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  Morgan Jones
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Actor   Lennie James
Gender   Male
Hair   Black
Age   Early to mid 40's
Occupation   Unknown
Family   Jenny Jones - Wife (Deceased)
Duane Jones - Son (Deceased)
First Appearance   "Days Gone Bye"
Status   Alive
Series lifespan   "Days Gone Bye" to Present
Ethnicity   African-American
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"See because the good people, they always die. And the bad people do too. But the weaker people, the people like me, we have inherited the earth."
—Morgan to Rick.[src]
Morgan Jones is a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead. He is the husband of Jenny and father of Duane. While evacuating, Jenny was bitten and succumbed to the infection, causing Morgan and Duane to seek refuge in King County, Georgia, where the Grimes Family lived. After the loss of his son (who was bitten by Jenny), Morgan was living a life in denial, hoping to redeem himself by killing the invasive walkers. At the end of "No Sanctuary", it is revealed that Morgan has redeemed his mental state and traveled from Georgia to Terminus following the signs, but stopped after seeing a sign that said "No Sanctuary".

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Post-Apocalypse
Season 1
"Days Gone Bye"
Fiercely protective, Morgan Jones barricaded himself and his son in a house in Rick's neighborhood. Though his wife, Jenny, died, he decided to let her go outside instead of putting her down. Despite the dire conditions, Morgan still endeavored to create normalcy for Duane; such as correcting his son's grammar, and engaging in mealtime prayers. But both remained haunted by the loss of Jenny, whom returns to the house regularly as a walker. Morgan and his son, Duane, first encountered Rick Grimes outside of his house in King County, Georgia. Duane knocked the unsuspecting survivor in the back of the head with a shovel, as he and his father assumed that he was another walker. When he heard Rick speak, Morgan realized that he wasn't and he brought Rick into their hideout.

Upon Rick's awakening, Morgan interrogated Rick upon the cause of his wounds, before the two's friendship could thoroughly take place. On learning that Rick had been in a coma, Morgan brought him up to speed on the current events as best as he could, introducing the previously confused Rick to the reality of the epidemic upon the country. He also told Rick that the government was gathering people in the major cities, giving Rick the idea to continue to Atlanta to try and find his family, Lori Grimes and Carl Grimes. Rick then thought of traveling to the King County Sheriff's Department, which Rick still had the keys for, to gather supplies.

Morgan drove him over and Rick provided the pair with weapons and other supplies in exchange for their kindness and help. He rejected Rick's offer to join him on his way to Atlanta, but tells Rick that he will join up with him in a few days; with the excuse that Duane can learn to shoot in the interim. Rick gives him a walkie-talkie, and tells him to radio him in when he approaches Atlanta so they can meet up.

On returning to the house, Morgan tells Duane to read his comic books before heading upstairs. He goes through the photo albums Jenny brought with them, selects a picture of her and sticks it to the window frame. He aims his rifle, and after shooting a couple of zombies to lure his wife out, he trains his gun on his undead wife; yet cannot bring himself to kill her. He attempts several more times, yet each failed in kind. Morgan and Duane's whereabouts are unknown for the rest of the season.

"Tell It to the Frogs"
Morgan and his son are mentioned by Rick when he speaks with Lori explaining that Morgan and his son have saved Rick after he woke up from the coma and that Rick is alive thanks to them and arrived in Atlanta.

"Wildfire"
Rick later tries to contact Morgan via walkie-talkie and lets him know that he and a group of survivors are leaving and heading to the CDC, in the hopes of finding a cure.

Season 2
"What Lies Ahead"
At the beginning of the episode, Rick talks into his walkie-talkie, announcing that he and his group are abandoning Atlanta and that the CDC is gone. Rick begins to mention what Jenner said but decides not to continue, saying that the group is heading to Fort Benning instead. Although he speaks into the walkie-talkie for several minutes, his message is never replied to. This is the last time that Rick is seen trying to contact Morgan for the rest of the season.

Season 3
During the time Morgan has been absent from the series, he and Duane lived around King County the whole year. One day, while clearing a store, Duane was bitten by his own undead mother, and Morgan is finally forced to shoot her. After Duane's death, Morgan started to lose his sanity, believing he has the mission to clear all the walkers from town. He started to set up traps and wrote down names of people he knew that turned that were put down by his own traps.

