"What Comes After" is the fifth episode of the
ninth season of the
post-apocalyptic
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''
The Walking Dead'', which aired on
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on November 4, 2018. The episode's teleplay was written by Matthew Negrete, from a story by
Scott M. Gimple
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and Negrete, and it was directed by
Greg Nicotero
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. In the episode, a heavily-wounded
Rick Grimes
Rick Grimes is a fictional character and the main protagonist in the post-apocalyptic comic book series '' The Walking Dead'' and the first nine seasons of the television series of the same name, in which he is portrayed by Andrew Lincoln. Creat ...
struggles to divert a zombie herd while he questions his legacy in maintaining his vision of the united communities.
This episode included guest appearances by former regular cast members
Jon Bernthal
Jonathan Edward Bernthal (; born September 20, 1976) is an American actor.
Beginning his career in the early 2000s, he came to prominence for portraying Shane Walsh (The Walking Dead), Shane Walsh on the AMC (TV channel), AMC horror series ' ...
(
Shane Walsh),
Sonequa Martin-Green
Sonequa Chaunté Martin-Green (; Martin; born March 21, 1985) is an American actress. She is best known for her television roles as Michael Burnham, the main character in the streaming television series '' Star Trek: Discovery'', and as Sasha W ...
(
Sasha Williams),
Scott Wilson (
Hershel Greene
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),
Sarah Wayne Callies
Sarah Wayne Callies (born June 1, 1977) is an American actress. She is known for starring as Sara Tancredi in Fox's '' Prison Break'' and as Lori Grimes in AMC's '' The Walking Dead''. She has also starred as Katie Bowman in USA Network's ''Colo ...
(
Lori Grimes
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),
Emily Kinney
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(
Beth Greene
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),
Michael Cudlitz
Michael Cudlitz (born December 29, 1964) is an American actor known for portraying John Cooper in the NBC/TNT drama series ''Southland'' for which he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2013, S ...
(
Abraham Ford
Sgt. Abraham Ford is a fictional character from the comic book series '' The Walking Dead'' and was portrayed by Michael Cudlitz in the American television series of the same name.
In both mediums Abraham traveled the country with his girlfrien ...
), and
Lennie James
Lennie Michael James (born 11 October 1965) is a British actor, screenwriter, and playwright. His work includes playing Morgan Jones in the television series, '' The Walking Dead'' and in its spin-off, '' Fear the Walking Dead'', and starring ...
(
Morgan Jones Morgan Jones may refer to:
*Morgan Jones (actor, born 1879) (1879–1951), American silent film actor and screenwriter
*Morgan Jones (actor, born 1928) (1928–2012), American film and television actor
*Morgan Jones (broadcaster), Welsh television ...
). It was Wilson's penultimate on-screen appearance before his death. It also marks the final appearances of
Andrew Lincoln
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(
Rick Grimes
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), and
Pollyanna McIntosh
Pollyanna McIntosh (born 15 March 1979) is a Scottish-American actress and director known for her roles in films ''Exam'' (2009), '' The Woman'' (2011), ''Let Us Prey'' (2014), the first season of Joe R. Lansdale's ''Hap and Leonard'' (2016), ...
(
Anne
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Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...
). It was also the last appearance for
Lauren Cohan
Lauren Cohan (born January 7, 1982) is an American-British actress best known for her role as Maggie Greene in the AMC post-apocalyptic horror television series '' The Walking Dead'' (2011–2018; 2020–2022). Her other notable TV roles inclu ...
(
Maggie Greene
Maggie Greene, later Maggie Rhee in the television series, is a fictional character from the comic book series '' The Walking Dead'', portrayed by Lauren Cohan in the television adaptation of the same name.
In the comic book series, Maggie beco ...
) in the season, due to other acting commitments. She returned to the show in late second part season 10 and was a series regular in the third part of season 10.
Plot
Rick
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dreams of a swarm of helicopters, before regaining consciousness and finding himself surrounded by walkers. He manages to free himself off the rebar he had been impaled on after being thrown off by his spooked horse, but is bleeding profusely. He makes it back to his horse, barely holding onto consciousness to lead the merged walker hordes away from the construction camp. Getting enough of a lead, he finds an abandoned cabin nearby to create makeshift bandages, before leading the hordes onward. Throughout this, Rick falls in and out of consciousness and has
lucid dream
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s of him trying to find his family, which includes conversations with
Shane
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and
Hershel, both of whom urge him to wake back up to reality and stay ahead of the horde.
Anne
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Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...
is trying to make her way to a planned rendezvous point in
Heath
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's
stolen RV, and is told by the man on the other end of the walkie-talkie that she had
misled them before. She assures them she has the "A" they need and needs to get out of this place.
