The Walking Dead Universe

The Walking Dead and all six spinoffs, Fear, Dead City, Daryl Dixon and the rest.

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Where to start with The Walking Dead Universe

Release order, and treat it as a series of decision points rather than a commitment. Do not start with Fear the Walking Dead just because it begins earlier in the outbreak: it was made later and assumes you have met the original first.

  1. 1
    Series 1: 6 episodes The Walking Dead

    Six hours, tightly made, and it tells you definitively whether you want this show. If it does not grab you here, it will not later.

  2. 2
    Series 2: 13 episodes The Walking Dead

    The endurance test. Famously slow and stuck on one farm, but it is where the show's real subject, the group turning on itself, gets established.

  3. 3
    Series 3 The Walking Dead

    Introduces Michonne and the Governor, and gives the show its first proper human villain and its first great location.

  4. 4
    Series 4 The Walking Dead

    Blows up the status quo and proves the show will kill anyone, which is the promise the whole franchise runs on.

  5. 5
    Series 5 The Walking Dead

    The best-reviewed run the show ever had, and a natural place to stop and take stock.

Then what? If you are still in, series 6 leads to the Negan cliffhanger. Be warned that 7 and 8 are the critical low point before things recover under a new showrunner. The spin-offs all come after the original, never before it.

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The Original Run

  • The Walking Dead 2010, 11 seasons, 177 episodes

Spinoffs & Sequels

  • Fear the Walking Dead 2015, 8 seasons, 113 episodes
  • The Walking Dead: World Beyond 2020, 2 seasons, 20 episodes
  • Tales of the Walking Dead 2022, 1 season, 6 episodes
  • The Walking Dead: Dead City 2023, 3 seasons, 22 episodes
  • The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon 2023, 4 seasons, 20 episodes
  • The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live 2024, 1 season, 6 episodes

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