Rick is trying to build something. He needs all the hands he can get. He wants to show people that things can change. You don't wanna be alone. People. Everything is about people... everything in this life that's worth a damn." —Morgan to Anne about the future.[src]

Morgan Jones is a main character and a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead. He is the husband of Jenny, the father of Duane, and the last known surviving member of his family. 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.

Following his encounter with Eastman, Morgan finds inner peace and embarks on a journey to Terminus before Rick Grimes' altered sign turns him away. After stumbling across a map leading to Washington, D.C., with a familiar name on it, he heads north until he crosses paths with Daryl Dixon and Aaron, recruiters for the Alexandria Safe-Zone, who bring him to the town where he reunites with his long lost friend.

After the war against the Saviors, Morgan left Virginia to get away from people and to find himself, eventually starting a new journey in his life and leaving the past behind.

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Overview

Morgan is a wise but severely damaged man. Before the apocalypse, he was a loving family man who provided for his wife and son. But the apocalypse took its toll, and after his wife was turned into a zombie he was able to cope due to him still having his son, Duane, to look after. Morgan was like Rick Grimes in some ways as they were both survivors doing all they can to provide for their family and to keep them safe no matter what. Now Morgan's inner demons are on the brink of escape as the world spares him no horrors, his severe PTSD repressed only by his steadfast commitment to Aikido. While a good man at his core, Morgan struggles immensely with mental illness brought about by trauma.

After Rick left to find his family in Atlanta, Morgan began to get reckless, which eventually led to the death of his son. The next time Rick encountered Morgan, he was a changed man, who had become insane and intensively grief-stricken with the death of his family, so he claimed to redeem himself by killing all of the zombies in King County, though Morgan was shown to also have turned into a cold blooded murderer who killed anyone who got in his way, even if they were harmless survivors as seen when he savagely murdered two survivors for following him into the woods. It was only after meeting a peaceful survivor named Eastman that Morgan was able to reclaim his sanity and in which he developed his code to never kill human beings again. It was from Eastman that Morgan learned Aikido and with these skills is an extremely formidable fighter, being able to fend off both the Walkers and human threats with his signature weapon, a wooden staff.

Following reclaim of his sanity and Eastman's death , Morgan set out on a journey to find other people at Eastman's request. After the long journey and being turned away from Terminus thanks to a sign for the community redesigned to warn that it was no sanctuary and finding a map to Washington, D.C., with Rick's name on it and he set out on a quest to find his friend. Morgan at this point viewed every human life as precious and refused to commit murder in order to survive as seen when he refused to kill two members of the Wolves who had attempted to kill him as he was camped out in the woods. When he is brought to the Alexandria Safe-Zone by recruiters Daryl and Aaron, he finds Rick executing Pete Anderson, an act that visibly shocked him.

Following this, Morgan takes a strong role in the community of Alexandria and with his fighting skills, is a strong survivor and protector willing to do anything to keep good people safe from harm but still stubbornly refused to kill those who indeed pose a threat to the security of his group as shown when he allows a group of Wolves to leave the Safe-Zone following their brutal attack, which almost leads to the death of Rick. He also keeps the leader of the group, Owen, alive even after the latter makes it clear that he still intends to slaughter every survivor in the safe-zone and enlists the help of Denise to treat his infected wound.

Morgan's refusal to commit murder and desire to prevent others from committing murder was so strong that he even prevented his ideological nemesis, Carol from killing Owen by getting into a physical confrontation with her over his life and knocking her out. Morgan was also greatly against the idea of killing the Saviors and seeks to build a jail cell to hold human threats captive instead of killing them. Despite his conflict with Carol, after she flees the safe-zone, Morgan personally goes on a mission to bring her back. Finding her in a critical condition he saves her life by killing a member of the Saviors named Roman after he refuses to surrender. Morgan regretted having to break his oath but assessed that he had no other choice in order to protect Carol.

Upon finding the Kingdom, Morgan continues to care for Carol despite her cold behavior and takes an active role in the community and develops a close bond with Benjamin, training him in Aikido just as Eastman had taught him. In spite of killing Roman, the Savior who attempted to kill Carol, Morgan desperately tries to hold onto his code of not killing humans and simply goes along with the Kingdom's servitude to the Saviors. He also did not want to fight back against the Saviors as he rejects Richard's plans to fight and also disagrees with Rick's plan of starting a war, showing concern for the many lives that would be lost in the fallout. He even suggests capturing Negan, rather than killing him. However, in "Bury Me Here" after his student and friend Benjamin is killed by the Saviors as a result of the actions of Richard, Morgan is severely angered and traumatized and slowly reverts back to his old state of insanity fuelled by PTSD. He brutally kills Richard as punishment by strangling him to death and though he claims that the Kingdom will honor the Saviors demands from here on out, he later tells Carol that he is planning to kill them all. Morgan prepares to return to killing by sharpening his staff into a sharpened spear the likes of which he used before meeting Eastman. Fuelled by revenge, Morgan actively partakes in the fight against the Saviors and Scavengers with no qualms of eliminating human threats. Morgan continues to struggle against his demons, mental illness and the consequences of his actions, claiming he feels "stuck".

By the start of season 8, Morgan has become an extremely violent man, willing to do everything, in order to kill every single member of the Saviors. He almost even impales Paul Rovia, in a fight between the two, regarding if they are going to let the Saviors live or not. Morgan's thirst for blood eventually worries those close to him such as Carol and Ezekiel who see how his state of mind is slowly destroying him. His PTSD has started manifesting itself into hallucinations, specifically Gavin, who he threatened to kill but didn't, and Jared, the man who killed Benjamin.

Pre-Apocalypse

Morgan grew up in Macon, Georgia, although not much is known about his early life. He experienced an average life where he grew to become a hard-working and practical man acquiring skills ranging from construction, craftsmanship, and welding. He was also a serious man who didn't have much luck on the romantic side of his life.

As an adult, Morgan fell in love with a woman named Jenny, where they later became married and together they had a son named Duane. The trio lived together as a typical family, where Morgan would spend his time playing with his son and they would go on several family trips. He also received a tattoo of Jenny on his right arm.

Post-Apocalypse

During the onset of the outbreak, Morgan and his family evacuated from their home, upon where they witnessed several broadcasts informing other survivors to travel towards a supposed safe-zone in Atlanta. However, due to the chaos and horrendous events which transpired around them, the family was reluctantly forced to take refuge and heavily barricade themselves within a nearby house.

At an unknown point, Jenny was bitten and succumbed to the infection. Morgan was unable to put her down and released her into the outside. Following this tragic event, Morgan remained firmly protective of his son and created a sense of normalcy for Duane including correcting his grammar as well as engaging in mealtime prayers.

Outside his house, Rick sits on the steps. He spots a man stumbling down the road and waves his hand to try and get his attention. As he is doing this, Duane creeps up from behind and hits him with a shovel. "Carl, I found you", Rick mutters. "Daddy I got this sumbitch! I'm gonna smack him dead!" Duane screams. Morgan approaches the stumbling man Rick was waving to and shoots him in the head. He then proceeds to walk towards Rick and points a revolver in his face. "What's that bandage for? You tell me, or I will kill you," Morgan asks him, cocking the gun at his face. Before he can answer, Rick passes out.

Later that night, Rick wakes up with his arms and legs tied to a bed. The young boy, Duane, stands guard with a baseball bat. "Did you get bit?" Morgan asks Rick stiffly, having changed his bandages though Rick's gunshot wound that has mostly healed. "Just shot, as far as I know," Rick says. Morgan checks his forehead and says if he had "the fever" it would have killed him by now, so he sets him free of the bedposts with a switchblade, but not before telling him that if he tries anything, he will not hesitate to kill him. He then offers him a seat at their dinner table.

Morgan tells Rick not to look out the window because they will see the light. He then begins to explain the story of the outbreak and the following days to a confused and disoriented Rick. "I never should have fired that gun today. The sound draws 'em. Now they're all over the street." Rick accuses Morgan of shooting a man in cold blood. "It was a walker," Morgan corrects. He adds that they get more active after dark sometimes.

Before they begin eating dinner, Duane insists that his father give a blessing. "Lord, please watch over us in these crazy days," Morgan says, and proceeds to explain to Rick that the man he shot would have tried to eat them. "One thing I do know, don't you get bit. Bites kill. The fever burns you out. But then after a while... You come back." Morgan explains."Seen it happen," Duane adds solemnly.

After dinner, the trio talk about Rick's son, Carl, and Rick satisfies a lingering curiosity shared by Duane and Morgan as to what line of work would put someone in a position to be shot at. "Sheriff's deputy," Rick remarks. Morgan smiles and says, "Duane thought you were a bank robber." Suddenly, a car alarm starts to go off outside and the trio turns off the lights.

Morgan and Rick peer out to the street through heavy covered windows and boarded up doors. The street is filled with walkers, drawn by the noise of the alarm. As the zombified Jenny walks up to the front door of the house, Duane runs away crying. Morgan comforts his son while Rick stares at her through the peephole at the front door. "She died in the other room on that bed. I should have put her down. I just didn't have it in me. She's the mother of my child." Morgan confesses with sorrow.

The next morning, Rick walks outside in a face shield, carrying a baseball bat. "We're sure they're dead? I have to ask," says Rick, approaching a walker sitting near the stoop. "They're dead. Except for something in the brain. That's why it's gotta be the head," Morgan assures him, exiting the house with Duane.

Rick approaches the walker and swings the bat repeatedly at his head, beating it down until it stops moving. He quickly becomes fatigued, most likely from his still-healing gunshot wound.

Back at the house, Rick tells Morgan he thinks his wife and son are still alive. He explains he found empty drawers in the bedrooms and the family pictures and photo albums were gone. "Photo albums. My wife, same thing. There I am packing survival gear; she's grabbing photo albums," Morgan laughs, getting emotional over the memory. Duane suggests to Rick that they could be in Atlanta. Morgan explains that the government was telling people to head to a refugee center there with military protection and food, before the broadcasts stopped. He also explains that the C.D.C. is rumored to be working on a cure.

