Even Glenn is in danger from this Rick, who throws him against a wall and holds his arm to his throat when he tries to stop him cutting a furious swathe through the prison’s Walker population. The moment he sees that baby in Maggie’s arms and comprehends what it means, his face freezes to a hollow-eyed stare and he loses everything but his rage, turning into a snarling animal. You’re staying? This isn’t a democracy anymore.” Captain TripsĪfter Lori’s traumatic death at the prison, grief sends Rick temporarily out of his mind. I’ve been doing that all along.”) and finally, he lays down the law: “Get one thing straight. He reminds the ungrateful lot exactly what he’s done for them (“I’m keeping this group together, alive. You can do better? Let’s see how far you get.”). He’s mean, he’s sarcastic (“Go on, there’s the door. Those are the words of a man pushed far, far past his limits. Faced with the choice between keeping his moral code and protecting his family, Rick chooses the latter, and who could blame him? The apocalypse is no time for moral absolutism.įurther Reading: The Walking Dead – Rick Grimes Ending ExplainedĪfter all that, Rick’s season two campfire speech makes perfect sense. Two such are Dave and Tony, the men Rick and Hershel encounter in a season two bar, who threaten to track down the farm and take what they want. The groups Rick and company encounter along the way are peopled by the cowardly and the cruel. The world hasn’t been gone for long before selfishness and violence rise up over decency and kindness. Rick sided with good people, dealt with racist dipshit Merle Dixon, kept the peace, and told Daryl in no uncertain terms that “we don’t kill the living.” He might have been, in Glenn’s words, “a dumbass” with a lot to learn about the undead, but he instinctively knew right from wrong. Then he got shot twice, and fell into a coma that made him miss the end of the world.įurther Reading: Why Rick Grimes Will Never DieĮven after the world ended, Officer Friendly, a name he’d sarcastically given to himself, was straight-backed and honorable. While his colleagues were joking around, he reminded them to stay focused on the job. Pre-apocalypse, we met Rick as a devoted officer and a natural leader. Neat uniform, pristine hat, short back and sides, and barely a five o’ clock shadow… that was season one Rick Grimes, a deputy sheriff in a small town, loving husband and father-of-one.
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