The Walking Dead Had A Perfect Series Premiere (And It Never Lived Up To It)
The Walking Dead has been marching on as it tears through one supposed ending after another and keeps refusing to die. This is made all the more shocking when one looks back at the very beginning of the series, and at the shambling corpse that exists in its place.
Pilot episodes, the first venture of a series that sets the tone for its future, are very rarely high points in a show's history. Typically, the first outing takes place before the series has fully found its place, or has obtained the budget to make full use of its ideas. The Walking Dead, however, destroyed expectations by creating a flawless 67-minute horror film and dropping it as the show's opening.
The Walking Dead: The Most Terrifying Locations In The Series
«Days Gone By,» the show's premiere episode, opens on a well-executed homage to the beloved cult film 28 Days Later, with series hero Rick Grimes waking up in a desecrated hospital after an unknown period in a coma. After awakening, Rick takes a brief tour of zombie-ridden Atlanta, meeting survivors along the way. His encounter with bereft husband Morgan and his son Duane is a gripping and emotional journey that establishes the world's stakes in a matter of minutes. Rick's wife and son are established in their unique circumstances without overwhelming the main storyline. The final confrontation between Rick and the army of zombies he's led into concludes in one of the most powerful conclusions of the season. Rick climbs into a tank alongside a zombie soldier he's forced to put down. In his moment of need, a voice cuts through the panic, and the series' baseline is set.
It's iconic, powerful, and near-flawless horror filmmaking. It's the perfect adaptation of what The Walking Dead comics stood for. It's
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