Season five features some pretty peak Rick-isms, like when Michonne has to knock him out in front of everyone to keep him from raving on about the Alexandrians' ignorance of the world and its dangers. Once it becomes clear to the group that their flimsy wall isn't mighty enough to protect them — courtesy of another unwelcome guest — Rick gets really real, and even Deanna has to listen up.
"It got inside on its own. They always will — the dead and the living — because we're in here. The ones out there, they'll hunt us, they'll find us, they'll try to use us, they'll try to kill us," he says, employing his signature bad-news-first style before adding, "But we'll kill them. We'll survive, I'll show you how. I was thinking, I was thinking how many of you do I have to kill to save your life? But I'm not going to do that. You're gonna change. I'm not sorry for what I said last night. I'm sorry for not saying it sooner. You're not ready. But you have to be, right now you have to be. Luck runs out."
When Rick Grimes offers you a personalized survival skills class like that, you have no choice but to take it, especially when he's just gotten through giving you the play-by-play on how you're gonna die if you don't. Shudder.
