| This article is about the TV Series character. For other pages with the same name, see: Caleb |
| “ | Not everyone gets to live. End stage... is a point where no one comes back from, where they... where they can't. That's where I am.
―Caleb to Hershel Greene.[src]
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Dr. Caleb Subramanian is a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead. He joined the prison sometime after the Governor's first prison assault and served as the medical doctor for the community.
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Overview
Caleb is a helpful, caring, and hard-working doctor who helps anyone in need. After a flu breaks out in the prison, Caleb tries his best to help as many patients as possible until he himself is infected. Even when in his poor condition, Caleb still tries to help people, creating IVs for the infected, for well-knowing that he will also eventually die. He accepts this with dignity and prepares for the inevitable. He eventually reanimates and is put down by his good friend and fellow doctor, Hershel.
Pre-Apocalypse
United States
Almost nothing is known about Caleb's life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that he was a doctor with special medical knowledge and training.
Post-Apocalypse
Season 4
"30 Days Without An Accident"
Dr. Subramanian is seen greeting Daryl Dixon in the prison yard under the dining pavilion as he reads from a book.
"Infected"
Dr. Subramanian managed to escape the chaos that overcame Cell Block D. After the zombified residents were put down, he tended to the injured survivors and later examined Charlie's corpse. He discusses with Rick, Tyreese, Hershel, Sasha, Bob, and Daryl about the illness affecting the prison group, stating that it's a type of flu that spreads quickly and proceeds to explain how.
"Isolation"
Dr. Subramanian is seen treating a flu-stricken survivor with an amputated arm from the cell block attack. The man succumbed to the illness and was put down with a knife to the head. When Sasha falls ill, she starts looking for Caleb until she finds out that he has also come down with the sickness. Since Caleb is no longer able to treat people, Hershel volunteers to fill his role. When Hershel is comforting Caleb, he accidentally coughs blood on Hershel's face and tells him he shouldn't be in there with him.
"Internment"
Dr. Subramanian creates IVs for the infected survivors, despite his rapidly deteriorating condition. He reveals to Hershel that he brought several shotguns with him for the inevitable. He shrugs off Hershel's attempts to persuade him that things aren't bad, believing that he has reached the end stage of the disease and will die no matter what. Later, during the chaos after several survivors reanimate, Hershel runs to his cell for help, only to find that he has died and reanimated. Hershel reluctantly breaks his arm and stabs him through the eye. Hershel then takes one of Caleb's shotguns and uses it to kill the reanimated patients. After the chaos dies down, he comes back to Caleb's cell and closes his other eye before opening his Bible and reading through it. However, Hershel breaks down and weeps over the loss of his friend and the other prison residents.
Death
- Killed By
- The Flu (Alive)
Caleb succumbs to the flu and dies while locked in his cell.
- Hershel Greene (Zombified)
When Hershel goes to his cell for help in getting the guns, a reanimated Caleb attacks him through the cell bars. Hershel breaks his arm and then stabs through Caleb's left eye socket with a knife, putting him down.
Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Caleb has killed:
- A few unnamed prison newcomers (Before Reanimation)
- Possibly numerous counts of zombies
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Relationships
For a more in-depth look at Caleb's relationships, read here: Caleb Subramanian (TV Series)/Relationships
Allies
- The Prison
- Rick Grimes - Former Leader
- Hershel Greene † - Friend and Doctor
- Daryl Dixon
- Tyreese Williams †
- Sasha Williams †
- Bob Stookey †
- Glenn Rhee †
- Maggie Rhee
Appearances
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| ✔ | Appears | ✔ | Voice is heard |
| 👁 | Appears with no lines | ✔ | Appears in a flashback |
| ✔ | Appears as a walker | 🖼 | Appears in a photograph/video |
| ✔ | Appears as a corpse | ✔ | Appears in a hallucination/dream |
Trivia
- Caleb is the last named character to be killed by Hershel Greene in the TV Series, albeit zombified.
International Dubbers
| Language | Dubber | Other Characters Voiced |
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| Czech | Petr Lněnička | Allen (3A) Terry Pete Anderson |
| French | Marc Saez | Bob Lamson |
| German | Michael Bauer | Albert Spencer Monroe |
| Hungarian | N/A | N/A |
| Italian | Marco Bassetti | Alvaro |
| Japanese | Shohei Fuji | Zach Sam Mitch Dolgen Aaron |
| Portuguese | Bruno Sangregório | N/A |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Javier Gómez ("30 Days Without An Accident") Hernán Palma ("Infected"-"Internment") |
Javier Gómez: Lambert Kendal Otis Abraham Ford Mays Michael Mercer Hernán Palma: Morales (1) Hitchhiker Zach Jerry |
| Spanish (Spain) | Fernando Cabrera | Mexican Boy |