Adam Levitt

"*I just...I just shot my best friend. A guy I've known my **whole life**. A guy that I was willing to get beaten up to protect. A guy that got me with Abby. A guy who I formed...so many good memories with. And he tried to kill me. And I shot him...like he was nothing. In a moment, everything was gone. Everything that we had done together when we were kids, all those happy memories we shared...**gone in a second**. And all I saw at that moment was a **threat**. Someone trying to hurt me. And I shot him...I shot my best friend...cause in that moment...he was **nothing**,*"
—Adam recounts his murder of Luke[src]
**Adam Levitt** is a main character and a survivor of the pandemic in *The Langdom Experiment*. He is the son of Joseph and Tracy Levitt, the younger brother of Sara and the older brother of Cassie. He is one of the five known survivors of Langdom, Missouri, and escaped the containment zone with Cassie and his girlfriend, Abby, in his family's RV. Eighteen months after the events of Langdom, Adam, Abby and Cassie were still driving across the backroads of the former United States, searching for a safe-zone to settle in while also hiding from the government agents hunting them due to Cassie's immunity to the Langdom Bioweapon. Adam and his family subsequently joined the community at Searchlight Ranch, with Adam later becoming the leader of a group of survivors following the fall of the ranch at the hands of a Patriot gang. Following his group's war with Hill Seed and the Mallers, Adam became the new head-of-security at Infinity Mall.

## Biography

### Early Life and Background

Adam Levitt was born the second child and only son of Joseph and Tracy Levitt. He was born a year after his sister Sara and a few years before Cassie, and not long after his parents moved back to Langdom from Kansas City. As Adam was unplanned, his birth caused a great deal of stress in his family, adding to the feelings of resentment his mother already held thanks to her failed career as an actress. Adam nonetheless grew up happy and was closer to his father than his mother throughout his life. Adam quickly developed a keen interest in adventure and would often accompany his father on extensive trips into the wilderness where he learned many survival skills, including hunting, making fire, foraging, and how to properly use firearms.

In middle school, Adam became best friends with Luke Ericson, who introduced him to Abby St. John, the daughter of a local politician. Adam and Abby became rivals in sports and creative activities, but quickly developed chemistry and started a relationship. In each other, they found a deepness of affection neither of them had really felt, and they quickly became the couple of focus at their high school.

### The Voyage

In the days following their escape from Langdom, Abby, Adam and Cassie managed to avoid all military patrols by hiding in the underground bunker of Flint McCarren, a rancher who lived just outside the town. They hid in the bunker for a few weeks, and when they emerged they were horrified to discover that the bioweapon, and the monsters it created, had spread all over the world in just a few weeks. The three of them then got back inside the RV, inviting Flint to join them to which he refused. The three of them then spent the next eighteen months driving across the backroads of the country as the world slowly degenerated and mankind came closer and closer to extinction.

During their time on the road, Adam stopped at a broken-down RV to search for supplies. Inside he found two people eating the bodies of their two children. Horrified by what he was seeing, Adam reasoned that these people were no better than the Turned and shot them both to death. Immediately feeling guilty for taking yet more human lives, Adam lied to Abby and Cassie that the two people had Turned; his act of violence, however justified, would haunt him for weeks.

As the trio prepared to brave the winter of 2018 into 2019, Adam found a golden ring in the wilderness and proposed to Abby. She accepted, and the two of them were unofficially married, which had been their goal when they had planned to run away before the horrors of Langdom.

### Searchlight

#### The Bridge

"*How many infected have you killed?"
 "I dunno, **lots**,"
 "Okay. How many people have you killed?"
 "...A few,"
 "Why?"
 "Cause they were trying to kill me,*"
—Bonnie and Adam in their first encounter[src]
In the winter of early 2019, eighteen months following their escape from Langdom, Adam, Abby and Cassie had become stranded on a derelict bridge and had been living out of their now-stationary RV, trying their best to get through a tough, resource-depleted winter. They discovered a small group moving towards them in the distance and tried their best to hide in their makeshift home, believing them to be soldiers of the Federal Rescue Force. However, they were surprised when the strangers begin talking rather than attacking; one of them introduced herself as Alycia and sincerely asked them how they had survived so long in the wilderness.

