Gabriel Stokes

Gabriel Stokes, also known as Father Gabriel, is a main character and a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead. Prior to the outbreak, he was a priest at St. Sarah's Church. After the onset of the undead apocalypse, he barricaded himself inside for 17[1] to 18[2] months, haunted by the memories of leaving his former churchgoers to die, until he joined Rick Grimes' group. Since then, he has hardened more considerably from his meek self, and now serves as one of Rick's most brave and trusted allies. He was captured by the Saviors during the first assault on the Sanctuary and was forced to work in Eugene's new outpost. Rendered nearly blind from an infection and suffering a crisis of faith, Gabriel nonetheless played a vital if inadvertent role in the defeat of the Saviors, restoring his faith in the process. Three years after Rick's assumed death, Gabriel became the leader of the Alexandria council and has been trying to contact other survivors or communites with a radio.

Overview
Gabriel is a deeply religious, wise and generally well meaning, but also severely traumatized man. He is shown to have had extreme difficulty adapting to the nature of the post-apocalyptic world and instead retained his Christian faith.

Gabriel was initially shown to be a coward as instead of helping members of his congregation by giving them shelter in his church he refused to let them in (possibly out of fear), resulting in them being devoured alive by the walkers. This event has had a lasting effect on Gabriel and he is extremely damaged and remorseful as a result of it. He believes himself to be a bad person, smitten by God, initially even believing that Rick Grimes' group was sent to punish him.

When he meets Rick's group, Gabriel begins to see the reality of the new world, but remains in disbelief of certain attributes such as cold blooded murder and even killing of the walkers as a necessary way to survive. He still retains his religious faith even as a result of witnessing true horrors, and is one of the few members of Rick's group who still holds his faith.

Due to his cowardliness, lack of survival experience and religious nature, many members of the group initially do not seem particularly fond of Gabriel when they meet him, particularly Rick, Sasha Williams, and Maggie Greene. Gabriel, however, also seems to not care for Rick's group much following their massacre of Gareth and his people, as he betrays them to Deanna Monroe of the Alexandria Safe-Zone and warns her that they are dangerous and bad people who have committed unspeakable atrocities. In this sense, Gabriel can also be classified as a hypocrite as he fails to see the irony that he is not a good person either and has also caused atrocities, although this could be seen as a self-serving act, him wishing to exile the only people in the world who know of his sins to secure his place in the community. Whilst Gabriel is talking to Deanna, both are unaware that Maggie is listening nearby, and she shows pure shock and anger in her face towards Gabriel's betrayal and hypocrisy.

After Gabriel finally kills a walker and a suffering man, he turns cold and cruel for a brief period of time towards Sasha, who almost ends up killing him when he throws guilt on her shoulders and insults her deceased brother, Tyreese, but after Maggie defuses the situation, Gabriel eventually feels remorse for his actions and finally gains the forgiveness of Maggie and Sasha.

In Season 6 it is revealed that Gabriel maintains his faith in God, and feels remorse for his betrayal of Rick's group, and is shown searching for forgiveness from Rick's son Carl. Gabriel is shown to have become more confident as he volunteers to help execute Rick's plan to deal with the zombie herd, even though Rick shuts him down. He continues to demonstrate a growing inner strength, asking Carl for lessons on how to use weapons.

After a megaherd of walkers invades Alexandria, Gabriel assists in protecting the group and, when the time comes to leave the house they are holed up in, he promises Rick that once they are outside he will not run or turn back, which Rick acknowledges. In "No Way Out", he keeps his cool as he travels with Rick, Carl, Jessie Anderson, and her sons Ron and Sam amidst the zombie herd. When Rick changes his plan, Gabriel volunteers to take Judith by himself to safety in his Church. He confidently assures Rick that he will keep her safe, and Rick thanks him. Later on Gabriel watches from his church as Rick and other Alexandria residents take to the streets in a last stand against the zombies. He gives Judith to a woman in his congregation, grabs his machete and without hesitation, heads out to join the battle. He explains that their prayers for the salvation of the town have been answered; God has given them the courage to save Alexandria themselves. Through his selfless actions, Gabriel has earned the respect of Rick and redeemed himself from his past, as demonstrated when he battles with the survivors against the horde.

