Trent Thorn

Burgess Jenkins as Trent Thorn

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**Trent Thorn** was a main character and a survivor of the outbreak in Carly Jay Productions *Among The Living*. He is a former accountant who lost his wife and daughter during the early days of the outbreak. He led a group of fellow survivors which included his teen son, Jude.

## Pre-Apocalypse

Prior to the outbreak of the Zima virus, Trent was an accountant who married his high school sweetheart. When Trent was in his early 30's, his wife gave birth to their first child, a daughter. A few years after Jude was born. Shortly before the outbreak, Jude came out as gay to Trent, who struggled to accept it.

## Post-Apocalypse

### **Pre-Season 1**

During the first days of the outbreak, Trent lost his wife and daughter to the virus. From there, Trent and Jude went on to join a group of other survivors including Mila Patel, Declan Cho, Reina Robles, Braxton Turner and Kalista Tucker. Quickly, Trent was established as the leader of the group.

### "Zima"

Trent first appears when he pulls Meredith into an alley next to a pharmacy as zombies approach. He leads her down the alley and into the pharmacy. As he tried to make conversation with her, Meredith ignored him and initially refused his help. Trent offers Meredith an invitation of joining his group. After Meredith tells him she is doing fine on her own, Trent opens the pharmacy's door to let the zombies inside.

In a flashback, Trent and Jude sit in traffic after picking Jude up from a late practice. Trent comments on how he wanted to take Jude home and ensure he's safe due to the virus being talked about going around.

In the present, when the two kill the zombies, Meredith starts to lash out but Trent offers one more time if she'd like to join his group.

### "Survivor"

After contemplating the offer, Meredith follows Trent back to his group. Trent introduces Meredith to the group, who are slightly suspicious of her. Trent vouches for her as being capable of holding her own and a possible asset to the group.

Later that night, Trent watches from the hallway as Reina comforts a sobbing Meredith. Listening in, Trent learns that Meredith lost her son to the virus and struggles to fight back tears of his own.

### "Gone To Shit"

The afternoon after the events of "Survivor," Trent holds a meeting with the other survivors about the power outage. He tells them the generator has stopped working and there is no way to get it working again. As the group begins to bicker, Jude calls their attention to the window. Outside at the front gate, a group of zombies is clamoring to get onto the property.

### "Barbed Wire"

Trent, Declan, Jeremy, Braxton, and Meredith are in the living room after taking care of the zombies at the front gate. When Braxton starts to head out and check the barbed wire fence that was meant to keep the zombies away, Trent says he and Jeremy will join. Meredith goes to tag along, but Trent encourages her to stay back and rest. When she refuses, he allows her to join.

Once at the barbed wire fence, Trent examines a gap in the fence and quickly says the zombies chewed their way through it. Meredith goes to examine the fence herself and notes there are no remnants of blood or substance to infer chewing. Trent mocks her analysis, says he will fix the fence and heads back towards the mansion with Braxton, leaving Meredith and Jeremy behind.

That evening, Trent addresses the group about the fence and how it should be a wakeup call for them. He goes on to suggest it is time to relocate. When he tells them the zombies chewed through the fence, Meredith speaks up and says the wire isn't soft enough to bite through without leaving some residue. She goes on to say the wire was cut.

After an awkward silence, Jude speaks up and says he saw the generator's power cord was cut. Trent becomes agitated while trying to calm the survivors down, as they think someone is deliberately messing with them. Trent looks over at Meredith who glares at him. Trent quiets everyone and proclaims it's time to make a decision; stay or relocate. Reina suggests a group vote and Trent agrees. He votes to relocate. As the group is split 4-4, Meredith is the deciding vote.

### "The Right Thing"

In the midseason finale, Meredith votes for the group to stay at Mila's mansion. She also tells the group they need to figure out who would deliberately try to sabotage them. Trent agrees and declares, "It's time for confession."

Trent admits to knowing who is behind the sabotage and reveals it to be Braxton. He tells the group that Braxton has been one of his closest friends since the outbreak but saw him exit the property with wire cutters in hand. Braxton grows upset and denounces Trent's claims. Trent counters Braxton calling him a liar by saying Jude saw Braxton outside before the power went out.

Jude hesitantly admits to seeing Braxton outside as Trent puts his arm around him. Braxton becomes angry and protests. Mila and Kalista question him leading to Mila kicking him out of the mansion. As Braxton heads to grab his things, Trent stops him and makes him only take what he came with - a toolbelt. Mila soon after kicks out Kalista, Jeremy, and Reina since they came with Braxton. Meredith, on her own, chooses to leave with them.

In flashbacks, it is revealed that Trent was the one who cut the barbed wire fence and the power cord for the generator.

### "Kill Me"

In a two month flashforward, Meredith holds Trent at gunpoint in the middle of the woods. Trent sobs, on his knees, and pleads for her to kill him.

Back in the present, after the events from "The Right Thing," Trent and Jude argue about the others leaving the mansion. Jude is upset with Trent for pushing them to be exiled. Trent tells Jude it's time he became a man and puts him on watch duty for the night.

Trent heads upstairs in Mila's mansion and is called over by Mila. Once in her room, he finds Declan on her bed. Mila then strips for the two men and initiates a threesome.

### "Choices"

Later that night, following the threesome, Trent instructs Jude to follow him outside. Once in Mila's backyard, the Trent and his son walk to the shed. Jude questions why they are there and Trent says, "It's time you became a man."

Trent hands Jude an axe and shoves him inside the shed before locking it. Inside, Jude is confronted with five chained up zombies and frantically pleads with Trent to let him out. Ignoring his son, Trent tells him, "Enough victim noises. It's time you become a man."

