Producer kandi umwe mu muyobozi "ugenda yapfuye" Greg Nikotero yashakaga ko muri santimetero ya munani urukurikirane nigan yapfuye na Maggie. Lauren Cohen yakinnye, Maggie Icyatsi cyatangijwe muri tereviziyo mu gihe cya kabiri, igihe cyo kuba inyuguti nkuru. Nkuko Nigan abivuga (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), hanyuma murwengizo cy'umwimerere "kugenda kwapfuye" yari umwe mu basore babi, kandi muri filire yagaragaye neza mu gice cya nyuma cya shampiyona.
Nyuma yaje kugaragara ko Nigan yishe Glenna bunyamaswa (Stephen Yang) na Aburahamu (Michael Kudlitz). Kuri Maggie, impanuka nk'iyi yahindutse ibyago by'Umucagashinya, kuko aherutse gushyingirwa gusa n'ikirenga, yitwaje umwana we mu nda. Mu bihe biri imbere, byaragaragaye ko Maggie yashakaga kwihorera kuri Nigan. Igihe Nigan yarwaga rick (Andereya Lincoln) Igihe cya munani kirangiye, Maggie yambuwe amahirwe yo kwerekana umugome, kuko yatereranywe. Mu kiganiro na Collider, Nicotero yavuze kuri ibi:
Navuze [icyo gihe cyo kwerekana icyo gihe "kugenda kwapfuye"] Scott Gimple: "Ntekereza ko Maggie agomba kumurasa. Ntekereza ko Maggie agomba kwica Nigan, cyangwa kurasa, ni ukuvuga kugira icyo akora, kuko ukuri ku ruhande rwe. " Navuze nti: "Biragoye kurasa muri uyu mwanya, kuko tuzi ko Maggie agwa ku mavi kuko rick asiga nigan ari muzima." Najugunye iki gitekerezo ku gishanga, nacyajije icyo Maggie atamurasetse? Kuki Maggie atamwishe? " Ariko ntiwumve, Nigan yari afite ibintu byinshi imbere.
Nyuma ariko, Maggie yaguye andi mahirwe yo kwemeza nigan, ariko yahisemo kumurinda. Byabaye ibyo, Maggie yavuye muri urukurikirane, kuva Cohen yahisemo guhindura indi mishinga, naho Nigan agikomeza kuba umwe mu "kugenda kwapfuye". Nubwo bimeze bityo, ibi ntabwo ari iherezo ryinkuru, kuko muri shampiyona ya cumi na rimwe Maggie igomba gusubira muri TV yerekana.