Quentin Richards

Quentin Richards is a supporting character and a survivor of the outbreak in Route to Paradise. Quentin, although being a nervous and indecisive man, is an intelligent and courageous person, given that he puts his life on the line to save people he's only just met hours prior. He was one of the few survivors who made it to the Willamette Parkview Mall security room when the zombie outbreak began, and while he's rightly panicked about everything at first, his bravery is put on display when he goes out to rescue Jacob Feldman and Clayton Freeman.

While their rescue mission is a success, a member of their group, Edward Remar, would have his leg crushed by a falling shelf, partially caused by Quentin who had forgotten where their trapped friends were, forcing them into a different store where a zombie pushed the shelf onto Edward's leg. Quentin feels tremendous guilt over this, though Edward constantly reassures the man it's not his fault.

Later on, Quentin's hand-crafted bottle rockets save the lives of numerous people, which he feels proud of. While returning back to the security room after his successful mission, Quentin lowers his guard for only a moment, and he is sniped in the head by Michael Hall, instantly killing him.

## **Pre-Apocalypse**

Quentin was a beginning private investor who lived in Willamette, Colorado.

## **Post-Apocalypse**

### **Season 1**

#### **"Welcome to Paradise"**

Quentin strolls through the Entrance Plaza of Willamette Parkview Mall, brushing past people and shopping for a coat. When he sees the prices of the coats, he turns away, disgusted, and leaves the store, bumping into a man who yells at him on his way out. He walks through the plaza's and makes his way into the food court where he gets into a line to order some food. As he waits, he hears a man coughing excessively nearby, which worries him. When Quentin reaches the front of the line, he notices that the man taking his order looks unwell. The cashier assures Quentin that he's fine. Quentin orders a meal and then sits down nearby waiting for his food. While sitting there, a sickly looking person nearby catches his attention. When Quentin's order finally arrives, he looks away from the sick person and begins chowing down. As he eats, he can't help but notice the same sick person begin faintly growling. He tries to ignore it, but then sees another unusual sight, a cashier with a bloody bite mark on his cheek. Quentin quickly finishes his meal and gets up, leaving a small tip before walking back into the Entrance Plaza.

There, he comes across some sort of commotion, with people putting up barricades along the front doors. Quentin approaches an older man, who's panicking. The man, Owen, exclaims that he needs to get back home to his family, but can't because of the "flesh-eaters" outside. Quentin, still unaware of what's happening, tells Owen to relax before he walks over to the front doors himself, getting a look outside. There, he lays on a horde of the undead banging onto the glass, some missing limbs and other parts. Horrified, he steps back and searches for a bathroom. Unable to find one, Quentin vomits onto the floor. Sickened by what he saw, he rambles out loud. Randall Forster tells Quentin to calm down. Quentin tries to relax, but is unable to. He begins to make his way back to the food court, where he's stopped by Clayton Freeman, who hands him some pepper spray as a self-defense weapon. Quentin takes it and thanks the officer. He decides to stay in the Entrance Plaza with the other survivors, wiping vomit from his mouth and trying to calm himself.

Eventually, a woman pushes the objects at the front doors aside, letting the horde of zombies inside. Quentin watches in terror as they pour into the plaza. Helen Cullen yells from the second floor of the plaza for everyone to get up the stairs. Quentin hurries to get up there, bumping into others as he goes. When he makes it up to the top, he looks back, seeing a woman and her child getting torn apart. He watches in horror, unable to look away. Helen then grabs Quentin and pulls him inside the security room to safety.

