Morales Returns | The Walking Dead

[@tdog4236]

Blaming Rick for the consequences of him CHOOSING to leave the group to fend for himself and his family.

[@silentecho92able]

Yup last i check they decided to go to Birmingham despite the group not liking the idea. An after that whole mess Morales didn't even make an attempt to find Ricks people at the CDC or any nearby town. The Guy just gave up until Negan found him instead.

[@itsdk5814]

Yeah I’m just gonna chalk it up to really ass writing they did not care probably just got annoyed about people asking about the character so they just wanted to kill him off

[@Wolfgame30]

you miss the point. Negan was his family.. not Rick's group.. and Rick was going around killing saviors..his family. He wasnt blaming Rick for the consequences of him choosing to leave the group. he was just protecting his own group (saviors)

[@itsdk5814]

@@Wolfgame30 you can assume that but never does he say anything like that

[@Wolfgame30]

@@itsdk5814 but he does.. he talks about being lost and giving up before the saviors found him and took him in. He says "so yea now I am Negan" meaning he is part of that group. And he goes on and talks about only knowing Rick for a few days also signaling that he doesnt feel he owes rick anything. Again Rick company was going around killing saviors. Morales said that if rick had the gun he wouldve been dead already.. He knows its Rick's group that is going around killing people in his new group. You dont need to be even smart to figure this out.

[@seanhoppe6361]

“I know who it was. It don’t matter, not one little bit” that’s cold asf

[@jasonadersonwedion9874]

And stupid writing

[@Vakaria-plays]

@@jasonadersonwedion9874 Not really, they knew that guy for what? A few weeks? maybe a couple of months? He left with his family, years passes he loses his family, joins up with the Negans whom he knows are ruthless raiders with a king on top of the hierachy. He doesnt hesitate and considers killing Rick whom he knew only shortly, and despite having known his son, wife, friend. But he did not care one bit, Daryl did right by killing him. He was too far gone.

[@jasonadersonwedion9874]

@@Vakaria-plays 🤡

[@cee_jay_mcc7914]

@@Vakaria-playsIt was genuinely horrible writing for shock value in order to pander and perhaps regain some og viewers with a familiar face; just to immediately kill him off. The mental gymnastics you fanboys go through to defend every shitting writing decision this show makes is baffling. Seasons 7-11 are dog shit

[@jeremiah4357]

@@cee_jay_mcc7914 Not everythings gotta be shock value, and who cares about a familiar face coming back. The cold indifference of Daryl shrugging off the fact he killed someone he used to survive with is🔥

[@sorinzo3902]

I have a theory that Daryl was watching them, respecting Rick's attempt in trying to pacify their old friend until he realized there's nothing left to save. It would've been either Morales or Rick walking out of that room at that point.

[@konrad94886]

I think so too. When rick suddenly started talking fast and nearly pleading with Morales he probably saw Daryl behind and tried to convince him not to kill him.

[@Ken-Morten]

Daryl went to a "dark place" during the savior war, i doubt he thought to much of it right there and then. Maybe he did later, but during the war, he was ice cold.

[@Birdman669]

@@Ken-Mortenafter Glenn was killed, definitely set the tone, sympathy will get you killed when dealing with saviors💀…heck having sympathy got Carl’s ticket punched…Daryl was like when in doubt kill, zero f’s given

[@bigzeezy1733]

If you watch the episode again at the beginning it shows a close up on everyones face and on daryls its like hes listening to rick and morales talking so i think your right buddy

[@liveandlearn4445]

Cool theory

[@darthuchiha1418]

It’s crazy and sad knowing that Rick, Carol and Daryl are the only survivors of the Atlanta group

[@williambergeron9492]

Carl too

[@florian119]

Yeah you are right​@@williambergeron9492

[@darthuchiha1418]

@ Carl’s dead in the show

[@dungeon4327]

And Morgan

[@Brutustolfo]

Carl would've been as well had terrible writing and budget cuts not gotten in the way

[@reaIqwerty]

This feels like finding an easter egg in a game and then your friend ignores it and continues the story

[@Mayzer7]

"They're all dead, and somewhere along the way, officer friendly died right along with them"

[@BOTAS-g6l]

He’s actually alive tho

[@skyline3344]

@@BOTAS-g6l he was talking metaphorically. Rick isn't the same person he was back in Atlanta

[@BOTAS-g6l]

@@skyline3344 ohhh okay that makes sense

[@Rqblt]

The craziest thing about this is that the atlanta group had 2 characters who served either the governor and negan

[@debdub]

Damn your right

[@debdub]

And the CRM

[@christianrios9575]

???? Sorry , I’m lost. Who’s the other person?