Morgan, Rick and Duane head to the King County Sheriff's Department, where they luxuriate in hot showers thanks to a separate propane heating system. As they dress, Morgan tells Rick that his family was headed to Atlanta but he and his son never made it because they got "stuck" after his wife got bit, and after she died they just stayed hunkered down at the Drake's home. Afterward, Rick packs a duffel bag with guns and changes into his sheriff's uniform and hat. He hands Morgan a rifle and some ammunition.

They head outside and start loading the weapons into the trunk of his cruiser. Rick prepares to set off for Atlanta, while Morgan says he'll follow in a few days, once Duane has learned to shoot. Rick hands Morgan a walkie-talkie and he tells him to turn it on every day at dawn to make contact. Before leaving, Morgan gives Rick a warning: "They may not seem like much one at a time. But in a group, all riled up and hungry? Man, you watch your ass." However, the farewell is interrupted when Rick spots a reanimated Leon who claws at the chain link fence separating them. Rick admits he didn't think much of the young officer, but he won't leave him like this. He shoots him in the forehead with his revolver, putting him down. Then, he and Morgan drive away from the sheriff's department in opposite directions.

Back home, Duane is covering the windows before dark. Morgan heads up to the attic carrying Rick's rifle he left him. He looks at old photo albums and pictures of his wife. Tearfully, he positions the rifle facing the street and begins shooting walkers. He commands Duane to stay downstairs when his son gets startled by the gunshots. "Come on, baby," he says, hoping the noise will draw his wife into view. But when she appears, he breaks down, still unable to shoot her.

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

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 was donning 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 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, and finds the gun that he had given Morgan, a rifle Morgan used to take out walkers from upstairs of his home. "I'm sorry for what you've been through," Rick says to him. Then Morgan wakes up and quietly pulls a knife stashed underneath the cot. Rick hears a bullet casing fall, and realizes that Morgan is awake. Morgan lunges at Rick and Rick defends himself by whipping Morgan with the butt of his rifle. The two struggle, as Morgan pins Rick down. "You saved my life, Morgan, you know me!" Rick screams. "I don't know anyone anymore!" Morgan says, as 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, yelling at Rick that he was not there. "We kept getting pushed back deeper into the country," Rick explains. "I swear to God I didn't have a choice." Morgan recalls how Rick gave him the rifle for him to kill his undead wife. However, he was unable to kill his wife because he was too "weak."

Later, Morgan ordered Duane to stay put as he searched a cellar. When he came back, he saw Jenny, his own wife, in the doorway. She was confronted by Duane, who raised his gun, but he was unable to kill her, similar to Morgan. Morgan called for Duane, and he snapped his attention to his father as Jenny came down on him. It is then Morgan decided to finally put down his wife, but it was too late. Duane was bit and succumbed to his injuries. "The weak people," he laments, "we have inherited the earth."

He is offered to join Rick's group at the West Georgia Correctional Facility, 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 is seen hiking to Terminus on the railroad tracks. He stops walking and examines the Terminus sign changed by Rick weeks before, before taking off his mask and beginning to follow cross-shaped markings left on trees by the people of Terminus.

Morgan is seen following the Terminus markings to the elementary school where the Terminus members held Bob when they cannibalized his leg. Morgan comes across a walker pinned under debris and shushes it before stabbing it in the side of the head with a knife. He then follows the markings to Father Gabriel Stokes' church where he walks inside and creates a makeshift shrine at the altar. Morgan then kneels and prays in the front of the shrine before laughing. He explores around the church and finds a map to Washington, D.C., lying on the floor. He picks it up, reading the message Abraham Ford left for Rick, and realizes that his friend is still alive out there.

Morgan is first seen sleeping inside of a car. Outside, he is fixing a mug of hot chocolate before a fire as a man approaches him and holds him at gunpoint. He is revealed to be a member of the Wolves and demands all of Morgan's things, planning to kill him afterwards. As another member attempts to stab Morgan from behind, Morgan dodges the man and attacks both men with his staff, asking them to stop before knocking them unconscious and placing them in the back of the car he was previously sleeping in. He blows the horn, checking to make sure there are no walkers nearby so the men are left in a safe area.

When Daryl Dixon and Aaron, two recruiters from the Alexandria Safe-Zone, become trapped inside of a van surrounded by walkers after they fell for a trap set by the Wolves, Morgan saves the two men. Aaron offers him to join them at Alexandria, but Morgan refuses, showing them the map he found of Washington, D.C., with Rick's name on it. Morgan, realizing that Rick is at Alexandria, accompanies Daryl and Aaron back to the town and witnesses Rick executing Pete Anderson. He says "Rick?" as the two stare at each other.

Morgan is surprised to see Rick again after a very long time and surprised that Rick has just killed Pete, although he is unaware of the events that transpired at the meeting. Later on, he is seen talking with Rick about old times, and how both of them are killers. Rick sees Morgan training with his staff and asks him where he learned it from. He tells him that he learned it from someone after the outbreak. Before leaving, Rick tells him that he doesn't take chances anymore.

Rick releases Morgan and debriefs him on the Alexandria community. They find Gabriel and Tobin digging graves for Reg and Pete. Rick refuses to let Pete be buried inside the community. Deanna appears and tells Rick to "let the trees" have Pete, Morgan accompanies him to the spot where she wants him buried. While digging a grave for Pete, Rick tells him to stop as he hears the sounds of walkers, then a gust of wind. They later explore the nearby area to find out where the sound is coming from, and find a quarry filled with walkers, the entrances blocked by several trucks. Morgan grabs some binoculars he had to check how many walkers there are inside. After Rick saves Ron from walkers, he later buries Pete's corpse with Rick's help.

Morgan accompanies Rick with his plan to lure the quarry herd away from Alexandria, along with Michonne. Along the way, Morgan jokingly asks Michonne if she had taken one of his peanut bars. They arrive at the divided road where the Alexandrians had constructed a makeshift barrier to soften the impact of the walkers' heads as they banged on the steel panels, as suggested by Eugene.

In the past, during construction of the makeshift barrier, several walkers stumble into the work zone. Rick sees this as an opportunity to train the Alexandrians, telling them to use their knives as shooting could attract more of them. The Alexandrians are too paralyzed in fear to kill them, so Morgan and the rest of Rick's group at the work zone kill the walkers. Rick asks them why they helped them. Morgan reminds him that they shouldn't take any chances.

Morgan is seen when Rick disarms Carter after Carter tries to incite an insurrection with other Alexandrians. Rick invites Morgan to live with them in the house. Morgan tells Rick he's still the same Rick he met at the beginning, he knows this because Rick didn't kill Carter when he had the opportunity. Rick confesses to him that he wanted to kill Carter, because it would be easier, so that Carter would not mess anything up, and because people like Carter will always die no matter what happens.

In the present, Rick kills Carter to stop his screaming from attracting the walkers. Tobin herds the stray walkers back onto the road. Rick asks Morgan to return to Alexandria and update everyone. As the group is luring the herd away from Alexandria, a blaring horn attracts some of the herd. Morgan is seen with Rick and Michonne running back to Alexandria to check on what is going on.

Morgan returns from the woods in time to kill a walker and turn off the truck's horn. Spencer informs him that a group have infiltrated Alexandria and are killing people. When Morgan tells Spencer they need to get in there, he senses Spencer's fear and instead tells him to hide before going in alone.

Inside, Morgan discovers a member of the Wolves dismembering an Alexandrian. The Wolf asks if Morgan wants to be killed quick or slow, and he orders him to leave. Just as the man is about to attack Morgan, Carol – disguised as a Wolf – creeps up and stabs the man in the stomach. Morgan tells her he could have handled it and that they don't need to kill people, to which Carol disagrees and says it is the only way to stop them. She tells Morgan she needs his help in getting to the armory before the Wolves do.

Carol walks through the streets with Morgan chained up, pretending she has taken him hostage. He spots Father Gabriel being attacked by a Wolf and releases himself despite Carol's protests. He arrives just in time to disarm the Wolf and knock him out with his staff, saving Gabriel.

Morgan and Gabriel tie up the Wolf, and Gabriel asks Morgan where he learned to use his staff. Morgan replies he was taught by a Eastman, a cheese maker. The Wolf then wakes up and tells Morgan and Gabriel that they are freeing them, but before he can continue, Carol appears and shoots him in the head. She hands Morgan and Gabriel guns before running off. Gabriel comments that he's not very good with guns, and Morgan agrees before handing his to Gabriel.

As Morgan is walking through the streets, he finds one of the Wolves he previously encountered in the woods. Four more Wolves surround him, and Morgan is able to fight them off while telling them that if they keep choosing this life, they will die. He tells them to leave and never come back, and he watches as the Blond Wolf picks up a gun before he goes.

In the aftermath of the Wolves invasion, Morgan finds a freshly reanimated walker and swiftly kills it. Morgan then notices a door open in one of the houses. Morgan slowly walks into the house, and is attacked by the second Wolf he encountered in the woods. The two men get into a fight and the Wolf notices that Morgan is unable to kill him, telling him he should. Morgan gains the upper hand, and while the Wolf is on the ground he apologizes before knocking him out with his staff.

Later, Morgan is later seen walking through the streets. He and Carol cross paths, staring at each other without saying a word before moving on.

In Alexandria's makeshift prison cell, Morgan visits the Wolf that he took prisoner and recalls the man once saying he wanted to take everything that Morgan had. "Well, here it is," Morgan says, launching into his story. "Every last bit."

In a flashback, Morgan rants to himself in the apartment where Rick, Michonne and Carl found him. His lantern topples and starts a fire. Now homeless, Morgan hunts walkers in the woods and burns their bodies at his campground. He sharpens long sticks and builds a stockade around the camp. One day, while hunting, two men chase him through the woods. He kills them, stabbing one through the neck and throttling the other. Morgan recreates his King County bunker at the campground, using walker blood to scrawl messages on the surrounding rocks and trees. "Clear," reads one; "Here's Not Here," another. While hunting, Morgan follows the sound of a bleating goat and discovers a secluded log cabin. A man orders him to put his gun down. Morgan ignores the warning and stalks after the man, who ambushes Morgan and knocks him unconscious with a staff.

