Rick Grimes

Rick Grimes is a police officer after being wounded during a shootout in the line of duty was in a coma for several months until he woke up in an apocalyptic world full of undead where known civilization had ceased to exist.

Driven by the idea to meet again with his family, Rick embarks on a dangerous journey to the city of Atlanta, where he is rescued from certain death by a group of survivors that take to live in a camp on the outskirts of the city. On site, miraculously Rick is reunited with his wife and son, as well as his lifelong friend Shane Walsh.

Rick quickly assumed leadership of the group, and together on a journey to try to find a safe place to live after the camp in which they lived was destroyed by the zombies.

Overwhelmed by his new status as leader, Rick is most difficult decisions my best and things get complicated after losing to a girl in the forest as he helped her escape a horde of walkers. Rick begins to be questioned by the other members of the group but eventually comes to a family farm owned by Greene, where Rick believes the group can stay and live a quiet life, especially after learning that his wife was pregnant. However, the group soon begins to annoy the owner of the place, who Rick urges them to leave after finding the missing girl.

Things end badly for Rick when the group learns that the farm barn was full of walkers and removed against the will of the farmer, especially when the girl they were looking ends turned into zombie.