The broadcast of The Ones Who Live marks the big return of Rick Grimes, five years after his sudden departure from The Walking Dead. But this spin-off also leads to a moving reunion between the former sheriff and his companion Michonne. The latter also left the main series (during season 10) to follow in Ricky’s footsteps…
The miniseries airing therefore allows us to explore the chronology of The Walking Dead franchise. Many fans are probably wondering how many years have passed since Rick and Michonne last saw each other. Now, several elements allow us to give a clear answer to this question.
From five years to now
The series opens with a card stating that five years have passed since the bridge incident that preceded Rick Grimes’ disappearance. But this temporality must be qualified, as Those Who Live begins with flashbacks that depict the ex-sheriff’s journey through the Civil Republic, and especially his attempts to escape.
In Episode 1, a new card reveals changes to the action “today”. Dialogue between Rick Grimes and Officer Donald Okafor then suggests that several more years have passed since the Sheriff’s arrival in the Civil Republic.
At this stage, it is absolutely impossible to determine the exact chronology of the series. Michonne tracked down Rick Grimes several years after his disappearance, during which the latter gave birth to a son RJ (whom Rick did not know existed).
The Walking Dead timeline has been revealed!
How many years has it been since Rick Grimes left and started The Ones Who Live? Considering that the series begins in the same period as The Walking Dead (which ended at the end of its eleventh season), it can be said that the period of absence of Rick Grimes represents a decade. whole.
Following the five-year jump following Rick Grimes’ disappearance, several ellipses in The Walking Dead seasons 9, 10, and 11 moved the plot ten years from that time, according to the series’ official timeline.
In the fourth episode of The Ones Who Live, Michonne reveals to Rick the existence of their son RJ, who is described as a little boy of eight years old. Let’s add the nine months of pregnancy and RJ’s age of about nine years, plus the extra year that Michonne left, to arrive at a total of ten years.
Thus, these calculations allowed us to determine that a full decade had indeed passed since Rick Grimes’ disappearance before his reunion with Michonne in The Ones Who Live. Luckily, fans only had to wait five years for the iconic horror franchise’s big comeback!
Episodes of The Ones Who Live miniseries can be seen every Friday exclusively on Paramount+!
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