Themes: Secrecy

Secrecy is a recurring theme in The Walking Dead. It usually concerns a character or group that doesn't reveal secrets to other people.

Occurrences

Comic Series

• Lori Grimes hid her relationship with Shane from her husband Rick, though he figured it out eventually. _{(Comic Series)}
• The Governor never revealed his true nature to the residents of Woodbury. (Comic Series)
• Carl Grimes hid the fact that he killed Ben from the group. _{(Issue 61)}
• Dr. Eugene Porter revealed that he was not working with the government, after a long time of keeping it secret. _{(Issue 67)}
• Dwight and another savior decided not to reveal to Negan that Jesus had escaped from the back of their jeep. _{(Issue 104)}
• Dwight, Paul, Rick, and Ezekiel conspire to attack the Saviors and kill Negan. _{(Issue 108)}
• A large amount of Rick's plan is a mystery to the survivor's as they attack the Sanctuary. The only people knowing are Paul, Ezekiel, Andrea, and Carl. _{(March to War)}

TV Series

• Shane Walsh never told Rick Grimes about his affair with his wife Lori. _{(TV Series)}
• Jim tries to conceal his bite from the group. _(Wildfire)
• Dr. Edwin Jenner pretends to not know to unlock the doors. _(TS-19)
• Lori kept her pregnancy a secret from Rick and the group. _(Secrets)
• Maggie Greene and Glenn Rhee secretly begin a relationship.
• Shane never told anyone how Otis really died. However, Daryl Dixon figures it out and tells Dale Horvath but Dale does not tell anyone.
• Carl Grimes takes a gun from the RV.
• Carl takes a gun from Daryl's motorcycle.
• Carl tells only Rick, Daryl, Shane, and Hershel Greene how Dale really died.
• Rick does not tell the Atlanta group the truth about the zombie virus until after Hershel's farm is overrun. _{(TV Series)}
• Merle Dixon does not admit to killing Gargulio and lies about having killed Michonne. _(Hounded)
• The Governor keeps his undead daughter in a secret room along with tanks containing severed zombified heads, without informing anyone. _{(Season 3)}
• The Governor holds Glenn and Maggie hostage and hidden from Andrea. _{(Made to Suffer)}
• The Governor does not show his true nature to the residents of Woodbury. _{(Season 3)}
• The Governor says that he is going on a supply run when he is truly attacking the prison. _(Home)
• The Governor tells Andrea he would not retaliate against the prison when he had every intention of doing so. _(Home)
• The Governor lies about most of the things he has done while speaking to Rick. _{(Arrow on the Doorpost)}
• Rick does not tell Andrea that Merle is dead. _{(Welcome to the Tombs)}
• Patrick does not tell anyone how bad his fever was. _{(30 Days Without An Accident)}
• Carol never tells anybody that she killed Karen and David until Rick confronts her. _(Isolation)
• Some members of Rick's group do not know that Bob Stookey took liquor instead of medicine at the veterinary college. _{(Indifference)}
• Daryl and Bob are the only two who truly know how the walkers killed Zach. _{(Indifference)}
• Some people at the prison still do not know what happened to Carol. _{(Season 4)}
• Philip hides his past from the Chambler family, going so far as to change his name to Brian Heriot. _{(Live Bait)}
• Philip hides the murder of Caesar Martinez and Pete Dolgen from his camp. _{(Dead Weight)}
• Philip hides the reality when he is telling about the prison group. (Too Far Gone)
• Rick and the few others that knew did not tell Tyreese Williams that Carol killed Karen (Tyreese's girlfriend) and David. (Too Far Gone)
• Carl promises to keep Michonne's past a secret. _(Claimed)
• Carol does not tell Tyreese, Lizzie Samuels, or Mika Samuels she was kicked out of the prison by Rick for killing Karen and David. (Inmates)
• The Terminus residents have a positive public face but are in actuality cannibalistic and kill any group that refuses to join them. _{(Season 5)}
• Carol hides her role in killing Lizzie and Mika from the group. _(Strangers)
• Rick believes Father Gabriel Stokes is hiding a secret from the group. _(Strangers)
• Bob holds it a secret from the group and his girlfriend Sasha Williams that he was bitten by a walker at the food bank. _{(Four Walls and a Roof)}
• Dr. Steven Edwards purposely instructs Beth Greene to give Gavin Trevitt the wrong medicine in order to kill Trevitt as his recovery could harm Edwards' position at the hospital, holding it a secret from Beth and everyone at Grady Memorial. _(Slabtown)
• Eugene Porter reveals to Abraham Ford, Rosita Espinosa, Maggie, Glenn, and Tara Chambler that he is not a scientist and doesn't know a cure for the outbreak, after keeping it a secret for some time. _{(Self Help)}
• Morgan keeps the Wolf in his basement secret. _{(Start to Finish)}
• Ezekiel keeps the harsh reality of the outside world secret from the Kingdom residents. _{(The Well)}
• Rick and Gabriel fake Maggie's death to protect her from Negan, as he was going to ask Maggie to leave with him to be his "wife". (Service)
• Tara swears that she will not reveal the location of Oceanside. _(Swear)
• Rick and his group keep their planned revolt against the Saviors a secret from them. _{(Rock in the Road)}
• Dwight protects his ex-wife, Sherry, claiming she had been murdered by zombies when he discovers she helped Daryl Dixon escape the Sanctuary. _{(Hostiles and Calamities)}
• The Hilltop Colony helps to keep Maggie, Sasha and Daryl's refuge there a secret from the Saviors. _{(Season 7)}
• Rosita and Sasha keep their stint to assassinate Negan a secret from Maggie and numerous others. _{(The Other Side)}
• Eugene keeps many secrets from Negan, such as Dwight's status as a double agent, how Sasha died via suicide pills and his own involvement in Gabriel's foiled escape from the Sanctuary with Harlan Carson. _{(Season 7, Season 8)}
• Carl Grimes revealed his bite only during the bombing of Alexandria. _{(How It's Gotta Be)}
• Simon lies to Negan about killing only one of the Scavengers. _{(The Lost and the Plunderers)}