#### Supply Run

"*I got my family. I'll do **anything** for them. To protect them. [...] I'll kill **anyone** who got between me and them,*"
—Adam to George[src]

#### Exodus

"*...I **will** keep you people safe! I **will** keep you people alive! Because we can only survive **together**. Now I will do this for you people...but let me make one thing clear. **My** word is **the final** word,*"
—Adam to the gathered survivors[src]

As the survivors of the ranch sit around the fire and debate as to what to do next, Adam emerges from the darkness and tells them that he will protect them, show them how to survive on the road and find somewhere safe to live, but only on the condition that his word will be law.

### Shire Estate

#### Discovery and Clearing

The group has been on the run moving from house to house through rural Nebraska for the last seven months since the fall of Searchlight Ranch at the end of *Season 2*. Everyone has now become more proficient with firearms, especially Elton. George, Lucas and newcomer Tyreese seem to have fallen into place as **Adam**'s right-hand men and Abby's pregnancy is near term.

The group stops on a highway where Elton and Bonnie keep watch whilst the group discuss where they are headed. They open a map and discuss how they have been moving in circles for months, trying to escape the Patriots and the Turned that attacked the ranch. Alycia and Lucas head out to gather some water, while Adam and George go hunting. While hunting, they walk down a railroad, and observe a walled-off housing estate full of Turned. Adam smiles at the sight.

Hiding their vehicles in some nearby trees, the group investigates the perimeter of the estate, searching for an opening, and comment on the fortified gate, suggesting that others may already be inside. They find a hastily-repaired hole in the wall and break through to get inside; once they are, Lucas uses his hammer to quickly bodge the repair back into place. They start to run trough the estate and discover several streets of seemingly empty houses. They fire several warning shots to attract anybody who may be living there, but the place appears deserted. Adam says that the estate could be a good place to stay, even if it is temporarily while they wait out the winter. They spend the night in the basement of an abandoned house. Unable to sleep, Cassie explores the house and discovers the hanging, rotting body of a woman in the upstairs bathroom, as well as a wedding ring and a suicide note on the cabinet in front of the body. Before Casssie can read the note, she is discovered by Adam, who pockets the note and comforts his sister before cutting down the body and burying it in the yard.

The next morning, Adam says that they not only need to open the estate's front gate to get their vehicles inside, but they need to check every single house on the estate for Turned as well as kill all those running through the streets. George, as the best marksmen, volunteers to clear the nearby streets with Lucas and Alycia, while Elton offers to head for the gate; still not trusting Elton fully, Adam says he will do it. Adam tells Glenn, Bonnie, Cassie, and Tyreese to distract and kill the Turned while Adam runs towards the gate's control mechanism. As the group enacts their plan, Adam heads towards the gate, using his hatchet to slice through slower Turned, while George and his team systematically check several houses and kill any hiding Turned; as they move through the streets, they notice that a few are completely blocked off with cars. Adam manages to restart the generator that powers the gate, finally opening it. Adam finally spots several hand-built wooden watchtowers along the wall, seemingly confirming that someone resides on the estate or at least did so until recently.

Having secured a few streets, the group sit down for a meal and, at Glenn's request, Alycia sings an old Gospel song from their church. Elton, keeping watch at the front gate, is greeted by Bonnie. The two talk about the events of the day, with Bonnie complimenting Elton on how much he has improved since the ranch. Elton then realizes that he never apologised for threatening her with a rake during the Turned attack on the ranch and does so, saying that sometimes he "sees red". She starts to jokingly flirt with him as they keep watch. After patrolling the fence, Adam makes plans to take the estate entirely, convincing the group that it would be safer if they controlled as much of the area as possible. Referring to the makeshift fortifications dotted around the estate, he tells them how anyone who used to live there would have stored food, weapons, and medicine in the houses, and that anyone who wanted to hurt them "wouldn't stand a chance".

The next day, Adam, Lucas, Tyreese, Bonnie, and Alycia work as a team to clear out three more closed-off streets while the rest serve as a distraction. Everything seems to be going well until they run into Turned wearing combat helmets and bulletproof vests. After a series of ineffective attacks by the group, they find a vulnerable spot by stabbing under their helmets. Quick work is made of the rest and the group finds that they have now secured seven blocks of houses. After searching the houses for supplies and finding large amounts of ammunition and medical supplies - as well as a makeshift clinic in the basement of one of the homes - they decide to divide themselves into houses: Adam, Abby and Cassie take the house that the group stayed in when they arrived; Alycia move across the street while Glenn moves into the clinic to begin preparing it for when Abby goes into labour; George and Bonnie take the house closest to the gate; Lucas and Elton move into a house with a well-stocked garage so they can begin planning repairs to the estate's fortifications; and Tyreese takes a house by himself near the streets that the group have not yet cleared.

