John Dorie (Fear)

"Well, since there is no one there... before I go quiet again for maybe another year, I might as well tell you that I-- I did talk to someone. She wasn't just someone. She came to my door. Just showed up. I let her stay. And we fell-- we had feelings for each other. One day we allowed it. One day. I just thought I'd say that. 'Cause I supposed I would see it when I said it. And I did. And that was nice. There ain't been a lot of nice."

- John unknowingly to Morgan Jones about Laura John Dorie is a main character and a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's Fear The Walking Dead. He is described as "a man of fascinating contradictions. He loves people but has spent a great deal of time on his own. He’s a gentle soul — an innocent in many ways — but is no stranger to violence. He can be soft-spoken and disarmingly funny all at once." Following the disappearance of Laura, John later abandons his cabin in order to start his long journey of finding his loved one.

Personality
John is shown to be calm, thoughtful and smart but has spent a period time alone during the apocalypse which has caused him to talk to himself at times.

Round Rock, Texas
John was born in the late 1960's and grew up in Texas. As a child his mother often used the term 'badinage' during conversations, besides this little is known regarding that of his early life.

As an adult, John became employed as a police officer where he trained to become an exceptional gunslinger. On weekends, he also worked at Humbug Gulch where he taught several children in trick shooting and lasso and even put on several wild-west performances.

One time, he had an alcoholic colleague who survived a close encounter with a suspect who managed to steal a garbage truck and crushed his patrol vehicle. From this incident, John witnessed the effect of how negative experiences could change an individual.

One day after presenting one of his shows, John witnessed an armed criminal attempting to rob a gas station. John intervened and asked him to put his weapon down but the criminal refused. John attempted to cripple him, however he unintentionally shot him in the leg which caused him to bleed to death. This incident made the citizens regard him as a hero, John however felt guilt for his actions and thus retreated to a cabin where he vowed to never use a firearm again and isolated himself from society.

"What's Your Story?"
John is first seen reading a book by a campfire. After hearing a noise and believing it to be a person, he starts talking about himself and he asks they to join him. When its revealed to be an approaching walker, he shoots it, only to see a man standing behind it: It's Morgan Jones. "So, what's your story?" John asks Morgan with a friendly smile.

The man introduces himself as John Dorie and tells Morgan to come sit with him, offering him some food. Morgan declines the offer and stays at a distance. He tells John that he ran from "Back East." John asks him if he met a woman that had a pistol identical to his.

As Morgan begins to leave, John insists that he stay there for the night, safe at least until morning, and he reluctantly accepts.

In the middle of the night, while John is sleeping, Morgan gets out of the truck and begins walking again. He comes across an abandoned camp site and starts to get into a tent, just before he gets hit in the back of the head and knocked unconscious.

Morgan wakes up to find a couple of thugs, Leland and Bill, holding him at gunpoint while going through his bag. John shows up and shoots at Leland but surrenders when Leland's crew surrounds and takes him captive as well.

Suddenly, Althea drives up in a SWAT vehicle to the scene and offers Leland a case of ramen and cigarettes in exchange for the prisoners. When Leland refuses, she pulls a lever to reveal the vehicle is rigged with machine guns.

Afterwards, Althea drives with Morgan and John in the back of the vehicle. She tells them that they owe her for saving their lives. She stops at a Trailer Park and gets out a video camera, explaining to them that she's a journalist and wants to get their stories on record.

The next day, Althea interviews John on camera and learns about his mission to find his girlfriend, Laura, who he met after the fall. She turns the camera on Morgan. He brushes her off and leaves them.

Before he leaves, John runs after Morgan to gives him fresh socks, when suddenly they spot one of Leland's cars parked nearby.

Leland's crew surrounds Morgan, John and Althea. Leland demands the keys to Althea's truck. Morgan and John fight off their captors.

John opens the door to an abandoned trailer. A herd of Infected streams out.

Althea sprints to the truck. Leland slams the door in her face and tells her the keys didn't work. She reveals that they were the wrong keys. Before he can attack her, John shoots Leland. Althea escapes as Leland gets devoured by Infected, then guns down the Infected with the SWAT machine gun.

