This story contains spoilers for The Walking Dead Season 9, episode 5, “What Comes After.”
Rick Grimes’ final episode is “not the beginning of the end – it’s the end of the beginning,” Andrew Lincoln said during an interview on this week’s Talking Dead, after fans learned that, unbeknownst to his loved ones, Rick survived a massive explosion and was transported via helicopter to parts unknown by Anne (fka Jadis). The show then jumped forward several years in time, revealing an older Judith and a new batch of characters from the comics – Magna, Yumiko, Luke, Connie, and Kelly – but no sign of Rick.
Source: IGN.com Andrew Lincoln Says Walking Dead Movies Will Tell 'A Bigger Story'