The end is truly nigh for The Walking Dead, kind of.
Though November 20 will see the end of the AMC horror series based on Robert Kirkman's zombie apocalypse comic, spinoffs starring Norman Reedus, Lauren Cohan, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Danai Guriria and Andrew Lincoln have already been announced. Still, after 11 seasons and 177 episodes, the mother show is going out large, according to showrunner Angela Kang and TWDuniverse boss Scott M. Gimple.
With that in mind, we looked back at some of the highlights both on and off the screen of a series that was at one point bigger than the NFL. From Atlanta hospitals to rural Georgia, the Universal Studios backlot, Madison Square Garden, a very wet Hollywood Forever cemetery, the depths of despair, dangerous foes, and a triumphant goodbye at San Diego Comic-Con 2022, the saga of Rick Grimes, Michonne, Daryl Dixon, Maggie Rhee, Neagan, Carol Peletier and the rest of the Survivors never let up.
Directed by long-time executive producer and TWD special make-up effects creator Greg Nicotero and co-written by Kang, Sunday's "Rest in Peace" brings The Walking Dead proper to a conclusion (and we'll have lots on that on November 20), but the series will remain in spirits — and those spinoffs on too.
Photo : Matthew Welch / AMC
The original Cast of The Waking Dead. Amy (Emma Bell), Shane Walsh (Jon Bernthal), Glenn (Steven Yeun), Carl Grimes (Chandler Riggs), Lori Grimes (Sarah Wayne Callies), Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), Dale (Jeffrey DeMunn) and Andrea (Laurie Holden).
Photo : AMC
The opening of The Walking Dead set the tone for the season and is one of the best episodes of the show. Rick (Andrew Lincoln) wakes up from a coma in an abandoned hospital during the zombie apocalypse. The shot of him walking through downtown Atlanta is an iconic moment.
Photo : AMC
Glenn (Steven Yeun) and Ricks's first encounter with the walkers made for a chilling moment as they covered themselves in blood and guts to disguise themselves among the dead.
Photo : Gene Page/AMC
A heartbreaking moment for Carol when she discovered the fate of her daughter (Madison Lintz) who she had been searching for, emerges from a barn in a sea of walkers had been turned into a walker.
Photo : Gene Page/AMC
Shane Walsh (Jon Bernthal) is stabbed by Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) during a scuffle that leads to Shanes's death.
Photo : Gene Page/AMC
The Governor (David Morrissey) true intentions are revealed in the episode with this scene of the walkers' heads in tanks.
Photo : Gene Page/AMC
Lori Grimes (Sarah Wayne Callies) dies after enduring labor and an attack by a walker. Her son Carl (Chandler Riggs) shoots her before she turned into a zombie.
Photo : Gene Page/AMC
Walkers and Michonne (Danai Gurira) introduction into the Walking Dead verse created an iconic character.
