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The Walking Dead

Character: Carol Peletier
Episodes: Series Regular
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Running time: 44min

Sheriff Deputy Rick Grimes gets shot and falls into a coma. When awoken he finds himself in a Zombie Apocalypse. Not knowing what to do he sets out to find his family, after he's done that he gets connected to a group to become the leader. He takes charge and tries to help this group of people survive, find a place to live, and get them food. This show is all about survival, the risks, and the things you'll have to do to survive.

Season 1

Sheriff’s deputy Rick Grimes wakes from a coma discovering a world overrun by zombies. After befriending Morgan Jones, Rick travels alone to Atlanta to find his wife Lori, his son, Carl, and his police partner and best friend, Shane Walsh, encountering other survivors. The group travels to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), but find from the sole remaining CDC member that no cure exists for the epidemic.

Season 2

Traveling from Atlanta, Rick’s group takes shelter at Hershel Greene’s farm while they search for Carol’s missing daughter, Sophia. Tensions between Rick’s group and Hershel’s family worsen after it is discovered that Hershel has kept friends and family turned into zombies, including Sophia, in his barn. Shane and Rick’s friendship becomes increasingly unhinged when Lori reveals that she is pregnant, and Rick is forced to kill Shane in self-defense. Carl then shoots Shane in the head after he reanimates. The noise draws zombies, forcing Rick’s group and Hershel’s surviving family to evacuate the farm.

Season 3

Eight months after fleeing Hershel’s farm, Rick’s group finds a prison, which they clear of zombies to make their new home. Lori dies in childbirth, and Rick becomes withdrawn. Meanwhile, Andrea is rescued by Michonne and the two discover Woodbury, a fortified town led by a man known as the Governor. He learns of Rick’s group at the prison, leading to conflict between them. Rick’s group eventually raids and destroys Woodbury, but the Governor has Andrea ultimately killed and escapes. Woodbury’s citizens live with Rick’s group at the prison.

Season 4

Several months after the Governor’s attack, a deadly flu kills many of the population at the prison. The Governor finds his former right-hand men and kills them, taking over their group and destroys the prison. Rick’s group are forced to separate and flee, but not before Hershel and the Governor are killed. The survivors divide, face their own trials and meet new faces before finding signs pointing to a safe haven called Terminus. One by one, they reunite at Terminus, but all the group are captured for some unknown purpose.

Season 5

Rick discovers the residents of Terminus engage in cannibalism, but the group manage to destroy Terminus and reunite. Some are injured and kidnapped to Grady, a hospital run by corrupt cops and doctors. When the remaining survivors regroup, they are approached by Aaron, inviting them to join a fortified community called Alexandria. They are initially welcomed, but Rick’s group realize the residents have not faced the zombie threat directly. Morgan, who has been searching for Rick, arrives and is shocked to see Rick killing an Alexandrian, who has been abusing his wife, in anger.

Season 6

The residents of Alexandria put more trust in Rick’s group to protect the town better. A group known as the Wolves use a zombie horde to attack Alexandria, and many lives are lost before the living regain control. While recovering, they learn of a community called the Hilltop, who offer to help trade supplies if they can end the threat of the extortionist Saviors led by a man named Negan. Although Rick’s group decimate one Savior outpost, they are later caught by Negan, and forced to swear loyalty to him.

Season 7

Negan murders Glenn and Abraham to coerce Rick’s loyalty. Rick initially submits, but Michonne persuades him to fight back, and recruits a community called the Scavengers for help. Meanwhile, Rosita and Eugene make a bullet to kill Negan. When this fails, Negan forcibly recruits Eugene as a Savior. Separately, Carol and Morgan befriend Ezekiel of the Kingdom, another community, while Maggie and Sasha rally the Hilltop. Negan, the Saviors and the turncoat Scavengers attack Alexandria, but it is repelled by Sasha’s sacrifice and the aid of Kingdom and Hilltop soldiers.

Season 8

Rick, Maggie, and Ezekiel rally their communities into war against Negan and the Saviors. Losses are heavy on both sides: many of the Kingdom soldiers are killed, Alexandria falls to a Savior attack, and Carl is bitten by a walker. Before euthanizing himself, Carl convinces Rick to end the war and restart society anew. Negan attempts to wipe out Rick and his allies, but Eugene disrupts his plan and Negan is wounded and captured by Rick. Against Maggie’s wishes, Negan is spared and imprisoned, ending the war.

Trivia

  • In an interview on National Public Radio, Steven Yeun (Glenn) said that his parents (who emigrated from South Korea as adults) watch the show faithfully, but do not always understand the nuances of the English used in it, so they get a bootlegged version with Korean subtitles. Yeun also said that his father once asked him to thank Melissa McBride for saving his life. Even though Yeun reminded his father that it was all make-believe, Mr. Yeun insisted that his son should thank her, which he then did.
  • From season to season, the opening titles “decompose” more and more.
  • In season one, of the twenty characters at the camp, only eleven are actually from the comic book. Rick, Lori, Carl, Shane, Dale, Glenn, Andrea, Amy, Jim, Carol, and Sophia.
  • Not a single character appears in every episode.
  • Among the common nicknames for the walking dead that are shared in different groups, are “Walkers”, “Lamebrains”, “Biters”, “Rotters”, “Skineaters”, “Lurkers”, “Roamers”, “Geeks”. The term “zombie” has never been used as the people of the show live in a reality where zombies aren’t a part of pop-culture such as Resident Evil or Dawn of the Dead.
  • Carol’s husband never appears in the comic, he is only mentioned to have been killed.
  • Frank Darabont also directed four of the show’s cast members, Laurie Holden, Jeffrey DeMunn, Juan Gabriel Pareja, and Melissa McBride, in The Mist (2007). DeMunn also appeared in Darabont’s The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and The Green Mile (1999).
  • Melissa McBride is one of two series regulars, that has been credited as a co-star. The other one being Norman Reedus.
  • As of season three, Carol (Melissa McBride) is the only known female character remaining from season one, making her the longest-living female character in the show.
  • As of the season eight finale, Rick, Carol, Daryl, and Morgan are the only characters to survive from season one.
  • In the comics, Tyreese is never with a woman named Karen (there never is a woman named Karen). Instead, he was with Carol, and then Michonne, after a fight and complications with Carol.