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->''[[FamousLastWords "I love you, Dad."]]''

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->''[[FamousLastWords "I ->''"I love you, Dad."]]''"''
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Special mention goes out to the unfortunate Savior who grapples with Morgan in the Kingdom theater; as he's taken a nasty shot in the side, Morgan reaches into his wound and ''rips out his intestines''. [[Recap/TheWalkingDeadS08E08HeartsStillBeating Spencer got off easy!]]

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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Special mention goes out to the unfortunate Savior who grapples with Morgan in the Kingdom theater; as he's taken a nasty shot in the side, Morgan reaches into his wound and ''rips out his intestines''. [[Recap/TheWalkingDeadS08E08HeartsStillBeating [[Recap/TheWalkingDeadS07E08HeartsStillBeating Spencer got off easy!]]
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** In Season 4’s “Claimed”, Rick told Michonne he couldn’t be both Carl’s father and best friend, and she would need to be the latter for him. Carl’s last words to Michonne are calling her his best friend, but as Michonne’s “you’re mine” clearly attests, he is just as much her son as his best friend.

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* BittersweetEnding: Dwight and Siddiq are now recruited with Alexandria and Gavin and his group are wiped out by Morgan, Carol and Henry, and Ezekiel has been rescued. However, with Alexandria bombed and now rendered destroyed, the survivors are forced to move to Hilltop and Carl who is dying kills himself leaving Rick and Michonne utterly distraught.



* BittersweetEnding: Dwight and Siddiq are now recruited with Alexandria and Gavin and his group are wiped out by Morgan, Carol and Henry, and Ezekiel has been rescued. However, with Alexandria bombed and now rendered destroyed, the survivors are forced to move to Hilltop and Carl who is dying kills himself leaving Rick and Michonne utterly distraught.
* DirtyCoward: When Gavin goes on a tirade blaming Ezekiel's defiance for the violence and insisting on NeverMyFault. Ezekiel chews out Gavin for going along with the violence to save his own ass instead of opposing it.



* DirtyCoward: When Gavin goes on a tirade blaming Ezekiel's defiance for the violence and insisting on NeverMyFault. Ezekiel chews out Gavin for going along with the violence to save his own ass instead of opposing it.



* MyGreatestFailure: Rick clearly regards Carl's death as this, lamenting that a father's job is to protect his child.



* MyGreatestFailure: Rick clearly regards Carl's death as this, lamenting that a father's job is to protect his child.



* WhamShot:
** The final vision Carl appears to have showed Judith cheerfully greeting a reformed ''Negan'', who is working some of Alexandria's crops. This is then followed by the final shot of the episode: Rick, sitting on the ground against a tree, bleeding on his side.

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* WhamShot:
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WhamShot: The final vision Carl appears to have showed Judith cheerfully greeting a reformed ''Negan'', who is working some of Alexandria's crops. This is then followed by the final shot of the episode: Rick, sitting on the ground against a tree, bleeding on his side.

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->''"You put away your gun. You did it so I could change, so I could be who I am now. What you did then... how you... how you stopped fighting... it was right. It still is. It can be like that again. '''You''' can still be like that again."''
-->-- '''Carl Grimes'''

Rick and Michonne deal with the unimaginable.

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->''"You put away your gun. You did it so I could change, so I could be who I am now. What you did then... how you... how you stopped fighting... it was right. It still is. It can be like that again. '''You''' can still be like that again."''
-->-- '''Carl Grimes'''

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->'''Rick and Michonne deal with the unimaginable.'''



* BookEnds: "[[TheWalkingDeadS02E04CherokeeRose Cherokee Rose]]", had a conversation between Rick and Carl, where the former gave the latter his sheriff hat, as he was a part of the group now. It ends with Carl saying "I love you, dad", with Rick saying that he loves Carl too. This episode involves Carl giving this hat away to Judith while he is a death's door, and his final conversation with Rick ends with the same lines mentioned above.
* BittersweetEnding: Dwight and Siddiq are now recruited with Alexandria and Gavin and his group are wiped out by Morgan, Carol and Henry with Ezekiel being rescued. However, with Alexandria bombed and now rendered destroyed, the survivors are forced to move to Hilltop and Carl who is dying kills himself leaving Rick and Michonne utterly distraught.

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* BookEnds: "[[TheWalkingDeadS02E04CherokeeRose "[[Recap/TheWalkingDeadS02E04CherokeeRose Cherokee Rose]]", had a conversation between Rick and Carl, where the former gave the latter his sheriff hat, as he was a part of the group now. It ends with Carl saying "I love you, dad", with Rick saying that he loves Carl too. This episode involves Carl giving this hat away to Judith while he is a death's door, and his final conversation with Rick ends with the same lines mentioned above.
* BittersweetEnding: Dwight and Siddiq are now recruited with Alexandria and Gavin and his group are wiped out by Morgan, Carol and Henry with Henry, and Ezekiel being has been rescued. However, with Alexandria bombed and now rendered destroyed, the survivors are forced to move to Hilltop and Carl who is dying kills himself leaving Rick and Michonne utterly distraught.



