Family Quotes in The Walking Dead

This is a subtle way of giving us Rick's backstory without words. Before he tells us about his wife and son, we see a picture of them hanging on his living room wall. It says it all—that's who he's frantically searching for.

This father/son duo works together to protect themselves against zombies, but maybe the kid could use a little better training. He whacks Rick in the head with a shovel, as though he's forgotten what a human looks like. Morgan and Duane are the first surviving family Rick's seen.

For the first half of this chapter of The Walking Dead, Rick's major motivation is finding his family. He'll risk anything to find them.