Who is Rick Grimes in The Walking Dead?

The sheriff who woke up too late · The Atlanta Group

Rick Grimes (The sheriff who woke up too late) is a character in The Walking Dead, part of The Atlanta Group. Deputy Rick Grimes takes a bullet on duty and wakes from the coma into the wrong world: hospital corridors full of the dead, his family gone, civilisation a rumor. He saddles up — literally, at one point — and rides into Atlanta looking for Lori and Carl, armed with a sheriff's hat and a lawman's assumption that rules still apply somewhere. Finding his family is the easy part. Leading the people around them through what the world has become is the series, and it will cost Rick pieces of himself in instalments.

When does Rick Grimes first appear?

Rick Grimes first appears in Season 1, Episode 1 (“Days Gone Bye”) of The Walking Dead (2010–2022, AMC).

Who is Rick Grimes connected to?

Relationships already established when Rick Grimes first appears — nothing from later episodes.

• Lori Grimes — The marriage the coma interrupted
• Shane Walsh — Partners since the academy
• Carl Grimes — Father and the hat's heir

Which group does Rick Grimes belong to?

By the time Rick Grimes appears, The Atlanta Group also includes Lori Grimes, Carl Grimes, Shane Walsh.

Who else is introduced in this episode?

• Lori Grimes — The wife between two protectors
• Carl Grimes — The kid the apocalypse raised
• Shane Walsh — The partner who kept the family — briefly

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