Gabriel has now shown to be brave and fearless as shown when he accompanies Rick and the group to attack a base under the control of the Saviors and personally executes one himself, showing that he is no longer afraid to take matters into his own hands. Gabriel has also shown to be becoming a leader as when Rick and the group leave to take Maggie to the Hilltop, Rick places Gabriel in charge of it's defense and Gabriel promises to not only protect Judith at all costs but Alexandria too, showing that he has now become a determined survivor who will do what it takes to protect those he cares about from danger.

In Season 7, following the death of Glenn Rhee, Gabriel becomes the new moral compass of the group and, using his religious faith and newfound optimism, gives helpful advice to his friends, such as Rick, Spencer Monroe, and Rosita Espinosa, while they are under the rule of Negan and the Saviors. During a visit by Negan, Gabriel remains optimistic of an eventual positive outcome, and says as much to Rick, who tells him that there is no way out. Gabriel, however, remains hopeful. He later counsels Rosita when she becomes obsessed with killing Negan by herself, telling her to have patience so that the group can figure out how to put things right together, and at an opportune time. Though she ultimately ignores his advice and ends up blaming him for her failure and the consequences of her actions, Gabriel calmly and pleasantly tells her that he has no regrets over what he said, and re-iterates his plea.

While Rick and the others are out, Gabriel is ambushed within Alexandria by a member of a mysterious group called the Scavengers, and is taken hostage. When his friends discover him and are assaulted, he holds one of his captors at knife point and successfully manages to convince them to listen to Rick's proposition of an alliance to fight the Saviors, demonstrating his new-found resolve and determination. After the deal is made, he thanks Rick for believing in him and coming to his aid,and Rick tells Gabriel that he was what convinced him that enemies can become friends.

Later, the Saviors and the Scavengers invaded Alexandria, and Gabriel was present alongside Alexandria's inhabitants fighting against them. As the battle draws to a close, he fires his machine gun against Negan's truck, although Negan manages to escape, much to his frustration.

Gabriel later assists Rick and the Militia's plan in the assault against the Sanctuary and Negan by drawing a massive herd to the base and trap those within while taking out various outposts. With walkers quickly closing in on the Sanctuary, Gabriel restrains a hellbent Rick from killing Negan and further reminds Rick that their fight isn't purely about him. As Gabriel is about to leave with Rick, he notices a petrified Gregory and reluctantly comes to his aid only for Gregory to abandon Gabriel by stealing his car, showing Gabriel still believes in forgiveness of others like Gregory despite the latter's morally ambiguous and selfish character.

Rural Georgia
Gabriel was born in the early 1970’s and grew up in rural Georgia, although little is known regarding his early life. At a young age, he developed a deep faith in religion and thus desired to bring people together in order to help them navigate through their lives and improve upon their weaknesses.[3] Growing up, he would often run around the woods, and became accustomed to the sounds within it.

As an adult, he became a priest positioned at St. Sarah's Episcopal Church, where throughout his holy service, he conducted weekly mass and also helped to promote several fundraisers where he befriended a female organist, someone he became close with. Several members of his congregation often commented that Gabriel’s humor left much to be desired.[4]

Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Gabriel has killed:
 * Older Savior
 * Red Haired Savior (Caused, Zombified)
 * Harlan Carson (Indirectly Caused)
 * 1 unnamed man (Out of Mercy)
 * Several members of his congregation (Caused)
 * Many unnamed Saviors (Indirectly Caused, Accidental)
 * Numerous counts of zombies

Relationships
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Rick Grimes
Rick and Gabriel initially have a poor relationship. Rick is skeptical of Gabriel when they first meet. Though Rick is grateful for his help and refuge, he is nonetheless extremely distrustful of him. Rick suspects he is holding a secret and always watches him carefully and threatens to kill him if his secret hurts his family in any way and becomes violent towards him when he accuses Gabriel of being responsible for Bob's, Daryl's and Carol's disappearances. Despite this, Rick protects him on several occasions. However, despite being saved by Rick's group multiple times, Gabriel betrays Rick by telling Deanna Monroe that they cannot be trusted, showing the dislike Gabriel expresses towards Rick and his group. It is unknown how Rick learned of Gabriel's betrayal, but it was most likely through Maggie. When Rick was looking for volunteers to help him, Gabriel chose to volunteer, but Rick coldly denies his request, showing his dislike of him.
 * "I will not fail you."
 * —Gabriel to Rick about protecting Alexandria[src]

It is shown that Rick greatly despises Gabriel for his betrayal of his group as shown when he rips down notice papers for a prayer service being held by Gabriel by the solar panels at 1:00, though Gabriel quickly puts up new ones.

