Andrew Lincoln: Rick Grimes Is Driven By Family, Now He Has A New One As The Walking Dead Returns

Having kicked off as an all-out zombie drama, where survival was key at all costs and the most enjoyable scenes featured at least a mauling or two, if not the death of a main character, The Walking Dead has evolved into a fully fledged character drama over three seasons.

And ahead of season four, which premieres this Sunday (Oct13) on AMC, the character responsible for the biggest arc – a certain Rick Grimes – is set to herd his sheep through a maze of greedy, barbaric humans and non-sentient zombies looking for their next meal of human flesh.

He’s the leader, the sheriff, that’s a consistent theme throughout the show, but the reasons for his burden are transient. Keeping his son and his wife alive were the key reasons to keep the fight going, but since Lori passed and Carl matured, not to mention the birth of his daughter, his priorities have changed.