The Walking Dead comic issue 193 recap: The Grimes family legacy

Eugene wants to know if they brought the attachment he requested and Carl is quick to point out that he’s got everything on the list. Eugene’s plan is to unite the east and west rails, but is sad that Stephanie isn’t around to see the project come to completion. Plus, he reveals that he’s not feeling well before offering them some food when the cart gets unloaded.

Lydia and Carl aren’t sure if Eugene is really sick, but then spot Laura among the workers. She says she will never forgive Rick for what he did but enjoys working out that far where people don’t worship the ground Carl’s dad walked on. He nearly walks away, but stops to say how many people are alive because of Rick…even though Dwight isn’t one of them.

The two get ready to head back to the Safe-Zone. They take the train and ride, with Carl giving Lydia a share of the profits from the trip and they say their farewells.

Carl arrives back home to give Andrea a big hug. She tells him about a big snake she saw before he goes into the house to talk with an upset Sophia, who is irate over him killing Hershel’s entire traveling exhibit. He says he did what he did to keep Andrea safe and that it’s okay if he goes to jail because it’s what his dad taught him: to do what he thinks is right. She says Andrea would be safer with him around, not locked up.

Kapoor and some soldiers arrive to arrest Carl. They cuff him and put him on a train as the soldiers apologize for having to arrest him and says he totally understands why Carl did what he did. The two are headed to the Commonwealth to see Judge Hawthorne.

Sophia visits with Carl in holding. They embrace and apologize to each other for their fight. She lets Carl know that Hershel is not only suing him for the destruction of his property but also making a threat on his life.

Judge Michonne Hawthorne reminds the courtroom that it is an informal hearing, not a trial and her ruling will be final. She tells Carl to give his remarks first, and he says he knows he destroyed property but doesn’t see a walker as property or art, just a threat to the living and got pushed over the edge when forced to replace the roamer and killed them all,

Adding that he may not be well-adjusted to a world where things are so safe, he explains that his job also involves going out among the zombies and the threat they pose isn’t something he has forgotten…and not something he wants his daughter to be any part of, especially after not seeing one in her six years alive.

Hawthorne agrees with Carl, talking about how things used to be and how they are now. She talks of a statue with many quotes written on it, emphasizing one about how living in a world of the dead forces people to start living. And it’s a reminder for everyone who was lost along the way and the sacrifices that were made.

The final ruling is that walkers can’t be property and displaying them is outlawed.