"Clear"
When Rick, Carl, and Michonne go on a run into King County, Morgan holds them at gunpoint from a roof. They have a shootout, and while trying to pursue Rick, Carl ultimately shoots Morgan in the chest. Rick pulls off Morgan's shirt, revealing that he had donned body armor. They drag his unconscious-self into his building, avoiding his traps, and lay him down on a bed. For safety measures, his hands are bound by Rick. While Rick is reading the strange writings on the wall, he discovers that Duane had reanimated, and decides to stay and wait for Morgan to wake up. While Michonne and Carl go on a run, Rick waits for him to wake up, but Morgan grabs a knife that was taped to the side of the bed. He attacks Rick, claiming that he is not familiar with anyone anymore. He stabs Rick in the upper-left chest. Rick knocks the weapon away, pointing his gun at Morgan's head, and Morgan pleads Rick to kill him.

Morgan is tied up again and, after patching himself up, Rick finally manages to make him remember that the two know each other. Morgan says that he tried to contact Rick every morning for several weeks, but he never answered the radio, before explaining what happened to Duane. He is offered to join the group at the prison, but he realizes that Rick is taking a lot of guns, meaning that they are preparing for a war. Morgan claims that Rick, Carl, and his people will die either by bullets or by walkers, and refuses to join them, not wanting to see anyone else die. While clearing out the walkers caught on his traps, Carl approaches Morgan and tells him that he is sorry for shooting him earlier. Morgan remarks to Carl, "Don't ever be sorry."

While leaving King County, Rick, Carl, and Michonne watch as Morgan prepares to burn the corpses of the walkers he captured.

Morgan had remained living in his fortified base in King County,[1][2] until an unknown time in which he left.

Season 5
"No Sanctuary"
Morgan is seen in a post-credits scene hiking to Terminus on the railroad tracks. Morgan stops walking, and stares at the Terminus sign recently changed by Rick, before taking off his mask and beginning to follow cross-shaped markings left on trees by unknown survivor(s).

Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Morgan has killed:

Jenny Jones (Zombified)
Numerous counts of zombies and unnamed people.
Relationships
Jenny Jones
"She, uh... she died in the other room, on that bed in there. There was nothin', I could, I could do about it here. That fever, man: her skin gave off heat like a furnace. I should have, I should have put her down, I should have put her down, I know that, but, you know what, I just didn't have it in me. She's the mother of my child."
—Morgan to Rick over the death of his wife.[src]
Morgan was Jenny's husband and he loved her dearly. At the start of the outbreak, after Jenny succumbed and subsequently reanimated, Morgan could never bring himself to killing her because he had loved her so much. Torn between putting her down to let her finally rest in peace, and having a false idea of her still "alive" in the world, Morgan eventually gets a sniper rifle; with a picture of Jenny on the window, he shoots the walkers on the street. But after taking aim at his dead zombie wife's head for several long moments, he is unable to pull the trigger and eventually breaks down in tears.

Months later, Morgan and Duane are looting a store when Jenny attacks and bites Duane. Only after this is Morgan able to put her down.

Duane Jones
"Hell yes, you're gonna learn. But we gotta do it carefully, teach you to respect the weapon."
—Morgan to Duane over the responsibility of a firearm.[src]
Morgan, father to Duane, is shown to love and care for his son very much. This is shown as when Duane is upset, Morgan immediately goes to his side to comfort him. Despite the circumstances of the new, post-apocalyptic world, Morgan still tries to raise his son into a morally good man, as stated as he frequently corrects Duane's grammar and proper manners. Duane's death at his undead mother's hands has caused Morgan to lose his grip on sanity, and has made him vengeful to both walkers, and people.

Rick Grimes
"I have to clear."
—Morgan to Rick.[src]
Morgan and Rick have an interesting introduction to each other. After Rick left the hospital, weak and ragged, Morgan mistook him for a walker and Duane knocked him unconscious (with a shovel). Rick woke up, tied to a bed and was questioned. After Morgan learned that Rick wasn't bitten, Morgan offered Rick shelter and food. The next day, Rick took Morgan and Duane to the police station for scavenging the remaining guns and supplies as well as to let them use the facilities to have a hot shower. After Morgan and Duane collected the weapons, Rick gave them a vehicle. Morgan thanked Rick, saying that he is a good man and wished him the best of luck.

