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Main characters of the first season: Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes, Lianni James as Morgan Jones, Sarah Wayne Callis as Lori Goremes, Chandler Regus as Carl Grames, Jon Posey as Sean Worthy, Steven Yun as Doyle Hovas, Irian Singleton as Doug, Melissa Brad as Carol Pritt, Michael Luke as Maillar Dixon, Norman Riddus as Dali Dixon, Emmabel as Amy Harrison, Adamina Jovich as Eddie Pritt, Andrew Rosenberg as Jimmy, Jung GerburyPali as Moraz, Jerry Priscott Hill as Jacques, norn Emmoritch as Dr. Edwinjena. Location: Atlanta
Summary: After being shot in an exchange of fire with criminals, Deputy Sheriff Rick wakes up from his coma to find that the world is now full of highly contagious zombies, also commonly known as the walking dead. Rick discovers that his wife and children are missing, but Morgan, who is also a survivor, takes Rick with him and explains what happened. After arming himself at the police station, Rick headed straight for Atlanta, where the CDC allegedly established an isolation zone. However, Rick discovers that the city has fallen into a zombie horde, but fortunately he is saved by Glenn. Glenn is a pizza delivery boy who travels with Andrea, Doug, Mora, Jacques, and Morley. When they were attacked, the group fled the city, leaving Only Morley behind, and because of his violent emotions, Rick handcuffed him. When Rick arrives at the camp, he finds his wife and children with his best friend, Sean, and that his wife has developed a relationship with Thane. Rick leads a small group back to Atlanta in order to retrieve a bag of weapons and Morley, but Morley has escaped by cutting off his hands. In Rick's party's absence, a group of zombies attack the camp and kill Andrea's sister Amy and Carol's tyrannical husband Eddie, and seriously injure Jimmy. The gang decides to go to the CDC, and Jimmy wants to be left alone to die. However, Mora and his family broke away from the organization. At the CDC, they met Dr. Edwin, the only surviving researcher. He explains that the zombie virus has no antidote and that the building will self-destruct due to the purification protocol (he whispered something to Rick at the same time). Jacques fell behind the order and died in the explosion with the Doctor, at which point Rick set out for Fort Benning.
Important Deaths: Amy, Eddie, Jimmy, Jacques, Dr. Memorable Episodes: "Day in And Day", "Victor", "TS-19"
The main cast and new casts from the second season: Madison as Sophia, Scott as Haishe, Loren as Maggie, Emily as Beth, James Allen as Jimmy, Jane as Berthisa, Pratt as Oti, and Michael as Randall. Location: Haishi Farm
Summary: Rick's road toward Bannenburg was blocked by I-85 abandoned vehicles. During a zombie attack, Carol's daughter Sophia disappears after being chased into the forest. On the way to find Sophia, Carl is accidentally shot by Ortie, one of the deer hunters. At Ortie's urging, Rick takes Carl to a nearby Hayes farm. With the help of vet Heshe and Orti's wife, Berthisa, Carl saves his life, and Hirsch reluctantly agrees to allow Rick and his party to stay on his farm while Carl recovers. Countless conflicts soon arise: While searching for medical supplies at a local high school, Sean secretly kills Orty in order to save his life. Rory finds out she's pregnant, but isn't sure if the child's father is Rick or Sean. After falling in love with Haishi's eldest daughter, Maggie, Glenn discovers that Haishi's barn is full of zombies, some of whom are Haishi's relatives. Sean angrily destroys all the zombies in the barn, including Sophia, much to Rick's remorse. Distraught and distraught, Haishi fled to a local tavern while his youngest daughter, Beth, attempted suicide. Rick tracks down Heyshe, and during the firefight, they encounter another group of survivors. When Rick discovers that Randall is left behind, he takes Randall with him and promises them that he will lead them home to the farm. A group of people disagreed on what to do with Randall, and Dahl strongly demanded Randall's execution. But after Dahl is killed by zombies, Sean releases Randall and takes him into the forest, after which he breaks Randall's neck. Rick organizes a search for Randall, and Dalí and Glenn find and kill the zombified Randall, while Sean holds a gun at Rick. Rick eventually stabs Sean in the chest, forcing Carl to shoot Sean in the head. The sound of gunfire attracted zombies. Despite the team's withdrawal from the farm, Berthirica and Beth's boyfriend are killed in the attack, while Andrea breaks up with the Order and is rescued by the Hooded Men. On the way, Rick again admits that he killed Sean and relays what Dr. Edwin told him to the others: Zombies will perish if all humans are infected. Although he vowed to find refuge for the organization, Rick said he was now solely responsible and there was no democracy in the organization.
