The Walking Dead: What Rick Grimes Took Away When He Left

The Walking Dead will end its much celebrated eleven season run on November 20 on AMC.

There’s no doubt that fans worldwide will mourn the show’s conclusion.

But true fans of the show know that the curtain fell on The Walking Dead after Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) committed one final act of heroism before he was choppered off at the end of Season 8.

Sure, the show carried on for three more seasons that included a five-year time jump after Rick’s departure, but what he took with him when he left the horror phenomenon was irreplaceable.

The void that was left by the group’s first and most natural leader proved to be too much for showrunner Angela Kang, who was dealt a bad hand by coming in on the heels of the losing the show’s most charismatic and compelling character.

And though she did an admirable job of cobbling together pieces from

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