Jessie Anderson (TV Series)

"I mean it's better not out there in here. You know everyone's been through it somehow, everyone... and a lot of things disappeared but a lot of bullshit went with it. They're all from totally different backgrounds, different places they never would have even met and now they're part of each others lives... they are each other's lives. I'm just saying... we all lost things but we got something back. It isn't enough but it's something."

- Jessie to Rick Grimes at the Alexandria Safe-Zone welcoming party

Jessie Anderson is a main character and survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead. She is a resident of the Alexandria Safe-Zone. She is the former wife of Pete and mother of Ron and Sam.

Location Unknown
Little is known about Jessie's life before the outbreak started except that she had two children and was a stylist and an artist amongst ten other jobs. She attended an unnamed art college where she met Pete and fell in love and got pregnant. She married Pete several months later.

"Remember"
Jessie introduces herself shortly after Rick Grimes moves into Alexandria when supplying him with goods from the pantry, and offers to give him a haircut. While cutting his hair, she engages Rick in conversation, talking about her sons. Later, while Rick's group is out on a walk in the neighborhood, he loses sight of his children Carl and Judith, prompting him to panic. He runs into a sculpture outside Jessie's house, alerting her to his presence. She asks if he is okay, and leads him to the Millers' residence, stating that Bob and Natalie love kids. She later witnesses the confrontation between Glenn Rhee and Aiden Monroe at the town gates.

"Forget"
Jessie, Pete, and their kids attend Deanna Monroe's welcoming party for Rick and his group where Rick and her talk about the hope Alexandria holds, but reflects on the losses everyone's suffered. She is later seen holding Judith whilst trying to stop Sam from running around the house. After she gives Judith back to Rick he kisses her on the cheek, though she doesn't appear offended by this despite being married. The next day, she sees Rick and waves to him, which he does in return, but she doesn't notice him reaching for his side-arm, likely to aim at Pete.

"Spend"
Jessie is shown when Rick visits her. She explains to him that her owl sculpture was broken, but doesn't know who did it. Rick promises to look into it, but Jessie questions what he will do, and he tells her that he will think of some kind of punishment. Later towards the end of the episode, Carol Peletier visits Pete, asking for Jessie. In response he replies, "Not a good time." Carol then informs Rick that Jessie is being abused and suggests that Sam may be as well.

"Try"
Rick confronts Jessie about Pete's abuse, but she tells him that everything will be fine and that he'll move on as he has before. Rick tries to convince her that Pete's abuse is bringing her down; soon, he would kill her, so Pete has to die. Jessie, however, refuses to listen and reminds Rick that Pete is her husband, before closing the garage door on him.

After a few minutes to himself, Rick barges through the front door to confront Jessie again, much to her dismay. Rick informs her that Sam had asked for a gun and confesses that he does not want anything to happen to her, implying romantic feelings for her, and asks her if she will let him do what is needed. After asking if he would do the same for anyone else, to which he replies in the negative, she tearfully accepts. Pete then walks in and Rick tells him to go outside, but after he refuses to listen, he provokes a fight which Jessie tearfully watches. However, when Pete appears to get the drop on Rick, Jessie tries to intervene and Pete smacks her away, prompting Rick to almost kill him. The rest of the community come out to witness the fight before Deanna attempts to defuse the situation. Jessie watches, distraught, as Rick starts waving a gun around whilst telling the others how the things around the community need to work, before Michonne knocks Rick to the ground to stop the commotion.

"Conquer"
Jessie has a brief conversation with Rick but lets him know she agrees with him (about what happened the day before), despite her attempt to not to be seen with Rick, Pete watches them from his house.

She is apart of the meeting Deanna set up to talk about Rick among other residents and Rick's group. Deanna informs them about Father Gabriel Stokes's warning saying Rick's group cannot be trusted and they are dangerous, thinking Rick's behavior proved his words. However, Jessie says she doesn't have proof as she hasn't recorded it, implying Deanna's word is meaningless. Enraged Pete comes and accidentally slits Reg Monroe's throat with Michonne's katana while trying to kill Rick. Jessie is seen horrified, Reg immediately bleeds to death in Deanna's arms and she allows Rick to kill Pete, which he does. Jessie's is devastated at Pete's death

"First Time Again"
Jessie is seen in this episode as a flashback. She is first seen tending to Sam who is seen devastated at the death of Pete. Ron is sitting next to Jessie who storms off angrily, Jessie tell's Ron to come back but he doesn't listen to her. Jessie is later seen in the armory checking out a weapon when Rick walks in. Rick asks for a box of flares which Jessie hands to him. Rick tell Jessie that they should have some time away from one another due to the fact that Rick killed her husband. Jessie admonishes Rick for his behavior with Ron in the woods despite the fact that Rick saved him from certain death. Rick understands this and tells Jessie that things are going to get worse and that she needs to know how to use a gun. Rick says he could teach her but Jessie turns him down and says that she already asked Rosita to help teach her.

"JSS"
Jessie is first seen in her home. She calls Ron down from upstairs so she can give him a haircut. She calls him twice before he emerges from his room. He refuses to have his haircut and Jessie assumes that he is being so aggressive because of the death of his father and that he blames her, to which she becomes frustrated at. Ron questions the relationship between her and Rick. She tells him that they are friends and that him killing Pete was the right thing to do because Pete killed Reg and was a danger to everyone, which causes him to storm out.

When The Wolves attack Alexandria, Sam begs Jessie to hide with him, but she tells him that she has to find Ron. Jessie hides with Sam in the upstairs closet when they hear glass smash. They lock the closet door behind them and Jessie gets her gun ready.

Waiting in the closet, Jessie decides to warn Ron to stay away from the house after she hears him return. She leaves Sam in the closet, telling him to lock the door behind her. Downstairs, Jessie hides behind the kitchen counters, knowing that there is a Wolf inside her home. She desperately warns Ron away, but is attacked by woman Wolf. Jessie is slammed to the floor and pretends to be unconscious. As the Wolf picks up Jessie's gun in order to shoot her, Jessie gets up and grabs a pair of scissors from her stylist set and violently stabs the Wolf in the chest several times until she is dead as Ron watches in shock. Jessie then stabs her brain to prevent reanimation.

Now
Jessie will appear in this episode.

Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Jessie has killed:
 * One unnamed member of the Wolves (Alive, Before reanimation)
 * Possibly a few zombies

Rick Grimes
"If you don't fight, you die. And... and I don't want you to die. I can... I can help you. I can keep you and your boys safe. I can. All you have to do is say 'yes'"

- Rick to Jessie

Jessie and Rick had met the day Rick arrived at the Alexandria Safe-Zone. Jessie brought clean clothes to Rick after he had cleaned himself. She offered to cut his hair, to which Rick accepted even though he is uncertain of what he had just said. While Jessie was styling his hair, the two talked, getting to know each other. Jessie told Rick that she has two boys, Sam and Ron, living in the community with her along with her husband, Pete. The two then met a while later, when Rick panicked after losing Carl and Judith when they went strolling around the community. Rick stumbled upon her house and accidentally broke a statue that Jessie and her sons were trying to build, which the two joke about later on. Jessie then asked Rick about whether Carl could meet Ron, who is pretty excited to meet Carl. Rick allowed Carl to go with Jessie, showing that Rick trusted her.

Later at the welcoming party, the two bonded further, with Jessie even being allowed to hold Judith. When Rick took Judith back, he gave her a kiss on the cheek, something she did not try to stop, suggesting an attraction between the two.

In "Try", the two seemed to reach a disagreement in regards to how Pete treats Jessie at home and how to deal with the problem, straining their relationship. She began to completely understand the reason behind why Rick cared for her so much, and became indecisive when he offered her his help. When he confronted her a second time, he again offered his help, and confirmed that he would not do the same for anyone else, showing that he considered her to be a special person and directly implying his feelings for her. Eventually, she accepted his assistance, showing that she trusted him.

