Shane Walsh

Shane Walsh is an antagonist and survivor of the Wildfire Outbreak in The Walking Dead: Something To Fear. He was a deputy for King County Sheriff's Department before the apocalypse alongside his childhood best friend, Rick Grimes. After the outbreak, Shane told Rick's wife, Lori and his son, Carl that he was dead. Shane made it his job to protect the two, while also harbouring romantic feelings for Lori.
While thinking Rick was dead, Shane started a sexual relationship with Lori and conceived a child with her. After Rick came back with Glenn and Morales, he started to feel the jealousy rushing back. He still retains his respect for Rick and Lori, giving them their space while watching from a distance.
== Overview ==
Shane is a cunning, hotheaded and brutal man who's only goal is to survive with great determination. He is a strong leader of the group but due to his unpredictability he is seen as unfit to lead by several members of the group. He is seen as jealous of his best friend and rival Rick Grimes because of his leader position in the group and because Shane is in love with Rick's wife Lori Grimes and wants to act as the father of Rick's son, Carl. But he still respects Rick's leadership out of friendship. It is said that Shane had always been a brutal person because of his acts as a deputy before the apocalypse began.
== Pre-Apocalypse ==
=== King County, Georgia ===
Shane was born in 1973 and during his childhood he grew up alongside his best friend, Rick Grimes. The two developed a great bond and the two regarded each other as 'brothers'. Shane took a liking to football and played on his school's team wearing number 22His necklace is reminiscient of his football jersey. Throughout his high school career he was an undisciplined prankster, having once stolen the principal's car. Shane was also sexually active in his teenage years, having done it with several students and teachers, even. But Shane had only wanted one girl named Lori who eventually chose Rick over Shane. Shane, although jealous, respected and encouraged Rick's relationship with Lori.
Rick and Shane would both attended the same college for police administration and later both became deputies at King County Sheriff's Department. Shane would watch as Rick and Lori married and had a son named Carl, who Shane loved. Rick and Shane would take Carl out hunting ofttimes.
== Post-Apocalypse ==
=== Atlanta, Georgia ===
During the onset of the outbreak, Shane attempts to retrieve a comatose Rick from the hospital, but is unable to as the hospital is full of soldiers indiscriminately shooting the alive and undead. After avoiding the soldiers, Shane abandons trying to retrieve Rick, but he jams the door with a nearby gurney to prevent the approaching walkers from finding Rick.
After that, Shane convinced Lori and Carl that Rick was dead, and they traveled towards a supposedly safe-zone in Atlanta. On the way, they got caught in a traffic jam and befriended Carol Peletier and her family. While stopped outside the city, Shane and Lori watched in horror as the city was napalmed by the military. Sometime later, Shane and the rest formed a campsite outside the outskirts of Atlanta, along with other survivors. He became the group's leader, entered into a sexual relationship with Lori, and began to act as a surrogate father to Carl.
=== Season 1 ===
==== Days Gone Bye ====
En route to Atlanta on Highway 85, Rick sends out a broadcast on his cruiser's CB radio and the group at the Atlanta Camp receives it. Amy runs to the CB, but can't get a reply and Shane tries to establish contact with the person (unaware that it is Rick) but by the time Shane takes over the CB controls and introduces himself, Rick has left the emergency broadcast channel.
Lori voices that she's been saying for a week that they should put signs up on the highway warning people to stay away from the city, and volunteers to go on her own, but Dale and Shane argue that venturing out is too risky. Lori walks off and Shane goes after her. "You can be pissed at me all you want, it's not gonna change anything," he tells her. Inside her tent, Shane tells Lori that she needs to keep it together for Carl, who has lost so much already. Lori agrees and they kiss passionately, before Carl interrupts them, not seeing them kissing.
==== Guts ====
Shane and Lori had a sexual interaction in the woods while they were away of the rest of the group. Shane noticed Lori's wedding ring and was reminded of her husband Rick, but she continued to believe that he was dead as Shane told her and continued her relationship with Shane. Later, Shane was seen sitting around the campfire, teaching Carl how to tie knots and rope. They received a radio message from people of their group that went on a supply run in Atlanta, but they couldn't understand exactly what they are saying. Shane believed that they were trapped there and that there was nothing they could do about it, Amy called Shane a "son of a bitch" since he refuses to go to Atlanta and rescue her sister.
