In season four, when the Governor is still the biggest bad Rick's company has had to face, our fearless leader tries to extend an olive branch to his opponent's underlings for shelter in exchange for putting down their arms.
"Look, I fought him before, and after, we took in his old friends. They've become leaders in what we have here. Now, you put down your weapons, walk through those gates, you're one of us. We let go of all of it, and nobody dies," he says in his trademark guttural refrain. "Everyone who's alive right now, everyone who's made it this far, we've all done the worst kinds of things just to stay alive. But we can still come back. We're not too far gone. We get to come back. I know we all can change."
Even the Governor's patch can't conceal the nervousness in his eyes over Rick's compelling pitch. While the impassioned plea is mostly unsuccessful, it's enough to convince Tara to turn a coat.