Maggie
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* Maggie Adamson, Scottish musician
* Maggie Aderin-Pocock (born 1968), British scientist
* Maggie Alderson (born 1959), Aust ...
continues onto Alexandria;
Michonne
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hears of this and intercepts her before she reaches the cage where
Negan
Negan, later revealed as Negan Smith in the television series, is a fictional character in the comic book series '' The Walking Dead'' and in the television series of the same name. He was the leader of the Saviors, a group of survivors in the S ...
is being kept. Maggie is able to convince Michonne to hand over the keys, telling her she will be able to live with this decision. Negan taunts Maggie about how much he enjoyed killing
Glenn, but she remains steadfast. Negan soon starts begging her to kill him so he can be with his wife. Thinking it another trick, Maggie pulls Negan out of the cell into the light, and sees that he is a shadow of his former self. Maggie puts him back in his cell, walking out satisfied, with a better understanding of why Rick kept him alive. She and Michonne then hear word of trouble outside, and race to see what is happening with other residents.
In another vision, Rick walks onto a field filled with the bodies of all his friends, where he speaks to
Sasha, who reminds him that all he has done has been for the good of all. Sasha tells him that he will find his family, as they are not lost. Rick then awakens to find himself at the now-abandoned camp, with the horse having fled. With walkers - including zombified Saviors and community members from the clash at the camp - closing in on him, Rick keeps on leading them toward the bridge. He stumbles just short of the bridge, but as the walkers near him, he seeds Michonne lead a large group of his allies to dispatch the walkers. Michonne urges Rick to keep on fighting, and Rick comes to realize that Michonne and his friends are now his family. He realizes this is just another vision; he finds himself alone just off the bridge with the horde still following him. He gets back up and continues to lead the walkers across the bridge as the river waters rise. To Rick's dismay, the weight of the walkers is not sufficient to cause the bridge to fall. A group from the united communities – including Saviors – arrive and begin killing off the walkers near Rick. Maggie worries that if the walkers cross, they will continue onto Hilltop, and leads a group to try to turn the horde around, but Rick waves them off, muttering to himself that he found his family. Rick sees some of the dynamite left on the bridge, and fires at it, destroying the bridge and most of the walker horde, causing the remaining to fall into the river. To his allies, Rick appears to have been killed in the explosion, and several break out in tears of grief.
Anne sees the smoke from the explosion and chatter over the walkie-talkies about Rick's apparent death while a helicopter lands nearby. She sees Rick on the bank of the river, still alive but severely injured. She tells the pilot that she has a "B", and convinces the helicopter to rescue Rick. She and Rick are airlifted away to places unknown.
Six years later,
a small group of survivors,
Magna,
Connie
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, Kelly,
Yumiko
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Yumiko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*弓子, "bow, child".
*由美子, "reason/cause, beauty, child".
*結実子, "fruition, child".
*夕実子, "evenin ...
, and Luke are trying to hold off a walker horde when a few are shot from a forest nearby. The group is told to take cover, and find that they have been rescued by a now-preteen Judith Grimes, who wears
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's hat and is armed with Rick's revolver and a
katana
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like Michonne.
Production
This episode marks the last appearance of both
Andrew Lincoln
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(
Rick Grimes
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) as well as
Pollyanna McIntosh
Pollyanna McIntosh (born 15 March 1979) is a Scottish-American actress and director known for her roles in films ''Exam'' (2009), '' The Woman'' (2011), ''Let Us Prey'' (2014), the first season of Joe R. Lansdale's ''Hap and Leonard'' (2016), ...
(
Jadis/Anne). Both actors have been confirmed to take a role in a series of three AMC Original Films to continue Rick's story, with production on the first to initially start in 2019. Lincoln had been working with Scott Gimple, the former showrunner and now current content manager for all of AMC's ''The Walking Dead'' properties, about how Rick's story could continue for some time. They had established early on that it needed to involve Jadis and the helicopter, and established these elements in earlier seasons to prepare for this point.
Showrunner Angela Kang also confirmed that this episode would be the last episode of this season for
Lauren Cohan
Lauren Cohan (born January 7, 1982) is an American-British actress best known for her role as Maggie Greene in the AMC post-apocalyptic horror television series '' The Walking Dead'' (2011–2018; 2020–2022). Her other notable TV roles inclu ...
as Maggie, due to previous commitments she had made for the show ''
Whiskey Cavalier
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'' prior to signing on for the ninth season, though it is uncertain yet if she will return to the show; Kang stated they have additional stories they can tell with Maggie's character should Cohan be able to return.
As to close out Maggie's story, they introduced the scene with Maggie and Negan which took place much later in the comic book series (after the introduction of the Whisperers). This gave them a way to move Maggie forward and beyond her obsession with Negan, should Cohan be able to return.
The cabin that Rick stops to rest was modeled after the cabin from the film ''
The Evil Dead
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'', including a replica of its ''Necronomicon'' on the table. The episode's producer,
Greg Nicotero
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, had previously worked on ''
Evil Dead 2
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''.
All of the lucid dream shots were filmed on a sound stage at Raleigh Studios, using
green-screen effects for the backgrounds. These scenes were to play on the
Third man factor
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History
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, bringing in people from Rick's past that would help keep him moving as he struggled with his blood loss. This led to some discussion about whom to bring back for these shots between Kang and writers Scott Gimple and Matt Negrete, needed characters that were essential to Rick. Shane, as played by
Jon Bernthal
Jonathan Edward Bernthal (; born September 20, 1976) is an American actor.
