Home > The Walking Dead > Season 1 « TV Series Page The Walking Dead: Season 1 (2010) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Season 9 Episode List All Critics | Top Critics TOMATOMETER 88% Average Rating: 7.53/10 Season Reviews: 28 Fresh: 25 Rotten: 3 Critics Consensus: Blood-spattered, emotionally resonant, and white-knuckle intense, The Walking Dead puts an intelligent spin on the overcrowded zombie subgenre. 100% Average Rating: 7.2/10 Season Reviews: 14 Fresh: 14 Rotten: 0 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Critic Consensus: Blood-spattered, emotionally resonant, and white-knuckle intense, The Walking Dead puts an intelligent spin on the overcrowded zombie subgenre. AUDIENCE SCORE 91% liked it Average Rating: 4.3/5 User Ratings: 2965 ADD YOUR RATING - NOT INTERESTED + WANT TO SEE Share on Facebook Post Want to See Not Interested Add Rating My Rating × Want to See Not Interested Post Share on Facebook Episodes 1 100% Days Gone Bye Air date: Oct 31, 2010 The survivors of a world overrun with zombies are followed in this horror series. In the first episode, a sheriff's deputy emerges from a coma to find few people but far too many flesh-eating "walkers" who have died and come back to life. The lawman encounters another member of the human race, who tells him there's a refugee center in Atlanta, so he heads there with hopes of finding his missing wife and son. More 2 75% Guts Air date: Nov 7, 2010 Rick receives some surprise help escaping from a tank surrounded by walkers, and hooks up with a resourceful survivor who leads him to other humans holed up in a downtown department store. The group is none-too-pleased with Rick, whose gunshots have attracted a rapacious rabble of zombies, and he is forced to come up with a gutsy plan to get them out of the city. More 3 92% Tell It to the Frogs Air date: Nov 14, 2010 Against his better judgment, Rick heads back to Atlanta to recover his cache of guns and ammo and hopefully retrieve the redneck bully originally left behind. Meanwhile, Lori and Shane are shocked by the return of someone they feared was dead. More 4 91% Vatos Air date: Nov 21, 2010 Rick's mission to return to Atlanta may need to be aborted when he runs into some unforeseen problems. Meanwhile back at camp, Jim appears to be going off the deep end. More 5 91% Wildfire Air date: Nov 28, 2010 After a zombie attack, Rick and the group set off for the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, and Jim must face a life-or-death decision. More 6 82% TS-19 Air date: Dec 5, 2010 In the Season 1 finale, a strange doctor allows Rick and the group access to the CDC, but things are not truly as they seem there. More The Walking Dead: Season 1 Photos View All Photos (38) Tv Season Info 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. In the first season, sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) emerges from a coma to find few people but far too many flesh-eating "walkers" who have died and come back to life. A fellow survivor tells him there's a refugee center in Atlanta, so he heads there with hopes of finding his missing wife and son, eventually joining with others to fight off the walkers. Genre: Horror Network: AMC Premiere Date: Oct 31, 2010 Creators: Robert Kirkman, Frank Darabont Exec. Producers: Robert Kirkman, Frank Darabont, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert, Charles H. Eglee, Glen Mazzara, Gregory Nicotero Cast Jon Bernthal as Shane Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes Sarah Wayne Callies as Lori Laurie Holden as Andrea Steven Yeun as Glenn Chandler Riggs as Carl Grimes Jeffrey DeMunn as Dale Emma Bell Andrew Rothenberg IronE Singleton as T-Dog Jeryl Prescott as Jacqui Melissa McBride as Carol Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon Lennie James Madison Lintz as Sophia Michael Rooker as Merle Dixon Juan Gabriel Pareja as Morales Juan Pareja Jim R. Coleman as Lam Kendal Ross Marquand as Aaron Alexandra Breckenridge as Jessie Anderson Austin Nichols as Spencer Monroe Linds Edwards as Leon Basser Keisha Tillis as Morgan's Wife Adrian Kali Turner as Duane Noah Emmerich as Dr. Jenner Kali Turner as Duane Noel Gugliemi as Felipe Adam Minarovich as Ed Neil Brown, Jr. as Guillermo James Gonzaba as Jorge Anthony Gujardo as Miguel Gina Morelli as Abuela Maddie Lomax as Eliza Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan Austin Amelio as Dwight Steven Ogg as Simon Katelyn Nacon as Enid Pollyanna McIntosh as Jadis Xander Berkeley as Gregory Danai Gurira as Michonne Lauren Cohan as Maggie Greene Emily Kinney as Beth Greene Chad L. Coleman as Tyreese Sonequa Martin-Green as Sasha Larry Gilliard Jr. as Bob Stookey Michael Cudlitz as Abraham Ford Alanna Masterson as Tara Chambler Christian Serratos as Rosita Espinosa Josh McDermitt as Eugene Porter Andrew J. West as Gareth Seth Gilliam as Gabriel Stokes Show More Cast News & Interviews for The Walking Dead: Season 1 The Scariest TV Episodes Ever 15 TV Shows You Should Binge-Watch This October 11 Comic Book–TV Supporting Characters We Can’t Get Enough Of View All The Walking Dead: Season 1 News Episodes 1 100% Days Gone Bye Air date: Oct 31, 2010 The survivors of a world overrun with zombies are followed in this horror series. In the first episode, a sheriff's deputy emerges from a coma to find few people but far too many flesh-eating "walkers" who have died and come back to life. The lawman encounters another member of the human race, who tells him there's a refugee center in Atlanta, so he heads there with hopes of finding his missing wife and son. More 2 75% Guts Air date: Nov 7, 2010 Rick receives some surprise help escaping from a tank surrounded by walkers, and hooks up with a resourceful survivor who leads him to other humans holed up in a downtown department store. The group is