Lilly Chambler (TV Series)

"I said we didn't have to fight for another place."

- Lilly to Philip regarding his decision to attack the prison.

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

Overview
Lilly is a soft-spoken woman who looks out for the best interests of her family. She is seemingly oblivious to the grim realities of the outside world, and as such, lacks the necessary skills to survive.

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Lilly worked as a nurse, having specialized in oncology For years she had been married to a man with whom she had a daughter named Meghan. Three and a half years prior to the outbreak, her husband abandoned their family. Around this same time, Lilly's father, David, was diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Post-Apocalypse
During the initial stages of the outbreak, Lilly hid out with Meghan, David, and her younger sister, Tara, in her apartment complex. They relied primarily on one of the food trucks that David had driven for a living. For about a year the family spent their days in the apartment, relying on candles for lighting and making the most out of their circumstances. While Lilly continually watched over Meghan and ailing David, Tara continually cleared their area of walkers. At some point, Meghan stopped talking, possibly from the horrors she might have witnessed. The family played board games to try to make her feel better and get her talking again.

"Live Bait"
Lilly is first seen in her apartment with Tara, Meghan, and David. She is immediately cautious of Philip and doesn't hesitate to collect his weapons after he relinquishes them to her. Lilly introduces her family to Philip. After a while Lilly offers Phillip food and later on finds out he 'had' a family. Lilly helps Phillip with burying her dad who Phillip killed after he died from cancer and reanimated. After that, they went on the road with Meghan and Tara. Later on Phillip and Lilly have sexual intercourse in the van. After the van breaks down, they run into walkers coming from a turn on the road. Tara falls and sprains her ankle. Lilly helps her up and the two stumble into the woods with Philip and Meghan. They get separated from Philip and Meghan in the woods.

"Dead Weight"
Lilly joins Martinez' camp after he finds Philip and her family in a forest near the camp. Lilly sets up a Nurse Station for the camp. She is convinced by Philip to leave the group with her family and Alisha, told that it's not safe there, but returns after they find a group of walkers trapped in the mud. She is present when the group discuss about the camp's leadership after Martinez' death and when a walker sneaks inside the camp and grab Meghan's leg.

"Too Far Gone"
Lilly is initially against Phillip trying to take over the prison, but finally she seems to have accepted it reluctantly. In order to keep her and Meghan safe, Phillip settles them along a river (which walkers cannot cross). When a walker attempts to cross the river, Lilly is alerted of it and is distracted away from Meghan calling her. Simultaneously, Meghan is playing with a puddle of mud, but is bitten on the shoulder arm by a walker buried in mudslide. A grievous Lilly rushes down towards Meghan and kills the walker, but it is too late to save Meghan.

Later, during the prison assault, Lilly comes to the prison in a car and exits, holding Meghan's corpse in her arms. Phillip then shoots Meghan in head to prevent her from reanimating. After the assault ends, Michonne stabs Phillip in the back and leaves him bleeding to death. When a dying Phillip is lying in the grass, Lilly walks up to him and shoots him in the head. Her fate is currently unknown.

Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Lilly has killed:
 * The Governor
 * Possibly numerous counts of zombies.

David Chambler
Her relationship with her father seemed to be a good one. She told Philip, "It would mean the world if you could get just one [oxygen tank] for him." She also saw her father's welfare as being integral to her daughter's well-being, as evidenced by speculating that Meghan's lack of appetite was due to terror over the prospect of her grandfather dying and relating that only he could put a smile on Meghan's face when convincing Philip to retrieve oxygen for her father from a nearby nursing home.

Tara Chambler
Lilly's relationship with Tara is a sisterly one. In "Live Bait" she is shown scolding her for her language and it is clear that Tara trusts her sister with knowledge of her sexual orientation and other details of her private life.

Meghan Chambler
Her relationship with her daughter seemed to be good. She was consistently shown caring for Meghan throughout the episode. When Meghan is bitten and killed by a walker, she is devestated and cannot shoot her in the head so she takes her body to The Governor.

Philip Blake
"I saw the picture, Brian. You had a family - I know that, and I know we're not them. But for now you're stuck with us."

- Lilly to Philip.

Lilly is initially wary of Philip, but after the man helps her family several times, she seems to be grateful and grows fond of him. He's the one who reveals to her that everyone is infected and it takes brain damage to kill the walkers. She insists that he allow her family to travel with him after David's tragic death. In the truck at night, she starts a sexual relationship with Phillip.

Later, when Phillip leads an assault on the prison, Lilly shows up with Meghan, who was bitten after Phillip settled them to a riverside by a walker buried in a mudslide. Phillip shoots Meghan in the head, in order to prevent her reanimation. After the brutal onslaught ensued leaving many dead, Lilly found Phillip lying in the grass after he was stabbed and left bleeding to death by Michonne. She then shoots Phillip with his own gun, ending his reign of terror.

Caesar Martinez
They weren't seen interacting much, due to Martinez's death soon after her arrival, but they seemed to have a stable relationship.

Trivia

 * The casting call for this character used the name Laura.
 * Lilly Chambler is based off of two separate characters from The Walking Dead universe. The first is a character in the novel, Rise of the Governor, April Chalmers. The second is Lilly Caul, a character from the comic series.
 * She kills The Governor in the mid-season finale of Season 4, just like Lilly Caul did in Issue 48 of the Comics.
 * Kirkman revealed that Lilly killed the Governor out of vengeance rather than pity.