Rick Starts Saying Goodbye On 'the Walking Dead' And We've Got 5 Big Questions toofab.com

Andrew Lincoln's penultimate episode of the AMC series ends on quite the cliffhanger.

The future isn't looking too good for Rick Grimes, who will reportedly bid adieu to the world of "The Walking Dead" for good one week from tonight.

In star Andrew Lincoln's penultimate episode, his character clearly began saying a few of his goodbyes, before ending up in one very precarious position in the final moments.

With Maggie out for blood, Negan's mind games and Anne doing whatever the hell it is she's doing, it's all leading up to a sure-to-be epic exit for Rick next Sunday. For now, let's focus on "The Obliged" and the big questions we've got after watching the new episode.

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Who Did Rick Say Goodbye to For the Last Time?
When you're working with a cast as big as "The Walking Dead," you gotta start those goodbyes early and tonight, Rick did just that. If we had to venture a bet, we'd guess he won't be sharing much screen time next week with Eugene, Carol or even Daryl, as he left them all with messages that seemed very final.

With Eugene, he made sure to tell him that despite his past, the mullet master "got us here" and "after everything, that's everything." Eugene (and likely actor Josh McDermitt) even teared up as he walked away.

For Carol, he may not have been thrilled to hear she was returning to the Kingdom instead of helping the Sanctuary get back on their feet, but he left her on an optimistic note too. "If anyone gives me hope for how things can turn out, it's you," he told her before they parted ways.

As for Daryl, they had the most emotional one-on-one of the night, in a scene Norman Reedus said he was "really proud" of when we caught him at Comic-Con. He should be.

As Rick tried to intercept Maggie's attempt to kill Negan, Daryl offered him a ride, only to steer him further from her location. They then started fighting, before falling into a big hold in the ground. That's where things got real, as Daryl called out Rick for betraying Glenn's memory by keeping his killer alive. He said that by sparing Negan, he was only giving his followers "hope," before dropping the bomb that the Oceanside women killed those missing Saviors.

Choking back tears, Rick said that if Negan dies, he becomes a martyr and "the war was for nothing, every person who died, died for nothing. Carl, Carl died for nothing." Daryl told him that he was "chasing something for him that ain't meant to be," and should just "let [Carl] go." That, of course, will never happen.

If these are, in fact, Rick's last conversations with these three, it'll be interesting to see how they all reflect back on them after he's gone.