Lennie James in the pilot had one of the most emotional and well acted scenes in the entire walking dead universe.

It's crazy when you think about it. If glenn did not return for the hat, it would sadly have been lost

The scene of Rick and Carl reuniting gets to me this day. Carl yelling _"Dad!"_ and Rick crying, it was such a beautiful scene acted out very well by both of them. Makes me tear up every time.

I never watched the Walking Dead as it came out. I recently started watching it back in mid-December and am currently on Season 10. Despite having binged that much in that short amount of time, Seasons 1 and 2 are so unexplainably nostalgic. Maybe it’s the lighting and grainy resolution of the camera or the believability and realism of the early apocalypse, when the zombies were the biggest threat.

Season one is by far the most solid story telling in tv I’ve ever seen. Rick’s immediate panic when he wakes up, the way the zombies act, the group.. everything was perfect. Morgan was perfection as well, and led to the wonderful exposition through the walkie-talkie throughout the seasons, and most of season one just hits. The setup of the show during season one didn’t feel like it was dragging either, there was always something happening. God, I love the early seasons of this show.

Frank Darabont getting fired after season two is such a tragedy

The fact Rick will become an operator in MW3 is hilarious

I honestly miss “that feeling” of when your watching the intro getting so excited to watch the new episode if you know want I mean you know, this feeling stopped by season 7/8 for me

I like how Glen calls the walkers “geeks” homage to the comic deadworld

19:20 I noticed that Morgan called them “walkers”, so that’s what Rick calls them too since it’s the first name he hears for them. But when Rick meets the Atlanta survivors they all call the zombies “geeks”. It’s not until Rick shows up and calls them “walkers” that they follow his lead and do the same

The Walking Dead is a fantastic show and the first season is one of the best starts to a show I have ever seen

This was without doubt the best season and one of the best shows of all time (IMO).

1st season is my favorite for the Rick and Shane interactions alone, and young Daryl is always nice to revisit lol

Character conversations in seasons 1-3 always felt so much more realistic and grounded in reality, I don't know if anyone else experienced this but starting at season 4, certain lines felt like just lines, instead of two real people having real conversations

I always hear “season 1 has the funniest scene”, “season 1 has the scariest scene”, etc. and that’s literally because frank darabont is the goat

Lost, Sopranos, TWD, and Breaking Bad... to be able to watch them again for the first time lol

October 2010 saw both The Walking Dead start and Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare release. Was one my favourite Halloweens I can remember.

13:07 I think that it was played at a good time, because there is a deleted scene where the return a few days later and the Vatos are all dead. I think the plan was to show how in the apocalypse, no one can stay as a good guy forever. Season one is the only time that makes sense for them to meet an old folks home that has been protected.

As a person who watched this show back when it actually aired on AMC in its prime, oh man what I wouldn't do to go back and re-watch every episode for the first time and be blown away by all of the various moments❤

Amazing video and also something about Merle I can’t believe flew over my head after rewatching this show so many times. I was rewatching from the beginning and noticed finally that In season 3 episode 13 Merle tells Michonne that he has a couple of calls he and Daryl would use when hunting that can give Daryl a heads up while Rick is out negotiating with the Governor. In later seasons Rick and Daryl both use whistles or calls to see if somebody near their group if split up is friend or foe or to just call something out. Such as season 5 episode 11. When Daryl and Rick recognized each other via Whistles in the Ally when they got split heading for Alexandria. Meaning Daryl probably taught Rick and probably the others the calls.

Having recently started TWD back to s1, I personally love how early after the collapse of society it takes place, I believe its been like a month ? People are not sure what to call the zombies, or even how to kill them, some still expect the millitary to return and help and everything just feels 'uncertain'. It's not ten years into the collapse where a new generation grew up in that new world and those that lived in the 'old' world have forgotten about it to move on

Can't wait to see you dissect the rest of the seasons!