[@Rqblt]

@@christianrios9575 morales served negan, and merle served the governor

[@Xander2026]

​@@debdubyou're talking about Rick right?

[@KentPetersonmoney]

Strange to think if Morales made a different decision him, Rick and Daryl could have been drinking buddies.

[@kingkay8382]

Wat do you mean by this

[@PataStonks]

He means that Morales would have been in Rick's group back in Atlanta, they would have travelled together and become a member of their group

[@israeljaimes8309]

Yeah if Morales and his family didn't make the decision of staying in the old camp in season after a horde of walkers attacked while Rick, Daryl, Glenn and T-Dog went out looking for Merle and Rick's bag of guns and ammo, he wouldn't be this way.

[@israeljaimes8309]

*season 2

[@franciscovargas9991]

Rick and his people were never the good guys.

[@ericwharton213]

Rick: "do you know who that was?!" Daryl: "he was monologuing "

[@The_King_Of_Leeches]

Daryl made the right call regardless, he knew Rick had too many emotions connected with Morales. Probably saved his life

[@Odysseus1999]

I don’t think Morales would’ve killed Rick. If Morales was going to kill Rick he would’ve done it already. Daryl just wasn’t going to take any chances. When Rick mentions Morales family his expression softens and he lowers his gun.

[@pyr1412]

@@Odysseus1999nah Negan gave the saviors specific orders that he wanted Rick, Maggie and Ezekiel captured and not killed. He wanted that pleasure himself so I’m sure morales was getting ready to find a moment to knock Rick out w/ the gun.

[@jamaljames9331]

Rick definitely has a soft spot for people he knew in his past! It's not like him and Morales were lifelong friends, they only knew each other for a few days and a lot has changed since then. If Morales was anybody else, Rick wouldn't have hesitated in killing him one bit!

[@user-dl4zp3yw1h]

Morgan was the same in clear and got another chance but my boy morales couldn't?

[@mrmusickhimself]

@@user-dl4zp3yw1h THIS. Morgan was REALLY far gone when they found him without Duane. He was ready to kill anyone and everyone in his psychotic state.

[@loserscorner6746]

i still wish he had the revolver that they'd given him when he returns and meets Rick

[@jwill5892]

Petey

[@Kartik2007._.6]

yeaah

[@1337_bean]

no, he probably dumped it

[@Raminami]

Missed opportunity: Morales holding the gun Rick and Shane gave him

[@der_governor]

Yeah

[@nss90]

Yeah

[@unclecreepypasta8095]

Yeah

[@kostiszantos7944]

Yeah.

[@rocklee8379]

Yeah

[@E750-u2e]

I have no idea how they expected me to remember him after eight seasons, I know I'm not the only one who forgot he existed

[@sebastiangonzales46]

And they killed him off immediately lmao like what

[@ever-lh5ot]

Most that remembered him would look at fan theories and predictions, other than that there’s not much reason to remember him

[@jd1800]

There is a certain type of fan who seemingly wants every insignificant detail to be interconnected and needs every loose end neatly tied up in a bow no matter how contrived it is. You'll see fans like this more often in franchises like the MCU or Star Wars, but they certainly existed in The Walking Dead fandom. These fans tended to speculate and theorize about things that frankly nobody else cared about, and Morales was a common figure in their dumb little theories because his fate was completely open-ended. A lot of people joined in on this speculation ironically (e.g. "Negan is Morales" jokes during season 6) which sort of turned Morales into a meme within the fandom. Eventually, the theories and memes got so redundant and annoying that I like to imagine the writers pulled this move simply to get people to shut up about Morales. I am only half-joking as I genuinely think that explanation could possibly be true.

