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The Walking Dead is an American television drama series created and produced by Frank Darabont. It is based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman. The following is a list of characters from The Walking Dead television series. Although some characters appear in both places, the continuity of the television series is not shared with the original comic book series.

 

 

                                                                                   

Actor/actress/Character;                                                                  (Appearances)

 

                                                                                                                                                                 

                                                                                        [S1]                          [S2]                               [S3]               [S4]                   [S5]                Total

Andrew Lincoln /Rick Grimes                               6                              13                                    15                    11                                                   45

 

Chandler Riggs /Carl Grimes                                  6                              12                                    14                   10                                                   42

 

Steven Yeun /Glenn Rhee                                       6                               12                                    13                   10                                                   41

 

Norman Reedus /Daryl Dixon                               4                              12                                    13                   11                                                    40

 

Melissa McBride/Carol Peletier                            4                               12                                    12                  7                                                     35

 

Lauren Cohan /Maggie Greene -                                                             12                                   13                    9                                                     34

 

Emily Kinney /Beth Greene -                                                                    11                                   13                    8                                                     32

 

Scott Wilson /Hershel Greene -                                                               11                                  13                     8                                                     32

 

Laurie Holden/ Andrea                                              5                               13                                  13                                                                            31

 

Danai Gurira/ Michonne -                                                                           1                                    15                    11                                                   27

 

Sarah Wayne Callies/ Lori Grimes                           6                            13                                   8                                                                             27

 

Jon Bernthal /Shane Walsh                                        6                             12                                   1                                                                             19

 

David Morrissey/ The Governor - -                                                                                               13                    5                                                    18

 

Jeffrey DeMunn /Dale Horvath                                6                            10                                                                                                                  16

 

Chad L. Coleman /Tyreese - -                                                                                                             5                     9                                                    14

 

Sonequa Martin-Green /Sasha - -                                                                                                      5                     9                                                   14

 

Michael Rooker /Merle Dixon                                   21                          11                                                                                                                   14

 

Lawrence Gilliard, Jr. /Bob Stookey - - -                                                                                                                10                                                 10

 

Alanna Masterson /Tara Chambler - - -                                                                                                                   7                                                    7

 

Michael Cudlitz /Abraham Ford - - -                                                                                                                         4                                                    4

 

Josh McDermitt /Eugene Porter - - -                                                                                                                        4                                                     4

 

Christian Serratos/ Rosita Espinosa - - -                                                                                                                  4                                                    4

 

Andrew J. West  Gareth - - -                                                                                                                                           1                                                     1

 

 

 

• David Morrissey is not featured in the opening credits for the first five episodes of the fourth season; he and Scott Wilson are removed from the opening credits after the season's tenth episode.

• Emily Kinney, Chad L. Coleman and Sonequa Martin-Green were promoted to series regulars in season four, and are credited as "also starring.

• "Michael Rooker was promoted to series regular in season three; he and David Morrissey are added to the opening credits beginning with the season's third episode.

• Scott Wilson was promoted to series regular in season three, and is credited as "also starring" until he was added to the opening credits of season four.

• Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride were promoted to series regulars in season two; McBride is credited as "also starring" until she was added to the opening credits of season four.

 

 

Main characters;

 

Andrea;

(Laurie Holden) is Amy's older sister and a former civil rights attorney. Andrea is cautious and extremely protective of her younger sister, with whom she has not always had the closest relationship. She undergoes a significant transformation following Amy's death. In the second season, she gradually becomes more independent and hones her shooting skills, having received tutelage by Shane. After being separated from the group in the third season, she is rescued by Michonne and is brought by Merle to Woodbury, where she begins a romantic relationship with The Governor. She is eventually caught in the crossfire between The Governor and Rick and attempts to mend relations, but later turns on The Governor after learning his true intentions. She attempts to warn Rick of The Governor's plans but fails, as The Governor captures her and hides her, bound and gagged, in his torture chamber. The Governor then orders Milton Mamet to kill her, but Milton instead attacks The Governor, who knifes him in the abdomen, mortally wounding him. The Governor decides to lock them in the room together, planning for a reanimated Milton to eat Andrea. She struggles to retrieve a pair of pliers purposely dropped by Milton to cut herself free from her bonds; however, she is bitten by the zombified Milton before she kills him. Rick, Michonne, Daryl and Tyreese arrive at the torture chamber and discover the bitten Andrea. As per her request, Rick hands her his revolver and, with Michonne by her side, plans to shoot herself in the head to prevent her reanimation. Rick, Sasha, Tyreese, and Daryl give Michonne and Andrea privacy, and the audience hears a shot. Her body is later brought back to the prison for burial. Andrea is one of the names Carl suggests for Judith. Michonne states to Carl that Andrea helped her become human again.

