Stop crying, use the tears for nourishment, and keep watching because it only gets better :PPPP
But thank you much. I think what's fun about Rick is his core values, they never really go away. He never stops being a father, a people person, a natural leader, that deputy. He put his badge away a long time ago, and since then, has also quit beating himself up on the brutality he's had to face when it comes between death vs survival.
I'm going to work on tossing him into things and expanding on that, giving him new opportunities when they arise.