Inside, Quentin can't believe what's happening. As the survivors of the massacre make their way inside, Quentin stays silent, taking everything in. When the last of the survivors make it inside, Helen looks to everyone and tells them all everybody needs to cooperate if they want to stay here. Quentin nods, before heading into one of the waiting rooms, helping Owen. Owen, still in a panic, describes everything he saw. Quentin gets him to calm down. William Reynes begins asking questions about what injuries they saw on the zombies, trying to understand how they could defeat them. Nobody is really sure though. The conversation switches to what supplies they have in stock in the security room, and how long it'll last them. Quentin suggests that they could probably get access to the cameras in the office and form a plan. Owen tries to suggest that they send one person out with a gun, but Quentin knows it's be foolish to send one person out there. Clayton then brings up the idea of using noise to distract them, which gives Quentin the idea of firecrackers. Their conversation is interrupted when Randy Wheeler and Alex Weiss barge into the room, drunk and arguing with each other. Quentin stays out of the commotion, going to sit off to the side.

#### **"The Lost Companion"**

In the waiting room, Quentin sits watching Owen treat an injured Randy. As he's treating the man, Owen falls back into a chair, grunting out as he holds his chest. Quentin asks if he's okay, to which Owen rants to him that he's not okay. Quentin apologizes. Owen, realizing he's made him upset, apologizes himself for ranting to him, explaining that he's just had a bad day and is concerned for his family. Quentin tells him that his family will be alright. Their conversation turns to the whereabouts of the other survivors in the security room. Neither men are sure where they are, but know they're somewhere in the mall. As time goes by, Quentin begins to become anxious, wanting to go out and take a look around the mall. Owen warns him against it, but won't stop him. Quentin heads for the door, but stops himself before he leaves. As Quentin goes to retake his seat, Randy suddenly wakes up, frantically looking around in a panic, unaware of where he is. Owen calms him down while Quentin cleans up the room a bit. When Randy asks what happened to him, Quentin tells him the truth about how he was stabbed. Owen curses at Quentin for telling the truth, and Quentin apologizes for his mistake. Quentin and Owen then finally share their names to each other. Randy continues asking questions, such as why he's not in a hospital. Quentin tells him about the sickness going around. Randy tries getting out of bed as he frantically explains that he needs to get back to his family. Because of his injuries, Randy nearly falls over, but is helped back into his bed by Quentin. Quentin suggests that Randy be given some morphine to help calm his nerves. Owen and Randy both agree, and he is given the morphine. William then comes into the room having returned from the trip into the mall. He examines Randy's wounds while Quentin says that they need to find some medication for Owen's heart problem. Owen, however, assures them that he's fine.

After sitting around for a few more minutes, Helen enters the room with information that Clayton and Jacob Feldman are trapped with another woman in one of the plaza's. Quentin, knowing that he could pick up some medication for Owen while out there, steps up and says that he'll go out with William to rescue the trapped survivors. They head out into the main hallway, where Helen gives them the run-down of the plan. Before they leave, Quentin recognizes somebody in the room - Clyde Rollins, a famous actor. Quentin excitedly greets Rollins and tells him that he's a big fan. He can't stay for long though, as William tells Quentin to hurry.

William leads Quentin along the roof and through the storage room where they eventually make it into Paradise Plaza. There, they quickly come across Edward Remar. After safely making it up into the center of the plaza where they're safe, William and Edward discuss what they're doing, all the while Quentin looks around at the zombies and corpses of fallen survivors in horror. He looks away, turning to Edward and telling him that they could use his help. Edward agrees to join them in their little mission, but explains that they can't go through Leisure Park, as a group of three armed convicts are driving around with a machine gun. William radios Helen and gets her to open up the Entrance Plaza shutters. As zombies reach up at their feet, William suggests that they just jump over them and make a run for it. Quentin doesn't agree, but with no other choice, he jumps, rolling once he hits the ground. He pushes a zombie off him and makes a run for the Entrance Plaza with the others.

They continue rushing through the Entrance Plaza, but Quentin is tackled by a zombie. He's saved by Edward, who pushes the zombie off and pulls Quentin to his feet. William tells the two to go on ahead, while he stays behind and keeps the place guarded.

