Beta's Best Friend (TV Series)

Beta's Best Friend
Actor	Garrett Zehner
Gender	Male
Hair Color	Blond
Age	Mid to Late 30s
Occupation	Pre-Apocalypse Rehab Counselor at Second Lives
Family	Unknown
Ethnicity	Caucasian-American
Status	Dead
Only Appearance	"We Are the End of the World" (Photograph/Zombified, Flashback)
Fate
Death Episode	"We Are the End of the World" (Zombified, Flashback)

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I can't leave him... ―Beta to Dee about his deceased friend.

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Beta's best friend is a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead. He was very close to Beta before the apocalypse.

Quick Answers

How did Beta's best friend influence his survival tactics?

Beta's best friend played a crucial role in shaping his survival tactics. After his friend was bitten and reanimated, Beta was unable to end his life, leading to his mental breakdown. He skinned his friend's face to hide his identity and wore it as a mask, which became central to his persona. This act of honoring his friend influenced Beta's identity and survival strategy, making him a loyal and fearsome member of the Whisperers.

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How did Beta's best friend die in The Walking Dead?

In The Walking Dead, Beta's best friend died from unknown causes and reanimated as a walker. Dee put him down after reanimation, which deeply affected Beta and contributed to his mental instability.

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What role did Beta's best friend play before the apocalypse?

Beta's best friend was a rehab counselor before the apocalypse. His life details are mostly unknown, but he was close to Beta. They survived the early outbreak together until his death, which profoundly impacted Beta.

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What was Beta's best friend's occupation before the outbreak?

Before the outbreak, Beta's best friend worked as a rehab counselor. His life details before the apocalypse are not well-documented, but he was known to be close to Beta. They survived together in a camp until it was overrun, after which they took refuge in an abandoned hospital. He died of unknown causes, reanimated, and was put down by Dee.

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What impact did Beta's best friend have on his character development?

The death of Beta's best friend profoundly influenced his character. Before the apocalypse, Beta was solitary and socially awkward. His friend's death intensified his mental instability and reclusiveness, driving him to embrace the Whisperer lifestyle. This loss made him fiercely protective of his identity, even committing murder to conceal it.

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Pre-Apocalypse

Location Unknown

Nothing is known about this man's life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that he was Beta's best friend and used to work as a rehab counselor.

Post-Apocalypse

During the early years of the outbreak, this man and Beta survived together in a survivor camp, though it was eventually overrun, forcing the two to flee and take refuge in an abandoned hospital. He died at some point later, and Beta chose to keep him locked up as a walker in the hospital, being unable to put him down.

Season 10

"We Are the End of the World"

This zombified man is being kept locked up by Beta, possibly because he doesn't want to lose his sole reminder of how life was before. After Dee kills this zombified man, Beta throws a violent tantrum but eventually calms down. Beta doesn't want to leave his best friend behind, but Dee tells him that he doesn't need to and hands him a knife. Beta takes the upper half of his face to use as his mask. He also takes off his shirt and puts it on.

Death

Killed By

• Unknown Cause (Alive)

This man died due to unknown causes. He eventually reanimated and was kept locked up by Beta.

• Dee (Zombified)

Dee, after seeing that this zombified man is about to bite Beta, stabs him in the head, putting him down.

Appearances

TV Series

Season 10

• "We Are the End of the World" ^{(Photograph/Zombified, Flashback)}

Trivia

• He is one of eleven known characters to have seen Beta's face.
  • The other ten characters are Lydia, Alpha, Mary, Daryl Dixon, Negan Smith, a Whisperer, Daniel, Grace, Dennis, and Silas, with the latter four being unknowingly.
• It was revealed on Talking Dead by Ryan Hurst that he was Beta's best friend before the apocalypse.
  • It was also revealed that he was a rehab counselor.