Beware of spoilers The Walking Dead director Greg Nicotero has discussed an alternative plotline which could have seen Maggie kill Negan at the start of season 8.
While the scene which aired saw Maggie being held back being Michonne after Rick slit Negan’s throat, to respect Carl’s wishes, Nicotero originally imagined it going another way.
On Collider podcast The Witching Hour, Nicotero explained, “I said to Scott Gimple, the showrunner, ‘I think Maggie should shoot him.
I think Maggie should either kill Negan or shoot Negan or do something, because she’s right there.” In the show, Maggie threatens to shoot him, as Negan had previously murdered her husband Glenn – leaving her to parent their child on her own.