The group gather their weapons and suit up in combat gear to further explore the estate. Adam and Tyreese move further through the streets until they find a closed-off area absent of any Turned. As they investigate, they find a house where the lawn has been trimmed. With the door unlocked, the two head inside and are puzzled to find the house abandoned. Suddenly, they hear chatter and burst through a closed door, only to be met by a family of four sat around their kitchen table, happily eating breakfast. One of them, a man, puts his hands up and politely asks that he and his family not be harmed, to which Adam and Tyreese share a confused look.

#### Grief

In the days following Abby and Joseph Jr's death and burial, Adam locks himself in his bedroom and refuses food, water and company, even from Cassie. While the rest of the group clears out the deceased Turned and repair the hole in the wall, they come up with ways to get Adam to come outside. Adam spends his days staring at his wife and son's graves and re-reading the suicide note of the hanged woman. Over the course of the day, several members of the group try to talk to him, including Cassie and Glenn, but he responds to none of them. When Lucas tells Adam that Thomas and Jasmine Martin were also killed, Adam shouts at Lucas to leave him alone.

That evening, Adam remembers his high school romance with Abby, including their plans to leave Langdom and live as nomads. Adam finally leaves the bedroom, but locks himself in the bathroom instead.

While his group deals with Hill Seed and the Mallers at their gates, Adam repurposes the noose in the bathroom and prepares to commit suicide. He takes off his wedding ring, places it next to Abby's on the bathroom cabinet and steps onto a stool. Lucas, Elton and Cassie race into Adam's house to warn him of this new threat, only to find the bedroom empty. Lucas starts trying to break down the bathroom door, but Adam places the noose around his neck and kicks the stool over, hanging himself. Just as he is about to lose consciousness, Lucas finally breaks the door and holds Adam up while Elton cuts the rope, saving him.

Lucas carries Adam onto his bed and handcuffs him to stop him from hurting himself; Adam tries to fight back but is too weak and instead breaks down sobbing. Glenn arrives to check Adam over and concludes that he needs to be constantly watched. Cassie volunteers to stay by his side.

#### New Plan

"*We have guns. We **don't** have ammo. I know where we can get some. [...] **Langdom**,*"
—Adam suggests returning to Langdom to retrieve guns and ammo[src]

Adam, having escaped his handcuffs, approaches the gathered group and says that he has an idea. Lucas asks Adam if he is okay, to which Adam shakily says that he is. As the rest of the group share looks of concern, Adam points out that, while the group has plenty of guns, they are low on ammo. Their position at the estate is very defensible thanks to the wall surrounding it, but they couldn't survive a full-on assault. Adam finally reveals his plan: for a team to return to Langdom and retrieve weapons and ammo from the bunker beneath the Witt House, just like he and his father had done during "*Cul De Sac*".

Cassie immediately argues that such an endeavor would be a suicide mission, but Adam retorts that they have no other choice, nor any other place where they could recover enough weapons. Adam volunteers to undertake the mission and Cassie demands that she accompany him, expressing a wish to see Langdom at least one more time. George volunteers to accompany them, leaving Glenn in charge of the estate.

As Adam prepares, he is approached by Elton, who reveals that he has knowledge of the area and believes that Hill and his people are set up in a nearby strip mall and says that he will sneak in and report back. Adam doubts Elton's ability, but Elton argues back, saying he has changed and learned from Adam to become a skilled survivor. Adam accepts and gives Elton his P30, saying that he is too scared to carry it in case he uses it on himself.

## Overview

"*One of the last survivors of Langdom, Adam is the last of the Levitt men. Charged in his father's final minutes with protecting his family, Adam in the guardian of his younger sister, Cassie, and will do anything to keep her safe from the government agents tracking their every move. But not everything is dark anymore, for Adam has bound himself to his new wife, Abby, the love of his life. Together, the three of them search for somewhere safe to settle, and Adam will do whatever it takes to make sure that they get there...no matter how dark those actions may be,*"
—Adam's *Season 2* description[src]

### Physical Appearance

Adam is a handsome young man with strong features. He has inherited his mother's black hair but the hair thickness of his father, and it often falls down into thick, messy locks; he keeps it short to prevent the Turned from grabbing it. Adam has mud-brown eyes, a trait he shares with his elder sister Sara.

Over the course of the apocalypse, Adam picks up several scars, the most prominent of which is a deep scar on his left cheek inflicted by Gordon St. John. He also has a scar on his nose from his fight with the Patriot gang at Searchlight Ranch.

