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The Walking Dead
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What Comes After

  • Episode aired Nov 4, 2018
  • TV-MA
  • 45m
IMDb RATING
9.3/10
21K
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Andrew Lincoln in The Walking Dead (2010)
The Walking Dead: You Think Glenn Would Want This?
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Rick is forced to face the past as he struggles to maintain the safety of the communities and protect the future he and Carl envisioned.Rick is forced to face the past as he struggles to maintain the safety of the communities and protect the future he and Carl envisioned.Rick is forced to face the past as he struggles to maintain the safety of the communities and protect the future he and Carl envisioned.

  • Director
    • Greg Nicotero
  • Writers
    • Frank Darabont
    • Robert Kirkman
    • Tony Moore
  • Stars
    • Andrew Lincoln
    • Norman Reedus
    • Lauren Cohan
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  • IMDb RATING
    9.3/10
    21K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Greg Nicotero
    • Writers
      • Frank Darabont
      • Robert Kirkman
      • Tony Moore
    • Stars
      • Andrew Lincoln
      • Norman Reedus
      • Lauren Cohan
    • 210User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    The Walking Dead: You Think Glenn Would Want This?
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    The Walking Dead: You Think Glenn Would Want This?
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    The Walking Dead: Anne's Call For Help
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    • Rick Grimes
    Norman Reedus
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    • Daryl Dixon
    Lauren Cohan
    Lauren Cohan
    • Maggie Greene
    Danai Gurira
    Danai Gurira
    • Michonne
    Melissa McBride
    Melissa McBride
    • Carol Peletier
    Alanna Masterson
    Alanna Masterson
    • Tara Chambler
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    Josh McDermitt
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    Christian Serratos
    • Rosita Espinosa
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    Seth Gilliam
    • Gabriel Stokes
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    Ross Marquand
    Ross Marquand
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    Katelyn Nacon
    • Enid
    Tom Payne
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    • Paul 'Jesus' Rovia
    Jeffrey Dean Morgan
    Jeffrey Dean Morgan
    • Negan Smith
    Khary Payton
    Khary Payton
    • Ezekiel Sutton
    Pollyanna McIntosh
    Pollyanna McIntosh
    • Anne 'Jadis'
    Callan McAuliffe
    Callan McAuliffe
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    Avi Nash
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    Eleanor Matsuura
    Eleanor Matsuura
    • Yumiko Okumura
    • Director
      • Greg Nicotero
    • Writers
      • Frank Darabont
      • Robert Kirkman
      • Tony Moore
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    9jeffballermed

    Great, but I'd prefer to go into it "blind"...

    This episode would have been at 10 for me if I had just sat down with no knowledge of what was going to happen. Unfortunately, as is becoming all too common these days, you pretty much knew what was going to happen with Rick. And that takes all of the surprise out of it. For about the first 45 minutes of this episode I wasn't terribly interested at all, other then the scene with Maggie and Negan. Basically, I was just sitting around watching Rick pass out and have a little talk with a dead loved one, get back up and pass out again, rinse and repeat. So it really didn't hold my attention. If I didn't know this was ricks last episode I would've been on the edge of my seat.

    However, the last 25 minutes of the episode were absolutely great and I can't wait to see where everything goes from here. I'd say more but I really don't want to give a single thing away that you haven't already been told about.

    So, definitely worth the watch! Definitely a great episode! And it is in the way the filmmakers fault that it could've been at 10 all the way through was partially spoiled because we the public are told too much before hand!
    10and_mikkelsen

    A LEGENDARY SEND-OFF!

    God damn this episode was an emotional Rollercoaster and one of the greatest episodes of the entire show! Everything was perfect! The themes of life, sacrifice and forgiving yourself, was perfectly captured!

    Rick Grimes was always the face of the show! That means this episode worked as incredible character development for him as well as a painfully tense and emotional journey that I dont think I will ever fully recover from!

    This was the most i have cried since S7 E1! It was beatifull, creative and above all..faithfull love-letter to the character

    This was The Walking Dead at its best, and the masterpiece it desperately needed!
    10alishadow

    Andrew Lincoln deserves an Emmy.

    My mind went nuts as results of this episode. They brought cameos, and brought the show back on its feet again. Salute to the new show runner Angela.
    10claudio_carvalho

    The Fighter´s Trip and The Widow´s Encounter

    Rick is seriously wounded riding his horse to attract the herd of the walkers far from the communities. Along his journey, he has daydreams with his deceased and living friends that protect him. Meanwhile Maggie arrives in Alexandria and goes to Negan´s cell to kill him with a crowbar.

    "What Comes After" is the best episode of "The Walking Dead" in the last years. Rick´s trip while riding his horse is heartbreaking and nostalgic, giving the chance to the viewers to see Shane, Hershel (Scott Wilson, who passed away last month) and Sasha again. Negan´s condition is impressive, showing that Rick was right with his life sentence. The trailer of the next episodes seems to indicate that "The Walking Dead" is back on track for the joy of the fans. My vote is ten.

    Tile (Brazil): "What Comes After"
    10arend-galenkamp60

    What comes after? A new beginning.

    This is by far the very best The Walking Dead episode ever made. It created so much tension, so much I didn't feel since the premiere of season 7. No I'm not gonna say if I felt happy, relieved or sad. You need to experience it yourself.

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    • Trivia
      Greg Nicotero has explained that this episode includes footage from the original pilot. At the end of the scene where Rick is in Atlanta, the camera hadn't been turned off until eight seconds after the direct called "cut." Digital effects then inserted Andrew Lincoln coming around the bus.
    • Goofs
      As a career US Army Engineer whose expertise was the construction and demolition of bridges, its obvious that there would be no need for dynamite on this construction site since the only two uses for explosives would be to prepare abutments (which were still intact) or felling trees for land clearing or lumber. Land clearing isn't necessary on an existing bridge site and if needed for timber acquisition, the explosives wouldn't be needed anywhere near the bridge site.
    • Quotes

      Rick Grimes: I found them

    • Connections
      Featured in Talking Dead: The Obliged (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      The Walking Dead Main Title
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      Written by Bear McCreary

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    • Release date
      • November 4, 2018 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Georgia, USA
    • Production companies
      • American Movie Classics (AMC)
      • Idiot Box Productions
      • Skybound Entertainment
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      • 45m
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      • Dolby Digital
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      • 16:9 HD

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