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This article is about World Beyond character. For other pages with the same name, see: Frank

Actually, it's better like this. You and me. Let's go. You said you'd kill me if you ever had the chance, so come on. You've got yours, I've got mine... No other weapons. I'm offering you a fair fight. I read your psych report. You gonna disappoint me like everyone else in your life? Like all those people at the Campus Colony you vowed to protect? Like your boyfriend, who came here to get away from you? Hell, your own parents wanted nothing to do with you. You really wanna add me to that list?
―Frank sadistically taunts Felix into a fight.[src]

Frank Newton is an antagonist and a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead: World Beyond. He is an officer of the Civic Republic Military and served as the secondary antagonist of Season 2.

Overview[]

First Lieutenant Frank Newton is unwaveringly loyal to the CRM. He always obeys the orders of his superiors making him one of their most trusted and reliable allies. He has no qualms killing innocent people and does so without question or hesitation. He is somewhat honorable, offering Felix a fair one-on-one fight, although he uses psychological warfare to goad Felix at the same time, although Frank draws a second weapon from behind his back while stating that he and Felix will only use the weapons that they are currently holding. However, he is also scornful, arrogant, disparaging, and derisive. He tells Felix that he and his friends are helping the dead win. Frank then proceeds to taunt Felix about how he's been a disappointment to everyone in his life, using psychological warfare to get at Felix and asking if Felix wants to disappoint Frank like everyone else in his life. Felix doesn't fall for it and releases a herd to even the odds, correctly predicting that Frank is actually intending to attack him with a second weapon once Felix falls into his trap. Despite talking a big game, Frank is killed by Felix who brutally disembowels him and leaves him be devoured by empties.

Although sadistic and mean to other people, Frank is shown to genuinely care for the safety of the men under his command, his one good trait. Frank furiously tells Felix that, if it were up to him, Frank would put a bullet in Felix's head on the spot for killing his men.

Pre-Apocalypse[]

Location Unknown[]

Nothing is known about Frank's life prior to or as the outbreak began.

Post-Apocalypse[]

At some point, Frank became the first lieutenant of a large organization known as Civic Republic Military.

Season 1[]

"The Sky Is a Graveyard"[]

In a flashback, Elizabeth Kublek waits in an abandoned office with Frank. Elizabeth gets a radio message from one of her soldiers that they have eyes on the person that Elizabeth is waiting for and she orders her brought in. Frank complains that the person is late, but she had made it. Elizabeth is pleased that the person had made it "this far at least" while Frank warns her that things will only get harder on this side of the Mississippi River. However, Elizabeth is aware and so is the person that they are waiting for. Frank wonders if there isn't a better way, but Elizabeth is sure that there isn't which they know because this person is the one on the ground "watching and listening and doing the very hard thing of becoming someone else to find out there isn't." Elizabeth reassures Frank that "she" knows how dangerous it is and that they could both die. However, she's out here risking everything because there isn't an easier way. On Elizabeth's nod, Frank exits the office and Huck is let in.

Season 2[]

"Konsekans"[]

Six weeks ago, one day after Monument Day, Frank stands on a hillside with Elizabeth Kublek, watching as a massive herd, guided by the CRM approaches Omaha. Frank warns Elizabeth that both the Campus Colony and Portland are concerned about the communications break and that there's talk that the two are sending an envoy to investigate. Having expected this, Elizabeth orders Frank to reach out and clear Major Mullins to offer to collaborate on the investigation. Frank confirms that the lane to the Campus Colony has been cleared and that they will have the herd there within 72 hours once its work is done in Omaha. Frank begins to voice his opinion on Elizabeth's decision not to inform Huck of their plans, but Elizabeth cuts him off, stating that Huck's mission is separate from this and with any luck, Huck has reached a minimum safe distance.

Elizabeth and Frank watch as the CRM detonates C4 placed along the wall protecting Omaha, opening the city up to the herd. Elizabeth hands Frank new orders from Major General Beale, informing him that doing this to Omaha and then the Campus Colony is only just the beginning. A burned and weakened Galbraith crawls up to Elizabeth and Frank and she orders Frank to alert Delta Team that they've found their escapee. On Elizabeth's signal, Frank shoots Galbraith in the head with a silenced pistol, killing him.

In a flashback, Will Campbell tells Frank that he's worried as he hasn't heard anything in weeks. Frank claims to understand Will's concern, but it could be anything causing the communications troubles. Later, Will and Romano greet Frank near a truck that the CRM is loading up and Frank has bags put over their heads as per protocol, supposedly for a scouting mission to uncover the source of the communications break with Omaha. However, Frank and his men are actually intending to kill Will and Romano, but the two men manage to overpower and kill the CRM soldiers with them and escape. Chased by walkers, Will and Romano flee into the woods, but Romano is shot from behind and killed by Frank who fires after Will who manages to escape.

"Foothold"[]

As Elizabeth Kublek looks through some paperwork, she receives word that Leo Bennett is asking to see her and has Frank send him in.

