‘The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live’: Don’t Get Too Excited About Rick and Michonne’s Reunion

Scott M. Gimple and Danai Gurira break down the AMC spin-off series’ early romantic twist

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Danai Gurira as Michonne in "The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live." (Gene Page/AMC)

Note: The following story contains spoilers from the series premiere of “The Waking Dead: The Ones Who Live.”

Leave it to “The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live” to drop a major twist in its first episode. Going into the latest AMC and AMC+ original, fans knew to expect a season-long love story between the thought-to-be-dead Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira). What fans likely didn’t expect was how quickly that love story would start.

Instead of teasing out Rick and Michonne’s reunion over the course of the six episodes in Season 1, “The Ones Who Live” cuts right to the chase.

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