<P> Morgan appears in the season premiere "Mercy" where he is part of Tara and Jesus's group of soldiers, assigned to attack several Savior compounds . "The Damned" shows the attack commencing with Morgan leading the attack, assuaging doubts by claiming "I don't die", a reference to his loved ones constantly dying while he survives . Morgan is shown to kill numerous Savior during the attack before encountering Jared, Benjamin's killer, again . He is about to kill him when Jesus stops him, stating they've surrendered . "Monsters" shows Morgan's group leading the captured Saviors back to Hilltop as prisoners . Jared continues to bait Morgan, but he refrains from taking action . When the prisoners attempt an escape, Morgan kills one of them, but is stopped by Jesus from killing the others . Their disagreement over killing leads Morgan to attack Jesus, leading to a heated fight . Despite seemingly being evenly matched, Jesus manages to disarm Morgan before returning his staff . Morgan claims "I know I'm not right . But that doesn't make me wrong" before leaving the group . </P> <P> Lennie James played Morgan in the series premiere "Days Gone Bye". Mike Ryan of Vanity Fair described Morgan in his review of the episode as "scared shitless of zombies breaking in, which seems like a reasonable reaction". Liz Kelly and Jen Chaney of The Washington Post commented on Morgan and Duane, "whose loss of the mother figure in their family reminded us a little of "Lost's" Michael and Walt ". Josh Jackson of Paste described Morgan and Duane as being "tormented by Morgan's wife walking the streets outside the suburban home where they're squatting . Unable to put her out of her misery or move on without her, they're frozen in place, tormented by loss that hasn't really gone away . It's the most nightmarish of scenarios--hunted by the shell of a loved one--the zombies aren't generic; this one is personal ." Jackson also stated that Rick is "shell - shocked by the world he wakes up to and Morgan serves as his shepherd into reality". Leonard Pierce of The A.V. Club described Morgan as "beautifully played by the always welcome Lennie James" and adding that he "adds a moment of poignancy, as he finds himself actually apologizing for having not killed his now - reanimated wife". Pierce describes the scene in which Morgan "tries to gather the--strength? resolve? compassion?--to destroy what used to be his wife" as a "wrenching" scene . Kris King of Starpulse noted that Morgan "has a powerful scene involving the fate of his wife and his grizzly attempt to come to terms with his loss". Writing for The Atlantic, Scott Meslow describes what he considers "the episode's most devastating scene", in which "Morgan aims at (his wife's) head through a rifle from a window, almost pulling the trigger several times before collapsing in tears . Morgan's fate is a dark reflection of Rick's worst fears; with his wife and son missing, and with no way to contact them, Rick never knows if he'll turn a corner and find a grotesque perversion of the wife and son he loves ." </P> <P> It was confirmed on November 19, 2012, that Morgan would be returning in Season 3 . In an interview with Inside TV, Robert Kirkman defines the title of the episode "Clear", and how it relates to Morgan: "It means a lot of things . To a certain extent it's the ravings of a lunatic but it's also about him trying to clear out his life and clear out any entanglements around him . He's living by himself so he's trying to have a clear head . It's basically about him getting rid of his wife and getting rid of his son and the only way for him to survive is to clear the area around him ." Kirkman also felt that Lennie James was "really playing a completely different character and doing completely different things in this episode and is just as amazing doing it . So it was a lot of fun having him back and also having him do things that were so different from what he had done before ." In his recap of the episode for the Los Angeles Times, Todd VanDerWerff called Lennie James a "brilliant actor", and felt that "his role is significant enough that he essentially becomes the main supporting player in the piece". Eric Kain of Forbes called the performance of Lennie James "absolutely riveting", noting that Morgan "is a changed man, and not for the better"; Kain called Morgan's refusal of Rick's offer to return to the prison with him "a glorious scene". Zack Handlen of The A.V. Club describes Morgan's situation: "Morgan's crime is that he couldn't let go of the past; he couldn't shoot his dead wife, and so his dead wife eventually killed his son . So now he has nothing to live for, but he doesn't have the strength of will left to take his own life . Which leaves him trapped . He can't join up with Rick's group, no matter how much Rick wants him to, because that would mean connecting with people again, becoming vulnerable, risking himself and having to suffer when his new friends die . And he can't commit suicide, because that would require a different kind of courage . So he's stuck building his traps, covering the walls with his writing, sending messages to strangers he'll never see ." </P> <P> On November 26, 2017, it was announced on Talking Dead that Lennie James would be exiting The Walking Dead and transitioning the role of Morgan to Fear the Walking Dead . </P>

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