* CallBack: The mysterious flash-forwards seen in the season premiere are explained: they are Carl's wishes for a peaceful future.



* ContinuityNod:

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* ContinuityNod:ContinuityNod: Quite a few, as Carl reflects on his journey



* DwindlingParty: With Carl's death, the original Atlanta survivors are down to three: Rick, Carol, and Daryl.

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* DwindlingParty: With Carl's death, the original Atlanta camp survivors are down to three: Rick, Carol, and Daryl.



* OnceMoreWithClarity: The mysterious flash-forwards seen in the season premiere are explained: they are Carl's wishes for a peaceful future.



* PassingTheTorch: Siddiq, as someone who Carl gave his life to save, vows to carry on his legacy by helping Carl's family and friends.

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* PassingTheTorch: Siddiq, as someone who Carl gave his life to save, vows to carry on his legacy by helping Carl's family and friends. Carl also passes down Rick's sheriff hat to his baby sister.



* ThisCannotBe: Rick and Michonne are in complete shock after learning Carl has been bit, to the point that Carl has to explicitly state what has happened to Rick a few times to help it sink in.
* TranquilFury: When Siddiq first offers aid to the dying Carl, Rick is visibly fuming with rage, clearly ready to blame him for the impending death of his son.



* WhamShot: The final vision Carl appears to have showed Judith cheerfully greeting a reformed ''Negan'', who is working some of Alexandria's crops.
** And the final shot of the episode: Rick, sitting on the ground against a tree, bleeding on his side.

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* WhamShot: WhamShot:
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The final vision Carl appears to have showed Judith cheerfully greeting a reformed ''Negan'', who is working some of Alexandria's crops.
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crops. This is then followed by the final shot of the episode: Rick, sitting on the ground against a tree, bleeding on his side.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Special mention goes out to the unfortunate Savior who grapples with Morgan in the Kingdom theater; as he's taken a nasty shot in the side, Morgan reaches into his wound and ''rips out his intestines''. [[Recap/TheWalkingDeadS07E08HeartsStillBeating Spencer got off easy!]]

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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Special mention goes out to the unfortunate Savior who grapples with Morgan in the Kingdom theater; as he's taken a nasty shot in the side, Morgan reaches into his wound and ''rips out his intestines''. [[Recap/TheWalkingDeadS07E08HeartsStillBeating [[Recap/TheWalkingDeadS08E08HeartsStillBeating Spencer got off easy!]]
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* BookEnds: "[[TheWalkingDeadS02E04Cherokee Rose Cherokee Rose]]", had a conversation between Rick and Carl, where the former gave the latter his sheriff hat, as he was a part of the group now. It ends with Carl saying "I love you, dad", with Rick saying that he loves Carl too. This episode involves Carl giving this hat away to Judith while he is a death's door, and his final conversation with Rick ends with the same lines mentioned above.

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* BookEnds: "[[TheWalkingDeadS02E04Cherokee Rose "[[TheWalkingDeadS02E04CherokeeRose Cherokee Rose]]", had a conversation between Rick and Carl, where the former gave the latter his sheriff hat, as he was a part of the group now. It ends with Carl saying "I love you, dad", with Rick saying that he loves Carl too. This episode involves Carl giving this hat away to Judith while he is a death's door, and his final conversation with Rick ends with the same lines mentioned above.



* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Special mention goes out to the unfortunate Savior who grapples with Morgan in the Kingdom theater; as he's taken a nasty shot in the side, Morgan reaches into his wound and ''rips out his intestines''. Spencer got off easy!

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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Special mention goes out to the unfortunate Savior who grapples with Morgan in the Kingdom theater; as he's taken a nasty shot in the side, Morgan reaches into his wound and ''rips out his intestines''. [[Recap/TheWalkingDeadS07E08HeartsStillBeating Spencer got off easy!easy!]]
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* BookEnds: "[[TheWalkingDeadS02E04Cherokee Rose Cherokee Rose]]", had a conversation between Rick and Carl, where the former gave the latter his sheriff hat, as he was a part of the group now. It ends with Carl saying "I love you, dad", with Rick saying that he loves Carl too. This episode involves Carl giving this hat away to Judith while he is a death's door, and his final conversation with Rick ends with the same lines mentioned above.

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-->'''Rick and Michonne deal with the unimaginable.'''




