Lorick

"I loved you. I love-I love you...I couldn't put it back together. I should've said it, I should've said it..."

- Rick to Lori on the phone.

Lorick is the het ship between Lori Grimes and Rick Grimes from the The Walking Dead fandom.

Season 1
Rick Grimes is a former sheriff deputy and the husband of Lori Grimes. The two got separated when Rick got shot in his line of duty and had to be taken to the hospital for surgery. When the outbreak began, Shane Walsh after leaving Rick in the hospital who's heartbeat he didn't hear, informed Lori that her husband was dead. Lori fell into depression whilst hearing the news and later said to Shane that when she found out her husband had "died" she felt like she died with him. From then on she started to wear Rick's flannel jacket to remember him by as Shane took her and Carl somewhere safe away from Atlanta.

Feeling depressed and in despair after finding out that her husband was dead during the outbreak, Lori sought some type of feeling in the arms of her husband's best friend and became sexually involved with him. She later explained to Shane that she couldn't feel anything when Rick died and needed to feel something. Rick, on the other hand, after waking up in an abandoned hospital and finding out that his family had managed to escape alive, (because of all the family photographs not being in the house) he took on a suicide mission to find them with the help of Morgan who had assisted him with supplies and tips on how to survive in the world of the undead.

The two bid goodbye when Rick was in the shape to do so, promising to contact each other using walkie-talkies.

Tell It To The Frogs
Rick was able to finally reunite with his family using the help of Glenn. After rescuing Andrea, T-Dog, and Morales, they all go to the Atlanta Survivor Camp, the same camp that Lori and Carl were at. Amongst seeing everyone reunite with their loved ones, Lori was about to take Carl somewhere else before she turned around and saw Rick approaching the group. Lori immediately ran to embrace her husband with Carl following right after her, Rick cried and held onto them both as he was thankful and happy he found them just as he wished.

Later at the campfire Lori and Rick were still in each other's embrace as Carl slept on his father's right side. When it was time to sleep, Lori and Rick went to their tent together and looked through their family photos, smiling and happy that they found each other.

Season 2
Whilst searching for Sofia in the woods, Lori made speech about Rick and how he was doing everything he could to find her, and that nobody would go after her like he did. She added that Rick was not perfect but they couldn't go through this without him. The scene showed Lori's immense trust and belief in Rick and his abilities, as well as how she knew he had flaws but accepted them wholeheartedly. While Lori and Rick had their disagreements and arguments throughout the series, they never stopped uplifting each other and having hope. Rick is shown to have a strong bond with Lori as when Carl got shot by Otis while looking at a deer, Rick hastily told Shane that Lori needed to be there with him as he wasn't sure he could do this without her. When Lori came to the farm with Maggie, she broke down in tears as Rick held and comforted her. And when she would lose all hope in their survival, Rick would inspire her and while he could not promise her with certainty that they would live, he promised that he would keep her and Carl safe no matter what.

Keeping her pregnancy a secret from Rick, Lori began to debate whether or not to have the baby and during a moment of weakness tried to abort it. However at the last second Lori could not bring herself to abort her child and couldn't do that to Rick at the same time. Rick discovered her pills and confronted her about it saying that she had not involved him in such an important matter. Lori told her that she could not abort the child and finally after a moment of sincerity between them, she ended up confessing to him about her affair with Shane.

Lori's self-hatred and shame couldn't allow to even accept the fact that Rick did not hold her affair with Shane against her. But instead explained to her lovingly, as he always did, that their child does have a reason to be born in this world.

Season 3
Despite the deep love and affection they felt for each other, both Rick and Lori found it difficult trying to overcome the conflicts their relationship had to go through. And with the undead, that only contributed to further opening the gap that had been forged between them. Nonetheless Lori tried her best to make it up to her beloved husband and fix their relationship, however he was too mired in guilt, shame and stress over the events that had occurred at the farm to notice his wife's affections. At the same time, Lori constantly blamed herself for "putting a knife in his hands" and making him kill Shane. In fear that by killing him he has become Shane. Someone who's not humane and compassionate but instead cold.

Though Rick and Lori's relationship has never been perfect throughout the series, the pair never backed down and kept moving forward. Lori and Rick loved each other fiercely and with enough time their love was rekindled as the two trusted and supported each other. While they stayed silent both of them knew they could never stop loving each other and they were always there for one another.

