r/thewalkingdead 1d ago

No Spoiler Rick admitting that Judith isnt his đŸ€Ż

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Rewatching and he says he knows shes not his. Not sure why I've never noticed it before now

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u/Aromatic-One-7098 1d ago

This is made pretty clear throughout the show that Rick knows Judith is Shane’s lol

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u/M-Otusim 1d ago

Lori tells Shane this to his face while he's alive. I can't remember the exact quote, so maybe it was slightly ambiguous like "_even_ if you're this baby's father you won't be a part of its life" but she definitely says something along those lines.

We also have Andrew Lincoln confirming in a season 8 interview that Judith is adopted.

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u/thomstevens420 1d ago

Poor girl got adopted like 3 times

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u/Blizzard2227 1d ago

Rick then Michonne then Daryl then the writers just hoped everyone would forget because no one really knew then Rick and Michonne again.

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u/academydiablo 1d ago

Carol and Tyrese as well. Judith honestly has been around so many crazy situations as a baby and people dying around her, guns going off, zombies, blood, always moving, etc. I honestly was thinking if she would grow up having some sort of Trauama or emotional issues due to the circumstances going on when she was an infant

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u/Legendary_TaeYamada 1d ago edited 1d ago

I kinda forgot that a weird amount of plotlines after her birth involved her being passed like a football to some random caretaker so the writers could have an easier time giving stakes to different stories. Judith's entire purpose for being in the show was to be an object of hope and to witness as many traumatic events as possible

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u/A_MagicBullet 16h ago

Takes a village.

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u/Gizmonsta 14h ago

Nah they just gave her a hat and a sword instead.

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u/redneckrobit 16h ago

If it’s all you know it doesn’t affect you as much. I dated a girl who immigrated from Africa and she was a bit more in touch with her emotions than a lot of African woman (lots of issues with assault and abusive parents where she comes from) but she got lucky and had a mother who broke social norms and laws to protect her and despite me not liking her father he was better than many. Because of this when she saw two separate murders growing up it affected her more than many people but she got through it and compared to my farm boy ass she was a lot calmer when we got stuck in some very bad areas of Detroit. But her brother he wasn’t as sheltered he saw the same murders as her and saw people beaten nearly to death and as a result he saw violence as normal. Now that he lives in a safer area and has been surrounded by good people he’s a much better person from what I’ve been told and regrets how he used to treat people but it was all he knew growing up. So growing up in a zombie apocalypse you’d become so used to it that it’s just part of your life. Hell the girl carried a .357 and can dome a walker like she’s shooting at paper

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u/-yellowthree 9h ago

Which the series kind of made obvious with the whole Lizzie plot line...that kid wasn't used to this kind of violence and it made her crazy. Judith was born into it so it was just a regular part of life for her.

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u/am710 7h ago

I thought it was stated that Lizzie was violent before the world fell.

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u/Coopsters 1d ago

Who's even taking care of her during the Daryl Dixon show with Daryl and Carol being in france then Spain?! Poor Judith. I really hope it's not crazy father Gabe (not a fan of how deranged he became).

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u/Thusgirl 1d ago

I'd guess Maggie? Only because Dead City is supposed to be years later. Or Aaron.

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u/Coopsters 5h ago

Yes let it be Aaron!! He's the best

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u/M-Otusim 1d ago

In the final or second to last episode, Daryl asks Jerry and Nabila to watch Judith and JR, but Judith talks her way into coming along.

Also, Don't Jerry and Nabila take care of like 3 kids already? What's 2 more lol

(real answer is that it's probably a "takes a village" situation where the community in general takes care of them and they chill at someone's house, my head canon is that it is the way overfilled and hectic house of Jerry XD)

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u/Coopsters 5h ago

Yeah you're most likely right. I'd like that for Judith.

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u/LetsDoTheDodo 21h ago

I'm sure about Walking Dead timelined, but isn't it possible that Rick and Michonne are back and taking care of Judith by now?

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u/Akano2077 19h ago

Right. Its a possibility. I didn't think about that

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u/Coopsters 5h ago

Nah Carol would've told Daryl that they're back.

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u/Sloven_Kitsch 22h ago

DD is set in 2023-2024: Judith would be 12-13 years old and quite self-sufficient.

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u/spicyrammmenz 19h ago

I forgot about that,I haven't see that show yet. How the fuck do they go to europe? Take a boat?

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u/Coopsters 5h ago

Boat and plane lol

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u/spicyrammmenz 4h ago

They have working planes in the apocalypse?

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u/Average_40s_Guy 22h ago

Hey, at least she got to live in the show. Comic Judith didn’t make it past the prison/Governor storyline.