Morgan wakes up in a cell inside the cabin. "Kill me," he begs. The man introduces himself as Eastman and hands Morgan a book, The Art of Peace. Morgan watches Eastman run outside to kill a walker with his staff and then drag its body into the woods. Eastman brings Tabitha, the goat, inside the house for the night and asks Morgan not to hurt her. As days pass, Morgan remains in his cell, ranting and mumbling to himself. He watches Eastman practice martial arts with his staff outside. Eastman finally speaks to Morgan and explains that he used to be a forensic psychiatrist. He asks what Morgan did before the fall, and what he does now. "I clear," Morgan replies. "Walkers, people, anything that gets anywhere near me, I kill them." "That's the biggest load of horseshit I ever heard," Eastman deadpans.

He explains his philosophy that humans aren't built to kill, saying he only met one evil person among the many criminals he interviewed for his job. He then tells Morgan that the cell door has been open all along and invites Morgan to leave whenever he wants. "Or stay," Eastman offers. "Crash on the couch. And we'll try to find you another way." Morgan opens the door and charges at Eastman. As they struggle, they knock into a piece of drywall with a child's artwork that's hanging from the wall, breaking it in two. Furious, Eastman picks up the broken artwork and leaves. Morgan returns to the cell. That night, Eastman explains that he used Aikido to defeat Morgan. He shows Morgan a rabbit's foot and says he received a flyer for the martial art the day after his daughter gave him the rabbit's foot. He credits Aikido with improving his life.

The next morning, Eastman asks Morgan to watch Tabitha while he goes out to scavenge. In his cell, Morgan opens "The Art of Peace." On the first page is a handwritten note, stating that a goal of Aikido is to "completely avoid killing, even the most evil person." Then Morgan hears walkers about to attack Tabitha outside and runs to her rescue. Morgan drags the dead walkers into the woods and discovers a cemetery with wooden grave markers. As he digs a grave for the walkers, Eastman joins him. Eastman retrieves the dead walkers' driver's licenses and etches their former names onto new grave markers. Back at the house, Eastman gives Morgan his own staff and, over time, teaches Morgan Aikido. "It's about redirecting, evading, and actually caring about the welfare of your opponent," Eastman says. Morgan also continues his studies of "The Art of Peace."

Over dinner, Morgan asks why Eastman has a cell in his cabin. Eastman tells him he once interviewed a convicted killer named Crighton Dallas Wilton, whom he recognized as a true psychopath. Eastman recommended against his parole. Wilton escaped, killed Eastman's family and then turned himself into the police. Eastman says he built the cell with the intention of kidnapping Wilton and starving him to death. "Did you?" Morgan asks. "I have come to believe that all life is precious," Eastman replies. Eastman suggests they go on a scavenging mission. Morgan takes Eastman to his campground to retrieve the supplies he took from the men he murdered. Sensing Morgan's trauma, Eastman orders Morgan to practice his Aikido forms. "Not here," Morgan begs, but Eastman insists. A walker approaches the campground. Morgan readies his staff but freezes when he realizes the walker is the man he choked to death. Eastman pushes the paralyzed Morgan out of the way and kills the walker, but is bitten in the process. "That wasn't for you to do!" Morgan screams, attacking Eastman. Eastman fends off Morgan's attack. "I said not here." Morgan cries.

"Well, that's the thing, Morgan," Eastman replies before leaving. "Here's not here." Morgan remains at the campground and reverts to his old ways, whittling spears and hunting walkers in the woods. He kills a walker and discovers that he's saved a young couple. Morgan moves to attack them next, but the woman slowly offers a can of food and a bullet, thanking him, and then backs away with her companion. Morgan allows the couple to leave, then he runs back to Eastman's cabin, where he finds a walker eating Tabitha. He somberly kills the goat and wheels the bodies to the graveyard, where Eastman is digging. Morgan spots a grave marker for Crighton Dallas Wilton. Eastman admits that he abducted Wilton from prison and starved him to death. "What I did to him, it didn't give me any peace," he says.

Back in the house, Eastman tells Morgan there's enough power, food and security to last Morgan the rest of his life, but advises Morgan against being alone. "Everything is about people, everything in this life that's worth a damn," he says. Before dying, Eastman gives Morgan his rabbit's foot. Morgan leaves the cabin with his staff and backpack. He walks through the graveyard, where Eastman is now buried. He reaches the railroad tracks and finds a signpost for Terminus. Back in the present, Morgan concludes his tale, suggesting the Wolf can be saved, just like he was. The Wolf shows Morgan a deep cut in his torso and predicts that he will die. "But if I don't, I am going to have to kill you, Morgan," he says. "I'm going to have to kill every person here." Morgan leaves, locking the door on his way out. Then out on the street, Morgan hears Rick screaming to open the gates.

Morgan first appears at the gates of Alexandria as Rick shouts for the gates to be opened as a herd of walkers follows behind him and he is later seen listening to Rick's reassurance that the walkers will be lured away from the gates, He wasn't seen or heard from then.

Morgan is practicing his Aikido as Rick asks him if they can talk later.

Morgan is on his way to the infirmary to talk to Denise when Rick flags him down. Rick, Carol and Michonne confront him about his refusal to kill the Wolves during the attack. Morgan maintains that "all life is precious" and that bad people are capable of changing. Rick asks if he thinks he can do that without getting blood on his hands, and Morgan replies that he doesn’t know.

When Spencer dangles from the wall, Morgan assists Rick and Tobin in pulling him to safety.

Later, at the infirmary, Morgan stops by and asks Denise for antibiotics. She is curious and after some probing, he confesses they are not for him. Carol watches suspiciously as Morgan escorts Denise to the townhouse with the jail cell. She later tries to unlock the door, but is stopped by Morgan. She demands to know who Morgan is holding in the cell.

Morgan and Carol are running away from the herd attacking Alexandria when Carol trips and hits her head. Morgan helps her up and they take shelter in the townhouse with the makeshift jail cell.

In the townhouse, Morgan tries to examine Carol's injury but she won't allow it. He comments that she doesn't trust anyone, and she counters by saying she doesn’t trust a lot of people but she definitely does not trust him.

Morgan peers down toward the makeshift jail cell as Carol pretends to be asleep. He comes back up and notices Carol has disappeared. He looks around, and she quickly shoves him to the side and runs downstairs to where Denise and Owen are. Morgan arrives shortly after wielding his staff, telling Carol this should have waited but now it can't.

Morgan tries to dissuade Carol from killing Owen. Carol tells Morgan that she doesn't want to have to kill him to get to Owen, and Morgan tells her he won’t let her. When Carol refuses to back down, Morgan knocks her knife out of her hand. After a brief fight, he slams her to the ground and knocks her unconscious. As he stares at her in shock, Owen picks up his staff and strikes the back of his head, also knocking him unconscious.

Morgan regains consciousness after his brawl with Carol, and he asks the others where Owen and Denise are with Rosita confirming that Owen took Denise and left.

As Carol inspects the house, Morgan approaches her. He comments that she had a child, and insists he didn't want to hurt her and just wanted to stop her. Carol tells him that he did it for himself and says she should have killed him. "You can't," Morgan says as he walks away.

Later, Carol comes downstairs and tells Morgan and the others that Rick, Michonne and some others are making a stand against the walkers. Morgan and the others go out to assist. Once outside, Morgan knocks a walker to the ground and then suddenly realizes the walker was The Wolf and apologizes before putting him down. Morgan continues to fend off the walkers alongside the group. Once the herd has been defeated, Morgan sits outside the infirmary with everyone else.

Morgan approaches Carol at the cemetery and asks why she didn’t tell Rick that he had been holding a Wolf prisoner. She evades his question and tells him to leave, which he does.

Morgan is sitting in the church while Rick is explaining the deal that was made with the Hilltop and rationalizes killing the Saviors before they have the chance to find and attack Alexandria. Rick asks if anyone objects, and Morgan stands up and suggests that Rick talks with the Saviors instead of killing them. Rick asks if anyone agrees, to which nobody does.

Later, Morgan welds together the metal gate to a prison cell. He takes a break and becomes lost in thought.

Morgan is first shown laying the final brick in a jail cell that he built in the brownstone basement. Rick comes by and asks Morgan why he built a cell. "It'll give you some choices next time," Morgan says. Later, he is seen watching Carol's empty porch swing after she leaves Alexandria.

Morgan is first seen at the gate as Rick announces Carol has left. Morgan asks to see her note before turning and heading for one of the cars, telling Rick he is going to find her. Rick joins him and the two men set off.

On the road, Morgan tells Rick he didn't have to come. They follow Carol's tire tracks east – which Morgan notes is the opposite direction of the Saviors' compound. Rick asks why he wants to find Carol when he barely knows her, to which Morgan replies that he actually did get to know her.

Rick and Morgan arrive at the scene of the shootout. They find Carol's car but no sign of Carol. They follow a trail of blood leading away from the road, where Morgan recalls that Rick banished Carol after she killed two of their people at the prison. He asks Rick what he would do if that happened today, to which Rick says he would thank her. Morgan makes the argument that because Rick spared Carol's life, she was able to return later and save them at Terminus. "People can come back," Morgan says.

Rick and Morgan encounter a man at a farm overrun with walkers. Rick orders the man to drop his weapon, but he says he's only looking for his horse and flees. Rick fires at the man, but Morgan pushes him and causes him to miss. Rick guesses the man was a Savior based on his weapon, but Morgan insists they had no way of knowing who he was. Morgan confesses to Rick that he took a Wolf captive during the attack on Alexandria. Rick seethes, but Morgan explains that the Wolf later saved Denise from walkers – and Denise then saved Carl. Morgan vows to find Carol on his own and tells Rick not to come looking if he doesn't return. Rick hands Morgan a gun, which he reluctantly takes as he sets off on his own.

Morgan continues his search for Carol. He finds a horse in the middle of a field.

