Why the Reveal of Maggie's Son on The Walking Dead Is Especially Bittersweet

Warning: Minor, terribly sad spoilers for the season nine premiere of The Walking Dead below!

In a break from the norm, The Walking Dead‘s season nine premiere doesn’t make us sit through the gut-wrenching death of a beloved character. Instead, we get to silently, morbidly cheer as Maggie finally puts an end to Gregory’s devious plans at sabotage once and for all by sentencing him to the gallows. But that’s not to say that the episode doesn’t have us feeling emotional for another reason.

Before Maggie gets revenge on her Hilltop rival in the Greg Nicotero-directed premiere, “A New Beginning” finally introduces us to her bouncing baby boy with her late husband, Glenn: little Hershel Rhee. After what seemed like an eternity of pregnancy, the zombie drama (wisely) chooses to skip over Maggie’s delivery altogether and pick up with her two-person family when adorable Hershel is already a few months old (and reportedly “a little stinker,” according to Maggie).

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