
My ranking of every season of the show
I’d like to start this out by saying that I don’t think that the main series had any episode that was so horrible that it retroactively ruined the entire series. The walking dead is still a very beloved series with more people watching and experiencing it. Unlike game of thrones or stranger things where it got so bad that people refused to rewatch it, you can go back to the great seasons of the walking dead and not be incredibly disappointed where it ended up.
11-season 10- Definitely my least favorite season. After killing Carl, they had a chance to redeem themselves with Henry and they killed him off too. The whispers weren’t scary this go around. It was incredibly bloated. The lack of film grain made it lose personality. Negan was the only good part and I really liked the alpha twist.
10-season 11- I much prefer having to see people fight for survival, rather than seeing them live in a civilized society. I found this season just mostly forgettable. I was still mad about the lack of film grain.
9-season 7- Really just a bland season although I liked seeing the Negan and Carl stuff.
8-season 1- I know people will be mad at me for having it this low, but it truly was just an introduction, the characters weren’t really established yet.
7-season 8- The first part of the season was boring but I really enjoyed the second part with the return of murder jacket Rick. Carl’s death was a dumb decision but the actors made it really compelling and the ending of Rick sparing Negan was really a beautiful scene from the way it was shot to seeing everyone emotionally exhausted for having to experience the war.
6-season 2- I really liked seeing everyone come to terms with the way that life is going to be now with the apocalypse and seeing that Shane was already ahead of the curve was interesting.
5-season 5- feral Rick was awesome, the hospital arc was fine, but truly it was a season of getting from one place to another.
4-season 3- The governor was a great villain and it was great to see the cahtctwrs finally building a place for themselves
3-season 9- Rick’s exit was beautiful. The season had a very unique vibe that none of the other had, and the whispers were a very threatening and scary villain.
2-season 6- the first half taking place within a day really made the stakes feel high and the saviors were threatening in the second half.
1-season 4- By far my favorite season of the show. I loved the flu arc, they really made Herschel an integral part to the season and gave him a beautiful arc where he helped the prison and died with a smile on his face since he was proud of the man Rick became. Neither side truly won in the war with Woodbury both settlements desteroyed. Seeing Rick bite out the claimed throat was an awesome scene and it truly proved that terminus were fucking with the wrong people.