SPOILER ALERT: This article discusses AMC’s The Walking Dead , including spoilers for the upcoming Season 9. Please proceed with caution if you wish to avoid these spoilers.
For many fans of AMC’s The Walking Dead , the fact that Glenn Rhee (Steven Yeun) died in the Season 7 premiere, yet his pregnant wife, Maggie (Lauren Cohan), is not even looking pregnant so far in the series, has been a bone of contention. After all, Maggie’s pregnancy was revealed in Season 6.
Even in the Season 8 finale, Maggie was helping Rick in their attempts to end the All Out War against Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). While she was seen wearing a loose shirt, it was obvious that her baby bump was not significantly showing yet. However, with a definite time jump occurring between the Season 8 finale and the Season 9 premiere of The Walking Dead , it seems like Maggie will not show any further on-screen pregnant time.
Now, it has been revealed by multiple sources that Maggie will have given birth by the time the Season 9 premiere airs in October. In addition to this news, the sex and name of her child have also been revealed.
According to Insider , Maggie Rhee will deliver a healthy baby boy which she will name Hershel, after her father, Hershel Greene (Scott Wilson). This is obviously a fitting tribute to her father, who was killed by the Governor (David Morrissey) in the mid-season finale of Season 4 of The Walking Dead .
However, according to TV Guide , this information was actually revealed way back in the Season 8 finale episode of The Walking Dead ‘s companion program, Talking Dead . During the airing of that episode, Lauren Cohan revealed to the show’s host that Maggie will be seen in Season 9 with her new son in tow.
“We have baby Hershel, named after dad, and a big part of what Maggie is focusing on is building a world for him,” Cohan said.
In addition to this revelation, Cohan also described Maggie’s storyline arc for Season 9 of The Walking Dead now that she is a mother.
“A big part of her conflict this year is finding peace of mind with allowing Negan to live, and being a good leader, a good mother, and how she’s going to let those two desires co-exist, essentially.”
However, for fans of the series, the addition of Glenn and Maggie’s child might be short-lived since it has already been revealed in a previous Inquisitr article that Lauren’s character will only be present in a handful of episodes this season thanks to work commitments on her new series, Whiskey Cavalier .
Season 9 of The Walking Dead will premiere on AMC on Sunday, October 7, at 9/8c.
