And things are about to get even heavier when the show returns on Feb. 25.
Im not going to lie to you, that was sad, says Andrew Lincoln.
It was unusual in that regard.
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Usually, things happen and people are ripped from you in this world that we inhabit.
I thought Chandler did a remarkable job, as he always has done, but particularly in this episode.
Its a very sad farewell, he says of the midseason premiere.
And a farewell that I never thought would happen.
Neither did most of the rest of the cast, I would imagine.
He is the linchpin, says Lincoln of Carls pleas to his father to rethink his post-apocalyptic approach.
It goes back to the flash-forward where my mercy prevails over my wrath.
There is a balancing of the scales in Ricks life that happens in the back eight episodes.
A lot of it is because of what is said in episode 9, by his son.
Now we just have to wait until Feb. 25 to find out what those final words actually are.
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