Lizzie Samuels (TV Series)

"I know that a lot of people are going to die...but at least they get to come back."

- Lizzie to Carol.

Lizzie Samuels is a character first introduced in Season 4 of AMC's The Walking Dead.

Jacksonville, Florida
Very little is known about Lizzie's life before or as the outbreak started, except that she has a sister, Mika Samuels, and a father, Ryan Samuels and lived in Jacksonville. She joined the prison with her family sometime between the transition into Season 4 from Season 3.

"30 Days Without An Accident"
Lizzie is first seen in the prison courtyard with other children naming the walkers on the fence, when Carl and Patrick approach then and Carl says that they shouldn't name walkers because they are not people and because they kill people. Lizzie then argues that people also kill people and have names. She also brings up the fact that she herself has witnessed the turning process. After that, she and the other kids get inside the prison headed to reading. Lizzie is also present when Carol teaches the kids how to use knives during storytime.

"Infected"
Lizzie is first seen running and shouting out of the Cell Block, notifying others for help, as walkers have breached the cell block. She's later seen when Carol brings her and her sister, Mika, to speak with Ryan, their father, before he dies and he tells Lizzie to look after her sister, before passing away causing the two girls to be saddened by the loss. At first, Lizzie wants to make sure that Ryan doesn't reanimate, but Carol ends up doing it herself, while Mika tries to calm Lizzie down. Later, the two girls are at the fences, where Carol comes to talk with them and tells the two that Ryan asked her to look after them, before telling Lizzie that she is weak. Lizzie then runs off crying because Nick the walker has been killed. At some point after that, Carol comes to the two girls again and tells Lizzie how she has to be strong, before putting a flower in the girl's hair, while Lizzie takes Carol's knife and puts it in her belt.

"Isolation"
Lizzie comes over and tells Carol that she isn't feeling well. She asks if Carol can tuck her in, but Carol realizes that she might get infected herself. Heartbroken, Carol gives her a hug and sends her inside the cellblock to find Glenn, telling her that he can tuck her in instead. After closing the door, Carol tears off her mask and begins crying.

"Indifference"
Lizzie appears briefly at the beginning of the episode, as Carol talks to her before departing on the run with Rick. Carol tells Lizzie that she has to be strong since she will be gone and Lizzie accidentally calls Carol "mom". Carol makes sure that Lizzie has her knife on her at easy reach. Carol tells her to do what she has to do if a tragedy occurs.

"Internment"
Lizzie is quarantined in Cell Block A with Luke. She saves Glenn by distracting the newly reanimated Henry away from him by calling out to him and walking down the upper-level corridor. While luring Henry, Lizzie trips and the walker falls on her attempting to bite her but Hershel saves her.

"Live Bait"
Lizzie does not appear in this episode.

"Dead Weight"
Lizzie does not appear in this episode.

"Too Far Gone"
When the prison assault begins, Lizzie tries to convince  Mika, Molly & Luke to be strong like Carol told them to, and not to be scared and weak. Later, she and her sister, Mika, gun down Alisha and another soldier, saving Tyreese's life. They then run back to the prison at the sight of walkers, as the bus with the survivors left them behind.

Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Lizzie has killed:
 * Alisha
 * One unnamed survivor.

Carl Grimes
"They're not dead, they're just...different."

- Lizzie to Carl regarding the walkers.

Carl is seen with Lizzie and other children, Mika, and Patrick are two of the children at the outside of prison staring at the walkers. Carl argues with her about calling walkers names. He was exclaiming that they have no personality, they are dead; All they do is eat people. She tells him they're not dead, just different.

Carol Peletier
"If you want to live, you have to become strong."

- Carol to Lizzie.

Carol is shown to care about the sisters. She read storytime for them in "30 Days Without An Accident" and helped them with killing off their father in mercy in "Infected". When Ryan was dying, he told her to take care of them for him. Carol came to check up on the girls twice when they were by the fence to make sure they were ok. Also Carol was distraught when Lizzie shows the same symptoms like the others, this means that she already sees her like a daughter. Lizzie takes Carol's words to heart during the prison assault when she convieces Mika that they shouldn't run away and that they should be strong and get guns.

Ryan Samuels
"Dad, no!"

- Lizzie when discovering Ryan's bite.

Ryan and Lizzie seemed to have a close relationship. He was first seen with them during storytime in "30 Days Without An Accident". When Lizzie and Mika found out Ryan got bit during "Infected", they cried and didn't know what to do. Carol tried to calm them down and told them to wait outside if they wanted to but they decided to stay inside. Carol was about to stab Ryan in the head, but Lizzie stopped her. She said they had to do it. Mika backed away, saying she can't. Lizzie tried, but failed, as she got frightened. Carol finally killed Ryan, resulting in the sisters starting to cry again.

Mika Samuels
"Count with me. One, two..."

- Mika attempting to calm Lizzie down.

Lizzie and Mika had a close sister-relationship. When their father got bit, Mika comforted Lizzie and tried to calm her down. She counted to two with her when Carol was about to kill their father in mercy. Lizzie later convinces Mika and the other children to grab guns. She and Mika gun down one of the Governor's militia and Alisha.

Trivia

 * Lizzie's actress, Brighton, once feared zombies. However, now that she has worked in this environment, she dreams of playing hide and seek with them.
 * Lizzie's view on the world after "The Turn" seems to be similar to Sophia in the comic book series. Both see the walkers as tame, especially outside the fences.
 * Lizzie is the second child in the series to kill a human.