In the Al Fresca Plaza, Edward yells at Quentin, asking him what store Jacob and Clayton are stuck in. Unable to remember, and with zombies closing in on them, they rush into the closest shop, a jewelry store. Quickly, Quentin pushes over a shelf to block the door. As Edward complains about how Quentin was too slow, a zombie in the shop pushes over a large shelf, crushing Edward's leg. Quentin rushes over and takes Edward's machete, using it to kill the zombie. After he kills it, Quentin pulls the shelf off of Edward. Knowing that he won't be able to walk, Edward orders that Quentin leave him and go rescue his other friends. Quentin thinks, but in the end refuses to leave Edward.

They wait inside the store for some time until they hear something entering. Quentin looks over, expecting it to be a zombie, but is surprised to see that it's Jacob, Clayton, and William. Relieved, Quentin explains to them what happened with Edward. William and the others try to convince Edward to come with them, but the man remains seated, refusing to join them. Quentin frowns, feeling guilty for what happened to Edward, but follows his friends out the store, leaving Edward.

Now back in Al Fresca, the group fight their way through countless zombies. Quentin pushes back any zombies that approach him, but when one zombie sneaks up on him and tackles him to the floor, he's forced into using his knife to kill it. As blood spills out onto his face, Quentin is pulled up by William. They continue to fight until eventually making it back into the Entrance Plaza.

Finally in an area clear of zombies, they catch their breath. Quentin hears William telling Jacob that Randy's dead, but nobody knows how yet. He looks over in confusion, but with zombies already catching up to them, they stop talking and rush up to the second floor. There, Quentin fights off some more zombies before making a run for the security room. Helen closes the door once they're all inside, quickly telling them all that Randy was killed by Alex. Quentin enters the waiting room, where he finds Randy's corpse laying on the ground, his head having been stomped in. He vomits, disgusted at the sight. Owen informs them all that Randy reanimated as a zombie - even though he wasn't bit.

#### **"An Unusual Team"**

In the security room, Quentin leans against a wall, shaking his head, guilty about leaving Edward behind. He tells himself that he has to do something - to help for once. He enters the waiting room and sits down next to Owen, who catches on quickly to Quentin. Owen tells him that whatever he's thinking of doing, it's not going to end well. Helen enters the room abruptly to inform them that they may be needed shortly for another mission. When Helen leaves, Quentin begins saying that they need to go and get Edward. Owen continues to go against that, trying to tell Quentin that he needs to be thinking about others, not just Edward. Quentin continues to feel guilt for leaving the man, and briefly mentions the fact that he had participated in criminal activities as an investor. Clayton tries to make Quentin feel better by saying they'll be able to go find Edward as soon as Helen says it's clear. Just then, Helen enters with some news about a group of survivors who have been trapped in Wonderland Plaza. She explains that one of the men trapped with them is a man with a cane. Hearing this, Quentin thinks it may be Edward, and agrees to go and rescue them with Clayton. Before leaving, he inquires about where to find firecrackers. Helen tells him about a store in Paradise Plaza they could check. Quentin thanks her before getting up and leaving with Clayton.

The two men climb up to the roof and take the elevator down into the storage room. As they exit into Paradise Plaza, they are immediately attacked by zombies. They manage to fend them off for a little bit before making it into the store Helen had told them about. Both of them aggressively search for the supplies they need, including: firecrackers, bottle rockets, and duct tape. After grabbing what they need, they bolt back towards the storage room. Once safely inside, Quentin sets everything down onto a table and begins constructing his weapon. It doesn't take long to craft it, and once it's finished, they charge back out into Paradise Plaza.