[@tristandahomie]

“Your name… is Morales…. You were at Atlanta” This line just proves how far Rick has come. Hes been through so much he completely forgot him.

[@Gol.DRichOfficial]

Clearly not if he literally just said his name

[@RaccoonKCD]

@@Gol.DRichOfficial And it took him a few seconds to remember.. you knew the point he was making what's the point in commenting just to be an asshole lmao

[@jordijimenez2634]

@@RaccoonKCDthat’s how memory works mf 💀 if he had forgotten about the dude, he would never have been able to recall where he met Morales let alone his name.

[@come_on_you_ape]

Nah - it was just clumsy dialogue in case the viewers didn’t remember who Morales was (which most of us probably didn’t tbf)

[@viceversa922]

He remembers his name and where was the last time they saw each other, doesn’t look like he forgot about him to me…

[@8.bit_gun340]

People rag on this scene but I like it. It puts forward a narrative that the apocalypse broke Morales. The saviors twisted his already broken mind, taking advantage of a vulnerable man who just lost his family.

[@blistow3519]

Oh yeah I love the season for being what it is I think having him appear in multiple episodes like some people wanted would be pointless and takeaway from the concept It shows off how the apocalypse has broken 3 different men Morales a man with nothing who’s doing what he’s told as he literally has nothing else. He’s not fitting really for anyone anymore he’s just broke Rick the man who’s unable to do it. I don’t think Rick had it in him to kill someone he knew as a friend. Like Rick barely kills people he knows the only one I can think of is Shane (an act that broke him and he’s probably reliving as he looks at Morales) And finally Daryl a man who will do anything he will kill someone he knows without hesitation and feel nothing afterwards at this point in the story Daryl is also a very broken man. He’s has basically nothing left but should he lose it he will keep going, he’ll when Carl dies he’s saddened but he’s able to just keep going he’s also an unfeeling machine (it takes Rick “dying” and Michonne leaving before he can start opening up and caring again at which point he completely flips and almost cares to much that it becomes a weakness) In one scene the show is able to show 3 different ways this world has broken people

[@Gabe_EDITZ-vy8bs]

Yeah this is entire season is over hated tbh. It’s great but of course not perfect like 5 2 or 6 but it’s still super badass

[@SlvrBckTCG]

He got his family killed when HE decided to leave instead of going with the group.

[@rdm6802]

You think his family would still be alive if they stuck with the group? sad thing is they would have probably died there too. The walking dead is an unforgiving world.

[@AshleyDuske]

with how much of the original group is dead? nah. i'm guessing the kids would have died off first (because they're kids and don't have discipline at least yet) probably and then one of the parents then the other

[@dwilliams02]

Man, season 1 was still the peak of this show imo. It just had a different vibe than the rest of the series and felt deeper than most zombie apocalypse stuff.

[@SlasherIncorporated]

That's probably because Frank Darabont was the show-runner for the first season. He got fired and was replaced by Glen Mazzara for seasons 2-3. Mazzara left and was then replaced by Scott M. Gimple for seasons 4-8, which was the point where A LOT of people dropped off of the show. Finally, Angela Kang took over for seasons 9-11 after Gimple was promoted to the role of Chief Content Officer for the franchise.

[@lilnoodle02]

@@SlasherIncorporatedwhy was he fired ?

[@RandomInternetLozer]

@@lilnoodle02he butted heads with AMC for cutting the show’s budget and ordering more episodes even tho it was a massive success for them.

[@raretrillan]

i don’t understand why he was acting like rick was the bad guy other than the fact he opposed who took him in

[@silentecho92able]

An Morales and his family made the decision to separate despite the fact Rick and the others have there misgivings about breaking off. An that ultimately led to Morales losing his family. How was that Ricks fault? and how was Rick suppose to know someone they knew, sometime back is a member of a group that's been terrorizing people all over.

