The television show chronicles the tale of a small group of survivors trying to stay alive in the aftermath of a Zombie apocalypse. Most of the show is set in the Atlanta city limits and the surrounding areas north of the city. These survivors are trying to find a safe place away from groups of zombies, thus the name of the walking dead. These zombies are ruthless creatures who attack and kill any living humans.
The storyline focus on this survival of the group. They struggle to remain sane in this mind-boggling fight to live. Some of the group are not so lucky and the remaining survivors have to overcome the sadness or they will be next. Besides fending off zombies, they must also survive against other groups of people.
Rick Grimes (portrayed by Andrew Lincoln) lead the small group. Grimes was the sheriff’s deputy of the town before the zombie apocalypse. The TV show The Walking Dead starts out with Grimes awakening from a coma and finding out that the town has changed tremendously. Most of the townspeople have been killed or they became these walking zombies.
Grimes soon becomes determined to find his family and he is willing to fight back with whatever he has to do just that. This television show will keep you on the edge of your seat. It has all the twists and turns in most successful drama series on the tube.
The show has gained an increasing following of viewers each year it has aired. If fact, The Walking Dead has many fan forums where people gather to talk about the show. It has received many award nominations, such as the Writers Guild of American and the Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Drama. According to the Nielsen ratings website, the series has been given a strong ranking on television series. For its season three finale, it attracted a record 12.4 million viewers and thus became the most watched dram series in basic cable history.
If you have not already watched the show, you can still go online and be able to watch it online. If you like science fiction and zombies, you will totally dig the TV show The Walking Dead. You will be rooting for Grimes and his gang of survivors struggling to battle flesh-eating dead people. They just want to survive another day. Grimes will not rest until he finds his family safe and sound.