However in "Start to Finish", Gabriel assists Rick in trying to prevent the Walkers from entering Jessie's house and tells him that he will not give up and run away once outside to which Rick responds "I know".

In "No Way Out", when Rick changes his mind and tells that they need to go to their vehicles to lure the walkers away back to the quarry, Gabriel volunteers to take Judith back to his church. Rick thanks Gabriel for his help, strengthening their relationship. When Rick and the others are engaging the horde, Gabriel takes his machete and tells the Alexandrians inside the church that they can fight the walkers because God has given them courage to do so. Later on, Gabriel is seen fighting against the horde all throughout the night alongside Rick and the others.

In "Knots Untie" Rick says that Judith will be given to Gabriel to be looked after while he and the others are away showing that he trusts him enough to look after his daughter. This shows that he and Gabriel are now on good terms.

In "Not Tomorrow Yet", both of them have a friendly conversation before searching for Gregory's "head", with Rick giving a pat to Gabriel's shoulder after a joke, consolidating their friendship.

In "Last Day on Earth", Rick entrusts Gabriel to lead the defense of Alexandria in case of an attack by the Saviors. In return, Gabriel promises Rick that his first priority is Judith's safety.

When Gabriel went missing in "New Best Friends", Rick quickly defends him believing he didn't betray him and the group and is later pleased to see that he is alive and well and didn't abandon the group. Gabriel also reveals during the confrontation with the Scavengers that he has full faith in Rick's leadership.

When attacking the Sanctuary, Gabriel convinces Rick to retreat and Rick is concerned for Gabriel when he was captured by Negan.

After the war, Gabriel returns to Alexandria and helps Rick with missions outside of the safe zone. While the two are trusting friends, Gabriel does lie to Rick about spending time with Jadis, to which Gabriel was uncomfortable with. After Jadis gives Gabriel a option to leave the group, Gabriel refuses and wants to remain with his friends.

Gabriel was broken and sad about Rick's death.

Carl Grimes
Gabriel and Carl have a friendly relationship. Carl is grateful for Father Gabriel's help and refuge. Unlike his father, Carl trusts Gabriel and even tries to convince Rick that Gabriel is a good person.
 * "Thanks for this."
 * —Carl to Gabriel about opening the church doors to the group[src]

In "JSS" it is revealed that Carl knows that Gabriel betrayed his group to Deanna and seems angry at him. Gabriel offers apology to him, claiming that the warning was about him, not Carl's group. He also claims he is ready to learn how to fight against the Walkers and Carl tells him to come to his place by 3 in order to teach him. It is unknown if Carl forgave Gabriel however.

In "Heads Up" it is shown that Carl is not pleased seeing his father rip down notice papers placed up by Gabriel for a prayer service, possibly showing that he has forgiven Gabriel.

In "Start to Finish", they both work together alongside Rick, Michonne, Jessie and Ron to fend off the walkers.

It is unknown how he reacted to Carl's death, it can accuse that Gabriel was sad by the events.

Judith Grimes
Gabriel appears to care deeply for Judith as following the Walker invasion of the Alexandria Safe-Zone he volunteers to take her to his church where she will be safe, which he is granted by Rick and carries out without any problems. It seems Rick has given Gabriel the role of her protector as he says in "Knots Unite" that she will be left with Gabriel to be taken care if while he is away.
 * "I'll take her."
 * —Gabriel to Rick and the others on taking Judith to safety.[src]

After the time skip, Judith paints a picture with her friends, which included Gabriel.

Michonne
Michonne is shown to be wary of Gabriel but initially finds his lack of experience with the new world almost amusing.

In "Four Walls and a Roof", Gabriel talks to Michonne about his past and admits he feels guilty every moment of every day. Michonne tells him that the guilt doesn't go away but eases after time

As of "No Way Out", Gabriel and Michonne seem to be on good terms although she does still seem to lack trust in him as she questions him if he is sure he can take care of baby Judith.

After the time skip, Michonne has great confidence in Gabriel as he is chosen to lead the Alexandria Safe-Zone's council.

