Morgan Jones

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 partly redeems himself and embarks on a journey to find 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 is reunited with his long lost friend.

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 Saviorsand 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.

Macon, Georgia
Morgan was born in the mid-1960’s and grew up in Macon, Georgia, although little is known regarding his early childhood. Morgan experienced an average life where he grew to become a hard-working and practical man acquiring skills ranging from construction, craftsmanship, and welding.

As an adult, he grew to become a family man in Georgia where he fell in love with a woman named Jenny and the pair married where they later had a son named Duane, the trio lived together as a typical family. (Photographs depict the three of them going on several family trips).

King County
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 Atlanta where a supposed refugee center was located, promising food, shelter and Military protection. Originally their intended destination, however due to the chaos and horrendous events which transpired around them, Morgan and his family were reluctantly forced to take refuge and heavily barricade themselves within a nearby house.

However tragedy struck where at an unknown point, Jenny became bitten where she eventually succumbed to the infection and perished in their house, despite this Morgan was unable to put her down and thus somehow, released her into the outside; both Morgan and Duane were left severely haunted by this event. Following this, Morgan remained firmly protective of his son where he endeavored to create a a sense of normalcy for Duane including correcting his grammar as well as engaging in mealtime prayers.

Death
Killed By As Morgan is killing several saviors, Norris runs up on him and stabs him right in the chest twice and gets shot in the head by Jason, before he can do it a third time. After Morgan turns, he is put down by Rick..
 * Norris (Alive)
 * Rick Grimes (Zombified)

Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Morgan has killed:
 * Jenny Jones (Zombified)
 * 40's Man
 * 20's Man (Alive)
 * Eastman (Indirectly Caused; Out of Mercy)
 * Jeffery (Zombified)
 * Owen (Zombified)
 * Roman
 * Benjamin (Before Reanimation)
 * Richard
 * Duke
 * Paulie
 * Gomez
 * Gavin (Indirectly Caused)
 * Keno
 * Jared (Caused)
 * Lance (Alongside his fellow militia members)
 * Duke
 * 1 unnamed Wolf (Zombified)
 * 31 unnamed Saviors (28 Direct, 3 Alongside Carol Peletier)
 * 1 unnamed Scavenger
 * 1 unnamed Hilltop resident (Zombified)
 * Numerous counts of zombies and unnamed people

Relationships
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Jenny Jones
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.
 * "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]

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
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.
 * "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]

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
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.
 * "It's all a circle. Everything gets a return."
 * —Morgan to Rick[src]

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.

Carl Grimes
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.
 * "Hey son, don't ever be sorry...."
 * —Morgan telling Carl to never feel remorse for his actions[src]

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.

His reaction to Carl's death is yet to be seen.

Michonne
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.
 * "I think he's dangerous."
 * —Michonne to Rick about Morgan[src]

Eastman
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.
 * "I have come to believe that all life is precious"
 * —Eastman to Morgan[src]

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
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.
 * "You're the same as me, Daryl."
 * —Morgan to Daryl[src]

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 to crash a truck into the Sanctuary.

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
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.
 * "You're probably my favorite person that I've knocked out. Top two or three, maybe."
 * —Morgan to Carol[src]

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 & 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.

Owen
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.
 * "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]

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.

Ezekiel
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.
 * "The Kingdom is favored by your presence once more."
 * —Ezekiel to  Morgan Jones .[src]

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. In "Still Gotta Mean Something", Morgan purposefully traps Jared to be devoured by walkers and later tells Henry that he has killed the man that killed Benjamin.

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 conflicting relationship since "Hearts still Beating" due to Morgan's refusal to help Richard convince Ezekiel to fight. In "Bury Me Here" 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. However Morgan still kills him.

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.

Morgan buries Richard with his daughter's backpack in the grave the soldier dug for himself.

Jerry
Although they haven't been seen directly interacting with each other, Jerry seems to trust Morgan as much as Ezekiel does, seeing as he is a relative newcomer to the Kingdom and is already an escort and advisor to the King.