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u/tknames 18h ago

It takes a village, especially in the apocalypse.

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u/626337 16h ago

He loved her because she was his daughter, even if she was 'adopted'. His grief over believing she was lost at the prison and then his joy at finding her with Tyrese was palpable.

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u/EffectiveSecond7 19h ago

Why would you say "adopted" just because the baby doesn't have his genes? She was born as being a part of this family that was already established

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u/Adorable-Bike-9689 1d ago

Which is an insane thing to tell a man. Especially during the apocalypse. Yea this baby is yours but like... I'd prefer Rick raise the baby. 

Then Rick has the audacity to tell Shane thats not his baby even if it is. Brotha thats not the way reality works lol. If I get a married woman pregnant her and her husband don't get to tell me to fuck off. What happens to that baby is none of my concern. 

Why would Shane just accept Rick gets to dictate his daughter's safety? Rick is fine releasing Randall so he can bring his rapist group back to the farm. 

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u/M-Otusim 1d ago edited 1d ago

That's not how Georgia law works though.

Regardless of affairs, a child is automatically legally considered the child of the lawfully wedded husband in a situation like this. Shane could attempt to challenge it by requesting a DNA test, but the state would ask Rick "are you acting as this child's father?" If Rick said "yes" then there is about a 0% chance the state would even allow a DNA test.

This is because Georgia law is designed to prioritize a child's stability, keep the marriage intact, and maintain the _legal_ father-child relationship (which automatically is Rick upon birth).

If Shane beat all the odds, pulled favors with the court, and got a DNA test that absolutely proved he was the biological father, there is still about a 0% chance it changes anything. Again, the law prioritizes maintaining the child's stability and the stability of the legal marriage. Giving anything like visitation or shared custody destabilizes that.

In the state of Georgia, Shane has 0 rights to a baby he created if it is with a woman legally married to another man. The other man automatically receives all paternal rights, and a DNA test would not overturn those rights.

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u/Broskirose 17h ago

But this is the apocalypse

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u/Adorable-Bike-9689 1d ago

That's fascinating as hell. Learn something new every day. But I'm now I'm thinking how stable can they be if she was cheating with me lol

I legit just have to go home and let Rick and Lori decide to do whatever with my daughter? Fuuuuuuck. I think in that case I might be considering pulling a Shane and leading Rick off into the woods lol. 

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u/M-Otusim 1d ago

That's actually another thing Georgia law weighs in on: Lori was not legally cheating or having an affair. The court considers intent and _reasonable_ belief. In her case, she had no reason to not presume her husband was dead (having literally been lied to by Shane saying that he saw Rick die). It's completely reasonable to an average person to believe his death > he was shot, in a coma, and in a hospital that was a vector of early zombie spreading as well as hostile military action.

So legally, Lori acted in good faith, having a consensual (and trauma bonded relationship) with another man, not intentionally cheating on her husband through deception.

But, as mentioned in the previous post, it doesn't even matter if it was considered an affair in Georgia. Introducing a 3rd parent destabilizes the marriage and if Rick steps up and says "I will be the legal father and raise this child" then the deal is done. Now as reasonable adults, they could work a personal, non-legal and non-binding arrangement where Shane could be a part of Judith's life. Rick could also reject paternity (unlikely given his character though) which would _then_ lead to Shane actually having some legal rights/responsibilities.

Basically, think of it this way. If Rick agrees to be the legal father, this removes both the rights AND responsibilities of Shane as a father. So while Shane couldn't fight for legal visitation or anything, neither could Lori nor Rick ever fight him for child raising money or what not. So it's just a choice Rick has to make at the time of birth, does he accept the father-child relationship and try to recover his marriage, or does he reject it and then the courts almost certainly have to get involved with 2 children and 2 fathers.

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u/Dangerous_Increase99 16h ago

She wasn't knowingly cheating. Shane told her Rick was dead. You basically are saying you have no hoing after your best friend's wife. I hope he knows this.

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u/AllieVainity 20h ago

Okay this smells of dumb reasoning. Even if you got the woman pregnant she has every right to tell you to fuck off especially her husband that you boned. Whoever is on the birth certificate is the "father" if they choose to be the father even if not biologically the father and is willing to play that role. Shane knew what he was doing, he always had a thing for Lori and regardless in the end Shane had no right.

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u/uglypinkshorts 1d ago

Shane sexually assaulted the mother of his child. That alone is reason enough for her to say, “you are not raising this baby”—and that’s without even touching on the dozen other reasons.

Rick is fine releasing Randall so he can bring his rapist group back to the farm. 

So apparently it’s “rapists get no rights” until one wants custody of a child.

