Jed (The Walking Dead)

"You know, over and over I heard you yapping about how every life counts and man I gotta tell you, I'm right there with you. But if you don't give up that gun, her life ain't gonna count for shit for too much longer."

- Jed to Rick Grimes.

Jed is a recurring antagonist in the AMC television series The Walking Dead. He was a member of the The Saviors and led a Savior rebel group after Negan's defeat. Six years later, he is a leader of raiders who were Saviors for survival.

He serves as the main antagonist of the first half of Season 9 and a minor antagonist in its second half of the season.

He was portrayed by Rhys Coiro.

Season 9
While working at the bridge, Henry offer water to the people. Justin pushes him down for not giving him more water and begins drinking from the container. Henry gets furious and thumps him down with his stick. Jed sees this and ridicules Justin, before helping him get up.

Later, a group of walkers approached at the work site and a disturbance results. Jed freaks out and lets one of the logs go, making it fall onto Aaron's arm, pulverizing it. Daryl orders Jed and the rest to lift the log while he twofold blades the walkers around him. That night, he associates with Regina and Laura around an open air fire.

Out and about, Jed and a little gathering of Saviors prevent Maggie and Kal from bringing food to the Sanctuary to scrutinize her about their missing individuals. He takes a tomato out of the back and takes a large chomp, deriding her. Maggie says she'll stamp him down for it while other Saviors let her pass.

At the camp, the Saviors are furious with the news of Justin's demise. Alden promise they'll get to its bottom. However, Jed punches Alden, who claims he isn't one of them any longer. Carol ventures in with her weapon at her hip, ceasing Jed. After Jed watches the Saviors calling Daryl and Anne of being culprits of Justin's murder, he disarms and calm down by Laura.

Around night time, Jed stages a trap in the forested areas for Carol and Rick by pretending to be a walker. At the point when Carol holsters her firearm and plans to slaughter the apparently undead Jed, D.J. catches unaware her and pushes her into Jed. He holds Carol at blade point while Rick focuses a weapon at his head. Jed discloses to Rick this is tied in with recovering their weapons for security before taking off. Ditty tricky hauls a blade out of her sleeve and cuts him in the shoulder while Rick powers D.J. to his knees.

Jed asks Carol for what reason she didn't murder him to which she answers that each life counts. The following morning, Jed, alongside other Saviors leave the campsite.

At the camp, as Carol packs up, a furnished Jed and a few Saviors return. Jed demonstrates her Alden's weapon. At the point when asked where he got the firearm, Jed essentially expresses that dissimilar to Carol, Alden wasn't quick enough to shield himself. He uncovers he realizes that Oceanside were the ones murdering the Saviors and he needs her to move to one side so he can order his requital. Carol claims to surrender yet assaults him once more, anyway more Saviors show up and a shoot-out results.

After six years, Jed, Regina and other previous Saviors trap Carol and Henry while they are on their way to the Hilltop with supplies. Jed strolls up with a weapon and grins smiley. Jed tells Carol and Henry that since the Sanctuary was deserted they've needed to get more urgent, to the point that they ate their ponies and now utilize walkers to drag their wagons. Carol brings up that he and the marauders could have gone along with one of other communities, however Jed says that isn't their direction. He discloses to her he will give them a chance to off since she saved him some time ago and will enable them to keep their wagon and horses, yet he's taking all their stuff, including her ring. This made Henry furious, who kicks up his stick and thumps Jed down. Jed tosses Henry to the ground at the same time, before he can hurt him, Carol hops in and gives him her ring. Jed says thanks to her and leaves with his people.

During the night, Carol comes back to the Saviors' camp. She douses the sleeping Saviors with gas and takes the matchstick from Jed's mouth. As Jed awakens, Carol advises him that she could pardon Jed taking her ring, however other supplies at their camp had a place with individuals who never returned and includes that Jed harmed her child. Jed claims that they found the provisions deserted and never harmed anybody, and begs Carol, promising that she will never observe them again. Unaffected, Carol continues to light the match, setting Jed and other Saviors ablaze and burning them alive.