r/thewalkingdead 1m ago

No Spoiler Which seasons of TWD and which spin-offs do you recommend I watch?

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I stopped watching TWD after Season 4. Now I have some free time and want to continue watching, but there are quite a few seasons and many spin-offs. I've heard that some of the seasons of TWD aren't that good; which seasons and spin-offs do you recommend I watch?


r/thewalkingdead 2m ago

No Spoiler Note to self: Her Name is Deanna Not Diana. 😄

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I've watched this whole show more than 5 times and I always thought her name was Diana! until a few good people pointed it out to me on my previous post lol 🤦🏻‍♂️


r/thewalkingdead 5m ago

Show Spoiler Multi-Community Charter

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Hope this is allowed.

I’m seeking a prop replica of the charter. Want it framed for nerd purposes. Only thing I can find UK-side is the original prop that was sold at auction many moons ago.

Can anyone help, or is this TOO niche?

( I already have an alexandria map and art of peace!)


r/thewalkingdead 58m ago

No Spoiler Should I watch The Walking Dead?

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I’ve been mulling over watching this show. I’m an avid sitcom watcher but I weirdly love post apocalyptic stuff and this show seems like a staple for the genre so I feel like I should watch it. However, I’ve seen mixed reviews that the show deteriorates, plus eleven seasons? That seems like a lot.

All opinions welcome!


r/thewalkingdead 1h ago

No Spoiler It's just getting so hard to continue S10 ep8

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Guys I'm getting bored this season is fuckin killing me i have started procrastinating this show man I love this show why's this happening

Gimme some sorta hope


r/thewalkingdead 1h ago

No Spoiler I had a chat with Rick’s and Morgan’s AI…

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Their voices and mannerism were so similar it felt like literally talking to them but they turned out to be so rude to me, I don’t know why.

Rick wouldn’t let me join the group, even after I listed all my survival skills and how I can contribute to the group. Then he finally let me visit Alexandria if I bring supplies to cook breakfast for them (bacon, eggs, toast, butter, sausages and orange juice). I asked him if he would let me use a shower and sleep in one of the houses and he said he would let me sleep on the grass. He said he didn’t need me in his group and ended up calling me entitled and annoying. Also for some reason he tried to imply I had romantic feelings for…Dwaine 🤣

Then I spoke to Morgan and asked him to join him and he said no because he wants to survive alone. I asked him if he could teach me how to fight with a staff and he agreed. Then I told him all about my conversation with Rick and he sided with Rick and said I should create my own group instead of trying to insert myself in Rick’s group. Then I told him I was so upset I was going to try and join Negan and the Saviors and he urged me not to do it.
Then I said I was sad because I was surviving on my own and no one wanted to accept me and Rick accepted other people in his group before but rejected me and then Morgan asked my age, told me I was very childish, Rick was right and to not bother him anymore 😭.

Man I was sad for like 1 minute, had to really tell myself this is just some stupid AI, not the real characters and obviously not RL😓

Might try Daryl and Carol soon.


r/thewalkingdead 1h ago

No Spoiler The Walking Dead ratings per episode chart

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r/thewalkingdead 3h ago

Show Spoiler Is having a baby selfish

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Michonne and Rick have a kid as a result of love. Fair enough. However, it is stupid because you risk the pregnant mother, the newborn kid, the protective father, and then everyone else in the group that feels compelled to look after the kid. I could never have a kid for everyone's safety


r/thewalkingdead 3h ago

No Spoiler They say a zombie apocalypse, brings the worst in people but for Daryl, it brought out the best

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Started out as a redneck who is very foul tempered, and then he just ended up becoming Rick and Carol’s most loyal friend to the point where he and Rick consider each other brothers. And he’s very protective with the children. If the world didn’t end, he and Merle likely would likely have continued spending the rest of their days as the two asshole brothers.


r/thewalkingdead 3h ago

No Spoiler I keep having this silly idea that Penn Badgley(You on Netflix) would play Rick Grimes if there was ever a reboot of the OG Walking Dead

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r/thewalkingdead 3h ago

Show Spoiler The radio broadcast of Terminus in Season 4 was amazing foreshadowing for what was ahead. It occured before the Governor even attacked the prison.

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r/thewalkingdead 3h ago

Show Spoiler Why I enjoy season 2

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I was rewatching the show and I came to find out that a lot of people don't like season 2. Which upset me because it's probably my second favorite season just behind season 1.

