The Best Episodes of The Walking Dead Season 9

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.

Director: Laura Belsey

Writer: Channing Powell, Geraldine Inoa

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.

Director: Greg Nicotero

Writer: Scott M. Gimple, Matthew Negrete

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.

Director: Michael Satrazemis

Writer: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

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.

Director: Liesl Tommy

Writer: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, Eddie Guzelian

Rick's vision of a civilized future is threatened by a sudden reckoning with past sins that remain unavenged and unforgiven.

Director: Rosemary Rodriguez

Writer: Geraldine Inoa

The group unmasks a disturbing and dangerous new threat. An escaped captive revisits his past.

Director: Greg Nicotero

Writer: Corey Reed

An outsider's arrival forces Alexandria to rehash devastating old wounds; eye-opening secrets from the past are revealed.

Director: Millicent Shelton

Writer: Corey Reed, Vivian Tse

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.

Director: Larry Teng

Writer: Eddie Guzelian

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.

Director: David Boyd

Writer: Channing Powell

The communities join forces to restore a bridge that will facilitate communication and trade; someone is gravely injured at the construction site.

Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer

Writer: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

Rick's vision for the future is threatened by a mysterious disappearance that divides the work camp where the communities are building a bridge.

Director: Dan Liu

Writer: Corey Reed

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.

Director: Meera Menon

Writer: Matthew Negrete

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.

Director: Michael Satrazemis

Writer: LaToya Morgan

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.

Director: Greg Nicotero

Writer: Angela Kang, Matthew Negrete

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.

Director: Greg Nicotero

Writer: Angela Kang

Carol seeks out an old friend living alone in a wilderness teeming with walkers; survivors make the perilous trek to a new home.

Director: Michael Cudlitz

Writer: Vivian Tse