Once Leo is gone, Frank reenters the room and Elizabeth asks for an update on their missing soldier. However, Frank informs her that six teams have been scouring all morning and have found nothing. Elizabeth asks after the missing member of Leo's security detail and Frank admits that the trail has gone cold. Frank wonders if there's a connection and Elizabeth orders him to ready a transport.

Later, at Watkins Glen, Elizabeth and Frank observe the bodies of the dead CRM soldier and an empty that Iris, Felix and Will have disguised as Will. Frank tells Elizabeth that evidence points to a struggle that led to both of their deaths. Elizabeth asks if he's sure it's them and Frank suggests deploying a recovery team to examine the bodies, but Elizabeth knows that the bodies are likely to wash away before the recovery team can arrive. Nevertheless, Elizabeth decides that they should try and she orders Frank to limit this to authorized CRM personnel only and to keep the news from Leo as "Dr. Bennett doesn't need more bad news tonight."

"Blood and Lies"[]

Frank enters Lyla's lab with another soldier and tells her that they have a problem.

Later, Frank arrives at Leo's apartment and tells Leo that he has to come with them as they have some questions for him. Outside, Felix demands to know where Frank is taking Leo, but Frank tells Felix that he can go back to his apartment. Leo tells Felix that it's ok, but Felix refuses to stop, citing that he's Leo's security detail and refusing to let the CRM take Leo anywhere without him. Felix tries to shove past Frank, but Frank and another soldier restrain him and take Felix with them. Frank wonders out loud "what is it with Dr. Bennett and his security detail, huh? They just keep asking for it." Approaching Iris and Percy, Felix warns Iris that the CRM has her dad and orders her to tell Hope as he's led away.

As Huck and Jadis talk, Frank approaches with two soldiers and Jadis orders him to have her team find and collect Lyla as they've found their conspirators.

Frank enters the interrogation room with Lyla who is carrying the missing vial. Lyla presents the vial to Jadis who dismisses all of the other soldiers aside from Frank and asks where she found it. Looking at the vial, Lyla decides to be honest and tells Jadis that Leo stole it with the help of his daughters and his security detail. The group became suspicious that she was involved in classified experiments and took it from the storage freezer. Jadis has Frank take the vial from Lyla who apologizes to the furious Leo, telling him that there's no more lies and deceit. Lyla had thought that she could manage this to everyone's benefit, and she tells Jadis that she can't hurt Leo who is too valuable as they need him, and Leo can help with Project Votus. Interested, Huck asks about Project Votus and, over Jadis' orders not to speak, Lyla explains that it's a project that studies live test subjects through death to further research on reanimation. Leo is shocked as Lyla explains that this is what's she's been hiding, and Leo now knows the truth.

Lyla tells Jadis that Jadis is now going to let Leo go as Lyla thinks that she's on the verge of a significant breakthrough: her test subject is going on a full eight hours without reanimating. Jadis calls it rare, but not unheard of, but Lyla thinks that this could be the step forward that they've been waiting for and with Leo helping her openly and passing on that knowledge to his daughter, they could make a lot of progress. Lyla insists that they need Leo and Hope's help and Jadis states that in the position she holds, Jadis has proven her use to the CRM by making the right deals on their behalf. Jadis believes what Lyla says and per Elizabeth, Project Votus is the ultimate priority. Jadis tells Leo that the deal is that Leo will walk today and get away with another capital crime as will Hope, Iris and Felix and in return, they focus his efforts on Project Votus. Glaring at Lyla, Leo reluctantly agrees and Jadis asks if Leo is motivated, and can he move past all of this and see what he's doing for what it is. Leo states that he can and that what it is "saving what's left. Whatever it is." Jadis tells him that it's a war of life versus death and it doesn't mean that some of them won't die along the way. Jadis orders Frank to release Felix and he leaves to do so.

"Returning Point"[]

Jadis calls Frank into her office and informs him that her team's ready when his is. Jadis and Frank move out with their men, leaving Huck alone in Jadis' office. Arriving at Leo's apartment, Frank signals the soldiers to enter, but they find Hope and Iris gone and the apartment empty. Frank informs Jadis that, as they suspected, Leo is not in his usual class and Felix has abandoned his post. Jadis orders Frank to initiate evacuation protocols for the facility's civilian personnel. Frank wonders if Jadis thinks that that will flush them out, but Jadis instead thinks that it will tell her just how far the rot's spread.

In Jadis' office, Frank tells Jadis that they are still awaiting the final manifest from transport three, and he provides her with a list of everyone that has checked in for evacuation. There's no sign of the Bennetts, any of the civilian research staff or their security details. Frank suggests that it must be an error, but Jadis calls his comment cute and tells Huck that they now know that this goes far beyond the Bennetts. Jadis orders a full facility lockdown and for every door, window and vent to be closed off. Once the complex is secure, Frank is to sweep every inch of it until he finds where they're hiding. Acknowledging Jadis' order, Frank departs to carry it out.

