“It just gutted me,” Morgan says of Micki’s final scene.
Warning: This post contains spoilers from the Dec. 9 episode ofWalker.
Micki Ramirez (Lindsey Morgan) has handed in her badge.
Lindsey Morgan on ‘Walker’.The CW
EW spoke to Morgan about her exit and whether she’d be open to a return.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What was your reaction to finding out how Micki would say goodbye?
That final scene was not in the original script.
And I believe I texted her, “Are you trying to kill me?”
It was just almost too much.
And then finally I just surrendered and I was like, “You know what?
Let me just feel all these feelings,” and it hit me like a tsunami.
It just was a really special moment for me.
They’re much better humans than I am, that’s for sure.
And the thing is that Micki’s changing.
What Micki wants is changing, and I think that’s really human and also really hard.
These people in law enforcement experience so much trauma.
But I also love that they never said it.
I guess it’s done."
And he loves her so much and respects her, he let her do that.
I believe, and I hope there’s still a chance for Micki and Trey in the future.
My fingers are crossed for that.
So I really need my body and myself to be in the best possible place it can be.
I had to take a really long and hard look at my life.
And I think that’s exactly what Micki’s doing now too.
And I think that is something we’re finally talking about.
You all are continuing that conversation as well by putting a story like Micki’s on television.
I feel like we don’t explore that story enough.
We don’t explore the priority shifting enough in honest and even subtle ways.
I think so many of us face a changing of priorities.
Anna told me that my big arc for season 2 was Micki exploring, “Who am I now?
Who am I now after these experiences, and why do I do what I do?”
It’s really examining the choices we make and the personas we create and the stories we tell ourselves.
You’re putting your life on the line.
You’re making these daily sacrifices.
You have to be beyond brave.
It felt like it made sense for her journey.
And a big question Micki was exploring is why?
Why does she feel the need to do this?
Why does she feel the need to constantly prove herself?
Why does she feel like she has to kill herself over and over to gain respect?
I feel like that paralleled some of my life.
It’s why do I do what I do?
So I love getting to explore that with Micki and with myself.
Walkerairs Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the CW.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
