EPISODE
SEASON
The Walking Dead - Season 1
Adapted from a comic-book series, this horror drama follows the survivors of an apocalyptic holocaust who are searching for a safe haven while being tracked and menaced by zombies.
3 July 1978, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
4 June 1972, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
16 May 1972, Augusta, Georgia, USA
7 May 1959, Fairfield, California, USA
20 October 1977, Glenview, Illinois, USA
14 December 1980, Queens, New York, USA
October 31, 2010
The show quickly moves past its familiar premise.
October 31, 2010
Fans of the comic book and first-rate psycho-horror may form a large enough audience to make this a hit. Those not in those groups may want to start by taking a deep breath.
November 04, 2013
Since the first episode focuses mostly on Rick, you will get chills following him on his adventure through this new world, especially if you don't know what's coming up.
October 31, 2010
Season three feels like a new start for The Walking Dead, bringing it a little closer to fulfilling the expectations raised by original showrunner Frank Darabont's involvement, the award-winning source material, and AMC's pedigree.
October 31, 2010
An ongoing nightmare requires ongoing viewers, and therefore a show that stays strong as it goes along, if not one that gets better and better over time, and I'm not sold that The Walking Dead is that kind of show.
March 28, 2014
This first season is full of Darabontian glimpses shining briefly through an otherwise unforgivably dull patchwork quilt of ideas.
October 31, 2010
The Walking Dead is a good, old-fashioned horror-genre flick/series, without pretension or - for that matter - much of a message, either.
October 31, 2010
As writer/director, Mr. Darabont brings his humanistic touch to this zombie story that elevates it from a typical us vs. them tale.
October 31, 2010
Old-fashioned lurchers, lots and lots of 'em, are the ticket on AMC's much-ballyhooed The Walking Dead, based on the long-running comic book of the same name.
October 31, 2010
The show takes full advantage of serial TV's ability to intimately explore interpersonal character dramas.
