Jake (TV Series)

"Before everything, I was constantly stressed. I was hassled and pressured by my parents to do good, when I knew I couldn't do good. Whether it be sports, or school, or anything. It was al an unhealthy build up of stress. (...) Now look at the world. Killing walkers and killing people. Two different things, easier said than done. But they start out difficult, but they're easy to work with, if that makes sense. You get good. For me, this relieves stress. Now I feel better, now I'm able to help. It was that small push that kept me going. Now I'm here to help you all. Find that push, get good at it, and survive. (...) Unless you want to die in the end."

- Jake to the kids of Alexandria.

Jake is a main character and a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead. He is a young, gentle boy, turned hardened and sadistic after the undead world took his sister. His sanity, though nearly gone, has mostly been redeemed after locating his long-thought-deceased parents at the "Alexandria Safe-Zone".

Personality
During his initial introduction, Jake was very calm and quiet, and often spent time only conversing with his sister. Jake soon became more and more involved and open with the group, wanting to help in any way he could with having a chance at survival. His openness to the group expanded greatly during his time at the prison.

After losing his younger sister during a walker invasion at the prison, Jake becomes far more hardened and slightly sadistic. Though not violently lashing out at others, he becomes much more easily agitated and spends his time gunning down undead along the fence perimeter.

During the fifth season, he calms down substantially after arriving at the Alexandria Safe-Zone and reuniting with his parents. Regardless, he still takes strange pleasure in killing survivors, though he says he "will only kill the bad ones".

Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Not much is known about Jake's life prior to the apocalypse, but he has said he and his family were visiting family in Georgia when the outbreak occurred, stating he came from New Hampshire.

Season 1
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Season 2
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Season 3
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Season 4
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Season 5
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Season 6
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Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Jake has killed:
 * Emma (Indirectly Caused)
 * One unnamed prison newcomer. (Zombified)
 * Many unnamed Woodbury soldiers.
 * A few Wolves.
 * Numerous counts of zombies.

Emma
"This world sucks, Em. But we gotta survive; gotta have hope that we can find mom and dad."

- Jake to Emma.

Jake cared deeply for Emma, and the two shared a loving sibling bond. The two would often stick together and were motivated by their goal to find their parents. The two were momentarily separated after the initial outbreak but were reunited after arriving at the Atlanta Camp. As Emma was more affected by death than Jake was, Jake partially sheltered her, enough so she wouldn't lose hope.

After the group's arrival at the Greene Family Farm, and uncovering the zombified Sophia, a distraught Emma shut herself away in the house and was shoddily consoled by an equally depressed Jake. Towards the end of their stay on the farm, Emma recovered and Jake was there for her, helping her escape the farm.

Though only a short time was spent at the prison, Emma agreed to Jake helping her learn how to shoot properly. However, before their training could begin, the walkers that had been let into the prison attacked, and Emma was killed in the invasion.

Seeing Emma devoured scarred Jake since then and he constantly blames himself for her death.

Rick Grimes
"You trust me...right? Because I trust you, I'm entirely with you and everyone else, all the way."

- Jake to Rick.

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Carl Grimes
"Thanks for letting me give Judith her middle name, by the way...I didn't mean to pester you about it as much as I did."

- Jake to Carl about Judith's middle name.

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Trace Oxford
"Its still really weird, getting French lessons from a guy like Trace. I mean, I never expected something like that, you know?"

- Jake to Austin about Trace.

Jake and Trace had a stable, friendly relationship. The two regularly spoke at the prison and Trace gave him French lessons. The lessons continued after the group reached Alexandria, and the two hung out more and more.

Jake is deeply saddened after finding out about Trace's death and says he wished he could've talked to him more.

Appearances
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Season 1

 * "Tell It to the Frogs" (No Lines)
 * "Wildfire"
 * "TS-19"

Season 2

 * "What Lies Ahead"
 * "Bloodletting"
 * "Secrets"
 * "Pretty Much Dead Already"
 * "Judge, Jury, Executioner"
 * "Beside the Dying Fire"

Season 3

 * "Seed"
 * "Sick"
 * "Killer Within"
 * "Say the Word" (No Lines)
 * "This Sorrowful Life" (No Lines)
 * "Welcome to the Tombs"

Season 4

 * "30 Days Without An Accident"
 * "Infected"
 * "Isolation"
 * "Indifference"
 * "Internment" (No Lines)
 * "Too Far Gone"
 * "Alone" (No Lines)
 * "A"

Season 5

 * "No Sanctuary"
 * "Strangers"
 * "Four Walls and a Roof"
 * "Crossed"
 * "Coda"
 * "What Happened and What's Going On"
 * "Them" (No Lines)
 * "The Disatance"
 * "Remember"
 * "Forget"
 * "Try"
 * "Conquer"

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 * "First Time Again" (Flashback)
 * "JSS"
 * "Now"
 * "Heads Up"
 * "Start to Finish"

Trivia

 * Jake's disappearance from the prison after Say the Word resulted in his status going from 'Alive' to 'Unknown' for 10 episodes before his return in This Sorrowful Life, where he aided from outside the prison in attacking The Governor and his men. He was shown to be alive at the end of the episode.
 * Jake is, according to his actor, the second strongest child in the show, only a step behind Carl.