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->''"You put away your gun. You did it so I could change, so I could be who I am now. What you did then... how you... how you stopped fighting... it was right. It still is. It can be like that again. '''You''' can still be like that again."''
-->-- '''Carl Grimes'''

Rick and Michonne deal with the unimaginable.



** And the final shot of the episode: Rick, sitting on the ground against a tree, bleeding on his side.

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** And the final shot of the episode: Rick, sitting on the ground against a tree, bleeding on his side.side.
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->''[[FamousLastWords "I love you, Dad."]]''

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* CallBack:
** The mysterious flash-forwards seen in the season premiere are explained: they are Carl's wishes for a peaceful future

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* CallBack:
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CallBack: The mysterious flash-forwards seen in the season premiere are explained: they are Carl's wishes for a peaceful futurefuture.



** When Carl reaches for his gun to end his life before be becomes a walker, Michonne tearfully tries to stop him, stating that "it should be me". It reminds viewers of a conversation between Carl and Michonne in "The Next World", where Carl confesses to her that he would put her down if she turned, and Michonne replied that she would do the same for him.



** And the final shot of the episode: Rick bloodied sitting on the ground against a tree with what appears to be a hemorraghe on the side.

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** And the final shot of the episode: Rick bloodied Rick, sitting on the ground against a tree with what appears to be a hemorraghe tree, bleeding on the his side.
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* BittersweetEnding: Dwight and Siddiq are now recruited with Alexandria and Gavin's group is wiped out by Morgan, Carol and Henry with Ezekiel being rescued. However, with Alexandria bombed and now rendered destroyed the survivors are forced to move to Hilltop and Carl who is dying kills himself leaving Rick and Michonne utterly distraught.

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* BittersweetEnding: Dwight and Siddiq are now recruited with Alexandria and Gavin's Gavin and his group is are wiped out by Morgan, Carol and Henry with Ezekiel being rescued. However, with Alexandria bombed and now rendered destroyed destroyed, the survivors are forced to move to Hilltop and Carl who is dying kills himself leaving Rick and Michonne utterly distraught.
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** And the final shot of the episode: Rick with blood on his right hand sitting on the floor with what appears to be a hemorraghe on the side.

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** And the final shot of the episode: Rick with blood on his right hand bloodied sitting on the floor ground against a tree with what appears to be a hemorraghe on the side.
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* BittersweetEnding: Dwight and Siddiq are now recruited with Alexandria and Gavin's group is wiped out by Morgan, Carol and Henry with Ezekiel rescued. However, with Alexandria bombed and now rendered destroyed the survivors are forced to move to Hilltop and Carl dies leaving Rick and Michonne utterly distraught.

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* BittersweetEnding: Dwight and Siddiq are now recruited with Alexandria and Gavin's group is wiped out by Morgan, Carol and Henry with Ezekiel being rescued. However, with Alexandria bombed and now rendered destroyed the survivors are forced to move to Hilltop and Carl dies who is dying kills himself leaving Rick and Michonne utterly distraught.
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*DirtyCoward: When Gavin goes on a tirade blaming Ezekiel's defiance for the violence and insisting on NeverMyFault. Ezekiel chews out Gavin for going along with the violence to save his own ass instead of opposing it.

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* BittersweetEnding: Dwight and Siddiq are now recruited with Alexandria and Gavin's group is wiped out by Morgan, Carol and Henry with Ezekiel rescued. However, with Alexandria bombed and now rendered destroyed the survivors are forced to move to Hilltop and Carl dies leaving Rick and Michonne utterly distraught.



* WhamShot: The final vision Carl appears to have shows Judith cheerfully greeting ''Negan'', who is working some of Alexandria's crops.
** And the final shot of the episode: Rick sitting on the floor with what appears to be a hemorraghe on the side.

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* WhamShot: The final vision Carl appears to have shows showed Judith cheerfully greeting a reformed ''Negan'', who is working some of Alexandria's crops.
** And the final shot of the episode: Rick with blood on his right hand sitting on the floor with what appears to be a hemorraghe on the side.
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* DwindlingParty: With Carl's death, the original Atlanta survivors are down to three: Rick, Carol, and Daryl.
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* NotMeThisTime: Spoken of the Saviors by Carl: he makes sure that Rick knows that his bite wasn't the fault of Negan or his cronies, but just a freak accident independent of them.


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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Rick watches his only son dying in his arms. Michonne, despite not being his biological mother, is just as distraught about her adopted son's impending death.
* PassingTheTorch: Siddiq, as someone who Carl gave his life to save, vows to carry on his legacy by helping Carl's family and friends.


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* SoProudOfYou: Rick and Michonne essentially tell Carl this.

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** The mysterious flash-forwards seen in the season premiere are explained.
* CharacterDeath: Carl dies of his walker bite. Additionally, Gavin is killed by Henry.

