Joely Brown

*"The truth is...I wanted to go. After all the shit that happened yesterday, I wanted to feel useful. That bastard tied me up after he got Frank. I froze...I just watched him do it. By the time I realised what was going on, they..."*
― Joely on why she came with Blake[src]
**Joely Brown** was a member of the School Group and former student of Brompton High School. She was a secondary character in Season 1 and 2 of A Fight for Survival, where she became an important member of the group. Over time, she developed a relationship with Blake Floyd, but was fatally shot and bled out in his arms.

## Personality

Joely is a strong character who can handle herself well against the infected, but is also realistic about what can be done in their situation. She voices her opinion often and does what she can to keep herself and others alive.

## Appearances

### Season 1

#### "Pilot"

Joely is first seen helping barricade the doors to the canteen along with Frank. She later looks out the window to watch the infected passing by, remarking that it's "only a matter of time until they find us".

She is later seen telling Frank that she reluctantly agrees with Cain that they should get out of the school, but before she can convince him, the gates are shut by Blake and Charlie, who they later save from the infected.

#### "Take it Back"

Joely and Blake go to the nurse's office in order to find medical supplies to heal Charlie's leg. When they get there, they are trapped inside by a group of infected. Joely and Blake talk for a while, seemingly accepting their fate, but are eventually saved by Frank and Claire. Joely ends up changing her mind about staying at the school and sides with Blake.

#### "Keep Pushing Forward"

Joely helps take the last building with Chloe and Charlie. When Maeve escapes and Blake blames himself, she comforts him and tells him it wasn't his fault.

#### "A Safe Place"

Joely goes with Blake, Frank, and Cain to the supermarket to look for food. She and Frank are then captured by Tony and tied up. They are saved by Blake and Cain and taken back to the school.

#### "Trouble Afoot"

When a herd of infected approach, Blake and Joely volunteer to help divert it away. She takes the keys to a car, stating that she had begun taking lessons before the apocalypse, though admitting to only having done one. Together, they distract the herd, driving past it while blaring the horn. Soon enough, though, the car begins to break down and the two have to run. They hide in a house for a while and Joely admits that she felt useless when the bandits attacked, which is why she wanted to help. They later return to the school safely.

#### "What You Have To Do"

Two days after Blake supposedly dies, Joely grows suspicious of Cain, who was the last person to see him alive. At his grave, Frank tells her that he would not "want to see [her] like this" and says that the "best thing we can do now is to live up to what he saw in this place." Later, she meets up with Charlie, who tells her about the first time the two of them met, in which he saved Charlie from a group of bullies.

She and Charlie then confront Frank, confessing their suspicions of Cain. After some resistance, Frank admits that he, too, doesn't believe his story. They then confront Cain, with Charlie eventually accusing him of murdering Blake. Joely and the others surround him until he snaps and begins attacking Claire, strangling her. Joely attempts to get him off her but cannot. When Blake returns and stops Cain, Joely is visibly shocked.

Blake later manages to muster up the courage to talk to her. They both end up apologising, with Joely saying that she wishes she went looking for him immediately after hearing the news.

#### "What We Are"

When discussing what to do with the now-imprisoned Cain, Joely appears to agree with Claire's idea to banish him, but the safety of such an idea is drawn into question and it is dismissed. Joely is then disgusted when executing Cain is suggested.

Later, Joely overhears Blake talking to Tim. They begin talking and she asks him if he's thinking of letting him free, to which he admits he is, but isn't sure. Blake then goes to leave the school, but Frank points out that he isn't allowed to leave on his own. Joely then volunteers to go with him. The two then head to the Cottons' house, where Blake asks Trevor and Phyllis to come live at the school with them. They refuse, stating that they intend to die in their homes if they have to.

On the way back, Blake confesses to Joely that he is becoming afraid that he might "lose [him]self" if he lost the people he cared about, her included. She then tells him that she's "not going anywhere" before kissing him. When they return to the school, they find Frank bleeding out, Cain escaped, and Maeve missing.

#### "What We Become"

Blake and Joely search the canteen for Cain, finding nothing. Blake then breaks down for a moment and she wraps her arms around him. The group soon meets up at the courtyard and conclude that Cain must have left the school with Maeve. They then decide to go looking for them in the morning.