==== Tell It to the Frogs ====
Shane was seen once again sitting in around the campfire cleaning his shotgun. He told Carl how they were going to feed and protect the group like son and father. Much for everybody's surprise, the rest of the group that was trapped in Atlanta returned. Morales explained how a "new guy" helped them escape. Shane was shocked when Rick showed up, revealing himself to be the "new guy". At night, Rick was explaining how he woke up in the hospital and managed to get to Atlanta, where he met Morales and the others. Shane told him that he tried to get Rick out of the hospital, but he thought Rick was dead when he arrived there. Lori, hugging her husband, glared at him. Shane was seen again watching the camp at night, as he realized that Rick and Lori were having sex inside their tent. By the morning, Daryl Dixon arrived at the camp after spending some time hunting in the forest. When he looked for his brother, Merle, Shane and Rick informed Daryl that Merle was left behind in Atlanta, as he became a problem to the group that was scavenging supplies.
Daryl said that he was going after his brother. Rick, T-Dog, Glenn Rhee and Allen also offered to go with him. Shane told Rick how this was a bad idea, since Merle would never risk his life for someone. Rick revealed that he had also dropped a bag full of guns, and that they needed these weapons. Shane said that they needed people to protect the camp, but Rick and the others departed anyway. After this, Shane and Carl were trying to catch frogs at the lake. Lori approached them and discreetly ordered Carl to stay away from Shane. After Carl left, Lori seethed at Shane and warned him to stay away from her family. "You think I'm not happy Rick's alive?" Shane asked. "Why would you be?" she responded. "You are the one that told me that he died." Lori stormed off, leaving a broken Shane alone. Angered by Lori's comments, when he saw Ed Peletier hit his wife and threaten the other women, Shane savagely battered him to near death, and threatened that if he ever touches anyone else at the camp, he will not stop beating him. He delivers a final blow to Ed and walks off furiously.
==== Vatos ====
With Rick, Glenn, Daryl, Allen and T-Dog still out looking for Merle and the bag of guns Rick left in Atlanta, Shane continued on as the de-facto leader of the group. Jim had been digging for some reason constantly a bit away from camp, concerning the group. Shane went to talk to him, but Jim appeared paranoid and was acting strange. Shane subdued him until he calmed down. Later on, after asking Jim why he was digging the graves, Jim said that he had a dream about it, but he didn't remember what it was. Amy and Andrea were able to catch some fish so that the group could have dinner. At night, everyone was united around the campfire as they listened to Dale's stories. This was short-lived, however, as walkers invaded the camp and killed several of the survivors. Shane took up the defense, guarding Lori and Carl specifically. Rick and the others then returned well armed just in time from Atlanta and aided in successfully saving the camp, though the damage had already been done.
==== Wildfire ====
Shane and Rick had an argument over whose fault the attack on the camp truly was. Shane blamed Rick for taking people to a failed rescue mission in Atlanta. Rick defended himself saying that without the guns they brought back, they would've lost many others. During this argument, Rick would bring up Shane's affair with Lori and tell Shane he would kill him if he ever laid a finger on Lori or Carl ever again. After that, Jacqui revealed to the group that Jim had been bitten.
Shane and Rick headed into the nearby woods to scout out the area. Shane told Rick that they needed to head to Fort Benning, since it was a secure military base. Rick however, believed the group needs to head to the CDC in Atlanta, so they could find a cure for Jim. After a heated argument between the two, Shane watched as Rick wandered off to search alone further off. In a state of impaired judgment, Shane raised his shotgun and took aim at Rick's unsuspecting back. Shane held his aim for several seconds then lowered his weapon as he comes back to his senses. This indiscretion was witnessed by Dale, who had been watching out of a mistrust of Shane. Shane played it off as nothing, stating: "Yeah, I know right? We should get reflectors". Dale, however, did not believe him, but kept it to himself. They all returned to camp. Strangely enough, Shane started to agree with Rick (despite some minor objections), which surprised both Rick and Lori. They all decided to leave camp to head for the CDC.
