Maeve Rogers

*"I'm tired of being afraid. Of you. Of myself. I want to stop feeling so...goddamn weak. I'm done being afraid. I came here to make sure of that. You were pathetic. You killed a good person that day, and I wish I could have killed you myself."*
― Maeve speaking to a hallucination of Cain[src]
**Maeve Rogers** is a member of the School Group. She is a secondary character in Season 1 and 2 and the main character of The Brink of Hope. She is the sister of Claire Rogers and managed to survive the initial outbreak by hiding in a cupboard in one of the school's overrun buildings for days. Over time and the six month time gap between seasons, she became more capable and able to fight for herself.

## Appearances

### Season 1

#### "Keep Pushing Forward"

Maeve is found cowering in the corner of a classroom after at least a week on her own. Upon hearing about her missing parents, she later sneaks out of the school to look for them. Claire and Chloe track her down and manage to convince her to come back after she finds and cries over her dead mother.

#### "A Safe Place"

Claire finds Maeve with a knife and tells her off, but Maeve tells her that she wants to help. Reluctantly, she and Chloe begin teaching her to kill infected. Soon, Logan and the other bandits appear at the gate and break into the school. Maeve manages to run away, eventually managing to stab one of them in the shoulder, enabling Claire to escape. The two of them return later, having "got one."

#### "Trouble Afoot"

When the herd threatens to destroy the school, Maeve is instructed by her sister to pack her things, as Claire did not believe that Blake and Joely would be able to redirect the infected. At the gates, Charlie attempts to convince her, Claire, and Chloe to stay. I support, Maeve tells her that she doesn't want to leave. This, combined with Chloe's asking of her to "have faith," manages to convince Claire.

Maeve is later seen taking down the few remaining infected at the fence.

#### "What You Have To Do"

Maeve only appears briefly in this episode, she watches on as the group confronts Cain over Blake's death.

#### "What We Are"

Maeve is joined by Frank on her first watch. She complains that it is boring, making him laugh. He opens up to her about his father and he admits that he misses him. They are still talking when Blake and Joely leave to go to the Cottons' house.

Later, Maeve discovers Claire and Chloe sleeping in bed together. She quickly runs off, stopping only to talk to Frank about it. At that moment, however, Cain escapes and manages to kill Frank in front of her. She screams and attempts to run, but Cain catches her, covering her mouth and taking her.

#### "What We Become"

Cain takes Maeve to the supermarket and ties her up on a chair. When Blake arrives, he fights with Cain and, with the help of Joely, ultimately wins. The three of them then return to the school and Maeve has a tearful reunion with Claire.

### Season 2

#### "Are We Okay?"

When leaving for a run for food, Maeve insists on going with them, much to Claire's dismay. Blake, however, promises to look after her, and she is then allowed to go. While searching for food, she drops a tin of beans, which triggers a hallucination of Frank, clutching at his throat. She screams, but is soon calmed by Blake. She tells him that she doesn't "want to feel useless for once," to which he tells her she's not. She goes to argue, but they then hear an alarm coming from the nearest fire-station. Upon investigating, they find Pepper, Sam, and Dexter and bring them back to the school.

#### "What Have You Done?"

Throughout the episode, Maeve continues to have hallucinations and nightmares, ultimately resulting in her running from the school and confronting a phantom version of Cain. She condemns him and states that she wished she had killed him herself before leaving and reuniting with Chloe and Charlie.

#### "Gone Too Long"

Maeve joins Chloe in telling Charlie that Tim slept with Sam on the previous night. When the Scavs attack and are beaten back by Blake, Claire, and Pepper, Maeve is visibly happy to see her sister once more.

### "The Brink of Hope" (*Movie*)

*Main article: The Brink of Hope*
Though she escapes the school on her own, Maeve is kidnapped by Scavs and taken to their farmhouse. There, she meets Clarice and Liam, and together, they scheme to escape from the farmhouse, but on their way out, Clarice is grabbed. She is then held hostage as Maeve and Liam make their way back. They rescue Clarice, setting the farmhouse on fire and escaping, but not before being attacked by Marie, who is fought off by Maeve.

### Recovery

Liam, Clarice, and Maeve arrive at the Garment Factory, where they eventually decide to stay. When the factory is attacked by Scavs, they fight back, with Liam killing one of them. Maeve later helps to kill Gwyn, stabbing her in the neck to save Chloe.

## Relationships

### Claire

Claire and Maeve care for each other deeply due to their familial bond. When Maeve runs off to find her parents, it is Claire that convinces her to come back. When Maeve is kidnapped, Claire is the most distraught and was even willing to go out into the night to try and find her. Claire is very protective of her sister to such an extent that she tries to keep her from changing despite the end of the world. After the six month time gap, however, it seems that she has began to loosen this grip over Maeve and even goes as far as to allow her to go on the run for food.

### Chloe

As Chloe begins to care more for Claire, this seems to extend to her sister, too. Chloe is seen to risk her life for Maeve's sake, joining Claire in looking for her when she runs away. Chloe then appears to grow closer to Maeve and feel responsible for her. When Claire leaves the school to go to Bryce's campsite, she takes it upon herself to look after Maeve and feels guilty when she leaves on her own to confront her demons. When they reunite after the fall of the school, they are happy to see each other. The two promise to keep each other safe.

### Blake

Though the two do not interact much, Maeve appears to trust Blake's leadership, stating that she doesn't want to leave when the school is threatened with the herd. Blake later feels responsible for his part in her kidnapping, causing him to go alone to save her from Cain.

### Clarice

Clarice and Maeve bond over their plight when they meet and, though they are initially wary of each other, they grow accustomed to one another to such a point that Maeve is willing to risk her life to go back for her when she is left behind.

### Liam

Liam is initially more wary of Maeve than his sister. Eventually, however, he begins to trust her, and the two work together to rescue Clarice when she is captured once more.

### Frank

Though the two do not interact much, Frank appears supportive of Maeve. He opens up to her about his father and confesses that he misses him. When he is killed, Frank chooses to use his last moments to tell the group that Cain has taken her.

## Killed Victims

* Logan (*Indirectly caused*)
* Marie (C*aused*)
* Gwyn (*Caused*)
* 1 unnamed bandit (*Caused*)
* Multiple Scavs
* Numerous infected

## Trivia

* Maeve is the first member of the School Group to not be introduced in the Pilot
* Maeve is one of the only characters shown to suffer from PTSD or the symptoms that correlate with the condition
	+ This is a result of both the trauma of having to hide in a cupboard in an infested building for days on end, and being kidnapped by Cain.
	+ Her PTSD will be explored further in The Brink of Hope.