While admiring the peace in the prison yard, Lori and Rick exchanged a romantic look with a tender smile, which was interrupted by a group of walkers and that forced them to fight for their lives again. After seeing the dangerousness of the situation, Rick drew his revolver and ran screaming the name of his wife. And when he returned from the inner courtyard, Rick asked Beth and Hershel about the location of his family.

When going into labor and realizing that she would have to die for her baby, Lori told Carl how he was going to beat this world and how much she loved him. When the threat had calmed down, Maggie came out with Lori's baby and looked at Rick with an anguished expression. After learning about Lori's death, Rick lost the strength to keep standing and fell down onto the floor sobbing.

Enraged by the death of his wife, Rick took an axe and went to kill some walkers inside the prison to vent his anger. Unbeknownst to him, he arrived at the place where his wife died, after murdering a walker, Rick received a call from a phone that was in the cauldron room. After talking to three unknown people, Rick received a fourth and final call. Lori's voice was heard through the phone, she told Rick that he still had the group and Carl, and that he should move on and take care of the baby. Rick spoke with Lori and told her that he still loved her and had promised himself to keep her alive and fix things. No longer being able to listen to his wife's voice after that, he hung up the phone.

Rick's pain and guilt after losing Lori made him start hallucinating his wife. The first time he saw her was on a bridge, Rick broke down and started yelling and pointing his gun at her, making the whole group wary and concerned for his mental state. The second time, Rick had a loving moment with Lori, he saw her extending her hand out to him in a beautiful wedding dress in the prison yards, Rick came to where she was and silently watched as she caressed his face.

Rick saw Lori again as he prepared to deliver Michonne to the Governor, the hallucination made him think about what he should really do, causing a change in his decision.

The last time Rick saw Lori as a hallucination was when she was on the walkway watching him before the prison was attacked by Woodbury Residents. When Rick returned from town with everyone who had survived the attack, he looked up to find Lori, but now he could no longer see her.

Sarah Wayne Callies said that had Lori lived, Rick and her would fix their relationship and would heal each other. The look they gave each other before her death was a loving look that showed just how much they wanted to be together.

Comics
Rick and Lori's relationship is shown to be loving and sweet even more so in the comics. While their relationship did have many complications, Rick and Lori still stuck by each other no matter what. Lori did not keep her pregnancy a secret from Rick and Rick did not hold her affair with Shane against her. Rick later found out from Shane that he'd always looked at Lori and she would come around soon to him. Saying that Rick didn't deserve to live and everything was fine before he came back. When Shane hurt Rick, Lori protected him and told him to stay away from her husband. Rick who did not want to hurt his best friend, tried to reason with Shane during an argument, however Shane was shot by Carl when he raised his gun at Rick.

Rick and Lori's relationship is depicted like an old married couple. The two are also shown to be very lovey-dovey with one another and their relationship is also praised by many characters. One of them being Patricia, she tells Lori that her and Rick look good together. Another comment made on their relationship was how perfect they were for each other.

When Lori got killed, Rick told Carl to not look back no matter what and to keep running. When they both made it out outside, Rick held his son tight as they both cried for Lori.

Moments

 * In the "Tell It To The Frogs" episode Rick and Lori spent the night together after reuniting. Lori is also seen wearing Rick's flannel jacket.
 * When Lori asked if Rick could tell her anything with certainty, he told her he loved her.
 * The two exchanged a tender, romantic look before Lori's death.
 * When walkers attacked the prison yard, Rick immediately ran and screamed the name of his wife.
 * Lori and Rick inspire each other when both of them lose hope.
 * Lori both in the comics and series scolds Rick for putting himself in danger.
 * Rick can take one of the members of the group looking at him with fear and no sense of trust, but he expressed that he can never take that from Lori.
 * Lori told Rick that she never thought even for a second that there was malice in his heart.
 * Rick and Lori both knew in the season two finale that they would both have the idea to meet up on the highway.
 * The last thing that was shown in the season three finale was Lori's grave as Rick left.
 * Rick and Lori hold hands while waiting for Carl to wake up after he got shot by Otis.
 * Lori and Rick cuddle with each other while Carl is asleep in the comics.
 * Lori kept Rick's ring in her heart shaped necklace while Rick never stopped wearing his ring after Lori's death.
 * In the comics, Rick and Lori call each other "hon/honey" as a nickname.
 * Rick and Lori's characteristic way of sleeping is having Carl between them (as shown in the comics multiple times).
 * Before leaving for dangerous missions, Rick and Lori tell each other "I love you."
 * Rick jokes around with Lori and tries to convince her to give him a kiss when her breath didn't smell good after puking.
 * Rick smiled and caressed Lori's cheek while she was sleeping.
 * In season five, when Pete visits Rick, drunk, he says that he heard about Rick having a wife once. Rick doesn't say anything, and after Pete leaves he touches his ring that he has had ever since he married Lori.
 * Rick says to Carol that on some mornings, he always expects Lori to wake him and Carl up when they're sleeping in.
 * Rick says to Lori (in the comics) right after she pukes, (due to her pregnancy) that she has never looked more beautiful than she does now.
 * Lori and Rick (both in the comics and series) are seeing cuddling or hugging each other when they're nervous.
 * In season six, Maggie told Rick that the other day she saw Judith, she was starting to look a lot like Lori and it made her happy. Rick smiles and says that it made him happy too.