### "Independence Day"

Picking up where "Choices" left off, Jude uses his axe to break the shed's window and escape. Trent becomes enraged and shoves Jude against the shed's exterior. Trent berates Jude as Mila and Declan come running over. Declan pulls Trent away from Jude and sees the shattered window and zombies.

Declan and Trent square off until Declan punches Trent, causing his lip to bleed. Trent lunges at Declan and the two fight in front of a scared Jude and Mila. Declan knocks Trent out and proceeds to kill the zombies in the shed. He then drags Trent's unconscious body into the shed and locks the shed.

One month later, Mila urges Trent to say something after she reveals her pregnancy to him. Her fear is he would leave when she told him the night before. Trent tells her he isn't that kind of guy. After some silence, he heads out on a run with Jude and Declan. Mila is hesitant about staying back at the mansion alone, but Trent assures her she will be fine.

Heading towards a grocery store, Declan and Trent discuss moving on from the night of the shed incident. Trent tells Declan he appreciates what he did as it knocked his sanity back. The two shake hands and continue towards the store.

At the store, Trent raises his gun at Meredith and Braxton - who were exiting the store with supplies. Trent orders them to put down their weapons and supplies. He then instructs Declan to go and retrieve their things. Jude and Delcan try to convince Trent to let them go, but he refuses to back down. As the trio argue, Meredith and Braxton grab their guns and point it at them.

Trent fires his gun and shoots Braxton in the leg. As Trent moves towards Meredith and Braxton, Jude stands in between him and them pleading for him to stop. Trent shoves Jude to the ground and continues to walk towards Meredith. Declan orders him to stop and points his gun at Trent. Trent, enraged, questions Declan before shooting him in the head. As Trent turns back to shoot Meredith, Jude takes his axe and hits Trent in the leg. Trent falls and Meredith rushes over to grab Jude. Meredith takes Trent's gun and she, Braxton and Jude leave Trent behind.

Later that day, Trent limps his way back to the mansion and looks down at a snarling zombie head near the door. In a flashback, Trent places the head near the door.

In the present, Trent kicks the head out of the way and heads inside where he finds Mila unconscious at the bottom of the stairs. He walks away from her and goes to patch up his leg. Once done, he goes over to Mila and tells her, "I'm sorry. You made me do this."

Trent then proceeds to use his knife to stab Mila in the stomach and then her head; killing her instantly. He tosses the knife to the side, lays on his back next to her lifeless body and sighs.

### "Birth Of The End"

Later in the night following his killing of Mila, Trent limbs through the woods until something catches his attention. He sees two zombies at the front fence of a mansion and Meredith coming out to kill them. When she heads back into the mansion, Trent leans back against a tree and smiles sinisterly.

One month later, Trent drives an 18-wheeler up to the front of the mansion where Meredith and her group are living. In the trailer of the 18-wheeler, zombies claw and snarl to get out. He looks over at the mansion and says, "You made me do this," before going back to whistling a cheery tune.

### "Death Of The Beginning"

Three hours before Trent pulled up to the mansion in an 18-wheeler in "Birth Of The End," Trent walks towards a convenience store. Outside he finds the 18-wheeler parked and rushes to get inside. He starts the truck up but turns it off as he sees a stray dog limping down the street avoiding zombies. He hops out of the 18-wheeler and lets the dog into the truck before getting in and driving away.

Coming to a stop in the middle of the woods, Trent gets out of the 18-wheeler and ties the stray dog inside the trailer towards the back. He gets back into the driver's seat and honks the horn, drawing the attention of zombies. The zombies make their way into the trailer and begin eating the dog alive. Trent slightly smiles before hopping out and quickly pulling down and locking the trailer's door - trapping the zombies inside. Getting back into the driver's seat, Trent heads towards Meredith's mansion.

Once outside the mansion, Trent drives the 18-wheeler through the front gate and hops out to release the zombies as Meredith, Braxton and Kalista rush outside. From behind the tree, Trent watches the trio begin fighting the zombies with a sinister grin.

As the chaos continues, Trent watches as Jude becomes surrounded by zombies. Trent becomes worries about Jude and rushes from behind the tree to go save him. Running passed Meredith, Trent makes eye contact with her. Ignoring her, he runs up to the mansion's porch and starts killing the zombies around Jude. Once clear, Trent begins to sob as he kneels next to Jude's weak body.

Trent apologizes to Jude just before the life leaves his body. Trent turns to see Meredith approaching and uses her being distracted by zombies to flee into the woods beyond the property. In the woods, Trent is on his knees in a clearing sobbing. Meredith pulls a gun on him and she berates him for what his actions have caused. He begs for her to kill him. She uses the gun to knock him unconscious.

Meredith uses chains to tie Trent to a tree and leaves an axe just out of reach. She leaves him as zombies begin to approach. Once a distance away, Meredith stops and hears a scream from the woods behind her.

## Killed Victims

This list shows the victims killed by Trent:

* Declan Cho
* Mila Patel
* Mila's Unborn Baby
* Numerous *Zombies*

## Trivia

* During casting, a public poll was conducted with actors Burgess Jenkins and Aaron Eckhart up for the role of Trent Thorn. With 81.4% of the votes, Burgess Jenkins secured the lead role for *Among The Living*.
* Won 1 award and nominated for 6 awards in the 1st Among The Living Awards.
	+ Winner of Least Favorite Male Character with 45.5% of the votes.
	+ Nominated for Favorite Villain, Least Favorite Male Character, Hottest Male Character, Biggest Standout Moment, Best Main Character and Best Group Leader.