What If Rick Grimes DIDN'T LEAVE! If Rick Stayed in The Walking Dead Season 11! Rick Grimes Returns

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If there was one thing I could change about The Walking Dead, it would be Rick Grimes leaving. When Rick Grimes left it set so many things out of sync and by the end of the show we had these big spaces where Rick never got to meet the Whisperers or even take on his massive Commonwealth storyline from the comics.
In this video I ask the question of what if Rick Grimes stayed? What if Rick Grimes didn't leave? How would Rick have dealt with the Whisperers? I breakdown the entire story of The Walking Dead from the moment Rick would have left up until the ending where Rick Grimes returns and teases the new Walking Dead spin off shows such as the Rick and Michonne show, The Ones Who Live. This is what I think would happen if Rick Grimes stayed in the main show.
What do YOU think would happen if Rick Grimes stayed in the show? Do you agree with the timeline I created or prefer the one that actually happened? What other characters should I make a 'What If' on? Let me know what you think down below. Thanks for watching. I'll see you soon.
I may have a video breaking down the new The Walking Dead The Ones Who Live trailer soon.
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[@GeorgeDrakeGD]

If you're struggling, consider therapy with my sponsor BetterHelp. Click betterhelp.com/georgedrake for a 10% discount on your first month of therapy with a licensed professional specific to your needs. NEW VIDEO! FINALLY These characters will be REUNITING with Rick Grimes kzbin.info/www/bejne/jabTfYCajZyabdU What if SHANE survived and was in The Ones Who Live? kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWWpfouPZZWLfrs What if Abraham SURVIVED in The Walking Dead? kzbin.info/www/bejne/apPdoX-QrN2lmKs My thoughts on the ENDING of The Ones Who Live & NEW SEASON teased kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWGTp2WbZ8x2eM0 What do YOU think would happen if Rick Grimes stayed in the show? Do you agree with the timeline I created or prefer the one that actually happened? What other characters should I make a 'What If' on? Let me know what you think down below. Thanks for watching. I'll see you soon. Press the LIKE button on the video if you enjoyed it and subscribe if you're new, thank you for your support!

[@badger_shorts7708]

I want to know what you would think would happen if, either” - Rick wasn’t shot and put into a coma before the outbreak or - Both Rick and Shane lived at the end of Season 2

[@marym9150]

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[@surrealfantasy1554]

@@marym9150 they're not legit and have had terrible reviews and experiences, I would not recommend it or sponsor it tbh

[@Rknowles813]

I'll forever be upset we didn't get Rick vs the Whisperers and Alpha. Daryl/Norman did a decent job but he's no Rick/Andy

[@z.incognito6259]

I feel like daryl was perfect for the whisperer arc. I dont know how to explain it but he had that grittiness and skills to understand how the whisperers move

[@yoloswagthuglifeselfie568]

@@z.incognito6259we know Daryl has the survival skills and could’ve become a whisperer. Maybe that’s why

[@nurbmanjones1709]

You echo my sentiments, there’s just something about Daryl filling in that “Rick leadership” role that doesn’t sit right with me, it only fits better that Rick should’ve been apart of the S10 Whisperer arc, the reason why all the communities were not united is because Rick’s leadership was greatly needed, a shame that we couldn’t have him in there. Daryl did great but like you said, he is no Rick.

[@Its_Macca]

@@nurbmanjones1709it always felt weird to me bc daryl's character isn't built to be the main leader, he's way better as a right hand man. every event after rick's departure felt kinda forced imo

[@upizzdown-v2331]

I don't think whisperers would have stood a chance against Rick

[@thatoneguy8547]

35:20 The Daryl impression here is the best thing I’ve ever heard 💀

[@tandempancake3277]

It truly is

[@minniebunzz]

FINISHED 😂

[@1mminent]

Bro wthh

[@queperocomom3310]

Accurate 💀

[@23SquareHead]

I love rick just being inserted into the scenes without saying anything. Even that would have made the show 100x better

[@liltroll69]

Just standing there would change the whole show and I'm here for it❤

[@samaimson9753]

I’d have loved to seen Rick’s Reaction to the pike scene. It would have been similar to Daryl, but I can picture the horror and disgust on his face. That’s what Andrew Lincoln had, that emotional range as a character.