On the way, they were forced to leave Jim by the road, as he was not able to survive the infection and told the group that he wanted to be left behind so he would cause no trouble for the others. The group finally arrived at the CDC. The place seemed abandoned, and when the sun set, walkers began to approach the group, Shane tried to convince Rick that they need to go back to the cars, but the entrance of the CDC opened just in time.
==== TS-19 ====
Shane and the rest of the group were received into the CDC by Dr. Edwin Jenner. Everybody was shocked to learn that Dr. Jenner was the only survivor in the entire facility, and there is no cure for the virus. However, the group decided to celebrate their first real safe night by drinking and eating around a table in the facility's kitchen. Shane broke the mood when he asked Dr. Jenner what happened there, prompting Jenner to reveal that most of the scientists committed suicide and others left to be with their families. After drinking too much, Shane drunkenly professed his love to Lori and tried to kiss her, which caused her to push him away. As this event turned into a struggle, Shane attempted fondling her between the legs to satisfy her only to have his neck and ear clawed by her nail. Angry and hurting, he returns to his senses as he leaves for the night. Unbeknownst to Shane, Rick had heard the altercation and would attack Shane, pointing his gun at his head until he stopped. By the next day during breakfast, when T-Dog asked Shane about the injuries, Shane said he probably did it to himself in his sleep.
Dr. Jenner decided to reveal to the group everything that he learned about the infection and the events of reanimation, Dale noticed that there was a clock running down. Jenner said that when it strikes zero, the facility would be out of fuel and would self-destruct. Shane would later follow the group (save for Rick, Daryl, Glenn and T-Dog who were in the cellars). Dr. Jenner eventually locked the survivors in the facility during the final hour of a self-destruct count down. Some of them listened to the man's reasoning, while others decided to take more drastic action. Shane, in the latter category along with Daryl Dixon, attempted threatening Jenner. 
With Jenner's life momentarily spared, Rick was able to talk him out of deciding when they should die and allow them to escape. As a result, Jenner released the doors before warning them that the main floor had sealed shut upon their arrival and they would be facing indestructible glass. Everybody ran to leave the building, except for Jacqui. With minutes to escape, Shane remained vigilant in their escaping. He wanted as far as to shoot out the glass, but that had no effect. Carol mentioned that she may have something that could help to which Shane says would probably be useless. Once again, the leader of the Atlanta survivors is wrong as Carol presented a grenade that Rick had left in his pocket the day he arrived at camp. Rick pulled the pin and dropped the explosive by the window, destroying an entire window, thus allowing them to escape to their vehicles, leaving only Jacqui and Dr. Jenner inside. After the explosion, a stunned Shane drove the Jeep along with the convoy into an unknown and dangerous future.
=== Season 2 ===
==== Miles Behind Us ====
Shane was still envious of Rick and Lori's relationship, and was still willing to go to extreme measures to protect Lori. Rick assumed the post of leader of the group. They decided to take Shane's idea to leave Atlanta and head to Fort Benning, 125 miles away from the city. During the travel, Shane was teaching Andrea how to clean her gun when the group was forced to stop as the highway was blocked with several parked and crashed vehicles. Dale, who was driving the RV, decided to try to find a way through, but the radiator was blown, forcing them to stop. They decided to scavenge supplies from the vehicles so that they could find something to fix the RV. A herd of more than thirty walkers approached their location, forcing everyone to hide under the cars as the herd passes by. Ben was suddenly attacked by two walkers and ran into the forest, with Rick going after him. Shane and the rest stayed put until Rick returned a few minutes later. He asks if Ben is back, but nobody had seen her: Ben was lost in the woods.