Honestly what most shows don’t capture is that tense feel. The amount of school yard talks or talks with the homies “bro t dogg is gonna make it hes my favorite” now show hits that kinda camaraderie

i will never get over "don't dead open inside" 🤣🤣

2:30 This score from the first episode is just incredible.

This was fantastic. This is my favourite genre and my favourite tv programme. Like the premier of Lost....which was just incredible when it first aired...the first episode of TWD was brilliant. I'm really looking forward to your retrospective reviews for the rest of the seasons. I love all your TWD content and will often re-watch them, they're that good. Thank you from the UK 😊

I started The Walking Dead about a week after this past Thanksgiving and im actually watching the season 7 finale right now and wow. This is my #1 show and nothing tops it. The realism, immersion, and lines in the show are unmatched. I have yet to see a bad season in this show. Maybe the latter half of season four (besides when Rick bit that guy's jugular out). It shows how people would act if we lost everything that made us comfortable. The intro is also one of a kind.

Great video, I look forward to the rest! I love the first two seasons so much. The Rick and Shane storyline is one of my all-time favorites

Love how everybody forgets that Rick dropped a hard N bomb in season 1

The best pilot for any show I've ever watched.

The scene that shows Morgan trying to put down his wife was definitely one of the most emotional scenes in the first season Lennie James deserved atleast an emmy nomination of best guest actor

I liked zombie media before watching The Walking dead, this show was what made me LOVE zombie media.

please keep doing these twd videos their awesome

There's just something special about Season 1. It's the closest thing to a perfect season of television along with every season of Breaking Bad. P.S. Sad that the Rick&Andrea set up never went anywhere I liked their chemistry in that one scene and I'm a big fan of them in the comics.

Looks like Thrifty in his Korotos Mystery Shack arc with this one 😂

I actually disagree about the Vatos storyline improving if they were villains. The fact that they turn out to be nice people helps with Season 2. If they were awful raiders, then the moral dilemma in S2 about killing Randal wouldn't be as impactful, because the characters could point out that their group was hurt in the past. Not knowing if Randal is just a kid caught up in things or if he's a murderous scumbag is part of the tension for that slower character-driven season. Plus personally, I liked the subversion of the group of Mexican guys/cholos actually being the good guys who are taking care of the elderly. It really plays into how people of racial minorities look after their own and put great value in the elderly as part of their community to be cherished, instead of just being burdens that are put into retirement homes. The Vatos were just workers at that place, but they stepped up when the elderly were abandoned.

Season 1 of TWD is always a blast to rewatch! Even if not everything holds up well, most of it really still does, and I'll always maintain that the first season is arguably one of the best first seasons ever made for TV. Not to mention with hindsight it's just insane how different the show was then compared to what it eventually became. Complete whiplash every time! This video perfectly explains why I love it so much still, and I can't wait for the rest of your TWD retrospectives, Thrifty! :)

Seeing the first season back 2010 still feels like it yesterday to me, coming home from trick R treating, I was in high school at the time, the moment Glenn radios Rick in the tank I remember thinking to myself “ I found my new favorite show”

I rewatched the whole show for the first time a year or so ago and let me tell you my perspective on season 1 reaaally changed on this rewatch. I love the show and always have but when watching it as it came out in my teens i always got excited as the scale of the show seemed to get bigger and bigger. I remember thinking back on the first 2 seasons as a boring watered down version and i never understood why people picked season 1 as their favourite. On my rewatch though i found myself being really fond of season 1-2 especially season 1, it just feels so quality and you could really tell a filmaker like frank darabont was behind it. There was a sense of horror with the soundtrack and the vibe that left when everyone seemed to become a badass. I really cant truly put my finger on the change of quality/vibe the show lost when frank darabont left and i still love the show after it but it was just different.

Season 1 is still my favorite partially due to how it feels/looks the most cinematic.

Only on season 4 got to watch one season a month

The pilot episode was some of the best piece of writing and acting I’ve seen in a show.