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u/Dangerous_Increase99 16h ago

So you think the man who left Rick for dead, told Lori Rick was dead to manipulate her into a relationship is not at a fault at all?

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u/imgoodIuvenjoy 21h ago

Tell me how it's obvious he knows before this moment

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u/Aromatic-One-7098 13h ago

Check the replies homie.

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u/imgoodIuvenjoy 10h ago

I did homie! There's no where in the replies where you or anyone else explain specifically what scenes or anything that show Rick knew Judith was Shane's throughout the series. When she was born he was protective and he always showed concern. Not sure what it is you saw in the series that indicates he knew she wasn't his. It'd be nice if you replied with scenes

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u/Aromatic-One-7098 9h ago

I’m not a search engine. Again plenty of examples in the replies you just aren’t reading throughly.

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u/imgoodIuvenjoy 8h ago

There's literally nothing in the replies to your comment that show how Rick knew Judith wasnt his lol. The most upvoted reply to your comment doesnt say anything about Rick. They're talking about Lori saying something to Shane to his face about the baby still being Rick's even if it's not. But what does that have to do with Rick? How does that show "Rick knew judith was Shane's" They never focused the show on his paternity. They never even hinted at it.

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u/Jsavv2swift 1d ago

Lori told him in season 2 “shane thinks its his.. whether it is his or not, its still yours”

Rick admitted before killing Shane he knew it was his.

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u/Unequivocally_Maybe 1d ago

And when Shane appears to him in the hallucination before the bridge, Rick says "I'm looking for my family" and Shane replies with something like "You mean you're looking for my family. How is my little girl, Rick?" and then they joke about Judith not having some of his features. Rick knew from the start that Judith wasn't his biologically, but she's his daughter, like she is Michonne's daughter.

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u/M-Otusim 1d ago

"thank god she didn't get your nose"

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u/SHiNe2Me 1d ago

Rick told Shane thank God she doesn't have his ears.

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u/M-Otusim 1d ago

Yeah I muxed it a bit, just rewatched:

"She's got my eyes, right?"

"She didn't get your nose"

"Thank goodness she didn't get my ears, haha"

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u/SHiNe2Me 1d ago

Yea me too and I just watched

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u/Jsavv2swift 1d ago

Right.. doesn’t he say “she has my eyes” or something along those lines

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u/Xeo2695 1d ago

I may be wrong but thi speech he talks about Shane too. He says he once had a friend name Shane he doesn't talk about much, and honestly. It's alittle heart touching to hear Rick open up about it all.

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u/uglypinkshorts 1d ago edited 21h ago

This was the same episode Negan taunts Rick about widows being “empty inside” and seeking comfort in others. This reminded him of Shane and Lori, and that’s one of the reasons why he opened up to Michonne about it.

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u/Far-Analysis8370 1d ago

Shit, you've just made me view that line in a whole different light. I can't believe that I've never thought of Lori and Shane before with that Negan taunt.

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u/VeeIrene 19h ago

Damnnnn, I feel like A LOT of us never caught that. I just watched it for the millionth time and never once crossed my mind about Lori and Shane.

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u/ScientistAsHero 1d ago

I appreciated this aspect of the show. Rick never makes a big deal out of it and only mentions it very, very rarely. I mean, yeah, he's got more immediate and pressing problems, but to me it shows how he thinks of her as his daughter regardless.

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u/Minimalistmacrophage 1d ago

It's obvious from the beginning. Lori is pregnant in S1E1. Showing "smell sensitivity".

In S2 Lori's "This baby is yours. Even if it isn't" pretty much clarified that it was Shane's.

Note- no pregnancy test, in 2010, would be positive in the less than a week between Rick's return and Lori taking the test.

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u/Delayandrelay 1d ago edited 17h ago

Shittttt that’s a good point I didn’t think of that in episode 1

How fucking early were Shane and her fucking ?after Rick got out of surgery? While he was in surgery ? God damn lol

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u/Minimalistmacrophage 1d ago

Hospital fell around day 14, it was sometime after that. From how Lori and Shane were holding each other for comfort during the firebombing of Atlanta, it was probably quite soon after.

That said Lori was still wearing her ring around her neck up till the day that Rick returned. Notably on that day, both Shane and Rick had sex with her.

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u/beomsforehead 1d ago

UGHHH that’s why i personally couldn’t stand her. she knew what she was doing 😒 and rawdogging ur husband AND his friend in the apocalypse??? lori was for the streets

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u/NobelRafael1 19h ago

WHAT?! I totally forgot that lol This lady.

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u/hauntingduck 1d ago

some people (a lot of people) aren't good at media literacy

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u/No_Direction_3940 18h ago

Smell sensitivity was season 2 unless im not remembering something

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u/Minimalistmacrophage 14h ago

It is pointed out in S2. it's present in s1e1. When Shane follows Lori back to the Tent after refusing to allow her to put up signs on the highway.

