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In that way, Michonne will come to complement him.
She becomes his compass, allowing him to continue his eternal search without getting lost.
Luckily, when we meet Michonne, shes in roughly the same emotional boat.
Rick is a man whos always searching.
Michonne is a woman who needed to be found.
He needs to come to terms with his own grief before he can even hold his newborn child.
In retrospect, its a neat visual metaphor.
(The prison fences represent Ricks willingness to let people in!
The sword is … a cool sword!)
As such, Ricks son becomes the first member of the Grimes family to find the good in her.
InThe Walking Dead, thats a match made in heaven.
(At this point, Rick and Carl assumed Judith had died in the Governors assault.)
Carl even learns about Michonnes late son, a child she lost in the early days of the dystopia.
By the time they all set out on the road together, theyve become a warm family unit.
scenes in this new era, the best of which happened midway through season six.
Theyve gone from would-be power couple to, essentially, the parents of the new world.
Laughing turns to kissing, which turns to a fade-in on them lying naked in bed together.
On the one hand, its a good thing, as it keeps him from getting stale.
On the other, it means that someone else has to pull Rick out of his mental muck.
We now know that place: his own spinoff!
And if love can change a popular TV shows famous catchphrase, then what cant it accomplish?
