20 Things You Totally Missed In The Walking Dead
4. The Smallpox Link
Like Eastman, Edwin Jenner (Noah Emmerich) appears only briefly. Starring in the final two episodes of season one, he is a doctor at the CDC trying to make a cure for the virus.
Also like Eastman, Jenner is another bit player named after a famous figure, this time taking his name from Edward Jenner, the doctor who found the vaccine for smallpox.
His final warning to Rick after Rick says how grateful he is for Jenner giving them a chance - "The day will come when you won't be" - also reappears years later as the title of the premiere of season seven, showing just how hopeless the Survivors' situation has become.