Tomas (TV Series)

"Shit happens."

- Tomas, after nearly killing Rick.


 * For the comic book character, see Thomas Richards.

Tomas is a character that first appeared in the premiere of Season 3 of The Walking Dead TV series, "Seed". He is the leader of the prisoners that survived the apocalypse and the tv series counterpart of Thomas Richards.

Character
Glen Mazzara on Tomas:


 * “Tomas is the leader. Tomas is the alpha male. He’s the one who is in charge and he is the one who has set the rules and he did before the apocalypse, he’s been doing that since, and suddenly, here’s Rick telling him, ‘This isn’t even your prison any more.’ Tomas is not going to stand for that.

West Georgia Correctional Facility
Hardly anything is known about Tomas' life before the apocalypse. He was a convicted criminal being held in the prison.

Season 3
As the apocalypse began, a big rebellion started at the prison. Tomas, Oscar, Andrew, Big Tiny, and Axel were taken to the prison's cafeteria by a guard. After being locked in, Tomas claimed the guard gave him a gun and went out to call for backup, but he never returned and the five prisoners spent around 10 months locked inside the cafeteria without knowing what was going on outside.

"Seed"
He was found after Daryl Dixon, Rick Grimes, Glenn, T-Dog and Maggie broke open the cafeteria's door to escape walkers. He witnessed the amputation of Hershel Greene's leg.

"Sick"
Confused about what had just happened, Tomas and the other prisoners ask who Rick and his group are, thinking that they are bandits that have raided the prison. Rick tells Tomas and the others about what has happened to the world, which the prisoners were totally unaware of. Realizing that this prison is the safest place to live, Tomas threatens Rick's group, claiming that the prison belongs to the prisoners, and Rick and his group must leave. After an intense discussion, Rick make an agreement to attain a share of the cafeteria's food in exchange for helping the prisoners clear out a cell block for themselves. During the process of cleaning the cell block, Tomas acts increasingly belligerent towards Rick and the others. Big Tiny gets deeply scratched by a walker, and even after being told that there was no way that he would survive this, Tiny keeps saying that he feels fine and nothing was going to happen. As the other prisoners ask Rick if there is any way of saving Big Tiny's life, Tomas kills Tiny with no hesitation by brutally smashing his head in. This raises concern for Rick and Daryl, who prepare to take him out if he makes any further hostile moves. Later, when clearing out the laundry room, Tomas intentionally swings his weapon too close to Rick whilst attacking a walker, and then pushes another Walker onto him. Rick survives after being saved by Daryl as the prisoners finish killing the remaining walkers. After the room is cleared, Tomas attempts to justify his actions; "Shit happens". Rick responds to Tomas' attempt to murder him by driving his machete into his head.

Killed By
After attempting to kill Rick twice in a row, Rick approaches Tomas, and after an intense confrontation, he relentlessly drives his machete into Tomas' head, killing him instantly.
 * Rick Grimes

Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Tomas has killed:
 * Big Tiny
 * Numerous counts of zombies and possibly an unknown amount of people prior to the apocalypse.

Trivia

 * Although his appearance is much different, he is the TV series counterpart of Thomas Richards.
 * He is the first person in Season 3 to have killed a living survivor, the second being Rick.