The next day Rick checks up on Jessie, she thinks it wouldn't be good if people saw them talking after what happened. Rick says he doesn't regret what he did and he is worried about her bruise (thinking he accidentally hit her during the fight), but she assures him it was Pete and she also tells him he was right before he walks away.

Pete Anderson
Pete's relationship with Jessie started very well. Jessie and Pete met at Art College where they both fell in love with each other and Pete had impregnated her. After Pete left to attend Medical School, he promised Jessie he would provide for her and their soon to be child. He kept his promise and went on to marry Jessie and have two kids with her. But he began to abuse her which went on to become a domestic abuse issue which he never really grew out of, even after the dead started to rise. After this, their relationship began to get very strained and Jessie fell out of love with him but continued to keep the abuse to herself and her family due to her fear of Pete. But when Rick arrived, she knew that she had a protector and began to become more confident and stood up to Pete more though it did result in worse beatings. After Rick came to talk to Pete and try and resolve the issue by telling him it's over between Jessie and Pete, Pete began to get volatile towards Rick, due to his relationship being broken because of her confiding to Rick. Jessie was horrified to see Pete kill Reg but her reaction to Rick executing him remains unseen. In First Time Again, she doesn't appear upset at Rick for killing Pete, but she admonishes Rick for his behavior with Ron in the woods despite the fact that Rick saved him from certain death.

Sam Anderson
Jessie and Sam have a stable mother-son relationship. According to Sam, he tells his mother everything, indicating that they are close. Sam also mentions that he wants a gun for someone who needs it, because the person is in "danger", referring to Jessie, showing that he cares deeply for her safety.

Carol Peletier
While not shown interacting together Carol shares a natural caring for Jessie, as she had been a victim of abuse by the hands of her husband Ed as well.

She is the first to notice it and inform Rick after she previously attempted to talk to her but failed as Pete closed the door.

Deanna Monroe
"I don't see him here, Deanna, so you're just saying what someone said... Did you tape him?"

- Jessie to Deanna questioning her dialogue with Gabriel Stokes

It is possible Jessie's relationship with Deanna could be strained as she has ignored Jessie's problems with Pete all along. At the meeting, Jessie implies the woman is lying when Deanna says Rick and his group are dangerous as Father Gabriel is absent and she has nothing to prove it.

Ron Anderson
"Your father was dangerous!"

- Jessie to Ron about Rick killing Pete.

Before Pete's death, it can be assumed that Ron and Jesse had stable mother son relationship. However after Pete's demise by Rick, their relationship is strained. When she tries to talk to him, he refuses to interact with her because she continues to be friends with Rick and seems to be holding a grudge against her. When he returns to see Jessie stabbing a Wolf to death, he seems shocked and disturbed.

Appearances
{{scroll
 * content =

Season 5

 * "Remember"
 * "Forget"
 * "Spend"
 * "Try"
 * "Conquer"

Season 6
}}
 * "First Time Again" (Flashback)
 * "JSS"
 * "Now"

Trivia

 * The casting call for this character was Samantha, being described as "an attractive, strong, smart, charming and articulate woman who also has a vulnerable side. She's a mother with a bohemian spirit, and a talented artist."
 * Upon being cast as Jessie, Breckenridge explained: "I didn't know anything. I hadn't watched the show before. I'd watched the pilot a long time ago, which I enjoyed, but I wasn't into the blood and guts at the time so I didn't continue watching for that reason. When I got the part, I watched all four seasons in a week and was having zombie nightmares. It was like cramming for an exam. I hadn't read the comics and when I first had my meeting with Scott Gimple, he suggested I not read the comics because the show and characters aren't always exact to the comics. If you've seen the comics, my character has short black hair with bangs and wears a headband — and she's a meek; she's a weaker character than I'm playing on the show, which is great because I enjoy playing a stronger character."
 * Actress Alexandra Breckenridge confirmed that Jessie and Pete both met in Art College and fell in love but got pregnant with Ron at a very early age, prompting Pete to attend Medical School in order to provide for his family, which caused their relationship to suffer.