 

Tara Chambler;

(Alanna Masterson) is Lilly's sister, David's daughter, and Meghan's aunt. After welcoming The Governor into their apartment (he says his name is "Brian Heriot"), Tara seems to trust him relatively sooner than her sister and quickly seems to see him as a friend. She is briefly disoriented by his bloody smashing of David's skull after David reanimates and tries to bite her; however, she later accepts and agrees with the decision, and realizes that all people who die turn, whether they have been bitten or not. She and the others leave the apartment after David's burial, in search of shelter elsewhere. While on the road, a group of walkers forces them to flee. They are stopped once again when "Brian" and Meghan fall into a pit full of walkers, all of which "Brian" successfully kills before any harm can come to himself or Meghan. She begins a romantic relationship with Alisha, at Martinez's camp. Tara joins The Governor in attacking the prison, although she becomes shocked by The Governor's brutal acts at the prison and runs off traumatized. In "Inmates", it is revealed that Tara is still alive, and Glenn helps her escape from the prison. Tara later meets Sgt. Abraham Ford, Dr. Eugene Porter, and Rosita Espinosa. She travels with them and they eventually find Maggie, Bob and Sasha. While Glenn initially only saved Tara so she would be indebted to help him, he grew to trust her enough to not tell the rest of the group she was part of the Governor's assault on the prison.

 

Daryl Dixon;

(Norman Reedus) is Merle's younger brother. A Southern redneck with a tough background, Daryl is a survivalist and member of the Atlanta band. He is one of the top experts with hunting weapons, killing deer and other animals for food. Daryl's signature weapon is a crossbow, a valuable weapon in the new world due to its stealth properties, reusable ammunition, and low noise emission. He constantly struggles with his own insecurities. In the second season, he is the group member most committed to searching for Sophia Peletier, identifying with her cause. The discovery of an un-dead Sophia causes him to become aloof towards the group, especially towards the girl's mother, Carol. He eventually regains his bonds with the group and becomes a faithful follower of Rick Grimes and Rick's right-hand man. He also forms a devoted friendship with Carol in seasons 2 and 3, having saved her multiple times and made a connection with her (in that both of them come from abusive backgrounds). Daryl is eventually reunited with Merle when they become captives in Woodbury, before Rick's group rescues them. The brothers eventually start residing at the prison, where Daryl helps Merle adjust. When Merle leaves to kill The Governor, Daryl pursues him. He finds that Merle has been killed and reanimated as a walker, forcing a tearful Daryl to put him down. When he returns to the prison, Daryl participates in the successful defense of the prison against the Woodbury army. He, Rick, and Michonne pursue The Governor's men; however, they discover the slaughtered army and a survivor named Karen. After arriving at Woodbury, they - with Tyreese and Sasha's help - discover a dying Andrea, who ends her own life. Daryl accompanies the group and the Woodbury citizens to the prison. In season 4, Daryl is among the prison's new "council" that leads the enlarged group of survivors, following Rick's renouncement of leadership. Daryl assists in the elimination of walkers in one of the prison's cell blocks. After learning that people are dying from an aggressive flu, he leads a successful supply run to retrieve medicine, however he loses trust in one of the survivors he rescued, Bob, who retrieved liquor instead of medicine. When the Governor attacks the prison again, he destroys the army's tank, but the prison is heavily damaged and survivors are scattered, forcing him to flee with Beth. He becomes pessimistic, and believes that he and Beth are the only survivors from the attack. He is recruited by Joe after Beth's kidnapping. Joe, Daryl, and The Marauders later catch up to Rick, Michonne, and Carl. Joe attempts to kill Rick but Daryl steps in stating that "they're good people". Joe dismisses this as a lie and has Daryl beaten. Michonne then saves Daryl. Rick tells Daryl that he is his brother. The four then team up and go to Terminus, but are then captured and put into a train car. They are then reunited with Glenn, Maggie, Sasha, and Bob and then meet Abraham, Tara, Rosita, and Eugene who were also captured.

 

Merle Dixon;

(Michael Rooker) is Daryl Dixon's older brother. A Southern racist and misogynist, Merle lived with an abusive, neglectful father and acted out against society, which frequently landed him in juvenile institutions. Merle participates in one scavenging group mission with the Atlanta survivors and attacks members of the group, so Rick handcuffs him to a pipe. When walkers discover the group, T-Dog returns to free Merle but accidentally drops the key down a drainpipe and leaves him behind, after securing the entrance to the roof.[3] Rick, T-Dog, and others return later to rescue Merle, but it is revealed that Merle had already escaped – having cut off his own cuffed hand in order to escape from the walkers.[4] The group finds evidence that Merle survived his self-mutilation and escaped from the building he was trapped on; moreover, he may have stolen their truck to escape Atlanta. When T-Dog's injured arm becomes infected, Daryl gives him ampicillin from the stash Merle cached on his motorcycle, revealing Merle was a drug dealer.[5] In the second season, Merle briefly appears in Daryl's hallucination, telling him the rest of the group doesn't care about Daryl and he is the only one who ever will. Merle returns in "Walk with Me", alive and residing at Woodbury, a thriving settlement in a ravaged town run by the malicious Governor. His stump has been concealed with a wrist cover that ends in a bayonet. He served as The Governor's second-in-command, but The Governor turns on him after Merle fails to kill Michonne, who later returns, kills The Governor's zombified daughter, Penny, and stabs The Governor in the eye. After Rick's group rescues him and Daryl, Merle is forced to join Rick's group at the prison, where he has difficulty adjusting. He attempts to prove himself by bringing Michonne to The Governor, but later changes his plan by letting Michonne go in order to take on The Governor himself. He kills eight of The Governor's henchmen (thereby improving the ability of Rick's small group to prevail in the upcoming war with The Governor's largely untrained army), but his ultimate plan fails, as The Governor kills him. Merle reanimates as a walker, and a heartbroken Daryl kills him by stabbing him in the head.

 

Phillip Blake, known as "The Governor";

(David Morrissey) is the disturbed leader of the fortified town of Woodbury. The townspeople are unaware of his sinister motives and many dark secrets, such as keeping his zombified daughter, Penny, locked in a cage, collecting heads of walkers displayed in fish tanks for his own amusement, and ordering his men to ambush and kill National Guardsmen and steal their supplies. His trusted allies include Merle Dixon and Caesar Martinez, as well as scientist Milton Mamet, whom he knew before becoming "The Governor". He forms a romantic relationship with Andrea, while Michonne becomes suspicious of him and leaves Woodbury. When Rick's group attacks Woodbury to rescue Glenn and Maggie, Michonne discovers The Governor's decapitated walker heads and kills Penny. This angers The Governor, who vows revenge against Rick's group, and he accuses Merle as traitor for lying to him about Michonne. Andrea suggests to him to form a truce with Rick, although he creates an army to ambush and eliminate Rick's group. Milton discloses the Governor's plans to Andrea, who escapes Woodbury to warn Rick but is captured by the Governor in the process. When Merle ambushes his army, The Governor gains the upper hand and kills Merle, leaving him to reanimate. Back at Woodbury, The Governor pummels Milton for his betrayal and decides that Milton will be the one to kill Andrea. Milton attacks The Governor, who counters by fatally stabbing Milton in the gut; a reanimated Milton bites Andrea, who kills herself. The Governor and his army eventually attack the prison, but they are overwhelmed, leading them to retreat. The Governor, enraged at the newly conscripted Woodbury citizens for refusing to return and finish the fight against the prison group, proceeds to massacre the entire army, with the exception of Martinez and Shumpert,[7] who abandon him the next day. He returns to and destroys the deserted Woodbury. After months as an aimless wanderer, he meets the Chambler family - sisters Lilly and Tara, their terminally ill father David and Lilly's daughter Meghan, who reminds him of Penny - and adopts a false persona, "Brian Heriot". He commits good deeds for the family in order to erase his old persona. Following David's death, the Chamblers join him, and he and Lilly become lovers, but his efforts to start anew are put to the test when he encounters Martinez and his new group of survivors. He reverts to his old self when he believes that it is the only way to keep his new family safe, and he kills Martinez to become the new leader of the group. He captures Michonne and Hershel and rallies his army to help him take the prison, as he wants the place for his family. At the prison, he refuses Rick's offer to coexist, and he decapitates Hershel with Michonne's katana, prompting a firefight between his army and the prison inhabitants. When Lilly arrives at the prison with Meghan, who has died from a walker bite, he shoots Meghan in the head. Losing his purpose for taking the prison, he orders his army to destroy the prison's fences and kill the prison survivors. Rick ambushes and fights him while his army falls to Rick's group. When he almost kills Rick, Michonne stabs him through the chest and leaves him to die. Lilly approaches him and shoots him in the head.

 

Beth Greene;

(Emily Kinney) is Hershel's younger daughter and Maggie's younger half-sister. She resides at a farm with her family and boyfriend, Jimmy. She sinks into a deep depression after watching her mother, half-brother and neighbors, who had become walkers and were being housed in her father's barn, get shot by Rick's group. She attempts to convince Maggie to commit suicide with her and shortly afterward, attempts it on her own by cutting her wrists in the bathroom, but eventually she changes her mind. She escapes when walkers attack the farm and kill Jimmy and her good fried Patricia. At the beginning of season 3, Beth becomes a more confident and useful member of the group, and is skilled at killing walkers. She sometimes sings to entertain or comfort the group. At the prison, she is often seen looking after baby Judith. When the Governor attacks the prison a second time, Beth hides with her father and Carl in the forest, and returns to the prison when the Woodbury army retreat. In season 4, Beth has developed a relationship with one of the new prison citizens, Zach. However, Zach is bitten and killed during a supply run, and Daryl delivers the news to Beth. She appears completely unfazed, replying "I don't cry anymore." and sets her Days Without an Accident board from 30 to 0. She is put in charge in isolating the group's children to protect them from the deadly virus, and reminds Maggie of her father's instruction: "We all have jobs to do." When the Governor arrives at the prison with Hershel and Michonne as hostages, she is horrified when she witnesses her father's death, and escapes the prison with Daryl. She maintains hope that they will find their companions, but when she discovers the body of two children, Luke and Molly, her hard exterior is broken and she cries. After finding a funeral home with Daryl, the two are separated by a group of walkers, soon after Beth is kidnapped, taken by someone in a black car with a white cross on the back window. Daryl attempts to catch the car but cannot. Her current status and whereabouts are unknown.

 

Veterinarian and farmer Hershel Greene;