Important Deaths: Oti, Sophia, Dahl, Randall, Sean, Jimmy, Berthisa Unforgettable Episodes: "No One Gives Up", "Numb to Death", "The Edge of Death"
The main cast of the third season and the addition of casts: Vicente as Oscar, Louis as Ash, Maxie as Andrew, Nick as Thomas, Danai as Michonne, David as Governor, Dallas as Morton, Jones as Casa, Tyvis as Shirt Potter, Melissa as Karen, Chad as Tracy, Socquin as Sasha. Location: Prison, Woodbury
Summary: After groping the road for several months, Rick and his party remove the zombies in a forbidden prison and then camp inside. Heysee is bitten, and he forces Rick to amputate his leg to stop the spread of the virus. While clearing the cell, Rick finds a group of surviving criminals. Rick agrees that the water from the wells of the two parties will not violate the river water as long as they can share the food stored in the prison. The leader of the criminals, Thomas, tries to kill Rick while fighting zombies, but Rick kills him on the spot and leaves Andrew, who is trying to get revenge, to die. (Other criminals Ash and Eska stay in the cell as organized) The Avenger Andrew storms into the cell with a bunch of zombies, and although Rick kills Andrew and some zombies, Doug is bitten and dies to save Carol. Rory gave birth during the attack, and she urged Maggie to have a caesarean section to save the baby. Rory died after giving birth, and in order to prevent his mother's corpse from turning, Carl shot his mother in the head. Distraught, Rick and Carl eventually named the child Judith. Meanwhile, Andrea and her hooded savior, Michonne, are captured by Miller (Miller has only one hand at this point) and taken to a heavily defended town, Woodbury. Although Michonne is uneasy about their new home, Andrea becomes obsessed with the town's boss, the Governor. Michonne left Woodbury, and although the Governor ordered Miller to kill her, he only injured her. Miller, however, kidnaps Maggie and Glenn, who are out of the woods, and brings them back to Woodbury, where the Governor tortures them for the whereabouts of Rick's squad. Michonne found the prison herself, and although Rick didn't trust her, Rick led a team to Woodbury to rescue Maggie and Glenn. The rescue was successful, but Oscar was killed, Dalí was captured, and Michonne stabbed the Governor in the eye with a glass shard and killed the Governor's zombie daughter Penny. The Governor accuses Miller of betraying him and forces him to fight Dalí. Maggie and Rick are finally able to rescue the brethren, but because Rick doesn't allow Miller to join them, Dalí and Miller leave on their own and don't return to Rick's party. On his way back, Rick learns that another team of survivors, led by Tracy and Sasha, has been offering refuge to Carl, who is hallucinating about Rory's death, and they decide to leave in a fit of rage. They were not stationed in Woodbury, but Tracy gave the Governor enough intelligence to plot a confrontation against the prison, at which time Ash was killed. Andrea arranges a meeting between the Governor and Rick, who agrees to a truce on the condition that Michonne be escorted to him. When Andrea discovers that the Governor still intends to kill everyone in the prison, she tries to escape, but is captured by the Governor. Miller and Dalí rejoin Rick in prison, and despite the eventual decision to hand over Michonne, Miller changes his mind and provokes a dispute against the Governor's armed ambush. The Governor kills Miller, but Miller's body infects Dalí. The Governor orders Morton to kill Andrea, but Morton does not comply, so the Governor stabs Morton and leaves him to die, because he thinks Morton will eventually transform and kill Andrea. After an unsuccessful attack on the prison, the Governor killed many of his own men, leaving only Kasa and Shamport behind, and then disappeared. Rick and Michonne return to Woodbury, where they find the bitten Andrea, who commits suicide to prevent her body from becoming a body. Rick leads Tracy, Sasha, Karen, and other woodbury survivors back to the prison, but the Governor's whereabouts become a mystery.
