<P> The end of this episode proves to Rick that that's not the case . This entire season has been leading up to the moment where he shot those two men . Shane has been beating it into his head that he isn't fit for this world and needs to be a harder man and be able to make the hard decisions . Over the last two episodes, we've seen Rick be the one that has to step up and shoot Sophia when no one else can . We've seen him in the blink of an eye take out two guys who are a clear threat to him and everyone else that's with him . This is really the beginning of Rick emerging as a clear leader and answering that thing that Shane's been saying all this time . </P> <P> After the death of his wife in the television series, Rick faces a downward spiral to the point of relinquishing his leadership position in the prison community by the end of the third season . At the beginning of the fourth season, Lincoln described Rick as a man "repressing his brutality for the sake of his son ." However, at the end of the fourth season after losing the prison and suffering more losses, he described Rick as "a man accepting brutality for the sake of his son," following closely to the comic in which he bites the throat of a marauder who threatens to assassinate him and assault his son . He further assessed that "Rick is a man who has made peace with the brutality within him that's inherent in him along with the moral sense that is just as valid a part of him . Rick is psychologically the strongest he's ever been . Because he's realized that the only way to stay alive--to keep his son alive in this new world--is by actively embracing all sides of his personality including darkness, fury and rage ." </P> <P> In the fifth season, Lincoln asserted that "Rick is (...) at the most complete place he's been ever since the apocalypse started . He's a man who doesn't doubt himself anymore, and he's accepted his brutality as much as his humanity . So I think he's in an incredibly powerful and dangerous place ." He also described him as being a leader once again, who is much more uncompromising as he "(drags) a lot of (the group) into a place that is darker, more brutal ." Entertainment Weekly assessed that "This is the Rick viewers most assuredly need after watching him mope around on - and - off for two seasons after having very bad thing in the world happen to him . And it's the Rick that the rest of the survivors need as well if they are going to continue to keep on keeping on ." </P> <P> Rick Grimes was named the 26th Top Comic Book Hero by IGN, and Lincoln's portrayal of Rick Grimes has been generally well received by television commentators and audiences . He was nominated for a Saturn Award in the category for Best Actor in Television . IGN's Eric Goldman stated that Lincoln fit into character very well; "For much of the pilot, he's on his own and exudes a lot of believable, shocked emotion, as Rick tries to process what he is seeing ." Although he cited that his accent was "dodgy" in the pilot installment, Leonard Pierce of The A.V. Club observed that Lincoln became more relaxed as the series progressed . "His body language and expression here is totally different now than when we saw him before . He's a fast learner ." </P>

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