As Shane, Rick, Daryl and Glenn investigated the last place where Ben was seen, Daryl was able to find his trail. The group in the forest then decided that they needed a bigger search party and would return to the highway to assemble a search party. They found a tent in the middle of the forest, but no signs of Ben anywhere near it. A bell began to ring nearby. The group decided to follow the sound, and they soon found a church. Yet again, no signs of Ben. The sound of the bell was actually on a timer.
While Rick and the others were praying inside the church, Lori tried to convince Shane not to leave the group. Andrea overheard the conversation and told Shane that if he left, he needed to take her with him. Shane stayed with Rick and Carl to continue the search a little longer as the others went back to the highway. The three find a deer and Rick tells Carl to go touch it. As Carl approached it, they all heard a loud gun shot, and saw a bullet going through the deer and hitting Carl's chest.
==== Bloodletting ====
Rick ran with a unconscious Carl in his arms. Shane dragged Otis (the man who accidentally shot Carl) along as they reached the Greene family farm to get Carl medical help. While Hershel Greene and his daughters attended to Carl's wound, Shane comforted Rick over his distraught. They learned that Hershel needed medical supplies so that he could remove the bullet fragments and close the bleeding, or Carl would soon die from blood loss. Rick volunteered to find the necessary supplies, but was replaced by Shane, who told Rick that he needs to stay put for Carl. Otis also volunteered to go with Shane, trying to redeem himself to Rick and Carl. The two got in Otis' truck and departed. As the night fell, Otis and Shane found the FEMA shelter in the entrance of a local high school overrun with walkers. They created a distraction to retrieve supplies from a nearby trailer, but are discovered by the walkers as they exit, and were forced to seek refuge inside the high school as walkers storm their location.
==== Save the Last One ====
Shane and Otis sprinted through the hallways with numerous walkers in hot pursuit, and were forced to seek refuge on top of a set of retracted bleachers in the gymnasium. With not enough ammo to deal with the walkers outright, Otis devised an escape plan, saying that he would run back into the halls to attract the walkers while Shane made his way out through a small window. When Shane called Otis crazy, Otis told him that he is just trying to do what's right for Carl. The two split up. Shane ended up spraining his ankle when he dropped from the window of the gymnasium.
Outside and limping, Shane grew desperate as walkers begin to corner him, but got help from Otis, who managed to survive the halls full of walkers, despite Shane objections and telling Otis to leave him behind to save Carl. They ran back to the truck. With Shane limping and Otis exhausted, Shane noticed that they were not going to make it, as the walkers were closing in on them. Flashing forward, a solemn Shane returned to the farm just in time with the medical supplies and without Otis. He mentioned that Otis acted heroically, letting the walkers get him so that Shane could escape alive. Everyone praises him, including Lori. Hershel was able to save Carl's life thanks to the medical supplies.
Inside the house, Shane watched as Hershel and Rick comforted Patricia over the loss of her husband, Otis. Shane checked in on Carl, as Lori told him not to leave the group. Maggie Greene approached Shane, giving him clean clothes, saying that they were Otis'. In the bathroom, Shane stands naked in front of a mirror, he sees a bloody cut on his scalp, evidence of some kind of struggle. Staring in the mirror, Shane flashed back to the moment when he and Otis were running for their lives.
Shane noticed that the walkers would eventually overtake them both, which effectively would doom Carl's fate. He stops running and shoots Otis with his last bullet to cover his escape. As Otis drops to the pavement, a brutal fight ensues as Shane tries to strip Otis of his weapons and supplies. During the struggle, Otis managed to rip off some of Shane's hair, explaining the cut on his scalp. Walkers close in and Shane limps away as Otis screams in terror and pain while the walkers rip him apart. Back to the present, Shane shaves his head to disguise the evidence of his betrayal and struggle with Otis. He stares darkly at his reflection in the bathroom mirror.
After shaving, Shane would be confronted by Rick, who told him that he knew what really happened and that Shane killed Otis. Shane asked Rick if he should leave and Rick said no, saying that he understood why Shane killed Otis, but that it wouldn't happen anymore. Shane agreed on the terms that he wouldn't kill anyone anymore, hesitantly.
== Killed Victims ==
* Criminal 2
* Criminal 3
* Otis
== Relationships ==
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