Important deaths: Thomas, Doug, Andrew, Rory, Oscar, Ash, Miller, Morton, Andrea
Unforgettable episodes: "Killer Goes Along", "At a Glance", "In Time of Pain"
The main cast of the fourth season and the addition of casts: Lawrence as Bob, Brighton as Liz, Kayla as McCa, Alana as Tara, Andrey as Lily, Michael as Abbota, Kristen as Rosita, JohnSh as Yujun, and Andron as Cans. Location: Prison, terminal
Synopsis: After renouncing his leadership, Rick refuses to carry guns and begins farming and raising pigs in prison, and welcomes some new survivors, including former medic Bob and his sisters Liz and Micah. A flu-like virus began to spread, killing many new survivors and turning them into zombies to continue spreading the virus. When Rick discovers that Carol has killed and burned two infected people, one of whom is Woodbury survivor Karen, Karen and Tracy are already in a relationship. Rick puts Carol in jail. After suffering numerous casualties, the group eventually began to fall apart. Abandoned by Casa and Shyport, the Governor set fire to Woodbury, hoping to start a new life with the Kempole family. After the head of The Bauer family died of cancer, the two daughters of the Poehler family, Tara and Lily, left with the Governor until they broke into Casa's camp. The Governor murders Casa, fakes it as an accident, and then takes the camp's supplies with him only to fight Rick and the others again. The Governor kidnapped Michonne and Heish outside the prison. Rick offers to share prison territory with the Governor's team, but the Governor refuses Rick and cuts off Seashare's head with Michonne's katana. The war breaks out again, and after the bloody battle, the Governor is killed, zombies are rampant in prison, and Rick and his party are separated from their teammates. They all headed straight for the terminal, a shelter that would save everyone. Dalí and Beth travel together, during which Beth opens Dalí's knot about Miller's death. However, when Beth is kidnapped, Dalí is brought into a team called the Detractors, and the Werewolves also have a feud with Rick, Carl, and Michonne. Glenn rescues Tara after the prison attack and rushes to Washington with Abolach, Rosita, and Yujun, where he claims to create an antidote to zombies. Glenn and his men eventually meet up outside the terminal with Bob and Sasha, who have recently been in a relationship. Tracy meets Judith, Leeds, McCa and Carol. After Liz tangled with a zombie, Carol killed the zombie. Liz then kills her sister and turns her into a new zombie plaything, and after some debate, Carol decides to kill Leeds in order to save the others. Carol confesses to Tracy the truth about her killing Karen, but he forgives her. The detractors ambush Rick, Michonne, and Carl without Dalí, but when Dalí intercedes for Rick and his men, he is beaten. Rick bit the denunciator's throat and took the detractor off with the others before continuing on to the final station. Although the leader of the terminal, Garth, greeted them in a friendly manner, Rick then noticed that the terminal had stolen some of their team's supplies. Rick tries to escape, but Cans forces him into a corner, where Rick and Carl are thrown into a van, where the rest of the people are also locked up. Rick, who seems to have lost, tells the others: "We are not easy to mess with! ”
Important deaths: Casa, Hayes, Governor, Lily, Maca, Leeds
Unforgettable episodes: "Hard to Turn Back", "Frozen", "Jungle", "A"
Season 5 Season 5 Main Cast and New Casts: Seth Gilliam as Father Gabriel Stokes, Kristen Woods as Lieutenant Dawner, Taylor James Williams as Noah, Ross Macunde as Aaron, Tovefield Shu as Deanna Monroe, Alex Blackenridge as Jessian Dessen, Corybrier as Pete Anderson, Jason Douglas as Tobin, Steve Coulter as Reg Monroe, Austin Nichols as Spencer Monroe, Mike Terra Noor as Nicklaus, Caitlin Nagan as Inid, Austin Abrams as Ron Anderson, and Major Dawson as Sam Anderson. Where: Terminus, Church of Father Gabriel, Grad Memorial Hospital, Alexandria
