So Maggie went AWOL ...

[No_0ne]

Latest episode has The Hilltop with no Maggie.  No story, very little info regarding her departure, other than "she's with Georgie" ( I had to look up who Georgie was/is, her appearance was so brief that it completely escaped me ).  I suppose that in terms of character development and backstory, leaving the show at  the same time as Andrew Lincoln was a really bad idea ...

[Ronald_55]

Well the fact that they no longer have to deal with a baby on set might be part of the appeal. If she comes back, her son Hershel, can be  older. Plus it is an excuse to pull in stories from this Georgie. Like they dont stretch out the current stories enough. Some entire episodes are a 5 minute story stretched out to an hour episode. 

 

[Whisper]

1 hour ago, Ronald_55 said:

Well the fact that they no longer have to deal with a baby on set might be part of the appeal.

I doubt that's the reason.  They still have the Michonne-Rick baby (sorry, I don't recall his name) to deal with on set.  Plus they had to figure out some way to explain Maggie's disappearance since Lauren Cohen got a job doing a network spy comedy.  If it flops -- and the idea of a network spy comedy sounds thoroughly dreadful to me -- then Maggie can come back to TWD.

[No_0ne]

The Michonne - Rick baby ( who is actually a Lori? - Shawn baby ) is a she, not a he, named Judith, who is now the 10? year old mini-me Annie Oakley of the show ...

[Ronald_55]

7 minutes ago, No_0ne said:

The Michonne - Rick baby ( who is actually a Lori? - Shawn baby ) is a she, not a he, named Judith, who is now the 10? year old mini-me Annie Oakley of the show ...

No there was another toddler that showed up when Magna was about to come in and fight Michonne. Guessing That was it.

[Ronald_55]

And what is with the scars? Did Daryl have the same x scar as Michonne?

[No_0ne]

2 hours ago, Ronald_55 said:

No there was another toddler that showed up when Magna was about to come in and fight Michonne. Guessing That was it.

Well damn.  I guess I wasn't paying attention at that point, I vaguely remember the scene but thought it was a flashback to the earlier time before her first son died ...

[Shorty]

His name is RJ.  Hershel wouldn't be a baby anymore either since they did the time jump.

[Oh Shoot]

On 11/20/2018 at 11:10 PM, No_0ne said:

Well damn.  I guess I wasn't paying attention at that point, I vaguely remember the scene but thought it was a flashback to the earlier time before her first son died ...

 

On 11/21/2018 at 10:54 AM, Shorty said:

His name is RJ.  Hershel wouldn't be a baby anymore either since they did the time jump.

https://comicbook.com/thewalkingdead/2018/11/15/the-walking-dead-rick-michonne-baby-rj-rick-junior-real/

R.J. Grimes (Antony Azor), the child of Michonne (Danai Gurira) and Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), is very much real.

The official Twitter handle for Skybound’s The Walking Dead noted the child, born during the six-year time jump that followed Rick’s disappearance and assumed death, is authentic and not a figment of a grieving Michonne’s imagination.

Rick junior was introduced in episode 906, “Who Are You Now?,” when wary and prowling newcomer Magna (Nadia Hilkes) witnessed a tender moment between Michonne and her son.

Despite evidence to the contrary, a subset of fans speculated the child was imaginary and a manifestation of Michonne’s mourning as she has since taken to talking to herself following the “death” of lover Rick.

Both Gurira and showrunner Angela Kang previously confirmed R.J. is the tangible younger brother of Michonne’s adopted daughter, Judith Grimes (Cailey Fleming).

[No_0ne]

On 11/20/2018 at 7:38 AM, Whisper said:

I doubt that's the reason.  They still have the Michonne-Rick baby (sorry, I don't recall his name) to deal with on set.  Plus they had to figure out some way to explain Maggie's disappearance since Lauren Cohen got a job doing a network spy comedy.  If it flops -- and the idea of a network spy comedy sounds thoroughly dreadful to me -- then Maggie can come back to TWD.

Very prophetic.  Seems her new show did flop, and now Maggie (Lauren Cohen) is headed back to TWD ...