### Personality

Adam is creative, artistic, sensitive and kind, largely taking after his father. He possesses a strong adventurous streak and becomes uncomfortable when in one place for an extended period of time. His main goal as an adolescent was to explore the wilderness of the entire United States by living as a travelling vagabond.

Adam has become significantly hardened by the events of the series, having to leave behind his own dreams and take on the responsibility of protecting his family, later taking full leadership of a group of survivors following the fall of Searchlight. Whatever is left of the schoolboy dreaming of travelling around the world has been completely taken over by a more assertive, pragmatic, level-headed and cunning personality well built for surviving in the new world, and he has evolved into a battle-hardened survivor who will protect his family and group without question. Despite his young age, Adam both looks and feels far older, with older survivors looking up to him as a leader and an example to follow thanks to his experience dealing with the Turned and hostile survivors.

After the death of both Abby and their child, Adam becomes very emotionally unstable and suicidal, and it's not until the group learns of the Maller threat that Adam comes back to his senses. By this point, Adam has become a ruthless, uncompromising leader of the survivors, in contrast to his high moral code and values in previous seasons.

## Killed Victims

* Luke Ericson - shot four times in the chest in self-defence
* Peter Reid - shot in the chest *(Infected, out of mercy)*
* 2 unnamed survivors
* 3 unnamed members of Randall's Gang
* 1 Botched
* Numerous counts of unnamed Turned

## Relationships

### Abby St. John

Adam and Abby have a loving relationship, having dated since they were in elementary school. They share similar views on the world and have much in common, and they remind Adam's father Joseph of him and Tracy in their youth.

At the start of the series, their relationship has become rather stagnant due to Adam feeling uncomfortable with being physical with Abby, caused by the fact that his mother, Tracy, is now dating Abby's father, Gordon.

By *Season 2*, Adam and Abby's relationship has grown further still when it revealed that they have married during the eighteen months between the first and second seasons. Two weeks after arriving at Searchlight Ranch, Abby begins to suspect that she is pregnant, something later confirmed by Alycia. Not wanting to put Adam under yet more stress, Abby cannot bring herself to tell him and only does so when she starts having morning sickness and Adam quickly deduces what is wrong with her. While the two appear happy, separately they appear terrified, having no clue how to raise a child in the new world. Nonetheless, they remain completely dedicated to each other, reassuring one another that they will figure it out the same way that they have figured everything else out. Following the fall of Searchlight, they appear to become more distant from each other, likely due to Adam finally demonstrating how hardened he has become, combined with her own fears of motherhood in the apocalypse.

### Cassie Levitt

Adam is very close and protective of his sister, having taken on the duty of protecting her from the degenerating world around her. Despite being her older brother, Adam acts more like a father to her, willing to go to any lengths to keep her safe. He keeps her immunity to dollar rabies a secret in case any survivors they come across are able to warn FRF soldiers hunting down Langdom survivors, only revealing her immunity whenever her bite is uncovered by other survivors.

### Joseph Levitt

"*Who are you?"
 "I'm...I'm Adam Levitt..."
 "You're not just Adam Levitt...you're a man. More of a man than I ever was. You've got to do my job now, son. And I know you'll do great. Because above all...you're **my boy**. And I am so, so **proud** of you. [...] Now get out of here...**and live**,*"
—Joseph says goodbye to Adam[src]
Adam and Joseph have a loving relationship and a powerful father-son bond. Adam was always closer to Joseph both in personality and hobbies and would spend days on end camping with his father in the wilderness.

### Tracy Levitt

Adam and Tracy have a good, but very rocky, relationship. When he was growing up, Adam was much closer to his father than his mother. As he reaches adulthood, he comes to resent his mother, blaming her for the collapse of their family due to her leaving his father.

### Luke Ericson

"*Please don't make me do this, Luke! Don't fucking make me do it!*"
—Adam to Luke, just seconds before he is forced to shoot him[src]
Growing up, Adam and Luke were best friends and always had each other's backs. Throughout high school, Adam would always come to Luke's defence whenever he was being bullied due to his family's poor background. It was ultimately Luke that introduced Adam to Abby, and the three of them would hang out often.