Quotes
"I loved you. I loved you. I couldn't put it back together, I couldn't put it back together, I made a deal with myself. I will keep you alive."

- Rick to Lori.

"I thought my husband was dead. And I felt like I died with him."

- Lori to Shane about Rick.

"My husband is back. He is alive."

- Lori to Shane.

"He hates me. He's too good a man to say it, but I know."

- Lori to Hershel about Rick. "Goodnight, love."

- Lori's last words to Rick. "I want you to know that not for a second did I think there was malice in your heart."

- Lori to Rick. "Where- Where..is she? Where is she..?"

- Rick to Maggie after Lori's death. "Honey, I can't imagine what you're going through and I would do anything to stop it, but you have got to stop blaming Rick. It is in your face everytime you look at him. And once Sophia ran he didn't hesitate, did he? Not for a second. I don't know if any of us would've gone after her like he did, or make the hard decisions that he had to make or that anybody could have done it any differently. Anybody? ..You all look to him and you blame him but he's not perfect. If you think you can do this without him, go right ahead! Nobody is stopping you."

- Lori to Carol and the group about Rick.

Children
Carl Grimes Carl Grimes is the biological son of Lori and Rick.

Judith Grimes Judith Grimes is the biological daughter of Shane and Lori. However Lori always reassured and supported Rick that regardless of Judith being Shane's, she would always be his.

Behind the Scenes
"I’m a big believer in Rick and Lori. ''I think they love the living daylights out of each other."

- Sarah Wayne Callies talking about season three being Rick and Lori trying to find their way back together.

"Lori’s central concern is that she has to be a burden to no one…and Rick puts an incredible burden on himself to try and protect her."

- Sarah Wayne Callies

"I think..a bomb went off between Rick and Lori. And what's interesting for me was that it wasn't because Rick killed Shane, and it wasn't because Lori told him he might have to do it. Because that all worked out kinda well, they both knew that had to happen, mission accomplished, it hurts it's painful but we got it. I think what happend is that in telling Lori how it happened he said "I wanted to do it, I wanted him out of the way, I was sick of him." and I think Lori—her heart turns into ice in a minute and she thinks he's turned into man that he just killed, and she recoils from him. And I think it's in that moment where instead of putting my arms around him and telling him "You're a good man, I love you. You did what you had to do." I back off and then he backs off and it's like you have two people on an iceberg with a crack and it's just..comes through the middle. So I think the journey of the third season is trying to find their way back together. I'm a big believer in Rick and Lori, I think they belong together. I think they love the living daylights out of each other. Neither remembers their life without the other one."

- Sarah Wayne Callies

"They are their first loves. They’re almost at a cellular level. They love each other and they can’t help that. Even though they’re broken, they’re the last memory that they have of their life before."

- Andrew Lincoln "In the books, Rick goes nuts because his wife died. And I think the way he goes nuts is pretty cool. What happens to Rick, later in the season, is that he has to replay that thing between the two of them, at the end of Episode 2, over and over in his head and go, “Why didn’t I tell her that I loved her? Why didn’t I say, ‘I forgive you’? Why didn’t I say ‘I’m sorry?’” I think that’s the part of the show that’s honest.  We’ve all lost people thinking, “I was supposed to have more time.  We were supposed to be able to have that last conversation when things were better.”  Lori and Rick lived an entire winter knowing the stakes of this world where anyone goes, at any moment, but they were still so mired in self-hatred and grief and loss that they hadn’t been able to summon it.  There’s a cost to that.  There’s a cost to keeping silent, instead of saying what you should have said.  For better or worse, Rick is about to bear that cost."

