The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
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She started a relationship with the Episcopalian priest in season nine.
(This was wild even then because Jadis held Gabriel hostage back in season seven.
Im in no position to give postapocalyptic dating advice, but kidnapping seems like an obvious red flag.)
However, she was already working undercover for the CRM.
Jadis needed to deliver them a dead A to fulfill her end of the bargain.
When Gabriel realized that she was up to something, Jadis proposed that they run away together.
He turned her down, choosing Rick over her.
If you want to go far, go together.
I need to go fast.
As we know, Jadis traded Rick for entry into the CRM instead.
Clearly, since she chose his last name as an alias, Gabriel has been on her mind.
Theyve had a standing picnic date in the Virginia woods for the last three years.
She never revealed details about the CRMs location, purpose, or name.
She never told him that Rick was alive.
It sucks to learn that he was keeping secrets from both women.
But he continually showed up because Jadis needed someone to talk to about her evil deeds.
She needed confession, if you will.
These flashbacks also make an interesting point aboutThe Ones Who Lives dynamic duo.
Gabriel reveals that Rick had asked him to marry them on the bridge.
Gabriel even found a ring he wanted Rick to have to give to Michonne before they were separated.
They make it to Wyoming and discover a stash of instant ramen branded Tasteful Noods in a van.
(Even the food is horny on this show!)
You found your moment, Michonne remembers when he hands her the tube of baking soda and spearmint.
They find keys to a cabin in the gift shop and set out on foot.
On the journey, they encounter three hikers who (unsuccessfully) make a run at rob them.
Rick and Michonne are practically buzzing during the encounter, I should say.
They make it to the cabin and proceed to get cozy.
But not too cozy!
Holding two guns on them, Jadis forces Rick and Michonne to zip-tie themselves to a twin bed.
The second Jadis goes to fire her guns, Rick and Michonne break free from their bonds and counter-attack.
There, she runs into the trio of hikers from the day before.
Jadis is now badly injured and weighed down by her uniform.
She convinces the hikers to help set a trap with her in exchange for a place at the CRM.
Rick and Michonne get into a game of cat and mouse with Jadis, who resumes her villain monologue.
Shechastises Rick for losing faith in the CRMs mission.
Faith that, mind you, he never really had.
He wasthis closeto the Echelon Briefing, she says.
Can we just do that?
Jadis agrees, then pulls a hidden gun on Rick.
Nice try, Miss Thing, because here come the three zombified hikers!
One of them takes a good chomp out of Jadis, and its game over.
As Jadis slowly succumbs to her injuries, she rambles about the people shes lost.
Shades of Anne finally start to show.
Destroy it and go home, she says.
Thats the end of Jadis, one of the trickier antagonists inThe Walking DeadUniverse.
She lived many lives and died wishing she had remained in her first life as an artist.
Rick puts a bullet in her head so she doesnt turn.
Is this a fitting end for the character?
Im mostly just relieved that shes gone before trying to reinvent herself a fourth time.
Im not thrilled about Michonne going back on her convictions to go home to their kids.
However, with Jadis dead, they have no choice but to destroy that dossier.
Might as well try and be big damn heroes while theyre at it.
Its a broken world, he says.
Youre the only thing that puts it back together.
Until my last breath, I am yours.
Hats off to Andrew Lincoln for that performance detail.
Another lovely detail is that after he gets down on one knee, Michonne joins him.
Hes not wrong; Michonne and Carl did bond first onThe Walking Dead.
But shes an adult woman.
You do not need to frame it like that, my guy!
That wont awaken anything in the fandom at all.
One big takeaway from this series is that the CRM should invest in a therapist.
What a strange character she was.
Ill leave you with a hopeful theory.
Maybe were in for another homage to the source material in the finale.
