Walking Dead Fans Aren’t Happy After Rick Grimes’ Final Episode (SPOILERS)

November 5, 2018 Victor Medina

Sunday evening’s episode of “The Walking Dead” was heavily promoted as the final episode for Andrew Lincoln and his iconic character, Rick Grimes.

After it was over, the reaction was mixed, to put it simply. After executive producer Scott Gimple appeared on “Talking Dead” immediately after the show, he dropped a bombshell that confused and angered fans even more.

WARNING: SPOILERS FOLLOW!

In the episode, Rick attempts to make it back home after being impaled on a piece of rebar, a large horde of zombies is right on his heels. His blood loss causes him to hallucinate, where he sees several people who passed on, including Shane, Hershel, and Sasha. He eventually makes it to the bridge that the towns had been working to reconstruct, which he blows up, in order to keep the zombie horde from reaching Alexandria and the other towns.

Michonne, Daryl, Maggie, Carol, and the rest all see Rick’s sacrifice, and believe he’s dead.

However, the episode ends with “Trash Lady” Jadis finding Rick still alive on the river’s edge downstream, she loads him on a mysterious helicopter, who whisks him off to an unknown location.

Minutes after the show ended, during the “Talking Dead” after-show, Gimple then revealed that Lincoln would appear in three Rick Grimes/Walking Dead TV movies which would air on AMC.

Many loved the episode, which admittedly, was a great episode overall. Actor Neil Kaplan voiced his approval.

If you gave up on #TheWalkingDead… you may want to come back and watch Rick’s final episode. I could be wrong, but I thought that it was a damn fine hour of Zombietainment.

— (((Neil Kaplan))) (@NeKap) November 5, 2018

Many had trouble dealing with the loss, initially.

https://twitter.com/orangeycat9/status/1059288566726082562

Then, there was the reaction to Rick Grimes not actually being dead.

https://twitter.com/http_stardust/status/1059291765767921664

It didn’t take long, however, for many to feel like they had been played, after Scott Gimple announced the TV movies.

the cast and producers of The walking dead enjoying and laughing at us right now #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/LIYPOndKlE

— tpwk (@irdapeace) November 5, 2018

Yeah, Scott Gimple, Rick is TOTALLY only going to come back in movies… he will NEVER return to the TV show. Riiiiiigggghhhhttttt #thewalkingdead pic.twitter.com/FOI9UQZZH5

— Halle I. (@haleiggles) November 5, 2018

And the backlash movement was on.

When you dont get killed off and get 3 movies instead #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/zcDhK2WWD4

— MrMarcoLapenna (@MarcoLapenna82) November 5, 2018

https://twitter.com/Marie02434580/status/1059287762631835648

Fans feel like they’ve been duped, which has happened before with major characters. Remember when Glen supposedly “died” in that alley as the zombies overwhelmed him?

My reaction after the walking dead and the announcement. And just everything. #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/KgqVtJeNV6

— Yasmeen (@yaz_meann) November 5, 2018

Rick’s final episode gave us an even bigger revelation, even though it was in a preview of upcoming episodes – the zombies can talk, apparently.