| “ | It goes to show, people will up and go mad when they believe their life is over.
―The officer to Lee Everett.[src]
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The Atlanta police officer is an original character in Season One of The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series. He is seen driving Lee Everett to the Meriwether County Correctional Facility in Georgia after being convicted of murdering the state senator for sleeping with his wife.
Overview[]
Not much is known about the officer, though he seems kind and thoughtful. While he upholds the law like an ethical officer, he shows sympathy to Lee for his situation due to following his case which also demonstrates how he researches for his job. He remembers most convicts he drives to jail and can usually tell the good from the bad based on their attitude on the ride to prison. The cop proved to be careless though as his not watching the road is what ultimately caused his death.
Pre-Apocalypse[]
Macon, Georgia[]
The officer tells Lee that he joined the Atlanta Police Department in the 1970's, and was thinking about becoming a detective to solve brutal homicide cases. He seems to make frequent prison transfer trips to the Meriwether County Correctional Facility with several convicts including Thomas Richards. He was making a routine drive talking with a handcuffed Lee while not paying attention to the road when a walker wanders onto the highway. The officer collides with the walker and ends up swerving and losing control of his cruiser, resulting in a crash.
Post-Apocalypse[]
Season One[]
"A New Day"[]
It shows him taking a man named Lee to jail for killing a state senator. He was telling him some stories of what criminals he had before. He told Lee another story that was going to be depressing and hilarious. Suddenly, he took his eyes off the road, hit a walker, his car started to swerve out of control, and crashed by flipping several times in a hill. Then, Walkers overrun the area and the officer leaves the car either willingly or by force and is screaming for help while firing his shotgun. Lee fades in and out of consciousness hearing the officer fighting off the walkers only to hear his final death cry. He likely broke his legs in the fall which would explain why, as a walker, he was crawling. Later, when Lee wakes up, he finds him laying down away from the wreckage, unconscious. As Lee approaches him, taking his keys and uncuffing himself, he wakes up and begins crawling and making his way towards Lee. Lee stumbles back and manages to find the officer's shotgun and proceeds to kill him.
Death[]
- Killed By
- Himself (Indirectly Caused, Alive)
While he was driving Lee to prison, he took his eyes off of the road, which caused him to hit a walker and crash off of the road.
- Zombies (Alive, Assumed, Off-Screen)
After the officer gets out of the police car, he is immediately overrun by walkers coming from all directions. He fires several shotgun rounds trying to fight off the horde and it is assumed that he was killed by the walkers, but the lack of visible wounds leaves his cause of death unknown.
- Lee Everett (Zombified)
After Lee startles him, he crawls towards Lee only to be shot in the head with his own shotgun.
Killed Victims[]
This list shows the victims the Atlanta Police Officer has killed:
- Himself (Indirectly Caused, Alive)
- Possibly a few unnamed criminals (Pre-Apocalypse)
- 1 zombie (Accidental)
Relationships[]
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Enemies[] |
Quotes[]
The following is a list of some of this officer's most memorable quotes.
Season One"Well, I reckon you didn't do it, then. (…) Ha, I don't, but I reckon it's a lot like assumin'." "Y'know, I've driven a buncha fellas down to this prison. Lord knows how many. Usually is 'bout now I get the "I didn't do it." (…) I say, "Yep, I know ya didn't."" "Hmmm, but you don't talk too much, do ya?" "I followed your case a little bit, you being a Macon boy and all. " "Yep. Came up to Atlanta to be a city cop in the seventies. Always wanted to work a murder case, like that senatorial mess you got yourself mixed up in, with all due respect. A real shame, that is. Hell, the whole family used to be regulars at your folks' drugstore right in downtown. Still there?" "Wouldn't say that. I go in for that innocent 'til proven guilty thing. (…) Even considering who they say you killed." "I'm just glad I chose law and not order. A big, messy trial like that. (…) Even if you was innocent, a lot of what happened can't ever be undone." "It's not every day a fella from Bibb County goes off and kills a state senator, that's for sure." "I got a nephew up at UGA, you teach there long? (…) You meet your wife in Athens? (…) You wanna know how I see it?" "Well, too bad, it's my car. You might have the right to remain silent, but it don't mean I gotta be." "Regardless, could be you just married the wrong woman." "You'll have to learn to stop worrying about things you can’t control." "I'm driving this man once, he was the worst one. He wouldn't stop going on about how he didn't do it. He was an older fella. Big, soft eyes behind a pair of smart folk glasses, and he's just wailing back there, says it wasn't him. Crying and snotting all over, right where you're sitting. Then before long he starts kicking the back of the seat, li--like a fussy baby on an airplane. And I tell him he's gotta stop, that's government property, and I'll be forced to zap him otherwise. So he stops, and having exhausted all his options, he starts crying out for his Mama. "Mama, it's all a big mistake! It wasn't me!" They caught the fucker red-handed! Stabbin' his wife, cutting her up as the boys came through the door! He sits in my car screaming bloody murder that it wasn't him! I think he actually believed it himself. It goes to show, people will up and go mad when they believe their life is over. Oh, I got another good one for ya. This one's a little bit less depressing and a bit more hilarious if I do say so. This other time--" |
Appearances[]
The Telltale Series[]
Season One[]
Trivia[]
- He was the first character to die on-screen and the first walker that Lee killed.
- The prisoner that he was talking about in the car with the story about the man who cried "for his mama" was Thomas Richards.
- Telltale Games confirmed that the prison the officer was taking Lee to was the Meriwether County Correctional Facility.