The most popular post-apocalyptic series has become an extended universe, Avengers style. While the second spin-off, The Walking Dead: World Beyond, has just arrived for 2 seasons, and season 11 of the main series will be the last, it is more than ever time to wonder in what order the events happened, are happening and will happen...

First, there were The Walking Dead comics. And then The Walking Dead series. Then The Walking Dead games. Then came The Walking Dead novels, and a spin-off, Fear the Walking Dead. But also web-series, and finally a new spin-off, The Walking Dead: World Beyond, before the arrival of the highly anticipated The Walking Dead films, and even a new series centered on Daryl and Carol...

In short, over the years, The Walking Dead programs have multiplied like prowlers within a horde, and now represent a particularly rich and massive extended universe. Like some sort of zombie Star Wars. To thoroughly explore all the contents, it would take a few hundred hours. But to fully understand the chronology of events, we will only focus on the 3 series. That being said, for fans of the show, we can only recommend reading the comics that served as the basis for the story, which ended in 2019, and whose ending is different from that of the series. But also certain novels (the one on the origins of the Governor), as well as the games published by Telltale, which allow you to be really immersed in the universe of The Walking Dead. But let's go back to Rick, