hershel is keeping walkers in the barn because they are contagious and can be cured.
hershel is keeping walkers in the barn because they are contagious and can be cured.
why is hershel keeping walkers in the barn?
and can be cured
after he inadvertently discovers the presence of walkers in the greene barn, maggie (lauren cohan) begs glenn (steven yeun) to keep it a secret. dale (jeffrey demunn) quickly notices glenn's nervousness, and when he talks privately to glenn, glenn blurts out about the walkers as well as his knowledge that lori grimes (sarah wayne callies) is pregnant. dale confronts hershel (scott wilson) about the walkers. hershel believes they are still people, including his wife and stepson, and can be cured, and refuses to kill them after dale explains the danger. meanwhile, rick (andrew lincoln) and lori argue on what to do with hershel's demand to leave the farm, now that carl (chandler riggs) is healed.
secrets (the walking dead)
hershel greene, portrayed by scott wilson, is a veterinarian and farmer, for many years with his family. hershel is the father of maggie greene and beth greene. he married twice, his first wife was josephine greene and his second wife was annette greene, who brought his son from a previous marriage. soon it is revealed that hershel was keeping walkers in his barn, he simply believed that they are sick people, but not dead. when shane opens the barn and the group kills all the walkers inside, his vision of the world is devastated, rick helps him to raise morale and with the passage of time, hershel becomes a mentor for rick grimes and the compass moral of the group. in the final battle against the governor, hershel is beheaded by the latter. later, michonne finishes it after reanimation.
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