[@derricknewman9238]

His whole thing was there was no good guys just dudes trying to make it

[@LycanThrobe77]

Because Rick was the bad guy to the saviours and so was his group in their eyes they brutally massacred loved ones and friends in their sleep, attacked them out of the blue so yeah the savours saw Rick as the bad guy just like Rick and his group saw them as the bad guys

[@mikeamber2528]

@@LycanThrobe77 Rick and co. didn't attack the Saviors "out of the blue". The Saviours were the ones marching around extorting communities and killing random people for their own benefit. Daryl, Sasha and Abraham were nearly killed by them first on multiple occasions in episode 6 and 9 iirc. Then the group found out about how Negan had brutally murdered a 16 year old at Hilltop and was basically enslaving the community. Attacking the satellite outpost in their sleep was nothing compared to what the saviors had done.

[@GoblinAttacForce]

@@mikeamber2528what about Gracie’s dad

[@christianrowbotham7386]

Its a shame killing Morales. He could have become part of Rick's group again and he would have been one of the few of the original group still alive

[@JoeLambert94782]

He was to brainwashed by negan and wanted to be a hero it’s sad I wish he would of snapped out of it Rick tried hard to convince him his true name and freedom but he morales was already gone

[@christianrowbotham7386]

@joescaletta9665 True , Morales was not worth saving anymore. However, I wish it was different

[@Lasagnaaa.-.]

No morales was conflicted by his own actions and had to be Negan to be someone. Morales is a coward and he had no place with Rick and Daryl. Morales was the one who left and how can you see an old face again, and point the gun at him. He didn’t care one bit who Rick lost and Daryl didn’t give a damn 😂😂😂😂 it’s a shame Rick let him talk for 5 minutes 😭

[@justaperson1619]

Its crazy to think that at the point when Rick & Daryl met Morales working for Negan, it's just them 3 and Carol at that point who were the only survivors from the original Atlanta group

[@SundayMonster13]

Is Carl a joke to you?

[@justaperson1619]

@SundayMonster13 oh yeah, and Coral, so that's 5, but still. It's crazy how they just killed off one of the few remaining Atlanta group members

[@ajbanky7870]

In fairness, Carl was thrown in the trash the same way Morales was just a few episodes later. It’s an easy mistake to make

[@justaperson1619]

@@veghester3204 no, "Coral" is how Rick was calling Carl throughout most of Season 4 lol

[@Zakkholloway]

@@veghester3204it’s a joke, most fans know of it 😅

[@NWTacoFishNSh00t]

I just realized that Sophia got the doll from Morales daughter, that Darly found when she went missing 😮

[@ryszakowy]

daryl on that shane mindset while rick trying to switch back after seeing a familiar face

[@Cosmicxweb]

Exactly🙌🏻 True💔💯

[@ohwell94]

To this very day I just cannot see the point of that fan service return lets catch up scene to kill Morales in less than 5 min

[@silentecho92able]

They could have used Morales for a few episodes, give us his perspective on how the Saviors work and why they are better. Enough to challenge Rick point of view, before he gets killed in the war.

[@mrkrills8839]

Man’s villain rant made no sense either. “Hi insignificant person whom I haven’t talked to in years who’s personal life I distinctly remember, I’m crazy now prepare to die”

[@exiledhebrew1994]

@@mrkrills8839lol

[@pyr1412]

@@silentecho92ablewe got that w/ Daryls episode when he was a prisoner then when Carl showed up we got to see more of it.

[@wouldyouliketoseemymask2767]

It's not really a fanservice. The point is because they shared the same camp that doesn't mean they would end up the same or at least be reasonable enough to talk. This kind of thing happened on other groups so it makes sense, the thing is it turned up against the protagonist group. Morales was never friends with Rick to start with too. They wanted to show how far gone has Rick and his group gone, bc if Darly didn't do it Rick would

[@mrmusickhimself]

I remember when he returned, and I said: "HEY! It's.....DUDE!" Even the writers knew it, they had to have Rick LITERALLY and VERBALLY confirm who "Dude" was, and where he came from.

[@themarcshark]

Because he was a meme of the hardcore fan base. No casual viewer remembered him. I have 2 examples of that with my mom and girlfriend who had no idea who he was

[@darthnater9731]

I don’t get why morales is blaming rick when he’s the one who chose to leave for Birmingham when Rick and Shane both him not to go.

