Naomi, also known by the alias Laura, is a main character and a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's Fear The Walking Dead. She was formerly a resident of the Dell Diamond Baseball Stadium community.
Personality
She is described as "a capable survivor we'll meet living on her own early on in the season. She'll have her guard up as she crosses paths with Madison and her family, and — as we'll learn over the course of the season — she'll have a very good reason for keeping people at a distance. Even so, she'll end up developing some connections that surprise her, including a bond with Alicia."[1]
Pre-Apocalypse
Location Unknown
Nothing is known about Naomi's life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that she was an ICU nurse. During her time working at a hospital, she saw enough car accident and stroke victims to begin to tell who would survive their wounds and who would not.
Post-Apocalypse
Season 4
"Another Day in the Diamond"
Naomi is found in the small town of Elgin, Texas, where she was camping out in the ruins of a burned car. She initially holds Madison at gunpoint, but is surrounded by Alicia, Strand, and Luciana.
She attempts to flee by climbing to the top of an oil tank, but falls through the deteriorated roof into the tank. Covered in oil, she is surrounded by the zombies that were lured into the tank by the Vultures before Naomi's arrival. Madison jumps in to help Naomi and the other survivors break open the door leading into the tank, releasing the oil and those inside. Naomi is ultimately saved and rests with her rescuers.
Later, she is invited to come back with them to their community where she uses her medical experience to treat Nick's head wound. After she finishes treating Nick, Madison informs Naomi that she can take a hot shower, much to her delight. However, Naomi is on alert as the Vultures arrive at the settlement, demanding the survivors to abandon their home.
"Buried"
During the flashbacks, Naomi accompanies Alicia Clark on a scouting mission for supplies to the Whirlin' Wavez amusement park. As they navigate through the amusement park, they realize that there was once a camp but was overrun after the fences fell. She and Alicia realize the remaining survivors of the camp must have barricaded the water slide's stairs and set up camp at the top of the slide. After climbing up the slippery slide, the two find medical supplies, but Naomi takes the opportunity to distract Alicia and attempt to flee. The car she takes quickly runs out of gas, forcing Naomi to explain that when she worked in the ICU, she saw all the time patients that she knew wouldn't make it and she believes the stadium will fall. Alicia eventually convinces Naomi to return where she offers to set up an infirmary. Alone, Naomi removes a six-shooter from her backpack and examines it.
In the present, Naomi's backpack is amongst the things Alicia Clark, Victor Strand and Luciana Galvez have in a weapons cache. The group explains to John Dorie that when the stadium fell, they grabbed anything they could of use, including Naomi's backpack. Inside the backpack, John finds Naomi's gun, an exact match for his own. The shocked John identifies Naomi as his missing girlfriend Laura whose real name he never knew. To the grief of John, Alicia's group tells him that Naomi did not make it out of the stadium and is dead.
"Laura"
Naomi will appear in this episode.
Killed Victims
The list shows that Naomi has killed:
- Numerous counts of zombies
Death
Killed by:
- Melvin (Caused, Indirectly Caused or Direct)
- The Vultures (Caused, Indirectly Caused or Direct)
Relationships
Alicia Clark
Naomi and Alicia seem to have a stable relationship. It has been announced that Naomi and Alicia will bond over the course of Season 4.
Madison Clark
Naomi initially distrusts Madison when Madison and her group find Naomi's camp, holding her at gunpoint and trying to flee. Naomi seems to begin to somewhat like and trust Madison after she and Alicia save her life from the oil drum. It can be assumed that they now have a good relationship as Naomi agreed to stay at the baseball stadium.
John Dorie
TBA
Appearances
Fear The Walking Dead
Season 4
- "Another Day in the Diamond" (Flashback)
- "Buried" (Flashback)
- "Laura"
Trivia
- Naomi is currently the character credited as being part of the "Main Cast" of their respective medium with the least amount of appearances overall, with only three confirmed appearances.
- Alex, also from Fear The Walking Dead, has fewer appearances than Naomi in Fear, but her appearances in the Webisodes put her above Naomi in number of overall appearances.
- The second lowest overall appearances count is Gareth's from the TV Series, with five appearances, though one of them was as a corpse.
- She is the first main character to be introduced in a flashback in Fear the Walking Dead.
- She is also the first and only main character who has only appeared in flashbacks.
- She is also the second main character to die in a flashback, the first being Christopher Manawa
- Her alias of Laura was given to her by John Dorie when she wouldn't give him her name. John thought she looked like a Laura.
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