Morgan rides the horse through a town and spots Carol huddled in a library doorway. He inspects a knife wound on her torso and insists on helping her.

Morgan dresses Carol's wound inside the library. He suggests they stay there for the night and return to Alexandria in the morning so she can receive stitches and antibiotics. She refuses.

In the morning, Carol explains to Morgan that she cares about Rick's group, but that means she has to kill to protect them and she can't do that anymore. She orders him to leave and points her gun at him, but lowers it soon after.

Outside the library, Morgan finds a walker dangling from a noose. He stabs it in the head before cutting it loose. Back inside, Carol has left. He climbs on the horse and goes after her.

Morgan spots Carol's rosary beads on the ground near a freshly killed walker. As the Savior is about to kill Carol, Morgan appears and orders him to stop. He tells him he can survive this and pleads with him to drop the gun. When the Savior refuses, Morgan shoots him in the shoulder. He then shoots him again in the chest, neck and finally in the head, killing him. He rushes over to Carol, who begs him to let her go. "It's not your turn. You are going to come back from this," he says. He stands up as two men in armor approach; one of them on horseback and the other is the man from the barn. Morgan tells him what happened and they offer to help. Morgan shakes his hand.

Morgan briefly appears in a dream sequence with the rest of the group at Alexandria having dinner outside.

Morgan walks alongside the wagon that Carol is laying in, having been rescued by the group of men they encountered previously. He is then seen fighting walkers as Carol sneaks away. He catches up to her at a cemetery with an abandoned cottage. He raises the flag on the mailbox before they continue on.

Morgan tells Carol she has been asleep for two days. Outside, he pushes her in a wheelchair and tells her they're in a community called The Kingdom. Morgan waves at some of the residents as he walks, telling Carol she'll need about a week to recover and then they can return to Alexandria. He tells her The Kingdom is run by a man who calls himself King Ezekiel as he wheels her into a theater auditorium. Ezekiel sits on a throne with his tiger, Shiva, chained at his side. Morgan stands by as Ezekiel introduces himself to Carol and welcomes her to The Kingdom. Once they have left, Carol tells Morgan The Kingdom is a circus and vows to leave. Morgan refuses to let her venture out on her own.

Morgan, Ezekiel and a small team leave The Kingdom in two trucks. They hunt pigs in a nearby city, corralling them into a building where a tied up walker awaits. The pigs devour the walker. Morgan asks why they bait the pigs with walkers. Richard says that he wants their bellies "full of rot." Richard tells Morgan to keep the pig hunt a secret from The Kingdommers.

Back at The Kingdom, Ezekiel praises Morgan's skill with the fighting stick and asks him to train Benjamin. Morgan agrees. He is later seen training him in a gazebo. They take a break from training, and Benjamin asks Morgan to loan him his book, The Art of Peace, and Morgan agrees. Ezekiel approaches and asks them to join him. Richard tells Morgan to bring his gun.

Morgan and the others wait in a parking lot with a shipment of slaughtered pigs. A group of Saviors arrive. Gavin, the leader, counts the pigs and is pleased to find that they're bigger than the last shipment. Richard remarks that they fed the pigs well. When Dianne, a Kingdommer, starts explaining to Morgan who the Saviors are, he interjects, "I know who they are."

Back at The Kingdom, Morgan eats in the cafeteria with Benjamin and his younger brother Henry. Benjamin tells Morgan that Ezekiel was close friends with his father, a strong fighter who died while clearing walkers from a building. He explains that Ezekiel is keeping the deal with The Saviors a secret because he's worried that residents would want to fight, despite being outmatched. He asks if Morgan is against killing, having read the pacifist inscription in The Art of Peace. "Sometimes we change our minds," Morgan says. He takes food to Carol’s room and finds it empty.

The next day, Morgan accompanies Carol to the cemetery. He lowers the flag on the mailbox and rides back to town.

Morgan leaves a sack of produce on Carol's porch and is about to leave when she appears at the door and calls him inside. He tells her he knows that she can fend for herself, but she can never have too much fresh produce. She reveals that Ezekiel has also been bringing produce to her. She asks how he is and he tells her he is fine. He tells her she is going soft and is about to leave. He opens the door to find Richard, who asks to speak with them both.

Morgan listens as Richard reveals his fears to him and Carol; he doesn't think The Kingdom can coexist with the Saviors. He believes they will inevitably destroy the Kingdom. Richard asks Morgan and Carol to help him convince Ezekiel to strike first. Carol refuses to have anything to do with it and insists on being left alone. Morgan is reluctant to disrupt the peace with the Saviors, and tells Richard he only took a life to save a life. Richard counters there is no difference before he dejectedly leaves. Carol tells Morgan to leave and forbids him from telling anyone where she is.

Morgan is reunited with Rick and the others when they arrive at the Kingdom. When asked about Carol, he keeps his word to Carol and tells Rick and Daryl he did find her and she had been shot. He tells them he killed her attacker and after being brought to the Kingdom for medical treatment, she left without revealing her location.

Morgan stands by as Rick attempts to convince Ezekiel to help them fight the Saviors. When Michonne mentions that Negan murdered many of their own people, Morgan asks who. Rosita tells him about Abraham, Glenn, Spencer and Olivia and then snidely asks if he's going to say he was right. He says he is sad to hear that they are gone. When asked his opinion by Ezekiel, Morgan suggests they must find a non-violent course of action.

Morgan, Ezekiel and other members of The Kingdom are waiting at the pickup location for the Saviors' collections. When Jared lunges for Richard, Morgan strikes him with his staff. Jared seizes the staff and hits Morgan with it, so Benjamin strikes Jared and sends him to the floor. Before they leave, Morgan asks for his staff back but Jared leaves with it.

When they arrive back at The Kingdom, Daryl comments on Morgan's injury caused by the Saviors. He tells him that if Carol saw that and knew about Glenn and Abraham, she'd be leading them straight to the Saviors. Morgan agrees and says that's why she left.

Later, Morgan appears as Daryl is sitting by Shiva's cage. He tells him he's good with her and Ezekiel would be impressed. Daryl tells him that he found Carol and Morgan says she didn't want him to tell anyone where she was. Daryl says he understands, and that they need The Kingdom and he has to make that happen. Morgan apologizes and says it can't be him. Daryl says whatever he's holding on to is already gone. Morgan says that Daryl is the same as him and Daryl says he doesn't know anything about him, but Morgan says he does. He knows Daryl didn't tell Carol about Glenn and Abraham or she'd be there now and he's glad for that.

In the morning, Daryl looks back at Morgan as he leaves The Kingdom to go back to The Hilltop. Morgan then looks up at Richard as the gates close.

Morgan is teaching Henry how to fight with a stick when Benjamin approaches. Morgan tells him he will want to be like his brother one day. Morgan is in his room when Carol arrives and demands to know why Rick's group visited the Kingdom. She asks if everyone in Alexandria is okay but Morgan tells her she needs to ask Daryl herself and offers to return to Alexandria with her.

Benjamin gives Morgan a framed painting to hang in his room and thanks him for the book he gave him. As they prepare to leave for their scheduled drop with the Saviors, Richard apologizes to Morgan for their strained relationship. He warns Morgan that he will have to kill some day.

En route to the drop, they encounter a row of shopping carts blocking the road. Morgan and the others search the area as Richard covers them from behind. They find an open grave with a sign, "Bury me here." They move the carts off the road and continue on their way.

They arrive at the meeting point, where the Saviors await. Morgan rushes to Benjamin's aid after he is shot in the leg by Jared. He throws Morgan's stick on the ground as the others lift Benjamin into the truck. Morgan says they must get to Carol's as Benjamin will not make it to the Kingdom in time.

They arrive at Carol's cottage and rush Benjamin inside. As they try to treat his wound, Benjamin recites a line from Morgan's book before he dies. Morgan wipes his blood stained knife on the white sheet covering Benjamin's body before abruptly leaving the cottage.

Back at the urban lot, where they encountered the roadblock, Morgan walks alone. He screams as visions of the past flash before him. He sees his son, his wife, Benjamin. He holds a knife to his wrists, but reconsiders. Finally, he kicks a box over in his fury, and finds the missing cantaloupe hidden beneath it. He instantly remembers Richard covering the group from behind, and being out of sight. He realizes that Richard intentionally hid the cantaloupe.

Morgan confronts Richard in his room. He explains that he planned to provoke the Saviors into killing him as Gavin had promised he'd be the first to die if anything went wrong. He tells Morgan how he lost his wife and daughter for not taking action, a mistake he won't repeat. He proposes they do something to regain the Saviors' trust – to show them that they "get it" – and then destroy them with help from Alexandria and the Hilltop. Richard explains that someone had to die, and he was ready to be that person.

Later, Morgan sits in bed, lost in thought. At the drop the next day, the Saviors learn that Benjamin died. As Richard brings the cantaloupe to Gavin, Morgan attacks Richard from behind before he strangles him to death. He tells everyone that Richard staged the missing cantaloupe in order to incite a war. He assures Gavin that they "get it" – and the Kingdom will honor their relationship going forward. He is pleased to hear this and leaves without further troubles.

After the Saviors leave, Morgan explains that Richard wanted to sacrifice himself. He accidentally refers to Benjamin as Duane. Morgan gets emotional and tears begin rolling down his face as Ezekiel attempts to console him. Morgan tells the others to leave him alone. After Ezekiel leaves, Morgan stabs Richard in the head to keep him from reanimating.

Morgan drags Richard's body to the urban lot and buries him in the open grave. He finds Katy's backpack and buries it with Richard. Morgan then goes on a walker killing spree.

Morgan visits Carol at her cottage. He tells her that he killed Richard and confesses that Negan killed Glenn, Abraham, Spencer and Olivia. He explains that Rick wants to fight the Saviors, and that's why he was at the Kingdom. Carol chases after Morgan as he intends to go after the Saviors. She convinces him to stay at the cottage.

Later, Morgan sits alone on the cottage porch, whittling the end of his staff into a menacingly sharp point.

