Episodes 01

“30 Days Without an Accident”

Rick’s group has brought the survivors from Woodbury into the prison, and Rick has renounced leadership of the group. The prison has proven a haven for many months, while Michonne continues to search for The Governor, fearing his retribution. Patrick, one of new survivors comes down with a fatal illness, dies, and reanimates as a walker.

Episodes 02

“Infected”

The reanimated Patrick manages to attack other survivors in a cell block, and the group is forced to kill off those bitten and relocate the others to a different block. They discover a deadly flu strain, brought by pigs that Rick tried to raise, affecting some of the survivors and which killed Patrick. Those infected are isolated, fearing they will reanimate when they die. Tyreese discovers his girlfriend Karen and her friend David, both considered infected, were killed and burnt by someone unknown.

Episodes 03

“Isolation”

The illness continues to spread and Hershel takes responsibility to stay with the infected to tend to them. Daryl leads a group to a nearby veterinary college to recover medicine to cure the illness, though en route, overhear a radio broadcast directing people to “sanctuary”. Rick discovers Carol killed Karen and David, acting on her own but for the good of the survivors.

Episodes 04

“Indifference”

Daryl’s group completes their run to the hospital, while Rick and Carol go scavenging for supplies at a local residential area. After trying to help a couple return to the prison, only to have the wife die and the husband disappear. Rick tells Carol that she cannot come back to the prison and the two depart on separate ways.

Episodes 05

“Internment”

The infected survivors begin to succumb to the illness and reanimate as walkers, forcing the survivors to start to kill their friends. Daryl’s group returns in time for Hershel and Bob to help administer the medicine and cure the remaining infected. Carol’s absence from the group is noticed but Rick only confides in his choice to a select few. As the survivors recover and try to return to a regular routine, they are unaware they are being watched from afar by The Governor.

Episodes 06

“Live Bait”

In a flashback episode, The Governor is abandoned by Martinez and Shumpert following his attack on the prison. He sets Woodbury ablaze and later encounters the Chamblers, Lilly, Tara, Lilly’s daughter Meghan and their dying father. He hides his identity while helping them to deal with their father and the three opt to leave with him when he moves on. They come across another group of survivors – this being led by Martinez.

Episodes 07

“Dead Weight”

While still in flashback, Martinez recognizes The Governor has taken a new identity and privately explains how he found this new group and their arsenal of weapons. The Governor senses the group is weak and with the power of their arsenal, believes he can secure the prison for a haven for the Chamblers. He kills Martinez and his right-hand man, taking charge of the group and organizes the group to head to the prison. The Governor, observing the prison, sees Michonne and Hershel outside its fence, burning the corpses of the infected.

Episodes 08

“Too Far Gone”

The Governor captures Michonne and Hershel and challenges Rick and the others to abandon the prison. Though Rick offers co-existence, The Governor refuses, decapitates Hershel and gunfire breaks out. In the midst of battle, Lilly rushes up to The Governor with the body of Meghan, who was bitten by a walker while playing. The Governor shoots Meghan to prevent her from reanimating and then orders a full-out assault of the prison, tearing through its fences and allowing a horde of walkers in. The survivors in the prison are forced to scatter when they no longer can hold their defenses. At the same time, Rick and The Governor engage in a one-on-one brawl in which the latter gains the upper hand, only to be mortally stabbed by Michonne just before he can kill Rick. Rick escapes with Carl, while the near-death Governor is approached and executed by Lilly.

Episodes 09

“After”

Carl helps his injured father Rick as they flee the prison and fearful they have lost Lori’s child. They take shelter in a suburban home and Rick collapses from exhaustion. Carl scavenges nearby homes for supplies. Michonne, finding the prison overrun and no sign of the survivors, sets off on her own but comes to an epiphany about her purpose and follows Carl and Rick’s trail, rejoining them at the home where they are sheltering.

Episodes 10

“Inmates”

Daryl helps to protect Beth as they flee and search for survivors. Tyreese, having saved Lori’s child Judith, escorts young sisters Lizzie and Mika and is soon joined by Carol. Maggie, Sasha and Bob find the bus from the prison, the survivors inside dead and reanimated as walkers, though Maggie is relieved that Glenn is not among them. Glenn, having been knocked unconscious at the prison, finds a frightened Tara and helps to lead her to safety, coming across Abraham, Eugene and Rosita in their travels.

Episodes 11

“Claimed”

As Rick, Carl and Michonne rest, their home is discovered by a group of men called Claimers and they are forced to abandon it, later finding signs towards “Terminus” along railroad tracks. Glenn and Tara learn that Abraham and Rosita are escorting Eugene to Washington, D.C. as he knows how to stop the walker outbreak once there.

Episodes 12

“Still”

Beth continues to travel with Daryl and becomes distraught she might die before having a drink of alcohol, something Hershel prevented. After scavenging through a country club and only finding peach schnapps, Daryl takes her to a cabin he had found earlier that was used to make moonshine and tells her that is a proper drink. As they get inebriated, Daryl sadly discusses his past and what Merle meant to him. They decide to burn down the cabin as a way of putting their past behind them.

Episodes 13

“Alone”

While following signs to Terminus, Maggie, Sasha and Bob disagree on what they should do. Maggie, still anxious about Glenn’s fate, leaves on her own. Bob leaves to follow her trail, while Sasha decides to remain in a small town and ultimately saves Maggie from a horde of walkers and agrees to continue with her. Daryl and Beth come across a church where they take refuge but when the church is invaded by walkers, Daryl covers for Beth’s escape, during which she is captured by someone in a car with a white cross on its back windshield. Daryl is suddenly captured by another group of men.

Episodes 14

“The Grove”

Tyreese, Carol, Lizzie, Mika and Judith follow signs to Terminus and come across a cabin where they plan to take a few days of rest. Tyreese and Carol find Lizzie has an unhealthy fascination with walkers. Later, after coming back with supplies, they find Lizzie has killed Mika and is about to kill Judith, hoping they will come back as walkers. Carol and Tyreese agree Lizzie is too dangerous to keep around and Carol kills her. Carol opens up about having killed Tyreese’s friend Karen, which he forgives her for. They leave the cabin and continue to Terminus.

Episodes 15

“Us”

Glenn, Tara, Abraham, Eugene and Rosita continue towards Terminus and they find a sign by a tunnel written by Maggie to Glenn. Abraham fears the tunnel too dangerous but Glenn and Tara proceed. They are surrounded by walkers but saved by Maggie, Sasha, and Bob; the combined group continue to Terminus as a waypoint towards Washington, D.C. They find Terminus and are welcomed with open arms. Daryl is forced to travel with the men that captured him, the same Claimers that Rick encountered and learns that they are on Rick’s trail for having killed one of their own.

Episodes 16

“A”

The Claimers catch up to Rick, Carl and Michonne but when they threaten to rape Michonne and Carl, they are slaughtered by Rick and Daryl. The four continue towards Terminus but Rick is wary and leaves their weapons hidden before they enter. Inside they are guided by Gareth, who welcomes them. Rick spots gear belonging to the other survivors and demands to know what is going on. Rick’s group is forced into a boxcar at gunpoint where they join up with Glenn, Maggie, Sasha, Bob, Tara, Abraham, Eugene and Rosita, all also captives of the Terminus residents. Rick asserts that they have picked the wrong people to mess with.