Walking Dead: The King, The Widow, and Rick

"The King, The Widow, and Rick" is the sixth episode of season eight of the zombie survival horror television series The Walking Dead, and the one-hundredth fifth episode of the series overall. It was directed by John Polson with a script written by Angela Kang and Corey Reed. It first aired on AMC on Sunday, November 26th, 2017 at 9:00 pm. Rick offers the Scavengers a deadly ultimatum to side with their alliance. In other stories, Carl bonds with Siddiq, Carol confronts a broken Ezekiel, Maggie is conflicted between what to do with their captured Saviors and an injured Michonne and Rosita intercept two Saviors trying to get speakers back to the Sanctuary.

Crew

 * Robert Kirkman - Executive producer
 * David Alpert - Executive producer
 * Greg Nicotero - Executive producer
 * Tom Luse - Executive producer
 * Gale Anne Hurd - Executive producer
 * Scott M. Gimple - Executive producer
 * Bear McCreary - Composer
 * Avi Youabian - Editor
 * Grace Walker - Production designer
 * Michael E. Satrazemis - Director of photography
 * Jolly Dale - Producer
 * Caleb Womble - Producer


 * Paul Gadd - Producer
 * Heather Bellson - Producer
 * Matthew Negrete - Supervising producer
 * Channing Powell - Supervising producer
 * Corey Reed - Co-executive producer
 * Angela Kang - Co-executive producer
 * Seth Hoffman - Co-executive producer
 * Denise Huth - Co-executive producer
 * Christina Perez - Associate producer
 * Amy Beth Barnes - Associate producer
 * Alex Coley Brown - Associate producer

Notes & Trivia

 * The Walking Dead was created by writer/executive producer Robert Kirkman and developed for TV by Frank Darabont.


 * "The King, The Widow, and Rick", "The Walking Dead: The King, The Widow, and Rick", "WD: The King, The Widow, and Rick", and "TWD: The King, The Widow, and Rick" all redirect to this page.


 * This episode is rated TV-MA. It contains strong language and acts of extreme violence.


 * Co-executive producer Denise M. Huth is credited as Denise Huth in this episode.


 * Associate producer Amy Barnes is credited as Amy Beth Barnes in this episode.
 * The episode title refers to Negan's codenames for the leaders of the Kingdom, the Hilltop and Alexandria: Ezekiel, Maggie Greene and Rick Grimes, respectively.

Body count

 * Leo - Blown up with a rocket launcher by Rosita Espinosa.
 * Zia - Car crash with Daryl Dixon and Tara Chambler.