Season 9
🎬 16 Episodes 📅 2018 ⏱ 45 min
A sheriff's deputy wakes from darkness to find humanity erased, replaced by the relentless hunger of the undead. The Walking Dead becomes his new reality as he ventures through a devastated landscape searching for his family, the only anchor to his former life. Amid brutal encounters and moral dilemmas, he realizes survival demands sacrifice, and trust is the rarest commodity in a world consumed by death. The series transforms a simple quest into an exploration of what it means to remain human when the world itself has died.
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📊 Season Stats
16
Episodes
2018
Year
45
min / ep
12
Watch Hours
9/11
Season No.
⭐ 8.8
Best Episode
Ep. 15 · The Calm Before
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🎬 Episodes 16 episodes
1
⭐ 7.6
A New Beginning
Rick and his group make a risky run into Washington, D.C. to search for artifacts they will need to build the civilization he and Carl envisioned.
🎬 Greg Nicotero ✍️ Angela Kang
2
⭐ 8.0
The Bridge
The communities join forces to restore a bridge that will facilitate communication and trade. Someone is gravely injured at the construction site.
🎬 Daisy von Scherler Mayer ✍️ David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick
3
⭐ 8.1
Warning Signs
Rick's vision for the future is threatened by a mysterious disappearance that divides the work camp where the communities are building a bridge.
🎬 Dan Liu ✍️ Corey Reed
4
⭐ 8.1
The Obliged
Rick's vision of a civilized future is threatened by a sudden reckoning with past sins that remain unavenged and unforgiven.
🎬 Rosemary Rodriguez ✍️ Geraldine Inoa
5
⭐ 8.6
What Comes After
Rick is forced to face the past as he struggles to maintain the safety of the communities and protect the future he and Carl envisioned.
🎬 Greg Nicotero ✍️ Matthew Negrete
6
⭐ 8.2
Who Are You Now?
The Survivors encounter unfamiliar faces outside the safety of their community's walls and must decide whether or not this new group can be trusted.
🎬 Larry Teng ✍️ Eddie Guzelian
7
⭐ 8.1
Stradivarius
Carol seeks out an old friend living alone in a wilderness teeming with walkers; survivors make the perilous trek to a new home.
🎬 Michael Cudlitz ✍️ Vivian Tse
8
⭐ 8.7
Evolution
A small rescue mission braves a dangerous herd in their hunt for a missing comrade, only to discover a surprising threat that could doom them all.
🎬 Michael Satrazemis ✍️ David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick
9
⭐ 8.4
Adaptation
The group unmasks a disturbing and dangerous new threat. An escaped captive revisits his past.
🎬 Greg Nicotero ✍️ Corey Reed
10
⭐ 8.3
Omega
A captive or a refugee? A new arrival at the Hilltop opens up about the leader of a group of mask-wearing savages. A search party sets out on a daring mission to find two missing friends.
🎬 David Boyd ✍️ Channing Powell
11
⭐ 8.2
Bounty
The savage group led by Alpha confronts the Hilltop in a harrowing attempt to retrieve her daughter; a supply run for the Kingdom turns into a dangerous quest.
🎬 Meera Menon ✍️ Matthew Negrete
12
⭐ 8.4
Guardians
While one community struggles to ease tensions that threaten to divide from within, the true nature of another group comes into focus; a mission to rescue a friend has deadly consequences.
🎬 Michael Satrazemis ✍️ LaToya Morgan
13
⭐ 8.4
Chokepoint
Daryl's daring rescue mission forces Alpha to unleash a group of her own to retrieve what belongs to her, even if the price is paid in blood; the Kingdom's plans to reunite the communities are put in jeopardy.
🎬 Liesl Tommy ✍️ David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick
14
⭐ 8.3
Scars
An outsider's arrival forces Alexandria to rehash devastating old wounds; eye-opening secrets from the past are revealed.
🎬 Millicent Shelton ✍️ Corey Reed
15
⭐ 8.8
The Calm Before
The fair at the Kingdom is underway, with all four communities coming together in celebration for the first time in years, while some pacts are renewed, other deals will come at a much steeper price.
🎬 Laura Belsey ✍️ Channing Powell
16
⭐ 8.3
The Storm
In the aftermath of an overwhelming loss, the communities must brave a ferocious blizzard; as one group deals with an enemy from within, another is forced to make a life or death decision.
🎬 Greg Nicotero ✍️ Angela Kang