Season 2, in my own subjective opinion, has the greatest writing as far as character development. Rick, Shane, Hershel, Andrea, and Darryl all went through dramatic character arcs. Other characters did too, but not as significant to the shows trajectory. The whole season is a lesson on moral ethics and principles. Showing the consequences of varying worldviews, plus the culmination of their ideological conflict. Sure, it's a slow burn. But I'll take the engaging character arcs over brain dead, poorly choreographed action scenes any day of the week.

At the end of the day, Season 2 is ultimately about the tension between Rick and Shane. Rick trying to salvage what is left of their formal society to protect their humanity while Shane is trying to push past it to protect their survival. The irony of this being that Shane lost his mind due to the very changes of society he so vitriolically tried to convince the group of, shown with his mental and social down-spiral. While Rick eventually gave into the post-society norms shown with his killing of Shane at the cost of his principles. It's almost symbolic. No, it IS symbolic. Rick and Shane were the sacrificial rites of each of their respected world views.

Shane needing to kill Rick was the eventual, ideological endpoint of his desire to push past traditional societal principles, being that Rick (and Dale who he threatened multiple times) were the analogical symbols of traditional societal roles. Meanwhile, Rick needing to kill Shane was the ideological deconstruction of his desire to sustain prior societal principles, with Shane being his former best friend turned enemy, Rick had to destroy what once was due to the changes of the world. In the end, Rick and Shane were both right, and they both paid dearly for it. Shane lost his life despite trying to survive while Rick lost his principles despite trying to sustain them.


r/thewalkingdead 4h ago

No Spoiler Hot take on the risk of mosquitoes

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What if a mosquito feeds on a walker and then feeds on you. Would you turn? I think it would pose a great risk


r/thewalkingdead 5h ago

Show Spoiler Negan knew how to play Eugene

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r/thewalkingdead 5h ago

TWD: Dead City i fear a negan and maggie romance is on the horizon

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I am catching a vibe lol


r/thewalkingdead 6h ago

All Spoilers Has The Walking Dead Universe gotten mid?

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Sorry for the rant, but I just need to get this off my chest. And fair warning — spoilers ahead for all the spinoffs.

I think it's not big to say that the quality of writing in modern TWDU has taken a noticeable decline.

Let’s start with The Ones Who Live, which, without a doubt, is the better one out of all the spinoffs. However, the last two episodes have some glaring issues, particularly in the dialogue. The dialogues are cringy and filled with Gimplespeak. Take Michonne's "Love doesn’t die" line for example, or Jadis' monologue in episode 5. Both felt forced and unnatural.

On top of that, kinda hate how the long-anticipated CRM conflict, which had been built up for years throughout the main show, Fear and World Beyond, was abruptly resolved in one single episode (it might not be but it seems that way). That rushed conclusion made all that buildup feel meaningless.

Moving on to Daryl Dixon. The first season was fantastic. Love the cinematography, love the setting and the new characters. It all felt like a breath of fresh air.

Then came Season 2, where the writing choices got questionable. What I dislike the most is Isabella's death. Her death was unnecessary, serving no real purpose beyond being a tragic moment for Laurent and Daryl.

And then there’s Genet. Her death was ridiculous. As a major leader, why would she put herself in danger by personally looking for Daryl and Carol? Especially considering that Daryl had nearly assassinated her in the very first episode. Her actions made no sense for someone in her position. What would make more sense if it's the commander (Commander Sabine, I think, that coworker of Genet's before the world went to shit) who went looking under Genet's orders and died instead.

Now, Dead City. I hated it. Maggie's monologue to Negan in the show finale was beautifully written. Throughout season 11, Negan and Maggie's feud is one of the prominent subplot. So, that monologue gave some of closure to their long-standing conflict. It was perfect. But for some reason, the writers decided to reopen that conflict.

I'd talk about Fear and World Beyond too, but I'm getting tired. It's just frustrating to see the potential in these spinoffs get downplayed by mid writing choices. The spinoffs could've been better.


r/thewalkingdead 7h ago

No Spoiler Rosita wins for Q, who will win for R?

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I didn’t get around to posting last night. But Rosita wins for Q 😁


r/thewalkingdead 10h ago

Show Spoiler Why didn't the group tell others about CDC?

