VIDEO : Andrew Lincoln Thinks The Walking Dead Can Progress Without Rick

Abandons everyone he?s been hanging out with for the last 1,000-plus days and travels to somewhere with tropical drinks? No matter what happens, Andrew Lincoln thinks AMC?s long-running zombie series will be better off without him. ?What I don?t want to do is stay too long when I think the show will actually benefit from other people taking the reins and forging a new path,? Lincoln told Entertainment Weekly about his exit. (It?s not like Lincoln has turned into a ghost, either: he?s already dropped by the set to shadow a director, with plans to step behind the camera for a future episode.)