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I love him and he's gone. He's with them in a better place!
―Frances about her son.[src]

Frances is a former antagonist and a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead. She is a member of the Whisperers and the sister of Mary. At some point, Frances conceived a son.

Overview[]

Frances seemingly starts as a loyal Whisperer who goes along with their values and ideals. At first, she follows every order Alpha gives, which includes abandoning her son whose crying is attracting walkers. However, Frances lives to regret this choice. One day, she begins to start acting strange, such as crying which brings the attention of some walkers. Frances is devastated about the loss of her child. Alpha confronts Frances about this, but she spares her since she relates to her situation with abandonment of her child. Frances is encouraged by many to just forget about her son, including her own sister Mary. However, she is unable to, and after seeing a walker with a baby carrier on it, the memories of her abandoning her son flood right back. She attacks Alpha, the person who ordered her child's abandonment in the first place. Frances ends up being killed by her own sister who throws Frances into the herd of walkers to be devoured.

Pre-Apocalypse[]

Santa Monica, California[]

Nothing is known about Frances' life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that she had an older sister named Mary and her parents' names were John and Alice. The family lived nearby a large lake in Santa Monica where the sisters as children would ride their bicycles around it together before sundown.

Post-Apocalypse[]

In the early days of the apocalypse, Frances and Mary were trying to survive together but kept making bad decisions by letting others misguide them. At some unknown point later, they found and joined a large group of primitive survivors known as the Whisperers. Frances and her sister became adept at sniffing out locations for the dead and assisted the group in accumulating their many herds. At least 8 years into the apocalypse, she got involved with a man and eventually birthed a son.

Season 9[]

"Bounty"[]

Frances, holding her baby, is part of a small group of Whisperers that accompany Alpha to the Hilltop's gates. When all of the commotion draws a herd, Frances' baby starts crying. She is then forced to abandon him to the walkers, but the baby is saved by Connie with the help of Daryl, Kelly, Tammy Rose, and Earl Sutton.

Season 10[]

"We Are the End of the World"[]

Frances and Mary accompany Beta to collect more walkers for their herds under Alpha's orders. While luring the walkers, Frances looks at the sun and starts acting odd. Her sister orders her to focus and not jeopardize their place among the Whisperers. When they are corralling the herd on a field, Frances starts crying and causes some walkers to try to attack her. Beta kills them and says she will pay for this.

At their camp, Beta throws Frances to the ground and orders a Whisperer to kill her. As she starts screaming that her son is in a better place, Alpha demands they leave her alone. Frances is then sent to talk to Alpha alone inside a tent. Inside, she is ordered by Alpha to remove her mask and kneel. Alpha grabs Frances' head and prompts a scream heard throughout the camp, but ultimately pardons her. Frances then goes to talk with her sister when another Whisperer questions whether they should go back to the other communities.

At night, Frances tells her sister about Alpha showing mercy and how it felt to talk with her. Mary says she should forget about her son like how Alpha sacrificed her daughter for the pack. She also hopes Frances starts behaving better.

The next day, Frances follows Alpha as she leads a group of Whisperers to a field to gather more walkers. Suddenly, a satellite crashes through the sky and the herd starts to scatter. Frances sees a walker with a strapped baby carrier and remembers when she was forced to abandon her son. She runs towards Alpha and jumps on her causing the herd to get riled up. The herd closes in and Frances is pulled off Alpha by Mary and thrown to the middle of the herd to be devoured.

"What It Always Is"[]

Frances is remembered by Mary as she starts having flashbacks to when she was forced to kill her sister in order to save Alpha and earn her place in the group.

"Stalker"[]

Frances is remembered by Mary when she is questioned by Gabriel about her sister's whereabouts.

"Walk With Us"[]

Mary is questioned by Alden and Kelly about Frances. Holding her nephew, Mary tells them that Adam meant everything to Frances while Kelly realizes that Frances meant everything to Mary. Mary expresses remorse for killing Frances, stating that if she had to do it again she wouldn't have killed Frances. Mary subsequently chooses to sacrifice herself to protect Frances' son by drawing a herd away from her companions, leading to Mary's death at Beta's hands.

Death[]

Killed By
  • Alpha (Indirectly Caused)
  • Herself (Caused)

While helping herd walkers, Frances sees a walker with a baby carrier on her, thus reminding her of how she abandoned her son under Alpha's suggestion. She jumps on Alpha to try to kill her as revenge.

As the walkers close in, Mary pulls Frances off Alpha and pushes her to the ground to be devoured by the incoming walkers as they escape.

Killed Victims[]

This list shows the victims Frances has killed:

  • Herself (Caused)
  • 4 unnamed campers (Possibly, Caused or Direct)
  • 2 horses (Possibly, Caused or Direct)
  • 2 unnamed Whisperers (Indirectly Caused)
  • Possibly numerous counts of zombies and unnamed people

Relationships[]

For a more in-depth look at Frances' relationships, read here: Frances (TV Series)/Relationships

Allies[]

Enemies[]

Appearances[]

TV Series[]

Season 9[]

Season 10[]

Season 11[]

Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Season 6
Season 7
Season 8
Season 9 👁
Season 10
Season 11
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

Gallery[]

For more images of Frances, please visit Frances (TV Series)/Gallery.

Trivia[]

  • Frances is credited as Female Whisperer in "Bounty".
    • This character was given the name Frances in "We Are the End of the World".
    • She is listed as Gamma's Sister during the "In Memoriam" segment for Talking Dead.
  • Frances is the first named character to die in Season 10.
  • It was revealed in a deleted scene that Mary and Frances were from California, as correctly guessed by Aaron due to her accent.
  • Originally, Alex Sgambati auditioned for the role of Frances before being given the role of Jules.
  • Frances appears in the archival footage shown at the beginning of "Lockdown" as Judith narrates past events of the show to the audience before the episode's story begins.

International Dubbers[]

Language Dubber Other Characters Voiced
Czech N/A N/A
French N/A N/A
German Jamie Lee Blank Enid ("The Lost and the Plunderers")
Hungarian N/A N/A
Italian N/A N/A
Japanese N/A N/A
Portuguese N/A N/A
Spanish (Latin America) N/A N/A
Spanish (Spain) Alicia Valadés N/A
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