Recap / The Walking Dead (2010)

aka: The Walking Dead TV Show

The Walking Dead is an apocalyptic drama based on the comic of the same name, revolving around a group of survivors struggling to live in the Zombie Apocalypse. It is the first installment in The Walking Dead Television Universe, and ran on AMC from 2010 to 2022.

Unmarked spoilers are present throughout the subpages as well as some of the synopses below. Read at your own risk.

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Season 1

♫ If today was not an endless highway... ♫

"What part of 'everything is gone' do you not understand?"

— Andrea

King County sheriff deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a months long coma to find the world overrun by the undead. With advice from a fellow survivor, he sets out to find his wife and child, and ends up joining their camp of survivors led by his best friend Shane. As Rick comes to lead the group of misfit survivors, they all search for solutions to their predicament and look for a safe place, if such a thing exists, in this new life.

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1. "Days Gone Bye" (October 30, 2010)
2. "Guts" (November 7, 2010)
3. "Tell It to the Frogs" (November 14, 2010)
4. "Vatos" (November 21, 2010)
5. "Wildfire" (November 28, 2010)
6. "TS-19" (December 5, 2010)

Season 2

"You stay, this isn't a democracy anymore."

"We're facing a long, hard journey, maybe harder than I can imagine... but it can't be harder than our journey's been so far, can it?"

— Rick Grimes

The group moves to leave Atlanta, but when one of their own goes missing, the search takes them to the Greene family farm. Though its' owner Hershel allows the group to temporarily stay on the property, tension between the Greene family and Rick's group begin to boil over as Rick tries to convince Hershel to allow them to stay for good. As this is all going on, Daryl begins to find his place in the group, a Love Triangle between Rick, Shane and Lori begins to go south, and the group discovers that the undead are not the only threats they have to worry about in this horrible new world.

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1. "What Lies Ahead" (October 16, 2011)
2. "Bloodletting" (October 23, 2011)
3. "Save the Last One" (October 30, 2011)
4. "Cherokee Rose" (November 6, 2011)
5. "Chupacabra" (November 13, 2011)
6. "Secrets" (November 20, 2011)
7. "Pretty Much Dead Already" (November 27, 2011)
8. "Nebraska" (February 12, 2012)
9. "Triggerfinger" (February 19, 2012)
10. "18 Miles Out" (February 26, 2012)
11. "Judge, Jury, Executioner" (March 4, 2012)
12. "Better Angels" (March 11, 2012)
13. "Beside the Dying Fire" (March 18, 2012)

Season 3

Fight the dead. Fear the living.

"In this life now, you kill or you die. Or you die and you kill."

— The Governor

After a long winter, Rick settles his battle-hardened and more combat-proficient group into an abandoned prison, but discovers that the place may not be the safe haven they had hoped for. Chief among the threats to the prison is The Governor, the despotic ruler of a nearby community of Woodbury, who sees Rick's group as a challenge to his empire. Caught in between the escalating war between the two groups is Andrea, who questions her place as she slowly begins to realize The Governor's true nature as the conflict threatens to destroy both groups from the inside out.

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1. "Seed" (October 14, 2012)
2. "Sick" (October 21, 2012)
3. "Walk With Me" (October 28, 2012)
4. "Killer Within" (November 4, 2012)
5. "Say the Word" (November 11, 2012)
6. "Hounded" (November 18, 2012)
7. "When the Dead Come Knocking" (November 25, 2012)
8. "Made to Suffer" (December 2, 2012)
9. "The Suicide King" (February 10, 2013)
10. "Home" (February 17, 2013)
11. "I Ain't a Judas" (February 24, 2013)
12. "Clear" (March 3, 2013)
13. "Arrow on the Doorpost" (March 10, 2013)
14. "Prey" (March 17, 2013)
15. "This Sorrowful Life" (March 24, 2013)
16. "Welcome to the Tombs" (March 31, 2013)

Season 4

Don't look back.

"Things break, but they can still grow."

— Hershel Greene

Several months after the Woodbury War, Rick has ceded leadership of the swelling prison group to a council led by Hershel, seeking to regain the humanity he risked losing during the previous season. As Rick questions whether you can come back from the things you have to do to survive, the specter of The Governor begins to cast a shadow over the prison with devastating results. The survivors of the tragedy, now scattered to the winds, begin to migrate towards Terminus, a supposed safe haven, while Rick is forced to finally come to terms with both his humanity and brutality if he is to finally find what kind of man he really is.

