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This article is about the TV Series character. For other pages with the same name, see: Ryan

You take care of your sister.
―Ryan's last words to his daughter Lizzie regarding her sister Mika.[src]

Ryan Samuels is a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead. He is the father of the Samuels sisters, Lizzie and Mika.

Overview[]

Ryan is a caring father, who loves his daughters very much and always wants what's best for them. After he is bitten, his first thought are his daughters and telling Carol to take care of them.

Pre-Apocalypse[]

Jacksonville, Florida[]

Very little is known about Ryan's life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that he was married and had two daughters, Lizzie and Mika Samuels and lived in Jacksonville, Florida.

Post-Apocalypse[]

Season 4[]

"30 Days Without An Accident"[]

Ryan sits in the back of the library and listens to Carol Peletier tell a story to the children. He then gets up and waves to Carol before leaving.

"Infected"[]

Ryan appears in Block D defending people from the walkers, but he ends up being bitten in the arm. He is brought to a cell by Carol to amputate his arm, but she discovers that he has also been bitten in his nape, sealing his fate. Knowing he is doomed, Ryan asks Carol to look after his daughters. Just before he dies, he gets to say goodbye to his daughters and he tells Lizzie to take care of Mika. He dies after this and he is stabbed by Carol before reanimation. His body is then buried with the rest of the victims.

Death[]

Killed By
  • Patrick (Indirectly Caused, Infected)

During the night Patrick died from the flu, then reanimated and began to wreak havoc in Cell Block D.

During the attack of Cell Block D, Ryan tries to defend people from the walkers, but ends up being bitten in the arm and neck.

After saying goodbye to his daughters and telling Lizzie to take care of Mika, Ryan is stabbed in the head by Carol to prevent reanimation.

Killed Victims[]

This list shows the victims Ryan has killed:

  • Possibly numerous counts of zombies

Relationships[]

Allies[]

Appearances[]

TV Series[]

Season 4[]

Trivia[]

International Dubbers[]

Language Dubber Other Characters Voiced
Czech N/A N/A
French N/A N/A
German N/A N/A
Hungarian N/A N/A
Italian N/A N/A
Japanese N/A N/A
Portuguese Renan Gonçalves Kent
Spanish (Latin America) N/A N/A
Spanish (Spain) Pedro Tena Oscar
Tony
Eastman

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