[@Brutustolfo]

Exactly. They chose a city very likely filled with large amounts of walkers instead of an actual government prepared building that might've contained a cure

[@DH-xh3pg]

He’s not blaming him. He’s just telling him who he is now. He’s Negan and he’s ready to kill him…

[@lonecourierjoeyv2133]

He’s not blaming birmingham on rick, he’s just fully under negan’s spell, negan gave morales a sense of purposes & rick’s revolt is gonna destroy that purpose in his eyes

[@BeanMachineYT]

Writers really dropped the ball with that return. Didn’t make any sense for him to be so upset at Rick who only helped him 😂

[@IDropzalotzZ]

At least Shane had some morals but he did whatever it took to survive

[@The_King_Of_Leeches]

Shane would've never been in this position

[@UnifiedEntity]

@@The_King_Of_Leeches Yeah cause hes dead.

[@m4sterb1rd]

It was his obsession with Lori that was his downfall

[@GioViDa]

he had some Morales

[@PercAngle3]

@@m4sterb1rdshane wasn’t as smart as people think he is.

[@RushitTahiri]

To be honest when he came back I didn’t recognize him….

[@BlackMamba0206]

4:13 anyone noticed that he forgot to Mention Sophia, Dale and especially T-Dog

[@whoasked4539]

He didn't there's just no point to mention everyone's name to someone who'se holding a firearm at you

[@gthomasig]

And Jim and Jackie

[@BlackMamba0206]

@@gthomasig well i think Morales knew that Jim died, since he was still there when Jim got Bit. But yeah even i forgot about jackie 😅

[@dagnastyodi4196]

man, Daryl did NOT like morales. lmao

[@princelevi3733]

Well, daryl was a asshole back then

[@pyr1412]

To be fair he saw Rick being held at gun point so ofc Daryl did what he needed to do.

[@jameshumber1602]

I think he was listening in to the conversation and only took the shot when it was clear Rick wasn’t going to get through to Morales. He said he knew who it was and I doubt he’d recognize him that quickly after how long it’s been

[@Hattechoigem]

tbf daryl liked no one in the atlanta camp at first

[@LaCream973]

He should have let rick go

[@jayjuss1]

6:46 Rick isn’t scared and stuttering because of the gun, he is scared for what’s behind Morales…

[@Tay234.]

Daryl was still mad they gave morales that gun n half an ammo box when he left

[@anthonylaspina9524]

If only Morales stayed with Rick and them...Things would've been very different...His family would still be alive...

[@aalstraatgang5827]

What makes you think that? Out of the atlanta group only 3? are still alive.

[@anthonylaspina9524]

@aalstraatgang5827 Maybe he would've stayed with the group until Rick pointed him and his family in the right direction let's say...Before The Governor fucked everything up at the Prison Rick and Them was hold up in...Maybe he and his family would've found Alexandria...But that's all in in my head...He's dead now...He lost everything, including his life...🫤

[@vortilouss]

pretty sure Morales whole family would’ve died either way… from the farm being overrun, to the prison going through 2 wars and a deadly sickness, and then dealing with the wolves in alexandria aswell as the horde, it’d be a damn miracle if him and his young kids survived

[@TechnoSan09]

Or maybe his children could get Rick's group more trouble Like how sophia wasted their time and resources

[@gthomasig]

I doubt It

[@darthnater9731]

Why are people so pissed about morales?? This guy was never a major character. Idk why so many of you loved to pretend that he was such an important character when he wasn’t

[@lukeharman7054]

Nostalgia

[@SamFisher007]

Because he was part of the OG group even if it was only for a couple of episodes. Not to mention him, Rick, Carol, and Daryl were the only ones that were still alive of that group. So yeah bringing him back 7 seasons later just to kill him off immediately seemed ridiculous.

