It achieved all of this despite existing in an overly saturated market of zombie-related entertainment. It was and still is massively successful, having launched several spin-off TV shows, video games and merchandise, with future content already in the works. Rick eventually parts ways with Morgan and Duane, with the episode concluding by showing Rick stuck in the worst of situations alone inside of a military tank surrounded by walkers in the devastated streets of Atlanta.įollowing the successful pilot, “The Walking Dead” has become one of the most popular and highly-rated TV shows on cable. However, still not knowing the whereabouts of his family, Rick later decides to journey to Atlanta, Georgia after hearing rumors of a refugee camp operated by the United States’ military.
The undead are referred to as “walkers” by the survivors instead. Interestingly enough, the word “zombies” is rarely, if not ever, used by anyone in “The Walking Dead” TV show. Along the way, Rick encounters fellow survivors Morgan Jones, played by Lennie James and his son Duane, played by Adrian Turner, who are the first people to inform Rick of the undead apocalypse and the dire circumstances they all must now endure if they want to survive. After leaving the hospital, he sets off to find his wife Lori Grimes, played by Sarah Callies, and son Carl Grimes, played by Chandler Riggs.
Later in the episode, Rick awakens from a gun-shot induced coma in a local hospital and discovers quickly that something has gone horribly wrong in the world he’s woken up in. The audience briefly gets to catch a glimpse of pre-apocalyptic life with Rick still working as a sheriff deputy in King County, Georgia alongside his former partner Shane Walsh, played by Jon Bernthal. Showrunner Frank Darabont skillfully starts the series off with clever writing that involves flashbacks and time jumps.
The pilot episode introduced arguably the most well-known and popular character of the series’ protagonists, former sheriff deputy Rick Grimes, played by Andrew Lincoln. To fans of the horror genre and Robert Kirkman’s “The Walking Dead” comic series, Halloween was a very special day to look forward to back in 2010, as the highly-anticipated “The Walking Dead” TV show’s pilot episode premiered on AMC on Halloween night that year.
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