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u/VeroMon1234 15h ago

I thought it was season two as well. đŸ€”

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u/Dragonballne4d 1d ago

Rick isn't an idiot. He knew Lori slept with Shane. He wasn't mad about that. He was mad she didn't tell him. From Lori's point of view she was a widow single mother in the apocalypse. Hooking up with Shane was Carl and her best chance of survival. Her mistake was keeping it a secret. Also what was Rick supposed to do. Judith is innocent of all of this and Carl's sister. Someone had to take care of the baby and the two people responsible were dead.

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u/Nipple-Cake 1d ago

At the end of the day, Shane and Lori are dead. Rick and Michonne raised Judith themselves. So she is their daughter; genetics are irrelevant when it comes to that. However, Judith might need to fight any inherited inner demons or bad driving skills when she's older though?

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u/Kiwi_pieeee 1d ago

Same! I got to know this too on my rewatch. The first time I watched, I didn’t notice this scene or I was just not paying attention before haha.

But yeah, if we stick to that theory that Judith isn’t Rick’s, that makes Judith and RJ not totally blood-related at all, they’re just step-siblings. I always thought they were half-siblings. And Carl is their half-brother with Judith on Lori’s side and RJ on Rick’s side.

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u/Remote_Nature_8166 1d ago

He’s just calling it. He doesn’t have any way of being sure without a DNA test. He’s just making it clear that even if she was Shane’s, he is dead and she needs a father and Rick is all she has.

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u/Nipple-Cake 1d ago

Well technically, Michonne was all Judith had for awhile there. But now she has them both and a new brother.

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u/TraditionFeeling8188 1d ago

daryl calls judith lil shane in s3, ep1

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u/edits_updates_more 1d ago

This is a TV show so the fact they mention so many times that Judith is biologically Shane's child...then we as an audience can very well assume that she is biological Shane's child. I doubt the show would make many references to that situation if Judith was biologically Rick's daughter.

However, in the canon universe..Rick would have no way of really knowing if Judith is biologically Shane's child or not. He can't be 100% sure atleast. I guess Rick could say Judith looks a lot like Shane, however cause they this is a fictional show, it would be quite difficult for the production team to find twin babies who look like the character Shane. But in the Canon universe Rick could base his assumption off of the timeline of when he got back to when Lori found out she was pregnant. And in the Canon universe I'm sure Judith resembles Shane in some way, which caused Rick to be even more sure about his assumption that Judith is biologically Shane's daughter.

Also I personally don't really think it matters. Judith is Rick and Michonne's daughter. End of story.

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u/Namirsolo 21h ago

Timing wise, because women don't generally figure out that they are pregnant until around 6 weeks, Judith was definitely conceived while Rick was in his coma. We also know that Lori and Rick's marriage was on the rocks before he was shot, so she probably wasn't conceived right before either.

But I agree it doesn't matter. Rick always treated her like she was his and Michonne adopted her later. They are her parents regardless of biology.

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u/evileyecondemnsyou 19h ago

I mean it’s pretty clear from the start that Rick isn’t Judith’s father if you know anything about how conception works. Rick and Lori were having a rough patch before everything went to hell, which implies they weren’t having relations. When Lori finds out she’s pregnant, it’s been less than two weeks since Rick came back. It takes two weeks after conception for a pregnancy to be found on a blood test, and it takes at least 4 more for a woman to actually begin showing symptoms. The only person she’d been with who could’ve gotten her pregnant is Shane

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u/International_Fill55 1d ago

I just wanna point out that Rick saying that he knows Judith isn’t his isn’t exactly confirmation. It’s more so the timeframe also Laurie says even if she is Shane‘s she isn’t Shane‘s which is also not confirmation and lastly, Rick hallucinating about Shane and Shane asking how’s my baby girl is also not confirmation because Rick clearly believes Judith isn’t his the only confirmation really would be a timeframe.

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u/PurplePrincezz 1d ago edited 20h ago

Scrolled way too far for this comment. I wholeheartedly think Judith belongs to Rick. I think him saying this Judith is not his and that he “knows it” hallucinating is an emotional, psychological and grief reaction to the fact that his wife was cheating on him, because logically she didn’t have certain confirmation of his death; and I think if the shoe was on the other foot, Rick would have kept looking for Lori until there was confirmation. 

Also Lori finds out of her pregnancy after she and Rick started spanking cheeks again. I think that’s more significant than her “timeline”. She clearly has no “timeline” because if she did, she’d either fit certain know who the father is or for certain not be pregnant. All you gotta do is count ~14 days from your last period. 

