Reece Grimes (Grimes)

This page is about the character when they appear as part of the Grimes TV series, if you are looking for the character's page from the original series, Reece Grimes."I told you to sleep with one eye open Sebastian, I promised you I would kill you. I always keep my promises."                              - Reece preparing to kill Sebastian Milton.(Season 3 - The Tower)

Reece Grimes is the protagonist and a survivor of the outbreak in HBO's Grimes. He is the former leader of the Alexandria Safe-Zone, having fled with his son, Taron Grimes, and younger sister, Judith Grimes, when the Commonwealth, a large network of communities, invaded after deeming him guilty of crimes he did not commit.

Reece is the son of Neil Aegan and Angela Hawthorne, who died while giving birth to him. He was later adopted by the Chambler family and then the Grimes family. Reece married Rosita Espinosa and had a son with her, Taron, as well as being the step-father to her daughter, Socorro Espinosa.

Eventually Reece and Judith met up with a survivor named Clementine and her adoptive brother A.J., they were taken in by the Oxford House School Group and helped defend their new home and its inhabitants from the Delta. Following a fight with Clementine when the group had been depleted to its final members, Clementine left with A.J. and Judith, who believed her older brother was an unhinged lunatic. Reece was left alone with Broady, her daughter, and Willie, the final survivors from the Oxford House Group.

After meeting the Garcia family and coming into conflict with The New Frontier, Reece and Broady attempted to escape from the terrorist group, this resulted in Broady's death leaving Reece to care for her daughter. The chain of events caused Reece to decide that he, with the help of the Garcias, would infiltrate the Commonwealth and assassinate Sebastian Milton, the leader who killed his father and set the events into motion which cause him to lose his son.

Following Milton's death, Reece returned home to Alexandria where he was reunited with his step-daughter, Socorro, and his adoptive brother, Rick Grimes Jr. who he pledged to raise properly and never leave again.

Pre-Apocalypse
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Post-Apocalypse
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The Tower
Reece finally reaches the building Sebastian is hiding out in, he climbs up it killing many Commonwealth soldiers. He hallucinates and sees Clementine, Taron, Judith, Broady and Rosita. Eventually, he reaches Sebastian who begs for his life. Reece tells him this isn't about Negan but it's about the path Sebastian set Reece down and caused him to lose Judith and Taron. Sebastian tells him he can take him to R.J. and Coco, Reece tells him that'll never be enough. Reece then stabs Sebastian in the stomach.

In the morning, the people of the Commonwealth gather outside in the square, where Negan's Crucifixion was held, in Negan's place is Sebastian, reanimated. Reece looks down on the crowd before leaving the commonwealth with Abi and Javier. They travel to Alexandria, the gate opens. Standing at the gate is Magna holding Coco in her arms and R.J. at her side, Reece runs to them grabbing them. He breaks down holding them.

That night, he tucks in R.J., Abi and Coco before telling them a story about a lone sheriff who sets out to find his family in a strange world and all the people he met along the way. He tells the story of how they settled down in a prison, fought in a war and took down an empire. He tells them it is a story about family, it always has been. He then tells them goodnight.

In the porch, Reece sits pondering, he is joined by Magna. They ponder over how they got here, being the final OG's, he laughs and tells her she is not an OG's by his standards. They laugh together, he then thanks her for caring for R.J. and Coco, she tells him that she owed him a debt. They shake hands then hug. He goes inside and she shouts to him "Welcome home, we're gonna need you Reece Grimes". He closes the door to go to bed.

Killed Victims
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 * Adrian (Alive; Out of Mercy)
 * Louis (Alive; Out of Mercy)
 * Katy (Accidental; Before Reanimation)
 * Samuel (Out of Mercy)
 * Francine (Indirectly Caused; Accidental)
 * Conrad
 * Ava (Alive; Caused, Accidental)
 * Broady (Alive; Caused, Accidental, Zombified; Out of Mercy)
 * Eleanor
 * Alexi
 * Joan (Indirectly; Ordered)
 * Clementine (Indirectly)
 * Lance Hornsby
 * Sebastian Milton
 * 3 Unnamed Delta Soldiers
 * Numerous Unnamed New Frontier Terrorists