Synopsis: Rick soon learns that Canth and his companions at the terminal are cannibals who lure people to the terminal in order to eat them. Thanks to the explosion transfer created by Carlo, Rick and his team, they were able to find a way out of the terminal and reunite with Carlo and Tersey. The group then decides to escort Eugene to Washington for zombie therapy. They used the church of Gabriel, the priest who was struggling in the new world of faith and cowardice, as a refuge. After kidnapping Bob and eating part of his leg muscles, Cans's men attacked the church. Rick and his party have the upper hand, and although Canth's men beg for mercy, an inexplicable undercurrent rushes into their hearts, and Rick kills all the people hiding in the church at the terminal. Daryl catches Carlo and tries to escape, but when he recognizes the car that kidnapped Bass, he and Carlo continue to chase after it. Since Bob died of a vicious illness, Abraham, Glenn, Eugene, Tara, and Rosita agreed to move on to Washington, but Rick and others rebuilt the church to await the return of Carlo and Darryl. Carlo and Darryl followed the car to Grad Memorial Hospital, where Beth was held hostage by a group of survivors led by former Inspector Daonlena. Carlo and Darryl team up with Noah, and thanks to Beth, Noah was able to escape from the hospital. When Carlo ran past a car, she was taken to the hospital, but Dawn refused to let Beth take care of her. Darryl and Noah returned to the church, where they met Abraham's procession. Surrounded by hordes of zombies upon their return from Washington, D.C., Eugene is embarrassed to reveal that he lied about the treatment in order to be protected by the group. With the team almost completely regrouping, Rick returned to Atlanta and captured some of Dawn's men in order to trade back Toss and Caro. However, during the trade, Beth stabs Dawn, which in turn instinctively shoots Beth. Daryl immediately retaliated and killed Dawn, after which Rick's organization left. Noah managed to persuade the organization to travel to his home state of Virginia, a place he thought was well protected. However, after a long drive, they found that their hometown community was devastated beyond recognition, and when Tersi searched to clean the town, he was bitten by a zombie (Noah's twin brother). After burying Tersi, the group was almost completely wiped out due to the heat and dehydration, but fortunately Aaron found them, who claimed to be recruiters near Alexandria. Although Rick doesn't trust Aaron very much, Mishono convinces him to go with Aaron to meet the town chief, Deanna Monroe, who offers refuge to Rick's organization on the condition that Rick protect the community. Rick is convinced that the people of Alexandria are too weak to save the world— a fear confirmed after Nicholas abandons Glen and Noah in the zombie horde. Many people in Alexandria are upset with Rick as a leader, including Pete, the town's doctor, and Rick's new friend, Jesse, who is abused by her husband. When Pete attacks Rick in the town and accidentally kills Deanna's husband, Reg, Deanna's request that Rick kill Pete surprises the townspeople, and Morgan, who has been secretly following Rick for a long time, is surprised or he happens to come to Alexandria to see his old friend kill him.
Important deaths: Cans, Bob, Beth, Dawn, Tracy, Norn, Reg, Pete
Unforgettable episodes: "Nowhere to Hide", "Closed", "Epilogue", "Fee", "Conquest"
Season 6 Season 6 main cast and new casts: Ethan as Carter, Cory as Hayes, Merrit as Dennis, Joan Carroll as Dongren, and Jeffrey as Negan. Location: Alexander
Synopsis: Rick, who completely rules Alexander, discovers a large group of zombies locked up in a nearby quarry. Although the zombies kept Alexander safe for a certain amount of time, they are now trying to escape from their captivity. So Rick devised a rigorous plan: let Dalí drive a motorcycle, and Sasha and Abraham drive away the zombies. Carter, who had premeditated Rick's murder, screamed in panic after being attacked by zombies, and Rick was forced to kill him. Before they could lure the zombies into their trap, a trumpet sounded from Alexander. (Attacked by the "Wolf Clan"), the remaining zombies rushed straight towards the sound. Morgan and Carlo helped the Alexanders fight off the Werewolves, but Morgan let go of some of the Werewolf because he hated killing. (A small clip shows Morgan once being taught by a psychiatrist named Eastman who told Morgan that all beings are equal.) After Eastman is killed by zombies, Morgan begins to live his way of life. In fact, Morgan rescued and adopted a "wolf" man and asked dennis, an assistant doctor, to help take care of him. Rick is attacked by some of the "Wolf Clan" who survived in the caravan, and he tries to escape. Meanwhile, Glenn and Mechenie lead their team to Alexander's aid. Glenn and Nicholas give the team hope of moving the zombies, but when they are captured, Nicholas accidentally brings himself and Glenn to a zombie-filled syndicate, and Glenn may be about to be eaten by zombies. When Mechenie and Heath left Glenn behind and went back, Maggie and Aaron managed to escape from Alexander to find Glenn, but to no avail. Maggie tearfully admits that she is pregnant with Glenn's child. After driving the first group of zombies 20 miles away, Dalí was forced to break up with Sasha and Abraham because of the sneak