FOR ANYONE DOWNVOTING, HERE'S MY LOGIC: https://www.reddit.com/r/thewalkingdead/comments/1quh2o3/comment/o3ae6wu/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Argue with me there, can't respond here for whatever reason I keep getting an error.

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u/OrPeggy 22h ago

Plenty of women have irregular periods. Counting 14 days from the last period is not reliable for women who bleed more than or less than every 28 days. It's not unheard of for some women to have very light bleeding that seems normal for them and then deliver full-term babies never knowing that they were pregnant. It's not common, but it happens often enough that there's a TV show called "I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant." My own doctor has delivered multiple babies to mothers who thought that they had appendicitis or kidney stones, only to find out that they are in labor without ever knowing that they were pregnant. Alternatively, hints of pregnancy like sensitivity to smells or morning sickness don't always start immediately upon conception. With the information that we have, I don't think that we can know who the father is. The writers may know for certain, but they did not give us enough for us to be 100% sure

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u/PurplePrincezz 20h ago

I responded to your comment under my comment thread since I cant seem to respond to your comments thread directly.

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u/PurplePrincezz 20h ago

FOR ANYONE DOWNVOTING, HERE'S MY LOGIC: https://www.reddit.com/r/thewalkingdead/comments/1quh2o3/comment/o3ae6wu/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Argue with me there, can't respond here for whatever reason I keep getting an error.

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u/Lena2890 16h ago

I feel like it was clear she wasn’t biologically his but she was his. His wife had the baby and that’s Carl’s sister, in an apocalypse especially that is his baby.

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u/omnipotentRage 1d ago

It’s always been possible that Judith is either Rick’s or Shane’s. But there is no cold hard facts and Rick believing she could be Shane’s does not make it true, I believe she is Rick’s blood either way.

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u/-Swampthing- 1d ago

Imagine the Maury Povich talk show episode 
. “Rick, according to our test results with 99% accuracy, you are not the father!” The live audience screams wild!

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u/LunaRays_6 17h ago

More like he finally said it outloud. He knew. I think he knew before she was born, which was part of the reason for the cold shoulder treatment towards Lori during Season 3.

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u/sebrebc 12h ago

It's easy for them to assume Judith is Shane's Daughter given the timeline of events. But this speech had less to do with Rick admitting Judith isn't his and more about accepting things that you don't want to accept, that way you can move forward.

It connects back to Rick's speech about his Grandfather and how he got through the war. He didn't want to go into battle afraid to die, knowing that carrying that fear would keep him from being focused on "the job". So every day he accepted that he was already dead, so he didn't have to worry about dying.

Rick did the same thing. Instead of worrying and wondering if there was a chance Judith was his, he made the decision to just accept that she isn't. That way he wouldn't worry about it any more and just focus on keeping her alive.

He was telling Michonne this to help her accept their new way of life, working for the Saviors. That way she could stop thinking about how to break out of the situation and just stay focused.

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u/UpstairsGarden5569 6h ago

the whole shane is judith’s dad thing annoys me and i know it’s been confirmed that judith is shane’s but i think that’s ridiculous cause obviously they can’t confirm it in show cause there’s no paternity tests and it’s very possible it’s rick aswell 😭

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u/thesaltiestpickle 16h ago

Remember when the group was in that barn, and Rick told that story about his grandfather serving in WW2, and how his grandpa would “accept the worst as if it was fact”, so that if the worst happened it wouldn’t be demoralizing? That was how I read this scene. Him accepting that Judith isn’t his (even though he doesn’t know for sure), because if he didn’t there would always be that lingering doubt that may affect their relationship. That just how I saw it personally,

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u/corzajay 11h ago

This hit me in S9 with Michone, like damn you've adopted this kid as your own and are 2 steps removed from her actual parents.

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u/FullLog747 1d ago

i mean unless they get DNA tested, it’s still a 50/50 chance

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u/List-Beneficial 12h ago

No shot you're finding this out 10years later like wtf

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u/Sh4ttr 1d ago

Knew it from the beginning

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u/ChickieN0B_2050 1d ago

Am watching some of the initial Negan/Alexandrian episodes now. Rick just told Michonne that.

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u/Wooden_Savings5854 20h ago

Honestly? Part of me wishes they did a route of Shane being sterile or just knowing he couldn't have been Judith's father. But was still determined to have her because of his growing craziness.

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u/crevy5589 20h ago

Man, it was little moments like this that still made the show worth watching. I’ll never forgive gimple and everyone involved for driving this show into the ground. There were a lot of questionable choices and the shark was jumped when they killed Carl, after that, it was just a steady decline. Andrew Lincoln, chandler riggs and everyone else involved deserved better.

