Throwback to when I was certain Richonne was a thing.
You know what I love about this scene here? Besides, Michonne is thinking of Rick and Carl on the road.
It's clear that although Rick and Carl said last season, Michonne was one of them. She's still not ready to go all in...and Rick is patient. Let her go for 30 days on the road, and he's stayed quiet. But now that she's in front of him, he will take a chance. He puts on the charm when he's practically asking her to stay, letting her know he wants and needs her here.
Then it's clear as Daryl looks at Rick when he says that it's Rick that's been worried, that he's voiced his concerns to her brother-in-law, who's just as concerned with Michonne running off and keeping her distance from their family.
Oh, and she's still somewhere else. Rick is frustrated. I had never looked at his face before, but he was frustrated that Michonne was already thinking about leaving. It's been 30 days, and she has one foot out the door.
We see her soon-to-be son expressing that he missed her while she was away and just as frustrated as his dad that not only has she been on the road and it's dangerous, but Michonne has yet to spend time with them.
Michonne- she's doing the usual of their routine over the summer, promising that though she's away, she'll always come back home.
It's confirmed with no dialogue that Rick is worried and talks to Daryl about Michonne. Daryl gives him a reassuring pat, saying, "I'll talk to her. I got this."
Daryl confronts her a few episodes when they're on the run, telling Michonne she's been running off (I think these are the words Rick has used with Daryl- she's running off, keeping her distance)
Michonne is taking breaks. (Who could blame her with the PTSD of losing her son, partner, and friend). But what Michonne is doing, according to her, is finding the governor to end things and avenge Andrea's death. Though true, Rick also knows she's not quite ready to be fully a part of the family, at home, with Carl, and with Rick.
Oh, and we know that Rick has been waiting for her to stop taking breaks.
When everything is broken, their home is gone, and Michonne is enlightened that Rick and Carl are her family. She says this:
She's ready to go all in emotionally to their family and build a home, a foundation with Rick.
Lastly, my favorite! Rick, though beaten, is clearly happy and hopeful that Michonne will be there.
It's how I knew they would be family.
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