It’s a sham, a farce, a proverbial piece of tissue paper trying to hold back the flow of a fireman’s hose. The people of Alexandria are sheltered and unprepared for the dangers of what lurks just outside their walls. Rick and the others get a chance to settle down and relax, but the only problem is they’ve been on survival mode this whole time, and it’s not that easy to switch off. This collection of furnished homes powered by solar panels seems like a paradise, the likes of which no one has seen since the start of the walker outbreak. Eugene Porter, Lauren Cohan as Maggie Greene and Seth Gilliam as Father GabrielĪfter so much running and uncertainty, our heroes step through the gates of the Alexandria community led by Deanna Monroe. (The song would be reprised for Rick’s exit eight seasons later.) “Pretty Much Dead Already” (Season 2, Episode 7)ĭanai Gurira as Michonne, Melissa McBride as Carol Peletier, Alanna Masterson as Tara Chambler, Christian Serratos as Rosita Espinosa, Sonequa Martin Green as Sasha, Michael Cudlitz as Abraham, Josh McDermitt as Dr. Bonus points for the unexpected use of Wang Chung’s “Space Junk” at the end of the episode. Rick’s horseback journey down an empty highway toward an abandoned Atlanta is still one of the most iconic shots of the series. All he wants to do is keep his son safe and find the strength to put his undead wife out of her misery. Rick, who has barely seen a fraction of the horrors in this new reality, is determined to find his family while Morgan, who’s been living with the walkers since the very start, is nearly out of optimism. The real focus of The Walking Dead has and always will be the people and how the end of civilized society pushes them to their absolute limits. They’re just the proverbial icing on the decomposing cake. His confusion is our confusion as Darabont - who can expertly find the grounded humanity in any genre he tackles - makes it clear that the zombies. After a shootout gone wrong, Georgia police officer Rick Grimes wakes up in a fallen world occupied by hordes of the living dead. This jumbo-sized series opener (written and directed by original showrunner Frank Darabont) is not to be missed by any means. Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes in the pilot episode of The Walking DeadĪh yes, the episode that cracked this entire franchise wide open.
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