Walking Dead (TV Series)

**AMC's Walking Dead** is an American horror television drama series based on Image Comic's The Walking Dead. It was developed by Frank Darabont, who served as showrunner until Season Four.

The series stars an ensemble cast of survivors who attempt to make their way in an ever changing post-apocalyptic world overrun by the literal walking dead. The title of the series refers to the survivors, and not the actual zombies, though it could equally be taken to mean both the survivors and the zombies.

## Seasons and Episodes

### Plot Overview

#### Season One

Main Article: *Walking Dead (Season One)*

When Police Officer, Rick Grimes, is shot in the chest on duty, he goes into a coma and awakens to a world dominated by zombies. He searches for his family and encounters several strange survivors on the way to Atlanta, where he learns a safe-zone was created for all to take refuge in at the start of the outbreak.

Meanwhile, Lori Grimes, and her son Carl, alongside Rick's best friend, Shane Walsh, are forced to flee their home following the outbreak, they leave Rick in his comatose state under the care of the military and head for Atlanta to seek asylum in the safe-zone.

P.E. teacher, Negan Smith; and his wife , Lucille, are both trapped in their home as Lucille has breast cancer. They attempt to move several times, but, Lucille is too weak. Negan must make several different choices in order to ensure the survival of his wife, some choices he never would dreamed of making.

When Reece Chambler and his school-mates are abandoned by their teachers, they begin to step up and fortify their boarding school, however, Reece is more concerned about finding his family than anything else, when the kids start looking to him for guidance, he must make bold choices.

#### Season Two

Main Article: *Walking Dead (Season Two)*

##### Atlanta Group

As the Atlanta group Tavel towards Savanah to seek a safe haven, Sophia goes missing and Carl is injured forcing them to take up shelter at the Greene Family Farm where things are not as they seem. Eventually, Hershal Greene's son, Shaun, goes missing while searching for Sophia. The group find him now undead and Rick steps up to put the boy down. The group run into another group of raiders and capture a boy named Randall, who Maggie knows. As they debate what to do with the boy, Dale is killed by a walker and Daryl is forced to end his suffering. Shane eventually snaps and attempts to kill Rick but he is stopped when Rick tricks him into lowering his guard. The gunshots attract a horde which attacks the farm and forces them to flee, however, Andrea is left behind. Rick reveals to the group that Edwin Jenner discovered everyone is infected with the virus and no matter how you die, you come back - he declares the group isn't a democracy anymore and that if they won't follow him, they can leave.

Meanwhile, Negan's group travel away from home. Negan, still grieving over Lucille, is comforted by Laura who is also grieving for Rosie - they agree to have each others backs. There group runs into a family, Morales and his family, who are surrounded by walkers in their car. They decide to help them and later join together with them as they travel south to find Morales' family. Dwight jokingly names them the Saviors which sticks. The group make camp in a fortified abandoned factory which is well stocked with supplies. They decide to call it home for a while, Morales and his family decide they are going to move on but a group of raiders attack them and kill Morales' wife while kidnapping his children, he follows them but accepts he can't get them back alone. The Saviors assist him in getting his kids back and along the way they free a man named Simon who helps them. When they eradicate most the of the raiders apart from the the leaders, Negan promises Morales he will have them punished in a way better than death. He frees the twenty other prisoners the raiders have and gather them up to watch the punishment. He gathers the five leaders and decides to kill one of them the same way he did last time, Dwight questions this but Laura urges him to do it. He kills a male but it is not enough to break the leader, he then drags the leaders wife out and tells him if he doesn't cut her left hand off then hell kill her himself. The man does it and Negan tells him that him and what's left of his people work for him now before taking them back to the Sanctuary.

Reece and Cara escape the horde and find a car to head to Washington so that Cara can be treated for her bite. They eventually run into Michonne and she comes with them. When Cara's condition worsens they stop for supplies and run into Lewis again. Working with each other, Reece and Michonne push the school kids back and they flee. Eventually, Cara's condition worsens and Reece is forced to put her down with Michonne's support. They head back towards Macon to find Reece's family and when they find his house, they are no where to be seen. Reece sneaks out and kills Lewis in the school before leaving. At some point, Reece and Michonne meet Sophia and take her with them before they run into Andrea who is fleeing the farm.

#### Season Three

##### Atlanta Group

* Follows normal story until Lori gives birth, she survives this time.
* Green and Maggie still kidnapped and saved.
* Governor attacks and kills Beth and Axel.
* Andrea is stalked and captured after learning what the Governor did.
* With the help of Milton, she escapes but he is killed as they escape, she gets the help of Sasha and Tyreese to escape and they avoid the slaughter.
* The three arrive at the prison and convince Rick to take Woodbury in.

##### Reece, Michonne, Sophia and Andrea

* Andrea is ill, they run into Sophia who they recognise.
* The group is taken to Woodbury.
* Reece, Michonne and Sophia leave.
* Michonne gets split from them and goes to the prison.
* Reece and Sophia stay on the road looking for Reece's family, Reece develops a parental bond over Sophia.
* They return to Woodbury when they realise the governor and Merle are trouble.
* They attempt to rescue and Andrea but Reece ends up in a fight with Rick's group, who don't see Sophia, he escapes with their help.
* Reece and Sophia move on towards a place named Terminus.
* They eventually arrive at the end of the season.

##### Merle and Woodbury

* Almost completely normal story with Reece and Sophia added on.
* skip
* Andrea kills Milton and survives but believes Reece and Sophia are dead so she doesn't tell Carol Sophia is alive.

##### Abraham, Rosita and Eugene

* Origin stories including flashbacks in What We Become.

## Cast and Characters

* Starring
* Also Starring