Fans have wait almost a twelvemonth - and - a - one-half sinceThe Walking Deadended , longer since the character Rick Grimes ( Andrew Lincoln ) left the show , to find out what hap to him .
The Walking Dead : The Ones Who Livefinally answer that head . It also surveil Michonne ’s ( Danai Gurira ) journeying to detect him and wraps the level up with a nice , neat bowing in the concluding installment .
Rick and Michonne are ready to take down the CRM
InBecome , the penultimate episode of the six - episode time of year , a fight between Rick , Michonne , and Jadis ( Pollyanna McIntosh ) leaves the latter severely injured and then bitten on the neck by a walker . In her last moments , Jadis decide she want to die the someone she was , not the one she became . She reveals the location of her dossier that outline everything about Rick , his kinsfolk and friends , and the Alexandria residential district so he and Michonne can find and ruin it , observe their fellowship and friend dependable .
She also solicit them not to take down the Civic Republic Military ( the CRM ) . Sadly , they are n’t uncoerced to obligate with that last asking . cognize Major General Beale ( Terry O’Quinn ) was about to expose the Echelon Briefing to Rick , which adumbrate the full background of the CRM ’s plans , Rick realise this is the perfect chance to take down the CRM from the inside .
Becoming the moles for the big fight
In the show ’s final episode , The Last metre , both Rick and Michonne are in the CRM . Rick gets his sit - down with Beale . At the same prison term , Michonne sneaks into Jadis ’ office , finds the dossier , and angrily tears it to piece .
Rick learn that Beale consider humankind only have about 14 years leave on Earth . With the CRM eliminating morbid , damaged population , they can come out anew . “ The sword that kill , ” he says , “ is the sword that lend thing back . ”
There ’s a split second when it appear Rick might really be rethink his architectural plan , especially when Beale articulate Rick can lend back anyone he wants to spare from decimation , from whatever mysterious position he has always been endeavor to riposte . That does n’t shake Rick , though . He lunges at Beale , murders him , then dumps his organic structure in a binful and wheels it away .
The design is to leave now that the mission has been accomplish . But Michonne is appal by a presentation she witnesses detailing plans to snatch children from Portland . CRM soldiers will be convey them to the Civic Republic before swash everyone else in the city . She ca n’t , in good scruples , will knowing what is about to encounter to other sinless people , and she convert Rick of the same .
Using an intricate mesh of affiliated explosives along with Beale ’s reanimated body and that of another CRM soldier , they prepare up an elaborate trigger . Once the go-cart pull the wires connected to them far enough , everyone at the all - hand meeting will bollix up . The plan works perfectly until Pearl Thorne ( Lesley - Ann Brandt ) shows up , direct a hired gun to their heads . Rick and Michonne duck for cover just in metre , re - emerging after the blowup to make do with both Thorne and a herd of fresh minted CRM soldier walker .
The dynamic couple get to work , as they normally do , to finish the job . Michonne kills Thorne , and Rick narrowly scat a swarm of Zimmer . Fans are cod for a brief moment that he might have been bitten , but both climb to safety , emerging unscathed .
How does The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live End?
As a helicopter flies away , and others are go steady in the distance , we learn that Civic Republic citizens are destitute to leave at will , and any someone or community that needs help or airlifting will be helped . Rick and Michonne accomplish the drastic change Rick initially thought was unimaginable .
The time of year end with Michonne calling Judith on the wireless as their helicopter is adjoin down . “Shoto , it ’s Daito , ” she say . Rick and Michonne run towards Judith , Rick ’s adopt girl , and RJ , Rick and Michonne ’s son . The child embrace Michonne with Rick standing awkwardly in the setting . Judith is the first to approach him , crying in his arms and telling him she knew he was still out there and just “ never wanted him to feel alone . ”
RJ , meanwhile , asks Rick if he ’s the Brave Man , to which Rick replies that he is , “ but maybe , ” he adds , “ you may call me dada . ” RJ smiles and tells Rick he knew he would come back because he “ believed , ” calling back to the Nipponese marking etched into the cellular telephone phones Rick kept with him all those years .
The family , together for the first time , engage in a loving embrace . It ’s the glad ending buff have been hoping for , but it ’s also bittersweet . dedicate how the story wraps up , it ’s unlikelyThe Walking Dead : The 1 Who Livewill return for a second season . But for fans who have been itching to find out what happened to Rick , why he had n’t tried to come home , if Michonne ever get hold him , and how the story terminate , there ’s finally closure .
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