Among all the Lauren Cohan movies and TV shows, the character of Maggie Green in The Walking Dead is one of the most important of her career. Since season 2 of the series, Maggie was present and remained until the end, being one of the survivors with greater prominence and importance in the whole story.
So much so, that currently, this character is the protagonist of her own spin-off, The Walking Dead: Dead City, alongside Negan. Likewise, Maggie has represented a revolution in the events of the series season after season, just like in the comic. Here are her best moments across the franchise.
20 Maggie Helps Rick's Group
When Rick and his group arrive at Hershel's farm in the second season of The Walking Dead, both he and his daughters are eager to help. Carl needed surgery, and Maggie was there to support her father during the practice. Then, she volunteers to find Lori, who was missing, and she saves Andrea.
The audience was captivated by this character from the beginning, as she helps in many ways the survivors of Rick's group. And, she and her family provided much-needed hospitality.
19 Maggie, Glenn, and the Box of Condoms
Maggie and Glenn were looking for supplies for their group, and everything seemed pretty normal until Glenn found a box of condoms by accident. The two began kissing passionately after agreeing to use them. Thus, this was the first time the two were intimate within the series, which marked a before and after in their relationship. Especially, because Maggie only wanted something sexual with Glenn and nothing more. This would evolve into the beautiful relationship we saw later on-screen.
18 Maggie Bargains with Gregory
Maggie had already proven that she wasn't just a girl who grew up on a farm. In fact, the group already trusted her more, as did Rick, and the audience was already starting to see her in a different way than she was initially in Season 2. She was appointed to negotiate with Gregory at Hilltop to get supplies and support in the fight against Negan.
Although things seemed to not go so well, as Gregory disrespected Maggie, she managed to convince the leader of Hilltop to support the cause. Maggie even ends up getting half of all the resources they need in advance.
17 Maggie Fights Leah
In the beginning, Leah sets out to go after Maggie and is determined to eliminate her. She enters Hilltop and sets off a trap, which causes Maggie to leave. After a chase, she ambushes Maggie and keeps her tied up in a cabin. When Maggie wakes up, there is a verbal confrontation between her and Leah, which is also a mind game fueled by the latter's revenge.
The shocking thing about this scene is that Leah promises to eliminate all of Maggie's loved ones, due to the latter taking Leah's family. Many viewers couldn't help but feel a parallel to Maggie's revenge against Negan. She already knew that murdering her and her loved ones would not bring Leah's family back, just as revenge against Negan was not going to bring Glenn back.
Subsequently, Maggie breaks free, and they have a confrontation, which almost kills Maggie, but Daryl comes in and kills Leah just in time.
16 Maggie Endures Merle's Torture
Merle was an antagonist of The Walking Dead, and although Daryl tries to save him from his malevolent instincts, he does not succeed. He, along with the Governor, decided to torture Rick's group to get answers and defeat them. Thus, he manages to capture Glenn and Maggie with the aim of finding out where they are and it isn't easy, as both put up resistance.
In the end, neither was willing to be disloyal to their teammates, but then Glenn was almost killed by Merle, and Maggie spoke up. This didn't hurt their companions' victory over the Governor, and both were able to make it through the torture in one piece.
15 Maggie Searches for Glenn
Maggie goes through the misfortune of being separated from her sister and her husband, after the death of her father, Hershel. This is when the Governor attacks the prison and the place is completely destroyed. We see Maggie looking for Glenn everywhere to try to reunite with him.
Something that left all the viewers shocked was when she got into a bus full of walkers and finished them all off. She was checking to make sure Glenn hadn't been one of the victims on the transport. Although she doesn't manage to find Glenn or even his reanimated form, she shows us that she’s capable of taking down a bunch of undead on her own and without help.
14 Maggie Saving Hershel and Glenn in Prison
The prison residents were going through a rather critical arc, as they were getting sick. Unfortunately, Glenn was infected and was also quarantined. However, before that, Carol had killed the first two who got sick in the prison to protect her fellow inmates, though this didn't help to stop the outbreak, and she was banished by Rick.
It all gets complicated when Hershel is taking care of Glenn, and walkers attack Maggie's father. She steps in and bravely saves him. Subsequently, they both rush to save Glenn from the walkers as well, while she exposes herself to being infected. In fact, Maggie gets the survivors to fortify the prison fences after this event.
13 Maggie and Glenn Defend the Prison
The Governor was one of the most fearsome enemies of The Walking Dead, as he tried to take down Rick and his group several times. During the first prison battle against him, Glenn and Maggie decided to defend the others by donning riot gear. Likewise, they used a pair of automatic weapons, which marked a considerable weight in the assault against their temporary safe house. This proved that Maggie can take battles into her own hands to protect herself and her own.
12 Maggie and Carol Clean Out a Saviors' Compound
Maggie and Carol were two characters that had very intense developments, as neither were the women they were in the first seasons. Both are captured by the Saviors after they clean out one of the Saviors' compounds. When they’re interrogated, they manage to free themselves and wipe out the rest of the Saviors throughout the place. This is saying quite a lot, since only the two of them managed to clear out two entire compounds, with no losses and no help whatsoever.
11 Maggie Reunites with Glenn After the Destruction of the Prison
Due to the battle against the Governor, Rick's group was split up during their escape. Maggie and Glenn were separated, and it was a desperate time for everyone, as several of the characters believed the others were dead. In fact, Maggie is very scared for her husband because of the same, though this ends when they’re reunited. This was very heartwarming because this meeting was filled with a lot of affection.