[@Cubsss]

I feel that if Rick saw the pike scene, it would make Rick want to kill the whisperers, considering there's children in the communities and wouldn't want more deaths especially since Enid was an early adult and Henry was also a teenager in the canon universe. That's just what I think tho

[@bigchees3850]

35:24 the noise you made for Daryl got me howling 😂😂

[@nurbmanjones1709]

If Rick was present during the whisperer arc, the communities would’ve been united and much stronger to battle the whisperers, his leadership was greatly missed in his departure. Daryl did great, but he is no Rick.

[@MooseBraden]

The worst thing from this is that Daryl doesn't meet the best character in The Walking Dead, Dog.....

[@Depth217]

Ooh, yeah, that’s one misstep. RIP Seven.

[@sussy1506]

If rick didn't leave, without the time skip I think that they should still have lots of guns from all out war and they should have used them against the whisperers

[@Daggar97]

Also Lidia and Henry wouldn't be teenagers in this timeline. They would be 9 or 10 at best.

[@Jake-me9pq]

Also, no one would trust negan yet because it had only been a year and he still wanted to kill everyone

[@HerbCoswellBornAgain]

Yeah, that's why there would still need to be a six year time jump.

[@vDOSv_]

Holy Sh** your Daryl voice caught me so off guard. I was crying laughing 😂😂

[@EvanKerley-ek6mj]

Daryl snaps back “rrrrhhh”

[@heyimhereonyt]

How did Alpha get into Alexandria if the events of 9x5 didn't cause the communities to drift apart? The whole reason Alpha could get in and kidnap people was because nobody realized she was a stranger

[@johnbadman3340]

Even without the communities drifting apart there are more than 300 people between them, it wouldn't be that hard to slip in unnoticed

[@annallen8465]

Nothing...nothing can beat that Rick Grimes stare! I just can’t wait to see it again 😊

[@writingjake6684]

I think rick definitely would've killed dante. Dante took a life carl sacrificed himself for and the writers most likely wouldve added that in because they know the audience wouldve wanted to see that side of rick again. Especially on a guy like dante

[@southernpride2003]

I wish we would have gotten another throat biting scene from Rick I wish we could have scene Alpha and Beta's reaction to seeing Rick rip a Whisperers's throat out or see him pull a Gareth on them

[@occiferfigpucker4840]

Doing the same thing over and over wouldn't work.

[@Jeepsy919]

This was the show we deserved. Well done!

[@liamleijte4957]

Your channel needs so many more subs! Loved the video and I love that you entered a genuinely helpful partnership which could actually help people. Thank you for your work and keep it up man

[@kronos3037]

Your editing is absolutely on point! Great job my man

[@kaylynneve3253]

6:56 you had me until I heard dog. If Daryl never goes to look for Rick dog and his ex and that whole fight never happens. Or plays out very differently

[@5thG]

You’re forgetting Lydia would be much younger, little Henry’s age. Also Michonne would be pregnant

[@Rached45]

no Michonne wasn't even pregnant

[@5thG]

@@Rached45 Rj?

[@Rached45]

@@5thG in the comics there is no rj only Judith

[@5thG]

@@Rached45 brotha hes going by the show

[@Rached45]

@@5thG when rick left the show didn't mention that rj existed

[@bboylupefiasco]

Daryl wasn’t inspired or molded by Dwight, it was the opposite. They teased Daryl was coming to the comics by creating Dwight and “teasing” him with a crossbow and his biker vest on the cover of something to fear arc.

[@kaimitrevics3725]

This editing is unreal, nice video !!