Love where Andrea's arm is at 13:43, lol.

I think it makes sense how the walker’s behaviors changed. I mean they’re dead, and being like months or years into the virus would fire them out a bit.

Oh yes dude🔥🔥 can’t wait for all the season recaps !!

The Walking Dead introduced great characters later on, like Negan, but it really feels like every subsequent season is worse than the previous one. Thankfully, it started so strong.

This is AWESOME! I cannot wait until the next one! I watch a lot of videos like this, and I love Koroto’s retrospective (thanks for bringing him up; that’s how I found him). But your videos are always leaps beyond anyone else! Thank you for your hard work on these!

It wasn't the first episode that hooked me, it was the second. I loved it.

Vatos was written by series as a whole creator Robert Kirkman so it's easy to see why it feels restricted, in the comic he doesn't really build up on Shane feeling like Rick took everything from him, and he kinda randomly goes off on Rick when he thinks the two are alone. He's killed by Carl while this happens because Shane becomes more hostile. It feels like Shane's only purpose there was to be dug up by Rick and put down after Rick learned that you turn walker no matter how you die.

Incredible & capturing season with great story telling/acting. It felt like Im there with them

Nothing will ever beat the scene where Shane starts beating Ed, and then it cuts to everyone on the roof discovering Merle's hand. The music that plays during that is just awesome and has yet to be topped imo.

this season was so good at setting up the show especially the pilot

i liked vatos, showed that even when things go wrong, at least early on, there could be intimidating groups that are at their core, good and looks can be deceiving . . . which in later seasons, groups that look inviting are often deceiving and at their cores, they are broken and evil and their good looks were deceiving.

Watching S1 in black and white was awesome

I already know this is gonna be a W video

EACH MONTH?? can’t wait that long damn 😢

I’m so excited for this series of videos. I hope you give seasons 10 and 11 a chance. So many people write them off as bad despite they being pretty solid episodes.

Great job!! This is a nice throw back to some better times for me.

I remember thinking they were setting up Andrea & Rick to be together, & then loved when they got together in the comics cause it made me think of the early days of the show!

I was addicted from the first episode. Walkers were there but the human realationship. That’s what the series was about.

Loving the retrospective! Keep them coming!

I stand by my comment on it turning into a soap opera with zombies, i also agree with you that it needed to grow and change. I love this show nothing like it before and i like plenty of the later episodes as well it just got to outta hand at times and as you said before the zombies became Obstacles less than threats and thats a natural evolution and didn't bother me. Btw I've been watching all you video analysis its good watching someone with the same love for the show even still.

Incredible video dude. Can’t wait to see the rest

It’s interesting to think that the entire group in Atlanta that Rick meets in Guts goes on to die in season three except Glenn-T-Dog sacrifices himself for Carol, Merle dies redeeming himself against the Governor, and Andrea becomes a victim of the Governor’s brutality.

I love this idea for a yt series! You can make 23 episodes on this series so far. +2 if you do "world beyond" but nobody watched that, or maybe just CRM and Jadis stuff. When you finished the 2 main shows, there will probably be more episodes of the 4 spinoffs.

Cant wait for the season 2 retrospective. Definitely my personal favorite.

I know I’ve said this before on another video but I really enjoy your perspective of the show! I’m a day one walking dead fan and I’m really kind of the only person in my circle that watches it so I don’t have anyone to talk to about it. I’m about to binge watch all of these episodes while I do my spring cleaning. New subscriber 👏🏽👍🏽

It’s always a treat to be notified of your walking dead videos!