After the fight is over, Morgan, John and Althea get back on the road. John notices a white flag with the number 51 spray-painted on it lying in the back of the truck. It's the same flag that was flying back at the trailer park. Althea says the flags have been popping up all around over the last few weeks, marking something, but she isn't sure exactly what they're for because no one has been alive for her to ask. Althea points out that Morgan still owes her an interview.

Althea interviews Morgan on the side of the road. Morgan reveals that he came from Atlanta and used to belong to several settlements. He explains that his people battled a large group and won. When Althea asks why he left his group, Morgan gets up to go. Althea demands an answer. "I lose people and then I lose myself," he says, then walks off.

Morgan hobbles down the road. He recognizes an abandoned car, then sees an infected man walking up ahead. He starts to walk after the man but trips while trying to escape two Infected. John shows up and stabs the Infected.

John helps Morgan catch up to the infected man. Morgan sees that it is the wounded man who he tried to help earlier. He kills the man and then buries him in the woods as Althea and John watch from afar.

Back in the truck, Morgan insists that he is only traveling with John and Althea until his leg heals. John explains that they are setting out to find Laura and in exchange for the help, he'll tell Althea more of his story.

Althea sees a woman crawling on the road. She pulls over and walks up to help the woman: It's Alicia, alive and well, and clearly hardened by survival. Suddenly, Alicia points a sharp weapon at Althea's neck. Nick, Strand and Luciana emerge from the bushes and hold John, Morgan and Althea at gunpoint.

"Another Day in the Diamond"
TBA

"Good Out Here"
TBA

"Buried"
Following the death of Nick Clark, John drives Al's SWAT van and tries to convince Morgan to join in his search for Laura. John recounts some of his experiences as a police officer as Nick's grief-stricken friends share their story with Al.

After being directed to stop, John is shocked to discover that the group has instead led them to a weapons cache and realizes that the group used them. John attempts to convince Al to abandon the group, but they are able to convince Al to help them. Before they do anything else, they bury Nick under a nearby tree.

As Alicia's group loads up the SWAT van, John is shocked to recognize one of the items, a backpack, as belonging to Laura. Inside the backpack, John finds Laura's identical gun. The group identifies the backpack and gun as belonging to a survivor named Naomi who was a member of the Dell Diamond Baseball Stadium community. John realizes that Naomi and Laura are one and the same, never having known Laura's real name. To his grief, John is told that Naomi died when the stadium fell. John chooses to remain behind as Al takes Alicia and her friends after the Vultures and is joined by Morgan. Al drives off, but promises to return for the two later.

"Laura"
John will appear in this episode.

"Just in Case"
John will appear in this episode.

Killed Victims
This list shows the victims John has killed:
 * 1 unnamed robber (Pre-Apocalypse)
 * Leland (Caused)
 * 1 unnamed bandit
 * Numerous counts of zombies

Morgan Jones
TBA 

Althea
TBA

Naomi
TBA

Alicia Clark
TBA

Victor Strand
TBA

Luciana Galvez
TBA

Season 4

 * "What's Your Story?"
 * "Another Day in the Diamond"
 * "Good Out Here"
 * "Buried"
 * "Laura"
 * "Just in Case"
 * "The Wrong Side of Where You Are Now"

Trivia

 * The name John is a Hebrew name meaning 'Jehovah has been gracious'. His surname Dorie is a Greek name meaning 'gift'.
 * His full name relates to the fish, John Dory.
 * John refers to the infected as "the passed".
 * John seems to enjoy reading, watching movies and playing cards as he is first seen reading, he admits to watching a lot of movies at his home after the outbreak and he states that he and his girlfriend played Scrabble to pass the time.
 * John seems to have left a very well supplied home to go searching for Laura. He claims to have a "metric ton" of popcorn as well as having the ability to watch movies a considerable length of time after the failure of the power grid. This is confirmed in the episode "Laura" because he had been able to make supplies in a store not very far from his cabin.