THE WALKING DEAD Cast Members Say Goodbye to Andrew Lincoln by Writing Rick Grimes’ Tombstone
Josh Millican
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This Sunday’s episode of The Walking Dead on AMC (“What Comes After”) is far from the season finale, but it’s the end of an era nonetheless: It’ll be the last episode for Andrew Lincoln, who’s played series lynchpin Rick Grimes since the show launched in 2010. Today, Variety released a heartfelt tribute to Lincoln; it features several Walking Dead cast members discussing what should be written on Rick’s tombstone.
Grab yourself a box of Kleenex and give the video a spin below, followed by the Season 9 synopsis and trailer for Sunday’s episode. The Walking Dead airs Sundays on AMC at 9 PM.
Synopsis:
Last season brought the culmination of “All Out War,” which pitted Rick Grimes and his group of survivors against the Saviors and their cunning leader, Negan. With Negan’s life in his hands, Rick had a character-defining choice in front of him. By making the unilateral decision to spare Negan, Rick upheld the values his late son, Carl, championed in order to build for the future, but created conflict within his group.
Now, we see our survivors a year and a half after the end of the war, rebuilding civilization under Rick’s steadfast leadership. It is a time of relative peace among the communities as they work together, looking to the past to forge the future, but the world they knew is rapidly changing as man-made structures continue to degrade, and nature takes over, changing the landscape and creating new challenges for our survivors.
As time passes, the communities confront unexpected obstacles, danger, and of course, walkers, but nothing quite prepares them for the formidable force they are about to encounter, which threatens the very idea of civilization that our survivors have worked so hard to build.
Based on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics, “The Walking Dead” reigns the number one drama on television among adults 18-49 for the last six seasons. The series is executive produced by chief content officer Scott M. Gimple, showrunner Angela Kang, Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert, Greg Nicotero, Tom Luse and Denise Huth.
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