The Claimers Trivia Quiz

Answer: He's exhausted from chasing Beth's kidnapper on foot

Daryl has been surviving with Beth after the collapse of the prison. She's kidnapped and thrown inside a car with a white cross on the back. Daryl runs after it. He heads in its direction for hours, switching between walking and running, before finally collapsing in exhaustion and grief.

While sitting in that spot, he is surrounded by several armed Claimers. He manages to punch one. After a confrontation, they talk, and Joe tells him he could fit in with their group, and he agrees to join them.

Answer: Joe

Ozzy was the leader of the Highwaymen, Negan of the Saviors, and Alpha of the Whisperers. The Claimers' leader, Joe, is played by actor Jeff Kober.

Answer: An outdoor cat that thinks it's an indoor one

Joe said he developed an affinity for cats when he was a child and that there's nothing sadder than an outdoor cat thinking he's an indoor one. Joe's suggestion implies that he regards Daryl as an "outdoor cat" like himself, a man who cannot be domesticated, and that it would be sad for him to believe he could be a part of civilized society.

He tells Daryl he's one of them, and that "when men like us cooperate a little bit, well, the world becomes ours."

Answer: Spencer

Spencer was a resident of Alexandria and the son of its original leader, Deanna Monroe. Other named members of the Claimers group included Joe, Harley, and Billy.

Answer: A wild radish

This practice of claiming objects is the origin of their group name. This was one of the few rules of the group - that if someone claimed an item first, it became his. We learn this in "Us" when Len and Daryl fight over a rabbit Daryl shoots but that Len claimed. Because Daryl was unaware of the rule, Joe cuts the rabbit in half and gives them each half. Daryl adjusts to this rule of the group, and at one point, the audience sees him claim a wild radish growing from the ground.

Answer: Lying

The Claimers raided homes and camps, stole from others, looted, killed those who got in their way, and, it is implied, raped those who crossed them. But one thing the leader Joe would not tolerate was lying within the group. If a person told a lie, he would be severely beaten.

At one point, Len accuses Daryl of stealing his half of the rabbit, which he in fact hid in Daryl's backpack. Joe witnessed the deceit, however, and as a consequence of his lie, Len is beaten by the rest of the group.

Answer: Rick

Rick had been temporarily living in a house with Carl and Michonne when the Claimers busted into it. Michonne and Carl were out on a supply run at the time. Rick hid under a bed and, after one of the Claimers was asleep on it, attempted to escape, but ran into Lou, whom he strangled to death.

He took the man's gun and jacket and met up with Carl and Michonne and escaped. This incident happened before Daryl fell in with the Claimers, and he had no idea Rick was the man they were searching for to seek vengeance upon.

Answer: Carl

The Claimers finally catch up to Rick, whom they have been tracking because he killed one of their own. As the confrontation begins, Daryl emerges to discover the man they have been tracking is his own close friend, Rick. When he tells Joe Rick is good people, Joe says, "Now that's a lie," and they turn on Daryl. They also threaten to rape Carl and Michonne.

Answer: Rick, Daryl, and Michonne kill them all

Rick ends up ripping Joe's throat out with his teeth to escape him, and Michonne and Daryl also fight back. Together, they kill all the Claimers. Daryl apologizes to Rick for falling in the group, saying he didn't realize how bad they were. This happens in the episode titled "A."

Answer: false

The Claimers are the main antagonist of the second half of season 4 and appear in episodes 11-14. They make their first appearance in "Claimed" and their last in "A," with "Alone" and "Us" in between. The group also appears in a "Walking Dead" inspired series of webisodes called "Red Machete," which traces the origin of the weapon Rick used to kill the leader of Terminus.