Season 10 (TV Series)

Season 10 - Part 1
Distributor	AMC Fox International Channels
Showrunner	Angela Kang
Based On	Image Comics' The Walking Dead
Channels	AMC (United States) Fox (International)
Episodes	"Lines We Cross" "We Are the End of the World" "Ghosts" "Silence the Whisperers" "What It Always Is" "Bonds" "Open Your Eyes" "The World Before"
Original Run	Oct 6, 2019 to Nov 24, 2019
Preceded By	Season 9
Succeeded By	Season 11

Season 10 of AMC's The Walking Dead consists of sixteen episodes. On January 12, 2019, AMC announced the show was renewed for a tenth season. It premiered on October 6, 2019. Angela Kang continued as showrunner for the second consecutive season.

This season adapts material from Issue #145 onward of the Comic Series.

Plot

"Lines We Cross"

At Oceanside, the Coalition trains to fight in case the Whisperers return. They are alerted when R.J. discovers a Whisperer mask, and radios Alexandria. While Michonne tells them to simply stay on alert, Gabriel decides to go on lock-down after Negan advises him to do so.

Meanwhile, Michonne and Aaron lead a scouting mission and debate on how to best proceed, when they discover more evidence of Whisperer activity. Back on the beach, Daryl welcomes Carol from months on at the sea and the two have a heart-to-heart conversation. When a Soviet satellite crash-lands in the nearby woods, the survivors are forced to cross into Whisperer territory in order to put out the fire. Later, Daryl and Carol investigate the location of the Whisperers' herd. While the herd is now gone, Alpha emerges from the trees and stares down Carol.

"We Are the End of the World"

In a flashback to 7 years ago, an injured woman wakes up in a crashed car as several walkers start approaching her. She tries to escape but is surrounded and devoured. Among the herd, Alpha walks with a younger Lydia, covered in blood to blend in. When a walker bumps into Lydia, she drops her ear muffs and screams. They are forced to run and seek shelter inside an abandoned hospital, where they find a man wearing a ski mask.

In the present, Alpha and Beta talk about their enemies and the fear they possess on them. He says they should return so they won't forget about them, but Alpha questions his loyalty towards her decisions. Beta says he would never question her and is sent to collect walkers for their herd with the help of two sisters.

Back in the past, Alpha explains to the masked man that she and her daughter don't mean harm. He allows them to stay for the night. In the present, Beta lures walkers from a gallery. As he and the sisters lead the herd, Frances looks at the sun and starts acting odd. Her sister declares that she needs to focus, claiming she should have left her behind.

In the past, Alpha cleans Lydia in a bathtub. Lydia is scared by the sound of walkers but Alpha insists she just listens to it. They look through supplies and eat. The masked man explains to Alpha that he doesn't want to hear her singing and that the sound of the dead is the only sound he never wants to end.

In the present, Frances starts crying in the middle of a herd and causes some walkers to try to attack her. Beta kills them and says she will pay for this. At their camp, Beta throws Frances to the ground and orders a Whisperer to kill her. As she starts screaming that her son is in a better place, Alpha demands they leave her alone. Beta follows her and says she needs to punish Frances. Alpha angrily tells him to not question her and claims he would never understand what it feels to lose a child. She then orders him to send Frances to a tent where she will be waiting.

In the past, Lydia tells Alpha that she wants to be like her. Alpha is thrilled by this but tells her to stop calling her mama. Back in the present, Alpha meets with Frances in a tent. She orders her to remove her mask and kneel. Alpha grabs Frances' head and prompts a scream heard throughout the camp, but ultimately pardons her. As Frances goes to talk to her sister, another Whisperer questions whether they should go back to the other communities.

In the past, Alpha walks around the hallways of the hospital and encounters some walkers. She starts killing them and is joined by the masked man. Afterward, he helps Alpha open the walkers' carcasses so she can use the blood later on. She jokingly decides to call him "B" and claims that makes her the "A". When she tries to see his face under the mask, he demands she leave at sunrise and not come back. In the present, Frances tells her sister about Alpha showing mercy and how it felt to talk with her. Frances' sister says she should forget about her son like how Alpha sacrificed her daughter for the pack. She also hopes Frances starts behaving better.

The next day, Alpha leads a group of Whisperers to a field to gather more walkers. Suddenly, the satellite crashes through the sky and the herd starts to scatter. Frances witnesses a walker with a strapped baby carrier and starts having flashbacks to when she abandoned her son. She runs towards Alpha and jumps on her causing the herd to get riled up. The herd closes in and Frances is pulled off Alpha by her sister and thrown to the middle of the herd to be devoured.

Back at their camp, Alpha questions Frances' sister on whether or not she regrets letting her sister die. She confesses she will always be loyal to Alpha. Beta approaches and questions Alpha about why she is calm after losing three of their people and their herd. Alpha, however, claims she is proud of the woman. That night, Alpha anoints the woman a "Gamma" and the group praises her. Beta watches with jealousy from behind. The next day, Gamma questions Beta's feelings about her. They both claim to be empty as Alpha wants. Beta then heads off to look for Alpha at their old camp.

