8.9/10121 votes#1 - A
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 3/30/2014
Many paths collide; Rick faces sheer brutality; the group struggles to survive.
Director: Michelle MacLaren
Writer: Frank Darabont
8.6/10153 votes#2 - 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
8.4/10186 votes#3 - 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
8.3/10165 votes#4 - 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
8.3/10138 votes#5 - What Lies Ahead
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/16/2011
Rick and the group leave Atlanta and encounter a threat on the highway the likes of which they've never seen. Elsewhere, the group search for a missing person.
Director: Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Writer: Frank Darabont
8.0/101 votes#6 - A Guy Walks Into a Bar
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/4/2013
Hecky Nash bribes LAPD officer Joe Teague to protect him in a blackmail exchange with the LA mob.
Director: Frank Darabont
Writer: Frank Darabont
7.8/10370 votes#7 - 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
7.7/106 votes#8 - Reason to Kill a Man
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/4/2013
Hal Morrison and Captain William Parker interrogate Jasmine in a desperate attempt to gain insight into Hecky Nash's blackmail scheme. Keeping a close eye on Jasmine, Joe discovers she's hiding a secret that could cost her her life. Meanwhile, Sid and Terry get a tip that leads to a violent display of revenge.
Director: Frank Darabont
Writer: Frank Darabont
7.2/105 votes#9 - Stay Down
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/18/2013
Joe puts his life in jeopardy to protect Jasmine; Captain Parker is determined to clean up the corruption in the LAPD; Meyer comes to Bugsy with unwelcome news.
Director: Frank Darabont
Writer: Frank Darabont
6.3/103 votes#10 - Showdown
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 8/1/1992
A gunman being is chased down by another quickdrawing gunslinger in an old abandoned western town. The gunman wins the duel but he soon learns a new meaning to the phrase ""ghost town"" as the spirits of all his victims come back to haunt him.
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: Frank Darabont
5.0/101 votes#11 - Austria, March 1927
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1992
Indy, in an attempt to end the war, enlists the aid of Hapsburg royalty when he embarks on a dangerous diplomatic mission through enemy-held Europe into the palace of the Emperor of Austria.
Director: Vic Armstrong
Writer: Frank Darabont
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"A" is the best rated episode written by Frank Darabont. It scored 8.9/10 based on 121 votes. It was directed by Michelle MacLaren. It aired on 3/30/2014 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "TS-19".