(Scott Wilson) is a religious man and former alcoholic, clinging desperately to the old-world values in order to preserve his sanity. He resides at a farm owned by his family for years. His extensive medical and agricultural knowledge prove to be valuable assets to the group. He initially regards the walkers as dangerous but curable patients and therefore lets Otis keep walkers in the barn. Among the walkers are his wife and stepson. When Rick's group finds out about the walkers, they proceed to execute each one of them, which in turn traumatizes Hershel who tells the group to leave his premises. Rick manages to comfort Hershel and convince him to let them stay at the farm. When the farm is overrun with walkers, Hershel decides to stay in order to defend his farm, however Rick convinces him to leave the land. Hershel grows to trust Rick's leadership. In the season 3 premiere, a walker bites him on the ankle; Rick amputates his leg at the knee, preventing the disease from spreading. Rick often confides in Hershel, seeing him as a reliable and sensible member of the group. When Rick becomes disillusioned following Lori's death and the Governor's impending attack, Hershel becomes frustrated with him, telling Rick to step up as a leader. Despite this, Hershel continues to be helpful to Rick, who denounces sole leadership. Hershel, along with Beth and Carl, hides outside the prison during Woodbury's retreat, and witnesses Carl kill a young Woodbury soldier that lowered his weapon. A worried Hershel tells Rick about Carl's actions. When the rest of Woodbury's citizens arrive at the prison, Hershel is welcoming and happy to have new blood. In the season 4 premiere, set nearly seven months later, Hershel has received care for his amputated leg and has been fitted with a prosthetic, allowing him to walk somewhat normally. He has become a leading member of the prison's "council" and has planted and grown a farm on the prison's lawn. Hershel continues to provide Rick and the rest of the prison with valuable advice and guidance. When a deadly influenza virus infects many inhabitants, Hershel volunteers to care for the sick in a quarantined cell block, where he survives an attack by those who reanimated after succumbing to the deceased. He and Michonne leave the prison to burn walkers, however the Governor ambushes them and keeps them captive. Hershel proposes that his group and the Governor's new army could coexist in the prison, but he is rebuffed by the Governor. When the Governor arrives at the prison and brings him and Michonne out, Rick offers similar suggestions as Hershel's. This leads him to smile before the Governor decapitates him with Michonne's katana. His head zombifies but it is put down by Michonne. It is revealed in flashbacks that Hershel is the reason why Rick pursued farming.

 

Maggie Greene;

(Lauren Cohan) is Hershel's daughter and Beth's elder half-sister. A tomboy at heart, she scavenges supplies from the town. She has held a strong sense of faith throughout the years but begins to have doubt her beliefs. Her initial fling with Glenn Rhee gradually develops into a genuine relationship. She, along with her family and Rick's group, is forced to leave her farm when it is overrun with walkers. After many months living on the road, her group settles at the prison, where Maggie performs a crude C-section to deliver Lori Grimes' baby. Maggie and Glenn are captured by Merle and later tortured by Merle and The Governor to disclose they are residing at the prison; Rick's group rescues them. During the escape from Woodbury Maggie kills two guards, one of whom is Haley, and also shoots Oscar in the head to prevent him from turning after he is fatally shot. She helps defend the prison during The Governor's first attack, and kills the sniper stationed in the guard tower. She accepts Glenn's proposal of marriage and participate in Rick's successful ambush on The Governor's second attack on the prison. She guards the prison until Rick's group returns with the Woodbury survivors. Months later, it is revealed that Maggie believed herself pregnant, and had asked Glenn to look for baby supplies on the next run. She later appears confident that she is not pregnant, but does not give a reason as to how she knows this. When Glenn is infected by deadly influenza virus that spreads to many survivors, Maggie pours out her sorrows to Beth. Hershel decides to risk exposure by caring for the sick, which fuels Maggie to take out her frustrations by killing walkers near the fences. She manages to rescue her father and fiancee by killing the reanimated infected that overran the quarantine zone, before Daryl's group returns with medicine. When the Governor arrives at the prison, Maggie and Beth are horrified when they witness their father's execution, and they participate at the counterattack against the Governor's militia. With the prison near destruction, Maggie is separated from Glenn and Beth, and flees the compound with Sasha and Bob. The three later discover the prison bus, with all the inhabitants inside dead and reanimated as walkers. After killing all the walkers, she is relieved when she realizes Glenn is not in the bus. The trio then find a Terminus sign and all go towards it while leaving Glenn messages to go there. The three later find Abraham, Rosita, and Eugene and all of them rescue Glenn and Tara in the tunnel. The whole group then decides to be together for Terminus and are the first group to reach the safe haven. They are later discovered by Rick, Carl, Daryl, and Michonne when they are captured as well.

