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The heroes of The Walking Dead are what drew the majority of viewers to the show, but the villainous Negan, as played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, quickly developed into one of the most complex characters in the series. Here's how.
Walking Dead viewers first meet Negan in the season 6 finale, "Last Day On Earth," and he makes a big first impression. Not only do he and his faction known as the Saviors capture Rick and his allies, but Negan gleefully murders both Abraham and Glenn in a pretty brutal manner. He comes off as cold, conniving, and unspeakably violent, leaving viewers to wonder, where could someone so remorseless have come from?
Before leading the Saviors and swinging his barbed-wire baseball bat around, Negan was a pretty average guy. As a kid in Virginia, he quickly gained a reputation as a bully and troublemaker, but that changed when he eventually met a woman Lucille, portrayed on The Walking Dead by Morgan's real-life spouse, Hilarie Burton-Morgan. The two fell in love, married and hoped to start a family, only for their situation to quickly sour. Losing his job as a gym teacher after a fight at a local bar, Negan retreated into video games for a while.
And at one point, he cheated on Lucille, and to make matters worse, Lucille was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer shortly before the apocalypse began. Negan does his best to provide her with medicine in their now walker-infested world, but she ultimately dies from her illness. This drives Negan over the edge and he begins tapping into his darker, more cynical side. Sometime later, the Saviors form with him as their leader, making him and Lucille — his barbed wire baseball bat — a symbol of fear.
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