Before sunset, the group holds a funeral for Frank, in which Joely gives a speech, proclaiming him to have been a "good person." She cries while doing so and when the rest of the group leaves, she and Blake remain. Blake blames himself for Frank's death and Maeve's kidnapping, but she tells him that he "didn't know what he was going to do."

The next day, Joely and Charlie split off from the others to go searching for Cain. They talk about how they miss Frank, with Joely confessing that she used to tutor him at maths. They soon discover a dead infected and are ambushed by Cain, who knocks Joely out. After Cain tells him to tell Blake to come to the supermarket, Charlie helps Joely as they find Blake and tell him what happened. He then tells him and Claire to help Joely back to the school while he goes to the supermarket. She, however, manages to convince them to let her follow him.

She follows him to the supermarket, where he and Cain fight. Cain appears to be about to kill Blake when Joely stabs him in the back, letting Blake escape and grab his gun. Cain grabs Joely and throws her to the ground before Blake shoots him. He, Joely, and the newly-freed Maeve then return to the school. He asks Joely if he's a "bad person," which she denies, telling him that he's "*better* than him." The two kiss once more and walk back through the gates.

### Season 2

Six months later, Joely, now equipped with a bow, stands watch when Blake and some others go on a run for food. She is soon joined by Chloe and the two talk about their parents. She reveals that her father was a survival enthusiast and that he taught her how to use a bow.

Joely joins Blake and the others as they meet Bryce at his camp, though their negotiations are soon cut short by Clyde Gilbert, who makes a scene upon hearing of his brother's death. As insurance, she stays at the campsite, where she helps Grace identify places where there might be fuel. Soon later, however, the camp is attacked and she is forced to hide. Blake makes it back and takes her with him when they go to look for Trevor, who is missing. They are then ambushed by Scavs and kill Tim before forcing Blake to choose someone who dies. They are then saved by Bryce and his people. Later, Joely offers to go with Blake to help fight the Scavs, but he asks her to stay. When they get back, she comforts him and, when he tells her he loves her, she reciprocates. When the group learns that Charlie has revealed the location of Bryce's campsite, she joins him to help the people there. They later return and are attacked by more Scavs, who kill Charlie. As they escape, Joely is shot in the stomach and bleeds out in Blake's arms.

## List of Killed Victims

* Multiple infected
* Possible multiple Scavs

## Relationships

### Blake

Joely and Blake's relationship doesn't start off too well. Joely initially wanted to leave the school, but when they are trapped in the nurse's office, her opinion of him seems to change for the better and later that day, she changes her mind and sides with him. They soon begin to rely on each other and begin opening up. Their relationship continues to grow throughout the show until they eventually develop feelings for each other. When Blake is supposedly killed, Joely is deeply saddened. He soon returns safely and the two later become closer. After the six month time gap, the two are in a full relationship and care deeply for one another.

### Frank

Prior to the apocalypse, Joely tutored Frank on maths. During this, the two became friends and built a level of trust. This continued after the end of the world, with Frank showing support for her and Blake's growing relationship. After his death, Joely is visibly devastated and gives a short speech commemorating him.

### Cain

From the beginning, Joely openly states that she does not like Cain, but she does, however, agree with his statement that they should leave the school. This changes, however, when Joely changes her mind and sides with Blake. Soon, whatever relationship they had degrades further as Cain becomes more and more brutal. After Blake's "death," Joely does not believe Cain's story and begins to suspect him. This comes to a head when the group confronts him about it and his attempted murder of Blake is revealed.

### Charlie

Charlie and Joely seem to form a trusting friendship by the end of the first season. She confesses to him how she and Frank became friends and are comfortable around each other.

### Chloe

Joely and Chloe appear to have a good relationship. When talking about their parents, Chloe seems ready to open up, but they are soon cut off by Blake's return.

### Claire

Joely and Claire do not interact much, but the two seem to have a good relationship.

## Trivia

* Joely had begun driving lessons shortly before the outbreak and therefore has a very basic knowledge of how to drive, unlike the other members of the group.
	+ By season 2, she has taught a few of the others, enabling the group to make longer runs.