In the past, Lydia wanders around the hospital on her own. Alpha wakes up and looks for her. She enters a room and finds photos of Beta with his face scratched out of all of them. Beta finds her and is mad that she wandered there. She then kills a walker wearing a smiley face t-shirt after it comes out another room. Beta loses it and starts wrecking the place. Lydia arrives and ultimately stops him from killing Alpha. He kneels by his friend's side as Alpha approaches him and declares "We are the end of the world." She lifts his mask to look at his face and chuckles, seemingly recognizing him. Beta doesn't want to leave his friend behind and she declares he won't have to, giving him a knife. Beta then proceeds to peel his friend's face off.

In the present, Beta discovers Alpha has made a shrine to Lydia and lied about killing her. Alpha breaks down and says she couldn't kill her daughter. She then destroys the shrine and pleads with him to keep Lydia's life a secret. He promises he will and informs her that the enemy has crossed the border. Alpha smiles and says they will return to teach them a lesson. Later, the Whisperers move around the woods with their herd as Alpha notices something in the distance. She wanders off and looks at Carol watching her from a distant cliff.

"Ghosts"

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"Silence the Whisperers"

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"What It Always Is"

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"Bonds"

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"Open Your Eyes"

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"The World Before"

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Episodes

	Title	Writer(s)	Director(s)	Original Air Date	U.S. Viewers
1.	"Lines We Cross"	Angela Kang	Greg Nicotero	October 6, 2019	4.00 million
2.	"We Are the End of the World"	Nicole Mirante-Matthews	Greg Nicotero	October 13, 2019	TBA
3.	"Ghosts"	Jim Barnes	David Boyd	October 20, 2019	TBA
4.	"Silence the Whisperers"	Geraldine Inoa	Michael Cudlitz	October 27, 2019	TBA
5.	"What It Always Is"	Eli Jorne	Laura Belsey	November 3, 2019	TBA
6.	"Bonds"	Kevin Deiboldt	Dan Liu	November 10, 2019	TBA
7.	"Open Your Eyes"	Corey Reed	Michael Cudlitz	November 17, 2019	TBA
8.	"The World Before"	Julia Ruchman	John Dahl	November 24, 2019	TBA

Deaths

• Injured Woman (Flashback)
• Frances
• Beta's Best Friend (Zombified, Flashback)
• 4 unnamed campers (Confirmed Fate)
• 1 deer
• 2 unnamed Whisperers (Confirmed Fate)

Videos

Official Trailers

The Walking Dead Season 10 Comic-Con Trailer

San Diego Comic-Con Trailer

Trivia

• This season is mainly based on "Volume 25: No Turning Back", "Volume 26: Call To Arms" and "Volume 27: The Whisperer War" from the Comic Series. 
• Lauren Cohan's return as Maggie Rhee will be seen sometime in this season.
  • Angela Kang confirmed that she is "working on" bringing Cohan back to the show this season.
  • Lauren Cohan was officially confirmed to return later in the season at NYCC.
• Norman Reedus (Daryl) and Melissa McBride (Carol) have signed on for a further 3 years, indicating that both will appear in this season.
• This will be Danai Gurira's final season portraying Michonne.
  • She will appear only in a "limited capacity", described as a "handful of episodes that will be interspersed throughout Season 10".
  • On July 19, 2019, during San Diego Comic-Con, Danai confirmed that she would not be returning after Season 10.
• On April 4, 2019, Angela Kang confirmed that there will be another time jump this season.
• Filming began on Monday, May 6, as confirmed by Norman Reedus on his Instagram page.
• Below are the changes made to the main cast in this season:
  • Following their characters' deaths in the previous season, Alanna Masterson (Tara Chambler) and Katelyn Nacon (Enid) have been removed from the opening credits.
  • Callan McAuliffe (Alden) and Avi Nash (Siddiq) are still listed under "Also Starring", despite being credited as series regulars in the previous season.
  • Ryan Hurst (Beta), Eleanor Matsuura (Yumiko), Cooper Andrews (Jerry), Nadia Hilker (Magna), Cailey Fleming (Judith Grimes), Cassady McClincy (Lydia), and Lauren Ridloff (Connie) have been upgraded to series regulars after recurring appearances.
    • Ryan Hurst has been added to the opening credits.
    • Despite their status as series regulars, Eleanor Matsuura, Cooper Andrews, Nadia Hilker, Cailey Fleming, Cassady McClincy, and Lauren Ridloff are listed under "Also Starring".
• Michael Cudlitz, who portrayed Abraham Ford, directed two episodes this season.
• The characters Dante and Brandon from the Comic Series will be introduced this season.
• Scott Gimple has confirmed a musical themed episode is currently in production, however it is unknown if it will debut in Season 10.