Andrew Lincoln talks The Walking Dead Season 4 finale, previews Season 5

The Season 4 finale of The Walking Dead aired last night, and fans are still reeling from the actions taken by Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) to protect his loved ones. The finale also ended on a cliffhanger, as Rick and his friends are now trapped in a train car in Terminus.

Lincoln spoke to EW.com about the finale and Season 5 and spoke about Rick's season-long character arc, in which he went from peaceful farmer and reluctant leader to fully embracing his inner beast:

"Oh, I don't care what Scott Gimple has written - we're improvising the first couple of episodes. We've already said that those Termites - we're just gonna kick their butts! Honestly, it is so good to be playing Rick again. And you're absolutely right, this is a man - his journey this season and since the beginning - it goes to the question of can we ever come back to be the people we once were, and certainly the first half of the season was about a man suppressing that, and suppressing his brutality for the sake of his son. And now you see a man totally accepting that side of himself, that brutality for the sake of his son. And it's just a really neat play that you get a man who is completely at peace with the fact that he's a man and a monster and he needs to be in this new world and he's probably the most dangerous he's ever been, but also the most capable he's ever been. Which is why the final exchange is not anything but a call to arms. They have no idea who they're dealing with."

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