The Walking Dead
Post-apocalypticLife after civilization's collapse.This show: 10/10SurvivalStaying alive against nature, scarcity or pursuit.This show: 10/10Graphic violenceExplicit, unflinching violence.This show: 9/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 9/10Sprawling sagaA many-threaded epic that unfolds across seasons.This show: 8/10BleakGrim and heavy, with little easy relief. These shows sit with suffering instead of softening it.This show: 8/10Long-runnerA show whose sheer longevity shapes how it's watched.This show: 8/10GrittyRaw, unglamorous realism in both look and subject matter.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Andrew LincolnNorman ReedusMelissa McBrideLauren CohanChristian SerratosJosh McDermitt
Written by
Frank Darabont
Starring
Andrew LincolnNorman ReedusMelissa McBrideLauren CohanChristian SerratosJosh McDermitt
Written by
Frank Darabont
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The Walking Dead Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | E24 | ||
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| S1 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| S2 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 9.2 | ||||||||||||
| S3 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 9.3 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 8.3 | |||||||||
| S4 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 9.6 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 9.2 | 8.4 | 9.2 | |||||||||
| S5 | 8.5 | 9.6 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 9.3 | |||||||||
| S6 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 9.7 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.3 | |||||||||
| S7 | 7.7 | 9.3 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 7.9 | |||||||||
| S8 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 7.8 | |||||||||
| S9 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 9.3 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 8.8 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 9.3 | 7.6 | |||||||||
| S10 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 9.2 | |||
| S11 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 8.4 |
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About
"Survival horror that curdles into moral horror"
When police officer Rick Grimes wakes from a coma to find civilization collapsed under a zombie plague, he joins a small band of survivors fighting to stay alive. The show starts as tense, gory survival horror, all narrow escapes and gunfire, then gradually becomes a bleak study of what people become under pressure, testing loyalty, morality, and leadership. Its early seasons are gripping and character-driven, carried by strong performances and constant dread; later seasons sprawl across new settings and factions, growing more uneven as the story stretches across more than a decade of television.
Watch it for
the tense early seasons that turn zombie survival into a gripping study of human morality.
Maybe skip if
the show's ballooning length and uneven later seasons test even devoted fans' patience.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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Season 12010
8.6155K64h 51m
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.
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Season 22011
8.5256K139h 40m
Under Rick's leadership, the group leave Atlanta in search of sanctuary and find a possible safe haven.
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Season 32012
8.4278K1611h 27m
Having seemingly found a place of security, the group are faced with an unprecedented new threat.
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Season 42013
8.4296K1611h 15m
As the group settle into life in a stable shelter, a new danger threatens disaster.
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Season 52014
8.5296K1611h 36m
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.
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Season 62015
8.4316K1612h 32m
Rick attempts to use his authority in Alexandria to keep the inhabitants safe, even as a new threat looms.
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Season 72016
7.7283K1613h 15m
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.
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Season 82017
7.1208K1612h 40m
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.
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Season 92018
8.1196K1612h 35m
With the defeat of Negan and the Saviors, the survivors are now rebuilding civilisation under Rick’s leadership. However, the group are forced to face their biggest threat yet as the walkers around them have started whispering.
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Season 102019
7.4234K2216h 40m
It is now Spring, a few months after the end of Season 9, when our group of survivors dared to cross into Whisperer territory during the harsh winter. The collected communities are still dealing with the after effects of Alpha’s horrific display of power, reluctantly respecting the new borderlines being imposed on them, all while organizing themselves into a militia-style fighting force, preparing for a battle that may be unavoidable. But the Whisperers are a threat unlike any they have ever faced. Backed by a massive horde of the dead it is seemingly a fight they cannot win.
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Season 112021
7.8221K2418h 27m
Alexandria has more people than it can manage to feed and protect. They must secure more food while they attempt to restore Alexandria before it collapses like countless other communities they have come across throughout the years. More haggard and hungrier than ever before, they must dig deeper to find the effort and strength to safeguard the lives of their children, even if it means losing their own.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Andrew Lincoln Rick Grimes, Radio Personality
Norman Reedus Daryl Dixon
Melissa McBride Carol Peletier
Lauren Cohan Maggie Rhee, Maggie Greene, Maggie
Christian Serratos Rosita Espinosa
Josh McDermitt Eugene Porter
Danai Gurira Michonne, Michonne Hawthorne
Seth Gilliam Gabriel Stokes
Ross Marquand Aaron
Chandler Riggs Carl Grimes, Hilltop Farmer
Crew
Frank Darabont
Scott M. Gimple
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