Hershel (Walking Dead)

"You step outside, you risk your life. You take a drink of water, you risk your life. And nowadays you breathe, and you risk your life. Every moment now...you don't have a choice. The only thing you can choose is what you're risking it for. Now, I can make these people feel better and hang on a little bit longer. I can save lives. And that's enough reason to risk mine."

- Hershel to Rick and Maggie, regarding the situation in the prison with the flu and how he could help the ailing people.

TV Series= Hershel Greene is a main character and a survivor of the outbreak in 's. He served as a supporting protagonist during and one of the main protagonists from  to. He is a farm owner, who lives in rural Georgia and has lived there for many years with his family. Hershel is the father of Maggie and Beth Greene. He married twice, his first wife being Josephine Greene and his second wife being Annette Greene, who brought along her son from a previous marriage. In Seasons 3 and 4, Hershel became the adviser of Rick and the moral compass of the group after Dale's death. He was tragically executed by in the mid-season finale of Season 4 via decapitation.

Appearance
Hershel was a 70-something Caucasian male of average height and build. He commonly wears slacks, a beige button-up shirt, and suspenders. When first introduced he was clean-shaven with short hair but later grew his hair out into a ponytail and beard, a style which he retained until his death. Following being bitten on the leg by a walker in Season 3, Hershel had one leg amputated, which was later replaced by a prosthetic leg.

Personality
Hershel is the quintessential stubborn farmer. He believes strongly in what he considers to be right and was known to be uncompromising in defense of his morals. He also cares deeply for his family and protecting them (particularly his daughters Maggie and Beth) is one of the few times he would go against even his own moral code and do what needed to be done. As of Seasons 3 and 4, Hershel is shown to be a skilled diplomat, often talking down the other survivors from taking disastrous actions or talking them into taking the right ones, though these talks did not work with everyone, namely The Governor.

Episode Appearances
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Season 2

 * 2x02: "Bloodletting"
 * 2x03: "Save the Last One"
 * 2x04: "Cherokee Rose"
 * 2x05: "Chupacabra"
 * 2x06: "Secrets"
 * 2x07: "Pretty Much Dead Already"
 * 2x08: "Nebraska"
 * 2x09: "Triggerfinger"
 * 2x11: "Judge, Jury, Executioner"
 * 2x12: "Better Angels"
 * 2x13: "Beside the Dying Fire"

Season 3

 * 3x01: "Seed"
 * 3x02: "Sick" (No Lines)
 * 3x04: "Killer Within"
 * 3x05: "Say the Word"
 * 3x06: "Hounded"
 * 3x07: "When the Dead Come Knocking"
 * 3x08: "Made to Suffer"
 * 3x09: "The Suicide King"
 * 3x10: "Home"
 * 3x11: "I Ain't a Judas"
 * 3x13: "Arrow on the Doorpost"
 * 3x15: "This Sorrowful Life"
 * 3x16: "Welcome to the Tombs"

Season 4

 * 4x01: "30 Days Without an Accident"
 * 4x02: "Infected"
 * 4x03: "Isolation"
 * 4x05: "Internment"
 * 4x07: "Dead Weight" (No Lines)
 * 4x08: "Too Far Gone"
 * 4x09: "After" (Zombified)
 * 4x16: "A" (Flashback)

Season 7

 * 7x01: "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be" (Flashback)}}

External Link
Comic Series= Hershel Greene is a main character first encountered in Issue 10 of '  and is the father of Maggie, Billy, Shawn, Lacey, Arnold, and the twins Rachel and Susie. He is a relatively fit man for his age and is of Jewish heritage. He was killed by in Issue 48.

Characteristics and Role
Despite his grumpy and cold demeanour, for a significant amount of time, he ultimately served as the moral center of the survivors, being quick to help people whenever they were in need, spreading his influence of hope/reassurance and wanting nothing, but, the best for most of the people around him.

Trivia

 * In the Comic Series, Hershel has a significantly larger family, consisting of his four daughters Maggie, Lacey, Rachel, and Susie, and his three sons Billy, Shawn, and Arnold. In the TV Series, however, his family is significantly smaller, having only his two daughters, Maggie and Beth. Also, Comic Series Hershel outlives all of his children save for Maggie, whereas TV Series Hershel dies before his youngest daughter Beth dies and Maggie is the sole surviving member of the family.
 * While both versions of Hershel are killed by The Governor at the end of the prison arc, their deaths are slightly different: in the Comic Series, Hershel is shot in the head by The Governor at point blank range during the shootout at the prison, while in the TV Series, Hershel is decapitated by The Governor with Michonne's sword before the shootout at the prison.
 * Hershel's death in the TV Series is very similar to Tyreese's death in the Comic Series.
 * In the Comic Series, Hershel is in his late 50's to early 60's, whereas in the TV Series, he is in his early 70's.
 * Hershel is the first main character to die in a mid-season finale in the TV Series, the second being, the third being Beth Greene, the fourth being Deanna Monroe, and the fifth being.