Relationships
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Judith Grimes
(Judith POV) While on the run from the Commonwealth, Reece and Judith had a solid and trusting, brother-sister, relationship. She trusts him with her life and vise-versa, however, upon meeting Clementine and seeing Reece's mental state deteriorate, Judith begins to have doubts about her brother's abilities to care for her as well as her nephew. Despite her doubts, Judith remained fiercely loyal to her brother until he attacked Clementine for 'killing Taron' who was actually hidden by her so that she could prove Reece's insanity, this caused Judith to shoot Reece to stop him from killing Clementine. She then left with Clementine and Taron as not to put Taron in danger anymore through Reece, devastating him and ruining their relationship.

Although Judith felt guilty for what happened, she stood by it for the year following until she eventually came to realise that Clementine manipulated her to ensure she would kill Reece, Judith tried to escape Clementine who had allied them with a British group but Clementine forced her to stay. This resulted in Judith travelling across the Ocean to Britain, ensuring she would never see Reece again.

Judith allowed her guilt and dismay to build up and despite Clementine's attempts to repent for breaking up the family, Judith eventually executed Clementine for what she had done, honoring her brother, who she was aware she would never see again. She ended up settling down with a family in Scotland and vowed to raise Taron to be just as good a person as Reece.

Taron Grimes
Reece loved his son greatly and would do anything to keep him safe, despite his deteriorating mental state, Reece vowed never to let Taron come to any harm. After Taron was kidnapped by the Delta, Reece fell into a complete breakdown which resulted in him almost killing himself until he realized his love for his son would be enough to empower him to rescue him. Following their escape from the Delta, Reece grew more and more paranoid about the threat Clementine posed to his son, eventually she forced his hand into attacking her by faking Taron's death and causing Judith to shoot him which in turn resulted in Clementine kidnapping Taron to protect him from Reece.

While talking to Broady about Taron, Reece revealed that he will never forgive himself for his failure as a father to protect his son and that he will spend everyday of his life thinking about him.

While Reece never sees Taron again, he remembers his son fondly and when he eventually made it home to Alexandria, Reece made a grave for his Taron which stated "Remembering Taron Rick Grimes who will never leave his father's heart".

Season One

 * "All That Remains"
 * "Broken Toys"
 * "Fear the Hunters"
 * "Call to Arms"
 * "Suffer the Children"
 * "What We Become"
 * "Done Running"
 * "In Harms Way"
 * "No Going Back"
 * "Morning Star"

Season Two

 * "Shattered"
 * "Walk With Us"
 * "No Times Left"
 * "Ties That Bind"
 * "Empathy"
 * "A New Frontier"
 * "Thicker than Water"
 * "Safety Behind Bars"
 * "Above the Law"
 * "The Heart's Desire"
 * "From the Gallows"

Season Three

 * "Paterfelium"
 * "At the End of the World"
 * "Death's Shadow"
 * "The Last Grimes"
 * "Final Approach"
 * "The Tower"

Trivia

 * Reece has had the most appearances of any character in The Walking Dead Universe.
 * Reece has had the most new additions to his family of any character in the Universe.
 * Reece has been adopted by David Chambler and later by Rick and Lori Grimes, with Michonne Grimes replacing Lori when she and Rick marry.
 * Reece has become the brother of Tara and Lilly Chambler, which also makes him the uncle of Meghan Chambler. He has also become the brother of Carl Grimes, Judith Grimes and R.J. Grimes.
 * Reece has married Rosita Espinosa.
 * Reece has become the father of Taron Grimes, the step-father of Socorro Espinosa and the adoptive father of Willie.
 * Reece was also the owner of Dog before it was killed.
 * Reece has had the most name changes of any character in the show.
 * In Season Two, his name was Reece Chambler.
 * In Season Three's "Welcome to the Tombs", he changed it to Reece Grimes.
 * In Season Ten's "Amid the Ruins", he changed it to Reece Chambler-Grimes.
 * In Season Twelve's "Rest in Peace", he refer's to himself as Reece Hawthorne-Chambler-Aegan-Grimes, however, this was a joke.
 * In Grimes' First Season's episode "Morning Star", he reveals to Clementine he is Reece Grimes, deciding on keeping Rick's surname to honor the only father which may still be alive.