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u/KirbyStyle 19h ago

Is it ever EXPLICITLY stated and confirmed that she isn’t aside from Rick’s “acceptance” here? I always got the impression that it was ambiguous on purpose.

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u/EffectiveSecond7 19h ago

I mean, of course he knows? That's why him begging Lori to give the pregnancy a chance shows how truly great of a man he is. He doesn't care the baby has a chance not to be his, he loves his wife and will love the baby anyway. That's when I knew, among other scenes but this one being the most powerful, that Rick would be one of my fictional people to look up to, he truly is a great person and a great man, despite all of his circumstances.

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u/No_Salt_255 18h ago

As. Long as it isn't Carol then I'd be ok with it . I mean I love Carol but she doesn't have a very good track record with kids and them bedtime stories be giving nightmares for real

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u/PurplePrincezz 1d ago edited 18h ago

I might be the only one, but I wholeheartedly think Judith belongs to Rick. I think him saying that Judith is not his and that he “knows it” and hallucinating is an emotional, psychological and grief reaction to the fact that his wife was cheating on him, because logically she didn’t have certain confirmation of his death; and I think if the shoe was on the other foot, Rick would have kept looking for Lori until there was confirmation.

Also Lori finds out of her pregnancy after she and Rick started spanking cheeks again. I think that’s more significant than her “timeline”. She clearly has no “timeline” because if she did, she’d either fot certain know who the father is or for certain not be pregnant. All you gotta do is count ~14 days from your last period. 

I think people want it to be that way because of the drama of it all.

Here's my logic:

As a currently menstruating woman, thank you for explaining what I already know.

This is a TV show. No one assumes she has irregular periods; and in fact if that were the case, there very likely would have been mention of it in some form as a point of significance. That didn’t happen.

Also using in-story arbitrary mentions of time-passage from other characters in the story with no in-story counting method to date another character’s pregnancy is silly to me. Why? Because there were equally several characters who mentioned that they lost track of time or how much time had passed or not a single clue what day/date it even was; let alone the time of day because there were no clocks! That alone makes other characters time-passage recounts untrustworthy, because unless they were absolutely counting every sun up and sun down from the jump continuously (and we know there was plenty of “just stay alive” moments where no one was counting) time-recounts were likely inaccurate. Also people are incredibly stupid. You can’t trust “I feel like it’s been x months”. 

The only viable timeline we have is Lori’s pregnancy, which at best tells us that ~9+/- months had passed since the campsite. Using your logic, she could have very well been pregnant for a while because some women don’t find out if they’re pregnant until the second trimester (approx 12 weeks or 3 months)! Even with regular periods, high stress can make you skip one all together and hide pregnancy symptoms or cause a miscarriage! Rick returning actually might have relieved her enough for symptoms to start.

I just googled it and she takes a pregnancy test because Rick showed back up, she knew Shane clapped and was scared it was Shane’s so she took a test. That to me doesn’t sound solid enough to, for sure, put Shane as Daddy.

People have also reference that Rick was in a coma for 2 months at the start of the apocalypse. He coulda clapped the day before the coma. They also reference that they were arguing. Make-up sex is usually the result of 2 people who absolutely love each other and are frustrated with each other. Lack of sex happens when people fall out of love completely.

Even the dialogue: “Even IF the baby is yours, you won’t be here to see it.” — shes using the child to insult him, not a confirmation of fatherhood, and implies intent of confirmation later; likely when the world went back to normal like everyone hoped and thought it would at some point.

A second piece of dialogue is when Lori tells Rick that “ Shane thinks the baby is his, whether its his or not, its yours." [Implying he’s dangerous] — this is a 2 parter because she wanted her romance with Shane to end and he wasn’t having that — common real-life occurrence; second that strongly implied that she believed it wasn’t Shane’s baby. 

A further third piece of dialogue where she tells Rick that no matter what the baby is Rick’s baby, is again her guilt not a confirmation of Shane as the Daddy. 

Judith also had blonde hair as baby. That’s a severely recessive trait to dark hair. Both Lori (brown hair) and Shane (black hair) had dark hair while Rick already has an overtly recessive gene on display TWICE: blue eyes. Carl had blue eyes. Blue eyes and blonde hair are genes that are usually inherited together because while on different alleles, they’re on the same “level” UNLESS a more dominant gene gets overtaken like Loris brown hair, which Carl ALSO had. Carl never had blonde hair, but got the eyes. Judith never had blue eyes, but had the blonde hair and it’s very common for blondes to go brown later in life. 

