Season 1

**Season 1** of *The Walking Dead* premiered on October 31, 2010, and concluded on December 5, 2010, with 6 eps.

The series is based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, and developed for television by Frank Darabont, who also served as the first showrunner.

This season adapts material from issues #1-6.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has a score of 87%.

## Plot

Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) awakens from a coma in an abandoned hospital to find that the world as he knew it is over, plagued by a zombie epidemic of apocalyptic proportions. A fellow survivor tells him about a refugee center in Atlanta, so he heads there with hopes of finding his missing family, eventually joining other survivors to battle the walkers.

Based on the popular and successful series of comic books of the same name by Robert Kirkman, and adapted for television by Frank Darabont, *The Walking Dead* is an epic story full with drama, horror, and suspense where personal conflicts intensify while everyone struggles to survive minute by minute. Overwhelmed by their survival instinct, the series explores how the survivors soon conclude that perhaps those who survive might be far more dangerous than the undead roaming the earth and that by now, they themselves have become the walking dead.

## Episodes

**Days Gone Bye****Guts****Tell It to the Frogs****Vatos****Wildfire****TS-19**
## Cast

* Main Cast
* Guest Starring
* Co-Stars

## Deaths

* Summer *(Alive, Confirmed Fate; Zombified)*
* Jenny Jones *(Alive, Confirmed Fate)*
* Leon Basset *(Alive and Zombified)*
* Hannah *(Zombified)*
* Mr. Siggard *(Confirmed Fate)*
* Mrs. Siggard *(Confirmed Fate)*
* Siggard's Horse
* Wayne Dunlap *(Alive, Confirmed Fate; Zombified)*
* Jim's Wife *(Confirmed Fate)*
* Jim's Two Sons *(Confirmed Fate)*
* Ed Peletier
* Irma Horvath *(Confirmed Fate)*
* Amy *(Alive and Zombified)*
* Jim *(Alive)*
* Candace Jenner *(Alive and Zombified, Confirmed Fate)*
* Edwin Jenner
* Jacqui
* 3 unnamed criminals
* 1 unnamed cat *(Confirmed Fate)*
* 1 rat
* 1 deer
* Several squirrels
* Several fishes
* At least 13 unnamed Atlanta camp survivors
* Numerous CDC scientists *(Confirmed Fate)*
* Numerous patients and hospital staff *(Flashback)*
* Several U.S. Military soldiers *(Flashback)*

## Trivia

* This season is mainly based on **"Volume 1: Days Gone Bye"** from the Comic Series.
* This season at the time became the most-watched drama series in basic cable history.
	+ The final episode ranked first for Adults 18-49 delivery among basic cable for a drama series.
* This is the only season with no main character deaths.
* This is the shortest season with a total of 6 episodes.
* This is the only season that lists guest actors as "Guest Starring" instead of the "Also Starring" label.
* This is the only season in which Frank Darabont is the showrunner.
* The song "Mr. Splitfoot (In the darkest night)" by *Paris Motel* and "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" by *The Walker Brothers* were used in the first half and second half of the trailer, respectively.
* Originally, the producers sold the show to the *NBC* network in 2005, who despite liking the comics book, ultimately chose not to produce the show due to its extremely violent and gory story.