[@jimmyallgood781]

I was most looking forward Rick and Negans next stage of their rivalry relationship, their chemestry together was so intense and captivating! It sucks so much we never got it. Most of that storyline went to Daryl and Negan during the Whisperer arc. Edit: Negan becoming the new Alpha scene. Darryl on his knees and Negan with a double barrel shotgun with the two whisperers. I could see Rick in Daryls position. "You should probably shoot me." Negan teasing him once again while on his knees, then they work together to takeem out.

[@raven76384]

Your video and audio editing is top notch chefs kiss!

[@thehamburgergod5543]

11:37 This was such a good edit! Great video!

[@Rickgrimesshorts1234]

Rick leaving is the thing that pissed me off because when he blew up i thought he died thank god he lived

[@HerbCoswellBornAgain]

Wish you mention alittle more what happens to Lydia (Because I feel like Rick would probably form a bond with her similar to Carol in the main show), but outside of that, this was amazing. I wish this is what we got in the main show.

[@mikecapers832]

Awesome video bro. I appreciate that editing.

[@jameslewis3379]

Masterful editing and story telling

[@themagnificentorange672]

Wow this video was so well produced that i didn't realise how long it really was 🔥🔥

[@charliem4560]

35:27 why does that sound like something Daryl would say 😂

[@charliem4560]

:25*

[@charliem4560]

35:55 😂😂

[@beanfuna]

it’s so impressive how he clips all the scenes together

[@HerbCoswellBornAgain]

I feel like if Rick never left the show, they would've kept Morgan around longer, and had him be taken by Jadis to the CRM instead.

[@littlebarrysmith9741]

i bet this took you so long bro keep up the good work ive been a subcriber for a while now ;]

[@SmokinSquirrelRS]

all in all no hate on the show. It's a very good show ignore all the social media bullshit saying it's bad. I'm glad they chose to make more series if I want to watch them I can if not I don't have to and the budget is there.

[@themagnificentorange672]

Facts

[@TheKal31]

This is so well edited

[@jacobb1682]

This was awesome ! Loved the bits where you edited Rick in, very well done!

[@jeffereywhite5564]

Not bad my friend. I know this must have taken a long time to make. I enjoyed it and agree with most. Wish Rick just never left.

[@Suitsnstylesguy]

26:08 bruh you ain’t slick with the metal pipe meme sound 😭💀

[@rdvangogh]

Beautiful use of Scott, spot on. 💐

[@ehh622]

The edit was just amazing, so was the story of this scenario

[@usernamepassword236]

Im sorry but that was the funniest shit hearing the fucking metal pipe falling sound effect at 26:06 that was hilarious

[@creativeguy1martinez693]

26:08 I laughed at the sound of the metal pipe breaking. I’ve seen too many memes

[@FemboyBunnyGW]

Maybe hearing the whispers would make Rick think his possible schizophrenia.

[@just_exists_on_earth]

I love how you just had to add the water tower death

[@Cardan011]

Negan resolved whole Whisperer issue, there was no need for Rick

[@CharmineX]

36:14 Rick should've told Daryl: "We don't kill the living!" That was such a wasted potential you could've added.

[@TradingCardsAndMore]

Happy new year George! Starting 2024 with a banging vid 🔥

[@Spadean]

WTH Man... you really had to do Daryll impressions like an angry cat LMAO

[@stevegoodwin4914]

Rick + Carl should of been through til the last ever episode (s11)

[@vespu1a]

If there’s one thing I would change about The Walking Dead it would be: Almost everything post season 7

[@webbo3341]

It will forever hurt me that Rick never met alpha,beta and the whisperers

[@southernpride2003]

At least we have the comics

[@ButterMargaridda]

@@southernpride2003show is better

[@FREEYOURTRESSES]

Good job on this edited storyline.

[@TourettesMajestic]

Honestly since the ones who lived came out, I’m glad the show played out the way it did. I’m saying that, I think you’re pretty close to what could have been

[@brainyboy5899]

I wish walking dead took a break after Rick left and brought it back a few years later when Andrew came back

[@TacticalPAPA]

Wait where did ricks horse come from? The white one after him and Daryl fought?

[@A21_Edits]

Waht if theres no time skip that means Henry would have been 10 or something and Lydia was young too..

