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―Nick to Morgan Jones about their way of life.[src]
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Nick is an antagonist and a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead. He is a high-ranking member of the Wolves, serving as Owen's right-hand man and the group's second-in-command.
Overview
Nick is shown to be a brutal, cunning, cruel, and ruthless man. He is a remorseless killer who goes along with robbing and murdering other survivors, such as helping hold a man for Owen to slit his throat. However, despite his brutal nature, Nick is shown not to be the most combat-proficient, losing every fight he is in. He attempts to sneak attack Morgan while Owen distracts him, but misses, and the two eventually get subdued. Later, Nick surrounds Morgan again, this time with four other Wolves, and they still aren't able to kill him. Finally, he attempts to kill Rick in an RV but misses all of his shots, which costs him his life.
Strangely, during the attack on Alexandria, after Morgan tells them to flee since the Alexandrians have guns and they don't, Nick takes his advice and retreats with the others. This is quite strange behavior, as the Wolves are usually shown to be relentless and bloodthirsty when killing others. Before leaving, Nick tells Morgan that the Wolves didn't choose their way of life, suggesting they possibly resorted to killing others out of desperation.
Pre-Apocalypse
United States
Not much is known about Nick's life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that he worked as a car mechanic.
Post-Apocalypse
Season 5
"Conquer"
Nick first appears when the leader of his gang gives him a signal to kill Morgan Jones from behind using his blade. He misses Morgan and gets knocked out after the two brawl. He is later put in a car. It is not shown how Nick and Owen get out of the car, but they eventually stumble upon the Red Poncho Man, whom Daryl Dixon and Aaron, two recruiters for the Alexandria Safe Zone, were following earlier before they lost him. They bring the man to their headquarters and slit his throat. They soon discover Aaron's bag, along with the photos of Alexandria inside it, which leads Nick and his people to their next target - Alexandria itself.
Season 6
"JSS"
Nick and his group attack Alexandria. During the attack, he recognizes Morgan, and he and four of his companions surround him and attempt to kill him. Morgan manages to fend them off with his quarterstaff and tells them that there are guns in the safe zone and that they will all be killed if they stay. Morgan also tells them that if they choose to continue living this life, they will die. He then tells the Wolves to leave and never come back. Nick tells Morgan that he and his group didn't choose this life, and he and his companions flee the Safe Zone. Before leaving, Nick steals a gun from a slain survivor.
"Thank You"
Nick and several other Wolves attack Rick Grimes while he is in the RV used for luring a herd away from Alexandria. During the struggle, Rick manages to kill Nick and another Wolf who broke inside the RV while the other bandits were gunned down while attempting to break into the vehicle.
Season 11
"Out of the Ashes"
Aaron has a dream of Nick, alongside a Savior and some Whisperers, killing him.
Death
- Killed By
While trying to attack Rick, Nick is knocked to the ground and is shot in the head by Rick soon after his companion is killed.
Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Nick has killed:
- Noah's Brother 2 (Caused and/or Direct, Alive)
- Noah's Mother (Caused and/or Direct)
- Noah's Brother 1 (Caused and/or Direct)
- Red Poncho Man (Caused, Alive)
- Dinesh (Caused and/or Direct)
- Stacy (Caused and/or Direct)
- Michael (Caused and/or Direct)
- Natalie Miller (Caused and/or Direct)
- Bobby (Caused and/or Direct)
- Samantha (Caused and/or Direct)
- Jeffery (Caused and/or Direct, Alive)
- Richards (Caused and/or Direct, Alive)
- Possibly numerous unnamed Shirewilt Estates residents (Caused and/or Direct)
- A few camp residents (Caused and/or Direct, Alive)
- Numerous counts of zombies and unnamed people
Relationships
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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 |
Gallery
- For more images of Nick, please visit Nick (TV Series)/Gallery.
Trivia
- This character is credited as Other Man in "Conquer" and as Blond Wolf in Season 6.
- While initially not being named, his actor stated that he called his character Edward.
- However, it was later confirmed in The Walking Dead Universe Roleplaying Game that his actual name is Nick, where it is also revealed that he worked as a car mechanic before the apocalypse.
- Nick appears in Aaron's nightmare in "Out of the Ashes", despite him and Aaron never encountering each other on-screen.
- Aaron may likely have seen his face in passing during the attack without directly interacting, and his unconscious memory used Nick's likeness in the dream, which is a common occurrence when it comes to people appearing in dreams.