Webisodes

• B.J. didn't inform Chase about his captive, Kelly. _{(Cold Storage)}

Video Game

• Lee Everett is silent about his past. (Determinant) _{(Season 1)}
• Larry told Lilly about Lee's past in secret. _{(Season 1)}
• The St. John brothers kept their cannibalism a secret. _{(Starved For Help)}
• Ben Paul kept his part from indirectly causing Katjaa and Duck's deaths a secret, but he later tells Lee. _{(Long Road Ahead)}
• Clementine didn't tell anyone that her walkie-talkie was functioning or that she was talking to someone on it. _{(Long Road Ahead)}
• Anna Correa tries to keep her pregnancy a secret while living in Crawford. _{(Around Every Corner)}
• Molly is from Crawford; she is silent about it and only Lee can know it. _{(Around Every Corner)}
• Lee can choose to conceal his bite to the group. (Determinant) _{(Around Every Corner)}
• Christa is keeping her pregnancy a secret from the group except from Omid. _{(Long Road Ahead, Around Every Corner, No Time Left)}
• Lee conceals his weapons even though the Stranger tells him to put his things down. (Determinant) _{(No Time Left)}
• Dee hides the fact that she stole supplies from Shel's Group. _{(Bonnie's Story)}
• Rebecca hides the fact that Alvin may not be the father of her child from him and their group. _{(All That Remains)}
• Luke and Clementine attempt to hide Matthew's murder from Walter, in an effort to protect Nick. _{(A House Divided)}
• Clementine hides Luke's reappearance from Bonnie. (Determinant) _{(In Harm's Way)}
• Clementine attempts the hide the theft of a radio from William Carver. (Determinant) _{(In Harm's Way)}
• Mike, Arvo, and Bonnie (Determinant) secretly try to escape Kenny during the night. _{(No Going Back)}

Dead Reckoning

• Patty Taylor lied about her wound, informing Shane Walsh that she had run into some bushes, whereas she had actually been attacked and bitten by a walker. _{(Dead Reckoning)}

Survival Instinct

• Jess Collins tries to conceal his bite from his half-nephew Daryl Dixon.

Social Game

TBA

Novel Series

• Philip Blake snuck off into the night frequently as he, Brian, and Nick Parsons were staying in Woodbury; killing people and feeding them to Penny. _{(Rise of the Governor)}