In what order should I watch The Walking Dead? [Complete Guide]

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With the original series The Walking Dead and its many spin-offs, you're lost and don't know what the best order to watch The Walking Dead ?

Don't panic! In this article, we're going to reveal the best viewing order of the series and all its spin-offs! Let's go!

This is the best order to watch The Walking Dead :

  1. Fear The Walking Dead: Season 1 to 3
  2. The Walking Dead: Season 1 to 8
  3. Fear The Walking Dead: Season 4
  4. Tales of the Walking Dead: 6 episodes
  5. The Walking Dead: Season 9
  6. Fear The Walking Dead: Season 5
  7. The Walking Dead: Season 10
  8. The Walking Dead: World Beyond: Seasons 1 to 2
  9. The Walking Dead: Season 11
  10. Fear The Walking Dead: Season 6 to 8
  11. The Walking Dead : Daryl Dixon
  12. The Walking Dead: Dead City
  13. The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

Why is it the best order to watch The Walking Dead ? We explain it all!

But before we begin, let's remember that The Walking Dead is a TV series which was inspired by the comic book series of the same name. So, if you wish, you can read the comic book and incorporate it into your viewing experience. Alternatively, you can replace The Walking Dead series with comic strip.

A scene from The Walking Dead comics, precisely when Nick wakes up from his coma and discovers a different world, overrun by the undead.
A scene from The Walking Dead comics, precisely when Nick wakes up from his coma and discovers a different world, overrun by the undead. ©️Princia for Alucare

However, it should be noted that TV series do not necessarily follow the original story.

This is particularly true of Daryl Dixon, for example! This character does not appear in the comic book, yet he makes his debut in the first season of the parent series. The Walking Dead and was subsequently given its own spin-off.

Watch The Walking Dead in chronological order

To better understand each universe, as well as what motivates the heroes to survive in this world overrun by the undead and other enemies, we invite you to watch The Walking Dead series in chronological order.

And did you know? Almost all of them are currently available on numerous streaming platforms in France!

1. Fear The Walking Dead: Seasons 1 to 3

Fear The Walking Dead series cover Season 1 to 3
Fear The Walking Dead Season 1 to 3 cover. ©️Princia for Alucare

To immerse yourself in the world of The Walking Dead, there's nothing better than starting by watching the first three seasons of the spin-off series. Fear The Walking Dead.

The prequel follows the adventure of a blended familyof which :

  • Madison Clark and her two children, Nick and Alicia,
  • His new partner Travis, who is Chris's father and Liza Ortiz's ex-husband.

Everything (seemed) to be going well for the family, until the beginning of zombie apocalypse. This is where the epidemic begins! As everything around them falls apart, Travis must get his son and ex-wife to safety.

And so the whole family gets together with other groups to try to survive in an environment full of undead. However, only a few members will make it out alive!

Series Fear The Walking Dead is now available on Prime Video!

2. The Walking Dead: Seasons 1 to 8

The Walking Dead official soundtrack
Official soundtrack of The Walking Dead series. ©️Princia for Alucare

Let's take a look at the parent series The Walking Dead ! From the first to the eighth season, it follows the adventures of Rick Grimesdeputy sheriff of Kings, Georgia.

  • After weeks in a coma, he finally wakes up and discovers a completely different world.
  • An epidemic devastated the population and turned humans into “lurkers” or undead.
  • Bloodthirsty, these zombies have only one goal: to relentlessly pursue humans in order to feed on their blood!

In the course of the story, the sheriff aims to find his wife Lori as well as their son Carl, who are apparently refugees in the Atlanta area. But throughout his search, Nick finds himself among a group of survivors whose goal is to survive in this apocalyptic world !

In terms of availability, The Walking Dead is available on disney and netflix    !

3. Fear The Walking Dead: Season 4

Madison Clark and a character in Fear The Walking Dead: Season 4
Madison Clark and a character in Fear The Walking Dead: Season 4. ©️Princia for Alucare

Fear The Walking Dead is a 16-episode series.

The spin-off tells the story of the survivors, including Madison Clark and her friends, who must struggling to find refuge. It takes place a few years after the’Tijuana dam explosion.

However, in addition to the lurkers, this group will have to fight against new enemies ...

4. Tales of the Walking Dead: 6 episodes

A character in Tales of the Walking Dead
A character in the anthology series Tales of the Walking Dead. ©️Princia for Alucare

Tales of the Walking Dead is a anthology series which allows us to rediscover existing characters and new from The Walking Dead!

In each episode of the series, numerous characters who have survived this epidemic are at the center of the narrative. Similarly, it is in this episodic anthology series that the past of Dee/Alpha is up!

If you want to watch Tales of The Walking Dead, it is available on Canal + and Prime Vidéo !

5. The Walking Dead: Season 9

A scene from The Walking Dead Season 9
A scene from The Walking Dead Season 9. ©️Princia for Alucare

In this 16-episode season, we see the emergence of a brand new group villains, named “the whisperers“It is a clan of psychopaths who have learned to live with undeadled by Alpha, a woman with a shaved head.

