Pamela Milton

Pamela Milton
The Walking Dead character
Portrayed by	Laila Robins

Pamela Milton is a fictional character from the comic book series The Walking Dead and the television series of the same name, where she is portrayed by Laila Robins.

Comic book series

Pamela Milton is the leader of The Commonwealth.

Television series

Season 11

In the episode "New Haunts", at a masquerade ball held by Governor Pamela Milton, a disgraced former soldier, Tyler Davis, takes "Max" hostage out of desperation to speak to Pamela but flees; Daryl gets him to surrender but allows Sebastian to take credit for his capture. In the episode "The Lucky Ones", Pamela takes a tour of the Coalition's settlements and is unimpressed to hear Alexandria has fallen more than once. After meeting with Oceanside, Pamela goes to Hilltop where she debates Maggie over their different leadership styles and forms of government. Maggie is suspicious of the Commonwealth and refuses to accept aid from them, to the frustration of several Hilltop residents who decide to go join the Commonwealth. Lance is also frustrated by Maggie's decision but insists to Aaron he will persevere, seeking to build up his power to get out from under Pamela. In the second part finale "Acts of God", Max investigates Pamela Milton and assembles some members of Alexandria to post an article in the newspaper about Pamela's lies.

In the third part premiere "Lockdown", Carol and Negan locate Sebastian and safely deliver him to Pamela. Desperate, Pamela strikes an uneasy deal with Carol. At the same time, the others engage in a cat and mouse game with Lance's soldiers, killing several before they end up in a standoff. In the episode "A New Deal", underground, the standoff escalates when Daryl takes Lance hostage just as Carol, Negan, Pamela, and Mercer arrive. Sebastian is later killed by a walker during a riot. In the episode "Variant", in the aftermath of the riot, Pamela orders Eugene's arrest for the murder of Sebastian, promising to pardon Max if Mercer cooperates. Sebastian reanimates and a grieving Pamela has Roman executed and orders Lance to feed his corpse to Sebastian as a punishment. In the episode "What's Been Lost", Pamela blackmails Yumiko into being the prosecutor in Eugene's show trial, promising to take Yumiko to her friends if she does and threatening Tomi as well to ensure her compliance. After learning of Daryl, Carol and Lance's escape, Yumiko reminds the Commonwealth of how invaluable Tomi is before making the stunning public announcement that Pamela is unjustly persecuting Eugene, and Yumiko will be acting as Eugene's defense attorney instead of his prosecutor. In the episode "Faith", Eugene goes on trial, creating a great deal of unrest in the Commonwealth despite Pamela's efforts to claim that Eugene had fabricated the tape of Sebastian. In the episode "Family", Princess makes contact with Mercer who helps the group sneak in and plans to use the testimony of the liberated prisoners to legally remove Pamela from power. However, Pamela catches onto his deception and has Mercer arrested for treason. Pamela draws the Coalition into a trap, killing Tyler and several others before they manage to escape. While protecting Maggie, Judith is shot by Pamela. In an attempt to quell the rebellion, Pamela has a massive herd led to the city to trigger a lockdown, but the herd contains a number of variant walkers and is able to overrun the Commonwealth's defenses. Pamela orders her soldiers to protect the homes of the elite, abandoning the rest of the Commonwealth to their doom in order to save herself. In the series finale "Rest in Peace", Princess and Max break Mercer out who leads his men and the Coalition forces in confronting Pamela as she barricades herself in the Estates. With the people outside about to be devoured, Daryl gives a rousing speech that causes Pamela's men to turn on her and allow everyone inside. Mercer arrests Pamela for her crimes, but she tries to feed herself to a zombified Lance instead. Recognizing that prison is a worse fate for Pamela, Maggie puts Lance down and saves her.

Development and reception

Laila Robins was cast as Pamela Milton, the governor of the Commonwealth.