attack. Dalí helped a group of people who escaped from the organization, but they eventually took revenge and ransacked Dalí. After Dalí reunited with Sasha and Abraham, they rushed to Alexandria. The road was intercepted by a group of Negan's men. Glenn said he was lucky enough to escape from his zombie swarm by sneaking out of the chassis of a garbage truck. He soon found Enid, and when a tower collapsed and destroyed a wall, causing an influx of zombies, they managed to return to Alexandria together. Deanna is bitten by a zombie, and she tells Rick and Mechenne to save Alexander. Rick and Mechenie left Deanna behind before she died, and Deanna killed all the zombies she could. Jesse's eldest son, Ron, manages to kill Carl, but Carl doesn't tell Rick about the situation. The quarrel attracted more zombies, so Rick, Jesse, Mechenie, Carl, Ron, and Sam had to drown themselves in the zombie crowd and try to sneak through Alexander. Carl discovers that Mechenie has saved the 'Wolf Clan', and during their quarrel, the 'Wolf Clan' kidnaps Dennis and escapes.
Important deaths: Carter, Nikolas, Tojin, Deanna
Unforgettable episodes: "Thank you", "Things are not human", "The End of the Journey"
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Synopsis: After being injured in a shootout with criminals, Deputy Sheriff Rick Grimes wakes from a coma to learn that the world is now overrun with infectious zombies commonly referred to as "walkers." Rick discovers that his wife, Lori, and their son, Carl, are missing, but fellow survivor Morgan takes Rick in and explains what's happened. After arming himself at the police station, Rick heads to Atlanta, where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is believed to have established a quarantine. However, Rick finds the city overrun with walkers and is rescued from a mob of them by Glenn, a pizza delivery boy who is on a scouting run in the city with Andrea, T-Dog, Morales, Jacqui and Merle. When they come under attack, the group flees the city, leaving behind Merle, whom Rick had handcuffed because of his violent outbursts. When Rick returns to the group's campsite, he learns Lori and Carl are there along with Rick's best friend Shane, who has since begun a romantic relationship with Lori. Rick leads a small team back to Atlanta to retrieve a bag of weapons and Merle, but Merle has escaped by cutting off his own hand. While Rick's group is away, a herd of walkers attack the camp, killing Andrea's sister Amy and Carol's abusive husband Ed, and badly injuring Jim. When the group decides to head for the CDC, Jim asks to be left alone to die, while Morales and his family split off from the group. At the CDC, the group meets Dr. Edwin Jenner, the only researcher left. He explains there is no cure, and that the building will soon self-destruct as part of a decontamination protocol. (He also whispers something to Rick.) Jacqui stays behind and dies in the explosion with Dr. Jenner, while Rick & Co. set out toward Fort Benning. Synopsis: Rick's caravan toward Fort Benning is interrupted by a traffic jam of abandoned cars on I-85. During a walker attack, Carol's daughter Sophia is chased into the woods and gets lost. While searching for Sophia, Carl is accidentally shot by Otis, who is deer-hunting. At Otis' urging, Rick takes Carl to the nearby farm of Hershel Greene, a veterinarian who, with the help of Otis' wife Patricia, saves Carl's life and begrudgingly agrees to let Rick's group stay on his farm while Carl recuperates. Numerous tensions soon arise: Shane secretly kills Otis in order to survive a walker attack while they search a local high school for medical supplies. Lori learns that she is pregnant, but is unsure whether Rick or Shane is the father. After beginning a romantic relationship with Hershel's oldest daughter Maggie, Glenn discovers Hershel's barn is full of walkers, some of which are members of Hershel's family. Shane angrily releases and kills all the walkers in Hershel's barn, including Sophia, whom Rick reluctantly puts down. Distraught over the "murder" of their family members, Hershel escapes to a local tavern, and his youngest daughter Beth attempts suicide. When Rick tracks Hershel down, they run across another group of survivors who engage Rick and Glenn in a firefight. When Rick discovers one of their men, Randall, was left behind, he takes him prisoner out of fear that he will lead others to the farm. The group is divided about what to do with Randall, with Dale voicing his strong opposition to executing him. But after Dale is killed by a walker, Shane frees Randall and takes him into the forest, where he kills him by breaking his neck. Rick organizes a search for Randall, during