Ezekiel leads a regiment from the Kingdom toward Alexandria. They reach the blockade of shopping carts previously placed by Richard; it has been rearranged. Morgan appears, still emotionally unstable, and vows to hunt down the Saviors by himself. Carol tells him going it alone doesn't work in this situation. Ezekiel convinces him to fight at their side. He joins them as they march towards Alexandria.

Morgan and the rest of the Kingdom residents arrive just as Negan is about to execute Carl and begin to kill the Saviors. Maggie also arrives with the Hilltop fighters. The fight is hectic, and numerous Saviors and Scavengers are gunned down. Morgan discards his empty gun and begins killing with his staff. He works alongside Rick throughout the battle.

After the battle is over, Morgan is on the steps of a house by himself, who seems more clearheaded now. Carol finds and sits next to him and the two exchange glances, seemingly at peace with one another. He is then present for Rick, Maggie and Ezekiel's speech to the communities, all united for an all out war.

Morgan and Daryl are shown killing Saviors at various lookout points. One by one, they cross the targets off a list supplied by Dwight. At the bridge, Daryl meets with Morgan, Tara and Carol on his bike. Morgan is sitting, contemplating his bloody stick.

Morgan, Daryl, Carol and Tara wait on the highway until the herd arrives; they vacate the road in haste. Moments later, the SUV they parked on the exit ramp explodes. Dwight dispatches a large team of Saviors to investigate the explosion. Daryl and Morgan rig a tripwire across a road. They join Carol and Tara on a pedestrian overpass.

The group on the overpass spots a walker nearing the tripwire. Morgan manages to kill the stray walker endangering the tripwire and sees the caravan of Saviors in the distance. On the road, the Savior caravan trips the wire and sets off an explosion, killing them all. Morgan walks back to the group. Daryl insists it has started. The group separates, Tara heads off first. Morgan joins her in the car. Daryl leaves to lead the herd to the Sanctuary.

Morgan is later seen with a small group of soldiers from the militia, which includes Tara, Jesus and Dianne stands outside the fence of the satellite station outpost they previously cleared out. It has since been re-settled by Saviors. Morgan asks Dianne if she'll be able to hit the guards through the fence using her arrows. She expresses doubt.

Morgan is among the Militia to sneak into the Satellite Outpost that has been re-occupied by the Saviors in order to take it over. Morgan, Jesus, Tara and Diane prepare for a raid on the Satellite Station. Dianne insists if a gun fires they won't get in. Morgan claims that he wasn't there during the first attack. Jesus tells Tara to ensure no one gets the chance to do that. Freddie offer to help Morgan, but he insists, "I don't die."

At the Satellite Outpost, Morgan attracts the walkers in the moat to a specific location, creating an opening which Dianne uses to take out the two guards. They then enter the building armed with silenced handguns, taking out patrols as they make their way deeper into the compound alongside approximately two dozen militia soldiers. They form up outside the various inhabited rooms and await Jesus' signal to attack.

Jesus gives the signal, and the Militia soldiers burst into the rooms and begin taking out Saviors, catching them by surprise. Morgan, Freddie and Andy prepare to breach a door, but before they can do so, a Savior opens it, and they promptly gun him down. Unbeknownst to them, at least half a dozen others were behind a corner, and before they can react, Freddie and Andy are killed and Morgan is concussed. Oscar comments to Jesus and Tara that they've lost touch with one of the groups. He is unable to answer Tara when she asks about Morgan.

Morgan awakens, wounded but alive. Morgan sees Freddie and Andy dead and slowly gets up. He loads two handguns and pursues the fleeing Saviors. At the Satellite Station, Morgan marches through the compound, killing every Savior he encounters in a trance-like state. He remembers the exchange he had with Rick several weeks earlier when he tried to talk them down from fighting the Saviors.

Morgan continues his killing spree, before finally emerging outside. Still reeling and unbalanced, he is shocked to see the Militia taking hostages. He remembers his argument with Rick over whether or not it is worth preserving life, even that of an enemy. He is shaken from his trance when he sees Jared amongst the captured Saviors. He attempts to kill him, but he is prevented from killing him by Jesus, who insists that they do not kill those who surrender. Morgan disagrees but allows them to live.

Morgan is seen with the Hilltop and Alexandrian forces that attacked the Satellite Outpost escorting the around 30 captured and shackled Saviors along a road at by armed guard. Jared annoys Morgan by whistling loudly. Morgan smacks him with his stick. Jesus remarks that they aren't far from the Hilltop, but Morgan is still angry with the decision to spare the lives of the Saviors. Jesus insists it was the right thing to do despite, telling him that no matter what they've done, they're still people. He firmly says that there are many kinds of danger, they kill, but they don't execute people. Morgan retorts that he has in fact done so in the past.

On the road, Jared continues to annoy Morgan, eventually mocking Benjamin's death. As Morgan snaps and holds him at gunpoint, a number of walkers roll down a nearby hill towards the convoy and chaos erupts. Two Saviors are killed, and as the Militia members are preoccupied with the threat, a group of 10 Saviors led by Jared make a break for it, running off into the woods. Morgan gives chase, firing at them as they flee. When he catches up to them, he kills the one that caused them to slow down, and is about to kill Jared, only to be stopped by Jesus' intervention.

Dianne and 3 other Militia members escort the Saviors back to the road while Jesus tries to reason with Morgan, who insists that the Saviors will not and cannot change. He begins to mentally break down, ranting about how things never change. He insists that the Militia have to be killers just like the Saviors in order to survive. Jesus says that after the war is won they will have to find a way to live with the Saviors and bring peace, but Morgan refuses to listen. He attacks Jesus who dodges his attacks and kicks him back. Morgan forms up with his Aikido and attacks again.

Morgan and Jesus continue to fight. Jesus tries to get through to him, but Morgan is unresponsive, and continues to attack, to Jesus' confusion. He is able to avoid Morgan's strikes with his stick, and take advantage of the openings he leaves to wear him down. Still Morgan refuses to stop. He scores a hit on Jesus' stomach, severely winding him, and another on his arm, but Jesus blocks the third hit and kicks Morgan away. As he goes in for another kick, Morgan maneuvers back out of his reach, and takes his standing leg out from beneath him. He tries in vain to score several lethal hits as Jesus dodges and gets to his feet, knocking an increasingly erratic Morgan to the ground. He uses trees as cover to evade most of Morgan's strikes but is eventually apprehended and knocked to the floor. He manages to get to his feet and disarm his opponent, knocking him away with another kick.

When he returns him his stick, Morgan holds it to his throat as Tara and Dianne arrive. Morgan finally snaps out of his trance, in a state of confusion, realizing what he has done. He tells Jesus that he isn't right, but that doesn't make him wrong either. He concludes that he can't be a part of transporting the prisoners to the Hilltop, and leaves on his own, but not before Tara telling him that he is right about killing the Saviors.

Shortly after abandoning the Hilltop group, Morgan is seen at the Sanctuary, taking aim with a sniper. He suddenly sees Daryl's truck pull up and park and and radios to the Saviors to tell them its one of theirs.

Morgan joins their conversation about Daryl charging the truck into the building and send the walkers into the Sanctuary, and offers to help. Rosita is against the plan, saying it is risky and refuses to take part and leaves, but Michonne says she has to see this through. Morgan tells Tara there is a car near the east side lookout she can use.

Tara approaches the building and is ready to go. Morgan is ready to cover her. When Dwight shoots the glider out of the air, this alerts the Saviors as Tara opens fire on them. Morgan helps guns them down.

Morgan is revealed to have survived the Saviors retaliation that wiped out the snipers surrounding the Sanctuary. Morgan makes it back to the Kingdom in time to hear Gavin threaten Ezekiel through the fence. Unable to help at the moment, Morgan stays outside the fence undetected and spying on the scene.

Outside of the Sanctuary, Morgan watches the herd which crashed down on it with a sniper. He looks to their windows and sees nothing. To his left, though, Saviors have taken to the windows to start gunning down the herd. One by one, the herd falls and the way out is cleared. The Saviors start shooting at Morgan and he orders everyone to leave now. While the snipers are killed, Morgan ducks from their fire and finds a way out and hears opera music playing. He sees some walkers and spawns an idea. Using his spear, he clangs on the fence and lures them his way and leads them to a door where Saviors emerge only to be devoured.

Morgan follows Gavin and a caravan of Saviors to the Kingdom. Morgan stealthily enters the overrun Kingdom and sees Henry prowling in the distance. Carol joins Morgan inside the Kingdom walls. Morgan's plan of attack involves killing all the Saviors. Carol suggests avoiding them instead, but says if they take em, they do it together.

Outside of the Kingdom, Morgan and Carol approach a group of four Saviors attempting to put out a fire from Ezekiel's distraction. Morgan strikes them down using his spear. They take out more Saviors, one gets hit in the throat and gargles blood before Morgan jabs him in the stomach again before putting him down for good. Carol witnesses Morgan's brutality and worries about his renewed blood lust. Morgan is determined to find Henry.

Morgan and Carol continue their mission. Morgan overhears Saviors talking amongst themselves and catches some loading a truck. Carol begs him to not kill them, but he approaches and kills two of the three. Ultimately, Carol guns down the third who got a drop on Morgan. Carol collects their guns. Gunshots ring out and Gavin orders everyone to get Ezekiel inside the auditorium. Morgan creeps around a corner after they all ran off.

In the theater, Carol and Morgan ambush the Saviors inside the auditorium and proceeds to open fire on all of them, killing all except two. Gavin is shot in the leg. He drops his gun. Carol dives for cover. A man tackles Morgan on stage. Ezekiel shoots a man who had her pinned down. Morgan wrestles the man on stage. He takes three punches to the face before sticking his hand into a hole in the man's stomach and pulling his guts out.

Ezekiel and Carol are shocked, as is Morgan. Gavin is injured and escapes the theater with Morgan missing shots at him. Ezekiel suggests they leave. Morgan tells him all the Saviors are dead and he goes after Gavin.

