AMC Networks releases the first story details and creative teams behind The Walking Dead extended season 10, which returns to television in February with six new episodes taking place in the aftermath of the Whisperer War. In these bonus episodes, the survivors struggle with past traumas and encounter new friends and foes as The Walking Dead is put on the road to the Commonwealth for its eleventh and final season. A synopsis for the six-episode season, as well as individual synopses for the all-new episodes, comes after executive producer and showrunner Angela Kang described these smaller-scale stories as "deep dives" into the show's core cast of characters due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read the synopsis for The Walking Dead extended season 10, released alongside the newly-revealed episode titles:
Last on The Walking Dead, we witnessed the fall of Alpha (Samantha Morton) and the end of the Whisperers War. The Kingdom had fallen, Hilltop was virtually destroyed, and Alexandria abandoned to prepare for final battle. Our survivors were trapped and separated from one another. Yet, when faced with almost certain death, they rallied together to fight, killing Beta (Ryan Hurst) and eliminating the threat of the horde.
In these six new episodes, we find our survivors trying to pick themselves up by their bootstraps following the destruction the Whisperers left in their wake. The years of struggle weigh upon them as past traumas surface, exposing their more vulnerable sides. As they question the state of humanity, the state of their collective community, and the states of their minds, will they find the inner strength to persevere with their lives, friendships, and group intact?
"They are really like deep dives into characters ... They don't have the typical scope and scale of what would be like a gigantic finale with like hundreds of extras by the time you get to the end, but I think we get to tell a really, really cool story that I think the fans will really love," Kang said in an October interview when previewing the new episodes, each designed for safe filming amid the pandemic. "We'll get to see dynamics between Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), we'll see a lot of story related to Daryl (Norman Reedus) and Carol (Melissa McBride), and where people have been in the past, which, I think, should be satisfying for fans who have wondered about X, Y, Z moments."
AMC Networks continues to release a series of virtual cast table read clips from the new season, offering previews from episode 1017, "Home Sweet Home," episode 1019, "One More," and episode 1020, "Splinter," picking up from the cliffhanger that ended "A Certain Doom" when it aired on October 4.
Guest stars this season include Robert Patrick as Mays, a rough-looking stranger, Okea Eme-Akwari as Elijah, the metal-masked fighter accompanying Maggie from a new community, and Hilarie Burton Morgan as Lucille, Negan's cancer-stricken wife.
Synopses for The Walking Dead extended season 10 continue below:
EPISODE 1017 – “Home Sweet Home”
Maggie (Lauren Cohan) has returned with a story she is not ready to share, even when her past catches up to her. Negan's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) safety is at stake again. Daryl (Norman Reedus) and Maggie fight an unseen and unknown threat.
Director: David Boyd
Writers: Kevin Deiboldt & Corey Reed
prevnextEPISODE 1018 – “Find Me”
An adventure for Daryl and Carol (Melissa McBride) turns sideways when they come across an old cabin. It takes Daryl back to the years when he left the group after Rick disappeared as he relives a time that only the apocalypse could manifest.
Director: David Boyd
Writer: Nicole Mirante-Matthews
prevnextEPISODE 1019 – “One More”
Gabriel (Seth Gilliam) and Aaron (Ross Marquand) search for food and supplies to bring back to Alexandria. Small tragedies lead to bigger tragedies as faith is broken and optimism is fragmented when they are put to the ultimate test.
Director: Laura Belsey
Writers: Erik Mountain & Jim Barnes
prevnextEPISODE 1020 – “Splinter”
Eugene (Josh McDermitt), Ezekiel (Khary Payton), Yumiko (Eleanor Matsuura), and Princess (Paola Lázaro) are captured and separated. Princess struggles with memories of her traumatic past and tries to escape one way or another with the help of Ezekiel.
Director: Laura Belsey
Writers: Julia Ruchman & Vivian Tse
prevnextEPISODE 1021 – “Diverged”
Daryl and Carol come to a fork in the road and head their separate ways. Each going into their own type of survival mode, the easiest of challenges become much harder. Will their individual journeys be the tipping point needed to mend their friendship or is the distance between them permanent?
Director: David Boyd
Writer: Heather Bellson
prevnextEPISODE 1022 – “Here’s Negan”
Carol takes Negan on a journey, hoping to minimize the increasing tension. Negan reflects on the events that led him to this point and comes to a conclusion about his future.
Director: Laura Belsey
Writer: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick
The Walking Dead returns with new episodes on February 28, 2021, on AMC. Follow the author @CameronBonomolo on Twitter for all things TWD.
prev