The flagship AMC series spawned a pop culture phenomenon (and a complicated timeline).
Yet here we are 15 years later, with the franchise still chugging along.
AfterThe Walking Deadpremiered onAMC, zombies started appearing just about everywhere you looked.
Credit:Gene Page/AMC; Stéphanie Branchu/AMC; Gene Page/AMC
Even before the original series wrapped in 2022, the spinoffFear the Walking Deadbrought new depths to the franchise.
It delivered unimaginable cliffhangers (hello, Lucille) and even more astonishing follow-ups (goodbye, Glenn).
It is, without hyperbole, one of the most influential series of all time.
‘Fear the Walking Dead’.Van Redin/AMC
As such, it can be watched afterThe Walking Deador interspersed within your 11-season journey.
The series allows itself to have fun with the built-in premise and expand upon it.
Michonne, for her part, refuses to rest until the family is reunited.
Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes and Danai Gurira as Michonne on ‘The Walking Dead’.Gene Page/AMC
Fate and an exploding helicopter brings them back together.
The Ones Who Liveis a six-episode cap on the original series that works best as an extended epilogue.
The show sticks the landing, too.
‘Tales of the Walking Dead’.Curtis Bonds Baker/AMC
‘The Walking Dead: World Beyond’.Sarah Shatz/AMC
Danai Gurira and Andrew Lincoln on ‘The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live’.Gene Page/AMC
Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon on ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon — The Book of Carol’.Stéphanie Branchu/AMC
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan and Lauren Cohan as Maggie on ‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’.Peter Kramer/AMC