- Sarah Wayne Callies

"The only reason Lori and Rick drifted was because of Lori's own self hatred and shame for "putting the knife in his hands". Glen Mazzara adds that he doesn't think Lori intended to put Rick in motion to kill Shane. Sarah Wayne Callies continues saying: "Lori's fear is that, in killing Shane, Rick became Shane and that he's turned into a man who's not a humane, compassionate person, but somebody who is now somewhat cold and bloodthirsty, but Rick's fear is that Lori will reject him and will refuse to see that everything he's doing for her he's doing out of love for her and his family. The two of them are so mired in self-hatred and shame right now that they can't reach out to one another. That's a big rift to find a way to cross.""

- Executive producer Glen Mazzara and Sarah Wayne Callies on why Rick and Lori drifted.

"Some of my favorite scenes with Andy are the ones where one or the other of us doesn’t talk much. One of my favorite scenes is at the end of the second season where he tells me Shane is dead. I don’t really say anything that entire scene except at the very beginning, but there’s a whole dialogue between us that happens non-verbally. In a way, that’s my favorite kind of work to do because it can be different every take and you can play with it. Andy’s such a marvelous actor that you just play together and figure that kind of thing out. Right before Lori dies, we look at each other across the field and you get a sense that if they had the time, they would heal and they would make it."

- Sarah Wayne Callies.

In an interview with CBR, Sarah Wayne Callies said that she has always thought that Lori's death did something important to Rick, and that was that it made him crazy. Callies continues saying that Lori considered her pregnancy to be a death sentence from the beginning and when she [Lori] made the decision to give her life in order to save her child, she made sure those around her would be able to care for it. She continues that Lori's sole and only worry at that point was how Rick would respond to her death. In another interview regarding Lori's death, Andrew Lincoln said that Rick getting confirmation from Carl that Lori was dead broke him. He continues saying that Rick is a man whose instincts to survive have been driven primarily by two people [Lori and Carl] — and one of those people is dead and It was like taking his balance away.

"He’s going to kill every walker he comes into contact with until he finds Lori."

- Greg Nicotero about Rick in season three. "The beautiful thing is that Lori doesn’t want to be a burden, at any cost. She’s got a baby. This is the worst pressure that we could possibly have. But, Sarah made this fantastic choice, as an actress, to say, 'I’m going to put no burden on you. You’re going to get none of that.'  She [Lori] knows how fucked we are. His  job, this dude.  He’s testing himself. The fundamental difference between him [Rick] and The Governor (David Morrissey) is the burden of responsibility and guilt that he carries. I wouldn’t want to speak for another actor, but I’m not sure that The Governor carries that. I think he sees the world for what it is, and it’s more of a nihilistic view. He just says, 'This is the new world now,' he’s able to detach himself from it. I’m not.  Everything costs this guy, and [Lori] realizes that. It’s an incredibly generous thing to do, after all this, to go, 'I trust you. It’s fine. It’s all taken care of. You just do what you need to do. Make us safe.'"

- Andrew Lincoln on Rick and Lori. "When Rick knelt down and pulled the blade out, there was that moment where you thought, “Oh, god, he’s going to cut it open because he just needs to see.” It was a really horrible, sick connection, but he just needed to be connected. He walked into the room and saw her clothes on the ground, and he picked up the bullet from the ground.  It was a little hard to see until he rotated it, but he picked up the bullet that Carl shot at her, and then kept walking around the corner where he found the walker.  It’s really the beginning of his dissent into madness.  He never had a goodbye with her.  He never had any resolution.  Even going into the deepest depths of the prison, that’s a really horrible way for him to have a last final connection with her."

- Greg Nicotero in the collider interview. "You know - I mean, personally, I'm a huge fan of Rick and Lori. I think those two belong together, I'm looking forward to hopefully some resolution and peace between the two of them. They're best friends, they don't know the world without each other in it. But they are so broken, and their marriage is in such enormous trouble this season. I'd like to see them find some peace - if only with each other. I'd like to see that for them."

- Sarah Wayne Callies during The Walking Dead MIPCOM.

"Well, you know initially I think Lori's biggest concern is that she be a burden to no one. And that the pregnancy not become the occasion for these good people to give up their food for her, or to fight harder for her and hurt themselves and risk themselves. I think she's also...she's confused, on how to heal the rift with Rick. And I think she wants nothing more in the world to be able to look at her husband again and just feel the love and the peace that used to be between them. I don't think she knows how to build that bridge back."

