How is Rick right? "Fight or die" was Shane's screaming call to arms, and he was wrong. Under Rick's leadership, he could not stop the Governor (twice--with both periods of conflict leading to the gruesome death of a companion) the fall of the prison, being captured--first by the Claimers, then by Terminus. If not for the person he had no business banishing, he would be dead.
If that was not bad enough, his original plan for Grady hospital was a running kill/rescue mission. At the same time, Dawn was on edge, so without any real intel on habits / reactions of Dawn (Noah was not a mind reader), Dawn and her officers--knowing every inch of the hospital--would have the edge. The edge promised the end of anyone who entered the hospital--not just Beth.
Rick has been lucky more often than not, and the audacity of walking into a safe zone trying to push his violent, take no prisoners world view on those who gave his family sanctuary makes him a first rate threat.
Yes--without any hard evidence (and going against Deanna), Rick was ready to apprehend, and ultimately kill Pete, thanks to his own interest in a married woman. Without giving a damn about his group, he acted for his own needs, which threatens all.
Get ready for the group to split. After two years of the ZA, someone must have formed their own ideas on survival.
If you mean the run where she was injured, she really did not see much, in particular, the idiot's exchange with the dying Aiden, or the revolving door tragedy.
Well, the tape of Dipshit ended with Deanna saying she would look into the incident, and since she knows--and probably created the idea of leaving people behind, she could not trust much of Dipshit's testimony.
...unless she will side with because he's one of their own, more than caring about the truth.
A few knives, a jug of water and a car (with no guarantee of finding more gas / oil, etc.) is not a plan for survival. His opinion only served to make himself feel he was correct. He was not. That is a world of never ending walkers and random threats that could spell a horrible life and/or end for her--like Randall's gang (and the sexually aggressive implications of the bar duo).
He knew that she would face that, but did not care. I see no difference between his treatment of Carol and Deanna's rule. In fact, we do not know what the exiled are equipped with, but we saw how few provisions Carol had (with more evidence in the flashback to her exile from this season).
Impossible. No matter who evacuated, if we are to believe the nation is overrun with walkers, then herds can easily cover a state. Remember, they do not get tired, fear obstacles, need sleep, shelter, or are affected by weather. Walkers are a legitimate 24-hour threat, and there's no way that in two years, the ASZ have not faced herds while trying to build / fortify their community.
The same applies to roaming groups or individuals; while building the SZ (which includes traveling to obtain supplies, no matter the distance), do you really think they never crossed the living? Moreover, I feel Deanna knows more than she's saying, and is it a stretch to think the her rule of exiling sans fear of retribution could be due to her knowing the exiled will end up victims of known, living threats?
If you want to know why he was covered in *more* blood, then there's no good answer beyond the meta-one you provided.