Faced with this new threat, Rick must keep moving forward. This is where we see him for the last time, because then he leaves the series.

6. Fear The Walking Dead: Season 5

Morgan Jones and other survivors in Fear The Walking Dead: Season 5
Morgan Jones and other survivors in Fear The Walking Dead: Season 5. ©️Princia for Alucare

A group of survivors is led by Morgan Jones and Alicia Clark.

Their main objective is to locate other survivors. However, when this group finds itself in unfamiliar territory, they must face up to their fear and confront their past.

This derived series The Walking Dead universe consists of 16 episodes.

7. The Walking Dead: Season 10

Characters from The Walking Dead: Season 10
Characters from The Walking Dead: Season 10 trying to survive in an environment full of the living dead. ©️Princia for Alucare

In the tenth season of The Walking Dead, the whisperers are still a real danger to the remnants of the community. There is an alternation of episodes between Alexandria and Les Chuchoteurs.

Indeed, the rivalries between the two groups are intensifying. Comprising nine episodes, we learn more about Negan's past.

8. The Walking Dead: World Beyond: Seasons 1 to 2

Deus sisters: Iris and Hope Bennet in The Walking Dead: World Beyond.
Iris and Hope Bennet in The Walking Dead World Beyond. ©️Princia for Alucare

This zombie spin-off focuses instead on a whole new generation, namely survivors who grew up after the outbreak began.

Until then, Iris and Hope Bennet are protected from the dangers of the outside world. However, they receive a message that will force them to leave their only home. Accompanied by other teenagers, the two sisters will have to embark on a journey to to help their father.

The two seasons of The Walking Dead: World Beyond consists of a total of 20 episodes.

9. The Walking Dead: Season 11

One of the scenes in The Walking Dead Season 11
One of the scenes from The Walking Dead Season 11. ©️Princia for Alucare

In this 24-episode season, the group encounters the Commonwealth. It is a network of communities that brings together more than fifty thousand survivorsall of whom were posted to various colonies.

However, the group finds itself confronted with Reapers, a band of menacing survivors who attacked and took Meridian. This is the final season of the parent series The Walking Dead.

If you'd like to watch The Walking Dead again, all 11 episodes are now available. available on Netflix.

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10. Fear The Walking Dead: Season 6 to 8

A scene from Fear the Walking Dead Season 6
A scene from Fear the Walking Dead Season 6. ©️Princia for Alucare

These 3 seasons of Fear The Walking Dead tell the story of how the group tries to find each other once separated.

The spin-off tells the story of how they overcome many obstacles, not the least of which are those caused by the undead... The eighth season begins with the presence of the terrible Padre, a mysterious organization. It is here that this second series comes to an end.

Season 6 to 8 of Fear The Walking Dead is made up of 44 episodes in total.

11. The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

The Walking Dead spin-off poster: Daryl Dixon in French territory
The Walking Dead spin-off poster: Daryl Dixon in a French territory. ©️Princia for Alucare

Daryl Dixon collapses on a French beach and then wakes up in an abbey. There, he meets Laurent, who predicted his arrival and is considered a messiah by the nuns.

In order to return to the United States, he has to put Laurent in a safe place. In exchange, the nuns will accompany him to the Havre to find a boat to take him back to the United States.

While the first season focuses on Daryl Dixon, the second season, entitled The Book of Carol is more focused on Carol. And be prepared, because a third season is planned for the year 2025.

12. The Walking Dead: Dead City

A scene from The Walking Dead Dead City Season 2.
A scene from The Walking Dead Dead City Season 2. ©️Princia for Alucare

It tells the story of Maggie, and Negan to Manhattan to find Maggie's kidnapped son, Hershel.

In this series, New York City is unrecognizable, and is populated by zombies and inhabitants who have turned the city into a world of anarchy and terror.

Currently consisting of 6 episodes, a second season announced for the series The Walking Dead: Dead City, due to arrive on AMC in spring 2025.

In the meantime, if you'd like to view The Walking Dead: Dead City, please note that it is available on Canal+.

13. The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

A key moment in The Walking Dead: The One Who Lives.
A highlight from The Walking Dead: The One Who Live. ©️Princia for Alucare

In this TV mini-series The Walking Dead : The One who LiveRick and Michonne are trying to meet up after many years apart.

In the end, the family is finally reunited and they were entitled to a happy ending moving! It consists of 6 episodes.

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The Walking Dead The One Who Live: Season 2 in the offing?

After the end of The Walking Dead The One Who Live, many fans are wondering if a season 2 will see the light of day in this series!

Indeed, until now, the creators of the series have only expressed quite different opinions On this subject, Scott Gimple, for example, hinted at the possibility of a second season, while Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira stated that, for the moment, there were no plans to add further episodes to the first season.

However, to find out the latest news about this series, don't hesitate to follow AMC's official announcements or bookmark our page!

In short, whether you're a die-hard fan or someone who has never watched it before, The Walking Deadthis chronological order will appeal to anyone who wants to gain a better understanding of the story and immerse themselves in this vast universe of zombies!

On the same subject, discover also in which order to watch Lord of the Rings !

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