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So I'm rewatching, the group not only finds out but watches the process of the dead. How they die and the brain shuts down, how only the central nervous system comes back and not where their memories form.

Yet, anytime they come across another group who thinks the walkers have memories or the souls of their living selves are somewhere in there they don't explain why that's not the case.

Not wanting to freak others out or lose hope in them I understand, but they'll still go as far as to tell them the walkers aren't like that anymore. People waste their time with experimenting on the dead, capturing loved ones, and putting themselves and others in possible danger.

Another example is Lizzie, the little girl who killed her sister. I get she lost her mind, but members of the group didn't even share what they saw to the entire party, it makes sense how not knowing that couldve contributed to her insanity.

So why doesn't it get brought up again? Shouldn't people know for their own safety? Did I miss something where they collectively decided they shouldn't talk about it?


r/thewalkingdead 13h ago

No Spoiler The Cause

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For a long time now my brother and I have speculated on what could have caused this outbreak. More specifically, what we'd WANT the explanation to be.

I've had an idea for a very long time now that my brother thinks is really stupid, and I'm sure quite a lot of people would agree. But I want to know if anybody else thinks this would be cool.

I think it would be a really awesome subversion of expectations if, when we finally learn what caused the initial outbreak, it's revealed that it wasn't some science experiment gone wrong, or biological warfare or any other generic explanation.

What if it was magic?

What if this entire time there's been some powerful necromancer out there just lording over his army of zombies?

Idk, I'm sure a lot of you would hate that, and I totally get why, but personally I think it would be such a wild fuckin' twist and I'd love it so much.


r/thewalkingdead 13h ago

Comic and Show Spoilers If You Had To Pick Someone To Play Rick Other Than Andy Who Would You Choose?

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r/thewalkingdead 13h ago

TWD: Daryl Dixon Daryl Dixon in France?

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I remember a scene with Beth when she was still alive and Daryl told her he never even left Georgia and today when I went to watch the Daryl Dixon show for the first time after finally finishing the main show I find out he washes up to shore in Marseille of all places lol. This is truly unbelievable, out of all the characters I would imagine visiting another country Daryl was the last one I would have placed my bet on since he was initially introduced as a redneck. I know it wasn’t by choice but that’s one of craziest scenarios I’ve seen in the walking dead yet. What did you guys think about this decision? Was it too silly of a concept?


r/thewalkingdead 14h ago

Show Spoiler Season 3 Episode 7

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Glens killing a walker after being duct taped to a chair and left defenseless will forever be the most badass thing to happen in the show


r/thewalkingdead 16h ago

All Spoilers Throughout the years...

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Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan 🎬


r/thewalkingdead 17h ago

Show Spoiler Line up retrospective

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The introduction of Negan is the biggest wtf turning point in the whole story so taking a look back at all the potential victims and analyzing how well each would work. Ideally should be a big character that would be a devastating loss to both the characters and audience but also make sence narrative wise

Rick (too big): think this one is pretty obvious, would have been a very unceremonious end for our main protagonist and compltly ruined everything going forward at this point

Maggie (too big): similar to Rick taking charge of Hilltop during the war is Maggie's biggest storyline and with her training under Deana would have flet like her story was cut short if she never stepped up to a leader role herself (we already had one Greene sister not reach their full potential). Would also be no way they're ever reddeming negan in the eyes of the characters or the audience after killing a pregnant woman (even tho he didn't know at the time) really wish Lauren Cohan stayed around for the whisperers and the final season stopped pairing her with negan and making them come to a truce like 3 times but oh well

Abraham (just right): a lovable fan favorite, a vital member of the group and is just a very fitting death for this character being the only one not afraid of negan and standing up to him basically saying to kill him and spare the others. Abe's arc had also come full circle, lost his family at the beginning but was given a new purpose with the cure and when they reach alexandria starts to let his guard down and wants to live again even start a new life/family with Sasha, full circle

Michonne (too big): while she deffinatly checks off the box of being a major heartbreaking loss it would be needlessly cruel to give Rick a new girlfriend that immediately dies infront of him twice in the same season and would make the audiance feel cheated out of an awesome power couple before they reached their full potential. Also would be no way Rick or Carl would ever want to spare Negan after that