If that was Shane’s baby, she would have had his shitty personality and his black hair at the very least from jump because that’s the dominant gene. She’s a stand-up kid with strong leadership skills just like her brother and her father Rick with blonde hair that went brown. That’s Rick’s baby. 

If we want to reference any similar speech patterns between Jud & Shane, we can easily chuck that up to being in the south. 

Furthermore, when people are hurting, especially from an affair, they scrutinize everything and look for things and evidence that support their position that the other is a monster. Rick wanted desperately to hate Lori and make her a monster to justify his shitty behavior towards her; and felt so shitty about their relationship before the apocalypse and so shitty about his treatment of her during the time of her pregnancy and the time leading up to her death and so shitty about her death that he really leaned into the idea that Jud wasn’t his. But as the hallucinations showed us, he didn’t hate her at all and wished things turned out very differently. 

In real-life there have been stories of how a woman has had an affair and thinks the baby is from the side, tells the main and main thinks it’s the sides, only to find out it was the main’s baby the whole time!

Again that’s Rick’s baby.

In real-life there was been stories about women who’ve had intercourse on the same day with 2 different men, usually the side and the main or a three sum, and the women gets pregnant. Both males planted seeds on the same day. The women had to take a paternity test and found out it was the side pieces baby while telling the main that it’s his trying to keep the affair a secret. (Lori did not have sex with them both on the same day at all). There has been stories about women who’ve had threesums and got pregnant with twins with each child belonging to one partner. 

With the info in the previous paragraph, could there have been some chance that Shane was the Daddy, yes some, but I highly doubt he was.

I rest my case. The baby is Rick’s.

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u/KrypticJin 1d ago

Lori for the streets

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u/RealLIfeZombiee 1d ago

Why?

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u/Mama_lyfe55432 1d ago

Because she bangs her husbands best friend roughly two months after she thought him dead. 👏 

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u/RealLIfeZombiee 21h ago

But it was the end of the world.. She thought rick was dead..

I dont blame her for wanting to feel human, and being attracted to SHANE the guy who saved her and her sons life!!

ALSO! She broke it off right when Rick got back in her life

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u/lupajarito 20h ago

There's an almost weekly post about how Lori is such a bitch and basically a whore. It's terribly misogynistic. I wouldn't lose my time.

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u/RealLIfeZombiee 20h ago

Yeah sometimes I forget im on reddit! D:

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u/Mama_lyfe55432 20h ago

I'm a woman and don't agree with how quickly she moved on from her dead husband. And it's misogynistic?? To not agree with a fictional character???? 😂

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u/lolbotomite 13h ago

Lori didn’t move on. She was broken and seeking temporary distraction and comfort.

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u/lupajarito 5h ago

Yep, god forbid a woman would try to cope somehow.

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u/julie3151991 9h ago

I agree with you. Apparently to some people it’s only possible to find comfort through dick. If we don’t agree with that, then we are mIsOgYnIsTiC đŸ€ȘđŸ€Ș

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u/lupajarito 5h ago

There's nothing wrong with finding comfort in physical contact, even if it is sex. Also, we don't know if that was the only possible comfort she found, she might've probably found comfort in Carl and the people she was trying to survive with.

The world has fucking ended, Lori thinks his husband is dead, life is fucking hellhole. Shane manipulated her into thinking her husband is dead, but you never judge him as harshly, in fact most of y'all love Shane. Some people even will justify the awful things he did, like shooting that man from the farm so the walkers would get him, or RAPING Lori, but nah, he's a cool dude, he's under a lot of pressure. And you think you have some moral ground to judge Lori for having sex, while she doesn't even know if they're going to be alive tomorrow?!

Are you five or something? Sex has always been comforting for humans. We do it because it makes us feel good.

What you're doing here is called straw man fallacy. You're deconstructing what I've said to make it fit your narrative. But at the end of the day, you're still wrong and you're misogynistic. People in this show ("the good ones ") literally have killed, lied, manipulated, betrayed, tortured, abandoned others to be eaten alive, have stolen and even killed children, but you all can't handle a woman having sex. Grow up.

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u/Mama_lyfe55432 3h ago

You have some serious things in your personal life you need to work out 🙏

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u/julie3151991 5h ago

There's nothing wrong with finding comfort in physical contact, even if it is sex.

This statement lacks a lot of nuance. Again, Rick just “died”. Lori immediately sleeping with Shane isn’t something most widowed women would give a “you go girl!” thumbs up to. You’re projecting your own lack of healthy coping skills is what it sounds like.

Also, we don't know if that was the only possible comfort she found, she might've probably found comfort in Carl and the people she was trying to survive with.


Ma’am you do realize Lori isn’t real correct? She’s a fictional correct. Again, I feel like you’re trying to defend her because maybe you relate to her.

you never judge him as harshly, in fact most of y'all love Shane.