[@sehvlo0254]

Better than what we got in seasons 9-11 HONESTLY! Comic love is also much appreciated

[@JusticeCheesePlays]

1 thing lydia and henry would still be really young without the timeskip

[@Cybertechwerewolf]

Having Daryl be the stand in for Dwight makes a lot of sense

[@merobloxpro2313]

29:02 was i not paying enough attention bc i swear u said he will die before this

[@CrazyDiamondAJ]

Honestly, after Carl's death. Seeing Rick is just painful. He's not Rick anymore.. He has no reason for still being Rick Grimes.

[@angryretrogamer7313]

Excellent story, thank you sir

[@triplehkingofkings5883]

Great Walking Dead What If Videos!

[@mg9138]

Dude, what an awesome idea! What if like... there was a different version of The Walking Dead like... a comic book or something! A story where Rick Grimes was the main character the whole way through! That would be CRAZY!!!

[@elalaskowska2167]

Actually, love, falling asleep to this guys videos

[@mjjl9607]

Love the vid, the only problem I have is the Daryl ark, I think if you rewrote the story from season 2 it works however I feel as if though you undone a lot of Daryl’s character development to line his story with Dwight’s. Daryl became very reserved and in control of his emotions and I do not believe he would have a burst of rage like Dwight did And often he sided with Rick even if he did not like his choices.

[@lilweepie6085]

I honestly think if Scott gimple wasn’t fired, Daryl would’ve died like that. He was clearly slowly going against Rick in season 8. It’s was being set up for him to get Dwight’s comic death. But then Andrew left the show and Scott was fired so that plot line was just abandoned.

[@Jord1996]

I think Negan made the show watchable to be honest after Rick, he was one of the only saving graces.

[@KingJuliantheloneliestwolf]

What if Ed survived and Sophia’s death would effect ed so he would try to become a better husband towards carol and they would have a Negan and Maggie dynamic

[@trashcanchic]

The Daryl impressions made my day 😭💀

[@upizzdown-v2331]

I think Rick would have focused more on find a way to take out alpha's horde instead of alpha. I would have liked to think that he knew that killing alpha wouldn't have achieved much in the grand scheme of things

[@gamewriteeye769]

Turning off my brain, this “what if” scenario you weaved with Rick is actually pretty good. There's just two minor gripes I have with this, though, toward the end, and it is because you chose to play it safe instead of amping up the stakes and taking risks with the story. 36:13 In that moment where Daryl and Rick finally point guns at each other, Rick should shoot Daryl in this scene, brutally showing him being killed and a callback to season 1 when they first met up in arms. This adds more weight than Dwight's comic death, and sets up the fact that Rick will put even his friends beneath what he tries to do what Carl envisioned. Just have Michonne take over Daryl's actions from here so she isn't sidelined. 40:06 I really like this assassination plot point with Sebastian Milton, it feels like a much better way to setup Rick's death on the main show proper. Have him shoot him right away and Rick bleeds out like in his final episode 9x05 on the main show in mirroring this scene. Here, what would add weight to the stakes here of Rick's actions is to have Sebastian bring up to Rick the fact that he brought this on himself, to protect what he has going, and that challenging ideal led to him killing his best friend, and now that Rick comes face-to-face with this realization, is broken down in spirit or refuses to defy what he's done for the cost to pursue keeping everyone together. And it's here Michonne comes in and kills Sebastian(or knocks him out) and he dies bleeding in her arms. This TV show timeline then ends on a tragedy like the comics, but with all Grimes dead, bar Judith, future storylines and spinoffs with the CRM follow ideas that were conceived for S9 onward on what we now know in spinoffs. Rick's statue is left as a monument in an epilogue, Michonne or Judith reminisces in the epilogue of this ending, and The Brave Man dies an honorable death for truly holding those ideals together of bringing Carl's vision to life no matter the odds. This is how the show could've ended in this timeline(on a much more tragic note).

[@wolfking8090]

Im convinced this is how the show series went down. No one can tell me otherwise

[@Marlo-138]

This is absolute perfection.

