Dale

*Dale* is a main character, as well as a survivor of the outbreak in The Walking Dead.

## Pre-Apocalypse

### Atlanta, Georgia

Not much is known about Dale's life prior to or as the outbreak began.

## Post-Apocalypse

### Season 1

#### City of the Damned

In a camp set in a quarry outside of Atlanta, survivors are busy with various tasks. From the roof of an RV, Orlando watches the perimeter of the camp, while Dale sits, messing with a radio. Amy woman walks up to him, asking him why he keeps messing with that thing. “You haven’t heard anyone in weeks!” She says playfully, while he shrugs her off and keeps messing with the radio. Another survivor, Jim, can be seen eating a can of beans a few feet away from them.

Suddenly, a garbled message plays over the radio, much to the shock of the four able to hear it. Dale quickly picks it up, attempting to contact the man, but is unable to do so. Dale continues once more, before giving it up, saying he must be barely in reach of them, and wonders if he’ll attempt another message. He playfully teases Amy back, to which Amy claims it’ll he just got lucky. Orlando shouts down at them, telling Amy “Be nice! Let the old man have his fun!”

Back at camp, Amy frets over the whereabouts of the group and her sister. "It's late. They should have been back by now". Dale, working on his RV's troublesome radiator hose with Jim, reasons with Amy that worrying won't make it better. Suddenly, the radio crackles and squeaks, and T-Dog's garbled transmission comes through, explaining that they're trapped in the department store, surrounded by hundreds of walkers. Allen responds to the transmission but only radio silence follows.

#### Our Horrific Adventures

Dale, after telling him to turn the car's alarm off, begins to chastise a returning Glenn over bringing the loud Mustang back to the camp, possibly drawing the dead towards the group. He calms down, and welcomes him and Morales back to the camp. He is present for the Grimes family reunion. Later that night, he asks the group what they should tell Daryl about his brother.

The next day, he is seen helping strip the Mustang for parts along with Jim and Morales. Rick and T-Dog cut him a deal for a pair of bolt cutters, in return for bringing back his tools for him. He stops Rick before he can leave back towards Atlanta, and attempts to warn him about Shane, stating while he did help them and is a good man, he shouldn't be trusted around Lori. Rick shuts this down, and leaves, though stops and contemplates once more before doing so. Dale is later seen asking Jim for a tool needed for stripping the car.

#### Inner City Blues

Dale is chopping fire wood in the forest nearby after spotting a stray roamer trailing after Donna as she walks back from the nearby creek. After she freezes in front of the roamer, and Allen pleads for her to move, he swings his ax, chopping the head off and saving her life. As he catches his breath, he explains how he was close by and saw the scene. He is next seen watching as Shane beats Ed Peletier in front of the camp, watching from the door of his RV.

#### A Matter of Time

Dale is first seen climbing up to the roof of the RV in the middle of the night, while Rick and Shane talk. He tells them to quiet down, the two immediately listening. Weeks later, he, along with Carol and Amy, watch over the children while the rest of the group practice shooting. After Lori and Rick have a mild spat on the way back to camp, a defeated Rick hangs back, and Dale catches up, who wishes the practice spot wasn’t so far away from camp. Rick reminds him of the sound, and Dale realizes he has a point. Once he arrives back to camp, he goes into the RV with Amy and Andrea, playfully laughing with them.

Later, he joins Rick and Shane in chopping down a tree for firewood. They begin to discuss Donna's judgement, and he comments on how she hasn't shown any appreciation for saving her lie. Dale mentions he isn't doing anything with the sisters, but Rick assures him he doesn't have to explain himself. Dale stops Shane from taking another go at chopping wood, and after Rick asks if it's enough, Shane lashes out, causing Dale to remark he has problems. Back at camp, he is one of the few that approaches Jim initially. After discussing what to do with him, and why he was doing it, he suggests just asking him.

At the campfire, Morales asks him why he still winds his wristwatch every day, and Dale tells a story that it is important to keep track of time. After Rick asks about everyone's life, Dale goes into the backstory of him being a salesman, and how he and his wife traveled in the RV after he retired. He tells them how his wife died in Florida, and found Andrea and Amy broken down trying to get into Atlanta. After the camp is swarmed, he tries to get Andrea, who cries over Amy's body, to leave, but she refuses. The two manage to stay alive as the roamers die, and Dale tries to comfort her, but Andrea shoots Amy's head, shocking Dale, who tells him she couldn't let her come back like that.

## Relationships

### Amy

He and Amy seem to have a friendly relationship, and playfully tease each other.

## Appearances

### The Walking Dead

#### Season 1

* City of the Damned
* Our Horrific Adventures
* Inner City Blues
* A Matter of Time