I personally don’t think the walkers acting different is that jarring. The CDC episode plus later on with Milton’s experiments, it hints that early on when someone turns some of their old self is still there. Walkers being able to open doors, Jenny herself having some of her old memories, Ann not attacking Andrea at first and instead trying to just touch her., Walkers using tools like rocks to break things. It shows that early on the brain was still there but as time progresses and the body continues to decompose because they are dead they lose a lot of those older functions, not being able to run, not being able to try and climb things, open doors, explore. I remember in Season 2 there was a walker who walked into the RV and looked around. It leaned into the idea that the person they used to be was still in there and gets backed up by characters bringing it up in season 2 with Hershel and Season 3 with Milton

Great video and love the concept that your doing with each season per month per say. Can’t wait for the rest!

fun fact the actor who plays starkiller was in the tank with rick

That first episode with Morgan saving Rick was so good. Best season in my opinion.

It has a great start to introduce the show and the scenery is beautiful

Point of order: some in the first group called walkers "geeks", too, but I know what you mean. I think it should be appreciated, though, that they took the idea of different terms for walkers, and ran with it (sic)! Frank Darabont deserves so much credit IMHO for setting this up in such a way that the cast and the production team were all one family set on telling this story the best way they can. The first season, even in retrospect, deserves a 10/10, for me, because I have not seen any other series set so many storylines with so many hooks in such a short time frame. I agree with the majority of your appraisal, here, so I'm interested to see how this develops. I suspect we will cross swords a bit after S06! 😁

Excellent video my man. I can't wait to see the upcoming season retrospectives. You've got yourself a new subscriber.

Love how this video references the 'zombie genre' around about the time of 2010. Especially if you were a gamer at this time, there was just such a strong zombie theme running though pop culture then, and it lasted for a few years afterward.

I wish the series maintained the level of quality season 1 had. What could’ve been…

Didn’t the Atlanta group call them geeks, and only switched to walkers after meeting Rick

Shane was right and wrong. And that's what made him excellent. The problem was he was always likely to fold into unsympathetic mad man. And he did.

I do love this season. Personally I’d say the fifth season edges it out for me, but that’s really because it plays off of so many things from this season to show how much Rick has changed. Shane really comes back to haunt him when he arrives in Alexandria, and I can’t wait to hear you talk about all of that.

The Walking Dead couldn’t have done it without Frank Darabont. If only he had stayed and AMC wasn’t greedy, the walking dead would have been on the same level as Breaking Bad.

You always put out fantastic content. I would love to see you do some Lost recaps!

I'm really looking forward to your retrospective on the series for each season

YES keep this going! Do Fear the walking dead so I can watch chronologically!

I can't wait for December when I can binge all the videos on each season in a playlist

Good time watching this show as a kid , it was and still is something special .Any plans for Fear The Walking Dead videos ??

I thought this was an old video. And I was gonna be able to watch through all the retrospectives. I am just now watching the show for the very first time and just started season 8. I'm surprised people are still making videos on it

I also believe the Pilot Winter is Coming from Game of Thrones is among the best too

I'm pretty sure most of us know this, but Rick's group, which was supposed to happen in Season 2, went back to the the vatos gang but they were all dead. This was supposed to happen before the highway, I think. The whole deleted scene is on KZfaq.

19:05 he says the Atlanta Group called zombies walkers, but I distinctly remember the term “geeks” being thrown around, at least by Glenn.

one of the things that made it harder for me to want to watch the later seasons is that, there's too many people. I enjoy the more smaller, tight group because it makes it more interesting to me. If there's too many people to follow it gets tougher to care cause we don't sit with their stories long enough.

TWD is my fave show just finished watching s1 again. S2 here I come

been subbed since 56k i love to see how far you come with twd content its such a good show and every video you find something new to talk about. Great concidince keep it up!

People didn't try to understand that the shows about man vs man with 🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️ mixed in just like in the Graphic Novels

Love the Videos and Analysis mste. Keep it up

Season 8 August I can’t wait. I’m gonna love this monthly series.

“If I ever find my family I’m gonna tell them about Wayne” Governer: Liar

Got a like and subscribe, can’t wait till next month. I never really watched past season 8 so those will be interesting

season 5 was peak as well

I remember how terrified I was when I 1st watched Guys & saw the rain start to fall on Rick & Glenn.