Fighting their way through the Paradise Plaza, Entrance Plaza, Al Fresca Plaza, and the food court, the two men finally arrive in Wonderland Plaza. Almost immediately, they hear gunshots nearby. Looking over, Quentin sees Albert Hanson desperately fighting off zombies that are quickly surrounding him. Quentin can't bring himself to let the man die, and so he uses one of his bottle rocket machines. He takes out a lighter and lights the bottom of it, which sends the rocket flying. He yells at Albert the get down just as the rocket explodes, sending nails out everywhere. Firecrackers quickly begin going off after it, which brings over a large group of zombies. Quentin and Clayton get up and rush over to Albert, asking him if he's seen a man with a cane. He says he hasn't. As they look around trying to find out where Edward and them could be, Quentin suddenly sees people running down the stairs - Jacob, Erin Monroe, and Steven Philips. Jacob thanks Quentin for distracting the walkers and saving them. Quentin looks down at another one of his bottle rockets, proud of himself. Then, Quentin looks over to Edward limping down the stairs with his cane. Quentin quickly approaches and apologizes for leaving him, even if Edward asked to be. Another person is seen approaching nearby - William. Now with a rather large group, Quentin tries suggesting that they go to the pharmacy to grab some meds then head back to the security room. Jacob alternatively says that they should come to the North Plaza to regroup with Randall, Clayton's police partner, then stop at the pharmacy on the way back. Quentin is fine with that, and so everybody heads off following Jacob.

In the North Plaza, Quentin is approached by Albert, who thanks him for saving his life. The group then arrive outside of the supermarket, which is home to another group of survivors. Quentin and the others step inside. In there, they meet with Leslie Staunton, who tells them about her plan to clear the plaza and turn it into a home for all survivors. Before they leave the supermarket, Quentin is stopped by Jim Butterman, who gives them a chocolate bar as a parting gift. Quentin smiles and happily takes it, telling Jim that he's a good person for this. The group then leave the store. Outside, Edward prepares to leave the group. Quentin urges Edward to stay with them. Edward sighs and says that he'll walk with them through to the Entrance Plaza, but makes it clear that he'll be leaving after that.

Quentin and the others make their way through the Plazas fighting off zombies until they reach Al Fresca Plaza. They march inside the pharmacy and take whatever they can find - which isn't much, most of it having already been picked clean by looters. Quentin is disappointed by how little medications are here, but bags whatever he has and leaves. Back out in the Al Fresca Plaza, Randall confirms that Quentin still has one bottle rocket left, and knowing he does, comes up with a plan. They move into the food court, where Randall then explains that they can go through leisure park and take on the criminals driving around in the jeep. His idea is for them to pop all of the tires, then for Quentin to fire off the bottle rocket at them. Quentin nods, agreeing with the plan.

The group rush out into Leisure Park and open fire on the criminals. Quentin saves Felix Quarterman from a walker just before the convicts begin shooting at them from the jeep. Quentin gets into cover and lets Randall and Albert deal with the jeep. Everything goes to plan, as they pop the tires and watch the jeep flip over. Seeing this, Quentin prepares his bottle rocket and then launches it at the jeep. Before the convicts can climb out of the wreck, the bottle rocket explodes, exploding the jeep and killing the convicts. With the convicts out of the way, the group begin walking through Leisure Park.

The group make it through Leisure Park without anymore problems and eventually arrive at the Entrance Plaza. They notice that it's completely clear of any zombies. Quentin looks around confused, but assumes that it was their group who cleared it out. Quentin begins approaching the steps as he takes out the chocolate bar Jim had given him. He smiles and takes a bite out of it. Suddenly, a gunshot rings out. Quentin's blood and brains splatter out onto the floor as he collapses to the ground, he had been sniped in the head by Michael Hall.

#### **"Buddy"**

Quentin's corpse is seen laying on the floor of the Entrance Plaza throughout various scenes of the episode.

## **Death**

Killed by
* Michael Hall

Having successfully fought through Leisure Plaza and into the Entrance Plaza, Quentin begins heading for the security room. As he takes a bite out of a chocolate bar, he's abruptly sniped in the head by Michael Hall.

## **Killed Victims**

* Three convicts in Leisure Park
* Numerous counts of zombies

## **Appearances**

Any episode with a checkmark over it signifies Quentin Richards appearing in any way.