[@noahpowell5953]

Keep up the good work another idea for a what if Maggie never left after season 9 episode 5

[@noahpowell5953]

And what if Morgan never left In season 8

[@ChopOnBraves2025]

These are excellent!

[@waynerooney8311]

tbh i doubt Daryl would suggest sending negan off but i believe Rick in his talks with Negan, Negan would mention it and eventually Rick decides himself to send him as a last resort

[@HSharPest]

My favorite TWD content creator to nerd out to

[@Awesomedude-mk4oj]

A new banger? Let’s fucking go!!

[@nikkydalby7126]

You’re so close to 100k!!! 🎉 Just subscribed today 🤗✨

[@llamaniaman4002]

You also forgot to mention that Henry would have to be like 13 or 14 when he's introduced so he isn't 12 going after 16 year old Lydia 😂 Unless you also make Lydia younger, which could be a way to replace the young Carl x Sophia romance. And seeing 12 year old henry on the spikes instead of 17 year old Henry would hit even harder. Showing just how ruthless Alpha is.

[@cosmoco1970]

Oh my this was fan f n tactic can you do more like this holy chit if I can can give u more thumbs 👍 up ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂

[@CharlieeBrownn69]

This is what I still wish wouldve happened today but were going to see rick grimes in a military soldier outfit if that makes up for it

[@Eddieavina123]

Love your video and keep up the great work you are awesome

[@Big6ixman]

Rick would've had his murder jacket to

[@Gcanarte0531]

I think the biggest what if Andrew Lincoln didn’t want to leave the walking dead. (right before the whispers story line happened)

[@wbcoyote]

I am sad that we didn't have rick on the last seasons but I understand why Andrew left

[@TWD4e]

thx you man for this

[@theanythingchannel2799]

Hey can you do a video on what if Morgan and Dwight and Sherry were didn't go on to fear the walking dead and instead stayed on the main show

[@station4658]

i don’t understand how you make magnas group magically appear 6 years before they were supposed to. Just because you wanted to include them?

[@JT22172]

Can you do what if Troy survived FTWD season 8 or what if Troy didn't "die" in season 3 and stayed with Madison's group all the way to season 8 🙏

[@joeyphillips1181]

The whisperer ark would have definitely been better with Rick maybe he can have his own whisperer ark on his new show lol 🤞🏻

[@enriquelavalle3360]

Imagine the Whisper War with Rick, Carl, Maggie and Jesus.

[@robisrob34]

I think Rick would have really been challenged as leader by a larger group as his struggling to make every group work and find peace would have been quickly manipulated and exposed by Alpha in the beginning. It could have caused someone in Rick’s lingering group of close friends to lose their life and maybe could have led to Rick allowing Negan to “rebuild” his leadership and murder jacket side to take the fight back and win it. So a better blending with the comic story in a sense.

[@Not-Kurosawa]

he wouldve smoked the whisperers right off the bat, he wouldnt even try and underestimate since hes learned his lesson from the saviors

[@Cubsss]

Especially with no timeskip and if Henry was still on the pike. It would piss Rick off so badly, seeing a 12-13 year old Henry on the pike.

[@charlesjohnriedesel7231]

Before the wispers storline was rick in framer rick mode How was in the beginning of season 3? Was he the same as that version of rick grimes And would it lead to him coming back to murder beard, Rick in the walking dead the ones who live. Would it be that whenever he feels safe? He turns inthe farmer Rick who was trying trying to feed the camp with pigs.

[@SirRockXIII]

like first 20 seconds of new plot and i already liked it more. haha

[@captainmcknight]

Seems like you’re onto something, but you neglect that Henry isn’t grown, he would still be a young kid because there is no time skip, and without the time skip, and Rick being around, the communities wouldn’t have drifted in 9-6

[@mikeybx]

What happens next is michonne is going to take jadis head

[@dale_dixon]

Hey George i loved this what if, can you do one where Abraham survives till the end and maybe in his place Sasha gets killed don't do Daryl please and thank you.