The Walking Dead (TV Series)

Judge, Jury, Executioner (2012)

Andrew Lincoln: Rick Grimes

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Quotes 

• [Dale asks the group how are they better then the people they're afraid of] 

  Patricia : If you go through with it, how would you do it? Would he suffer?

  Shane Walsh : We could hang him, right? Just snap his neck.

  Rick Grimes : I thought about that. Shooting may be more humane.

  Theodore 'T-Dog' Douglas : And what about the body? Do we bury him?

  Dale Horvath : Hold on, hold on! You're talking about this like it's already decided.

  Daryl Dixon : You've been talking all day, going around in circles. You just wanna go around in circles again?

  Dale Horvath : This is a young man's life, and it is worth more than a five-minute conversation! We kill someone because we can't decide what else to do with him? You saved him and now look at us. He's been tortured. He's gonna be executed. How are we any better than those people that we're so afraid of?

• [Dale tells the group that the world has turned into survival of the fittest] 

  Dale Horvath : You once said that we don't kill the living.

  Rick Grimes : Well, that was before the living tried to kill us.

  Dale Horvath : But don't you see? If we do this, the people that we were... The world that we knew is dead. And this new world is ugly. It's... harsh. It's... it's survival of the fittest. And that's a world I don't wanna live in, and I don't... and I don't believe that any of you do. I can't.

  Dale Horvath : [Dale tears up]  Please. Let's just do what's right. Isn't there anybody else who's gonna stand with me?

  Andrea Harrison : [the group remains silent as Andrea speaks up]  He's right. We should try to find another way.

• [Dale tries to stop Rick from making a decision to execute Randall] 

  Dale Horvath : You can't do this. You don't wanna do this. I know you don't.

  Rick Grimes : I thought about it all night. Knowing what we know now, I don't see a way out of it.

  Dale Horvath : But you can't just decide on your own to take someone's life.

  Rick Grimes : The group seemed supportive.

  Dale Horvath : What, because they didn't speak back? You didn't let 'em. There's gotta be a... a process.

  Rick Grimes : And what would that be? We can't call witnesses, go before a judge.

  Dale Horvath : So he's automatically guilty by association and sentenced to death? He's just a kid.

• [Dale tells Rick to think about his son Carl before executing Randall] 

  Rick Grimes : [about the group]  They need to be safe. I owe 'em that.

  Dale Horvath : You think about your son! The message that you're giving him... shoot first, think later. I'm asking for one day to talk to everybody. You can give me that. Think-think about Carl.

  Rick Grimes : I am. We reconvene at sunset, then what happens, happens.

• [Rick teaches Carl some advice about thinking before talking] 

  Carl Grimes : [about Carol]  I said it's stupid to believe in heaven. 'Cause it is.

  Rick Grimes : Well, just think about that for a minute. She just lost her daughter. She wants to believe she's still alive in some way.

  Carl Grimes : But she...

  Rick Grimes : Don't... don't talk. Think. It's a good rule of thumb for life.

  Carl Grimes : Mom always wants you to talk more.

  Rick Grimes : Don't change the subject. You owe Carol an apology. You made a mistake. Fix it.

  Carl Grimes : [about Randall]  Is that why you're gonna kill that guy? Fixing your mistake?

  Rick Grimes : That's different.

  Carl Grimes : How are you gonna do it? Are you gonna hang him in the barn?

  Rick Grimes : You just think about how you're gonna make things right with Carol. Don't talk. Think.

• [Rick tells Lori that he has to be the one to execute Randall] 

  Lori Grimes : You don't have to be the one to do it... Shane, Daryl.

  Rick Grimes : Yeah, it has to be me. I brought him back here. Maybe I shouldn't have. I gotta keep these people safe. That is what I'm gonna do.

  Lori Grimes : What about Dale?

  Rick Grimes : He's got an uphill battle.

• [Rick asks Lori if she supports his decision to execute Randall] 

  Rick Grimes : You said you support me.

  Lori Grimes : I do.

  Rick Grimes : But you didn't say you think I'm making the right call. This is the right call.

• [Dale learns that he's the only one defending Randall from being executed] 

  Rick Grimes : Well, let's... let's just see where everybody stands, then we can talk through the options.

  Shane Walsh : Well, where I sit, there's only one way to move forward.

  Dale Horvath : Killing him, right? I mean, why even bother to even take a vote? It's clear which way the wind's blowing.

  Rick Grimes : Well, if people believe we should spare him, I wanna know.

  Dale Horvath : Well, I can tell you it's a small group... maybe just me and Glenn.

  Glenn Rhee : [Glenn hesitates to disagree with Dale]  Look, I... I think you're pretty much right about everything, all the time, but this...

  Dale Horvath : They've got you scared.

  Glenn Rhee : He's not one of us. And we've... we've lost too many people already.

• [the group express their lack of trust in having Randall alive] 

  Dale Horvath : He could be an asset. Give him a chance to prove himself.

  Glenn Rhee : Put him to work?

  Rick Grimes : We're not letting him walk around.

  Maggie Greene : We could put an escort on him.

  Shane Walsh : Who wants to volunteer for that duty?

  Dale Horvath : I will.

  Rick Grimes : I don't think any of us should be walking around with this guy.

  Lori Grimes : He's right. I wouldn't feel safe unless he was tied up.

  Maggie Greene : We can't exactly put chains around his ankles, sentence him to hard labor.

• [Randall begs for his life to Rick] 

  Rick Grimes : Would you like to stand or kneel?

  Randall Culver : [Randall begs]  Oh, no, please. Ple... Ah-ah-ah.

  Rick Grimes : [Randall begins crying]  Do you have any final words?

  Randall Culver : [Randall repeatedly cries]  No, please. Please don't. Don't. Oh, please.

  Carl Grimes : [Rick cocks his gun as Carl blurts out from behind]  Do it, dad. Do it.

• [Rick tells Lori why he couldn't take Randall's life] 

  Rick Grimes : [about Carl]  He followed us. He wanted to watch. I couldn't.

  Lori Grimes : That's okay.

  Lori Grimes : [Lori pauses before whispering to Rick's face again]  That's okay.