'The Walking Dead' Fans Think AMC Tricked Them About Rick Grimes' Last Episode
This week AMC's The Walking Dead celebrated a major milestone, as series lead Rick Grimes (Andrew [...]
Tricked So Good
Damn it @WalkingDead_AMC you tricked me good. #TheWalkingDead
— kristen ??♀️? (@kristensolis443) November 5, 2018
While some fans acknowledge this was a something of a trick, they don't necessarily see it as a bad one.
After all, if you were scared about The Walking Dead continuing without Rick Grimes, this is probably good news!
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THOSE FUCKING BITCHES TRICKED US. FUCK YOU AMC. FUCK YOU. WE ALL THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA DIE. FUCK YOU FOR TRICKING US YOU CUNTS #TheWalkingDead
— mønadø bøi (@berkaydotexe) November 5, 2018
As you can see by this NSFW language, some fans are royally pissed about what happened on the show.
It's only fair that they should be, though. AMC has been stoking that exact assumption in its marketing of this "event."
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@AMCTalkingDead would have been genius if AMC had tricked everyone w the “Rick’s last episode” thing & Rick woke up from his coma years ago, all just a fever dream, end of the whole series. #thetalkingdead #TheWalkingDeadFinalSeason
— we’re laughing @ you. not w you. (@laughtracktweet) November 5, 2018
This was one of the more popular fan theories about what was really going to happen with Rick's last episode.
Guess those fans really didn't believe the show could go on without Lincoln.
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WHAT?!!!!! I’m so happy Rick is still alive!!! But #AMC you really tricked me! #TheWalkingDead #TWD #WalkerStalker #AMC #Fox pic.twitter.com/dn5HAjzK3o
— Marielena Nuñez (@Sinaindira) November 5, 2018
For these fans, the episode was a roller coaster of emotion.
The dramatic pain of losing Rick; the happiness at his survival; the anger at being tricked; and probably the confusion of what comes next.
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Y'ALL MADE ME FEEL FEELINGS AGAIN AND THEN TRICKED ME LMAO @WalkingDead_AMC
— Pelvis Costello (@AshleyElizabeth) November 5, 2018
A lot of fans are feeling a little embarrassed that they let themselves get so emotionally invested in that big dramatic ending for Rick...
...Only to find out it wasn't an ending at all.
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...so, @WalkingDead_AMC tricked me tonight... But, WOW, #JudithGrimes is my new favorite badass! Glad we'll still see #AndrewLincoln, and looking forward to the new format from @AMC_TV! #TWD pic.twitter.com/ysthP9K1KC
— Eli DeGeer Ⓥ (@EliDeGeer) November 5, 2018
After that big twist ending revealing a major time jump, Walking Dead fans got to meet the hero that will replace Rick - and it's none other than his daughter Judy!
"The Future is Female," indeed...
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Ok @AMC_TV I was going to watch #TheTerror anyways but now I’m a little pissed you tricked me into watching it by making me think #TWD was 2 hours long ?
— Tessa Patrick (@tlpat24) March 26, 2018
AMC just tricked the whole world into watching “The Terror”
— Eric Congdon (@ericcongdon) March 26, 2018
For the most cynical fans, there was only one reason for this entire event:
AMC needed a way to seriously boost the viewership of its series, The Terror. Yikes.
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so theyre gonna tell more Rick Grimes stories.. hes still alive, just not on the show. hes gonna get his own AMC movies?!! hes probably gonna end up popping back on the show.. they found a way 2 give him a break but keep him in it #twd #TalkingDead
they tricked the shit outta us
— RESPECT THANKSGIVING || Bucs 11-5 (@paully_eFFerson) November 5, 2018
I mean, at this point should we believe that anything about Rick's retirement is real?
As this fan points out, there's really nothing stopping AMC from having Rick pop-up at some point later in the series (provided he survives the movies). Sure, they're saying that Andrew Lincoln will never return to the TV series - but do you really believe that, deep down in your bones?
How do you feel about Rick's "exit" from The Walking Dead? Let us know in the comments!
The Walking Dead Season 9 continues to debut new episodes Sundays at 9/8c on AMC. The network has yet to stake a premiere date for Lincoln's first Walking Dead movie.
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