The Walking Dead (2010– )

Police officer Rick Grimes leads a group of survivors in a world overrun by zombies.

Creator:

Frank Darabont

Stars:

Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 10 wins & 41 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Andrew Lincoln	...	Rick Grimes (35 episodes, 2010-2013)
Sarah Wayne Callies	...	Lori Grimes (35 episodes, 2010-2013)
Laurie Holden	...	Andrea (35 episodes, 2010-2013)
Steven Yeun	...	Glenn Rhee (35 episodes, 2010-2013)
Chandler Riggs	...	Carl Grimes (35 episodes, 2010-2013)
Norman Reedus	...	Daryl Dixon (33 episodes, 2010-2013)
Melissa McBride	...	Carol Peletier (32 episodes, 2010-2013)
Lauren Cohan	...	Maggie Greene (28 episodes, 2011-2013)
Scott Wilson	...	Hershel Greene (27 episodes, 2011-2013)
Emily Kinney	...	Beth Greene (24 episodes, 2011-2013)
Jon Bernthal	...	Shane Walsh (20 episodes, 2010-2012)
IronE Singleton	...	Theodore 'T-Dog' Douglas (20 episodes, 2010-2012)
Jeffrey DeMunn	...	Dale Horvath (19 episodes, 2010-2012)
Michael Rooker	...	Merle Dixon (17 episodes, 2010-2013)
Danai Gurira	...	Michonne (17 episodes, 2012-2013)

Storyline

Rick Grimes is a former Sheriff's deputy who has been in a coma for several months after being shot whilst on duty. When he wakes, he discovers that the world has been taken over by Zombies, and that he seems to be the only person still alive. Having returned home to discover his wife and son missing, he heads for Atlanta to search for his family. Narrowly escaping death at the hands of the Zombies on arrival in Atlanta, he is aided by another survivor Glenn who takes Rick to a camp outside the town. There Rick finds his wife Lori and son Carl. Along with his partner and best friend Shane, he founds a small group of survivors who struggle to fend off the zombie hordes, as well as competing with other survivor groups who are prepared to do whatever it takes to survive.

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Plot Keywords:

Zombie | Zombie Apocalypse | Mother Son Relationship | Title Same As Book | Husband Wife Relationship | 

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Taglines:

An eye for an eye.

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official iTunes Season 3

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 October 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Elavad Surnud

Filming Locations:

Senoia, Georgia, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

American Movie Classics (AMC), Circle of Confusion, Valhalla Motion Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

The word 'zombie' is never said throughout the first season. The zombies are either referred to as "Walkers", "Geeks", "Roamers", "Lamebrains", and to the CDC, "Test Subjects". In season 2 the terms "Biters" and "Lurkers" are added to the lexicon.

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Connections

Referenced in Face Off: The Dancing Dead (2011)
title mentioned

User Reviews

Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!

While watching the pilot episode of The Walking Dead the only word that went through my mind was "awesome!".

We finally have a TV Show that's associated with the beloved Zombie franchise and what it does it does right.

The story takes place in the present day, a Sheriff's deputy, Rick Grimes gets caught in an accident and ends up in hospital, after blanking out and waking up from a coma he finds himself in an abandoned ward with flickering lights, broken down hallways and barricaded doors. As he makes his way through the dark hospital he finds out that he is the only one that's not in a body bag.

The pilot introduces us to several main characters that actually make you want to learn more about them, with brilliant directing by Frank Darabont you will come across both dramatic and emotional scenes that seem appropriate for the time, this gives the show allot of realism and just works out great.

However this doesn't have CGI effects yet and should be kept that way, the make-up on the zombies are fantastic.

watching this will give you allot of nostalgia and the direction makes of this show feel like a classic old school zombie movie from the 80's to 90's that's actually serious this time, having a well respected cast and great acting makes this show very promising and I will be hoping for allot more future episodes... allot more. But for now I'm still waiting for the rest of the first season.

If you like zombies or even a good drama that has allot of suspense then I highly recommend this show, I have never felt this way about a show since LOST, so you know it's that good.