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Darryl and Rick have been together since season 1.  Darryl is Rick's right-hand man and the two share a brotherly bond.

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Season 9 Episode 5 is Rick Grimes last episode. In the last moments of the show we meet a young girl. She is wearing Carl's hat, carrying a Katana sword and a revolver. She introduces herself as Judith Grimes. The show has taken a time jump but Rick's family legacy goes on.

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Rick found love again with Michonne and she helped him raise his daughterJudith

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Throughout the series The Walking Dead has explored the theme of Family and community and how it has gotten the survivors through the tough times. Throughout Season 9 Episode 5 Rick searches for his family.  In this scene he realizes that his family is his community.

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The Walking Dead is based on the Graphic Novel by Robert Kirkman.  At first look, it is a show whose purpose is to scare the viewer.  Viewers who are interested in seeing zombies attack humans, and the gruesome results of those interactions are not disappointed.  However, The Walking Dead is also a show about humanity and how people respond to these unimaginable situations. It follows a core group of survivors led by the lead character Rick Grimes. Throughout the series, this core group of characters faces danger, tragedy, and uncertainty which forces them to make difficult decisions.   At its core, the show is about community and family under the most difficult circumstances.

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The IMBD Walking Dead television page identifies The Walking Dead as being a part of the horror, thriller, and drama genres. I would argue that The Walking Dead is a Hybrid drama.  While the show is not a traditional family-style drama, it does have some of the qualities associated with it.  The survivors who join together form a family and deal with family conflicts, all while trying to survive the zombie apocalypse. Teenagers (below) who come of age in this apocalypse face many of the issues they might have faced before.   Including going against authority and peer pressure. Here the character of Henry is encouraged to go outside the community walls. He will later have to deal with the anger of his adoptive mother, Carol.

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In this scene, Rick meets with Herschel. Herschel was killed in Season 4. Rick is tired and the place where Herschel is is beautiful and peaceful. He says "I need to find my family." "I have to keep them together." Herschel says "No you don't. You only think you do." Rick is searching for his family "Maybe I can find them here." Herschel tells home "No it is time to wake up."

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The Walking Dead | Season 9 Episode 5 | Hershel Returns Scene

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Carol has been with Rick since Season 1 and Maggie since Season 2.  In this picture, they realize that Rick is planning to sacrifice himself to save the community of Hilltop.  They rush to try and save him.

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Throughout Season 9 Episode 5 Rick is looking for his family.  Viewers believe that he is looking for Lori his wife and Carl his son, who both died. Throughout the episode, he meets with several characters who died and they discuss family in some way. The characters of Shane, Herschel, and Sasha lead Rick to the truth that the community they have created is his family.

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Rick fits the Hero archetype. Heroes on TV often have supernatural powers.  Rick appears to be an ordinary man in a supernatural world, but his ability to survive situations that would kill the average man gives him supernatural qualities. Rick manages to get out of this situation where he has fallen on a metal spike.

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Rick's Journey has always been about Family

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Rick's Journey has always been about Family

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From Season 1 of the Walking Dead Rick's Hero Journey has been about family.  When he wakes from his Coma he begins that Journey and in Season 9 Episode 5 he finds his family in the community of survivors he has created.  He then sacrifices himself for his family by blowing up the bridge full of Zombies. That family continues with the remaining survivors and Rick's children Judith and RJ.

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The Walking Dead | Season 9 Episode 5 | Rick's Last Scene |