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Days Gone Bye

  • Episode aired Oct 31, 2010
  • TV-14
  • 1h 7m
IMDb RATING
9.2/10
36K
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Andrew Lincoln in The Walking Dead (2010)
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Deputy Sheriff Rick Grimes awakens from a coma, and searches for his family in a world ravaged by the undead.Deputy Sheriff Rick Grimes awakens from a coma, and searches for his family in a world ravaged by the undead.Deputy Sheriff Rick Grimes awakens from a coma, and searches for his family in a world ravaged by the undead.

  • Director
    • Frank Darabont
  • Writers
    • Frank Darabont
    • Robert Kirkman
    • Tony Moore
  • Stars
    • Andrew Lincoln
    • Jon Bernthal
    • Sarah Wayne Callies
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  • IMDb RATING
    9.2/10
    36K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Frank Darabont
    • Writers
      • Frank Darabont
      • Robert Kirkman
      • Tony Moore
    • Stars
      • Andrew Lincoln
      • Jon Bernthal
      • Sarah Wayne Callies
    • 88User reviews
    • 53Critic reviews
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    Andrew Lincoln
    Andrew Lincoln
    • Rick Grimes
    Jon Bernthal
    Jon Bernthal
    • Shane Walsh
    Sarah Wayne Callies
    Sarah Wayne Callies
    • Lori Grimes
    Laurie Holden
    Laurie Holden
    • Andrea Harrison
    • (credit only)
    Jeffrey DeMunn
    Jeffrey DeMunn
    • Dale Horvath
    Steven Yeun
    Steven Yeun
    • Glenn Rhee
    • (voice)
    Chandler Riggs
    Chandler Riggs
    • Carl Grimes
    Lennie James
    Lennie James
    • Morgan Jones
    Emma Bell
    Emma Bell
    • Amy Harrison
    Jim R. Coleman
    Jim R. Coleman
    • Lam Kendal
    • (as Jim Coleman)
    Linds Edwards
    Linds Edwards
    • Leon Basset
    Keisha Tillis
    Keisha Tillis
    • Morgan's Wife
    Adrian Kali Turner
    • Duane
    Charlie Adlard
    • Walker
    • (uncredited)
    Chance Bartels
    • Horse Eating Walker
    • (uncredited)
    Brent Bernhard
    Brent Bernhard
    • Unnamed Criminal 3
    • (uncredited)
    Chick Bernhard
    • Unnamed Criminal 2
    • (uncredited)
    Blade
    • Siggard's Family Horse
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Frank Darabont
    • Writers
      • Frank Darabont
      • Robert Kirkman
      • Tony Moore
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    9slightlymad22

    A Great Start

    As far as season openers go, the first episode of AMC's The Walking Dead wastes no time in setting the time for what is to follow.

    Plot In A Paragraph: Deputy Sheriff Rick Grimes wakes up in the hospital to find his town overrun by flesh-eating zombies. After making friends with Morgan and his son Duane, they fill him in on what he had missed. So Rick sets out to find his wife and son.

    Andrew Lincoln does a superb job as Rick, and he pretty much carries most of the episode on his own. Lennie James as Morgan has a heartbreaking scene towards the end of the episode, but other than that it's Lincoln's show.

    Scary, heartbreaking and harrowing. A great start.
    10g-bodyl

    Excellent Start!

    The Walking Dead is a very popular show and all my friends constantly talk about it. This being the kind of thing I like to watch, I decided to check out this pilot episode. This is so good that I really can't find words to describe my feelings for this. This strikes a high note with your emotions and there's some great character development with our main character.

    This is about a police officer who was shot and induced into a coma during a high-speed chase. When he awakens, he finds out the world has been overrun with zombies and his family missing. He become friends with fellow survivors, a father and his son. After he is told what the world has become, he set out to find his family.

