List of The Walking Dead episodes

The Walking Dead is an American television series based on the comic book of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard, and developed for television by Frank Darabont. It premiered on the cable network AMC on October 31, 2010.^[1] The series focuses on Rick Grimes, a sheriff's deputy who slips into a coma after being shot. He awakens to find himself in a dangerous new world that has been overrun by "walkers". He joins a group of survivors (including his wife and son) as they try to survive in a world among the undead.^[2]

For the episodic video game, see The Walking Dead (video game).

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As of October 5, 2018, 115 episodes of The Walking Dead had aired. The series was to enter its ninth season on October 7, 2018. It has been renewed for a tenth season.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	6	October 31, 2010 (2010-10-31)	December 5, 2010 (2010-12-05)
	2	13	October 16, 2011 (2011-10-16)	March 18, 2012 (2012-03-18)
	3	16	October 14, 2012 (2012-10-14)	March 31, 2013 (2013-03-31)
	4	16	October 13, 2013 (2013-10-13)	March 30, 2014 (2014-03-30)
	5	16[3]	October 12, 2014 (2014-10-12)	March 29, 2015 (2015-03-29)[4]

Episodes

Season 1 (2010)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Days Gone Bye"	Frank Darabont	Teleplay by: Frank Darabont	October 31, 2010 (2010-10-31)	5.35[5]
2	2	"Guts"	Michelle MacLaren	Frank Darabont	November 7, 2010 (2010-11-07)	4.71[6]
3	3	"Tell It to the Frogs"	Gwyneth Horder-Payton	Story by: Charles H. Eglee & Jack LoGiudice Teleplay by: Charles H. Eglee & Jack LoGiudice and Frank Darabont	November 14, 2010 (2010-11-14)	5.07[7]
4	4	"Vatos"	Johan Renck	Robert Kirkman	November 21, 2010 (2010-11-21)	4.75[8]
5	5	"Wildfire"	Ernest Dickerson	Glen Mazzara	November 28, 2010 (2010-11-28)	5.56[9]
6	6	"TS-19"	Guy Ferland	Adam Fierro and Frank Darabont	December 5, 2010 (2010-12-05)	5.97[10]

Season 2 (2011-12)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
7	1	"What Lies Ahead"	Ernest Dickerson Gwyneth Horder-Payton	Frank Darabont and Robert Kirkman	October 16, 2011 (2011-10-16)	7.26[11]
8	2	"Bloodletting"	Ernest Dickerson	Glen Mazzara	October 23, 2011 (2011-10-23)	6.70[12]
9	3	"Save the Last One"	Phil Abraham	Scott M. Gimple	October 30, 2011 (2011-10-30)	6.10[13]
10	4	"Cherokee Rose"	Billy Gierhart	Evan Reilly	November 6, 2011 (2011-11-06)	6.29[14]
11	5	"Chupacabra"	Guy Ferland	David Leslie Johnson	November 13, 2011 (2011-11-13)	6.12[15]
12	6	"Secrets"	David Boyd	Angela Kang	November 20, 2011 (2011-11-20)	6.08[16]
13	7	"Pretty Much Dead Already"	Michelle MacLaren	Scott M. Gimple	November 27, 2011 (2011-11-27)	6.62[17]
14	8	"Nebraska"	Clark Johnson	Evan Reilly	February 12, 2012 (2012-02-12)	8.10[18]
15	9	"Triggerfinger"	Billy Gierhart	David Leslie Johnson	February 19, 2012 (2012-02-19)	6.89[19]
16	10	"18 Miles Out"	Ernest Dickerson	Scott M. Gimple & Glen Mazzara	February 26, 2012 (2012-02-26)	7.04[20]
17	11	"Judge, Jury, Executioner"	Greg Nicotero	Angela Kang	March 4, 2012 (2012-03-04)	6.77[21]
18	12	"Better Angels"	Guy Ferland	Evan Reilly & Glen Mazzara	March 11, 2012 (2012-03-11)	6.89[22]
19	13	"Beside the Dying Fire"	Ernest Dickerson	Robert Kirkman & Glen Mazzara	March 18, 2012 (2012-03-18)	8.99[23]

Season 3 (2012-13)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
20	1	"Seed"	Ernest Dickerson	Glen Mazzara	October 14, 2012 (2012-10-14)	10.87[24]
21	2	"Sick"	Billy Gierhart	Nichole Beattie	October 21, 2012 (2012-10-21)	9.55[25]
22	3	"Walk with Me"	Guy Ferland	Evan Reilly	October 28, 2012 (2012-10-28)	10.51[26]
23	4	"Killer Within"	Guy Ferland	Sang Kyu Kim	November 4, 2012 (2012-11-04)	9.27[27]
24	5	"Say the Word"	Greg Nicotero	Angela Kang	November 11, 2012 (2012-11-11)	10.37[28]
25	6	"Hounded"	Dan Attias	Scott M. Gimple	November 18, 2012 (2012-11-18)	9.21[29]
26	7	"When the Dead Come Knocking"	Dan Sackheim	Frank Renzulli	November 25, 2012 (2012-11-25)	10.43[30]
27	8	"Made to Suffer"	Billy Gierhart	Robert Kirkman	December 2, 2012 (2012-12-02)	10.48[31]
28	9	"The Suicide King"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Evan Reilly	February 10, 2013 (2013-02-10)	12.26[32]
29	10	"Home"	Seith Mann	Nichole Beattie	February 17, 2013 (2013-02-17)	11.05[33]
30	11	"I Ain't a Judas"	Greg Nicotero	Angela Kang	February 24, 2013 (2013-02-24)	11.01[34]
31	12	"Clear"	Tricia Brock	Scott M. Gimple	March 3, 2013 (2013-03-03)	11.30[35]
32	13	"Arrow on the Doorpost"	David Boyd	Ryan C. Coleman	March 10, 2013 (2013-03-10)	11.46[36]
33	14	"Prey"	Stefan Schwartz	Glen Mazzara & Evan Reilly	March 17, 2013 (2013-03-17)	10.84[37]
34	15	"This Sorrowful Life"	Greg Nicotero	Scott M. Gimple	March 24, 2013 (2013-03-24)	10.99[38]
35	16	"Welcome to the Tombs"	Ernest Dickerson	Glen Mazzara	March 31, 2013 (2013-03-31)	12.42[39]

