The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
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Summary
Rick Grimes ' lot has been a closed book since 2018 , butThe Walking Dead : The Ones Who Liveprovides enough details to assemble a broad timeline of what happened toAndrew Lincoln ’s fictitious character after hisThe Walking Deadexit . Rick Grimes being lifted away by a black eggbeater inThe Walking Deadseason 9 was a deliberate ploy for the post - apocalyptic franchise to limit up a big story . Six years and a scratch film trilogy later , Lincoln reprises his most illustrious role alongside fellow zombie alum Danai Gurira , who once again impersonate the katana - swing Michonne inThe walk Dead : The Ones Who Live ’s casting .
The Walking Dead : The Ones Who Liveepisode 1 , " Years , " sharpen almost solely on Rick , chronicling his movements between time of year 9 ’s striking bridge explosion and the enfranchisement ’s present day . While the premier skips briskly throughThe walk Dead ’s timeline , it does do most of the with child questions posed by Rick ’s disappearance , charting all of the major things Rick endured while his friends and family were battling pelt - wearing Whisperers and whipping up revolution in the Commonwealth .
11Rick Grimes Woke Up In A Military Hospital After The Walking Dead Season 9
In his recital , Rick reveals that after being pick up by theCivic Republic Militaryhelicopter inThe Walking Deadseason 9 , his next memory board is of waken up in one of the organization ’s military hospital . Rick does not explicitly detail the nature and timescale of his recovery after almost pop off from the ego - triggered bridge explosion , but it can be assumed thatCRM medics were responsible for keeping Rick aliveand getting the dealership ’s champion back onto his bootless feet .
10The CRM Refused To Let Rick Grimes Leave
Steep hospital bills and aesculapian insurance may no longer be problem inThe Walking Dead ’s zombi apocalypse , but Rick paid dearly for his life - saving treatment nonetheless . As present inFear The Walking DeadandThe Walking Dead : World Beyond , the CRM kill survivor just for learning of its macrocosm , keeping the Civic Republic shrouded in a tight veil of silence . As presently as Rick Grimes was taken behind CRM lines , therefore , his exemption was taken by . Adhering to its stern insurance policy , the CRM refused to allow Rick leave its territoryand return to Alexandria .
9Rick Grimes Was Designated As An “A”
The Walking Dead ’s Jadishad already teased how the CRM divides survivor into " A " and " B " family , but never the right way explain what those terms meant . InThe Walking Dead : The Ones Who Liveepisode 1 , Okafor confirms " barn " survivors are those just trying to keep themselves alive , while " A " survivor have strong conviction , pull follower , and will go for a cause they believe in . Rick Grimes obviously occupy the latter pack . Despite Jadis optimistically exact that Rick was a " B " when she summoned the chopper inThe walk Deadseason 9 , it did not take long beforethe CRM clear Rick was very much an " A. "
There has been A and vitamin B symbolism throughout The Walking Dead for several years , but The Ones Who Live finally explain what the letter mean .
8Rick Made 5 Attempts To Escape The Civic Republic
The CRM ’s big recognition that Rick Grimes is an " A " survivor seems to have fall after his first safety valve attempt . The Walking Dead : The one Who Livedefinitively reveals that Rick has seek to forget the Civic Republic five time , with that figure confirm by both Major General Beale and Rick himself . scat attempts one and two are not detailed whatsoever . Escape attempt three was the one show inThe walk Deadseason 11 ’s ending , which concluded with Rick jactitate his charge and phone into a boat and getting pick up by a CRM helicopter .
Escape attempt four is depicted at the beginning ofThe Ones Who Liveepisode 1 and involves Rick Grimes cut off his own hand . Attempt 5 comes much afterward after Rick becomes a CRM soldier , and is cross by the sudden coming into court of a young girl standing right in the place that Rick needed to set on firing .
