Rick’s Speech
Speaking of which, Rick isn’t to be outdone by Maggie in the speech department this season and also has his own bit of rhetoric to get the troops pumped for the fight.
The backbone of the trailer, Rick’s speech is played over the top of clips in which the assembled communities are seen preparing to break out into all-out war with Negan and his men. Just the sort of time, then, for them to need some morale-boosting. Thankfully, Rick’s got them covered:
“When I first met him, Jesus said my world was going to get a whole lot bigger. Well, we’ve found that world. We found each other. That bigger world is ours by right. Those who use and take and kill, we end them. With everything we’ve beaten, everything we’ve endured, everything we’ve risen above, everything we’ve become… No matter what comes next, we’ve won. We’ve already won!”
It’s an awesome speech, with some interesting thematic links with Maggie’s. It looks like the gang all-round are sick of being lorded over by either ravenous zombies or wannabe dictators. The world is theirs, Rick and the others have realized, and they want to take it back.