which Daryl and Glenn find and "kill" a zombified version of Randall and Shane holds Rick at gunpoint. Rick eventually stabs Shane in the heart, but he too reanimates, forcing Carl to shoot Shane in the head. The gunshot draws a horde of walkers to the farm. Although the group evacuates the farm, Patricia and Beth's boyfriend Jimmy are killed in the attack, while Andrea is separated from the group and saved by a hooded figure. On the road once again, Rick admits that he killed Shane and reveals what Jenner told him back in Season 1: that all humans are infected and will turn into walkers upon death. Although he vows to find the group a safe haven, Rick says he is now fully in charge and that there is no longer a democracy in the group. Synopsis: After several months of roaming, the group sets up camp in an abandoned prison, which they must first clear of walkers. Hershel is bitten, forcing Rick to amputate his lower leg to stop the infection from spreading. While clearing a cell block, Rick & Co. discover a group of surviving prisoners. Rick agrees to clear them a separate cell block away from his group as long as they all share the prison's stored food. When the prisoners' leader, Tomas, sets Rick up to die during a fight with walkers, Rick kills him on the spot and leaves Andrew, who tries to retaliate, alone to die in the walker-infested courtyard. (Remaining prisoners Axel and Oscar stay on their own cell block as agreed.) A bitter Andrew leads walkers into the prison, and although Rick kills Andrew and a number of walkers, T-Dog is bitten and sacrifices himself to save Carol. Lori goes into labor during the attack, and she urges Maggie to perform a C-section to save the baby, even though Lori will likely not survive. Lori does, in fact, die in childbirth, and her son Carl shoots her in the head to prevent her from reanimating. A distraught Rick and Carl eventually name the baby Judith.Meanwhile, Andrea and her hooded savior Michonne are captured by Merle (now with only one hand) and taken to a small fortified town known as Woodbury. Although Michonne is suspicious of their new "home," Andrea becomes infatuated with the town's leader, the Governor. Michonne leaves Woodbury, and although the Governor orders Merle to kill her, he only wounds her. Instead, Merle kidnaps Maggie and Glenn, who are out scavenging, and brings them back to Woodbury, where the Governor tortures them for information about Rick's group. Michonne makes her way to the prison, and, although Rick is distrustful of her, he leads a team to Woodbury to rescue Maggie and Glenn. The rescue attempt is successful, but Oscar is killed, Daryl is captured, and Michonne stabs The Governor in the eye with a shard of glass and kills his zombified daughter, Penny. The Governor accuses Merle of treason and pits him and Daryl in a fight. Maggie and Rick are eventually able to rescue the brothers, but because Rick won't allow Merle to join their group, Daryl goes out on his own with Merle, rather than return with Rick to the prison. Rick returns to learn that another band of survivors, led by siblings Tyreese and Sasha, have been given shelter by Carl. Rick, who has suffered hallucinations since Lori's death, orders the new group to leave in a rage. That group instead settles at Woodbury, where Tyreese gives the Governor enough information to plan an attack against the prison, during which Axel is killed. Andrea arranges a meeting between the Governor and Rick, and the Governor agrees to make peace if Michonne is handed over to him. When Andrea learns the Governor secretly intends to still kill everyone at the prison, she attempts to escape, but is captured by the Governor. Merle - who, along with Daryl, has re-joined Rick at the prison after all - is selected to hand Michonne over to the Governor, but he changes his mind, and instead launches a firefight against the Governor's ambushing forces. The Governor kills Merle, whose reanimated corpse Daryl must later put down. The Governor orders Milton to kill Andrea, but when he refuses, the Governor stabs Milton in the heart and leaves him to die, knowing he will eventually turn into a walker and kill Andrea. After one last unsuccessful attack on the prison,the Governor kills most of his people, except Caesar and Shumpert, and disappears. Rick and Michonne return to Woodbury, where they find a bitten Andrea, who commits suicide to prevent turning. Rick leads Tyreese, Sasha, Karen and other Woodbury survivors back to the prison, while the Governor's whereabouts remain a mystery. Synopsis: After renouncing leadership, Rick refuses to carry guns and has settled into farming and raising pigs at the prison, which has welcomed several new