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Based on the comic book of the same name,The Walking Deadtook the world by storm. For 11 seasons, the zombie apocalypse TV show incited horror, with plenty of action, death, and character drama throughout. Naturally, the success of the show spawned several spinoffs and continuations.
Keeping track of those spinoffs and trying to figure out where they all fit in can be a tricky task. Some of the shows take place before the main Walking Dead TV Show, others occur concurrently, and some take place afterward. Additionally, some of the shows focus on new characters and locations, adding lore and world building, while others continue the stories and adventures of pre-existing characters. It can all be very confusing and daunting to venture into.
All TWD Shows In Chronological Order
This chronology does not account for flashbacks or episodes taking place in the past or out of order. It is also a chronology based on the story and its setting,not when the TV show first aired.
Mini web series are not included. The anthology series, Tales from The Walking Dead, is not included due to its nebulous place in the timeline.
Fear The Walking Dead
The first season of Fear the Walking Dead is set in Los Angeles, and itfocuses on the initial outbreakas seen primarily from the viewpoint of Madison and her family.
After the events of the first season,the central cast of new characters ventures out into Mexicoand then Texas. For the first three seasons,the survivors try to find a new home, a safe haven from the apocalypse, butit does not work out for all of them, including Madison.
In Season 4 of Fear The Walking Dead,Morgan, a character from The Walking Dead, treks across America and joins the main cast of Fear The Walking Deadin Texas.
To accomplish this, a time jump takes place, and for the most part,the remainder of Fear The Walking Dead focuses on Morgan and his new allies attempting to survive.
New characters are introduced, mixing in with the few remaining original characters, andthe goal of finding a new home and reconnecting with lost loved ones continues.
In the final two seasons of the show,Madison (presumed dead) returns, and Morgan steps down as the lead character. This returns the show to its initial focus, and brings the story to an end.
Not beforehinting at Morgan’s future involvement with other Walking Dead showsand characters, though.
A series of web shorts, set before and during the events of the main The Walking Dead showwere produced between 2011-18.
All of these shorts are episodic in nature, with each episode running between two–ten minutes.
Similarly,Fear The Walking Dead also had a series of web shorts. The first was a 16 episode series called’Flight 462' all about the early days of the outbreak, from the perspective of those who were on a plane during those events.
Some of those characters then crossed over into the second season of the show.
‘Passage’, another 16 episode web series,is all about two survivors, one capable, the other injured, seeking sanctuary.
‘The Althea Tapes’ is a six-episode web series focusing on Althea from Fear The Walking Deadas she interviews several survivors about their escapades and experiences.
The final web series is’Dead in the Water' all about the crew of a submarine, cut off from the surface world during the apocalypse, trying to survive as best they can.
Set ten years after the initial outbreakin Nebraska, World Beyond putsfocus on teenagers who have grown up in the zombie apocalypseand live in a community that has, for the most part, avoided the worst of the apocalypse.
World Beyond does a lot to set up future shows and their stories, hinting at events overseas that would later be shown in the Daryl Dixon show. It also hinted at events and characters within Those Who Live, acting as a connection between the main The Walking Dead Show, and its future spinoffs.
World Beyond only lasted fortwo seasons of ten episodes. It established the group known as CRM, its connected communities, and revealed thatRick Grimes was given to CRM after his disappearance in Season 9 of The Walking Dead.
Tales Of The Walking Dead
Tales of the Walking Dead is an anthology series, with each episode focusing on different characters, in different settings, across the Walking Dead timeline.
For the most part,the stories and characters are new and original, but there areepisodes that put focus on familiar names and faces.
Samantha Morton reprized her role as Alpha from the main The Walking Dead show. Her episode acts as an origin story for her character, prior to her becoming the villainous leader of The Whisperers later in life. One episode also plays around with time, adding a science fiction twist to the series.
A followup series, cleverly entitledMore Tales from The Walking Dead, continues the anthology-style storytellingof the first season, with new characters, new stories, new locations, and more zombie killing.
The big difference is thatMore Tales From The Walking Dead is a series of shorts, rather than full-length episodes.
Set years after the events of The Walking Dead, Dead City sees Maggie traveling to New York, the titular Dead City. She’s in search of her son, who has been kidnapped by a villainous group. To retrieve her son, she teams up with a long-time enemy, Negan, to infiltrate the city and take down the gang.
Dead City has theleading duo butting heads over past decisions, rekindling their rivalry. Meanwhile, new law enforcers are hunting down Negan for his past actions, and gangs and factions within the city itself are vying for power and freedom.
Dead City wasthe first spinoff filmed after the end of the main show. It also had a significantly shorter episode length than past shows, withonly six episodes.
Plus, the new location of New York City added a fresh spin on things. Initally,it was set to be a miniseries, but after its success it was turned into an ongoing series.
After the events of The Walking Dead,Daryl ventured out on his own, returning to his nomad roots. He finds himself washed up in France, with no memory of how he got there. His adventure sees him uniting with a nun, discovering just how and why he is there, and that there may be hope for the future.
Daryl Dixon introduces the character ofLaurent, who is believed to be the next Messiah, due to his birth occurring while his mother was bitten.
The show presents Daryl with a quest of identity and purpose, ashe is tasked with transporting Laurent across France, to a group who can keep the boy safe. But, rival factions intercept them, and new, scientifically modified zombies pose a greater threat.
The show wasinitially supposed to feature the double act of Daryl and Carol. But, due to scheduling issues, Melissa McBride was unable to film in France.
She did, however,appear as Carol as a voice in one episode, and in person in the first season finale.
The second season of Daryl Dixon issubtitled The Book of Carol, signifying her return to the series in a more prominent role.
After he sacrifices himself to save those he loves in Season 9 of the main show,Rick Grimes is washed ashore, injured, and beaten. He was then taken in a helicopter to an undisclosed locationand was never seen or heard from again.
As seen in Season 10 of the main show, Michonne, the love he left behind,never gave up hope, however, and has nowventured across the country to be reunited with Rick.
Initially conceived as a movie, or a series of movies, The Ones Who Live was then reconfigured intoa miniseries that would conclude the story of Rick and Michonne.
The story isset between the events of Season 10 and the finale of Season 11of The Walking Dead.
A new villain, Beale, played by Terry O’Quinn, is introduced, and Pollyanna McIntosh returns as Jadis.
She, Andrew Lincoln, and Melissa McBride are the only actors to appear in three The Walking Dead TV shows, which is more than any other actor.