 

Carl Grimes;

(Chandler Riggs) is Rick and Lori's son, and Judith's older brother. He worships his father and is frequently confronted with the realities of the harsh new world. When his friend Sophia Peletier becomes a walker and is put down by his father, he becomes bitter towards the group and acts stubbornly, wanting to use a gun and yearning to fight alongside everyone else. Carl taunts a trapped walker before attempting to shoot it, but inadvertently sets it free; the walker later kills Dale. Carl feels guilty and tells Shane and his father that he was responsible for Dale's death. He finds his father being followed by a zombified Shane, and shoots Shane. After leaving the farm and transferring to the prison, he gradually begins to mature in his actions and thoughts, demonstrates bravery and leadership, and becomes skilled in killing walkers. When his mother dies during childbirth, he is forced to shoot her to prevent her reanimation. He names his baby sister Judith, after his third-grade teacher. After Rick's continual bouts of insanity, Carl suggests to his father that Rick should relinquish his leadership, as Rick deserves a rest. Carl saves the injured Michonne's life, when she appears outside the prison fence, but expresses resentment toward her on their road trip to King's County. He gradually starts to trust Michonne after she saves his life in a walker-infested cafe and helps him retrieve materials for his sister. After the episode in which Merle dies and Rick reveals his having considered giving Michonne to The Governor, Carl begins to become embittered towards his father. He kills a Woodbury soldier (Jody) whom he ordered to drop his gun but who instead seemed to advance toward Carl to hand it over. When confronted by Rick about the incident, Carl says that he had to eliminate the threat, then brings up his father's failures to kill Andrew and The Governor, which led to the deaths of Lori, T-Dog and Merle. Carl is displeased when his father returns with Woodbury's citizens to the prison. Rick, after giving up leadership, decides to live a life as the survivors' farmer to set an example to Carl. Due to this, Carl appears to have calmed down from his vigilante stint, and is attempting to live a normal life in the prison, gaining new friends among the new children. Carl witnesses Carol teach the children on how to use knives, and, despite Carol's urges not to tell his father, reveals this to Rick. After Carl assists the group in the walker attack in the prison, Rick reluctantly returns Carl's gun. Carl, however, decides to follow his father's instruction to not fire his gun unless he needs to. Carl assists his father is killing walkers that collapsed the prison's fences. When the Governor attacks the prison, Carl is among those who defend the compound from the opposing army. He is reunited with his badly wounded father, although they are both devastated when they see Judith's empty, bloody baby carrier. They both leave the prison. He becomes bitter towards his father's bad decisions and rants against Rick when he is asleep. He then admits his inability to defend himself, despite his father's admittance to his maturity. When Michonne reunites with them, he joins her in a supply run, where he uncovers fragments of her past. When scavengers raid their safe house, he, Michonne and Rick escape and head towards the supposed sanctuary "Terminus". He is shown to have a fun loving relationship with Michonne. All of them are then camped for a night but are then hostages by Joe and The Marauders. Carl is about to be raped by a marauder, until Rick saves him. Carl later reveals to Michonne that he is "a monster" as well. Carl, Rick, Michonne, and Daryl all then reach Terminus and are held prisoner along with Glenn, Maggie, Sasha, Bob, Tara, Abraham, Rosita, and Eugene.

 

Lori Grimes;

(Sarah Wayne Callies) is Rick's wife and Carl and Judith's mother. Although she had been sleeping with Shane when she thought Rick was dead, she is loyal to Rick once he returns, and she pushes Shane away from her and Carl, whom she is fiercely protective of. In the second season, she discovers she is pregnant but is unsure who the father his. She attempts to comfort Shane so he will feel accepted in their group, but she is cautious about his reckless actions, and ultimately warns Rick that Shane is dangerous. At the same time, she is disturbed by her husband's gradual change into a more morose person, and pushes him away after learning he killed Shane. From their escape from the farm till their endeavor to take up residence at the prison, Lori becomes increasingly estranged from Rick and Carl, which she blames on herself. She becomes worried about her baby's survival, and when she goes into labor following a walker attack, Lori convinces Maggie to give her a C-section, despite the fact that it will prove fatal for her. Lori dies giving birth, and Carl is forced to shoot her to prevent reanimation. Lori is one of the names Carl suggests for Judith. She later appears to Rick in multiple hallucinations. When Rick brings the surviving citizens of Woodbury to the prison, he looks up at the catwalk and no longer sees Lori, indicating an end to his hallucinations.

