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Daryl DixonThe crossbow-carrying hunter who doesn't even exist in the comics
MichonneThe katana-wielding survivor who steps out of the woods with two chained walkers
NeganThe Saviors' smirking leader, never without his bat Lucille
Rick GrimesThe sheriff's deputy who wakes from a coma into a world overrun by the dead
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- Referencenod to comics or other movies
- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- Behind the scenesOnly the pilot shot in LA
The show is set in Los Angeles, but only the pilot was shot there. The rest of the season was filmed in Vancouver.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA salsa legend in the cast
Daniel Salazar, a former Sombra Negra member, is played by Panamanian salsa star Rubén Blades.
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- Behind the scenesA cast borrowed from The Mist
Laurie Holden, Jeffrey DeMunn, Melissa McBride and Juan Pareja had all worked with Frank Darabont on The Mist (2007). Darabont brought all four into the first season.
source ↗ - SetupJenner's whisper
At the CDC, Jenner whispers something to Rick that the audience never hears. Andrew Lincoln asked everyone to "burn this page" of the script. The secret comes back later.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe bicycle girl has a backstory
The half-body walker Rick finds in the park got a web series of her own, Torn Apart, directed by Greg Nicotero.
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- CameoSurvivors of Flight 462
Alex and Jake, whom the group finds after a plane crash, come from the Flight 462 web series.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe boat's name
Strand's yacht is named after Thomas Abigail, his partner, who is sick in Mexico.
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- Behind the scenesWho is Ardeth Bey?
The season premiere is credited to "Ardeth Bey." That's Frank Darabont under a pseudonym: it was his last script before he was fired from the show.
source ↗ - SetupThe hooded figure with two walkers
At the end of the season, a hooded figure with a sword saves Andrea, leading two armless walkers on chains. Danai Gurira was cast just one week before the episode aired.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe birth of Talking Dead
This season saw the debut of Talking Dead, the Chris Hardwick-hosted aftershow. It ran until the end of the series.
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- Behind the scenesDave Erickson's last season
This was Dave Erickson's third and final season as showrunner. Filming began in January 2017 in Baja California, Mexico.
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- CameoThe makeup master plays a walker
Greg Nicotero, who designs the show's walkers, shows up as one in "The Suicide King." He also directed an episode this season.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesWoodbury is a real town
Woodbury's streets belong to Senoia, Georgia, which became a key filming location for the show from here on.
source ↗ - CameoMorgan returns two seasons later
In "Clear," Lennie James returns as Morgan, last seen in the pilot. He's living alone in Rick's hometown.
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- ReferenceA family lifted from a novel
The Chamblers, the family the Governor meets while wandering alone, are a reworked version of the Chalmers family from the novel The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor.
source ↗ - ReferenceAbraham, Eugene and Rosita arrive
The trio debuts this season, just like in the comics, on a mission to get Eugene to Washington.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesNicotero steps in for Goyer
David S. Goyer was set to direct episodes but dropped out over scheduling conflicts. Greg Nicotero took over and directed three this season.
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- ReferenceA Creepshow crate at Terminus
In "No Sanctuary," a crate addressed to "Horlicks University" shows up, from the arctic expedition in Creepshow (1982). It's Nicotero's nod to George A. Romero.
source ↗ - ReferenceA slaughterhouse inspired by Alien
The Terminus slaughterhouse scene was inspired by Alien (1979), according to director Greg Nicotero.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesBeth goes off-book
Beth's Grady Memorial Hospital storyline was created for TV. It doesn't exist in the comics.
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- Behind the scenesThe dumpster controversy
Glenn appears to die in episode 3, surrounded by walkers. The answer didn't come until episode 7, and fans were not happy about the wait.
source ↗ - ReferenceNegan debuts, just like issue #100
The season adapts issues #78 to #100 of the comics. Negan shows up at the end, at the same point he does on the page.
source ↗ - SetupA bat named Lucille
Negan calls his barbed-wire baseball bat Lucille. Where the name comes from, the show reveals much later.
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- Reference"Easy Street" hit the charts
The upbeat song used to torture Daryl in his cell is by The Collapsable Hearts Club. After the episode, it made the UK chart and sold about 21,000 copies in the US.
source ↗ - ReferenceShiva, straight from the comics
King Ezekiel and his pet tiger, Shiva, come straight out of Robert Kirkman's comics.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA tribute to Bernie Wrightson
The finale is dedicated to Bernie Wrightson, the horror comics artist who died in March 2017.
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- CameoThe pilot's little girl, now a teen
Addy Miller, the little walker girl Rick meets in the pilot, comes back as a walker in "Mercy," now a teenager in a similar outfit.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesEpisode 100 mirrors the pilot
The premiere is the show's 100th episode. Its scenes of an older, gray-bearded Rick were shot to mirror his waking up in the pilot.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesCarl lives on in the comics
Carl's death was a major change from the comics, where he's still alive. Many fans and critics didn't take it well.