10 Maggie Performs a C-Section on Lori
Lori's delivery at the prison was one of the most traumatic moments for all the characters that were in Rick's group at the time in The Walking Dead. Lori was finally giving birth to Judith but was having complications.
She begs Maggie to take the baby out of her to save it, despite the distress of Carl, Rick, and the others. Maggie starts burying a knife in Lori, saving Judith, but killing Rick's wife in the process. This is also one of the first moments in which Maggie sees someone die, causing a change in her and the way she sees the world.
9 Maggie Saves Sasha
By this point in the story, Maggie already knew how to defend herself very well in battle, and for anyone who had doubts, here she proved it. She is trying to reunite with Glenn and leaves Sasha and Bob behind during the incident.
However, Sasha is attacked by walkers, and when she is thought to be lost, Maggie arrives and defends her. She manages to take out many of them, and the amazing thing is that she did it all with just a street sign. She is so fierce she doesn't need knives or firearms to defeat the undead.
8 Maggie Arrives at Hilltop
At this point in The Walking Dead, Maggie was suffering from Glenn's death and a pregnancy, which was being complicated by a placental abruption. She’s taken to Hilltop to recover, and although Gregory wants to banish her from the place, Jesus gives her a secret refuge.
Later, a horde of walkers was threatening the colony, but Maggie with loud music and a tractor managed to lure all the undead to save the colony. She punched Gregory in the face after he tried to hand her and Sasha over to Negan. But the most iconic thing that impressed the audience was that he reminded her of her name, Maggie Rhee.
7 Maggie Agrees to Marry Glenn
The relationship between Maggie and Glenn captivated us all from the beginning, and the fact that Glenn died is not something easy to overcome. Many believed that they were the best couple in the whole series. Glenn's marriage proposal to Maggie was something different and unique among all the chaos and survival surrounding them.
They were both guarding the prison fence when Glenn pulled out a ring he had found. There he proposes to Maggie to spend the rest of their days together, while she had given him a passionate kiss and a smile. It was something special, as they didn't need a wedding or festivities as is done in our world today to cement their bond. Simply put, when they returned with the rest of the group, they were already married.
6 Maggie Decides to Sentence Gregory to Death
Maggie for all her losses and misfortunes had become a hardened person, and she wasn’t the girl we met in the second season. This was seen when she was willing to make an unpopular and radical decision, which was to sentence Gregory to death.
He tries to kill Maggie, and she comes to the conclusion that she doesn't want any more betrayal or danger within her own colony. As a result, she puts him on the gallows and does what no one wants. Even though Rick disagreed, she took her own place of authority and made her own decision, which showed us that Maggie has her own point of view, and it's a solid one.
5 Maggie Becomes the Leader of Hilltop
Maggie finally gets to be named the new leader of Hilltop, thanks to Jesus giving her his support. This is after the whole colony knew about Gregory's betrayal. Maggie and her character manage to achieve this responsibility, for which everyone knew she was made for.
After winning the vote, she imprisons Gregory and keeps him under observation. Maggie knows he’s an untrustworthy person. Lauren Cohan's character causes a revolution on the board and in the war against The Saviors, marking a before and after in its history.
4 Maggie Lets Glenn Go
Maggie became the leader of Hilltop, and it had been a while since Glenn's death. Although she still hadn't gotten over her grief, she realized she needed to let him go. She internalizes that Glenn would have wanted her to continue living and surviving the apocalypse.
Maggie sets out to take all the memories she has of Glenn, plus the teachings and commitment to keep him with her. We can see her taking the pocket watch that Hershel had given Glenn, in addition to the task of continuing to protect her son and the memory of the love they had for each other.
3 Maggie Demands Negan's Murder
Maggie was clear that she only wanted Negan dead so she could get over her cycle with the night he killed Glenn. She didn't hesitate for a single second in the battle against The Saviors, plus many characters in the series also felt her point of view. Negan had been someone who caused a lot of suffering to communities and individual stories.
However, when Rick orders them to save Negan's life, Maggie is held back as she screams for the death of her husband's killer. She’s ready to kill him but is restrained by her companions, and we end up seeing Maggie frustrated and broken by Rick's decision.
2 Maggie Trusts Negan with Her Son's Life
The story between Negan and Maggie may be the most complex of all those in The Walking Dead. We see Maggie going from being the widow with a thirst for revenge to being the mother who entrusts her child to her husband's killer.
Rather than being uncomfortable for viewers, or something negative in Maggie's story, it's simply something you don't see in every story in the entertainment world. Plus, Negan points out to Maggie that Hershel (her son with Glenn) doesn't trust him. She confesses to him that she’s starting to trust Negan. This is something no one expected could ever come out of her mouth.
1 Maggie Lets Negan Live
After a long time, Maggie manages to go to Negan's cell and have one of the most intense and expected conversations of the entire series. Despite the others' attempts to stop her, she manages to see him and end her personal vendetta.
Everything takes a rather unbelievable turn though, as Negan begs Maggie to murder him. He wanted to be with his wife, Lucille, in the afterlife. Maggie tells him that the Negan she wanted to kill is already dead, and decides not to end his life, condemning him to his personal misery in life.
This is the most critical moment Maggie has in the entire series. It marks the closing of a cycle through a correctly moral action and one that gives her peace in The Walking Dead.
