The Ones Who Live is set five years after Rick Grimes' exit from the original show. Here's what happened to him during those years.

Rick Grimes, portrayed by Andrew Lincoln, is the heart of AMC's incredible series The Walking Dead. Introduced in the series' first episode, "Days Gone Bye," back in 2010, ...

Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) – The Walking Dead – Season 2, Episode 1 – Photo Credit Gene Page/AMC – TWD_201_0616_3558 Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Walking Dead season 2.

Rick Grimes later on in the premiere episode of “The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live” on AMC. Gene Page/AMC “But I just thought: this is the time to do what the comic book did and honor that ...

The Rick Grimes that we meet at the start of The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live is not the same man who stood up to adversity after adversity, destroying every obstacle in his path.

Yet if we really go back to where Rick Grimes left off in the action of The Walking Dead — and I’m not talking about the series finale scene that confirms how he’s been under CRM control ...

Indeed, despite Rick Grimes being absent from the show since the middle of season 9, The Walking Dead‘s series finale concludes with the post-apocalyptic lawman/hero front and center.