Maggie Rhee
Maggie and Gabriel initially have a fairly poor relationship. Like the others she appeared suspicious of Gabriel upon meeting him. After Gareth and his group are brutally massacred in his church, Gabriel tells them they committed brutality in a house of God but she simply tells him that it's just four walls and a roof. Later after Beth's death Gabriel tries to council Maggie but she coldly rejects it, reveals she is no longer religious and reminds him that he abandoned his congregation, but appeared surprised when Gabriel chose to burn his priest collar. However when Maggie overhears Gabriel talking to Deanna, telling her that Rick is "Satan" and that his group are not good people, Maggie appears engulfed with anger towards Gabriel (given that he himself has caused atrocities as well). However despite her anger towards Gabriel's betrayal, in "Conquer", Maggie saves him from being killed by Sasha and appears to forgive him for his actions and is seen holding hands with both Gabriel and Sasha apparently praying, possibly signifying that Maggie has retained some religious faith. After the deaths of Abraham and Maggie's husband, Glenn, Gabriel devises a plan to fake Maggie's death to protect her and the group from Negan, showing that Gabriel cares for her.
 * "Please stop. (...) You never even met them (...) You don't know shit. You had a job. You were there to save your flock, right? But you didn't. You hid. Don't act like that didn't happen."
 * —Maggie rejecting Gabriel's consolation and reminding him of his cowardliness[src]

Maggie is shown to also care for Gabriel as seen in "Monsters" when she questions Gregory of where Gabriel is after he arrives in the vehicle that he stole from him. Gabriel, after being taken prisoner by the Saviors tells Eugene they must get Dr. Carson to the Hilltop as Maggie needs him due to her pregnancy, further demonstrating his care for her.

Daryl Dixon
Gabriel and Daryl rarely interact. Daryl like the others did not appear to trust Gabriel when they met him and seemed to be highly suspicious of him and was visibly not pleased when Gabriel jokingly threatened to lead them to a trap and steal Daryl's squirrels. It is unknown if Daryl learned of Gabriel's betrayal of his group to Deanna and whether he was angered or not. It is unknown if Daryl trusts Gabriel now however, though he likely does.
 * "Maybe I'm leading you into a trap so I can steal all your squirrels."
 * —Gabriel to Daryl and the group about trust.[src]

Sasha Williams
Sasha was as distrusting of Gabriel as the rest, but when Bob disappeared she became extremely hostile and suspicious of him. Ultimately she appears to forgive him for what he did and is grateful for his hospitality.
 * "Why wouldn't you want to die? You don't deserve to be here. What you did can never be undone. The dead don't choose, but the choices you made, how you sacrifice your own-- (...) Bob was mutilated. Consumed. Destroyed because of your sins. (...) Your brother felt he was apart from it. He was a part of it. He didn't deserve to be here. You don't!."
 * —Gabriel to Sasha[src]

In Conquer, their relationship becomes stained when Gabriel accuses her of killing even when she had no reason to or it wasn't in self-defense, and aggressively throws guilt on her shoulders. Not wanting to believe this, she shouts repetitively, "STOP! STOP!", before the two have a brief fight. Sasha ultimately wins this fight and points her weapon at Gabriel, who is lying on the floor with Sasha keeping him down with her foot. Maggie walks in and defuses this situation, and the three of them are later seen in a circle in the chapel, praying. Gabriel was most likely extremely saddened by Sasha's death.

Bob Stookey
Although it did not interact much can be inferred that they had a good relationship. Also because during a run of power Bob showed concern towards Gabriel when he was in trouble and even Bob Gabriel when he was bitten. He also said to Sasha that there was a couch in the office in which he could rest Bob. Later, Gabriel is present with the rest of the group in the sacristy of the church to say goodbye to Bob for the last time.

Deanna Monroe
Gabriel and Deanna seemed to have a good relationship. Gabriel was extremely grateful for Deanna allowing him into her community but warned her she made a mistake letting Rick and his group in, claiming they were dangerous people who would eventually destroy everything she worked so hard to build. Deanna seemed to believe him for a short time, however after her husbands death at the hands of Pete, Deanna told Gabriel he was wrong about Rick and his people. Gabriel was most likely extremely saddened by Deanna's death.
 * "You were wrong...."
 * — Deanna to Gabriel regarding Rick's group[src]

Carol Peletier
Carol and Gabriel are rarely shown interacting with each other. It is possible that Carol initially didn't care much for Gabriel as during the attack on the safe-zone by the Wolves she tells Morgan to leave Gabriel to die as he is being attacked by a Wolf although Morgan does not listen and saves his life. It is likely Carol knew of Gabriel's betrayal of her group to Deanna and this is the reason why she told Morgan to leave him. She does however hand him a weapon to defend himself after she kills the Wolf that attacked him. The two have not interacted much after this though it is likely the two are on good terms.
 * "Leave him!"
 * —Carol to Morgan while Gabriel is being attacked by a Wolf[src]

Morgan Jones
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.

