Paul Lingard (TWDG)

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Charlottesville, Virginia

Prior to the outbreak, Paul was a world-class oncologist, and a respected faculty member of the University of Virginia School of Medicine. His profession and medical knowledge carried over into the apocalypse.

After the outbreak, many of Paul's colleagues fled for safety, leaving him on his own. Undeterred, Lingard sought out the sick and the injured, attempting to help whenever and however he could.

Unfortunately, the state of the world eventually began to take its toll on Lingard's mind, which led to substance abuse as a method of coping, chiefly his own medicine supply.

Eventually, a man came across the weary Lingard, wracked by addiction and his inner demons, and helped him overcome his addiction, as well as find purpose in life. Sometime later, Lingard, along with David, Clint, and Joan formed the New Frontier.

Paul is first encountered in Richmond's hospital taking care of Kate. Lingard is amazed by Eleanor's medical expertise and wishes to keep her in Richmond. Before Javi and David leave, Paul vouches for Eleanor to be released from quarantine. In Clementine's flashback after she finds the vancomycin and is about to give it to AJ, Paul wakes up and tells Clementine not to inject AJ because it's the last of the vancomycin and will consequently cost someone else's life in the future, and will likely do nothing for AJ's condition. After David/Ava notices Clementine, Paul takes AJ and she has the option to say goodbye to AJ or spit in David's face. His last appearance is in the end of the episode when Javi reveals that Joan was ordering raiding and looting on other settlements.