Beginning his career in the early 2000s, he came to prominence for portraying Shane Walsh (The Walking Dead), Shane Walsh on the AMC (TV channel), AMC horror series ' ...
, was considered essential given Shane's impact on Rick's story throughout the show. Hershel as played by
Scott Wilson was seen as a father-figure to Rick, and Sasha as played by
Sonequa Martin-Green
Sonequa Chaunté Martin-Green (; Martin; born March 21, 1985) is an American actress. She is best known for her television roles as Michael Burnham, the main character in the streaming television series '' Star Trek: Discovery'', and as Sasha W ...
was seen as a soldier who knew how to put the bigger picture first in her priorities. They had considered bringing back others like
Steven Yeun
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who played Glenn, but there were scheduling conflicts, and the production felt the three guests they had worked strongest for the story.
This ended up being Wilson's last on-screen role before his death; on the day that they announced that Bernthal, Wilson, and Martin-Green would return in guest roles for this episode during the 2018
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in October 2018, Wilson died from complications from leukemia.
Additionally, former ''The Walking Dead'' actors
Lennie James
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,
Sarah Wayne Callies
Sarah Wayne Callies (born June 1, 1977) is an American actress. She is known for starring as Sara Tancredi in Fox's '' Prison Break'' and as Lori Grimes in AMC's '' The Walking Dead''. She has also starred as Katie Bowman in USA Network's ''Colo ...
,
Emily Kinney
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, and
Michael Cudlitz
Michael Cudlitz (born December 29, 1964) is an American actor known for portraying John Cooper in the NBC/TNT drama series ''Southland'' for which he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2013, S ...
all provided voice-line cameos as their former characters
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*Morgan Jones (actor, born 1928) (1928–2012), American film and television actor
*Morgan Jones (broadcaster), Welsh television ...
,
Lori Grimes
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,
Beth Greene
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, and
Abraham Ford
Sgt. Abraham Ford is a fictional character from the comic book series '' The Walking Dead'' and was portrayed by Michael Cudlitz in the American television series of the same name.
In both mediums Abraham traveled the country with his girlfrien ...
respectively as part of Rick's lucid dreams.
The shot of Rick walking among the bodies of those he knew include a mix of his fellow actors, body doubles of former characters, and dummies for other characters.
The scene itself was inspired by one of the special covers for issue #100 of the comic book, where Glenn is killed by Negan.
This scene was originally to have some of the bodies rise up to make it more harrowing towards Rick, including Negan, but this was ultimately cut. Kang stated they felt that Shane served well-enough as an antagonizing character to Rick but had a friendship and connection with him, while Negan's hostility would have been more direct.
The final scenes shot for the episode involved the hospital setting where Rick first woke up in the pilot episode "
Days Gone Bye", though with small changes.
To further bookend Rick's arc, they reused the song "
Space Junk
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" by
Wang Chung which was also featured in "Days Gone Bye".
The episode includes an estimated six-year time jump, according to Kang. The episode introduces
Cailey Fleming
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as an older Judith, as well as the members of Magna's (
Nadia Hilker
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Hilker was on camera for numerous German and international magazines and fashion co ...
) group, including
Lauren Ridloff
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as Connie, Angel Theory as Kelly,
Eleanor Matsuura
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as Yumiko, and
Dan Fogler
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as Luke, who are key elements related to the Whisperers arc in the comic book series.
Reception
Critical reception
"What Comes After" received mostly positive reviews from critics, with praise being aimed at Andrew Lincoln's performance and the return of Jon Bernthal as Shane Walsh. On
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, the episode has an approval rating of 76% with an average score of 6.4 out of 10, based on 33 reviews, the lowest scoring episode of the season on the site. The critical consensus reads: "'What Comes After' serves as an emotionally raw and rousing farewell to series lead Andrew Lincoln, though some viewers may find Rick Grimes' ambiguous departure more of a cop out than a relief."
Jeff Stone writing for ''
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'' praised the episode with a qualification of B and in his review he said: ""What Comes After," at least before things take a serious turn for the bonkers, is a perfectly acceptable, if somewhat, cliché-ridden hour of television, with some extremely welcome returns." Megan McCluskey of ''
Time Magazine
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'' praised the Lincoln's development and said: "The Walking Dead has a sprawling cast of characters, but the story at its core has always revolved around Rick's leadership of the group of survivors." Noetta Harjo of ''Geek Girl Authority'' praised the episode and wrote: "I was bawling like a baby. I enjoyed all of the callbacks to episode one. And seeing the return of Jon Bernthal, Scott Wilson and Sonequa Martin-Green was heartwarming."
Ratings
"What Comes After" received a total viewership of 5.41million with a 2.1 rating in adults aged 18–49. It was the highest-rated cable program of the night, and the episode marked an increase in viewership from the previous week.
References
External links
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