Call me crazy but I saw the whole helicopter scene as a metaphor for death. I think Rick's dead. It's left for interpretation, which is why they aren't showing him again in the show (but in movies and spinoff cash-grabs instead). I know a lot of people are saying he survived, but I refuse to believe this show has gone and done another stupid 'glenn under the dumpster' trick. This entire episode plays with fantasy and reality...and it makes the storytelling very ambiguous. Even in scenes such as Rick arriving at the raided camp, it was difficult to believe it (although I do think that actually happened given the warning Michonne and Maggie get at Alexandria). We see Rick have visions of helicopters in the opening scene of the episode. The ending is him being driven away from the world and towards his family, because like Rick says before he blows himself up, he has found them.
Also, there is an amazing scene between Maggie and Negan. Maggie spares his life because of how damaged he already is. He wants to die, and the cold-blooded Maggie lets him live. Harsh, but he did kill Glenn, so. I do think he was partly playing Maggie, although he definitely wasn't acting. In the episode before, we saw him tear up AFTER Michonne had left his sight and then he whacks his head on the wall repeatedly. He's clearly self-destructive in this point in time...but I do think Negan has an escape plan up his sleeve and that was partly done to save himself.
I certainly need to see this really artistic episode again because I am very mixed with this episode, which explains the lack of a rating. I really enjoyed the hallucinations of old beloved characters, especially Shane's scene in the car ...but I'll just continue riding in my space junk for the time being.
Review by DeletedBlockedParent2018-11-05T16:38:47Z
"WAKE UP!"
Call me crazy but I saw the whole helicopter scene as a metaphor for death. I think Rick's dead. It's left for interpretation, which is why they aren't showing him again in the show (but in movies and spinoff cash-grabs instead). I know a lot of people are saying he survived, but I refuse to believe this show has gone and done another stupid 'glenn under the dumpster' trick. This entire episode plays with fantasy and reality...and it makes the storytelling very ambiguous. Even in scenes such as Rick arriving at the raided camp, it was difficult to believe it (although I do think that actually happened given the warning Michonne and Maggie get at Alexandria).
We see Rick have visions of helicopters in the opening scene of the episode. The ending is him being driven away from the world and towards his family, because like Rick says before he blows himself up, he has found them.
Also, there is an amazing scene between Maggie and Negan. Maggie spares his life because of how damaged he already is. He wants to die, and the cold-blooded Maggie lets him live. Harsh, but he did kill Glenn, so.
I do think he was partly playing Maggie, although he definitely wasn't acting. In the episode before, we saw him tear up AFTER Michonne had left his sight and then he whacks his head on the wall repeatedly. He's clearly self-destructive in this point in time...but I do think Negan has an escape plan up his sleeve and that was partly done to save himself.
I certainly need to see this really artistic episode again because I am very mixed with this episode, which explains the lack of a rating.
I really enjoyed the hallucinations of old beloved characters, especially Shane's scene in the car ...but I'll just continue riding in my space junk for the time being.
Don't wake up, asshole.