[@Leonardo_No_Cardio]

Office friendly over here

[@christianrowbotham7386]

Nostalgia pretty much , he was part of the original group

[@LorraineSpence-n5t]

I totally agree with you...i had to ask my daughter sitting beside me "who's he" lol I think Daryl stepped up because it was a kill or be killed situation...dozy hole Rick was a bit slow there 😂😂😂😂

[@mrkrills8839]

Why do either one of these people remember each other in such great detail? I completely phased out during this scene and missed out on the fact it was a cameo

[@salvadormartinez8577]

They were connected during a traumatizing time in their lives. Surprised this has to be explained to you, who I assume is a fully grown adult.

[@jwill5892]

It was probably like 6 or 7 years later, not like it's 30. And I'm sure they think about each other often.

[@jacklame1584]

This scene was about two years into the apocalypse

[@mrkrills8839]

@@salvadormartinez8577 Ouch, forgive us inferior children we had no idea such a brilliant intellectual was in our comment section.

[@TheRealNeonwarrior]

To be fair, it took Rick a few moments to remember Morales' name after he said "hi, Rick."

[@RhapsodosWarband]

I remember being already burned out by S5, giving S6 a chance, trudging through S7, and all my interest in the show was basically gone by S8. When I saw Morales come back after all the memes, listen to his story which amounted to nothing, and then get killed off like 5 minutes after, that sealed the deal for me that the good writing was gone or if there ever was any. I would hear from others how the story continued to go and holy hell did I not miss much after.

[@janek338]

burned out in season 5? damn

[@RhapsodosWarband]

@@janek338Those Beth episodes took a lot to get through

[@exiledhebrew1994]

@@RhapsodosWarbandshe basically killed herself for no reason

[@UberTheWolf]

@@RhapsodosWarband An episode to an episode to get through? The audacity.

[@pyr1412]

@@exiledhebrew1994Beth did not know Dawns gun was loaded so it’s not her fault. She was trying to save Noah b/c Beth knew if Dawn lived and Rick and CO took Beth back but left Noah. Beth knew Dawn would then probably torture Noah and make it impossible to leave the hospital ever again and Noah would have become dawns slave.

[@leostark4534]

Man hearing these kids die and seeing Sophie die was depressing

[@malcolmromeo315]

The actor playing morales posted a bunch of stuff over the years nodding at the fact he wanted to come back, even a video of him holding the bat he had in the Atlanta camp and something about he’d deal with negan swiftly, then gets asked to return to get a bolt to his temple within 2 mins 🤣

[@tankdogization]

The fact Rick was able to keep his group alive until meeting Negan with a few exceptions is a testament to how great of a leader he was and became.

[@40KSKXXP]

i love how TWD lets actors do their thing. they look like theyre having so much fun in their roles

[@mercenary1106]

The one semi true thing he said was that somewhere along the way officer friend died

[@reisetyler]

It's sad to think that Rick didn't mention T Dog Dale Vi Jim Sophia

[@SJKNOL]

Vi?! Vi was the AI at the CDC, not a person. On top of that, Morales and his family left before they even got to the CDC, so Morales never "met" Vi anyway. Jim was also already bit before Morales left, so he knew Jim was dead. You also seem to have missed Jacqui in your list...

[@reisetyler]

@SJKNOL ah you're right I got Vi and Jacqui mixed up

[@ezioauditore8946]

He said vi lol the cdc ai what a nincompoop

[@reisetyler]

@ezioauditore8946 already acknowledged my mistake, what a useless comment

[@ehollopeter]

I met morales at a convention. Very nice guy. We chatted for 20 minutes. I'd like to see him in more shows

[@tailedgates9]

The way he clenched his jaw when mentioning Glenn..... :'( But for real though, this reunion was super unexpected.

[@ECW5320]

5:28 He makes it sound like Rick didn't feel the same about him.

[@TheAverageGamer6]

Good thing his wife was gone negan would have made her his wife

[@MaiiUnhallowed]

Yeah i just, dont vibe with how anyone from the saviors has to be a evil person. Morales being in means oh yeah hes completely loyal to them, but then we introduce alden as the singular exception anyway! I can enjoy season 7 and 8 but hoo, that’s not a aspect i like

[@LMG3000-s8f]

Alden isn't the only savior that turned good. Laura was a top lieutenant of Negan's and she was brutally killed by Beta because she tried to protect a member of our group from him. There weren't many, but there were a few saviors who turned good not just Alden. And of course there's Dwight.

