The Walking Dead news
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The gist
The Walking Dead: Dead City's Season 3 episode 6 aired Aug 30, 2026, featuring an alternate reality without zombies. Beth Greene returns, and Maggie and Negan meet anew, drawing fans.
Background
The Walking Dead: Dead City is a spinoff of The Walking Dead, focusing on Maggie and Negan in a post-apocalyptic New York City. Season 3's sixth episode, titled 'Genesis,' explores an alternate reality where the zombie apocalypse never happened, allowing characters to interact without their traumatic history. This episode also marks Emily Kinney's return as Beth Greene, who was killed off in the original series in 2014.
How it unfolded
- Aug 28, 2026TV Insider releases an exclusive sneak peek of the upcoming episode, showing Maggie and Negan meeting in an alternate reality NYC.
- Aug 30, 2026The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 3, Episode 6 'Genesis' airs on AMC, featuring an alternate reality without the zombie apocalypse, Beth's return, and a new dynamic between Maggie and Negan.
- Aug 31, 2026Nerdist publishes an interview with Emily Kinney about Beth's return, and Collider reports the upcoming video game 'Streets of Survival' set in The Walking Dead universe.
Still unverified
The exact details of Beth's role in future episodes are not confirmed beyond this episode, and fan speculation about her potential return in other spinoffs is unverified.