Overview - The Walking Dead

Overview

Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.

Seasons

• Name: Specials

  Episode: 77

  Date first aired: 2010-10-11

• Name: Season 1

  Episode: 6

  Rick Grimes wakes up from a coma to a world overrun by zombies, on a journey to find his family he must learn to survive the streets of post-apocalyptic Atlanta.

  Date first aired: 2010-10-31

• Name: Season 2

  Episode: 13

  Under Rick's leadership, the group leave Atlanta in search of sanctuary.

  Date first aired: 2011-10-16

• Name: Season 3

  Episode: 16

  Having seemingly found a place of security, the group are faced with an unprecedented new threat.

  Date first aired: 2012-10-14

• Name: Season 4

  Episode: 16

  As the group settle into life in a stable shelter, a new danger threatens disaster.

  Date first aired: 2013-10-13

• Name: Season 5

  Episode: 16

  After the season 4 finale left most of the main characters at the mercy of the sadistic inhabitants of Terminus. Season 5 will offer new directions for the group of survivors as scientist Eugene Porter promises a cure to the zombie virus if he can be safely escorted to Washington DC, but getting there is easier said than done.

  Date first aired: 2014-10-12

• Name: Season 6

  Episode: 16

  Rick attempts to use his authority in Alexandria to keep the inhabitants safe, even as a new threat looms.

  Date first aired: 2015-10-11

• Name: Season 7

  Episode: 16

  Rick and his group's world becomes even more brutal due to Negan's deadly example of what happens if they don't live under his rules. Everyone must begin again.

  Date first aired: 2016-10-23

• Name: Season 8

  Episode: 16

  Rick and his survivors bring "All-Out War" to Negan and his forces. The Saviors are larger, better-equipped, and ruthless - but Rick and the unified communities are fighting for the promise of a brighter future. The battle lines are drawn as they launch into a kinetic, action-packed offensive.

  Date first aired: 2017-10-22