Season 4 (2013-14)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
36	1	"30 Days Without an Accident"	Greg Nicotero	Scott M. Gimple	October 13, 2013 (2013-10-13)	16.11[40]
37	2	"Infected"	Guy Ferland	Angela Kang	October 20, 2013 (2013-10-20)	13.95[41]
38	3	"Isolation"	Dan Sackheim	Robert Kirkman	October 27, 2013 (2013-10-27)	12.92[42]
39	4	"Indifference"	Tricia Brock	Matthew Negrete	November 3, 2013 (2013-11-03)	13.31[43]
40	5	"Internment"	David Boyd	Channing Powell	November 10, 2013 (2013-11-10)	12.20[44]
41	6	"Live Bait"	Michael Uppendahl	Nichole Beattie	November 17, 2013 (2013-11-17)	12.00[45]
42	7	"Dead Weight"	Jeremy Podeswa	Curtis Gwinn	November 24, 2013 (2013-11-24)	11.29[46]
43	8	"Too Far Gone"	Ernest Dickerson	Seth Hoffman	December 1, 2013 (2013-12-01)	12.05[47]
44	9	"After"	Greg Nicotero	Robert Kirkman	February 9, 2014 (2014-02-09)	15.76[48]
45	10	"Inmates"	Tricia Brock	Matthew Negrete & Channing Powell	February 16, 2014 (2014-02-16)	13.34[49]
46	11	"Claimed"	Seith Mann	Nichole Beattie & Seth Hoffman	February 23, 2014 (2014-02-23)	13.12[50]
47	12	"Still"	Julius Ramsay	Angela Kang	March 2, 2014 (2014-03-02)	12.61[51]
48	13	"Alone"	Ernest Dickerson	Curtis Gwinn	March 9, 2014 (2014-03-09)	12.65[52]
49	14	"The Grove"	Michael E. Satrazemis	Scott M. Gimple	March 16, 2014 (2014-03-16)	12.87[53]
50	15	"Us"	Greg Nicotero	Nichole Beattie & Seth Hoffman	March 23, 2014 (2014-03-23)	13.47[54]
51	16	"A"	Michelle MacLaren	Scott M. Gimple & Angela Kang	March 30, 2014 (2014-03-30)	15.68[55]

Season 5 (2014–15)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by[56]	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
52	1	"No Sanctuary"	Greg Nicotero	Scott M. Gimple	October 12, 2014 (2014-10-12)	17.29[57]
53	2	"Strangers"	David Boyd	Robert Kirkman	October 19, 2014 (2014-10-19)	15.14[58]
54	3	"Four Walls and a Roof"	Jeffrey F. January	Angela Kang & Corey Reed	October 26, 2014 (2014-10-26)	13.80[59]
55	4	"Slabtown"	Michael E. Satrazemis	Matthew Negrete & Channing Powell	November 2, 2014 (2014-11-02)	14.52[60]
56	5	"Self Help"	Ernest Dickerson	Heather Bellson & Seth Hoffman	November 9, 2014 (2014-11-09)	13.53[61]
57	6	"Consumed"	Seith Mann	Matthew Negrete & Corey Reed	November 16, 2014 (2014-11-16)	14.07[62]
58	7	"Crossed"	Billy Gierhart	Seth Hoffman	November 23, 2014 (2014-11-23)	13.33[63]
59	8	"Coda"	Ernest Dickerson	Angela Kang	November 30, 2014 (2014-11-30)	14.81[64]
60	9	"What Happened and What's Going On"	Greg Nicotero	Scott M. Gimple	February 8, 2015 (2015-02-08)	15.64[65]
61	10	"Them"	Julius Ramsay	Heather Bellson	February 15, 2015 (2015-02-15)	12.27[66]
62	11	"The Distance"	Larysa Kondracki	Seth Hoffman	February 22, 2015 (2015-02-22)	13.44[67]
63	12	"Remember"	Greg Nicotero	Channing Powell	March 1, 2015 (2015-03-01)	14.43[68]
64	13	"Forget"	David Boyd	Corey Reed	March 8, 2015 (2015-03-08)	14.53[69]
65	14	"Spend"	Jennifer Lynch	Matthew Negrete	March 15, 2015 (2015-03-15)	13.78[70]
66	15	"Try"[4]	Michael E. Satrazemis	Angela Kang	March 22, 2015 (2015-03-22)	13.76[71]
67	16	"Conquer"[72]	Greg Nicotero	Scott M. Gimple & Seth Hoffman	March 29, 2015 (2015-03-29)	15.8[73]