Outside of the biocontainment unit, one of Frank's soldiers uses a listening device on the wall as Huck arrives, explaining that there's no signal down here and that Jadis is asking for an update. Frank tells Huck that the scientists have locked themselves in the biocontainment unit and that there's no way in or out, but the soldiers are picking up indistinct chatter through the walls and know that they're in there. Huck wonders why they're not in there yet and Frank tells her that the door is reinforced titanium and it sealed shut as a failsafe triggered by the lockdown. Blunt force won't get them in and they will have to wait for a full system reboot to override the lockdown. Huck wonders how long that will take and Frank admits that it will be at least two hours. Huck departs to let Jadis know, secretly smirking as she walks away.

When the server reboots, Frank's team begins to enter the biocontainment unit, only for an explosion to kill four of his men. Inside, Frank discovers the room empty, everyone having used the CRM's own security protocols against them by taking advantage of the door being sealed by the lockdown to break through the floor to the old mining tunnels below, setting up C4 to cover their escape behind them. Frank is unable to follow the Endlings into the tunnels due to the explosion collapsing the entrance that they had created.

"Death and the Dead"[]

Felix approaches the two trucks that Leo had demanded from Jadis and examines them. Frank reassures Felix that there's no tricks as the CRM aren't going to pull anything while the Endlings have Major General Beale's son. Frank furiously tells Felix that, if it were up to him, he would put a bullet in Felix's head right now for killing Frank's men in the mining tunnels. Felix orders Frank to have the trucks backed up to the service entrance with the keys in the ignition and promises to kill Frank if he ever sees him again.

"The Last Light"[]

At the roadside spike strip where Leo got stuck, a CRM jeep pulls up, and Leo, Felix and the two other men quickly hide in the woods. Frank emerges with two CRM soldiers and Frank calls for them to surrender, stating that they can't win this.

Exchanging a look, Leo and Felix emerge from hiding and open fire on the CRM soldiers, sparking a gunfight. Suddenly, Will joins them, armed with a CRM rifle. Will explains that he was headed to the underground mall with the others, but he doubled back after hearing Leo's distress call. Still under fire, Leo states that they can't do this forever, and Will orders the other two to split the soldiers up as it will be easier to pick them off. Felix decides to circle around as a decoy and cut through the trees, stating that Frank is an asshole who is sure to take the bait. As Leo and Will provide covering fire, Felix grabs Leo's S-Pole and heads off through the trees, chased by Frank. The two men exchange fire as they run before Felix runs out of bullets as he reaches a gated area with a herd on the other side of it.

Advancing on Felix, Frank tells him that people like Felix are worse than the dead because they are helping the dead win, but today, Felix loses. As three empties approach, Frank is forced to turn and shoot them, running out of bullets in the process and switching to a nightstick-type weapon for the last one. Turning his attention back to Felix, Frank declares that it's actually better like this and challenges Felix to a fight, reminding Felix of his promise to kill Frank if Felix ever met him again. Stating that he's read Felix's psych report, Frank sadistically taunts him that Felix has failed all of the people at the Campus Colony that he swore to protect, his boyfriend whom Frank claims came to the research facility to get away from him and Felix's own parents didn't want anything to do with him. Frank offers Felix a fair fight, using only the weapons that they're holding while secretly drawing a knife from behind his back. Frank asks if Felix intends to add him to that list, but rather than fall for Frank's taunting, Felix uses his S-Pole to cut open the gate and releases the herd upon Frank, telling him "yeah. Have fun" as more walkers come at Frank from behind as well and Felix shelters behind the open gate.

Frank manages to put down several of the empties before Felix closes the gate on the herd again, leaving the two men facing off against only each other and the empties approaching from further down the road. Combining his two S-Poles into one double-bladed S-Pole, Felix declares that it's now a fair fight. The two men attack each other with their weapons, having to occasionally put down attacking empties from both sides after the herd gets the gate open again. Finally, as Frank charges at Felix, Felix stabs the other man in the abdomen with his S-Pole and brutally disembowels him. As Felix watches, the approaching empties descend upon Frank and devour him.

Death[]

Killed By

During a fight between the two men, Felix disembowels Frank with his double-bladed S-Pole. Frank's corpse is subsequently devoured by a herd of empties.

Killed Victims[]

This list shows the victims Frank has killed:

Relationships[]

Allies[]

Enemies[]

Appearances[]

Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Season 1
Season 2
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 Frank, please visit Frank Newton (World Beyond)/Gallery.

Trivia[]

  • This character is credited as Lieutenant Frank Newton in "The Sky Is a Graveyard".
  • In "Quatervois", Felix shows a desire for revenge against Frank for trying to kill Will. Although it's unclear if Felix ever realized that Frank was the one that he was looking for, it's highly likely, explaining Felix's anger towards and desire to kill Frank in "Death and the Dead" and "The Last Light".
    • If Felix figured out that Frank was the one that he was looking for, it was most likely because of Frank's derisive comment about Leo's security details in "Blood and Lies" which had referred to Will, Romano and Felix.
  • Although unconfirmed, Frank is presumably someone who received the Echelon Briefing given his low rank and knowledge of and participation in the CRM's more extreme actions.

International Dubbers[]

Language Dubber Other Characters Voiced
Czech N/A N/A
French Fabrice Lelyon Gad
German N/A N/A
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) N/A N/A

References[]

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