Morgan continues his chase of Gavin through a smokey Kingdom building. Morgan's pursuit of Gavin continues. Gavin is terrified. The spear drags through dirt and leaves a trail. Gavin sees Morgan's shadow approaching. It walks away. He is momentarily relieved before being yanked from behind. Morgan stands before him. Morgan beats Gavin to the ground. Gavin calls him a "sick man." Morgan slowly approaches. Gavin insists he didn't have many options. Gavin insists that Rick's group can't beat Negan and he tells Morgan that killing him won’t make a difference.

Morgan hauls Gavin up to his feet. Carol and Ezekiel catch up to Morgan, and Ezekiel insists Morgan that he spares Gavin and calls ending him "the coward's way." Carol also pleads with Morgan to not kill Gavin. She reminds him of when he told her "we can be better than them." Morgan insists he has to kill Gavin, but suddenly, a fighting stick pierces Gavin's throat, killing him and Henry is revealed to be the killer, shocking Morgan and Carol.

As the Hilltop fortifies, Morgan, along with Henry guards the Saviors being held prisoner at the Hilltop. Carol attempts to relieve Morgan of his duties, offering to watch Henry and the captured Saviors. Jared tries to goad Morgan to free them from their holding pen, but Henry speaks up, asking for his brother's murderer. Carol sends Henry away to Jerry, while she speaks with Morgan.

Morgan questions why they cannot simply tell Henry who killed Benjamin. Carol argues that Henry, as a young child, is still vulnerable. While Morgan believes he is able to handle himself, Carol voices her concerns for both Henry and himself. She relieves him of his duties and assumes her post.

Morgan, Carol and Henry discuss the circumstances of Carl's death, having found out he died helping a stranger. Morgan then lies to Henry that Gavin was responsible for Benjamin's death, and that his killing of Gavin means that he has already avenged his brother.

Morgan stands watch in the woods when he has a vision of a dead, bloodied Gavin. He snaps out of it and hears a horn in the distance alerting him to the arrival of the Saviors. He runs to his truck and honks the horn, alerting the other lookouts. Daryl sounds an air horn.

When the Saviors arrive, Hilltoppers block the convoy with a bus and fire at the Saviors. The battle begins in earnest. While fighting, Morgan kills a Savior named Keno and hallucinates Gavin again. "You know what it is," says Gavin. Morgan manage to survive the attack as the remaining Saviors flee. He also survives the subsequent outbreak that killed several more people.

The next day, Ezekiel and Carol search for Henry. Morgan closes his eyes and sees Gavin again.

Morgan walks out of the Hilltop to search for Henry. Carol urges him to stay. "I was supposed to," Morgan tells her. "I thought I had to. Thought it would be different." Carol decides to join him. Morgan and Carol journey through the woods. They come across a turnip which means they were on this side of the road. Morgan thinks he sees Henry and runs off after him. Carol follows. When Morgan comes across Henry, he finds the kid with a fatal wound on his neck. Henry tells him, "You were supposed to," but Morgan realizes he's not here.

Morgan thinks he's dead. Carol admits she accompanied Morgan to keep an eye on him, not to look for Henry. Morgan tells her she saves people, but can't save the dead. Carol tells him he's not dead, "I know, I don't die," Morgan responds. "I just see it." Morgan spots a trail left by the escaped Savior prisoners.

Morgan and Carol come across a herd walking through an intersection. Carol suggests waiting, but Morgan wants to continue. They come across a bearded walker which has Henry's stick driven through its core. Carol is saddened. Morgan puts the walker down and continues. Carol asks him to stop and go back to look for Henry. Morgan insists she knows what they'll find but she won't know unless she goes. She tells him he saved her when she ran, she says he can come back too. Morgan explains that he wasn't strong enough and that he has to kill the Saviors. He gives her Henry's stick and Carol goes to search for Henry while Morgan pursues the Savior escapees.

Rick later catches up with Morgan in the woods. Morgan menaces Rick with his fighting stick, momentarily forgetting who Rick is. "I'm not right," he says as he lowers his weapon. Rick proposes they kill the Saviors together. Rick and Morgan find a severed arm and foot with visible walker bites. Someone knocks Rick out cold.

Rick comes to and finds himself bound next to Morgan in an abandoned dive bar. Jared and the Savior escapees deliberate about what to do with the Saviors who have fallen sick. Jared insists they ditch the dying Saviors and deliver Rick to Negan. Rick gives his word that he will not harm them if they return to Hilltop. Jared is furious that his Saviors are debating agreeing to Rick's offer. Morgan tells Jared he only came here to "kill every last one of you." Jared puts a gun in Morgan's face, but he smiles and tells him to prepare for the herd coming.

"I don't die!" Morgan says. "Everybody turns!" The herd approaches after Morgan's screams and the living are quickly outnumbered. A Savior cuts Morgan and Rick loose so they can help take down the herd. Morgan and Rick kill the walkers and, when the moment is right, methodically mow down the Saviors.

Jared is seen escaping. Morgan chases him down. Morgan comes upon Henry's ghost and is attacked by Jared. He fights him off and he pushes him off and locks him in a room with the walkers, watching closely as Jared gets eaten alive, avenging Benjamin. Rick puts the last of the Saviors down and he and Morgan walks out. Rick asks Morgan why he decided to save him back in Atlanta when they were strangers. Morgan says it was because his son was with him.

Morgan and Rick return to Hilltop covered in blood. Morgan approaches Henry and is relieved to realize he is real. He tells Henry that he killed the man who killed his brother. Henry apologizes to Morgan who embraces the boy and tells him "Don't ever be sorry". Morgan is later sitting alone and weeps to himself.

Morgan is seen sitting in his normal clothes, and cleaning up his stick.

Morgan looks around Hilltop, confused and out of sorts. He strides aggressively towards Alden and the Saviors and knocks someone to the ground before realizing it's Henry. Carol relieves Morgan of his weapon. Before the battle, Rick suggests to Morgan that he stay back, but Morgan vows to finish the Saviors.

Morgan, along with Rick's scout team kills Lance's group and finds the map, unaware that it's a decoy. Duke surrenders to Morgan, however Morgan stabs him with his staff and then slices his throat, killing him. He then hallucinates and sees Jared, who proceeds to mock him and the way he killed Duke until Jesus snaps him out of it.

While crossing a field, Jesus suggests Morgan abstain from killing people by reserving the sharp end of his stick for walkers and the blunt side for the living. As they walk, they see a massive herd looming in the distance.

As Rick's army advances to the ambush spot, whistling begins just as it did on the night Glenn and Abraham died. Negan reaches Rick via walkie to explain that Rick's group is trapped. Negan and the Saviors appear on the crest of a nearby hill in a massive line and open fire, but their guns malfunction. The bullets explode in their hands, killing many Saviors. Rick's army charges.

The battle begins in earnest. Morgan goes to kill a Savior, but at the last moment heeds Jesus's advice and knocks him out instead.

Afterwards, Rick defeats Negan, but after a moment of thought, he tells Siddiq to save him, much to Maggie's anguish who wants to see Negan dead for killing her husband. Morgan listens in as Rick tells the gathered people that they will start a new world, living in peace. After the war is over, Morgan gives his armor to Carol to pass along to Henry.

Morgan goes to the Junkyard and tells Jadis that Rick has invited her to join their community and be part of a group again. She accepts his offer, while also revealing her real name to be Anne, but Morgan chooses to stay behind, alone in the Junkyard, as he has decided that he cannot be around people now and is ready to move on and heal.

Morgan's voice is heard asking Rick what his wound is, while he is bleeding in the hospital.

Killed Victims

This list shows the victims Morgan has killed:

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. After reclaiming his sanity, Morgan very rarely mentions Duane, possibly trying not to think of his son to avoid letting his grief overwhelm him. However, after Benjamin's death and his own killing of Richard, who caused Benjamin's death, Morgan refers to Benjamin as 'Duane' before almost breaking down. This shows that despite the time that has passed since his son's death, Morgan still deeply misses him and continues to grieve for him. Rick Grimes "It's all a circle. Everything gets a return." —Morgan to Rick[src] Morgan and Rick have an interesting introduction to each other. After Rick leaves the hospital, weak and ragged, Morgan mistakes him for a walker and Duane knocks him unconscious (with a shovel). Rick wakes up, tied to a bed, and is questioned. After Morgan learns that Rick has not been bitten, Morgan offers Rick shelter and food. The next day, Rick takes Morgan and Duane to the police station where he worked to scavenge the remaining guns and supplies as well as to let them use the facilities to have a hot shower. After Morgan and Duane collect the weapons, Rick gives them a vehicle. Morgan thanks Rick, saying that he is a good man, and wishes him the best of luck. The following year, Rick, Carl and Michonne return to King County to retrieve guns and ammunition from the police station that Rick worked for in preparation for their dealings with the Governor. 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 shoot out, Carl appears and shoots Morgan in the abdomen, a non-fatal wound due to him wearing body armour. Rick realizes who it is and drags an unconscious Morgan to his apartment. After tying Morgan down to a bed, Rick looks at the walls, which 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 Michonne asks if Morgan is "OK", to which Rick responds, "No, he's not." When Morgan finds the note Abraham left for Rick he seems overwhelmed with joy to see Rick is still alive out there. However when he arrives at Alexandria with Daryl and Aaron he appears disturbed after watching Rick execute Pete, but Rick appears stunned to see his old friend again. Later on, Rick tells him about the recent events in Alexandria, allowing him to understand why he had to do it. They are seen having several conversations after the incident. Rick does not seemed pleased with Morgan's ideology of not killing human threats and appeared angered when he learned that he allowed a group of Wolves to flee which in turn almost caused him to be killed. When Carol goes missing, Morgan and Rick both head out to find her. They find a trail leading to a barn. A survivors emerges and flees, and just as Rick is about to shoot him, Morgan stops him and Rick misses. Rick is outraged at Morgan, saying that he might have been a Savior though it is later revealed that he is not. It is then that Morgan confesses about what happened with Owen, Denise and Carol. He tells Rick that, because Owen brought Denise outside, she was able to escape to the infirmary and save Carl. Rick shows a level of understanding to Morgan, and "breaks the ice" by telling him that Michonne did indeed take his protein bar. When Rick and Morgan reunite at the Kingdom, he appears to be happy, as well as relieved when he finds out that Morgan had to kill to save Carol. However, he still appears to be annoyed with Morgan's ideals, as shown when the latter suggests they find another way to deal with Negan and the Saviors. Later, Morgan saves Rick by killing an approaching Savior, and the two work together to fight the Saviors and Scavengers. During the war, Rick begins to worry for Morgan's well-being, talking Morgan down from attacking him when they find each other out in the woods. The two work together to find and kill the missing Saviors and end up captured. They manage to kill all the Saviors, however, and afterwards, Rick questions why Morgan saved him at the start. Morgan claims that it was only because his son was there. Before the final battle, Rick tries to talk Morgan down from joining them, but he insists on coming with them, wanting to protect those still alive. Morgan claims that they both lost everything, and calls Rick out by telling him what he did at the bar was something wrong for him. This would be their last interaction in the show, as Morgan leaves for the Junkyard directly after Negan is defeated. Overall, both Rick and Morgan greatly care for and understand each other well. Morgan is one of the people that Rick hallucinates after he is badly injured, showing that he had a lasting impact on him. Carl Grimes "Hey son, don't ever be sorry." —Morgan telling Carl to never feel remorse for his actions[src] Morgan and Carl first interact while on a supply run in King Country. Before learning of Rick's relationship with him, Carl shoots him in his bulletproof vest when Morgan attempted to shoot Rick. Carl also later holds Morgan at gunpoint while he is unconscious. Before returning to the prison, Carl attempts to apologize to Morgan for shooting him, stating that he had no choice, but Morgan coldly tells him never to feel remorse for his actions. The two have rarely interacted following Morgan's arrival in Alexandria. Although Morgan's reaction to Carl's death was never shown, he was likely saddened. Michonne Hawthorne "I think he's dangerous." —Michonne to Rick about Morgan[src] Michonne and Morgan did not originally interact directly with each other. However, before learning of Rick's relationship with him, Michonne attempts to kill Morgan in order to steal his rifle and stop him from killing her, Carl, and Rick. Michonne is clearly distrustful of him and believes that Morgan is dangerous and possibly insane due to the booby traps and strange writings, but does show concern for him, as she asks Rick as they are leaving King County if Morgan is all right. Michonne's initial reaction to Morgan's arrival at Alexandria remains unknown. However, the two seem to get along well. Morgan jokingly asks if Michonne took one of his peanut butter protein bars when she, Rick, and Carl met him in King County, but Michonne denies the interrogation. The two work together to lure the mega-herd of walkers away from Alexandria. However, the two disagree with each other often, due to their conflicting opinions regarding killing people. Despite this, the two care for each other, as shown during their reunion in "Rock in the Road". Eastman "I have come to believe that all life is precious" —Eastman to Morgan[src] At first, Morgan and Eastman's relationship was poor. After hearing Eastman's goat, Tabitha, Morgan trespassed on his property and no doubt was looking to kill him and take over his property. Eastman calmly told him to put his gun down so they could talk but Morgan refused to listen, forcing Eastman to knock him out and imprison him in a cell in his cabin. Morgan at first begged Eastman to kill him, but he refused and instead gave him a book on the art of peace. Eastman told Morgan of his life as a forensic psychiatrist before the outbreak and when asks what Morgan did before the fall, and what he does now, Morgan replies: "I clear", "Walkers, people, anything that gets anywhere near me, I kill them." Eastman completely disagreed with this philosophy and explained his philosophy that humans aren't built to kill. He then tells Morgan that the cell door has been open all along and invites Morgan to leave whenever he wants or stay and try to help himself. However Morgan opened the door and charged at Eastman, still intending to kill him. As they struggled, they knocked into a piece of drywall with a child's artwork that's hanging from the wall, breaking it in two. Furious, Eastman picks up the broken artwork and leaves. Instead of escaping, Morgan returned to the cell. Following this incident, Morgan and Eastman's relationship grew stronger after he saved Eastman's goat from the Walkers and assisted him in burying walkers in his makeshift cemetery. Eastman gives Morgan his own staff and, over time, taught Morgan Aikido, at the same time Morgan continued studying the Art of Peace. It is evident that Eastman and Morgan became good friends. While on a scavenging mission, after seeing a Walker that was a man he has previously killed, Morgan was paralyzed with fear and Eastman pushed him out of the way and killed the walker but was bitten in the process. "That wasn't for you to do!" Morgan screamed and attacked Eastman, although he simply fended off Morgan's attack. Back in the house, Eastman told Morgan there was enough power, food and security to last Morgan the rest of his life, but advised Morgan against being alone. "Everything is about people, everything in this life that's worth a damn," he said. Before dying, Eastman gave Morgan his rabbit's foot. It was Morgan who buried his friend in the graveyard before setting out to find Terminus. While Morgan seems to have recovered from Eastman's death, he still uses the teachings he learned from Eastman to ensure he doesn't lose his sanity again and strongly enforced Eastman's code to never kill humans again, claiming all life is precious. Morgan still uses the fighting skills he learned from Eastman as well. Daryl Dixon "You're the same as me, Daryl." —Morgan to Daryl[src] Morgan and Daryl first interact when he rescues him and Aaron when they are trapped in a van surrounded by walkers after falling for a trap set up by the Wolves. Daryl asks why he rescued them, to which he replies that all life is precious and is eventually recruited by Daryl and Aaron to Alexandria when Daryl becomes aware of Morgan's connection to Rick when he shows him the Washington, D.C., map that Abraham left for Rick that he picked up in Gabriel Stokes's church. In "New Best Friends", Morgan and Daryl are on opposite sides when it comes to dealing with the Saviors. Daryl seems to respect Morgan for saving Carol's life, but heavily disagrees with his philosophy, telling him to "wake the hell up." The two seem to be on good terms now that both Morgan and Daryl want the Saviors dead, as seen when they work together on numerous occasions during the war. Aaron Morgan and Aaron first interact when he rescues him and Daryl when they are trapped in a van surrounded by walkers after falling for a trap set up by the Wolves. Grateful, Aaron tells him of Alexandria and though he refuses at first but upon learning of their connection to Rick, Aaron takes him back. Carol Peletier "You're probably my favorite person that I've knocked out. Top two or three, maybe." —Morgan to Carol[src] Morgan and Carol initially have a poor relationship and are nemeses over their ideologies of dealing with human threats. They first interact while Carol is handing out drinks at the construction site to lure the Walkers in the quarry away and Morgan questions her if she was once a police officer like Rick. Carol questions him of why he thinks this and Morgan replies it is because he notices that she is always watching and ready to handle things. Carol simply replies "aren't you sweet" and walks away. During the attack on Alexandria by the Wolves, Morgan and Carol's differences are shown by Morgan's refusal to kill the attackers and Carol killing them without hesitation. Morgan appears to be disgusted at Carol killing the Wolves, including the one that he and Gabriel had subdued and tied up. Following the attack Morgan and Carol pass each other on the street and exchange glances without a word. It is shown in "Heads Up" that Carol completely disagrees and is annoyed with Morgan's philosophy of not killing people and appears to be highly suspicious of him as she follows him and Denise to the cell where the Wolves leader, Owen, is being held by Morgan and demands to know who is inside but Morgan blocks her from entering. In "Start to Finish", after a massive heard of Walkers enters Alexandria, Morgan saves Carol after she falls down and the two take refuge in the same building here Denise and Owen are. Once safely inside, Carol reveals that she does not trust Morgan in the least but that she never thought he was lying. Later on, Carol tricks Morgan and pushes him aside and runs to the basement to kill Owen. Once downstairs Morgan and Carol confront each other over the fate of the prisoner. Carol is determined to kill him, but Morgan refuses, claiming that they can be better people than the Wolves. Carol refuses to listen, forcing Morgan to knock the knife out of her hand and the two get into a physical confrontation where Carol attempts to stab Morgan, Ultimately Morgan overpowers her and knocks her out before himself being knocked out by Owen. Following this incident, Carol claims that she should have killed Morgan, but Morgan simply says she can't. Carol does not reveal to Rick that Morgan held Owen in the cell however. When Carol leaves Alexandria, Morgan and Rick immediately pursue her. They follow a trail, and Morgan goes ahead to find Carol while Rick goes back to Alexandria. When he eventually finds her, he tries to persuade her to return. He also manages to patch her up from the injury she sustained in "East". He continues after her and eventually finds her once again, this time with a gun to her head. Without