The Walking Dead (TV Series)

Better Angels (2012)

Chandler Riggs: Carl Grimes

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Quotes 

• [Rick sits beside Carl in the barn] 

  Rick Grimes : [Rick holds a gun out to Carl]  Take it. What happened to Dale had nothing to do with you.

  Carl Grimes : He... he died, Dad.

  Rick Grimes : [Rick hangs his head]  Yeah. Yeah. Feels like there's a lot of that going around.

  Rick Grimes : [Rick puts his arm around Carl]  That's why I need you. No more kid stuff. I wish you could have the childhood I had, but that's not gonna happen.

  Rick Grimes : [Rick in a low voice]  People are gonna die. I'm gonna die. Mom. There's no way you can ever be ready for it. I try to be, but I can't. The best we can do now is avoid it as long as we can, keep one step ahead. I wish I had something better to say, something... something more profound. My father was good like that. But I'm tired, son.

  Rick Grimes : [Rick holds the gun back to Carl]  Please take it.

• [last lines] 

  Carl Grimes : [Carl finds Rick in the field with Shane's dead body]  Dad?

  Rick Grimes : [Rick with tears in his eyes]  Carl. You know... you should be back home with mom.

  Rick Grimes : [Carl cocks the gun at Rick]  Just... just put the... put the gun down.

  Rick Grimes : [the Walker-Shane rises up from behind Rick, snarling]  It's not what it seems.

  Rick Grimes : [Carl nervously aims before firing a shot]  Please.

  Rick Grimes : [as Rick and Carl look at the Walker-Shane's body collapse]  Wait-wait-wait-wait.

• [Shane tells Carl that he's responsible for the death of Dale] 

  Carl Grimes : Dale. It's my fault that he died.

  Shane Walsh : Carl, why would you say that, man? He got bit by a walker. Why you say...

  Carl Grimes : I saw that walker. I was gonna shoot it. When he was stuck in the mud. I was... I was throwing rocks at him and stuff. But I was gonna do it... shoot it right in the head. And it... it got free, came after me and... I ran away. If I had killed it, Dale would still be here.

  Shane Walsh : [Shane holds out his gun to give to Carl]  Carl, I want you to stop that, okay? This ain't your fault. But you need to hold onto this. You need to protect yourself. As long as I'm around you, nothing's gonna happen to you, Carl. But I can't keep my eyes on you 24/7. Only you can do that. Carl, take it.

  Carl Grimes : I'm never touching another gun again.