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1. "30 Days Without an Accident" (October 13, 2013)
2. "Infected" (October 20, 2013)
3. "Isolation" (October 27, 2013)
4. "Indifference" (November 3, 2013)
5. "Internment" (November 10, 2013)
6. "Live Bait" (November 17, 2013)
7. "Dead Weight" (November 24, 2013)
8. "Too Far Gone" (December 1, 2013)
9. "After" (February 9, 2014)
10. "Inmates" (February 16, 2014)
11. "Claimed" (February 23, 2014)
12. "Still" (March 2, 2014)
13. "Alone" (March 9, 2014)
14. "The Grove" (March 16, 2014)
15. "Us" (March 23, 2014)
16. "A" (March 30, 2014)

Season 5

The new world's gonna need Rick Grimes.

"Nightmares end. They shouldn't end who you are."

— Bob Stookey

The reunited group escapes from a harrowing ordeal, but the nightmare isn't over, as they now find themselves hunted by the cannibalistic Hunters. The mystery of Beth's disappearance also comes to light, and brings about a confrontation and a string of losses that break the group's faith. Nevertheless, the group leaves Atlanta for good, and is eventually welcomed into the idyllic community of Alexandria several hundred miles away. Rick finds the sheltered community too weak and pampered, and begins to question whether or not he'll have to take drastic measures to protect his family and new home.

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1. "No Sanctuary" (October 12, 2014)
2. "Strangers" (October 19, 2014)
3. "Four Walls and a Roof" (October 26, 2014)
4. "Slabtown" (November 2, 2014)
5. "Self Help" (November 9, 2014)
6. "Consumed" (November 16, 2014)
7. "Crossed" (November 23, 2014)
8. "Coda" (November 30, 2014)
9. "What Happened and What's Going On" (February 8, 2015)
10. "Them" (February 15, 2015)
11. "The Distance" (February 22, 2015)
12. "Remember" (March 1, 2015)
13. "Forget" (March 8, 2015)
14. "Spend" (March 15, 2015)
15. "Try" (March 22, 2015)
16. "Conquer" (March 29, 2015)

Season 6

Face a larger world.

"Will you look out for him like you look out for your people? Guess what. They're all your people, Rick."

— Deanna Monroe

After the events of the previous season, Rick's group is still not wholly assimilated into Alexandria. When outside threats begin to threaten the community, Rick takes command to repel the threats and soon learns that if they are to survive, not only must the Alexandrians change their ways, but he must as well if he is to actually become their leader. After heavy losses, the Atlanta group and the native Alexandrians become one during a climactic battle, and then discover other settlements of survivors nearby. The newly expanded group will have to adapt to this larger world sooner than later once they discover that a threat larger and deadlier than anything they've ever faced before is well on its way — and may truly give them something to fear.

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1. "First Time Again" (October 11, 2015)
2. "JSS" (October 18, 2015)
3. "Thank You" (October 25, 2015)
4. "Here's Not Here" (November 1, 2015)
5. "Now" (November 8, 2015)
6. "Always Accountable" (November 15, 2015)
7. "Heads Up" (November 22, 2015)
8. "Start to Finish" (November 29, 2015)
9. "No Way Out" (February 14, 2016)
10. "The Next World" (February 21, 2016)
11. "Knots Untie" (February 28, 2016)
12. "Not Tomorrow Yet" (March 6, 2016)
13. "The Same Boat" (March 13, 2016)
14. "Twice as Far" (March 20, 2016)
15. "East" (March 27, 2016)
16. "Last Day on Earth" (April 3, 2016)

Season 7

We're just getting started.

"Alexandria, the Hilltop, and the Kingdom; all three of our communities have something in common. We all serve the Saviors."

— Rick Grimes

Negan has arrived. After grossly underestimating the true power and resources that the Saviors control, Rick and his group have been cowed into submission, and have never been in such a dire situation as they are in now. As they heal their wounds and begin their new lives under Negan's control, in the wake of unimaginable tragedy, other survivors seek to end Negan's tyranny via their own methods. Eventually, Rick's group, as well as the other communities that have kneeled before the Saviors, must face a choice: either continue to sacrifice supplies towards Negan for their own benefit and health, or rise up and fight.

