9.2/1031,972 votes#1 - Days Gone Bye
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/31/2010
Rick searches for his family after emerging from a coma into a world terrorized by the walking dead. Morgan and Duane, whom he meets along the way, help teach Rick the new rules for survival.
Director: Frank Darabont
Writer: Frank Darabont
8.6/1020,101 votes#2 - Guts
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/7/2010
Rick unknowingly causes a group of survivors to be trapped by walkers. The group dynamic devolves from accusations to violence, as Rick must confront an enemy far more dangerous than the undead.
Director: Michelle MacLaren
Writer: Frank Darabont
8.2/1018,415 votes#3 - Tell It to the Frogs
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/14/2010
After returning to the camp with the department store survivors and an emotional reunion with his wife and son, Rick decides to go against Shane's advice and go back to Atlanta for Merle Dixon and his dropped bag of guns accompanied by Merle's younger brother, Darryl Dixon, as well as Glenn and T-Dog.
Director: Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Writer: Frank Darabont, Jack LoGiudice, Charles H. Eglee
8.5/1017,990 votes#4 - Vatos
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/21/2010
Rick, Glenn, T-Dog, and Daryl move on after their grisly discovery to retrieve the guns when they encounter a group of scavengers who narrowly beat them to the catch. However, Glenn is kidnapped in the scuffle, which leads to a tense stand-off and a surprising discovery. Meanwhile, back at camp, the group has to handle a serious situation when Jim begins acting unhinged.
Director: Johan Renck
Writer: Robert Kirkman
8.1/1017,320 votes#5 - Wildfire
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/28/2010
Everyone deals with the fallout of the walker attack. Andrea has to come to grips with the fate of her sister, while Jim is found out to have been bitten. With the camp clearly no longer safe, a decision must made about the direction they are to take.
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Writer: Glen Mazzara
8.6/1018,833 votes#6 - TS-19
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/5/2010
Rick and the group are allowed into the CDC by a strange doctor, but all is not what it seems in their newfound haven.
Director: Guy Ferland
Writer: Frank Darabont, Adam Fierro
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Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and...
Genres:Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:AMC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Days Gone Bye" is the best rated episode of "The Walking Dead" season 1. It scored 9.2/10 based on 31972 votes. Directed by Frank Darabont and written by Frank Darabont, it aired on 10/31/2010. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Guts".