Bob Stookey (TV Series)

"I didn't wanna hurt nobody, it was just for when it gets quiet."

- Bob to Daryl about the booze.

Bob Stookey is a survivor of the zombie apocalypse in Season 4 of AMC's The Walking Dead. He was formerly an army medic.

Overview
"Bob is deeply haunted by his past — pre- and post-zombie apocalypse. As a result, he’s a bit of a loner, although he maintains a charming/self-deprecating/confident public face."

Location Unknown
Little is known about Bob's life prior to the outbreak. At some point in his life, he served in the U.S. Military as a medic and is haunted by his past.

Before Season 4
Bob is said to have been in two different groups before Daryl found him. He was the sole survivor of both groups and says he has a curse. He also has seemed to become an alchohlic to be able to cope with the fact that he is the only person to survive in the groups he's in and drinks himself to sleep

"30 Days Without An Accident"
Bob is found by Daryl about a week before the start of Season 4. He has seen things go bad "over and over" and winding up in the safe prison has not shaken those experiences from him.

Bob is first seen approaching those who are going on the supply run to the Big Spot. Bob addresses them stating he would like to come with them to help out, saying he needs to start helping out with things since arriving at the prison the previous week and receiving a weeks worth of meals and a roof over his head. Sasha is initially reluctant, but some convincing, mainly from Daryl, changes her opinion and she allows him to join the supply run. While the group is looking for supplies he finds a shelf full of wine, and picks up a bottle. Initially thinking of taking it, Bob changes his mind and puts it back. The entire shelf cracks under the bottle being put back and tips over onto Bob, trapping his foot under the shelf. The sound of the shelving unit collapsing attracts walkers who are on the roof and begin to fall through the worn out ceiling. A legless walker that had fallen through spots Bob and starts crawling towards him. He pulls the remaining skin off the walker's face, hoping that it won't get to him. Then Daryl comes and pulls the zombie away and stomps on its head. Daryl and Zach subsequently lift the shelf, setting Bob free, but Zach is bitten and killed in the process. They manage to escape just before a large, wrecked helicopter that was on the roof crashes through the ceiling, destroying the mall.

Later that night back at the prison, Bob lays in his bunk visibly upset about how Zach lost his life saving him.

"Infected"
Bob, who lives in Cell Block D, is one of the residents to escape the zombie attack, but not before Rick gives him a shotgun that he seized from an old man who was shooting in the block. Later, Bob is seen alongside Rick, Hershel, Sasha, and Daryl as Dr. S explains the cause of the infections that are developing around the prison, suggesting that a flu may have caused Patrick's sickness and death.

"Isolation"
Bob approaches Tyreese after his fight with Rick and suggests to him to go check on his wounds but Tyreese is focused on burying Karen and David, so Bob joins him. Then, Bob offers to go with Daryl and Michonne on the supply run to the veterinary college to get treatment for the sick people. Then, Tyreese also joins them to help Sasha. On the way to the college, the group hear a voice on the radio, causing Daryl to get distracted catching the frequency. This causes them to bump into a few walkers until encountering a huge herd approaching them from the front. Daryl tries to go back but the car gets stuck with walkers. Seeing that they are getting cornered, the group leaves the car and run into the woods. Bob uses his pistol to clear the way and urges Tyreese to leave the car. Tyreese starts to get cornered while killing walkers in anger, so the group leaves him. After a while, Tyreese comes out the woods alive so the group helps him up and continues with the mission.

"Indifference"
Bob continues to help Tyreese, Michonne, and Daryl on their mission to retrieve medicine from the veterinary college. While helping Daryl jump-start a van they found, Bob says that he almost started to run when Daryl found him because he was the last man standing in the first two groups he was with, and that he blames himself for Zach's death because of accidentally knocking over the liquor shelf and attracting the herd of Walkers, to which Daryl tells him that it is "bullshit". After getting the medicine, the group is forced to jump outside onto the roof of a walkway where Bob almost loses his bag to a herd of walkers, but manages to retrieve it despite the protests of the others to let it go. Daryl discovers Bob's bag contains nothing but a bottle of liquor, but Bob has his hand on his holster when Daryl attempts to throw it away. An unintimidated Daryl disarms Bob and grabs him until Tyreese breaks it up, saying that Bob has made his own choice. Daryl says that they should have never let him join the prison group to begin with and threatens to beat Bob into the ground if he takes a sip of the liquor before the medicine is given to the sick members of the group.

"Internment"
Bob and the group arrives after Rick and Carl kills the horde. During the morning, Bob is shown with Hershel tending the sick people.

Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Bob has killed:
 * Zach﻿ (Indirectly Caused)  
 * Big Tony (Zombified)
 * Numerous counts of zombies.

Tyreese
"I'd like to start pullin' my weight around here...let me earn my keep."

- Bob to Sasha and Tyreese about the Big Spot supply run.

Bob comes to Tyreese at some point at the prison, asking if he can do his part to help out. It is possible Bob looks to Tyreese as a leader, or at least values his role in the prison group, as he also show's horrified concern when Tyreese is swarmed by a large group of walkers. He also showed concern after Tyreese and Rick had a fight, and told him to check on his wounds.

Daryl Dixon
"You take one sip before those meds get in our people, I will beat your ass into the ground."

- Daryl to Bob.

Bob was found by Daryl before the start of Season 4. Though not much interacting between them is shown, Daryl saves his life, only for Zach to get killed instead. After a huge number of prison inhabitants had been sick, Daryl brings him, Tyreese and Michonne to look for medical supplies, eventhough he contemplates that he would be a liability. Bob also talked about his past with two other groups with Daryl, implying he is comfortable with the latter. When Daryl finds out that Bob took the booze, he gets angry with him, and said he should have kept walking when Daryl came across him. Tyreese tells Daryl to let it go, and Daryl tells Bob that he will beat his ass into the ground if he drinks the booze before they return with the medicine. Their relationship is pretty negative as of now.

Zach
Bob and Zach weren't shown interacting with each other, however Zach lost his life saving him, and Bob later showed signs of guilt for his death. This is further explained in Indifference, where he tells Daryl about how the wine he took and put back caused him to die.

Trivia

 * The name used for Bob's casting call was "Roy Stark", until the casting was revealed on April 26th, 2013.
 * His appearance in the Comic Series was that of a Caucasian male in his late 50's, while his TV counterpart is that of an African-American male in his mid 30's to early 40's.
 * He is the second character whose ethnicity has been changed from Caucasian to African-American for the TV Series, the first being Dr. Stevens, who's gender was also changed from male to female.
 * It is very likely that Bob previously had an alcohol problem (similar to his comic book counterpart); as in "30 Days Without An Accident", he walked past a wine aisle and, after some hesitation, picked up a bottle off the shelf only to put it back soon after. Also in "Indifference", he steals a bottle of whiskey instead of the medicine which angers Daryl.
 * Bob is the first person in Season 4 to indirectly cause the death of a living character, Zach.