Later on, Rick, Carl and Michonne return to King County to retrive guns and ammo from the police station that Rick worked for. As they wander the town, they see main street completely fortified and traps all over the place. They walk through it, avoiding the traps, only to come under fire from Morgan, who has lost his mind after losing his son and doesn't recognize who they are. After a short shootout, Carl appears and shoots Morgan in the abdomen, infatally, due to him wearing body armor. Rick realizes who it is and drags an unconcious Morgan to his apartment. After tying Morgan down to a bed, Rick looks at the walls, whic are covered with information regarding Morgan's life after Rick left. Morgan wakes up and attacks Rick with a knife and manages to stab Rick in the upper-left shoulder. The two exchange their life stories after Morgan realizes who he's with. Morgan doesn't have a grip on reality and Rick tries to convince him to come away with him, Carl and Michonne, to which Morgan declines, saying that he "needs to clear". Rick packs up the car and Carl asks if Morgan is ok, to which Rick responds "No, he's not."

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[Roy H.]

Apparently I need to watch it again.  Where was Morgan?

After the credits, they showed about a 30 second scene. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omS_eXUmWL0

[Redz]

Apparently I need to watch it again.  Where was Morgan?

After the credits, they showed about a 30 second scene. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omS_eXUmWL0

cool

thanks

I always flip off the credits because I don't like to see the teases for the next episode.  This is pretty unusual for them to do this sort of thing, right?

They really set the bar pretty high for the season with Sunday's episode. 

I spent all summer wondering how on earth they were going to kick butt out of the trailer, then they rendered that moot immediately.  I'm very comfy with zombie violence, but that human on human throat cutting was some seriously uncomfortable viewing. 

The flaming walkers were pretty awesome!

[Beat LA]

Can someone please explain to me the Zombie fad/fascination?  Where did it come from and why is it so popular.  I just don't get it.

[Redz]

Can someone please explain to me the Zombie fad/fascination?  Where did it come from and why is it so popular.  I just don't get it.

I've enjoyed them since this:

http://youtu.be/YNzLonqUVt0

[GreenWarrior]

Can someone please explain to me the Zombie fad/fascination?  Where did it come from and why is it so popular.  I just don't get it.

i'm not a big horror or zombie fan. but a friend I trust; who read the comic told me this was being made into a show and said "I have to watch it". so not being a horror or zombie fan and already have a hard time sittin still during a Celtics game I was a bit reluctant. but I trust my friend.

turns out the show is good. if you're even slightly interested, this show isn't about the horror or the zombies(though there is plenty of that), it's about the survivors and them looking for hope...and surviving. again if you are slightly interested watch season 1 and if you don't like that you won't like the rest. but if you watch season 2 you'll have you're heart ripped out.

[MBunge]

Can someone please explain to me the Zombie fad/fascination?  Where did it come from and why is it so popular.  I just don't get it.

As Redz points out, the modern zombie genre pretty much all flows from George A. Romero's classic.  Their current popularity probably has something to do with the concept being comparatively fresh.  Night of the Living Dead only came out in 1968 and zombie's only really became mainstream in the mid 2000s.

Mike

[guava_wrench]

Can someone please explain to me the Zombie fad/fascination?  Where did it come from and why is it so popular.  I just don't get it.

Personally, I like post-apocalyptic in general. It doesn't have to be zombies. I watch The Walking Dead because it is well made and post-apocalyptic. That doesn't mean I am particularly fascinated with zombies.

[freshinthehouse]

Can someone please explain to me the Zombie fad/fascination?  Where did it come from and why is it so popular.  I just don't get it.

Personally, I like post-apocalyptic in general. It doesn't have to be zombies. I watch The Walking Dead because it is well made and post-apocalyptic. That doesn't mean I am particularly fascinated with zombies.

I think this says a lot about why this genre is so popular now.  The post-apocalyptic aspect brings in a lot of people regardless if they like horror, and the horror fans and gorehounds dig it even if they don't like post-apocalyptic stuff all that much.

[freshinthehouse]

Can someone please explain to me the Zombie fad/fascination?  Where did it come from and why is it so popular.  I just don't get it.

i'm not a big horror or zombie fan. but a friend I trust; who read the comic told me this was being made into a show and said "I have to watch it". so not being a horror or zombie fan and already have a hard time sittin still during a Celtics game I was a bit reluctant. but I trust my friend.

turns out the show is good. if you're even slightly interested, this show isn't about the horror or the zombies(though there is plenty of that), it's about the survivors and them looking for hope...and surviving. again if you are slightly interested watch season 1 and if you don't like that you won't like the rest. but if you watch season 2 you'll have you're heart ripped out.

Your friend knows what is up.  While the show is very good, it is light years behind the comic.  The Walking Dead comic series is one of the most gripping things I've ever read in literature, not just in comics.