survivors, including former Army medic Bob and young sisters Lizzie and Mika. A flu-like virus begins to spread, killing off many of the new survivors, who then reanimate as walkers and continue to spread the disease. When Rick learns that Carol murdered and burned the bodies of two of the infected -- one of which was Woodbury survivor Karen, with whom Tyreese has formed a romantic relationship -- Rick banishes Carol from the prison. Despite suffering many losses, the group is eventually able to treat and contain the outbreak. After being abandoned by Caesar and Shumpert, the Governor burns Woodbury, assumes a new identity and begins living with the Chambler family. After the family's patriarch dies of cancer, his two daughters, Tara and Lilly, travel with the Governor until they come upon a camp led by Caesar. The Governor murders Caesar, stages it to look like an accident, and takes over the camp's resources in order to launch yet another attack on Rick & Co. at the prison. The Governor takes Michonne and Hershel hostage outside the prison gates. Rick offers to let the Governor's group co-exist at the prison, but the Governor refuses and decapitates Hershel with Michonne's katana. War breaks out, and after the bloody battle, the Governor and his men are killed, the prison is overrun with walkers, and Rick's group is scattered to the wind. They all head toward Terminus, a place that promises sanctuary for all who arrive. Daryl and Beth travel together, and she helps Daryl open up about the death of Merle. But when Beth is kidnapped, Daryl is eventually taken in by a group of men known as the Claimers, who also had a previous run-in with Rick, Carl and Michonne. Glenn rescues Tara after the prison attack, and they cross paths with Abraham, Rosita, and Eugene, all of whom are headed to Washington D.C., where Eugene claims he will be able to create a cure to stop the walkers. Their group is eventually reunited outside of Terminus with Maggie and her companions Bob and Sasha, who have formed a romantic relationship. Tyreese travels with Judith, Lizzie and Mika, and eventually reunites with Carol. After Lizzie becomes too attached to a walker, Carol kills it. Lizzie then kills her sister to make her turn into a new walker plaything and, after some debate, Carol decides to kill Lizzie in order to protect Judith and the rest of the group. Carol admits to Tyreese that she killed Karen, but he forgives her. Unbeknownst to Daryl, the Claimers ambush Rick, Michonne and Carl, and when Daryl intercedes, he is beaten. Rick bites out the leader's throat and he, Michonne, Carl and Daryl are able to overtake the Claimers and head to Terminus. Although they are greeted politely by Terminus leader Gareth, Rick soon notices a number of items from his original group being used by the Terminans. Rick tries to escape, but Gareth eventually has him cornered, and Rick & Co. are thrown into a boxcar, where they are reunited with everyone else from the prison. Seemingly defeated, Rick tells his comrades, "They're messing with the wrong people." Synopsis: Rick & Co. quickly learn that Gareth and his followers at Terminus are cannibals, and they lure people to Terminus in order to eat them. Thanks to an explosive diversion by Carol, Rick and his group are able to fight their way out of Terminus and reunite with Carol and Tyreese. The group then decides to escort Eugene to Washington to work on the zombie cure. They take shelter in the church of Father Gabriel Stokes, who struggles with his faith and cowardice in the new world. After kidnapping Bob and eating part of his leg, Gareth's men attack the church. Rick's group quickly gains the upper hand, and even though Gareth begs for mercy, a totally untrusting Rick slaughters all the Terminans in the church. Daryl catches Carol attempting to flee the group, but when he recognizes the car that kidnapped Beth, he and Carol pursue it. After Bob dies from his injuries, Abraham, Glenn, Eugene, Maggie, Tara and Rosita agree to head on to Washington while Rick and the others re-fortify the church and wait for Carol and Daryl to return. Carol and Daryl track the car to Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital, where Beth is being held with a group of survivors led by former cop Dawn Lerner. Carol and Daryl team up with Noah, a young man who escaped the hospital thanks to Beth. When Carol is run over by a car, she is taken to the hospital, but Dawn refuses to allow Beth to care for her. Daryl and Noah return to the church, where they reunite with Abraham's group, which returned after their path to Washington was blocked by hordes of zombies and Eugene sheepishly revealed he had lied about the cure in order to remain