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1. "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be" (October 23, 2016)
2. "The Well" (October 30, 2016)
3. "The Cell" (November 6, 2016)
4. "Service" (November 13, 2016)
5. "Go Getters" (November 20, 2016)
6. "Swear" (November 27, 2016)
7. "Sing Me A Song" (December 4, 2016)
8. "Hearts Still Beating" (December 11, 2016)
9. "Rock in the Road" (February 12, 2017)
10. "New Best Friends" (February 19, 2017)
11. "Hostiles and Calamities" (February 26, 2017)
12. "Say Yes" (March 5, 2017)
13. "Bury Me Here" (March 12, 2017)
14. "The Other Side" (March 19, 2017)
15. "Something They Need" (March 26, 2017)
16. "The First Day of the Rest of Your Life" (April 2, 2017)

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Season 8

All Out War.

"If we start tomorrow, right now, no matter what comes next, we've won. WE'VE ALREADY WON!"

— Rick Grimes

War has finally commenced between two opposite sides in the walker-infested world. On one side, the residents of Alexandria, the Hilltop, and the Kingdom. On the other lies the tyrannical Saviors and their allies, the Scavengers. Despite an auspicious start, the allied forces of AHK^note Alexandria-Hilltop-Kingdom suffer major casualties and setbacks, and find themselves plagued by several rogue actions and rash decisions by their own people that nearly cause them to lose everything. Negan also finds himself struggling to hold his empire together as he faces threats from his rebelling slave states as well as from within. It’s a fight to the finish, one that will decide who will live on to rebuild the world left when the dust settles from all-out war.

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1. "Mercy" ^note also the 100th episode of the series (October 22, 2017)
2. "The Damned" (October 29, 2017)
3. "Monsters" (November 5, 2017)
4. "Some Guy" (November 12, 2017)
5. "The Big Scary U" (November 19, 2017)
6. "The King, the Widow, and Rick" (November 26, 2017)
7. "Time for After" (December 3, 2017)
8. "How It's Gotta Be" (December 10, 2017)
9. "Honor" (February 25, 2018)
10. "The Lost and the Plunderers" (March 4, 2018)
11. "Dead Or Alive Or" (March 11, 2018)
12. "The Key" (March 18, 2018)
13. "Do Not Send Us Astray" (March 25, 2018)
14. "Still Gotta Mean Something" (April 1, 2018)
15. "Worth" (April 8, 2018)
16. "Wrath" (April 15, 2018)

Season 9

New world. New rules.

"It wasn't that long ago, we were fighting just to stay alive. But it’s not like that anymore. We're building. We're growing."

— Rick Grimes

A year and a half has passed since Rick, along with his allies, won the war against the Saviors. Alexandria, the Hilltop, the Kingdom and Oceanside have finally found peace. The new peace is threatened, however, not just by walkers and the crumbling infrastructures of the past, but lingering bad blood from the defeated Saviors and Rick’s own inner circle who remain disgusted with his controversial decision that ended the Savior War. Rick’s drive to create an idyllic future brings the communities into the dawning of a new era, one in which the survivors become estranged and distant from another... and easy prey for an unprecedented threat. This new evil will test the bonds of friendship and family among the communities, who must find the strength to stand together once again if they are to survive.

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1. "A New Beginning" (October 7, 2018)
2. "The Bridge" (October 14, 2018)
3. "Warning Signs" (October 21, 2018)
4. "The Obliged" (October 28, 2018)
5. "What Comes After" (November 4, 2018)
6. "Who Are You Now" (November 11, 2018)
7. "Stradivarius" (November 18, 2018)
8. "Evolution" (November 25, 2018)
9. "Adaptation" (February 10, 2019)
10. "Omega" (February 17, 2019)
11. "Bounty" (February 24, 2019)
12. "Guardians" (March 3, 2019)
13. "Chokepoint" (March 10, 2019)
14. "Scars" (March 17, 2019)
15. "The Calm Before" (March 24, 2019)
16. "The Storm" (March 31, 2019)

Season 10

Silence the whispers.

"We fight for our future. We don't fight for revenge."