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
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.

Paul Rovia
Morgan and Jesus have not had much interaction on screen.

In "The Damned" Morgan and Jesus, along with some militia members raid the satellite outpost, however after Morgan makes it out of building after massacring a bunch of saviors, Morgan prepares to kill Jared, but Jesus stops him.

In "Monsters" they both get into a fight about Jesus keeping some of the Saviors alive after the outpost raid.
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Appearances
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Season 1

 * "Days Gone Bye"

Season 3

 * "Clear"

Season 5

 * "No Sanctuary" (No Lines)
 * "Coda"
 * "Conquer"

Season 6

 * "First Time Again"
 * "JSS"
 * "Here's Not Here"
 * "Now" (No Lines)
 * "Heads Up"
 * "Start to Finish"
 * "No Way Out"
 * "Not Tomorrow Yet"
 * "Twice as Far"
 * "East"
 * "Last Day on Earth"

Season 7

 * "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be" (Dream, No Lines)
 * "The Well"
 * "Swear" (Flashback, No Lines)
 * "Hearts Still Beating"
 * "Rock in the Road"
 * "New Best Friends"
 * "Bury Me Here"
 * "The First Day of the Rest of Your Life"

Season 8

 * "Mercy"
 * "The Damned"
 * "Monsters"
 * "Time for After"
 * "How It's Gotta Be" (No Lines)
 * "Honor"
 * "Dead or Alive Or"
 * "Do Not Send Us Astray"
 * "Still Gotta Mean Something"
 * "Worth" (No Lines)
 * "Wrath"

Season 9

 * "What Comes After" (Voice Only)
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Trivia

 * Morgan is the first character in The Walking Dead universe to use the definition walker for a zombie on-screen.
 * The name Morgan is a descendant male name from the old Welsh 'Morcant' which is derived from mor meaning 'sea' and cant meaning 'circle'.
 * Morgan heavily suffers from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) as a result of losing his entire family to the outbreak.
 * Morgan has been shown to display noticeable signs of mental instability as evidenced by his psycotic breakdowns and mercilessly murdering innocent survivors whom he encountered before his encounter with Eastman.
 * Morgan's signature weapon is a wooden staff, hand-crafted by Eastman.
 * Morgan' staff is also now a spear.
 * Morgan appears to be religious as evidenced by him saying grace before his meal with Duane and Rick, and he silently prayed in Father Gabriel's church.
 * Morgan is implied to be a vegetarian, although this was presumably influenced by Eastman.
 * Morgan currently owns the book 'The Art Of Peace'.
 * Morgan also owns a rabbit's foot which acts as a good luck charm which was originally a gift from Eastman's daughter which was later handed to him after his death.
 * Morgan appears to possess a reasonable knowledge of construction and craftmanship as shown by him being able to create several rigged traps throughout King County as well as being able to build a fortified cell in Alexandria self-handedly.
 * After being trained by Eastman, Morgan is highly proficient in Aikido and thus has proven to be a skilled combatant, being able to engage multiple opponents in combat simultaneously including multiple members of The Wolves and later The Saviors.
 * Morgan has killed the seventh largest amount of living characters on the TV show with a total of at least 45 victims, The Governor has the sixth largest with at least 62, Rick has the fifth largest with at least 68, Daryl as having the fourth largest with at a total of 78, Carol has the third largest with at least 110, Simon has the second largest with a total of at least 172, Negan has the largest with a total of at least 225.
 * According to his interview on Talking Dead, Lennie James trained for his fight scenes with Stephen Ho, one of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
 * The scene in which Morgan appears to shoot his wife is shot from the same angle, and is almost identical, to a scene in the episode from Jericho called "Crossroads" where the same actor, portraying Robert Hawkins, is defending the town of Jericho.
 * According to Talking Dead, the producers originally planned for Morgan to appear in the second season, however, Lennie James was too busy to be able to reprise his role as Morgan at the time.
 * Morgan is the sixth main character to be killed in a season finale.