Fans of The Walking Dead have been effusive in their praise of the show’s latest series after it aired on Sunday night.
The first episode of a new spin-off series titled The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live sees Rick Grimes finally reunited with his wife Michonne.
The opening episode – titled Years – opened five years after the bridge explosion with Rick contemplating killing himself with a glass shard after watching on television the reports of an explosion that had killed other survivors of the post-apocalyptic world.
Rick was working as a ‘consignee’ for the Civic Republic Military, CRM, killing the walking dead as part of a bid to become a CRM citizen. Rick attempted to escape using an axe to cut off his hand to get out of his handcuff, but a CRM officer stopped him in his tracks with a taser.
The show then featured a dream sequence of Rick meeting Michonne [Danai Gurira], now Rick’s wife, for the first time as she was just sitting on a park bench eating her lunch before the apocalypse. Rick then woke up in the CRM hospital with his arm bandaged.
Fans of The Walking Dead have been effusive in their praise of the show’s latest series after it aired on Sunday night
The first episode of a new spin-off series titled The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live sees Rick Grimes finally reunited with his wife Michonne
Reacting to the series opener, fans of The Walking Dead took to X, formerly Twitter, to leave glowing reviews of the show’s latest offering.
One user wrote: ‘The Walking Dead The Ones Who Live is TWD at it’s best. Just wow.
This show is a whole different level, anybody who stopped watching, tune into this one’.
A second positive appraisal read: ‘I had given up on The Walking Dead, but this new series seems promising!’
A third added: ‘If you are a fan of The Walking Dead, the new series with Rick and Machone is awesome!’
Another singled out the performance of Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes for his striking portrayal of the show’s protagonist.
They wrote: ‘This new series for The Walking Dead just cured my depression.
‘I love Rick’.
A further review read: ‘The series premiere of #TheOnesWhoLive might be the greatest Walking Dead episode of all time.
‘The acting, cinematography, world-building, storytelling.. Everything is as close to perfection as you could ask for from #TWD’.
Reacting to the series opener, fans of The Walking Dead took to X, formerly Twitter, to leave glowing reviews of the show’s latest offering
Having first aired in December 2010, The Walking Dead ran for nearly 12 years and encompassed 11 seasons before its finale in November 2022.
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live is the latest in a number of spinoffs from the original show, which include Fear The Walking Dead and The Walking Dead: World Beyond.
In April 2023, the development of another series, More Tales From The Walking Dead Universe, was announced.
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live will return next week on AMC.
Fans have been quick to praise the performance of Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes for his striking portrayal of the show’s protagonist
