Leon Basset (Live Again)

**Leon Basset** is a character in *The Walking Dead*.: Live Again. He is a sheriff deputy of King County Sheriff's Department.

## Overview

For a cop, Leon seems to be quite incompetent. While waiting for a car in a high-speed pursuit, Leon is shown to be unfocused, thinking about getting a chance to be on a TV show rather than the task at hand, to which Rick tells him to check if he has a round in the gun chamber and the safety off. Rick himself describes Leon as "*careless and dumb"* when he sees Leon reanimated. However, Rick holds enough respect for Leon to put him down, not wanting to leave him as a walker.

### Season 1

#### "Days Gone Bye"

On a highway, Leon and Lambert Kendal meet up with fellow officers, Rick Grimes and Shane Walsh. As they all wait for the car, Leon muses about their chances of getting on a police chase reality show. Rick tells him to focus, and worry about having a round in his gun chamber and the safety off. Leon sheepishly checks his gun while Shane suggests that it would be *"kinda cool gettin' on one of them shows."* At that moment, the car approaches, pursued by two more cruisers containing the Linden County Sheriff's Department officers.

The car, with the suspects inside, speeds over the spike strip, shredding the tires. The driver loses control of the wheel and the vehicle flips off the road, rolling several times before coming to a rough stop upside down in a field. *"Holy shit,"* mutters Shane, cocking his shotgun as the officers descend on the vehicle. Rick carefully approaches the overturned car. A man emerges from the vehicle and immediately starts shooting at the officers. Rick yells at him to drop his pistol, but the man shoots directly at Rick and hits him in the chest. Shane shoots the gunman, killing him as Rick falls to the ground.

A second man emerges from the vehicle brandishing a shotgun, but is also shot to death. *"I'm alright!"* Rick shouts, the gunman having shot his Kevlar bulletproof vest. Shane approaches Rick as he pulls himself off the ground.*"Shane, you do not tell Lori that happened! Ever!"* Rick commands Shane as he looks at his vest.

Meanwhile, a third gunman unnoticed by everyone crawls out of the car and through the grass. The man fires his gun and hits Rick in the side, where his vest does not protect him. He falls to the ground bleeding as Shane shoots and kills the third man before rushing to Rick's aid. He begs for Rick to stay with him, barking at Leon to call an ambulance, but Rick remains motionless.
Sometime later, a zombified Leon encounters Rick, Morgan Jones and Duane Jones as the trio is leaving the King County Sheriff's Department. He claws at the chain link fence separating them. Rick mutters to himself that he didn't think much of him in life, but he certainly won't leave him like this. Rick walks up to the fence and shoots him in the forehead with his revolver, putting him down for good.

## Death

Killed By

Zombies *(Alive)*

At some point during the outbreak, Leon was bitten by walkers and later reanimated.

* Rick Grimes *(Zombified)*

A zombified Leon begins clawing the station's fence as Rick, Morgan, and Duane are about to leave the area. Rick comments that he can't leave him as a walker, so he shoots him in the head, putting him down.

## Killed Victims

This list shows the people Leon has killed:

* 2 unnamed criminals *(1 Direct, 1 Alongside his fellow officers, Pre-Apocalypse)*
* Possibly numerous unnamed criminals *(Pre-Apocalypse)*
* Possibly a few zombies

## Relationships

### Allies

* King County Sheriff's Department
	+ Rick Grimes - Former Co-Worker and Friend
	+ Shane Walsh † - Former Co-Worker
	+ Lambert Kendal - Former Co-Worker