Rick Fail
What Happened
Escape Attempt # 1
Unknown
Custom image by Sam MacLennan
Escape Attempt # 2
head for the hills Attempt # 3
Recaptured by CRM helicopter ( seeThe Walking Deadseries finale )
Escape Attempt # 4
lose a hand
run away Attempt # 5
Interrupted by young girl
7Lt. Col. Okafor Prevented Rick Being Killed By The CRM
One of the biggest mysteries after Rick ’s disappearance inThe walk Deadwas why the CRM would chafe keeping him alive . The villainous administration executes survivors on a whimsy , pass on no obvious reason a constant flight of stairs risk of exposure like Rick Grimes should be repeatedly spare . This paradox is solved by theCRM ’s Lieutenant Colonel Okafor- a high - ranking soldier looking to deposit the group ’s malign ways from within . According to Okafor , " A " subsister are typically killed by the CRM , butthe Lt . Col personally vouched for Rick to bring together his unit , secretly believe his inner strength could save the CRM from itself .
6Rick Grimes Was Made A Civic Republic “Consignee”
Having been spared by Okafor ’s intervention , Rick Grimes was placed in the CRM ’s six - year consignee program . fundamentally a trial run summons for " boron " survivors that the CRM encounter , Rick live among other consignees on the Civic Republic ’s outskirt and was made to run various job for the primary community ’s benefit , such as clearing out zombie spirit . While Rick make out the tasks he was depute , he never stopped trying to bunk during his stint as a consignee . Okafor made numerous overtures to recruit Rick into the CRM during this period , but was always unsuccessful .
5Rick Didn’t Talk To Anyone For 2 Years After His Walking Dead Exit
Esteban , a fellow CRM consignee , claim thatRick Grimes did not talk to a unmarried somebody during his first two old age imprisonedby the residential area . Not only does this item highlight Rick ’s initial determination to return to Alexandria at all price , there was also a tactical element to his secretiveness . By refusing to talk , Rick gave the CRM dead no detail that could lead back to his friends and mob in Alexandria , ensuring his old biotic community stay safe from attack . finally , perhaps after realise evasion would not come soon , Rick ’s perspective on not talking soften .
4Rick Made New Allies Before His The Walking Dead Spinoff
Despite being as accessible as a sleep - deprived bear , Rick Grimes was make friends even before dropping his vow of secretiveness . Esteban pester Rick invariably during their time together as consignees , refuse to give in until the bear at last cracked and replied . By the timeThe Walking Dead : The Ones Who Livebegins , Rick and Esteban are strong friends- so much so , Esteban put on the line his life by help Rick ’s 5th escape attempt . IfRick eventually take over the CRM- and previousThe Walking Deadstorylines powerfully suggest he will - Esteban would slot neatly into Rick ’s inner circle alongside the likes of Gabriel , Aaron , and Carol .
Rick has also made an ally of the other " A " subsister Okafor spared , Thorne . Whereas Rick is best describe as a quiet , trounce stoic , Thorne is a more explosive and extroverted eccentric , but despite not quite seeing oculus - to - centre , they portion out the sort of camaraderie that comes from shared experience . Both also own strong morals , and would not look the other way if they chance on the CRM was committing evil acts in secret . Again , Thorne is an ally that would coalesce well with Rick ’s friends back in Alexandria .
3Rick Grimes Loses His Left Hand In The Ones Who Live
The Walking Dead : The single Who Liveepisode 1 begin by showing Rick ’s quaternary attempt to break away the CRM . Due to his anterior efforts , Rick is tether to a soldier , force him to trim down off his left hand before making a dash for freedom . The massive result blood red means a groggy Rick is quickly catch , taken back , and piece up . This aspect is inspired by Robert Kirkman’sThe Walking Deadcomic books , in which Rick loses his hand much earlier courtesy of the Governor .
The Walking Dead avoided giving Andrew Lincoln ’s Rick dirty a primal here and now from the original comic books , but The I Who Live ultimately go there .
2Rick Joins The CRM & Becomes A Pilot (To Finally Escape)
When even chopping off his own handwriting betray to thin it , Rick plans his fifth escape attack more cautiously . Inspired by an extemporaneous scuttlebutt from Esteban , Rick accept Okafor ’s long - standing whirl to join the CRM . hold out for or so one year , Rick learns combat , weapon , helicopter piloting , and a range of other science that make him even more formidable . Biding his time , Rick waits for the everlasting opportunity before making another attempt to escape , even run so far as leave behind a fake cadaver to play a trick on the CRM into believe him dead . Once again , he fails .
