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After Differences

"After" closely follows the comic events of Issues 49 and 50 of Volume 9: Here We Remain, but there are a few differences.

  • Whereas in "After" Michonne stabs Hershel's zombified head, in the comics it's Tyreese's head due to him having been decapitated instead. "After" also shows a flashback/nightmare of Michonne's life leading up to the zombie apocalypse, showing that she had a son and boyfriend.
  • In both the show and comics, Rick and Carl make it to a house and Rick falls unconscious. However, in the comics, it's shown that Rick overdoses on antibiotics as opposed to just falling asleep. Carl leads zombies away from the house and has a close encounter, but is able to kill several zombies on his own. He goes back to the house and yells at an unconscious Rick about how he can now take care of himself.
  • In the show, this is extended by Carl going off by himself and having another close encounter with a zombie, which causes him to realize that he still needs Rick. Just like in the comics, Rick wakes up and Carl briefly thinks he's a zombie, but can't shoot him. He's relieved when he realizes that Rick is alive. In contrast to the comics, Michonne then shows up at the very end, having tracked them to that house.