.

Other than that, wake me when it's over.

hlthe2b

(102,292 posts)

3. Yes. Once they got into that silliness, I quit too. I read some summaries for other episodes

Reply to Miles Archer (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 5, 2019, 05:26 PM

Oct 2019

afterward (Forbes was great) and they were more scathing than even I would have been. So, I'm done.
Lennie James is actually a good actor and they absolutely destroyed him with the way they wrote that role this season.

After seeing how those showrunners ruined that show (not that it had not been close to its last legs previously) I will no longer have anything negative to say about the last season of GOT and its writers. Uncomparable epic failure for FTWD.

Baclava

(12,047 posts)

5. You are soooo right, there is NO FEAR there, bland and boring is not drama!

Reply to Miles Archer (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 5, 2019, 06:32 PM

Oct 2019

Shut it down and move Alicia and Morgan and maybe Strand back to the main show, that mess is unsalvageable

Ugh

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)

9. Fear had 1 good season

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 5, 2019, 08:00 PM

Oct 2019

Fear started off poorly - I didn't like any of the characters, though Strand was interesting. With the mother show, you sympathized with Rick and Morgan in that first episode and then some of the others - Carol, Carl, Glenn, etc - from the first season.

Fear improved a bit in season 2 and I thought it was definitely good in season 3, but it took a step back last year... I have not finished season 5 yet, but I've heard the ending caused a lot of fans to blow up

GeorgeGist

(25,321 posts)

4. I thought this drivel

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2019, 06:10 PM

Oct 2019

Had run its course.

Baclava

(12,047 posts)

6. Yay Maggie! This show was so much better when they were on the road, cast is still too bloated

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2019, 06:38 PM

Oct 2019

Kill at least half of them off and get them the hell out of the Georgia pines, large group interactions are this shows weakness.

I only give a shit about a handful of them, maybe less, lol

doc03

(35,346 posts)

7. I lost interest when Glen and Abraham were killed. nt

Reply to Baclava (Reply #6)

Sat Oct 5, 2019, 07:06 PM

Oct 2019

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)

8. Season 9 was definitely a step up from seasons 7 and 8

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2019, 07:58 PM

Oct 2019

but, it will be tough for the show to overcome the loss of Carl, Michonne and Rick

skypilot

(8,854 posts)

10. Jesus, there's going to be a Season 11?!?!

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2019, 09:03 PM

Oct 2019

This show is running on fumes as it is. I just binge-watched season 9 and even though I agree with another poster here who said it was an improvement over seasons 7 and 8 I still found it to be a frustrating watch. I started losing patience with the season when they ended up taking in that girl and refusing to give her back to her tribe thus endangering their own people. The decision wasn't even put to a vote. This is not how things would have been done in past, and better, seasons.

Iggo

(47,558 posts)

11. Good gawd, really?

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2019, 09:08 PM

Oct 2019

Goddam fucking fan service.

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