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

When they arrested Christ, Peter denied being one of his disciples. He didn't have a choice. They would have crucified him too.
―Steven to Beth Greene, after she confronts him over his using her.[src]

Dr. Steven Edwards is a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead. He is a doctor from Grady Memorial Hospital.

Overview[]

Steven is a pragmatic, intelligent, but also cowardly man. As a doctor, his skills are highly valued by Dawn Lerner, who Steven wants to keep himself useful too. He is shown to be willing to go to extreme methods to keep his high status, such as tricking Beth into killing his colleague Gavin Trevitt to ensure he is the only doctor at the hospital. He himself admits he knows he's a coward. Despite his manipulative nature, he generally seems to be a friendly individual, being one of the few to be kind to Beth and is disgusted by the actions of Gorman who sexually abuses others.

Pre-Apocalypse[]

Atlanta, Georgia[]

Not much is known about Steven's life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that he was an internist located in Atlanta and that he and Gavin Trevitt were former colleagues.

When the outbreak began, Steven remained at the hospital waiting to be evacuated. He was forced to retreat back inside when the military dropped firebombs in the city. Eventually, he and the remaining police officers formed a group, that after a while, would "rescue" patients just to force them to do manual labor, under the pretext of "repaying the debt they had with the hospital".

Post-Apocalypse[]

Season 5[]

"Slabtown"[]

Steven appears in this episode as a doctor working at Grady Memorial Hospital. He befriends Beth Greene soon after her arrival, and takes her on as an assistant (presumably in order to keep her away from Gorman). He shows Beth how they dispose of bodies at the hospital, and later amputates Joan's arm with the help of both Beth and Dawn Lerner.

He appears to be discontent at the hospital, however he admits that he'd rather stay there than be outside its walls. He reveals he uses walkers as his motivation to stay inside, as he shows Beth a door on the ground floor which is surrounded by walkers. His strained relationship with both Lerner and Gorman is shown throughout the episode, and he threatens Gorman in order to keep him away from Beth and Joan.

He later lies to Beth about the medicine required by Gavin Trevitt, which results in her accidentally killing him. He later reveals to Beth that this was in order to preserve his position in the community, and prevent himself from becoming expendable.

"Crossed"[]

Edwards is first seen when Beth comes to visit him. He continues talking to her until she asks what kind of medicine Carol Peletier, a new patient who happens to have been part of Beth's previous group, would need to survive. Edwards tells her what medicine to use and Beth leaves. Before walking out the door, Edwards wishes Beth the best of luck.

"Coda"[]

Dr. Edwards is present for the exchange of Officers Licari and Amanda Shepherd for Beth and Carol from Rick Grimes. After Beth and Dawn are killed, Rick informs Dr. Edwards and the other patients that they can choose to leave the hospital with his group if they want. However, they choose to stay with the remaining officers.

Season 9[]

"Who Are You Now?"[]

With the multi-year time skip, the community of survivors at Grady Memorial eventually fell and everyone was killed, including Steven.[1]

Death[]

Killed By
  • Unknown causes

At some point, Steven and all the other Grady Memorial residents died due to unknown causes.

Killed Victims[]

This list shows the victims Steven has killed:

Relationships[]

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

Allies[]

Enemies[]

Appearances[]

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

Trivia[]

  • The casting call for this character used the name Michael Alexander.
    • Steven was described as "Late 30s to Mid 40s. A casual, charming intellectual man. He's as quick with a witty remark as he is with a snide comment. Despite his intelligence and amiable façade, he suffers from an innate insecurity that makes him weak and self-serving."

International Dubbers[]

Language Dubber Other Characters Voiced
Czech N/A N/A
French Jérôme Wiggins N/A
German N/A N/A
Hungarian N/A N/A
Italian Francesco Bulckaen N/A
Japanese N/A N/A
Portuguese Cássius Romero Negan Smith
Spanish (Latin America) Carlos Celestre Allen
Pete Anderson
Spanish (Spain) Guillermo Romero Shane Walsh
Barnes

References[]

  1. During a live Q&A with Gregory Nicotero hosted by Shindig.com on May 29, 2020, a user asked Nicotero about the status of the hospital survivors and Nicotero confirmed they are all dead.
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