'The Walking Dead' Fans Think AMC Tricked Them About Rick Grimes' Last Episode
11/05/2018 06:03 pm EST
Tricked So Good
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!
The Furious Ones
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."
It Was All A Dream...
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.
Happy In Sadness
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.
Playing With My Feelings...
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.
That Judith Tho...
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...
Extreme Viral Marketing
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.
The Long Con
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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