Lori Grimes

**Lori Grimes** (née unknown) is a main character in The Walking Dead. She is the tritagonist. She is the wife of Rick and mother of Carl.

## Pre-Apocalypse

### Cynthiana, Kentucky

Not much is known about Lori's life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that she was married to Rick Grimes, and had a son named Carl. Shortly before the plague hit, her husband Rick was shot while on duty as a police officer, and fell into a coma.

## Post-Apocalypse

Lori, along with her son Carl, left their home in Cynthiana, Kentucky in attempt to head towards Atlanta, Georgia, lead by Shane Walsh. The three do not enter the city, and opt to start a camp outside of the city along with a few other survivors.

### Season 1

#### Our Horrific Adventures

Lori is first seen comforting her son Carl Grimes, appearing sad as he watches several families reunite as they return from a run. When Rick is revealed to the group, Carl is the first of the two to notice, and runs toward his father, shouting "Dad!" in shock and joy. Lori follows after, shouting "Rick!" As she hugs him tight, the family embracing while she cries into his shoulder. As this happens, Shane Walsh watches on. That night at the campfire, she explains how she was told Rick would be brought to Atlanta, but it never happened.

After the campfire, Rick leaves the tent, and sits outside watching the fire. Lori joins him, and tells him she’s sorry they left him. He tells her he understands, and is really just happy Shane was around to help keep them safe. He tells her he knew she and Carl were alive because their photo albums were gone when he returned to their house. Lori smiles and pulls one open. They reflect on their past mistakes and are grateful for the second chance that they have been given. Lori returns Rick's wedding ring, which had been removed when he was in the hospital, and the two continue to talk. Rick is seen visibly shaking, and he admits he hasn’t had a chance to be scared yet since he was so focused on finding them. Lori kisses him and tells him to go to bed, and the two discretely have sex. Outside, Shane, keeping watch on top of the RV, stares with malice and jealousy at Rick and Lori's tent as a thunderstorm builds in the night sky.

The next day, she is preparing laundry with Andrea and Amy, as Rick walks up to her. She asks if he slept okay and grins, saying she didn't want to wake him, before she catches a look in his eye. Rick tells Lori he plans to return to Atlanta, shocking her, but their discussion is interrupted by screams. After they kill the stray Roamer and calm down Daryl Dixon, she continues to plead with Rick not to risk his life for a man like Merle. Rick explains to her that he also needs to collect his walkie-talkie from the bag so he can warn Morgan Jones away from the city. He claims he owes them his life. Shane and Carl begin to back him up, and Lori gives up arguing. She is last seen laughing with Shane as they finish preparing the laundry.

#### Inner City Blues

At the camp, Lori watches as the white cube van drives off, her attention only interrupted by Carl, who rushes past her quickly. She calls for him, and asks him where he’s going. Carl stops, and tells his mother that he plans on playing with Sophia, who is sitting alone by a car. Lori leans down to him, and tells him she’ll be down at the creek washing clothes, and to keep an eye on Allen, and listen to him while she’s gone. Lori is interrupted by Donna, who informs her that Andrea and Amy will be watching the kids. They see Carol approach, clearly having just cried, and Lori tries to ask if she's okay, which Carol shuts down.

At the creek, Lori and Carol try to have small talk about the detergent, but Donna gets upset over this. Lori tries to talk her down, but she remains angry until Carol shuts down any talk about her and Ed Peletier once more. Later, Donna, not calmed, asks Lori to tell them how she met Rick, which Lori does, detailing how she met Rick's brother and how her and Rick grew close. She finishes the story as they finish the laundry, and the four begin to walk back as a roamer nearly attacks Donna, only to be saved by Dale. Shane rushes to comfort a shaken Lori, who confides in him. After realizing how close the two are, Lori awkwardly backs away, while leaving Shane confused. Allen asks a nearby Morales for help getting the roamer into the woods while Lori walks away from Shane.

As it begins to rain, Lori is standing outside the camp, looking towards the city as Shane walks up behind her. Shane tries to console Lori, saying that Rick will be fine. He tells her to come back to the camp, and that he will keep her company as he walks up closer to her. Lori refuses Shane and tells him that he needs to stop trying to make advances at her since Rick is back. Shane says, "But what about that night when we - on the road down here?" Lori, her back to Shane, says, "That night was a mistake." She arrives back seeing Shane having beaten Ed, and realizes in horror that Carl witnessed the entire thing.

#### A Matter of Time

Lori is first seen near Glenn and Jim as she practices shooting, while her husband watches. She begins to watch back to switch out with Amy, and gives Rick an angry look after Carl excitedly rushes off to practice shooting. Lori brushes past Rick after his talk with the group about Carl's gun, and Rick asks her to stop. Lori expresses her anger, saying he’s only 7, and that she's upset over the lack of say in the choice. Rick tries to tell her she’s overreacting, and he has it handled, but she ignores it, once again brushing it off. After arriving back to camp, she makes a snide comment to Donna over his judgement of the two sisters and Dale, angering her.

Once Jim begins digging holes, Lori tries to get him to stop by telling him he's scaring the children. After Jim gets tied to a tree, Jim warns Lori not to let Carl out of her sight. After finding out Rick plans to go hunting, she angrily walks away from him. She later asks Shane to talk alone, and apologizes for the harsh words a few weeks ago. After a small talk, she hugs Shane, before the two head back to camp.

At the campfire, she settles next to Shane, and is shocked to see Carl arrive back with an untied Jim. Once Rick returns, he sits in-between the two. During the attack on the camp, Lori attempts to lead the other mothers and children to the cars, away from the action. She accidentally runs into a roamer during the confusion, and fumbles her gun, only to be saved by Carl before the roamer can attack. After Jim kills the final roamer, Lori embraces with Rick, apologizing for being so mad at him, and that she's sorry.

## Mentions

### Season 1

#### Days Gone Bye

Lori is mentioned several times by Rick. First in the police car to Shane before the shoot-out with the criminals. He is next mentioned by a frantic Rick, who explores their home, and appears in photographs around the house. Rick talks about Lori with Morgan Jones afterwards, and is one of Rick's motivations for going towards the city.

#### City of the Damned

Lori is mentioned by Rick to Merle Dixon after he knocks him out, telling him "All I am anymore is a man looking for his wife and son." He later breaks down briefly, as Glenn informs Rick that a lot of the roamers they are fighting are people that tried to flee towards the city.

## Relationships

### Carl Grimes

Lori's firstborn child and only son, she was fiercely protective of him.

### Shane Walsh

Shane and Lori seem to have a good friendship, and Shane helped protect at the start of the apocalypse.

## Appearances

### The Walking Dead

#### Season 1

* Days Gone Bye (Photograph)
* Our Horrific Adventures
* Inner City Blues
* A Matter of Time