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- CameoMorgan switches shows
Lennie James leaves The Walking Dead to lead this show. Morgan is the first character to cross over between the two series.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA Western with zombies
Under new showrunners, production moved to Austin, Texas. The goal was "a Western with zombies, very much by design."
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- CameoOld faces at Rick's farewell
In "What Comes After," Jon Bernthal (Shane), Scott Wilson (Hershel) and Sonequa Martin-Green (Sasha) return in Rick's visions. It was Scott Wilson's final role.
source ↗ - SetupWhat does "B" mean?
On the helicopter, Anne radios that she has a "B." The show doesn't explain it; the answer comes later.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesMasks à la Michael Myers
Greg Nicotero designed the Whisperers' masks with Halloween's Michael Myers in mind rather than the melted look from the comics.
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- CameoDwight lands in Texas
Austin Amelio brings Dwight over from The Walking Dead. After Morgan, he's the second character to cross over.
source ↗ - SetupSherry's notes
Dwight follows notes his wife, Sherry, left along the road. His search continues later.
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- ReferenceThe three-ring symbol
The CRM's symbol matches the helicopter that took Rick in The Walking Dead S9. One of the season's stingers helps explain the letter system.
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- CameoSherry crosses over too
Christine Evangelista returns as Sherry, carried over from The Walking Dead.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesLennie James behind the camera
The season plays almost like an anthology, with episodes built around one or two characters. Lennie James made his directing debut, mentored by Colman Domingo.
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- CameoJadis resurfaces
Pollyanna McIntosh returns as Jadis, who vanished with Rick on the helicopter. Here she's a CRM officer.
source ↗ - CameoJenner is back
Noah Emmerich, Dr. Jenner from the CDC in The Walking Dead's first season, shows up again in a video recording.
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- CameoLucille, played by his real wife
In "Here's Negan," Lucille is played by Hilarie Burton, Jeffrey Dean Morgan's real-life wife.
source ↗ - SetupThe boots and the phone
On Bloodsworth Island, Michonne finds Rick's boots and a phone etched with his name and a drawing of her and Judith. The story picks up later.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe pandemic moved the finale
COVID-19 pushed the finale from April to October 2020. The season added six bonus episodes, shot digitally instead of on 16mm film.
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- Behind the scenes24 episodes to wrap it up
The final season runs 24 episodes in three blocks of eight, airing from August 2021 to November 2022.
source ↗ - CameoNicotero's last walker cameo
In the series finale, which he directed, Greg Nicotero appears as a walker in Daryl's last scene.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe coda was shot separately
Most of it wrapped by April 2022. Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira's scenes, written by Scott M. Gimple, were shot separately that August in Georgia.
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- Behind the scenesCast members directing
Lennie James and Alycia Debnam-Carey both directed episodes this season, shot in Texas in 2021.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesAlicia says goodbye
Alycia Debnam-Carey left the show after episode 15, saying she wanted to move on as an actor and as a person.
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- CameoKim Dickens back in the main cast
After guest-starring the season before, Kim Dickens is back as a series regular as Madison Clark.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesFrom Texas to Savannah
Production left Texas for Savannah, Georgia, the state where the franchise began.
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- Behind the scenesIt started as a film trilogy
Rick's story began as a Universal film trilogy before being reworked into a miniseries.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesDanai Gurira, writer
Gurira co-created the show with Andrew Lincoln and Scott M. Gimple, and wrote the fourth episode, "What We."
source ↗ - CameoLost's John Locke
Major General Beale, head of the CRM, is played by Terry O'Quinn, Lost's John Locke.
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- Behind the scenesOriginally Daryl & Carol
The show was planned as The Walking Dead: Daryl & Carol. Melissa McBride stepped away in 2022 over the logistics of shooting in Europe, and the story was reworked.
source ↗ - CameoCarol turns up in Maine
In the finale, Melissa McBride shows up as Carol, chasing a man riding Daryl's motorcycle.
source ↗ - ReferenceDaryl's grandfather in Normandy
Before trying to head home, Daryl visits his grandfather's grave, a D-Day soldier buried in France.
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- Behind the scenesFormerly Isle of the Dead
The series was announced as Isle of the Dead and only became Dead City in August 2022.
source ↗ - CameoSimon is back
Steven Ogg returns as Simon, Negan's old right-hand man, in flashbacks.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe Croat was a Savior
The villain running Manhattan worked for Negan back in the Savior days, as an interrogator.
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- Behind the scenesThe Book of Carol
With Melissa McBride back as a regular, the season took the subtitle The Book of Carol and returned to the show's original idea.
source ↗ - ReferenceBound for the Commonwealth
At the end, Ash's plane heads for the Commonwealth, the community from The Walking Dead's final season.
