7 Reasons Why Rick Shouldn't Survive The Walking Dead Season 5

4. He Has Almost Nothing Left To Live For

The Rick Grimes of the end of season four is a different man to the Rick Grimes that kicked off the show waking from a coma in an abandoned hospital. That Rick had a wife, a son, a best friend, and later a newborn daughter. He had a background as a principled lawman, a core set of values and a moral code. Fast-forward four seasons, and Rick has lost his wife and killed his best friend. His baby girl is, as far as he knows, lost to survivor-on-survivor violence, as is the home he was trying to build. His past as an officer of the law is a distant memory, while his relationship with his son is still that of father and son, but increasingly an adult one. Meanwhile that set of values has withered to simply: €˜protect what is yours, kill or be killed.€™ Let€™s face it €“ season five€™s Rick Grimes is hanging by a thread. All he has left to him is a slim connection to this group of people he€™s been through so much with, some of whom are still scattered to the four winds. He€™ll fight and kill to protect them all, calling them his family €“ and he€™ll certainly die for them. In season five, perhaps he finally should, and receive the kind of redemptive moment that the old Rick perhaps deserved.