Walking Dead Finale: Details About the Unused Alternate Ending - Gizmodo

Did you hear? The Walking Dead, 1 of our generation’s defining tv shows, ended this past weekend. Besides wrapping up arsenic galore halfway stories arsenic it could, the large uncover was thing our ain Rob Bricken described as “all that anyone inactive watching the amusement wanted to see.” However, the ending you saw was not ever a certainty. As a result, an alternate, much comic book-inspired ending was filmed, earlier being chopped successful favour of what aired this past weekend.

So, arsenic you astir apt cognize oregon don’t attraction astir being spoiled if you’re inactive reading, The Walking Dead’s large ending was the instrumentality of some Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira). Not together, but, successful very mysterious idiosyncratic circumstances which volition beryllium explained successful the Rick and Michonne TV show. However, determination was nary warrant AMC could get those 2 actors back— so, arsenic a cover, the filmmakers changeable a antithetic ending that didn’t marque consciousness with the crowd-pleasing Rick and Michonne ending (which was seemingly changeable a fewer months ago).

What was that ending? Well, according to Insider, it would person jumped guardant respective years and picked up with Judith and Rick Jr. arsenic adults, successful the aforesaid spot extracurricular Atlanta wherever we archetypal saw papa Rick successful the pilot. Here’s the breakdown.

After Daryl rode off, we chopped guardant to the Freedom Parkway, extracurricular Atlanta — wherever the iconic changeable of Rick rode down from the pilot. See an ethanol-modified van, with a young pistillate and antheral successful the beforehand seats (in their twenties). And done the scene, we travel to recognize it’s big RJ and Judith. Other big versions of the kids are successful the backmost — Coco, Gracie, etc. They’re retired there, looking to escort immoderate survivors backmost to their communities. Continuing the bequest of their parents. As RJ speaks implicit the radio, helium finishes with: “If you tin perceive me, reply back. This is Rick Grimes.” (Which, of course, is his sanction — and the enactment Rick said successful the pilot.) Then we extremity with the dependable of a subsister answering back: “...Hello?”

That ending was much successful enactment with however Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman chose to extremity his comic publication bid successful summation to being a reflector connected the archetypal episode. But, erstwhile Lincoln and Gurira came back, the grown-up kids ending didn’t rather acceptable and was cut. Plus, seeing caller actors successful those roles was thought to make a disconnect.

Do you deliberation that was the close choice? Was it much important to amusement the fan-favorite characters oregon to person a much cohesive, affectional beat? Let america cognize what you deliberation below.

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