The Walking Dead
Days Gone Bye
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 2010-10-31
Synopsis
Rick searches for his family after emerging from a coma into a world terrorized by the walking dead. Morgan and Duane, whom he meets along the way, help teach Rick the new rules for survival.
Pilot desk note
From the desk: The Walking Dead opens its catalog run with “Days Gone Bye” (2010-10-31). Cable's biggest genre tentpole of the 2010s; proved horror could own Monday nights. Cast exits, comic-vs-show death debates, and the "who got the best spinoff?" afterlife.
In the series
This episode is part of The Walking Dead (2010–2022) on AMC.
Zombie apocalypse as endless road series — ratings juggernaut with spinoff mitosis.
Key cast
- Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes
- Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon
- Danai Gurira as Michonne
- Chandler Riggs as Carl Grimes
- Lauren Cohan as Maggie Greene
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan