Judith Grimes

Lore & Background

Judith Grimes first appeared in the episode "Killer Within" where she was born via caesarean section carried out by Maggie due to complications that Lori Grimes had during labor. During the caesarean section, Lori loses a lot of blood and agonizingly says goodbye to Carl as he shoots her out of mercy to avoid her reanimation. On the day she was born, Glenn and Maggie go to get formula milk when Hershel told them baby Judith could not survive without it. Daryl nicknames her the "Little Asskicker". Baby Judith was often in the care of Beth and Carol throughout the season. When an outbreak of a deadly flu came to the prison community, Judith fortunately survived the outbreak. During the last assault of the Governor, she was saved by the sisters Lizzie and Mika Samuels who take the little baby with Tyreese and together they begin making their way to Terminus. On the road, Tyreese decides to help a father and his son, leaving the little ones to their fate as a group of walkers approach. The girls were saved by Carol. When Tyreese and Carol realized Lizzie's mental breakdown after seeing Lizzie murder Mika, Lizzie reveals that she wanted to kill Judith to see her become a walker and Carol manages to stop her. During a debate with Tyreese, they decide to eliminate Lizzie to avoid hurting Judith and the rest of the people. Later, they travelled with Judith to Terminus.

In Their Own Story

Judith is still in the care of Tyreese and Carol. When Carol, Tyreese, and Judith arrive near Terminus, a walker tries to attack them and is subdued by Carol, then baby Judith begins to cry attracting more nearby walkers. Carol, Tyreese, and Judith flee until they reach a cabin where they see a man named Martin, from Terminus, standing guard in the cabin. Listening in on his conversation over a walkie, they discover their friends are being held captive at Terminus. Carol and Tyreese subdue the man and question him. Carol decides to save the group while Tyreese stays at the cabin with Judith and Martin. Martin manages to take Judith as a hostage, but Tyreese beats him unconscious, saving her life. After the rescue of Rick and the group Carol appears before Rick and the rest of the group. Carol takes Rick and Carl to Judith who happily reunite again. Judith was accompanied by her father and the group manage to reach the church of Fr. Gabriel Stokes who gives them asylum in his church. The church ends up being a slaughterhouse of the people from Terminus who hunted the group. After the deaths of Beth and Tyreese, Judith arrives into the safe-zone (called Alexandria) along with the group and was guided by a community recruiter named Aaron. When the group was working against the massive herd of walkers in a nearby quarry, a group of scavengers called "The Wolves" invade the community by slaughtering several Alexandrians. Carl protects his sister Judith while the group manages to annihilate the Wolves. The shots and the sound a truck horn attracted the herd that were diverting the group, while the walkers invade the safe-zone. Fr. Gabriel carried Judith to his church and the community successfully eliminate the walkers. When Rick and Michonne revealed their romance, Michonne became Judith's mother figure.

Reader's Guide

When Negan meets Judith, he becomes fond of her despite having a rough relationship with her father and promises to protect her and Carl. Later, Judith was transported to the Hilltop. She sits on the ground while Maggie and Jesus talk. Shortly after, Judith stands up and is carried away by Enid. Judith was always in the care of the Alexandrians during the war against the Saviors, later Carl discovers that he was bitten by a walker, he decides to spend a day with his little sister. Before his death, she manages to survive under the sewers when Negan bombs Alexandria and the little girl is successfully taken to the Hilltop Colony. Eighteen months after the fall of Negan, Judith lives happily with Rick and Michonne. When problems begin within the communities, Rick is forced to deal with a herd of walkers by destroying a bridge in order to save the communities. The group believes that Rick died. Six years later, a group of survivors led by a woman named Magna are overwhelmed by a herd of walkers. A little girl with a sheriff's hat appears and saves them from the herd. She introduces herself as Judith Grimes. It is later revealed that Judith disagrees with her adoptive mother Michonne about Judith's friendly relationship with Negan. Judith also has a half-brother named Rick Grimes Jr., the son of Rick and Michonne conceived before Rick's presumed death. Several months after the massacre during the community's fair done by Alpha, she was saved by Negan when she attempted to save Daryl's dog in the large blizzard during the winter. In "Lines We Cross", some months after the blizzard, Judith and the Coalition form a militia in order to train the residents of the communities to face any future threats. She takes part in a training exercise on the Oceanside beach. As Ezekiel and Jerry methodically release walkers from a shipwrecked boat, Judith and the other militia work together as a unit to take out the walker threat. Later on, Judith and R.J. play with some shells that R.J. found. As they dump out their seashells in the sand, a Whisperer mask falls out. Judith gets scared and informs the rest of the group. A while later, Judith tells R.J. the story about Rick blowing the bridge to save his friends. "He died and went to heaven," Judith tells R.J. about "the brave man" in her story. Michonne walks up to hug them, telling them she'd do anything to protect them. Suddenly, an explosion rings out and everyone looks up to witness streaks of fire cascading from the sky. Judith then stays at the camp looking after her brother as the adults deal with the situation.

Did You Know?

• Judith's biological father is probably Shane, though this has not been confirmed.
• Daryl nicknames her the 'Little Asskicker'.
• Judith was born via caesarean section carried out by Maggie due to complications that Lori Grimes had during labor.
• Judith has a half-brother named Rick Grimes Jr., the son of Rick and Michonne conceived before Rick's presumed death.
• Judith was saved by Negan when she attempted to save Daryl's dog in the large blizzard during the winter.