 

Rick Grimes;

(Andrew Lincoln) is the series' central character. A former sheriff’s deputy in King's County, a small Georgia town, Rick is an everyman[8][9][10] — smart, calm, just, a sharpshooter, and a good friend, husband and father — but flawed. He sees most problems as black or white and will often stubbornly cling to his personal strong moral code, which results in his not always making the best decisions. Rick is a natural leader, someone his fellow survivors will turn to in a crisis, confident in his guidance, even when he at times doubts himself. His overwhelming need to do the right thing and protect those who can't protect themselves may pull him away from his family, causing cracks of tension within his marriage and in his relationship with his son. His frustrations about leading his group and keeping them safe gradually change him into a darker character. When the group is forced to leave the overrun farm, Rick establishes a dictatorship, and announces those who don't want to follow his leadership can leave. Rick transfers the group to the prison. When Lori dies during childbirth, he loses his sanity and repeatedly hallucinates her. He is forced to come into conflict with The Governor after his group attacks Woodbury to rescue Maggie and Glenn, and The Governor begins gunning for Michonne for killing The Governor's zombified daughter, Penny, and for putting out The Governor's eye. Rick eventually recovers from his bouts of insanity after encountering his long-lost friend, Morgan. When he is unable to make difficult decisions to keep his group safe, Rick relinquishes his role as a dictator and lets the group decide whether the prison is worth defending against The Governor. The group decides to stay, and they successfully defend the prison from The Governor, who flees with his army. Rick begins to worry about Carl's dark antics, such as killing the young Woodbury soldier, who Hershel said was trying to surrender, leading Rick and Carl to argue. Rick, Michonne, and Daryl head to Woodbury, intending to kill The Governor, and on the road discover The Governor's massacred army, rescue the lone survivor, Karen - who explains what occurred - and, in Woodbury, discover a dying Andrea. After Andrea kills herself to prevent reanimation, Rick brings Woodbury's survivors, including Tyreese, Sasha, and Karen, to the prison, much to Carl's displeasure. Hoping to set an example to Carl, Rick has turned to gardening and taking care of pigs, and no longer runs the prison, leaving it up to the prison council. While checking animal traps, he meets a disheveled Irish woman called Clara in the forest, who asks him to let her and her husband join him and the other survivors at the prison. Rick agrees, as long as she answers three questions, but realizes that Clara's husband is a walker and she plans to kill him as his food. Clara stabs herself and Rick reveals his three questions to her before she dies: "How many walkers have you killed", "How many people have you killed", "Why?" Answering the last question, she says, "You don't get to come back from things." This resonates with Rick as chaos returns to the prison, with walker attacks at the inside and outside of the prison. He sacrifices his pigs to lure walkers away from the prison. Knowing his attempt to return to a normal life has failed, he burns his pig pen and gives Carl back his gun. When two inhabitants who have been infected by a deadly virus - Karen and another survivor, David - are found stabbed in the head and burned, Rick investigates the murders, and concludes that Carol was the killer; Rick sends Carol away from the prison. When the Governor arrives at the prison with Michonne and Hershel hostage, he proposes that the two groups coexist in the prison, pleading with the militia that they could come back from the things they have done. The Governor rejects his offer and decapitates Hershel, prompting an enraged Rick to initiate a battle between the two groups. Rick is shot in the upper thigh by Alisha. He brawls with the Governor, but he is almost strangled before he is saved by Michonne, who stabs the Governor. He reunites with Carl and leaves the prison devastated after finding Judith's empty, bloody baby carrier. He becomes more protective of Carl but falls asleep for an extended amount of time when they encounter a safe house. When he wakes up, he acknowledges his son's maturity and apologizes for his bad decisions. Michonne reunites with the two, however Rick has to deal with scavengers who raid his house while Carl and Michonne are in a supply run. After killing one raider, he escapes the house and rejoins with Michonne and Carl, and they head off towards the supposed sanctuary "Terminus". The trio then spend a night resting but are soon hostages by Joe and The Marauders. Rick then later bites Joe in the neck killing him, and later kills another marauder who was about to rape Carl. He guts the marauder. The next day he refers to Daryl as his brother. All four then reach Terminus and are soon held prisoner in a train car. They soon fins Glenn, Maggie, Sasha, Bob, Tara, Abraham, Rosita, and Eugene are captive as well.