The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

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Summary

The Walking Dead : The Ones Who Livestars Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira , along with showrunner Scott Gimple , have explained the end of the latest zombie spinoff . The last installment of the show features Rick and Michonne shoot a line up gasoline canisters the CRM was going to practice to demolish Portland , resulting in the Civic Republic ’s government direct a more active approach in monitoring their military . Under newfangled direction , the CRM drops the couple off in a field , where they are reunited with Judith and RJ .

talk withEntertainment Weekly , Lincoln , Gurira , and Gimple break they always think forThe Ones Who Live ’s endingto have Rick and Michonne reunify with their kids . They also excuse why they did n’t have a tragical end to the show , and why killing either of the primary duo off would have been disappointing . check into out what Lincoln , Gurira , and Gimple had to say below :

Scott Gimple : To my recollection , that was the end and we were work on the journey to that . But I have frightful working memory and I have two masses that were there with me , so I want to get a confirmation on that . I truly believe that that was always the conclusion and we were strike towards it . I do n’t believe there was ever a world where either one of those character did n’t stay on with the other . I might be wrong .

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Danai Gurira : It definitely was that we were travel towards that ending . There was definitely never an idea of like , " Oh , allow ’s let it be a tragic ending . " That was not on the board , I do n’t cerebrate at any breaker point . It was always like , how do we get them together ? How do we bring Rick his happy ending , and Michonne her glad ending ? That ’s what I recall .

Andrew Lincoln : Yeah . I consider it would ’ve been a turn of a catgut puncher if we ’d done six episode , got everybody back , and then vote down them both . I mean , that would ’ve been a bit rude .

The Ones Who Live Gives Rick & Michonne A Fitting Ending

The final episode ofThe single Who Livewraps up its story , with Rick and Michonne stopping theCRM ’s nefarious plansand going home , just like they said they would . In the final scene , Rick is reunited with his children , provide him a chance to keep protecting the people he loves after being by from them for so long . Michonne also now knows her family is safe , with their enemies destroyed and their home protect from any external forces that could cause them harm .

A core understanding their ending together is so meet is because of how much prison term the two have been away from their family , peculiarly Rick . While Michonne has been gone for around a class or two since her departure in season 10,Rick has n’t encounter Judith in at least seven year , get their return all the more excited . SinceThe Ones Who Liveis a beloved history , it makes common sense for the last vista to excogitate this by impart its characters a happy ending .

Due to just how definitive the last installment is , it’sunclear if Rick and Michonne would ever returnforThe Ones Who Liveseason 2 . The duo ’s return home makes it less likely their story will continue anytime presently , having earned a happy ending through all the hardship they ’ve endured . However , with the show have so much critical praise and feature two classic characters from the franchise , anything is possible . For now , though , the spinoff ’s definitive final scene offers a happy ending .

Michonne looking off to the side next to Rick Grimes removing the protective mask from the CRM uniform in The Walking Dead the Ones Who Live

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The Walking Dead : The I Who Live keep up Rick Grimes and Michonne as they navigate a transformed man that challenge their relationship . Separated by aloofness and front an unstoppable force , they strive to reunite and rediscover their identity in this prolongation of the take the air bushed universe .

Michonne Hawthorne and Rick Grimes kissing in the middle of the forest, wearing the Echelon Briefing in The Walking Dead the Ones Who Live S1 Ep6 trailer

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The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live