### Lucas Mann

During their time at Searchlight, Adam and Lucas become good friends and allies, with Adam valuing Lucas' skills on supply runs. As Adam continues to demonstrate how he has adapted to the world and is willing to teach the ranch's inhabitants how to survive in the wilderness, Lucas begins to develop a strong loyalty to him. Upon discovering that Cassie was bitten, Lucas, despite being willing to put her down, listened to reason and spared her life upon Adam begging him to check Cassie's eighteen-month-old bite, which now consisted of scar tissue having mostly healed.

When the group are forced to leave Searchlight Ranch, Lucas was one of the few Searchlight residents who supported following Adam, convincing the others to follow Adam's lead. Adam appears very grateful for this, giving him a nod of respect.

### Bonnie

"*How many infected have you killed?"
 "I dunno, lots,"
 "Okay. How many people have you killed?"
 "...A few,"
 "Why?"
 "Cause they were trying to kill **me**,*"
—Maggie and Adam in their first encounter[src]
Adam and Bonnie have developed a good friendship, with Adam begin initially distrustful of her due to having survived on the road for eighteen months. Once he sees that everything Bonnie said about Searchlight Ranch is true, Adam comes to trust her somewhat, but still making his wife and sister his priority. The two become quite friendly after Adam returns from his first supply run and Bonnie tends to his injuries, chatting about their lives before the cotton plague and discovering that they hold similar interests.

### George

Adam and George have a good relationship. The two first met during Adam's supply run; having been at Searchlight for a few days, Adam knew of George but not what he looked like. George, not knowing Adam was also from Searchlight, put himself in danger to save Adam from several Turned. Taking refuge in an abandoned gas station, the two of them talked briefly but were apprehensive. The next morning, the two worked well together to fight through the Turned, get back their gear from a lone Patriot raider, and return to Searchlight. Upon discovering that they were both from the same community, they instantly became more friendly. When the group leave Searchlight Ranch, Adam enlists George to be his second-in-command.

### Glenn Reid

"*That thing in there...is not your son. Not anymore. He doesn't remember his life. He doesn't remember the face of his dad, his sister. Cause he isn't there anymore, Glenn. There is no cure for this. Just a bullet in the head,*"
—Adam consoles Glenn about his son[src]

### Elton Blake

"*You get in the way or you fuck something up...I won't hesitate. **I'll kill you**,*"
—Adam threatening Elton[src]
Adam and Elton have a neutral, formerly negative, relationship. Adam actively disliked Elton for his cowardice and inability to do simple but important tasks. Their relationship improves following the supply run in "*Secrets*", which began with Adam threatening to kill Elton if he got in the way and ending with Adam thanking Elton for his efforts. Following this, Elton begins to look up to Adam and decides to follow his example and toughen up.

However, it is clear that Adam still holds mistrust in Elton, as shown when he doubted Elton's ability to infiltrate the Mallers' headquarters.

### Hill Seed

Adam and Hill are bitter enemies despite having never met face-to-face. Adam has developed a severe hatred of Hill despite their limited interactions, and told his people that they were going to kill him at all costs. Hill seems to hold some respect for Adam as he serves as a leader for his people despite his age, but states that he is more than willing to kill Adam and his people if it benefits his own people.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* 'Deadly Hypothesis'
* 'The Turned'
* 'No Way Out'
* 'Jaw Breaker'
* 'Cul De Sac'
* 'Containment Breach'

### Season 2

* 'Mad World'
* 'Searchlight'
* 'Killer Within'
* 'What Lies Ahead'
* 'Long Night'
* 'Secrets'
* 'Dying Fire'

### Season 3

* 'Day 825'
* 'Seek'
* 'Trust'
* 'Watch'
* 'Suffer'
* 'Home'

## Trivia

* Adam is one of six known survivors of the Langdom Experiment, the others being his sister Cassie, his girlfriend - and later wife - Abby, Charlie Everett, Lloyd Smith and Frank Thornstein.
* Adam is one of two members of the Levitt family to kill another human, the other being his father Joseph.
* Adam was originally going to die in *Season 1* alongside his father.
* Adam currently has three prominent facial : one on his check that was inflicted by Gordon St. John in "*Cul De Sac*"; one on his nose, sustained during his fight with Luke in "*Jaw Breaker*"; and a rope mark on his neck from his failed suicide attempt in "*Watch*".
* From "*Killer Within*", Adam's primary weapons are a hatchet given to him by George and a Heckler & Koch P30 he took from an unnamed Patriot in "*What Lies Ahead*".
* As of "*Long Night*", Adam is one of only two survivors shown to have killed a Botched, albeit a youngster, the other being Robert Schrader, who killed an adult Botched.