Author: Josh Wigler / Source: The Hollywood Reporter
[This story contains major spoilers for season nine, episode five of AMC’s The Walking Dead, “What Comes After,” as well as for the comic books on which the show is based.]
Rick Grimes is going to be all right. That’s not a sentence most people expected to read just a couple of days out from Andrew Lincoln’s final Walking Dead episode, but here we are: Rick, the face of both the comic book and television versions of Robert Kirkman’s horror series, is still alive, on his way toward a new series of feature film adventures.
Will Rick ever return to the family he left behind in Alexandria?
It’s not likely, according to the creative forces involved, though hopefully the fandom at least appreciates the opportunity to see the man in a brand-new context. Still, there’s no question that Rick’s departure from the flagship series means viewers are missing out on some truly great opportunities, assuming the show sticks to the comic book script as outlined by Kirkman and illustrator Charlie Adlard.With that said, here are a few of the moments from the Walking Dead comics we aren’t likely to see on the show, even with Rick still somewhere out there in the zombie-filled universe.
The Prisoner’s Dilemma
Jeffrey Dean Morgan has been on the record bemoaning the lost opportunities facing Negan: first Carl (Chandler Riggs) leaving the show, and now Rick. With Alexandria’s leader out of the picture, Negan misses out on his number one scene partner. The comics feature some exciting moments between Rick as the leader of a burgeoning society and Negan as its most public pariah, including but not limited to the two of them reluctantly joining forces in the midst of…
The Whisperer War
It’s the next major conflict facing the survivors Rick left behind. Samantha Morton (Hulu’s Harlots) and Ryan Hurst (FX’s Sons of Anarchy)…
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