'The Walking Dead' Season 3 Spoilers: Carol To Become Leader Of The Group? Details
The midseason return of AMC's The Walking Dead on Sunday night had many of its fans waiting impatiently for its next installment.
The Suicide King episode left many of the series' loyalists in wonder over what the future holds for group leader Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), who seems to be losing more and more of his mind.
The show's executive producer, Robert Kirkman, spoke to TV Guide about the former sheriff's downward spiral and elaborated on the issue.
"He hasn't quite reached the bottom yet. It's been a lot of fun showing his spiral into madness, with the phone and the vision of Shane and all the other things he's encountered. Now he's starting to see Lori," he said. "He's in a really bad place and it's coming at the exact wrong time. People are going to be looking to him as a leader and trying to find answers in this coming conflict, and Rick may not be available to them."
With Rick having gone off the mental deep end, Kirkman hinted at the strong possibility that the rest of the group may have to fend for themselves more.
"They may have to rely on themselves. That's going to make this confrontation that much more explosive and that much more deadly," he said. "It's really a question of whether or not Rick is going to be get it together at all, and if he is, is he going to be able to get it together soon enough?"
With Rick losing his grip as the leader, the group will surely need someone else to step up and power them through the inevitable war against Woodbury, which surprisingly may end up being Carol.
"We've definitely seen other characters taking on leadership roles at different times. Daryl [Norman Reedus] has really stepped up and contributed quite a bit, but we've seen that he's out on his own with Merle [Michael Rooker], so he's not going to be there. But I think we will see some leadership coming from Glenn [Steven Yeun], Maggie [Lauren Cohan] and Hershel [Scott Wilson] and definitely Carol [Melissa McBride]."
The Walking Dead will return to the AMC network on Sunday, Feb. 12, at 9 p.m. ET.
