'The Walking Dead' Season 10 Episode 16: Maggie Rhee to make an epic return in finale, confirms showrunner
'The Walking Dead' Season 10 may be over for now but when it does return for the final episode, there's going to be a major character making her epic return. That's right, showrunner Angela Kang has confirmed that Maggie Rhee (Lauren Cohan) will finally make her return in Season 10's Episode 16.
"People who watched the sneak previews will see that Maggie is back, and that's going to be part of the story," Kang explained in an interview with Comic Book. "Carol feels like she's got a lot to make up for. She'll be stepping up. We obviously have Daryl in a position of leadership. And Beta, and Negan, there's a lot of people with a lot of beef against each other, so that's all going to come to a head, too."
"There's not much I can say without being spoiler-y," Kang said. "But Maggie is part of the heart of these people's lives. There's so much love for her within our communities, and she was a leader at a time when so much of the leadership at Hilltop had been lost. Even as we're working on Season 11, we've got so much great stuff planned for her. So I'm just excited for her to be back in the family and for us to do more great stuff with Maggie."
Maggie's relationship with the rest of our heroes is undeniably important. She's someone who they all held very dear at one point and while she might not be enough to take on the entire Whisperer horde, we can't help but feel she would have helped make things easier for everyone if she'd been around earlier on in the season. In any case, now she's back and her return couldn't have happened at a darker time.
"We know that Beta is maybe not in the best shape, and he's hell-bent on revenge," Kang teased. "His Alpha is dead and he's still wearing half her face. I think that our people and Beta and the Whisperers, they're all on a collision course and it's finally all going to come to an epic head. We'll see Gabriel stepping up as a leader and being in some perilous situations. Everybody is going to do what they do best as heroes and fight in the face of impossible odds. It's a big, action-packed adventure for everybody when we come back."
'The Walking Dead' Season 10 Episode 16 has been delayed indefinitely because of coronavirus (COVID-19) but is expected to air sometime in September at the latest.