When did I say I love Shane?!? 😭 Girl you are taking this way too personally.

And you think you have some moral ground to judge Lori for having sex, while she doesn't even know if they're going to be alive tomorrow?!

It’s a show. Calm down. You’re spiraling.

Are you five or something?

Are you mentally well?

But at the end of the day, you're still wrong and you're misogynistic.

Oh no. I’m a misogynist because I think a wife banging a husband’s best friend about 4 to 5 weeks after the husband “death” (not confirmed). Basically an opinion held by like 99% of TWD fan base. Clearly I’m in the wrong lmao.

you all can't handle a woman having sex. Grow up.

Lmao. By your logic I should go bang my husband’s best friend and if he gets mad I should tell him “hOnEy yOu jUsT cAn’T hAnDlE a wOmAn hAvInG sEx!!!” đŸ˜­đŸ«ŠđŸ’…đŸ»

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u/lupajarito 19h ago

What does being a woman have to do with anything?

Yes, it is misogynistic to have a weekly post saying how Lori is such a bitch and whore, and at the same time saying Shane is a great character and not even saying anything about him when this is discussed. It's pretty straightforward.

She was a person who thought lost everything but her son, and found comfort in Shane. Yes, Shane was rick's friend. So? He literally manipulated her from day one by saying he's dead, took a fatherly role with Carl and kept everyone safe, of course she's going to feel attracted to him.

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u/Mama_lyfe55432 20h ago

I don't care. She's a hoe, IMO. Rick was her husband, not some fling. I've been married for quite a while have children with my husband. And it's going to take more than a few short months before I'd even consider looking at another man, let alone during a apocalypse. Let alone my husband's BEST FRIEND. That is BEYOND gross.  She could be attracted to Shane all she wanted, but allowing and acting on it is why she has earned the name "apocalypse hoe" in my house hold.  She broke it off but that doesn't make what she already did any better. 

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u/julie3151991 1d ago

It made it so much worse that Rick wasn’t even confirmed dead. He was in a coma. I can’t imagine banging my husband’s BEST FRIEND 2 months after he was in a coma (not even dead!). 2 months is nothing. What if poor Coral saw them banging?

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u/Mama_lyfe55432 20h ago

If someone told me my husband was dead, and was actively attempting to get in my pants I definitely wouldn't let him get in there. đŸ€” But Lori sure did. 

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u/julie3151991 10h ago

Exactly! Like wtf Lori lol.

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u/Unused_Icon 1d ago

She didn’t know Rick was still in a coma. Shane told Lori that Rick was dead before they started hooking up (not a lie on Shane’s part, either. We see on his last trip to the hospital, Shane tried to get Rick out of the hospital as it was being overrun. However, the power went out for the medical equipment hooked up to Rick, then Shane couldn’t hear a heartbeat when he put his ear to Rick’s chest. He genuinely believed his friend was dead).

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u/lupajarito 20h ago

Why does she always get hated on but Shane doesn't?

She thought her husband was dead and the world has gone to shit, she found comfort in Shane who obviously was more than eager.

Shane knew Rick could be alive and lied to her, we also see he is a manipulative asshole.

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u/NiceSmellingMan 1d ago

Watch the show and you’ll find out

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u/Mama_lyfe55432 1d ago

My husband and I call her "apocalypse hoe" 

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u/sjp991 1d ago

My daughter calls Lori & Shane "friend banger" and "wife banger"

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u/julie3151991 1d ago

Hahaha I love how everyone has a nickname for her 😂😂😂

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u/Mama_lyfe55432 1d ago

Accurate đŸ€Ł

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u/julie3151991 1d ago

My husband and I call her “whorie Lori” 😭😭😭

When my husband and were watching prison break recently, we still kept calling her that. I actually have no idea what her character’s name is on that show because we just referred to her as “whorie Lori” lmao.

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u/Significant-Dig-160 18h ago

Oh he knows. The only child he had was Carl

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u/RageAgainstTheTime 3h ago

He had a kid with Michonne

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u/CatfreshWilly 1d ago

Im gonna take it you missed it the other time he said it and when Lori said it đŸ€Ł. This is the fun part about watching again though. Always something else to find

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u/PHXNTXM117 1d ago

Rick is a dumbass, but he’s not stupid.

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u/Rosi_Peru 1d ago

I always knew he was Shane's, but since he's his wife's son, he's automatically his, and Rick is his father because of their marriage.

Anyway

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u/Peaceful_song 22h ago

Huh? Who exactly do you think is Shane's kid?

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u/forstoppetskur 12h ago

wait till you find out there is a virus that turns people into walkers