— Daryl Dixon

Ten survivors from Alexandria, the Hilltop, the Kingdom, and the Highwaymen lost their lives to the Whisperers' brutality, with the survivors still reeling months later and unsure how to move on. A mysterious chain of incidents befalls the communities which causes paranoia to take a firm grip on the survivors. Though some demand action, others contend that they are in no shape for war against a threat that is literally the personification of the undead. Whatever the survivors decide, one thing is now clear: the future that Rick Grimes fought so hard to build - a future where society can indeed thrive in a world of the dead - now hangs in the balance.

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1. "Lines We Cross" (October 6, 2019)
2. "We Are the End of the World" (October 13, 2019)
3. "Ghosts" (October 20, 2019)
4. "Silence the Whisperers" (October 27, 2019)
5. "What It Always Is" (November 3, 2019)
6. "Bonds" (November 10, 2019)
7. "Open Your Eyes" (November 17, 2019)
8. "The World Before" (November 24, 2019)
9. "Squeeze" (February 23, 2020)
10. "Stalker" (March 1, 2020)
11. "Morning Star" (March 8, 2020)
12. "Walk with Us" (March 15, 2020)
13. "What We Become" (March 22, 2020)
14. "Look at the Flowers" (March 29, 2020)
15. "The Tower" (April 5, 2020)
16. "A Certain Doom"^note Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, post-production was halted on this episode and later aired months after its intended airdate. (October 4, 2020)
17. "Home Sweet Home" ^note To fill the gap between Seasons 10 and 11 caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, this episode and the following five serve as an extended run of Season 10. (February 28, 2021)
18. "Find Me" (March 7, 2021)
19. "One More" (March 14, 2021)
20. "Splinter" (March 21, 2021)
21. "Diverged" (March 28, 2021)
22. "Here’s Negan" (April 4, 2021)

Season 11

Together, we finish the fight.

"... My mom died when I was a little older than you are now... I didn't know it then, but she was teaching me to survive on my own. So I'd be okay if she ever wasn't there. And Carl and your dad did the same thing for you. So you'd always be able to get through the tough times. Pieces of wood are nice. But you don't need that to remember how much they loved you."

— Rosita Espinosa

Weary from the aftermath of the Whisperer War which took its' toll on their faith and infrastructure, the survivors - joined by an old friend who has returned with a new group at their side - are now huddled together in one place, strained to their limits. Eugene’s sojourn brings much-needed help in the form of the Commonwealth and it’s plentiful resources, but some survivors are wary at what they could lose to their new benefactor who may or may not be all that they seem. As the end of a journey nears, the survivors must now make their stand to ensure that all they have sacrificed and lost, all they have struggled and fought for since the apocalypse began over a decade ago was not in vain.

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Part 1

1. "Acheron, Part I" (August 22, 2021)
2. "Acheron, Part II" (August 29, 2021)
3. "Hunted" (September 5, 2021)
4. "Rendition" (September 12, 2021)
5. "Out of the Ashes" (September 19, 2021)
6. "On the Inside" (September 26, 2021)
7. "Promises Broken" (October 3, 2021)
8. "For Blood" (October 10, 2021)

Part 2

1. "No Other Way" (February 20, 2022)
2. "New Haunts" (February 27, 2022)
3. "Rogue Element" (March 6, 2022)
4. "The Lucky Ones" (March 13, 2022)
5. "Warlords" (March 20, 2022)
6. "The Rotten Core" (March 27, 2022)
7. "Trust" (April 3, 2022)
8. "Acts of God" (April 10, 2022)

Part 3

1. "Lockdown" (October 2, 2022)
2. "A New Deal" (October 9, 2022)
3. "Variant" (October 16, 2022)
4. "What's Been Lost" (October 23, 2022)
5. "Outpost 22" (October 30, 2022)
6. ”Faith” (November 6, 2022)
7. ”Family” (November 13, 2022)
8. ”Rest In Peace” (November 20, 2022)

The Walking Dead Webisodes

A collection of episodes, released online, that give additional background and backstory about various individuals and objects throughout the world of The Walking Dead.

1. "Torn Apart"
2. "Cold Storage"
3. "The Oath"
4. "Red Machete"

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Specials

• Robot Chicken The Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking

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