The sequence made a point to show just how bloody that hand was, and the camera lingered on his other hand a little longer than it should have, and probably for some reason other than to scream out “Rick has one safe hand now,” but I choose to believe the TV character will soon be taking on that most recognizable trait of his comic counterpart.
(Hopefully he didn’t then again hurt himself on the glass he used to stab the walker.)
No mere scratch or wonky hangnail, Rick’s new wound was enough to make my big toes curl inward, as his first attempt to deflect Winslow saw him push his palm down and around one of those helmet spikes, and it went all the way through.