[@adarus9941]

I mean it was already shown that not all Saviors were bad people, some of them felt they had no choice to survive among other reasons.

[@breakingmirai]

@@LMG3000-s8f "turned good" isn't the right thing to say. If we were watching the show from other perpective, we would find Rick's group as the evil villain because let's face it - Rick and others killed people in their sleep regardles of who they were. We're soft for Rick because we follow him from the start. He's a great character but he's flawed as much as Negan was at that time.

[@djemmay]

@@LMG3000-s8fAnd DJ

[@pyr1412]

@@breakingmiraino one in the TWD universe is good well maybe Hershel and Eastman, Judith, RJ and Tyreese but Rick and CO were villains to other groups. We were just conditioned to root for Rick and co from the moment we meet Rick and the rest of the group.

[@DGMjay23]

He left cause he knew Rick couldn’t protect his family and they still got killed anyway terrible decision

[@parcel8109]

One thing I miss in the earlier season was that the shots weren’t as cinematic looking. It felt raw and real. After S5 things started looking too color graded with cinematic shots to really hold onto that feeling of real people in a real apocalypse

[@Azaleaz952]

He is acting like it's Rick's fault he made a stupid decision.

[@RedStickerz]

If I had a nickle for every member of the Atlanta group, eventually sided with the enemy, I'd have 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.

[@Joe_J12e]

3, daryl rick and carol sided with jadis to try and take out the saviours but got backstabbed

[@MoldycheeseJr]

Regardless of how brief his appearance is, this scene is a 10/10

[@MoldycheeseJr]

@ Nick eh 30

[@jordansamson6071]

Having him return made no sense, a l lot of people didn't remember him, he did nothing to move the plot along. Had he been around more than 3 minutes maybe the writers could've done something with him. What a waste.

[@jadonmiller9942]

Season 8 sucks fat balls and I remember hating this scene when it came out but rewatching it I kinda like how cold it is that Daryl just takes him out and doesn’t care about the prior connection lol

[@Artsy_arod]

I love the emphesis on glen its like " home boy you knew him before me in atlanta and this how he got did in homie by your leader , im telling you rn to tell me whats up " 💯🤣

[@splitzerx570]

“I got to do what’s best for my family” *riiiiiiiigghht*

[@Mk-gk3wv]

"Do you know who that was?" Yeah. A dead man.

[@BountyHuntaBam]

This whole part of the episode was straight chills

[@ManCheetah294]

I am glad he came back but also, him being mad like he is was kind of hacky lol

[@katelynnygren3965]

Morales acting as if Rick is the reason he made the decision to leave the Atlanta group

[@ThatNiueanGuy]

talking like Rick was the one that told him to go off on his own..could've been so much more lol

[@der_governor]

Man i wished Morales was with negan at the Lineup and maybe survivet but he could die in the whisperer arc killed by Beta

[@33takeover]

Man that music and sound effects you can't beat it 👑

[@JesusRodriguez-nt4zp]

Fun fact, only a few months passed between the time they were in Atlanta and the war with the Saviors.

[@insertrandomname8023]

No, its actually 2 years.

[@noeldelacruz3573]

What I wanna know is why Rick accused Negan of killing all the people he had mentioned, and then going back to just talking about Glenn’s death.

[@KevinChantal]

Thats not Morales. Thats Negan

[@joevonschmidt6898]

Morales is spot on. Yeah Rick would have tried for a second to work things out, but at the end of the day it wouldn’t have.

[@sadcrab69]

I'm pretty sure his return is Reflect on who this man once a dad with family is now gone just like rick

[@TotallyNotALolicon]

Wait Morales was heading west to Birmingham from Atlanta, the Saviors operate in northern Virginia. How did he get so far off course to end up multiple states off from where he was intending to go.

[@AmineBec]

I believe that after Morales lost his family, he didn't stay in one place and kept moving until a group of saviours found him and brought him to Negan.

[@jbobdavis1984]

They were scraping the barrel with this return

[@BlackDiamond2718]

At the end of the day, he had the chance to put the gun down. Rick made no attempts to attack him.