    Overall, this is a very fine pilot. It may not feature all action, but the drama is top notch. It has some emotional scenes which I usually don't see in the pilot. The acting is fine from what I see here especially from Andrew Lincoln. I rate this episode 10/10.
    10spartanben-00183

    Darabont you are the best, such a shame you are not in the series right now

    I rewatch this episode, and all this season, and it is perfect, really perfect, its the best start in any Tv series, even better start that Breaking Bad, all the episodes are excellent, but in this episode, you can see all the potencial that The walking dead have, if Darabont would have continue as showrunner this could have been another big success for AMC like Breaking bad, and seeing this 1 season again was excellent, but it also was sad, because all this great work, all the seriousness, darkness and even realistic that this season have, vanish forever in the next seasons, the second could be boring for a lot of people (for me no), but it still have that darkness, and realistic events, that the first season have, not a the same level, but still there, but in the third season, there was not more of that, it was a joke, and it gets worse and worse in every season, really so sad, because this could be an authentic masterpiece, from the beginning to the end, of course only if Darabont have been the only showrunner for The walking dead, this is for me the biggest mistake of AMC, they have breaking bad, but still being a huge mistake, not only for the fans, even for TV, but we still having this first season, if all would have end in this first season, and they wouldn't continue doing the second, the third, etc. This would be the best Tv Mini series.
    9claudio_carvalho

    The Awakening

    Deputy Sheriff Rick Grimes and his partner and best friend Shane Walsh are summoned to form a police roadblock to stop a runaway car. Rick is shot by one criminal and goes into a coma. When Rick awakens in the hospital, he finds that he is alone in the abandoned hospital and sees several bodies disposed everywhere.

    He wanders along the empty streets trying to find his wife and son and stumbles with Morgan Jones and his son Duane that explain him that the world has ended and now there are only walkers, zombies that are attracted by sound and smell of the survivors. Rick heads to Atlanta in the police car to seek out his family but he runs out of gas on the road. He sees a horse in a farm and rides to the city. Out of the blue, he is surrounded by walkers that eat his horse. He seeks refugee in a military tank and he hears a message on the radio.

    I have glanced at many good reviews about "The Walking Dead" and I have finally bought the Blu-Ray with the complete First Season. This first show or pilot is one of the best zombie films I have ever seen and this is my favorite horror genre. The plot is very well constructed through a good story, great performances and stunning special effects. Now I am going to see the next episode, hoping that keep the same level of this pilot. My vote is nine.

    Title (Brazil): "Days Gone Bye" (1.1)

    Note: On 08 April 2016, I saw this show again.
    10and_mikkelsen

    One of the most iconic TV pilots!

    The first episode of The Walking Dead is the definition of a perfect hook, as it despite its 1 hour runtime, leaves you desperate for more!

    Of all the different Zombie apocalypse introductions, this stands to me as one of the best one! Rick waking up in a hospital bed, and slowly discovering the state of the world, is so brilliante and full of atmosphere! It allows for the viewer to sink in what is happening as we are probably just as shocked and confused as Rick is!

    The very first scene is equally iconic!

    Everything this episode does, is some of the things this show does BEST! It will leave you on edge right till the credits roll! It has everything you would expect balancecing great atmosphere with horror, gore and great characterwork and storytelling!

    We can all argue how the show turns out, but the pilot here is PERFECT and remains one of the best episodes in the series!

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    • Trivia
      It took four hours to put makeup on the "bicycle girl" zombie. For it to look like she was missing her lower torso they used blue pants to be removed in editing.
    • Goofs
      Rick has been laying in a hospital bed for months when he finally wakes up. His muscles should be atrophied and useless, and he should be covered in bed sores as no one has been moving or cleaning him for at least a couple weeks. Additionally his vocal chords would also not function immediately.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Glenn: [a voice comes in on the walkie-talkie while Rick is stuck inside the tank] Hey you. Dumbass. Yeah, you in the tank. Cozy in there?

    • Connections
      Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Pilot Episodes of TV Dramas (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      Space Junk
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      Written by Jack Hues and Nick Feldman

      Performed by Wang Chung

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    • Release date
      • October 31, 2010 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official iTunes
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Filming locations
      • Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    • Production companies
      • American Movie Classics (AMC)
      • Circle Management + Production
      • Valhalla Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 7m(67 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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