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| “ | She was dying. It should’ve been me on that table. I wouldn’t have mattered to anybody. She was a loss to the world. Hell, she ran this place. I just worked here. In our field, she was an Einstein. Me? I’m just… Edwin Jenner. She could’ve done something about this. Not me.
―Dr. Edwin Jenner about his late wife.[src]
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Dr. Candace Jenner (née unknown) is a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead. She was the head scientist at the Center for Disease Control when the outbreak decimated Atlanta. At some point, she was infected and died, but donated her body to her husband, Edwin Jenner, so that he could conduct research and hopefully find a cure.
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Pre-Apocalypse
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Candace was born in 1976. She worked alongside her husband Edwin Jenner and the computer-AI Vi at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. She was described by her husband as being an exceptional genius and leading mind in their field, to whom his own skills as a scientist could not match.
Post-Apocalypse
During the onset of the outbreak, Candace, along with her husband and colleagues in the CDC, attempted to find a cure to reverse the outbreak; however, the situation only worsened despite their efforts, and many of her colleagues either fled the CDC to be with their families or committed suicide.
At some point, Candace was bitten and resigned to her fate, decided to donate her failing body to be studied in the hopes of developing a cure. Before her death, Candace begged her husband to keep trying to find a cure for as long as he could, and Jenner reluctantly agreed at his wife's request. Candace then died, and Jenner put her down. He recorded her death and reanimation time, timing it exactly as two hours, one minute, seven seconds.
Survival Instinct
Act Two
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Candace is heard talking to Dowdle over the radio. Dowdle is attempting to understand the virus, and Candace asks if she has tissue samples and a working serum. Dowdle informs her Lt. Groves is working on getting them. |
Act Three
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At the end of the game, Lt. Groves says that he and his team have safely evacuated Candace Jenner. Later, the chopper takes off with her. |
TV Series
Season 1
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Edwin was seen in a Bio-safety Level 4 lab working on brain matter samples from Candace in an effort to find a cure. He accidentally knocked over a vial, causing the chemicals to mix. This made the air toxic, and Vi informed that the lab needed to be sterilized since the air has been compromised. Once Edwin left the lab, Vi set the lab on fire and burned away all remaining samples of Candace.
Edwin brought the group to the control room to explain what he knew and talks about the CDC, how he was the last one, and the rest of the doctors and staff were gone. He then showed his findings about the infection and how it changed the brain of those bitten. He showed Candace's MRI scans to the group and explained what he knew about the disease. He revealed that his wife was named Test-Subject 19 and talked about the promise he made to her about finding a cure. He also mentioned that her body reanimated in two hours, one minute, and seven seconds, and then a few minutes later, he shot her in the head. |
Death
- Killed By
- Zombies (Alive)
Candace was bitten by a walker and resigned to her fate, tells her husband that she would donate her failing body to him in an effort to find a cure. Candace eventually succumbed to the infection and died.
- Edwin Jenner (Zombified)
Two hours after her death, she reanimated, and once it was clear that her brain couldn't provide any more useful information in an active state, Jenner shot her in the head. He used her body to gain brain tissue samples to aid in the development of a cure.
Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Candace has killed:
- Possibly numerous counts of zombies
Relationships
Allies
- Center for Disease Control
- Edwin Jenner † - Husband
Appearances
TV SeriesSeason 1
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Survival InstinctAct Two
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Trivia
- Candace appears in "TS-19" as an archived MRI footage and in a photograph on Edwin Jenner's desk. However, she, like Private Gaines, actually appears in a deleted scene for the episode of "TS-19".
- Candace is the only character in the TV Series whose fate is shown on a tape.
- She is one of three characters in which it is known how long it took for them to turn; in her case, 2 hours, 1 minute, 7 seconds.
- Originally, Candace was meant to appear in the "Pilot" of Fear the Walking Dead, but her scene was cut. [1]
- In World Beyond, Candice is mentioned in the mid-credit scene of "The Last Light" by her husband.
References
Unnamed or Unseen WB Characters
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| Campus Colony of Omaha | Administrator • Izzy • Dr. Bavolar • Student 1 • Student 2 • Student 3 • Kallenbach • Dwyer |
| Lincoln | Silas' Grandmother • Silas' Grandfather • Adoption Agent • Esmerelda • Mrs. Carlucci |
| Civic Republic of Philadelphia | Beale • Trabruzzi • Mullins • Verschuren • Resident • Soldier |
| France | Man • Woman |
| Miscellaneous Survivors | Ridgway • Candace • Kevin • Mia |
| Alive characters appear in green. Unknown characters appear in blue. Dead characters appear in red and italics. Undead characters appear in gray and italics. | |
Unnamed Survival Instinct Characters
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| Pemberton | Elizabeth • Deputy |
| Park Family | Steve • Frank |
| Cleburne | Groves • Candace • Subject M8.5200-05 |
| Oakview | Mallory • Travis |
| Savage Sons Motorcycle Club | Biker 1 • Biker 2 |
| Archer Creek | Deborah • Kevin |
| Berger Family | Tom • Mrs. Berger • Mr. Berger |
| Harrison Family | Andrea • Amy |
| Miscellaneous Survivors | Preacher • Joan • Abromowitz • Spug • Mr. Bedford • Mrs. Dixon |
| Alive characters appear in green. Unknown characters appear in blue. Dead characters appear in red and italics. Undead characters appear in gray and italics. | |