Spencer Monroe
Spencer and Gabriel have a stable friendship. The two aren't seen together very often. When the two go to get supplies for the Saviors, the two share a conversation about Rick. Gabriel tells Spencer that he now believes in Rick, while Spencer doesn't. Spencer goes on to say how he thinks if Rick dies it would be better. Gabriel then gets out, calling Spencer a "tremendous shit", though Gabriel says that Spencer's hatred towards Rick doesn't need to be terminal. Gabriel is horrified when he witnesses Spencer get disemboweled by Negan.
 * "What you're saying doesn't make you a sinner, but it does make you a tremendous shit."
 * —Gabriel to Spencer about not liking Rick[src]

Rosita Espinosa
Rosita and Gabriel are initially shown to have a good relationship. It is unknown if Rosita was distrustful of Gabriel upon first encountering him or if she was angered upon learning of his betrayal. In "Heart's Still Beating", the two share a personal conversation and Rosita reveals of her plans to sacrifice herself to kill Negan. While Gabriel agrees with killing Negan, he clearly does not want Rosita to sacrifice herself. When Rosita says that she should have been killed rather than Glenn or Abraham, Gabriel immediately denies this and claims no one should have died. This shows that Gabriel cares deeply for Rosita. When Gabriel went missing Rosita is quick to demean him believing he betrayed them. In "Say Yes" she is angry at Gabriel for dissuading her from killing Negan and blames him for her failure, though Gabriel calmly defends himself.
 * "Anything is possible until your heart stops beating."
 * —Gabriel giving Rosita advice in his church[src]

After the time skip, Rosita and Gabriel entered into a relationship. While initially uncertain about how his relationship would affect the upbringing of Rosita and Siddiq's unborn child, these fears are eased by Eugene. After Eugene's advice, Gabriel seems more confident moving forward with his relationship with Rosita.

Eugene Porter
The two have a neutral relationship, Eugene believes that Gabriel's beliefs are absurd. Gabriel's confession about his past, hits Eugene hard and he thinks about it. Possibly seeing himself in Gabriel, this may have played a part in Eugene confessing about his past.

When Gabriel is caught by the Saviors, Eugene is concern about Gabriel and takes him to Carson. Gabriel has no hard feelings about Eugene joining the Saviors. He tries to convince Eugene to leave and help him return Carson to the Hilltop.

When Eugene, Gabriel, and the Saviors start making bullets and Gabriel refuses, not wanting to contribute in hurting his friends. This angers Eugene. He then gives him a choice to make bullets or die. Gabriel reluctantly chooses to make bullets.

Eugene expresses jealousy and disbelief as to why Gabriel and Rosita are together.

Tara Chambler
Tara and Gabriel are shown to be on good terms. It is unknown if Tara was distrustful of Gabriel when they first encountered him and whether or not she was angered of his betrayal to Deanna. In "Not Tomorrow Yet" Tara asks Gabriel if he is still a priest, which Gabriel replies yes, Tara tells him about Denise and that she told her that she loved her. Gabriel asks if she loved Denise, to which Tara says yes. Tara was shocked when Gabriel when missing believing he changed, although she seems pleased to learn that he did not abandon the group.

Negan
Gabriel and Negan first met when Negan first arrived at Alexandria. He lies to Negan and tells him Maggie died, while she is hiding at the Hilltop. After the first battle of Alexandria, Gabriel helps Rick assaulting the Sanctuary. Gabriel hides in a building after saving Gregory and being left behind. Negan is at the same building and Gabriel convinces Negan to tell about his past wife. While the two escape, Gabriel trips, but Negan saves him, showing he cares about Gabriel. Gabriel is later a hostage at the Sanctuary. Gabriel however likely despises Negan for the atrocities he has committed and likely wants him dead.

