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The Walking Dead Mega Buzz: Will Jesus Turn Into a Judas Against Maggie?

Can we stand by idly while Maggie shows her tougher side?

liam-mathews
Liam Mathews

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When The Walking Dead returns, Hilltop will be the only community still standing. Maggie (Lauren Cohan) is in charge, and Jesus (Tom Payne) is her second-in-command. Maggie and Jesus are mostly on the same page, except for one thing: Maggie is willing to kill their Savior prisoners of war, which makes Jesus uncomfortable. She executed one of them in the midseason finale in retaliation for the Saviors killing Neil. Jesus went along with that war crime, but will he continue to let Maggie slide into eye-for-an-eye despotism? Or will he stand up for what he thinks is right, even if it means going up against Maggie?

"He'll try and persuade Maggie to do what he thinks is the right thing," Tom Payne tells TV Guide. "I've always said that I think there's a sort of brother-sister relationship between the two of them, and they will push-and-pull with each other. But they're on the same page."

To which we say: "For now..."

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Tom Payne and Lauren Cohan, The Walking Dead

Tom Payne and Lauren Cohan, The Walking Dead

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