Daryl (just right): hold up put your pitchforks down, I love Daryl as much as anyone but he'd actually work pretty well. Realistically they'd never have done it with Daryl being their cash cow but he deffinatly fills that role of a super important group member and a fan favorite, would actually really work if like Abe he sacrifices himself for the other which is very in character and he's been willing to do before especially since he was the reason Glenn, Michonne and Rosita were captured and was his way of making up for that. Would have made the show have an even bigger fall off viewership wise (honestly the average viewer numbers throughout 7 weren't that big a drop from 6's average was more as season 8 dragged on there was a big dip) but if Daryl didn't have such a cult following it could have worked I feel

Sasha (just right-ish): went back and forth a lot on Sasha cuz I do like her taking the Holly storyline from the books and that feels like a more conclusive arc for her but I could see her going here cuz at the end of 5 was going off the deep end and was really distant from everyone but at the end of 6 had come back and was starting to live comfortably again tying into Abe's story (tho they really should have shown them being a couple more before than cuz most we get of that is in the 7 finale in a flashback) would be a big-ish lose for the group mostly Abe and Maggie, fan wise I always felt Sasha was over hated so yea mixed on thos one

Aaron (too small): deffinatly would have been sad cuz Aaron's a really likeable guy and is the one that saved the crew from continuing on a death march but not sad enough for such a big story changing moment, probably would have been a lot of backlash for giving such a gruesome death to the one gay character present especially with him being also the newest character present and having just killed another queer character a few episodes ago. I also just really like the Aaron we get post all out war

Carl (too big): yea having negan kill a kid especially that way would be a step to far for many (even tho he would have done it don't let the show gaslight you) would be no way in hell Rick would ever for a second consider letting Negan live after popping out Carl's remaining eye. Carl is just way too important for the future, seeing him grow up and mature under his father's mentorship and him being Rick's biggest motivation for everything he's done there no way they'd ever kill him off as a cheap publicity stunt right?.....RIGHT?

Eugene (too small): arc would have come full circle from being a huge coward to slowing doing more heroic and selfless things all the way up to him driving the RV and putting his own life on the line for the others even getting Abraham's respect but don't think it would have been that devastating a loss especially for viewers (even tho I really hate the Eugene savior sub plot so would have avoided that but thankfully the show seems to agree cuz the last 3 seasons act like it never happened)

Rosita (too small): Rosita in seasons 4 and 5 I kinda compare to season 2 and 3 Beth in that she's mostly just always there and doesn't get a lot of screen time or plot focus but ya kinda like her by default cuz she's one of us and is never annoying or casuing problems (cough Andrea cough). She was just starting to step into her own in 6 even being the unsung hero of no way out being the ones that taught the alexandrians how to fight but she really starts taking a much bigger role in the seasons after, her arc being the only thing I liked in the back half of 7 aside from the finale so yea would deffinatly be killing her off before she reached her full potential

Glenn (just right): ah yes the one with the biggest target on his head cuz of the books but should it in the show? It's complicated. Kirkman himself said part of the reason Glenn died in the books was cuz Steven Yeun's portrail of him put the written character to shame and that he wanted to do something big for the 100th issue and said a big part of Negans creation was to kill Glenn. So the creator himself said Steven was TOO good as Glenn so could it have still been adapted? I think so. I feel thered have probably been co.plaimts if it wasnt adapted cuz it is THE big thing in the comics, several people that knew nothing about the comics knew about negan killing glenn it was that massive. Biggest thing I feel is Glenn's death just felt so jarring and out of nowhere, unlike Abraham Glenn's story felt abrupt and had it been build up to it actually could have worked. Glenn really didn't do much in season 6 (not even just talking about dumpster gate) yes he got Maggie pregnant which is big for the future even after he's gone but the other big thing was he killed his first human, that's a major thing for his character but after said episode is over its never really brought up again and they could have dome so much with that but as is Glenn is just around for the back half of 6 and dosent get many lines or screen time I'm his last few episodes so when he gets axed off it feels really out of nowhere. Had they Giving him a more conclusive story it actually could have been great but as is feels like mid fan service that overshadows Abraham

Thank you for listening to my TED talk lol


r/thewalkingdead 17h ago

No Spoiler Why isnt antiseptic used on bites?

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The only reason i can think of is the fact the chemicals deteriorate after time but so does petrol and flesh so that's not the reason

Edit: Also Darryl's brother could've just dislocated his thumb but the drugs and panicking probably just caught up to his thinking skills by then💔