Lambert Kendal (TV Series)

"Sounds like they chasing those idiots up and down every back road we got."

- Lambert talking about the car chase between the criminals and officers.

Lambert "Lam" Kendal is a minor character in AMC's The Walking Dead who made his first appearance in "Days Gone Bye". He was a sheriff deputy working at the King County Sheriff's Department alongside Rick Grimes, Shane Walsh and Leon Basset. After the initial outbreak, Kendal's fate is unknown.

King County, Georgia
Lambert Kendal served time in the Military before becoming a law enforcement officer. He may have been trained and stationed at Fort Benning, where he engaged in a military career and trained for combat.

"Days Gone Bye"
Lambert and Leon are part of the team of deputies called in to assist the Linden County Sheriff's Department in pursuing suspects during a high speed chase. Lambert is armed with a handgun, and participates in the shootout between the deputies and troopers against the criminals in the speeding car; which had flipped off the road. He does not appear after Rick Grimes is shot.lambert is killed and reanimated offscreen.

"Bloodletting"
During a flashback of Carl and Lori, Shane talks to Lori and tells her that Rick is in the hospital after being shot during the police pursuit. Lambert is seen in the background by the police car with another unnamed police officer.

18 Miles Out
Lambert is seen as a walker when Shane and Rick encounter an undead lambert and other undead police officer later Shane stabs the undead lamber in the head killing lambert once and for all.

Location Unknown
Nothing is known about Lambert since the outbreak. Similarly to Shane, he was most likely, at the time, attempting to aid FEMA and the Military in evacuating civilians, although his status is unknown.

Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Lambert has killed:
 * Unnamed Criminal (Alongside his fellow officers)
 * Unnamed Criminal (Alongside his fellow officers)
 * Possibly numerous counts of zombies.

Rick Grimes
Not much is known of the two's relationship other than they were colleagues. However, Lambert was seen in the background in the episode, "Bloodletting", of Shane giving the bad news, that Rick had been shot in the line of duty, to Lori.

Shane Walsh
Similar to Rick, not much is known of the two's relationship other than they were colleagues. However, he along with his partner, Leon, were seen in the background in the episode, "Bloodletting", helping Shane give the bad news to Lori.

Leon Basset
All that can be inferred about Lambert's relationship with Leon, is that the two of them were partners before the zombie apocalypse ensued.

Trivia

 * Jim R. Coleman believes that because of Lambert's military and police background, he managed to get underground and form a group of survivors. Whether or not this will play out in the TV Series remains to be seen.
 * Lam's signature sidearm is a Glock 17.
 * He is the only named character of the TV series appearing in the first episode whose fate isn't clearly specified.