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- Behind the scenesLauren Cohan directs
Lauren Cohan, who plays Maggie, directed the season's sixth episode.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesNew York shot in Massachusetts
Season 1 used New Jersey locations. This season, the show's Manhattan was shot in Taunton, Massachusetts.
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- Behind the scenesFrom France to Spain
Production moved from France to Spain in August 2024, shooting in Madrid, Barcelona and the ruins of Belchite.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA Spanish cast
Eduardo Noriega, Óscar Jaenada and Alexandra Masangkay joined the cast this season.
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- CameoBeth Greene in another reality
Emily Kinney returns as Beth, Maggie's sister, in an alternate-reality sequence.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA new showrunner
Seth Hoffman took over as showrunner this season, replacing Eli Jorné.
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- CameoDee before she was Alpha
In "Dee," Samantha Morton returns to show how the Whisperers' leader got her start, alongside her daughter Lydia.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesAn anthology cast
Each episode brings in outside talent like Terry Crews, Olivia Munn, Parker Posey and Anthony Edwards. One even has a time loop.
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- ReferenceWho the bicycle girl was
Hannah is the half-body walker seen in The Walking Dead S1. Greg Nicotero directed and co-wrote the web series.
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- Behind the scenesA warm-up for S3
Greg Nicotero directed all four episodes, released two weeks before The Walking Dead's S3 premiere.
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- ReferenceWhere "DON'T OPEN DEAD INSIDE" came from
The web series shows the origin of the hospital cafeteria doors Rick finds in The Walking Dead S1.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesWyatt Russell in the cast
Paul is played by Wyatt Russell, son of Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, opposite Ashley Bell.
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- ReferenceA machete that passed through Rick's hands
The lead is the weapon itself: the red-handled machete passes through the Claimers, Rick Grimes and Negan's Saviors.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesEmmy-nominated
The web series earned Primetime Emmy and Writers Guild of America nominations.
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- SetupTwo passengers come back later
Two survivors of the flight turn up later in the franchise. In the last episode, Nick Clark watches the plane fly overhead.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesAn Emmy-nominated performance
Michelle Ang, who plays Alex, earned an Emmy nomination for short-form actress.
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- Behind the scenesAired during S7 breaks
Its 16 parts went online weekly and aired on TV during The Walking Dead's S7. Andrew Bernstein directed.
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- ReferenceTeddy's submarine
It's set aboard the USS Pennsylvania, the same submarine that launches the missiles at the end of Fear the Walking Dead S6.
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Timeline
when each title takes placeThe early outbreak
the first days of the outbreak
Fear the Walking Dead · S1The outbreak hits Los Angeles
weeks after the outbreak begins
The Walking Dead · S1Rick wakes up to a world overrun by the dead
right after Fear S1
Fear the Walking Dead · S2Escape by sea aboard the Abigail
right after S1
The Walking Dead · S2The group shelters at Hershel's farm
the first months of the outbreak
Fear the Walking Dead · S3The Otto ranch near the border
The prison, Alexandria and the war
about 1 year into the outbreakThe Walking Dead · S3The prison and the Governor
about 18 months into the outbreak
The Walking Dead · S4Prison life and the road to Terminus
about 2 years into the outbreak
The Walking Dead · S5From Terminus to Alexandria
right after S5
The Walking Dead · S6Alexandria grows and the Saviors appear
right after S6
The Walking Dead · S7Negan and the Saviors take charge
right after S7
The Walking Dead · S8All-out war against the Saviors
A new world
after The Walking Dead S8
Fear the Walking Dead · S4Morgan arrives in Texas
18 months after S8
The Walking Dead · S9Rebuilding and the arrival of the Whisperers
around The Walking Dead S9
Fear the Walking Dead · S5Morgan's group helps strangers on the road
10 years into the outbreak
The Walking Dead: World Beyond · S1Teens leave a sheltered community
around The Walking Dead S10
Fear the Walking Dead · S6Virginia and the Pioneers
right after World Beyond S1
The Walking Dead: World Beyond · S2The CRM steps into the light
right after S9
The Walking Dead · S10War with the Whisperers
right after S10
The Walking Dead · S11The Commonwealth and the final season
After the main series
around The Walking Dead S11
Fear the Walking Dead · S7Strand and his tower
after The Walking Dead S11
Fear the Walking Dead · S8PADRE and the final season
from the S9 years to after S11
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who LiveRick and Michonne's story
after S11
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon · S1Daryl washes up in France
a few years after S11
The Walking Dead: Dead City · S1Maggie and Negan in Manhattan
right after Daryl Dixon S1
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon · S2Carol crosses the ocean for Daryl
right after Dead City S1
The Walking Dead: Dead City · S2The fight over New York
right after Daryl Dixon S2
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon · S3Daryl and Carol in Spain
after Dead City S2
The Walking Dead: Dead City · S3Another round in Manhattan
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