![]() ![]() Following last night's episode, "What Comes After," we now know how that squares with Rick's fate. Other Season 1 names like Morgan, Merle, and Morales (remember that guy?) had exited the show, only to reappear seasons later as guest stars or even full-fledged recurring characters. ![]() If so, he wouldn't be the first character to disappear and be kept on hand for a later possible comeback. Yet while it might seem like common sense that Rick would simply be fed into the meat-grinder, there was always a chance that the show would find a way to write him off without killing him. ![]() ![]() It was probably too much to hope that he would ride off into the sunset. When news broke this summer that the show's star, Andrew Lincoln, would be leaving The Walking Dead in its ninth season, we didn't know what the fate of his character, Rick Grimes, would be. With its revolving door of cast members and showrunners, the show has superficially embraced change, all the while maintaining a certain underlying status quo. In its zeal to depict a post-apocalyptic world where no one is safe, The Walking Dead has killed off a lot of characters, so on the surface, it would seem to understand that idea very well. ![]()
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