- Sarah Wayne Callies. "Carl is a force to be reckoned with. I think that it’s very telling that Lori isn’t worried about Carl. She tells him, “You’re going to be fine.”  Her soul is through that entire scene with Rick.  The most important thing to her is that Rick does not see her as a walker and have to put her down.  She almost says to Carl, “Take care of your daddy because your daddy’s going to fall apart.”  I think that signals a scene change.  For the first two seasons, Carl wept in our arms.  Anywhere Carl was within an arm’s reach, Lori was always wrapping her hand over his shoulder. He has evolved, partly due to what a remarkable actor Chandler Riggs is.  He’s evolved into a child solider, and all of the deeper unsettling power that that brings with it.  With Lori’s death, there is a change in the balance between Carl and Rick."

- Sarah Wayne Callies.

Songs
Set the Fire to the Third Bar
 * Andrew Lincoln said in an interview that he listened to the song when preparing for Lori's death scene.

The Mercy Of The Living
 * The theme that plays when Rick has a loving hallucination of Lori.

Fanon
Lorick is the more popular ship in The Walking Dead fandom. The Lorick fandom grew due to Lori's development, redemption and depth throughout the series and her and Rick's strong bond. Lorick fans noted that Lori and Rick always managed to pull through and support each other no matter what hardships they went through. The ship is popular for the "First Love" trope as it has been noted many times that Lori and Rick are their first loves. There were many complicated matters in Rick and Lori's relationship that made some fans prefer Richonne instead, but that did not stop Lorick from being a very popular ship in the fandom. Many fans also noted that their relationship in the comics is even more memorable and loving because of Lori and Rick's cute moments. The ship is also rivals with Rickyl and Regan.

Lorick in fanfiction explores themes like Lori surviving and finding her way back to Carl and Rick after what had happened to the prison. Lorick's more softer themes explore Beth helping Rick on Valentines Day for Lori.

On AO3, Lorick is the most written ship for Lori and the fourth most written ship for Rick. It is also the eighth most written ship in the The Walking Dead (TV) tag.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Rick/Lori (TV Show) tag on FanFiction.net
 * Rick/Lori (TV Show) tag on FanFiction.net
 * Rick/Lori (TV Show) tag on FanFiction.net

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Trivia

 * During an interview with all of the actors for The Walking Dead, they all got asked to name the dead characters in the past seasons. Andrew Lincoln said about Lori: "That's Sarah Wayne Callies my beautiful tv ex-wife. Now deceased wife, my son killed her."
 * Originally Rick Grimes wasn't going to have a love interest after Lori in the series. Andrew Lincoln also added that he didn't feel like Rick was ready to move on after Lori and that he wasn't in the state to do so.
 * There is a deleted scene of Rick having a hallucination of Lori.
 * Andrew Lincoln jokingly said during an interview that if Rick were to get a new love interest, Sarah would be calling him on the phone deeply upset.
 * Lorick has it's own "best ship" badge on SpoilTheDead. Lorick is the only ship that has The Walking Dead's Best Couples badge, as well as their own appreciation thread by SpoilTheDead users. The appreciation thread has 22 pages.
 * Sarah Wayne Callies has a positive relationship with Lorick shippers and has said many things regarding the pair, like how they're meant to be together.
 * Andrew Lincoln and Sarah Wayne Callies are both fans of Lorick and have joked that at the end of the series they want the couple to go to the Bahamas together.
 * Sarah Wayne Callies is a big fan of Lorick.
 * The number one on the list of BuzzFeed's The 31 Most Heartwarming Moments From The Walking Dead is Rick reuniting with Lori and Carl.
 * Callies posted a picture of Rick on her Instagram with the caption "Hunt, husband... be safe and be strong."
 * Sarah Wayne Callies said that she's a big fan of Lorick. Adding that Lori and Rick are best friends and don't know the world without each other in it.
 * Rick and Lori have an instrumental piece called "Psalm 91" it plays when Rick hallucinates Lori on the bridge.
 * Lori and Rick are 7th place in The Walking Dead's greatest couples ever list, with the caption: "Despite mistakes being made, their love was of the true variety."
 * Lori and Rick are third place in The Walking Dead's Top 10 Couples list.
 * During a panel, Sarah Wayne Callies said that when Shane fought Rick, the right man (Rick) ended up winning that fight. The crowd cheers at the response and Andrew Lincoln replies, "My wife. Right there, ladies and gentlemen."
 * During a recent The Walking Dead interview with the actor Ross Marquand who plays Aaron on the show, a question that he got asked by fans is "who's the best couple on the show?" to which he says that he likes Rick and Lori together.
 * During an interview with TV-Line regarding season six, Callies said that Lori and Rick will always be connected.