A complete recap of The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 3 episode 5 before episode 6 airs

 The Walking Dead: Dead City (Image via YouTube/@amc+)
The Walking Dead: Dead City (Image via YouTube/@amc+)

The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 3 episode 5 has just brought a new problem for Negan. The episode sees Negan killing Fabian after realizing he might be planning to hurt Maggie. However, because of this decision, he is now up against Renata and the community's rules.

The episode also shows the community dealing with the shortage of food, with the group trying their best to keep everything in control. However, Fabian takes food for his family and later meets Negan, revealing that he might be ready to go after Maggie.

This move proves to be deadly for him as Negan kills him, bringing his story to an end. While Negan just wanted to protect Maggie, this led to a new problem as he broke the community rules and created a new situation with Renata by going against her.

With only two days left until The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 3 episode 6, titled Genesis, is released, here's a complete recap to help you understand the episode better.


The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 3 episode 5 recap: Maggie comes up with a plan as food runs short

A still from The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 3 (Image via YouTube/@amc+)
A still from The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 3 (Image via YouTube/@amc+)

The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 3 Episode 5 showed tensions rising in the community due to the food shortage. Before the situation gets out of control, Renata and Maggie come up with a new but dangerous plan to use walkers to produce methane and keep the settlement's electricity running, which Dillard and Negan join. At this point, Maggie just wants to keep the people busy so they don't get angry or make the situation worse.

Maggie's plan is working pretty well, but Solmari nearly falls into the walkers. To save her, Renata decides to open the gate, but Negan doesn't want to take any chances and refuses to open it. Thanks to Bennie, Solmari is saved, and the mission works, which also means that the settlement gets the electricity.


The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 3 episode 5 recap: Negan goes against Renata to kill Fabian

Negan in The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 3 (Image via YouTube/@amc+)
Negan in The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 3 (Image via YouTube/@amc+)

In Episode 5, we also see Fabian being hesitant about joining the walker mission. Additionally, he even steals food for his family, which is caught by Renata. At this point, Fabian just wants to protect his family and make sure they are in good health.

On the other hand, he also blames Maggie for the food problem. According to Fabian, their life became worse after Maggie brought his family to Manhattan, as they had problems before, but things were never this difficult. Fabian even apologizes to everyone for stealing the food after Renata tells him to do so.

However, his intentions toward Maggie and Renata soon become suspicious. While talking to Negan in the bar, he blames Maggie for everything and talks about the funeral. Negan decides to go along with Fabian so he can understand what is in his mind and stop him before he does anything against Maggie or Renata.

Through Fabian's actions, Negan starts believing that Fabian is planning to kill Maggie, as he blames her for everything. Once Fabian makes his intention very clear, Negan, to protect Maggie, takes out his gun.

Though Fabian says that he wasn't planning on anything after Renata arrives, Negan still doesn't let him go alive as he pulls his gun and kills him. While Negan just wants to keep Maggie safe from Fabian, his decision creates a new problem between him and Renata as she tries to convince him to put the gun down and reminds him that killing goes against the community's rules, but Negan refuses to listen.

In The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 3, episode 5, viewers also see Hershel talking to Luis about Glenn and says that he still remembers his father, while Luis later gets a picture of Marisol.


The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 3 episode 5 recap: Negan refuses to back down

While Negan's intention was simply to protect Maggie, it created a new conflict between him and Renata as she tries to arrest him for killing Fabian, despite the warning. Negan broke the community rules, and Renata knows that if she simply lets him go, it would send the wrong message to everyone else.

On the other hand, Negan has no intention of being arrested, as he clearly refuses her order once again. Not only that, he even warns her that he won't let anyone lock him up and is ready for a fight. But this doesn't scare Renata, as she makes it clear that she will come back and arrest him.

In The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 3 Episode 6, viewers will come to know what Renata does next to arrest Negan and how he plans to protect himself. Episode 6 will be released on August 30.


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Edited by Vatsala Chauhan