The Walking Dead Season 7: 9 Major Predictions 

7. A Broken Rick

The Walking Dead Predictions
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Towards the end of the season finale we saw a different side to Rick Grimes. After being cut off at every turn by the Saviours, and then beaten down and lined-up by Negan, he seemingly lost every ounce of composure and was a man out of ideas.

As a clip of the premiere shows, that's not entirely the case, as after the death he'll remain defiant. He even tells Negan that he'll kill him, and it's not just a threat.

However, while that's a Rick still trying to be Rick, I think what will come next will show him completely broken down. We know Negan drags him into the trailer, and whatever happens in there, combined with a second death, is going to leave him as a shell of the leader he was for a few episodes at least. It's the biggest test Rick's faced, the most he's been beaten, and it's going to take some work to come back from.

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