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The Walking Dead – Season 3, Episode 1

Seed

TV14

Air Date: Oct 14, 2012

Drama

Horror

Sci-Fi

100%

15 Reviews

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As the world grows more dangerous and Lori's pregnancy advances, Rick locates a potentially safe haven.

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Premiered Oct 15

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Season three of The Walking Dead responds to its audience's call to action with "Seed," an action-packed premiere.

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Bex Schwartz

Rolling Stone

This season already feels so much better, because there are so many zombies and so much goop and gore and disgusting zombie-goo. Bring it the frak on, Glen Mazzara. I believe in you.

Jul 27, 2015

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Starlee Kine

New York Magazine/Vulture

What impressed me the most about this episode is that it's clear that Glenn Mazzara and his writing staff have been paying attention to their audience.

Jul 27, 2015

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Ted Pigeon

Slant Magazine

The Walking Dead's season-three premiere suggests that the program's showrunner, Glen Mazzara, and writing team have listened to everyone's gripes about season two's frequent and labored pontificating.

Jul 27, 2015

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Randy Dankievitch

Processed Media

[I]t's off to a pretty solid start.

B+

Feb 21, 2020

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Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez

Tom & Lorenzo

So tight and lean, so spare and economical in everything but gore, that we don't think we've ever seen an episode that so clearly looked the audience directly in the eyes and said "We know what we're doing here."

Jun 20, 2018

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Kevin Fitzpatrick

ScreenCrush

We couldn't be happier to have The Walking Dead back, and in such fine condition too.

Jun 11, 2018

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Episode Synopsis

As the world grows more dangerous and Lori's pregnancy advances, Rick locates a potentially safe haven.

Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Executive Producer: Frank Darabont, Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert, Glen Mazzara
Screenwriter: Glen Mazzara
Network: AMC
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Release Date: Oct 14, 2012
Run Time: 44 min.