The Walking Dead, Survival Rule Of The Week: Your Apocalypse Family

The Walking Dead leave no man behind

As I mentioned earlier, one thing that separates good groups from bad groups (Especially in The Walking Dead) is the attachment members of those groups have to one another. On the bad end, we have the people of Terminus, who, in spite of them being able to help one another, didn’t, letting walkers eat each other, and, on the good end, well…we have Daryl.

During his “trial by fire” from the Reapers, despite years apart and clearly seeing her affiliation with the violent group as something of a betrayal, after creating an opening in the building they were trapped in, the first thing Daryl does is make sure that Leah escapes the blaze before he did.

This gesture was not lost on the Reapers’ leader, Pope, who made a point to call out that selflessness as a reason why Daryl deserved to be initiated into their ranks, it reminding him of the rest of their team’s camaraderie in war before the outbreak.

This is the sort of thing members of a group should do in a zombie apocalypse. The people you survive with are your lifeline — They protect you when you can’t — and you are theirs, and, whenever possible, you should see their lives as just as important as yours and do whatever you can to ensure they survive.

Think of it like this: Would you leave behind your brother? Your sister? Your husband or wife? No. And, even if the people in your group aren’t connected to you like that, you should treat their lives like they are.