A hands-off father! Rick Grimes is grilled by furious son over whether he would really cut his arm off in shocking The Walking Dead deleted scene
The Walking Dead fans were treated to a deleted tender moment between Rick Grimes, son Carl and Michonne from the season seven finale, on Sunday.
The never-before-seen short clip, which aired before the season eight premiere episode, showed the trio in the run up to their trip to the heap, which saw the Scavengers double cross Rick's group.
While Carl sat at a table, putting a weapon together, Rick reminded his son what to do if enemies The Saviors turned up while he and Michonne were gone.
Holding him to account: Rick Grimes' furious son Carl grilled his father over whether he would really cut his arm off in shocking The Walking Dead deleted scene
'You know what to do if they show up,' Rick said.
'Give them what they want one last time,' Carl replied.
Nodding and kissing his son on the forehead, Rick said: 'I love you Carl.'
'I love you too dad,' Carl replied.
That's my boy: Sensitive Rick won him back by giving his sherriff's hat
Tender moment: Rick Grimes kissed his son Carl on the head in a deleted scene
Listening in: Michonne was listening as Carl asked his father if he was going to cut off his arm when Negan ordered him to do it
But as Rick turned to walk away, Carl asked his father whether he would have cut off his arm – a cruel trick in the first episode of season seven which saw Negan break Rick's resolve by persuading him to cut off his own son's limb, before telling him at the last minute he didn't have to do it.
'Would you have done it? Cut off my arm?' Carl asked his father.
'I don't know,' Rick said.
Fair question: The blinded boy apparently had been thinking of the moment when Negan broke Rick's resolve
Honest answer: Rick answered that he didn't know if he would have cut off his son's arm
'Could you do it now? Because it could happen again,' Carl said.
Michonne, however, appeared in the room and told the youngster to stop talking in such a negative fashion.
'I don't want you talking about it. I don't want you to think about it,' she said.
Negative talk: Michonne advised Carl to stop thinking in such a negative fashion
'We weren't ready for them then. We are now. And there's nothing left but beating them, but winning this, making them regret they ever crossed us just before they die.
'Don't fantasize about failing. Put everything into winning and we'll make it real.'
Carl, smiling, said 'okay', while Michonne told Rick 'let's go get our army'.
Army building: Michonne embraced Carl before she and Rick went off to build an army
Rick's group were blissfully unaware that they would be double-crossed by their Scavenger army, who had been working with the Saviors all along.
The re-airing of the season seven finale also included a few behind-the-scenes clips including a look at the special effects behind King Ezekiel's pet tiger Shiva.
Season eight of the hit AMC show premiered Sunday with Rick leading an army against Negan.
Tough future: Rick was shown in the deleted scene before being betrayed by the Scavengers
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