The Walking Dead
Season 1
6 listed hours · 2010–2022 · AMC
From the desk
How this season is filed
The Walking Dead turned zombie TV into a decade-long spoiler war — barn debates, comic-vs-show death trials, and spinoffs after the mothership closed.
TV Flash files Season 1 of The Walking Dead (2010–2022) on AMC as the first listed season of 11 — 6 listed hours, 2010-10-31–2010-12-05 from “Days Gone Bye” (S01E01) to “TS-19” (S01E06). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S01E01 Days Gone Bye
The empty-city sell. Horror as a Monday habit before the discourse grew teeth.
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S01E01 Days Gone Bye
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 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.
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S01E02 Guts
Rick unknowingly causes a group of survivors to be trapped by walkers. The group dynamic devolves from accusations to violence, as Rick must confront an enemy far more dangerous than the undead.
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S01E03 Tell It to the Frogs
Rick makes a decision to go back to Atlanta to retrieve the bag of guns and save a man's life. Lori and Shane must deal with the surprising return of someone they thought was dead.
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S01E04 Vatos
Rick's mission to Atlanta is jeopardized when things go awry. Jim becomes unhinged in camp.
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S01E05 Wildfire
Rick leads the group to the CDC after the attack. Jim must make a terrible life and death decision
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S01E06 TS-19
Rick and the group are allowed into the CDC by a strange doctor. But all is not what it seems in their newfound haven.
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