Gareth(TWD)

Gareth is a main character and survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead. He is the leader of Terminus.

Gareth
Actor	Andrew J. West
Gender	Male
Hair	Dark Brown
Occupation	Leader of Terminus
Family	Mother - Mary (Deceased) Brother - Alex (Deceased)
First Appearance	"A"
Last Appearance	"Four Walls and a Roof"
Death Episode	"Four Walls and a Roof"
Cause of Death	Hacked to death by Rick Grimes
Status	Dead
Series Lifespan	"A" to present.
Gareth is hacked to death by Rick Grimes inside the church.

Involvement

"A"

Gareth appears in the large room that Carl Grimes, Rick Grimes, Daryl Dixon and Michonne go inside of after sneaking into Terminus. Gareth questions them, asking if they are there to rob them, which they respond to and then if they are there seeking sanctuary. He orders them to drop their weapons and Alex frisks them. Gareth warns the four of them not to try anything stupid and has Alex show them around Terminus. Rick, after noticing the Terminus members possessing several items belonging to members of the prison group such as Daryl's poncho, Hershel's pocket watch, the riot gear, and the orange hitchhiker's bag, Rick takes Alex and holds a gun at his head demanding to know where their people are and why their group has the pocket watch, riot gear and poncho. Gareth lies, claiming to have taken the riot gear off of a dead cop and that they found the poncho on a clothesline.

After a Terminus Resident accidentally shoots and kills Alex while aiming at Rick, a shootout ensues and Rick, Carl, Daryl and Michonne flee, only to be stopped when Terminus residents line up along the outside of the fence at the back entrance with guns pointed at them. Gareth orders the four of them to lower their weapons. After this, Gareth calls them by specific code-names to walk towards the boxcar: Rick (Ringleader), Daryl (Archer), Michonne (Samurai) and Carl (Kid) in that order.

Season 5

"No Sanctuary"

Gareth appears as Rick, Daryl, Bob Stookey, and Glenn are gagged and leaned over a trough in a building adjacent to the train car "A". Gareth enters, interrupting one of the Terminus Guards just as he is about to knock out Glenn, asking for the "shell count" from them. After hearing muffled sounds from Bob, he reluctantly pulls down Bob's gag, after which Bob pleads that there is another way to resolve everything, and that they have plans to fix everything.

Gareth laughs, telling Bob "the world can't go back", shortly before putting Bob's gag back in. Gunfire is heard after, interrupting Gareth and the Guards again. After, Carol, not seen at first, blows a hole in the gasoline tank outside, and lights it using a firecracker, to which Gareth runs outside.

Gareth is later seen as the group escapes, and is shot in the arm by Rick as he lays down cover fire for the other escaping members of his group.

"Strangers"

Gareth is seen at the end of the episode (although it is likely he was watching the group as they camped out in the woods prior) after his group knocks Bob unconscious.

As Bob awakens, Gareth says that Bob is not dead yet and says the Terminus group never intended to hurt anyone, but now his hand has been forced after the shootout and the loss of Terminus. Bob looks down to find his left leg amputated, which is now cooking over the fire for Gareth and several Terminants to feast on. 

"Four Walls and a Roof"

Gareth continues talking to Bob until Bob reveals that he was bitten, allowing Gareth and his group to realize that they have eaten infected meat. Infuriated, Gareth then knocks Bob unconscious and leaves him near the church entrance for Rick's group to recover him.

Later, he and his group watch Rick leave the church with a posse before approaching quietly and breaking in, taunting the remaining survivors that are sheltering in Gabriel's office. Rick and his posse, having snuck back inside, ambush Gareth by killing two of his men with a suppressed pistol, then shooting off two of his fingers, forcing him and the others to surrender.

Now at Rick's mercy, Gareth begs him to let them go and tries desperately to justify his cannabilism and the cruelty Rick had witnessed. Rick, unwilling to risk letting Gareth harm others, brutally hacks him to death with a red-handled machete - as he had promised him earlier. He is later buried by Tyrese along with the other Terminus members that were murdered.

Allies

• Terminus Residents
• Martin
• Theresa
• Albert
• Mike
• Greg

Enemies

• Rick Grimes
• Daryl Dixon
• Carl Grimes
• Michonne
• Glenn
• Tara Chambler
• Abraham Ford
• Maggie Greene
• Eugene Porter
• Rosita Espinosa
• Walkers
• Sasha
• Bob Stookey
• Terminus Attackers
• Carol Peletier
• Gabriel Stokes
• Judith Grimes

Appearances

Season 4

• "A"

Season 5

• "No Sanctuary"
• "Strangers"
• "Four Walls and a Roof"