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TWD Secrecy Updated
That's the thing with secrets. They almost never wanna stay secret.

Secrecy is a recurring theme in The Walking Dead. It usually concerns a character or group that doesn't reveal certain information to other people.

Occurrences

Comic Series

  • Lori Grimes hid her relationship with Shane Walsh from her husband Rick, though he figured it out eventually. (Comic Series)
  • Rick asks Glenn Rhee to not tell Lori that Rick was almost bitten. (Issue 4)
  • Rick asks Dale to keep the fact that it's Christmas a secret. (Issue 7)
  • Dexter fails to mention the armory in A-Block during his tour of the prison. (Issue 14)
  • Rick initially kept the circumstances of Chris' death a secret. (Issue 15)
  • Rick initially keeps the fact that he deliberately killed Dexter a secret. (Issue 19)
  • The Governor never revealed his true nature to the residents of Woodbury. (Comic Series)
  • Carl Grimes hid the fact that he killed Ben from the group. (Issue 61)
  • Eugene Porter refuses to disclose details about the outbreak. (Issue 54)
  • Eugene revealed that he was not working with the government, after a long time of keeping it secret. (Issue 67)
  • After stealing some guns from the armory, Rick tells Glenn to distribute the guns to some of the survivors while keeping them a secret from the rest. (Issue 73)
  • Nicholas, along with Spencer and Olivia, secretly starts plotting to overthrow Rick. (Issue 88)
  • Dwight and another savior decided not to reveal to Negan that Jesus had escaped from the back of their jeep. (Issue 104)
  • Dwight starts working for Rick and the Militia as a double agent. (Issue 108)
  • Paul, Rick, and Ezekiel conspire to attack the Saviors and kill Negan. (Issue 108)
  • Rick's plan to attack the Sanctuary is a mystery to the most survivors. The only people to know about it are Paul, Ezekiel, Andrea, and Carl. (March to War)
  • Eugene not revealing to anyone he had contacted Stephanie on his radio. (Issue 152)
  • Dwight has Rick, Pamela and their entourage secretly followed by the Alexandria Military. (Issue 181)

TV Series

World Beyond

  • Huck keeps her status as a mole for the CRM a secret from the rest of the Endlings. (Season 1)
  • In order to protect Will and hide Iris' murder of a CRM soldier, Will, Iris and Felix make it look like Will and the soldier had killed each other, faking Will's death. (Foothold) After learning the truth, Huck agrees to keep the secret. (Family Is a Four Letter Word)
  • Asha keeps secret that her mother is secretly receiving dialysis for kidney failure through a side deal with the CRM. To this end, she lies to Elton Ortiz that she is the one who's sick so that Elton will keep the secret. (Family Is a Four Letter Word) Asha eventually reveals the truth to Elton, asking him to continue to keep the secret. Asha explains that Brody and some of the others have different ideas about how the Perimeter should be run and they would use Indira's illness and her secret deal against her. (Quatervois)
  • Iris keeps Percy's survival a secret from her sister due to Huck, who had tried to kill Percy, being within earshot. (Family Is a Four Letter Word)
  • Huck suggests that being undercover for so long had taken more out of her than she thought. "Secrets, lying to everybody all day every day." (Quatervois)
  • Silas Plaskett keeps the truth about the destruction of Omaha and the Campus Colony from Dennis Graham as he isn't sure whether or not Dennis can be trusted. (Quatervois, Blood and Lies, Returning Point)
  • Indira makes a secret deal with a sympathetic Elizabeth Kublek to get the dialysis equipment and medicine that she needs. After the death of her son Dev, Indira admits the truth to her people. (Returning Point)
  • After the CRM's scientists learn the truth about the genocide in Omaha and the Campus Colony, Huck insists that she isn't to blame for the secret getting out. (Death and the Dead)

Webisodes

Telltale Series

Dead Reckoning

Survival Instinct

Social Game

TBA

Novel Series


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