Judith Grimes
Judith Grimes is a fictional character from the comic book series The Walking Dead. In the television series of the same name, she is portrayed by Cailey Fleming. Judith Grimes was portrayed by several child actresses when the character was a newborn.
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Comic series
Judith is the daughter of Lori Grimes and the adopted daughter of Rick Grimes, and the younger half-sister of Carl Grimes. Judith's biological father is probably Shane, though this has not been confirmed. However, Rick told Lori he did not care if she was Shane's daughter because he will still love her as his daughter. During The Governor's last assault on the prison, Lori is killed by Lilly while holding Judith. Lori falls, crushing Judith, leaving Rick and Carl in total devastation.Television series
Season 3
Judith Grimes first appeared in the episode "Killer Within" where she was born via caesarean section carried out by Maggie due to complications that Lori Grimes had during labor. During the caesarean section, Lori loses a lot of blood and agonizingly says goodbye to Carl as he shoots her out of mercy to avoid her reanimation. On the day she was born, Glenn and Maggie go to get formula milk when Hershel told them baby Judith could not survive without it. Daryl nicknames her the "Little Asskicker". Baby Judith was often in the care of Beth and Carol throughout the season.Season 4
When an outbreak of a deadly flu came to the prison community, Judith fortunately survived the outbreak. During the last assault of the Governor, she was saved by the sisters Lizzie and Mika Samuels who take the little baby with Tyreese and together they begin making their way to Terminus. On the road, Tyreese decides to help a father and his son, leaving the little ones to their fate as a group of walkers approach. The girls were saved by Carol. When Tyreese and Carol realized Lizzie's mental breakdown after seeing Lizzie murder Mika, Lizzie reveals that she wanted to kill Judith to see her become a walker and Carol manages to stop her. During a debate with Tyreese, they decide to eliminate Lizzie to avoid hurting Judith and the rest of the people. Later, they travelled with Judith to Terminus.Season 5
Judith is still in the care of Tyreese and Carol. When Carol, Tyreese, and Judith arrive near Terminus, a walker tries to attack them and is subdued by Carol, then baby Judith begins to cry attracting more nearby walkers. Carol, Tyreese, and Judith flee until they reach a cabin where they see a man named Martin, from Terminus, standing guard in the cabin. Listening in on his conversation over a walkie, they discover their friends are being held captive at Terminus. Carol and Tyreese subdue the man and question him. Carol decides to save the group while Tyreese stays at the cabin with Judith and Martin. Martin manages to take Judith as a hostage, but Tyreese beats him unconscious, saving her life. After the rescue of Rick and the group Carol appears before Rick and the rest of the group. Carol takes Rick and Carl to Judith who happily reunite again.Judith was accompanied by her father and the group manage to reach the church of Fr. Gabriel Stokes who gives them asylum in his church. The church ends up being a slaughterhouse of the people from Terminus who hunted the group. After the deaths of Beth and Tyreese, Judith arrives into the safe-zone along with the group and was guided by a community recruiter named Aaron.
Season 6
When the group was working against the massive herd of walkers in a nearby quarry, a group of scavengers called "The Wolves" invade the community by slaughtering several Alexandrians. Carl protects his sister Judith while the group manages to annihilate the Wolves. The shots and the sound a truck horn attracted the herd that were diverting the group, while the walkers invade the safe-zone. Fr. Gabriel carried Judith to his church and the community successfully eliminate the walkers. When Rick and Michonne revealed their romance, Michonne became Judith's mother figure.Season 7
When Negan meets Judith, he becomes fond of her despite having a rough relationship with her father and promises to protect her and Carl. Later, Judith was transported to the Hilltop. She sits on the ground while Maggie and Jesus talk. Shortly after, Judith stands up and is carried away by Enid.Season 8
Judith was always in the care of the Alexandrians during the war against the Saviors, later Carl discovers that he was bitten by a walker, he decides to spend a day with his little sister. Before his death, she manages to survive under the sewers when Negan bombs Alexandria and the little girl is successfully taken to the Hilltop Colony.Season 9
Eighteen months after the fall of Negan, Judith lives happily with Rick and Michonne. When problems begin within the communities, Rick is forced to deal with a herd of walkers by destroying a bridge in order to save the communities. The group believes that Rick died. Six years later, a group of survivors led by a woman named Magna are overwhelmed by a herd of walkers. A little girl with a sheriff's hat appears and saves them from the herd. She introduces herself as Judith Grimes. It is later revealed that Judith disagrees with her adoptive mother Michonne about Judith's friendly relationship with Negan. Judith also has a half-brother named Rick Grimes Jr., the son of Rick and Michonne conceived before Rick's presumed death. Several months after the massacre during the community's fair done by Alpha, she was saved by Negan when she attempted to save Daryl's dog in the large blizzard during the winter.Season 10
In "Lines We Cross", some months after the blizzard, Judith and the Coalition form a militia in order to train the residents of the communities to face any future threats. She takes part in a training exercise on the Oceanside beach. As Ezekiel and Jerry methodically release walkers from a shipwrecked boat, Judith and the other militia work together as a unit to take out the walker threat. Later on, Judith and R.J. play with some shells that R.J. found. As they dump out their seashells in the sand, a Whisperer mask falls out. Judith gets scared and informs the rest of the group. A while later, Judith tells R.J. the story about Rick blowing the bridge to save his friends. "He died and went to heaven," Judith tells R.J. about "the brave man" in her story. Michonne walks up to hug them, telling them she'd do anything to protect them. Suddenly, an explosion rings out and everyone looks up to witness streaks of fire cascading from the sky. Judith then stays at the camp looking after her brother as the adults deal with the situation.In "Ghosts", while the Alexandria residents face against waves of walkers pouring onto the community gates over the next 49 hours, Judith stays at her home looking after her brother. When Michonne checks on them in the morning, Judith reminds her mother it's not safe to go to sleep. The next day, Judith keeps looking after her brother when Michonne arrives to sleep with them. As they lay together in bed, Michonne explains to Judith that it is safe to sleep for now.
In "Silence the Whisperers", Judith and her family dine together and share a laugh as they are joined by Daryl. The following morning, Judith accompanies Michonne to visit the Hilltop to help out the community after a tree has fallen down. On the way, Michonne tells Judith never to take enemies by their word. Judith suggests the Whisperers are probably trying to tire them out like R.J. does before he goes to sleep. Suddenly, Michonne spots Ezekiel riding on his own and tells Judith and the group to continue while she investigates. Later that day, the group catches up and they continue their travel to Hilltop. That night, Judith and the convoy arrive to help the Hilltop residents fight off the invading walkers. While fighting, Judith takes out walkers by herself to the proud smile of her mom. The following morning, Judith listens to the council meeting where Michonne announces she will be delivering supplies to Oceanside after receiving reports of potential Whisperer activity. She becomes surprised when Michonne says she will accompany her. Later that day, Judith and a group prepare their convoy and head out on their journey towards Oceanside.
In "The World Before", Judith and the group continue their journey towards Oceanside when they stop briefly after Scott comes across recent footprints on their path. When Luke says he is going as a representative of Hilltop, she jokes that he really wants to see Jules and then asks him what he was whistling before. He explains he was whistling one of his favorite songs and writes it down for her in a book where she is documenting everything that happens to them for the future. When Luke suggests stopping at a nearby library along the way to look for more books, Judith convinces her mother to accept after complaining that she has already read almost every book back in Alexandria. When the group heads inside the library, Judith finds a Russian-English dictionary she gives to Luke for Eugene to understand the satellite parts. As Michonne tells her daughter they can read a book together, she is called over the radio by Magna. Upon hearing Luke screaming for help, she and the group find him in the music section where he explains he was saved by a man before he fled. Judith then remains in silence as her mother informs him of Siddiq's death. Later that day, the group arrives at Oceanside where Judith witnesses as the residents bring the man that saved Luke to the camp and accuse him of being a Whisperer. While the stranger begs he simply wants to get back to his family, Judith watches as the group debates what to do with him. When walkers suddenly invade, she helps take out the threat and slashes the man in the leg to stop him from escaping. Judith then calls out to her mother who proudly congratulates her. That night, Judith reads a book from the man's backpack when he suddenly wakes up. He claims the book is for his daughter and attempts to stop her from reading it but falls due to being tied up. Judith tells him to be careful with his stitches and then leaves when her mother arrives to question him. A while later, Michonne tells Judith her plan of helping the man get back to his family on a naval base in exchange for weapons to destroy Alpha's horde but says she needs to go alone. Judith understands her mother's decision and they hug. The next day, Judith listens as Michonne informs the group of her mission and gives them a radio to contact her if they need to. She also tells Judith she can contact her at any time and reminds her to be good with her uncle Daryl until she returns. Judith then bids her mother farewell before she and the rest of the group travel back to their communities.
In "Stalker," Judith befriends the former Whisperer known as Gamma and helps to defend her against Beta's incursion into Alexandria. At one point, Judith shoots Beta, but he survives due to Beta wearing body armor.
In "Walk with Us," Judith takes part in the defense of the Hilltop against the Whisperers, instinctively killing an attacking Whisperer who sneaks up on her, much to Judith's shock. After escaping from the Hilltop's destruction with the other kids, Judith is shocked and saddened to discover that Earl Sutton has been fatally bitten. Earl charges Judith with keeping the other kids safe before committing suicide in an effort to protect them. However, Earl fails to destroy his brain and he reanimates, forcing Judith to put him down. The kids are found by Daryl, Ezekiel and Jerry moments later and Daryl comforts the young girl.
In "What We Become," Michonne contacts Judith after leaving the naval base, revealing that she has found proof that Rick might still be alive somewhere. Judith encourages her mother to go after her father, suggesting that Rick might need Michonne more than they do now that Alpha's dead. Michonne agrees to go and to keep in contact with Judith for as long as possible while she looks.
In "The Tower," Judith joins Daryl in patrolling as the survivors hide from the Whisperers in an abandoned hospital. While Judith has told Daryl of Michonne's departure, she has not revealed that her mother is looking for Rick. The two have also lost contact with Michonne.
In "A Certain Doom," as the survivors get trapped in the abandoned hospital by the Whisperers' horde, Gabriel reassures Judith that they have each other and anyone outside who might be trying to reach them. Judith joins the others in evacuating and, after the Whisperers defeat, is reunited with Maggie who had returned just in time to save Gabriel from the Whisperers.