[freshinthehouse]

Can someone please explain to me the Zombie fad/fascination?  Where did it come from and why is it so popular.  I just don't get it.

Like others here have said, the modern zombie craze started with Romero's Night of the Living Dead.  Throughout the 70s and 80s a small but fanatical following formed around Romero's movies (Night, Dawn, and Day of the Dead) as well as several different European zombie movies.  By the 90s the genre had pretty much petered out.  I am rarely right about anything in life, but when I was in high school late 90s a buddy were BSing and I mentioned that a high-end remake of Dawn of the Dead would be a license to print money.  Sure enough 6-7 years later someone did remake DotD and sure enough it did make a ton of money.  Around this time Danny Boyle made 28 Days Later, a zombie* movie that was both critical and commercial success.  This started the build up to the zombie hysteria that we see today.



*Some of our more pedantic friends will decry listing 20 Days Later as a zombie movie, since the "zombies" aren't technically the undead.  Puh-lease.  If it walks (or this case runs) like a zombie, and it talks like a zombie, it's a flippin' zombie.

[obnoxiousmime]

Mark me as one who was a little disappointed they just broke free so quickly. I realize it's the premiere and they needed to open with a bang, and also that they've been guilty in the past of stalling the action to save money with filler episodes, but the whole experience at Terminus ended up lasting just two episodes. An episode or two building up to the escape would have been great, giving us the chance to see how Terminus works and how the people psychologically rationalize such horror. Instead, they just gave us a little flashback and a teary scene with the mom.

Now we'll have 2-3 episodes of walking around and talking in the woods to pay for all effects and set pieces in episode 1. 

[fairweatherfan]

Mark me as one who was a little disappointed they just broke free so quickly. I realize it's the premiere and they needed to open with a bang, and also that they've been guilty in the past of stalling the action to save money with filler episodes, but the whole experience at Terminus ended up lasting just two episodes. An episode or two building up to the escape would have been great, giving us the chance to see how Terminus works and how the people psychologically rationalize such horror. Instead, they just gave us a little flashback and a teary scene with the mom.

Now we'll have 2-3 episodes of walking around and talking in the woods to pay for all effects and set pieces in episode 1.

They'll have to go back for Beth I'm guessing.  No way they're using all those Terminus sets for just 2 episodes.  And closing on a flashback to how Terminus used to be is a pretty big sign that they've got a lot more plot left.

[obnoxiousmime]

Mark me as one who was a little disappointed they just broke free so quickly. I realize it's the premiere and they needed to open with a bang, and also that they've been guilty in the past of stalling the action to save money with filler episodes, but the whole experience at Terminus ended up lasting just two episodes. An episode or two building up to the escape would have been great, giving us the chance to see how Terminus works and how the people psychologically rationalize such horror. Instead, they just gave us a little flashback and a teary scene with the mom.

Now we'll have 2-3 episodes of walking around and talking in the woods to pay for all effects and set pieces in episode 1.

They'll have to go back for Beth I'm guessing.  No way they're using all those Terminus sets for just 2 episodes.  And closing on a flashback to how Terminus used to be is a pretty big sign that they've got a lot more plot left.

Wasn't Beth taken by some baddies in a car? I don't think those were the Terminus people, though anything's possible. Yes, the investment in the huge set would seem to suggest they have to go back but I can't figure out a reason they would right now.

[GreenWarrior]

Mark me as one who was a little disappointed they just broke free so quickly. I realize it's the premiere and they needed to open with a bang, and also that they've been guilty in the past of stalling the action to save money with filler episodes, but the whole experience at Terminus ended up lasting just two episodes. An episode or two building up to the escape would have been great, giving us the chance to see how Terminus works and how the people psychologically rationalize such horror. Instead, they just gave us a little flashback and a teary scene with the mom.

Now we'll have 2-3 episodes of walking around and talking in the woods to pay for all effects and set pieces in episode 1.

They'll have to go back for Beth I'm guessing.  No way they're using all those Terminus sets for just 2 episodes.  And closing on a flashback to how Terminus used to be is a pretty big sign that they've got a lot more plot left.

Wasn't Beth taken by some baddies in a car? I don't think those were the Terminus people, though anything's possible. Yes, the investment in the huge set would seem to suggest they have to go back but I can't figure out a reason they would right now.

yes she was. in this last episode you could hear daryl in the background telling Maggie - "she was alive and took off in a car, last I saw her"