protected by the group. With the group mostly back together, Rick & Co. return to Atlanta and capture some of Dawn's people in order to make an exchange for Beth and Carol. However, during the exchange, Beth stabs Dawn, who instinctively shoots and kills Beth. Daryl immediately retaliates and kills Dawn, and Rick's group leaves. Noah convinces the group to return to his hometown in Virginia, which he believes to be well-protected. After the long drive, however, they find the community overrun with walkers and, while scavenging the town, Tyreese is bitten by a zombified version of one of Noah's younger twin brothers. After burying Tyreese, the group nearly dies due to heat and dehydration, but they are discovered by Aaron, who claims to be a recruiter for the nearby community of Alexandria. Although Rick doesn't trust Aaron, Michonne convinces him to go with Aaron to meet Deanna Monroe, the town's leader, who offers Rick's group sanctuary in exchange for Rick protecting the community. Rick believes the people of Alexandria to be too weak to survive this world - a fear that's confirmed when, during a scavenging run, Nicholas abandons Glenn and Noah, the latter of whom is devoured by walkers. Many Alexandrians don't take kindly to Rick's leadership, including Pete, the town doctor and abusive husband of Rick's new love interest, Jessie. When Pete attacks Rick during a town meeting and accidentally kills Deanna's husband Reg, Deanna orders Rick to kill Pete, shocking and horrifying the townspeople as well as Morgan, who has secretly been tracking the movements of Rick's group all season and appears in Alexandria just in time to see his old friend's murderous deeds. Synopsis: Rick, now fully in control of Alexandria, discovers a huge herd of walkers trapped in a nearby quarry. Although this has kept Alexandria safe for some time, the walkers are about to break free. So, Rick devises a complicated plan to lure the walkers away from Alexandria with Daryl's motorcycle and a car driven by Sasha and Abraham. When Carter, who previously tried to kill Rick, is bitten and won't stop screaming, Rick is forced to kill him. Before they can lure the distracted walkers back on track, a horn sounds back at Alexandria (the result of an attack by a gang known as the Wolves), and the back half of the herd heads straight toward the sound. Morgan and Carol help the Alexandrians fend off the attack by the Wolves, but Morgan lets a few of them escape because of his aversion to killing. (A flashback episode reveals that Morgan was trained by a psychiatrist named Eastman that "all life is precious." After Eastman was killed by a walker, Morgan began living his lifestyle. In fact, Morgan has kept an injured Wolf alive in his home and asked Denise, the acting doctor, to help care for him.) Rick is attacked by some surviving Wolves in the RV, but manages to escape mostly unscathed. Meanwhile, Glenn and Michonne lead their group back to help in the fight at Alexandria. Glenn and Nicholas leave the group in hopes to distract the herd, but when they are trapped, Nicholas shoots himself in the head, knocking himself and Glenn into an alley full of walkers that appear to eat Glenn. When Michonne and Heath return without Glenn, Maggie and Aaron attempt to escape Alexandria to look for him, but their path is blocked. Maggie tearfully admits that she is pregnant with Glenn's child. After leading the first pack of the herd 20 miles away, Daryl is separated from Sasha and Abraham after they all come under attack from unknown assailants. Daryl spends time with a group of people that escaped from that group, and although Daryl helps them, they ultimately rob him. Daryl reunites with Sasha and Abraham, but they are stopped on their way back to Alexandria by a group of men who report to a man named Negan. Glenn is revealed to have survived his alley encounter by scooting under a dumpster. He soon finds Enid, and together, they make their way back to Alexandria just as a tower collapses and destroys one of the walls, allowing walkers to flood in. Deanna is bitten by a walker and she tells Rick and Michonne to save Alexandria. They leave Deanna behind and before she dies, she shoots as many walkers as she can. Jessie's oldest son Ron tries to kill Carl, but Carl doesn't tell Rick about Ron's attack. However, the noise from the altercation draws more zombies to the house, so Rick, Jessie, Michonne, Carl, Ron and Sam must cover themselves in walker guts and try to get across Alexandria undetected. Carol discovers Morgan is keeping a Wolf alive, and as they fight about killing him, the Wolf escapes, taking Denise with him as a hostage.
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