hesitation, Morgan saves Carol's life by shooting her torturer. Morgan continues to care for Carol while they are at the Kingdom. Despite her cold demeanor, Morgan assures her he won't let her die out there. When Carol moves to the house on the outskirts of the Kingdom her and Morgan seem to have come to a middle ground on their differing views and continue to regard each other with respect and mild friendship from that point on. Morgan keeps bringing her provisions and Carol even invites him inside the house to ask how he's been despite her predominant desire to be left alone. Carol states in "Hearts Still Beating" that she couldn't care less about Morgan and the Kingdom, however in "Bury Me Here" she shows concern for his mental state and advices him to stay in the house while she goes back to the Kingdom to convince Ezekiel to fight. In "The First Day of the Rest of Your Life" Carol approaches Morgan and tries to convince him not to fight the Saviors alone, showing once more that she actually cares about him. At the end of the battle in Alexandria Carol spots Morgan sitting alone on the steps of a house and sits next to him. Morgan and Carol work together to save Ezekiel in "Honor" and shows further worry for his mental state when he wants to kill an already surrendering Gavin. In "Dead or Alive Or", Carol recognizes that Morgan is "not fine" and makes him take a break, showing that she cares for him. In "Still Gotta Mean Something", when Morgan goes to search for the missing Saviors, Carol goes with him to watch over for him. The two have a heart-to-heart as Morgan refuses to try and find a missing Henry, claiming that she saves people while he "watches them die." In "Wrath", Carol carefully takes Morgan's stick away from him when he very nearly kills Henry in a blind rage, showing further concern for his mental health. Later on, Carol seems to agree with Jesus when he tries to help him find his way back to the man he once was before the war and Benjamin's death. After Negan is defeated, Morgan bids farewell to Carol, giving his armor to her for Henry and saying that he's going to try to be okay, before leaving for the Junkyard. Owen "So... I know I'm probably going to die, but if I don't, I am going to have to kill you, Morgan. I'm going to have to kill every person here. Every one of them. The children, too. Just like your friend Eastman's children. Those are the rules. That’s my code. I'd say I'm sorry, but you said it, right? Don't ever be sorry." —Owen to Morgan Jones.[src] Owen and Morgan were shown to be the polar opposite of each other: Morgan is a peaceful survivor who refuses to kill human beings while Owen is a remorseless murderer who seems to find killing amusing. Owen and Morgan first interact while Morgan is camped out in the woods. Even though he holds Morgan at gunpoint, the two start off making some friendly conversation, Owen's true nature is shown when he makes it clear that he intends to rob Morgan of everything he has and then slaughter him. Morgan is able to survive the attack by Owen and his partner and leaves them unconscious in a car instead of killing them. Following the brutal attack on Alexandria, Owen attacks Morgan while waiting in a home. He recognizes Morgan from their previous encounter and seems to find it amusing that Morgan refuses to kill people and tells him he should have killed him the woods. Morgan eventually gains the upper hand in the fight, apologizes to Owen and knocks him unconscious again, still refusing to kill him. It is shown the Morgan has imprisoned Owen in Alexandria and tells him his story of his redemption due to his friend Eastman and that redemption is possible for him to. Owen smirks and gives a subtle threat that if his cut does not kill him, he will kill Morgan and all the remaining survivors in the safe-zone, children included. Despite his threat, Morgan is shown in "Heads Up" enlisting the help of Denise to treat Owen's wound and refusing to allow Carol to enter the cell, showing that Morgan cares for the Owen somewhat. This is evident in "Start to Finish" where Morgan protects him from Carol. Morgan is visibly upset when he sees Owen as a walker after being killed by Carol and mercifully puts him down. Gabriel Stokes Gabriel and Morgan rarely interact although they seem to be on good terms. Morgan saves Gabriel's life during the Wolves attack on the safe-zone even after Carol told him to leave Gabriel to die. Both also subdue the Wolf that attacked Gabriel and do not want to kill him, although he is shot dead by Carol, shocking both men. Denise Cloyd Denise and Morgan seem to have a stable relationship. Morgan enlists her help in order to treat Owen's infected wound, an act she reluctantly does. Denise seems to care for Morgan as she begs Owen not to kill him or Carol after he escapes from his bonds. Morgan was most likely saddened by Denise's death. Rosita Espinosa Rosita and Morgan rarely interact, though she appears to be distrusting of Morgan, due to him keeping Wolf in the basement a secret, furthermore when he takes Denise hostage. She was shown to angered at this. Their relationship continues to fall when Morgan tries to talk everyone down from fighting the Saviors, twice, and Rosita goes as far to insult him while talking to Carol. However, their relationship starts to improve when Morgan realizes the Saviors must be taken down. Ezekiel "The Kingdom is favored by your presence once more!" —Ezekiel to Morgan Jones.[src] Morgan and Ezekiel seem to have a good relationship. Morgan is grateful for Ezekiel letting him and Carol stay at the Kingdom. When Carol confronts him regarding Ezekiel and the Kingdom, Morgan doesn't blame her, saying that "it is a lot." When asked by Ezekiel to train Benjamin, Morgan obliges. Morgan also decides to keep Ezekiel's secret regarding the deal with the Saviors. Ezekiel is shown to trust Morgan's judgement and advice as shown in "Rock in the Road", when the King asks Morgan for his opinion on joining Rick's cause. Ezekiel, like Carol, also shows deep concern for Morgan's mental state during his breakdown in "Bury Me Here" and tries to convince him to get back with him and his soldiers to the Kingdom, telling him he shouldn't be alone out there. Ezekiel is successful in convincing Morgan to fight with the Kingdom instead of doing it alone. Benjamin Benjamin and Morgan had a very positive student-teacher relationship together. Benjamin showed nothing but kindness to Morgan who reciprocated the same attitude back to him. The two bonded over their Aikido sessions as Benjamin trained with a staff. Benjamin viewed Morgan along with Ezekiel as his mentors and valued their beliefs of pacifism. Benjamin died telling Morgan everything was fine and recited the Aikido proverb that to injure an opponent is to injure oneself. Benjamin's death had a profound impact on Morgan as he instantly began shifting back to his fragile mental state of "clearing" and ultimately killed Richard who indirectly caused the tragedy. While explaining his actions, Morgan mistakenly calls Benjamin "Duane," showing he saw Benjamin as his own son. Morgan now wears Benjamin's armor in his honor. After the Militia captures Jared, Morgan, still wearing Benjamin's armor, has to be talked down from killing Jared on the spot. When Jared manages to escape the Hilltop, Morgan goes searching for him, eventually purposefully trapping Jared to be devoured by walkers. He later tells Henry that he has killed Jared, smiling as he does so. Henry Morgan was distance with Henry at first, believing that he will die. Morgan later trains Henry in Aikido. Morgan is horrified when Henry killed Gavin, and later lied to Henry that Gavin killed Benjamin. Morgan believed Henry was dead when he went missing and was haunted by a vision of Henry. Morgan was surprised and pleased that Henry was alive, and told him that he killed the man who killed his brother. Richard Morgan and Richard have a conflicted relationship, due to Morgan's refusal to help Richard convince Ezekiel to fight. Later on, Richard and Morgan make amends for their differences, but this is short-lived, since Morgan finds out that Richard indirectly caused Benjamin's death. Richard confesses the truth to Morgan and also shares his past with him. Despite this, Morgan strangles him with his hands. The reasons for this may be varied from Morgan simply being angry, to him distrusting Richard and his future plans to lead the Kingdom's army, to trying to convince the Saviors that the Kingdom is on their side by executing the traitor in front of them. Despite all this, Morgan buries Richard with his daughter's backpack in the grave the soldier dug for himself, completing his plan. Jerry The two are not seen interacting much, but they seem to have a good relationship, as Morgan and Jerry are shown working together during their drop offs to the Saviors, showing they trust each other. Following the deaths of Benjamin and Richard, Jerry expresses concern for Morgan when he and the Kingdom army find him in Carol's cottage, alone. After this, the two do not interact again, and it is unknown how Jerry reacted to Morgan leaving Virginia. Jared Morgan and Jared have an incredibly negative relationship. During their first meeting, Morgan is disinterested in Jared's mocking nature, and only regards him as a small part of the bigger threat. However, in "Bury Me Here", after Jared causes the death of Benjamin, Morgan singles Jared out as a personal enemy. Regardless, Jared continues to mock Morgan, even when he is threatened with death, such as in "The Damned", where Morgan tries to kill Jared after the Militia slaughters multiple members of the Saviors at an outpost and a majority of the remaining ones surrendered. However, Jesus stops him. In "Monsters", Jared continues to mock Morgan, and even makes fun of Benjamin posthumously, which leads to Morgan training a rifle on him again. However, he and the Militia are almost immediately distracted by walkers coming down a hill and Jared uses this chance to try an escape, Morgan chases Jared and the other Saviors into the woods, he executes one of them and prepares to shoot Jared next, but Jesus stops him again. When Morgan and Rick are kidnapped by an escaped Jared and a band of fellow escaped Saviors, the pair end up in a scuffle, Morgan kicks Jared away before closing a gate and holding Jared to it, allowing walkers to eat him alive. Morgan shows no remorse for this and later smiles to Henry when informing him of the news. Gavin "I have to." —Morgan to Carol and Ezekiel about killing Gavin.[src] Gavin and Morgan have a poor relationship made worse when Jared killed Benjamin. Gavin also appears scared of Morgan after he kills Richard and recoils when Morgan approaches him. Though later, once Gavin captures Ezekiel, Morgan overheard him apologizing to Ezekiel for Benjamin's death, saying that he liked the kid and did not want him to be killed, though this continued show of remorse did not lessen Morgan's hatred of Gavin. After Gavin takes Ezekiel hostage, Morgan and Carol Peletier set out to save him, which they do by killing all of Gavin's men, Gavin is shot in the leg and was horrified upon witnessing Morgan kill one of his men by pulling his intestines out of his bullet wound, he tries to escape and hide but Morgan eventually finds him. As Morgan prepares to kill Gavin, he is stabbed through the neck by Henry, Morgan is shocked by this. Tara Chambler Although the two have barely interacted, Tara and Morgan are shown to be friendly towards each other. Despite Morgan being involved in Denise's capture, Tara doesn't seem to hold this against them, as she is shown to be happy and hugs him when she sees him upon arrival at The Kingdom. As the war begins, the two are seen working together several times, such as during the raid on the satellite outpost, and when they, along with Daryl, crash a truck into the Sanctuary, flooding it with walkers. Paul Rovia "Things will get better." —Paul to Morgan Jones.[src] The two have a neutral relationship, as while they work together during the war, they appear to have different opinions when it comes to dealing with the captured Saviors at the satellite outpost. As Morgan is about to kill Jared, Jesus stops him, which greatly angers him. Not long after, they both get into a fight, and he very nearly impales him in the neck with his stick, but comes to his senses shortly after. He leaves, not wanting any part of the imprisonment of the Saviors. Later, however, the two start to repair their relationship when Jesus guides him back to believing all life is precious once more. After the war ends, however, Morgan leaves on his own, and the two do not interact again after this. Anne "Thanks to you, and Rick, and Morgan. You're the ones that reached out to me." —Anne to Gabriel Stokes about the reason she was able to join the communities.[src] Morgan and Anne have a good relationship. Even though they have met only once. Morgan convinces Anne to move to Alexandria, which she is grateful for, naming him as one of the three people that helped her become a member of the communities.





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