[@MARIO14CB]

I've watched this episode last year and I had no idea I would ever see that Morales character I haven't seen him since season 1 like he said that was a long time ago

[@rooty_rootz]

Anybody else just have doubts believing they would recognize each other? I mean that's a long time and it's not like they spent a lot of time together

[@anthonyspitery6332]

When you realize Sophia’s doll in season 2 was actually not even hers but a gift from the other girl

[@Azzman2049]

Darryl was cold as ice here

[@Mike-tw1pi]

My favorite character. Wish they'd done more with him.

[@SlasherIncorporated]

Seriously...? An insignificant side character who only appeared in 6 episodes was your favorite...? Wow. Okay.

[@Schmeevene]

How?

[@hillarydesnoyers23]

Omg....SO HEART WRENCHING

[@dragonjames7911]

I’m still pissed that they brought Morales back only for Daryl to kill him in the next episode!

[@JoeLambert94782]

Morales joining negan was his biggest mistake and not choosing Rick’s side in the end he’s a idiot

[@olechristianhenne6583]

Sellout he was inn season 1 even Shane and Daryl didn't trust that piece of shit he always was looking out for himself he was selfish he only cared about his family and not inn ah good way

[@MACDABS13]

Wasnt he one of the dudes who jumped Merle on the rooftop together with Rick and T-Dog?

[@JGame300]

I think Morales turning evil is because since hes not exactly a main character that they need to let us know what he has been up to and close the book on his chapter by killing him off for being a traitorous broken idiot that I am sure nobody will miss after what he has become

[@judojugglier5646]

Was he wrong though, officer friendly died a long damn time ago even though rick didn’t

[@Gol.DRichOfficial]

Damn i wish he would’ve lost respect for Negan and joined them. Especially considering there could’ve been a plot about how negan stole his wife from him to keep as one of his many wives

[@TheWiseCollector]

if we get a morgan spin off with him finding rick a flashback of him finding rick i hope we see that exact same car but aged obvs nice little omarge to the good times

[@HalfGoodGamer]

People say that morales should have had ricks gun from atlanta, but i think if it was like that this scene would have ended differently, mayve with rick talking him down saying he has had his gun the whole time and morales lowers his guard and rick tells him to run away and to not look back, could maybe hace continued morales' story in ftwd

[@jamaljames9331]

Idk if it's just me, but I don't find the guy who plays Morales to be a really good actor! I can't help but laugh a little with the way he confronts Rick with his gun lol.

[@christianrowbotham7386]

He is fine

[@rafaelcastaneda3139]

He is holding his pistol like a teacup which provides absolutely no recoil mitigation at all. If he’s been alive for that long he should very well know the proper way to handle a firearm.

[@Radazioo]

what's the point of bringing a character from 7 years ago back to life only to kill him after 3 minutes?

[@akanick3l471]

Real question, who holds their firearm with their weak hand BELOW the mag well?

[@cancerousnut7767]

People who watch too much TV

[@replicaclone4776]

Their odds were the same, also no T-Dog, Rick?

[@alanez0120]

Morales returns and dies 5 minutes later

[@andresfelipeod6819]

Morales was mistake. He wasnt like Rick, but Daryl Was like Morales. and Daryl never hesitates

[@mr.sargentdrpepper9993]

this scene actually reminds me a lot of Rick in TOWL . which now makes this scene not to bad but i think it would have still been cool to have morales back for at least season 8

[@cStatE95]

Morales went to a similar change as daryl. They both grunt when talking

[@GREENFLAME-ect]

Damn- the Officer Friendly Callback got me a little nostalgic-

[@jonah9841]

Wait why is he aiming at Rick what did he do I thought they were like friends

[@danielnieva836]

Welcome to town, helicopter boy!

[@Murasaki1357]

Bringing back an old character from the first season and stupidly killing him is a complete disgrace!

[@JackAttackW]

Yeah, like if they wanted to kill him off that fast, at least make it memorable

[@aaronf5346]

This was a sweet ass call back

[@l-__4591]

Which episode does morales say that

[@Ghost18507]

season 1 episode 5