Season 1

Season 1 of The Walking Dead premiered on October 31, Halloween. It was developed for television by Robert Kirkman, who wrote and co-wrote four of the season's six episodes and directed the pilot, "Days Gone Bye", and also produced by Tony Moore.

"Days Gone Bye"
Wounded in the line of duty, King County sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes wakes from a coma to find the world infested by zombies. Alone and disoriented, he sets off in search of his wife and son.

Rick soon encounters two other survivors -- Morgan Jones and his son, Duane. Morgan gives Rick additional information about the situation, explaining that the undead are driven to eat the living. "One thing I do know, don't you get bit," Morgan says. "Bites kill, then you become one of them." Duane then speaks: "I saw it happen." Morgan saw the transformation first-hand. His wife Jenny was bitten, and then turned into a "Walker."

Rick takes Morgan and Duane to the King County Sheriff's Department, where they stock up on guns and ammunition. Rick is headed for Atlanta, where a refugee center has formed. Along with a rifle, Rick gives Morgan a walkie-talkie, with instructions to check in daily at dawn so the two men can reunite later. En route to Atlanta, Rick runs out of gas near a farmhouse, where he finds a horse to ride the rest of the way.

He makes to Atlanta, before finding it abandoned, and swarmed soon by the dead. He makes it to a tank, and hides inside as the dead surround the outside, trapping him.

Main Characters

 * Rick Grimes (1/6)
 * Shane Walsh (1/6)
 * Morgan Jones (1/6)

Minor Characters

 * Reggie (1/6)
 * Duane Jones (1/6)
 * Leon Basset (1/6)
 * Lambert Kendal (1/6)

Deaths

 * Jenny Jones (Alive, Confirmed Fate)
 * Leon Basset (Alive and Zombified)
 * Bicycle Girl (Zombified)