The Walking Dead (TV Series)

What Lies Ahead (2011)

Andrew Lincoln: Rick Grimes

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• [first lines] 

  Rick Grimes : [Rick speaks into the walkie-talkie for in case Morgan can still hear him]  I guess I'm losing hope that you can hear me. But there's always that chance, isn't there? That slim chance. It's all about slim chances now. I tried to do everything right, keep people safe. I tried, Morgan. I tried. Our group's smaller now. We lost another, day before last. It was her choice. I won't say I blame her, but she lost faith. The CDC was a dead end. I met a man there, a scientist. He told me something. He told me... It doesn't matter. What matters is we're moving on. Atlanta's done. We're gonna try for Fort Benning. We're facing a long hard journey, maybe even harder than I can imagine. But it can't be harder than how our journey's been so far. Can it? 125 miles... That's what lies ahead. And I'm trying hard not to lose faith. I can't. If I do, the others... My family, my wife... My son. There's just a few of us now. So we've gotta stick together, fight for each other, be willing to lay down our lives for each other if it comes to that. It's the only chance we've got.

  Dale Horvath : [Dale from the distance to Rick]  Son, let's saddle up.

  Rick Grimes : [Rick finishes into the walkie-talkie]  Be careful out there, Morgan. I hope you and Duane are okay. Stay off the road. Keep moving. Keep your eyes open. I don't know, just... Just be safe. Maybe we'll see you in Fort Benning someday. Rick signing off.

• [Rick prays to the Jesus Christ statue while in the church] 

  Rick Grimes : I don't know if you're looking at me with what?

  Rick Grimes : [Rick looks at the Jesus statue]  Sadness? Scorn? Pity? Love?

  Rick Grimes : [Rick sighs]  Maybe it's just indifference. I guess you already know I'm not much of a believer. I guess I just chose to put my faith elsewhere. My family, mostly. My friends. My job. The thing is, we... I could use a little something to help keep us going. Some kind of... acknowledgment. Some indication I'm doing the right thing. You don't know how hard that is to know. Well, maybe you do. Hey look, I don't need all the answers. Just a little nudge. A sign. Any sign will do.

  Shane Walsh : [Rick walks out of the church]  Get what you needed?

  Rick Grimes : Guess I'll find out.

• [Carl and Sophia ask Rick if they can go see the Grand Canyon one day] 

  Carl Grimes : Can we go see it? The Grand Canyon? I'd like to.

  Sophia Peletier : I would, too. Can we go?

  Rick Grimes : [Rick looks to Sophia and Carol]  We'd never go without you and your mom. That's a promise.

• [Rick attempts to hide Sophia from the approaching Walkers] 

  Rick Grimes : Sophia, you have to do exactly as I say. Hide in there. Squeeze in tight. I'll draw them away from you.

  Sophia Peletier : No, no. Don't leave me!

  Rick Grimes : Listen, listen, listen, listen. They don't get winded. I do. I can only deal with them one at a time. I wouldn't be able to protect you. This is how we both survive. You understand?

• [Rick and Daryl continue to follow Sophia's tracks through the woods] 

  Rick Grimes : Tracks are gone.

  Daryl Dixon : No, they're faint, but they ain't gone. She came through here.

  Rick Grimes : How can you tell? I don't see anything. Dirt, grass.

  Daryl Dixon : You want a lesson in tracking or you want to find that girl and get our ass off that interstate?

• [Carol sees Rick and Daryl return without Sophia] 

  Carol Peletier : Is that blood?

  Rick Grimes : We took down a Walker.

  Carol Peletier : Walker? Oh my God.

  Rick Grimes : There was no sign it was ever anywhere near Sophia.

  Andrea : How can you know that?

  Daryl Dixon : We cut the son of a bitch open, made sure.

• [Rick tells Shane that he can't give up looking for Sophia] 

  Rick Grimes : I can't go back. Her being out here is my fault.

  Shane Walsh : That's great. Now they got you doubting yourself, huh?

  Rick Grimes : What about you? You doubt me?

  Shane Walsh : Hey, we can assign all kinds of blame.

  Rick Grimes : [Rick in a low voice]  This means something, finding her. Oh, man. It would be the miracle we need. We can't give up.

• [in a deleted scene, Rick tells the group that they can barricade themselves in the Vatos nursing home] 

  Rick Grimes : Upstairs is our best bet. We've cleared a few rooms, we could barricade those if we have to. We'll be all right.

  Carol Peletier : You mean it this time? Or are you lying to us like other times before.

  Lori Grimes : That's no fair and no help to us.

• [Carol questions Rick about leaving Sophia alone in the woods] 

  Carol Peletier : How could you just leave her out there to begin with? How could you just leave her?

  Rick Grimes : Those two Walkers were on us. I had to draw them off. It was her best chance.

  Shane Walsh : Sounds like he didn't have a choice, Carol.

  Carol Peletier : How was she supposed to find her way back on her own? She's just a child. She's just a child.

  Rick Grimes : [Rick gets to his knees]  It was my only option. The only choice I could make.

  Shane Walsh : I'm sure nobody doubts that.

  Carol Peletier : [Carol begins crying to herself]  My little girl got left in the woods.

• [Lori tells Rick that she was thinking about their trip to the Grand Canyon] 

  Lori Grimes : Just thinking about our trip to the Grand Canyon with Carl.

  Carl Grimes : [Rick smiles]  I don't remember that.

  Lori Grimes : No, you wouldn't. You were just a baby. Besides, we never made it past Fort Worth.

  Rick Grimes : No, you got sick. I never knew a baby could throw up so much.

  Carl Grimes : Ick.

  Lori Grimes : Yeah, ick.

• [Rick gets a Walker to follow him away from Sophia] 

  Rick Grimes : [Rick shouts out]  Come on! You ugly son of a bitch. Come on! Come on!

• [Rick and Daryl inspect a Walker's dead body while looking for Sophia] 

  Daryl Dixon : What are you looking for?

  Rick Grimes : Skin under the fingernails. It fed recently. There's flesh caught in its teeth.

  Daryl Dixon : Yeah, what kind of flesh?

  Rick Grimes : Only one way to know for sure.

  Daryl Dixon : [Daryl stops Rick from gutting the Walker open]  Here, I'll do it. How many kills you skin and gut in your life? Anyway, mine is sharper.

• [last lines] 

  Rick Grimes : [Rick, Shane and Carl see a deer stare back at them in the woods, when Rick whispers to Shane]  Shane.

  Rick Grimes : [Rick and Shane then begin to watch Carl walk up to the deer in silence, when a branch snaps in the distance and a gunshot is fired at Carl, Carl falls to his back]  Oh, no. No.

  Rick Grimes : [Rick runs to Carl yelling out]  No, no, no, no!