Gabriel is incharge of cleaning Negan's cells, it seems Gabriel hopes that there is some humanity inside of him. However when Negan continues to make fun of Gabriel, he staps and tells him off. To which Negan apologies for.

Gregory
Though the two have rarely interacted, Gabriel is shown to at least care for Gregory's well-being as following the Militia's first attack on the Sanctuary he went back to rescue Gregory from the approaching herd. Gregory, however, simply stole Gabriel's car and left him behind to die, showing that he doesn't care about him and later lied to Maggie about how he got the car.

Harlan Carson
Gabriel and Harlan have a good friendship. Carson's main concern is that Gabriel might go blind because of his sickness. Carson is annoyed about Gabriel beliefs. However, over time, Carson began to have faith. Gabriel's main concern was getting Carson to the Hilltop for Maggie. Carson's death hits Gabriel hard, to the point where Gabriel starts having doubts in his beliefs.

Anne
Anne and Gabriel weren't on good terms at first, considering that he got captured by her and the Scavengers. They don't interact anymore until the war is done.

However, after the events of All Out War and after the timeskip, their relationship seems to have greatly improved, with them walking around and interacting mostly with each other on the run to Washington D.C.

At the camp set up for rebuilding the destroyed bridge, Anne draws a picture for Gabriel and laments that no one trusts her except him and Rick. Gabriel tells her that at first, no one trusted him either until Rick made it possible. She strokes his hand and thanks him for staying on her side.

At night, Anne asks Gabriel who the woman she drew for him was, and he says she was his organist that he loved and lost. She asks him if he is still afraid but is cut short when he kisses her. They smile and start to kiss until Gabriel remembers he's supposed to be on watch, Anne replies with "then watch" and unbuckles his belt.

There relationship takes a rocking turn as Anne knocks Gabriel out and planed to use him as hostage to a unknown group. Gabriel pleas with Anne and she lets him go.
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Appearances
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Season 5

 * "Strangers"
 * "Four Walls and a Roof"
 * "Crossed"
 * "Coda"
 * "What Happened and What's Going On"
 * "Them"
 * "The Distance" (No Lines)
 * "Remember" (No Lines)
 * "Spend"
 * "Conquer"

Season 6

 * "First Time Again" (Flashback)
 * "JSS"
 * "Heads Up" (No Lines)
 * "Start to Finish"
 * "No Way Out"
 * "Not Tomorrow Yet"
 * "The Same Boat" (No Lines)
 * "Twice as Far" (No Lines)
 * "Last Day on Earth"

Season 7

 * "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be" (Dream, No Lines)
 * "Service"
 * "Sing Me a Song"
 * "Hearts Still Beating"
 * "Rock in the Road"
 * "New Best Friends"
 * "Say Yes"
 * "Something They Need"
 * "The First Day of the Rest of Your Life" (No Lines)

Season 8

 * "Mercy"
 * "The Big Scary U"
 * "Time for After"
 * "How It's Gotta Be"
 * "Dead or Alive Or"
 * "Worth"
 * "Wrath"

Season 9

 * "A New Beginning"
 * "The Bridge"
 * "Warning Signs"
 * "The Obliged"
 * "Who Are You Now?"
 * "Evolution"
 * "Guardians"
 * "Scars" (Flashback, No Lines)
 * "The Calm Before"
 * "The Storm"

Season 10

 * "Lines We Cross"
 * "Ghosts"
 * "Silence The Whisperers"
 * "Open Your Eyes"
 * "The World Before"
 * "Stalker"
 * "The Tower"
 * "A Certain Doom"
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Trivia

 * The character was announced on May 5, 2014 under the name "Michael Todd", described as a "school guidance counselor who had an issue with a couple of his students", until the casting was revealed at SDCC on July 25, 2014.[5][6]
 * Gabriel Stokes is described as "having two sides, displaying a friendly, puckish humor but also having a haunted side stemming from a dark secret".
 * This dark secret was revealed to be him not letting his fellow survivors in the church out of fear in the early days of the outbreak.
 * In Season 9, following the end of the war, it's revealed that Gabriel's infection rendered him partially blind and that he can no longer see through his right eye.
 * This may be inspired by John from the comic series.


 * As of "Stalker", Gabriel and Aaron are the only remaining characters introduced in Season 5.