Lucille Bat Replica Prop - 1:1 Scale - Inspired by The Walking Dead - Bullet Edition (Safe Leather Wire) Several years after the end of The Walking Dead, Maggie seeks out the help of Negan, revealing that Hershel has been kidnapped and taken to a walker-infested Manhattan by a man known only as the Croat. In the years since the defeat of Pamela Milton and Lance Hornsby, Maggie has been forced to abandon the original Hilltop due to the damage from the Whisperers ultimately being too severe to repair, instead relocating the community to a rural factory complex in either New York or New Jersey. This new Hilltop was raided by the Croat who Maggie had recognized as a former Savior from his use of Savior tactics and, in particular, the whistle that the Saviors had used to intimidate their victims. The two agree to a deal where Maggie will allow Negan's young companion Ginny to live at the Hilltop in exchange for his help. In the intervening years, Negan has returned to many of his old ways while an unknown fate has befallen Annie and his child. Negan is being hunted by marshals from the New Babylon Federation for supposedly committing five murders, but Negan himself states that things didn't go as the marshals claim that they did. After the introduction of Lucille audiences desperately wanted to know the meaning behind her name. As more people died at the end of this barbed wire covered bat, interest only grew. Why did a bat that was used so viciously have such a normal name?

Earlier in the series, it was revealed that Negan’s wife was diagnosed withcancer. He couldn’t handle this situation and sought refuge in bed with another woman. He called off the affair later, and even though his wife knew about the infidelity, he returned to her side in the hospital as she battled the disease. Schedeen, Jesse (December 12, 2012). "The Walking Dead #105 Review". IGN . Retrieved December 12, 2012. Negan is very protective of his bat and is almost never seen without her. That means he rarely allows anyone else to hold her in the show or the comic series. Between the show and the comics, Lucille is only seen with three other people. Hilarie Burton Morgan as Lucille and Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan in ‘The Walking Dead’. CREDIT: Josh Stringer/AMC

Though Negan is Lucille’s owner and the person she is seen with the most, there are other people who get the honor of holding Lucille throughout the series. The number changes depending on whether you are following the comic book or the television series. It remains a small number either way. Nothing is known about Lucille's use prior to the outbreak, other than it was a baseball bat which was located likely somewhere in Virginia. Provocative Customized Baseball Bat lucille Keychain - Smashing Negan - The Walking Dead - Weed stoner gifts Morgan has received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Negan in the television series, earning the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series, [3] MTV Movie Award for Best Villain, [4] and Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television. [5] When offered the role of Negan, Morgan immediately accepted, as he was already a fan of the comic book series. [6] Lincoln, Ross A.; Grobar, Matt (December 11, 2016). "2016 Critics' Choice Awards: 'La La Land' Leads With 8 Wins Including Best Picture; Donald Glover Unveils Lando Calrissian 'Stache". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved December 11, 2016.

Again, Negan is distracted by the noises outside the hospital and turns his focus there. While watching some of the turmoil, he heard a noise behind him and turned around. His wife had turned into a walker, and had fallen off the bed. Her final battle ends with her broken and Negan burying her properly. It seems proper that Negan is the last person to wield her and the one to say goodbye to the bat he named after his wife. That is the poetic end of Lucille in the comic books. Perlie Armstrong tells a bar full of people about Negan that "story goes he once lined up a group of unarmed folks, and he bashed in a man's head with a baseball bat in front of the man's pregnant wife." Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan [and his bat Lucille] in ‘The Walking Dead’. CREDIT: Josh Stringer/AMC Negan & Lucille The Walking Dead Custom Soundwave Minimalist Style Cult TV Comic Art Poster Print - Cool Geeky Horror Gift

This week’s biggest question: where will season 11 pick up from first?

Negan reappears in " Hostiles and Calamities" where he greets Eugene entering the Sanctuary. After determining that Eugene is indeed highly intelligent, Negan allows him to get comfortable within the Sanctuary and even sends him two of his "wives" to provide him with company. When Negan discovers that Sherry ( Christine Evangelista), one of his concubines, is gone, he suspects her of freeing Daryl and has his minion Dwight ( Austin Amelio) - Sherry's husband - beaten and thrown in a cell. When he is convinced that Dwight was not involved and is still loyal, he sends him after Sherry, only to learn that she supposedly was killed by walkers. When he finds evidence of Dr. Carson aiding in Daryl's escape (secretly planted by Dwight), Negan throws him in the fire-pit before apologizing to Dwight for doubting him, and offering condolences for his loss. Negan (full name in the television series: Negan Smith) is a fictional character in the comic book series The Walking Dead and in the television series of the same name. He was the leader of the Saviors, a group of survivors in the Sanctuary that oppresses other survivor communities and forces them to pay tribute to him. In the comics, the character's appearance is based on Henry Rollins, as confirmed by Charlie Adlard. [1] Jeffrey Dean Morgan portrays Negan in the television series, having first appeared in the sixth-season finale. [2] Wigler, Josh (February 23, 2020). " 'The Walking Dead': How That Surprising Sex Scene Came to Life". The Hollywood Reporter. In the present-day, Negan speaks to the memory of his late wife while holding the newly rediscovered Lucille bat in front of a roaring fire in Leah’s cabin. “I’m sorry that I left you,” he says, before joking: “I hope you found someone in the afterlife and you are screwing your brains out.” Saying that he misses her and that he “loved the shit out of you”, he adds: “I am going to do your fighting for you.” He then burns Lucille the bat – has Negan turned a corner?