Dawn Lerner (TV Series)

"Every sacrifice we make needs to be for the greater good. The second it isn't, the second we lose sight of that it's all over. The thing is you're not the greater good, you're not strong enough. How many people had to risk their lives to save you!? In here, you are part of a system. The wards keep my officers happy - The happier my officers are, the harder they work to keep us going."

- Dawn to Beth.

Dawn Lerner is a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead. She is the leader of Grady memorial hospital.

Atlanta, Georgia
Dawn was a police officer with the Atlanta Police Department. She worked with a senior officer named Hanson. She also has OCD which will affect her role as leader of a group of survivors later on.

"Slabtown"
Dawn is first introduced when Beth wakes up in Grady Memorial Hospital. Dawn tells her that Beth owes her officers for saving her.

Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Dawn has killed:
 * Hanson
 * Joan (Zombified)
 * Gorman (Before Reanimation)
 * Unnamed African-American officer (Before Reanimation)
 * Numerous counts of Grady Memorial Hospital patients (Before Reanimation)
 * Numerous counts of zombies and unnamed people.

Beth Greene
Dawn and Beth are shown to have a strained relationship, the two of them not trusting each other. Dawn tells Beth she "owes them" because they saved her, though this seems to be something that all new arrivals are told. When Steven Edwards tells Dawn that Gavin Trevitt cannot be saved, Dawn angrily responds by slapping Beth on the cheek, causing her suture to reopen. After Trevitt died due to Beth accidentally administering the wrong drug, Noah takes the blame but Dawn knew Beth was the cause. She tells Beth that she is doing everything for the greater good and Beth isn't the greater good. After Beth is subdued by an officer when attempting to escape the hospital with Noah, she is brought to Dawn's office. Beth tells her nobody will come to safe them, so everything Dawn is doing is useless. Dawn looks at a picture of her and Hanson, who she "dealt with" for the greater good before knocking Beth unconscious.

Steven Edwards
""Only on her bad days...it's unfortunate for us that that's the only kind she has."

- Steven Edwards on the subject of Dawn's violent outburst

Dawn and Dr. Edwards seem to have a good working relationship, however they often disagree on things. Dawn's persistence and way of running the community seem to annoy Edwards.

Hanson
Hanson was her superior officer who was in charge of the hospital first. When Hanson began to become reckless and make bad choice she took it upon herself to have him "dealt with" and take over. She seem to care about him as she kept a photo of him presenting an award to her in her office.

Gorman
To be added

Noah
"Noah's smart, probably my best worker. That story he told about the ventilator, boys not much of a liar."

- Dawn to Beth.

Dawn and Noah are shown to have a stable relationship, with Dawn saying that Noah is one of her best workers in the hospital. Dawn, upon finding Noah in the outbreak left his father injured, but saved Noah taking him back to the hospital. It is shown that Dawn feels guilty for punishing Noah, after he takes the blame for accidentally killing Gavin Trevitt, knowing that he lied to protect Beth. Any guilt she felt didn't stop her from punishing him though.

Season 5

 * "Slabtown"

Trivia

 * This character was first introduced in the Comic Con 2014 trailer for Season 5, where Executive Producer Gale Anne Hurd confirmed the actress as Christine Woods.
 * The casting call for this character used the name Vivian Bishop.
 * It was confirmed on Talking Dead's Inside the Dead segment that she suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
 * Presumably as a result of this, Dawn and the other officers in her group wear spotless police uniforms.
 * Lerner is the first woman to be the leader of a community.
 * She shares some similarities with Shane:
 * Both were police officers before the outbreak.
 * Both attempt to maintain absolute control over their respective groups.
 * Both disregard ongoing issues within their groups, instead focusing solely on their own.
 * Both are in charge of a group within the city limits of Atlanta.
 * Both believe that the military will arrive to save everyone.