none-too-pleased with Rick, whose gunshots have attracted a rapacious rabble of zombies, and he is forced to come up with a gutsy plan to get them out of the city. More 3 92% Tell It to the Frogs Air date: Nov 14, 2010 Against his better judgment, Rick heads back to Atlanta to recover his cache of guns and ammo and hopefully retrieve the redneck bully originally left behind. Meanwhile, Lori and Shane are shocked by the return of someone they feared was dead. More 4 91% Vatos Air date: Nov 21, 2010 Rick's mission to return to Atlanta may need to be aborted when he runs into some unforeseen problems. Meanwhile back at camp, Jim appears to be going off the deep end. More 5 91% Wildfire Air date: Nov 28, 2010 After a zombie attack, Rick and the group set off for the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, and Jim must face a life-or-death decision. More 6 82% TS-19 Air date: Dec 5, 2010 In the Season 1 finale, a strange doctor allows Rick and the group access to the CDC, but things are not truly as they seem there. More Critic Reviews for The Walking Dead Season 1 All Critics (28) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (25) | Rotten (3) This first season is full of Darabontian glimpses shining briefly through an otherwise unforgivably dull patchwork quilt of ideas. Mar 28, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review… Andrew Williams Quickflix Top Critic 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. Oct 31, 2010 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… David Hinckley New York Daily News Top Critic The Walking Dead is a good, old-fashioned horror-genre flick/series, without pretension or - for that matter - much of a message, either. Oct 31, 2010 | Rating: B | Full Review… Verne Gay Newsday Top Critic The show takes full advantage of serial TV's ability to intimately explore interpersonal character dramas. Oct 31, 2010 | Full Review… Matthew Gilbert Boston Globe Top Critic 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. Oct 31, 2010 | Full Review… Jonathan Storm Philadelphia Inquirer Top Critic It's a rotten show. Like zombie flesh, it reeks and festers, but not in a good way. Oct 31, 2018 | Full Review… Eileen Jones The eXile [Frank] Darabont... has brought a sense of Hollywood scale and polish to the series, with locations, design and camerawork all distinguished by a quality and detail Jul 18, 2018 | Full Review… Adam Sweeting The Arts Desk A lot of what makes The Walking Dead so striking a series is how visual it is. It's beautiful and foreboding all at once, with lots of scares too potent to spoil. May 15, 2018 | Full Review… David Bianculli NPR's Fresh Air 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. Nov 4, 2013 | Full Review… Sandrine Sahakians TV Equals This adaptation of Robert Kirkman's comics scored monster ratings. It's easy to see why Oct 31, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… William Thomas Empire Magazine Top Critic View All Critic Reviews (28) Audience Reviews for The Walking Dead: Season 1 ½ This adaptation of Robert Kirkman & Tony Moore's graphic novel supplies plenty of action, drama, peril & cliffhangers to drive audiences to tune in to the next episode(s). The Walking Dead Season 1 is complex and brilliant in displaying the zombie apocalypse. 4.5/5 EugeneB Super Reviewer ½ The introduction to this series is nearly flawless and very creepy. every episode is filled with Nods to classic zombie movies and is very cinematic. They even re-released it in black and white which makes it much more atmospheric and cold. There are only a couple hickups in the series like when they introduce a TV only hispanic gang bent on keeping a convalescent home safe from flesh eating zombies, even if it means stealing from you. VincentT Super Reviewer four stars MisterYoda? Super Reviewer It's a good thing I started watching this at the start of season 2, because if I thought this was what was on offer, I wouldn't have kept going, Whilst I’ll admit that season 1 was pretty decent, I was sort of expecting more. Trying to latch a viewer whole heartedly in only 6 episodes is hard work, of course, but there still could probably have been more done. A little bit closer to the comics in some areas mightn’t have gone astray, and the entire last episode felt rather unpleasantly forced. I can also appreciate that there needs to be a dynamic in the characters, you can’t like them all or the whole thing becomes unbelievable and boring. But when I found myself appreciating the red neck douchebag the most who’s only in the thing for one episode the most, maybe you have too many annoying characters. I’ve already caught half of season 2, so I suppose in some ways I am comparing this to that, which is unfair, but I felt that the zombies later on give of this real sense of foreboding, that maybe everyone running around was actually afraid of them. Season 1 on the other hand, has a single jump scare where they kill off an abusive husband. Yeah, devastating, I really felt that loss AMC. First seasons are usually not the best, and with only six episodes, it’s harder to split the differences and find a bunch of really great stuff. No actors, no characters, no storyline and no individual episode really jumped out at me and had serious staying power. However, what The Walking Dead most certainly does have going for it from the starting line, is special effects. The zombies in this program are literally some of, if not the best, that I have ever seen. Legless-crawlin’-type-lady was particularly brilliant. It wasn’t enough to bring the show up to my echelon of favourites or anything, but goddamn do their makeup department ever deserve some props! GimlyM Super Reviewer View All News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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