The 7-Year Journey : The Walking Dead as Epic Myth

Glenn, 

The Forerunner :

Whoa! Not Dead! 

Come on! Come on! 

Back here! Come on! Come on! 

Nice moves there, Clint Eastwood. 

You The New Sheriff 

come riding in to clean up The  Town? 

Sheriff Rick Grimes :

Not My Intention.

Glenn, The Forerunner :

Yeah, whatever. 

Yeehaw. 

You're still a dumbass.

Glenn. 

You're Welcome. 

Sheriff Rick Grimes :

Rick. 

Thanks.

Oh no. 

The bright side: 

It'll be The Fall that kills us. 

I'm a Glass-Half-Full kind of guy. 

Abraham, 

The Father of Nations :

You know what's gonna happen, 

how This is gonna end. 

We're gonna walk out that door together. 

We Kick Shit 

and 

Eat Snakes.

That's Us.

Sasha, 

Spirit of Vengeance :

We can sit this one out. 

They need us here, anyway. 

Rick said to get ready for a fight. 

Abraham, 

The Father of Nations :

How'd I die? 

[Sighs] 

Sasha, 

Spirit of Vengance :

We were at The Beach. 

It was Before. 

Mm. You got pulled under... 

and you didn't come back up. 

I was trying to find you, but you were gone. 

And then, 

I started to drown. 

Abraham, 

The Father of Nations :

I hate The Beach. 

[Sighs] 

End of The Day in a wet suit? 

It's like you're sandblasting your nutsack every single step you take back to the car. 

[Laughs] 

[Chuckles] 

Luckily, The Seaside ain't on the agenda today. 

Just security and some road to chew. 

All right? 

So, come on.

Let's Go Help Maggie. 

Sasha, 

Spirit of Vengance :

Abraham. 

Abraham, 

The Father of Nations :

What?

Sasha,

Spirit of Vengance :

They can use us here. 

[Sighs] 

Just once, we sit one out. 

Someone Else... 

Abraham, 

The Father of Nations :

It should be Us. 

Sasha, Spirit of Vengance :

Maggie's Gotta Take Care of Maggie.

It felt Real. 

It felt Real. 

Like we lost This.

[Sighs] 

And This just started.

[Sighs, sniffles] 

Abraham, 

The Father of Nations :

C'mon. 

Sasha, 

Spirit of Vengance :

Wait.

[Sighs] 

Abraham, 

The Father of Nations :

I like the way you call bullshit.

So let me return The Favour. 

The Next Thing you're gonna tell me is that you'll go and that I can stay. 

Because I know you didn't like hearing yourself just say that, 

"Maggie's Gotta Take Care of Maggie." 

I know those words are gonna choke in your ears a good, long while and you're gonna wanna make up for even thinking that. 

Am I right? 

Sasha, 

Spirit of Female Vengeance :

Yeah. 

Abraham, 

The Father of Nations :

We lay our Big Meaties across the chopping block ahead of 

Someone Else's. 

It's always for

Someone Else. 

Both of us know, if we're gonna kick, there sure as Hell better be a point to it. 

So maybe we feel there was a-a point to all of this. 

Alpha to Omega.

Whether it's on 

The Battlefield 

or 

The Beach 

or 

Somewhere Out There Today. 

Maggie -- 

She's carrying The Future. 

Sasha, Spirit of Vengance :

You're Right. 

[Sniffles] 

I knew how This was gonna end. 

Abraham, 

The Father of Nations :

C'mon. 

Layin' your ass on the line for Someone Else, 

tearin' it to shreds for 'em -- 

You said it before. 

Oh, my, That is Living. 

[Chuckles] 

Sasha, 

Spirit of Vengance :

You're an idiot. 

Abraham, 

The Father of Nations :

I never said otherwise.

Rick: 

Do you think Sasha did that herself? 

Maggie, 

Mother of The Widow's Son: 

I don't know how, 

but I know she did. 

She gave us a chance. 

Rick :

You did. 

You made The Right Decision to come. 

Maggie :

The Decision was made a long time ago, before any of us knew each other, when we were all strangers who would have just passed each other on the street before The World ended. 

And now we mean everything to each other. 

You were in Trouble. 

You were Trapped. 

Glenn didn't know you, but he helped you. 

He put himself in Danger for you.

And that started it all -- 

From Atlanta, 

to My Daddy's Farm, 

to The Prison, to Here... 

To This Moment Now... 

Not as strangers -- 

as Family... 

Because Glenn chose to be There for you 

That Day a Long Time Ago. 

That was The Decision that changed everything. 

It started with both of you, and it just grew... 

To all of Us... 

To Sacrifice for Each Other... 

To Suffer and Stand, 

To Grieve, to Give, 

to Love, to Live... 

To Fight for Each Other. 

Glenn made The Decision, Rick. 

I was just following his lead.

Rick: 

Back at the tank, why'd you stick your neck out for me? 

Glenn, 

The Forerunner : 

Call it foolish, naive hope that if I'm ever that far up Shit Creek, somebody might do the same for me. 

Guess I'm an even bigger dumbass than you.