
That person is an Old Age Pain in the Ass known as Larry. One that includes someone who could make anyone else seem positively lovable. Kenny’s abrasive nature starts to become more apparent after the group takes shelter in a pharmacy, where they meet another party. So Lee, Clem, Kenny, Kaatja, and Duck head to Macon, Georgia. He feels guilt and shame for what happened, but that stubborn defiance of his ultimately saved his child and kept him focused. It also shows the first dent in Kenny’s emotional armor. A choice presents itself, probably the first real ‘oh God, this isn’t going to end well’ choice in the entire series, and while Duck survives and Sean perishes regardless, the decision impacts both Lee and Kenny in a way that doesn’t exactly endear them to an already surly Hershel. Duck’s faux pas on a tractor sees Hershel’s son Sean caught up in its wheel as a walker draws perilously close. In the world of The Walking Dead, these are less character-building lessons, and more deadly punishment for sloppy behavior. It’s what follows this introduction that the abrupt exit from Hershel’s farm.ĭuck does that frustrating, yet understandable thing that kids often do and gets overstimulated and causes an accident. Another man out there protecting someone he feels needs to be. When Lee and Clementine first meet Kenny and his family, there’s something to relate to in Kenny’s eyes.


At the farm of Hershel Greene (before Rick Grimes shows up) he has a place and a purpose in protecting his wife Katjaa, and his son, Duck (a nickname because of the way constantly talks). When we first meet Kenny, he’s showing the more welcoming family man side. Make no mistake, Kenny isn’t exactly likable, and any empathy you have for the various tragedies that befall him is often undone by another of his aggressive outbursts, but as a character in Robert Kirkman’s Walking Dead world? He’s arguably one of its best. As his story progresses, however, he shows he’s always trying to do right by those he’s loyal to, and there’s nary a more committed man in the post-apocalypse when he’s got something to focus on. Fiercely protective of what’s his, quick to anger, and capable of selfish, stupid acts. Lee and Clementine may be the de-facto leads of Telltale’s episodic series, but it’s Kenny’s story that has always stayed with me the most.Īt a casual glance, Kenny is portrayed as a stereotypical Florida hick.
