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We didnt get a death, so there wasnt a funeral.
What happens next is only for the gods/AMC executive producers to know.
Pre-apocalypse, we met Rick as a devoted officer and a natural leader.
While his colleagues were joking around, he reminded them to stay focused on the job.
Er, about that…
The Ricktator
This isnt a democracy anymore.
Rick kills the living.
The world hasnt been gone for long before selfishness and violence rise up over decency and kindness.
The groups Rick and company encounter along the way are peopled by the cowardly and the cruel.
The apocalypse is no time for moral absolutism.
In season two, reluctant leader Rick learned that uneasy lies the head that wears a gold tasseled hat.
It was Rick who gave blood to save Carls life and who wrestled with what to do with Randall.
Those are the words of a man pushed far, far past his limits.
Hes mean, hes sarcastic (Go on, theres the door.
Send me a postcard.
you’re free to do better?
Lets see how far you get.).
He reminds the ungrateful lot exactly what hes done for them (Im keeping this group together, alive.
Ive been doing that all along.)
and finally, he lays down the law: Get one thing straight.
This isnt a democracy anymore.
Captain Trips
Everybodys worried about you.
After Loris traumatic death at the prison, grief sends Rick temporarily out of his mind.
Further Reading: What Comes After for Rick Grimes
After rage comes instability.
Rick doesnt know whats real and whats imagined.
He receives four phone calls, one after the other like Scrooges ghosts, all from the dead.
He pleads with his fantasy callers, Were good people here, we just need some help.
That much is clear.
Not Too Far Gone Rick
We can still come back.
Rick wasnt the only one unhinged by grief.
This made him even more dangerous and even more hell-bent on destruction and revenge.
Things and people werent too far gone, he argued.
Everybody could walk away from this fight.
The Governor, sadly, didnt agree, and Hershel paid the price.
Vampire Rick
What the hell are you gonna do now, sport?
In the season four finale, Rick reached his nadir.
His men savagely beat Daryl and promised to kill Rick and rape Michonne and Carl.
Hes the Rick who took a machete to Gareth kneeling in that church and turned him into mush.
Old Man Rick
Im not afraid of a big owl.
Or will Jadis connections heal Rick and allow him to live out this rural idyll?
He lives with his familyMichonne, Carl, and Judithand its a wonderful life.
That was Carls dream for his dad.
How much of it could still come true?
A New Beginning Rick
My mercy prevails over my wrath.
Throughout season eight, we kept seeing Rick catch his reflection in mirrors and contemplate who he was becoming.
However hard the others made it, A New Beginning Rick stuck to his ideals.
Its about all of us, together, he said.
Were building, were growing.
And even now hes gone, thats what theyll do.
Farewell, Andrew Lincoln, whichever Rick you gave us, you did one hell of a job.
