The TV adaptation recreates the journey of Rick Grimes as he journeys to Atlanta after waking up from a coma, running into a horde of walkers, being saved by Glenn Rhee and a group of survivors, T Dog, Andrea, Merle Dixon and brother Daryl and Rick old partner Shane Walsh and reunion with his family, Carl and Lori Grimes. Season 1 was a short six parter. Season 2 saw the aftermath of the discovery at the CDC and the meeting with the Green family after Carl Grimes is accidentally shot by one of the Greens. It also highlights the growing tension between good friends and partners Rick and Shane Walsh. This all comes to a head in the finale.We also witness the blossoming romance between Glenn and Maggie Green.
Season 3 finds the survivors on the road again, seeking a safe haven. This season adapts, the prison storyline from graphic novel where Rick and gang secure the ground by clearing walkers, some clad in prison riot gear. The group encounters some surviving inmates while killing walkers. We also get the introduction of a fan favourite character, katana wielding Michonne as she saves Andrea who got separated from the group.They end up at Woodbury, after checking out a downed copter.
The next seasons follows the Woodbury arc. We meet their leader Phillip, more well known as the governor. When everything appears perfect, there is always something rotten underneath. Indeed he has a sadistic streak and after being rejected by Andrea, he proceeds to abduct and torture Maggie and Glenn, and subsequently wages war on the prison. With the prison breached and overrun, the survivors are scattered and end up encountering another community, Terminus. Again our unfortunate group discover that their hosts are cannibals and they have luring survivors to be slaughtered by promising rest and a safe haven for stragglers. Our heroes almost become meat. Carol steps up to the plate and saves our heroes.
The next major plot involved our group arriving at the Alexandria safe zone after being recruited by Aaron. Our crew gets interviewed by Deanna, the leader of Alexandria. The group are also exposed to the Saviors, who bully the neighbors into giving them with provisions for protection. Not buying into the thought of being subjugated, Rick leads a team to attack the Saviors outposts, where they murder the Saviors in their sleep. The Saviors will have the last laugh however. Desperate to get a very ill Maggie to Hilltop, they get cornered, seperated and ambushed. The group is devastated when they get captured and key members of the group are executed brutally by Negan. This results in an 'All out War' as the communities come together to defeat the Saviors.
The last there seasons sees our group deal with the threat of wild Whisperers and their walker horde, lead by Alpha and the mountain of a man Beta. It's only with an old reformed antagonist that they are able to overcome the Whisperers. All this is happening while Eugene makes radio contact with a potential new ally. Ezekiel leads a small team out with Eugene. They run into a colorful character known as Princess. She joins the group and eventually run into white armor clad soldiers from a settlement called the 'Commonwealth'. They are taken to the community and interviewed. Where have we seen this before? I felt like this trope has been used too many times in the series. The only difference is that the governor was a politician, Pamela Milton. The Commonwealth is the closest thing we have seen in the show with a government, a proper defensive force and the amenities. Of course things goes awry and our newly assimilated group discovers people going missing and the high handed way they take over the other broken settlements after they refuse to work with them. Internally the disgruntled residents discover secrets about the missing people and the Milton family, thanks to Eugene. Again our crew manage to overcome the impossible to emerge victorious and there you have it, the TV show in a long nutshell.
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