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** The mysterious flash-forwards seen in the season premiere are explained.
explained: they are Carl's wishes for a peaceful future
* CharacterDeath: Carl dies Carl, dying of his walker bite.bite, shoots himself to spare Rick and Michone from having to put him down. Additionally, Gavin is killed by Henry.



** Carl recounts the events of Season 3's "Welcome to the Tombs": namely the incident in which he shot the surrendering Woodbury soldier, and afterwards when Rick took in the survivors of Woodbury.

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** Carl recounts the events of Season 3's "Welcome to the Tombs": namely the incident in which he shot the surrendering Woodbury teen soldier, and afterwards when Rick took in the survivors of Woodbury.



*IHaveYourWife: After realizing some of his men have been killed, Gavin and the rest take refuge in the Kingdom's theater, using Ezekiel as a hostage.



*OhCrap: Gavin has this look when he sees Morgan rip out the intestines of one of his men.



* WhamEpisode: Carl has died of his walker bite, leaving his parents devastated. Alexandria, now accompanied by Dwight and Siddiq (who's revealed to be a doctor), is migrating to Hilltop in the wake of the town's bombing. Additionally, Gavin and his forces are wiped out by Henry, Morgan, and Carol, and Ezekiel has been rescued.
* WhamShot: The final vision Carl appears to have shows Judith cheerfully greeting ''Negan'', who is working some of Alexandria's crops.

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* WhamEpisode: Carl has died of his kills himself after as he agonizes due to the walker bite, leaving his parents devastated. Alexandria, now accompanied by Dwight and Siddiq (who's revealed to be a doctor), is migrating to Hilltop in the wake of the town's bombing. Additionally, Gavin and his forces are wiped out by Henry, Morgan, and Carol, and Ezekiel has been rescued.
* WhamShot: The final vision Carl appears to have shows Judith cheerfully greeting ''Negan'', who is working some of Alexandria's crops.crops.
**And the final shot of the episode: Rick sitting on the floor with what appears to be a hemorraghe on the side.

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* ItsAllMyFault: Siddiq feels this way about Carl's death, and tries his best to do what he can as a doctor to help his savior in his last hours by providing painkillers to Rick and Michonne.



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-->'''Rick and Michonne confront the unimaginable.'''

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-->'''Rick and Michonne confront deal with the unimaginable.'''

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-->'''Rick and Michonne confront the inevitable.'''

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-->'''Rick and Michonne confront the inevitable.unimaginable.'''



** Carol evacuates the Kingdom residents to her cottage she resided in during Season 7.
** Carl takes a look at his walker bite in the mirror in a similar manner that Rick looked at his own wounds in Season 4's "After".



* WhamEpisode: Carl has died of his walker bite, leaving his parents devastated.

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* WhamEpisode: Carl has died of his walker bite, leaving his parents devastated. Alexandria, now accompanied by Dwight and Siddiq (who's revealed to be a doctor), is migrating to Hilltop in the wake of the town's bombing. Additionally, Gavin and his forces are wiped out by Henry, Morgan, and Carol, and Ezekiel has been rescued.
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-->'''Rick and Michonne confront the inevitable.'''

!Season 8, Episode 9

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* CallBack:
** The mysterious flash-forwards seen in the season premiere are explained.
* CharacterDeath: Carl dies of his walker bite. Additionally, Gavin is killed by Henry.
* ContinuityNod:
** Carl takes a picture of himself and Judith. In Season 3's "Clear", Carl searched for a picture of himself, Rick, and Lori, desiring to find a picture of Lori so Judith could know what she looked like.
** Carl remembers his mother's last words to him about beating the world in Season 3's "Killer Within".
** Carl recounts the events of Season 3's "Welcome to the Tombs": namely the incident in which he shot the surrendering Woodbury soldier, and afterwards when Rick took in the survivors of Woodbury.
** Carl then recalls how Rick gave up combat in an effort to salvage his family's humanity in early Season 4.
** Gavin taunts Morgan over the death of Benjamin, which he inadvertently ordered in Season 7's "Bury Me Here".
** Carl's death is similar to Andrea's - his loved ones wait outside while he pulls the trigger to shoot himself in the head.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Special mention goes out to the unfortunate Savior who grapples with Morgan in the Kingdom theater; as he's taken a nasty shot in the side, Morgan reaches into his wound and ''rips out his intestines''. Spencer got off easy!
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Morgan slaughters several Saviors this way, and Henry kills Gavin by stabbing him through the back of his neck.
* MyGreatestFailure: Rick clearly regards Carl's death as this, lamenting that a father's job is to protect his child.
* WhamEpisode: Carl has died of his walker bite, leaving his parents devastated.
* WhamShot: The final vision Carl appears to have shows Judith cheerfully greeting ''Negan'', who is working some of Alexandria's crops.

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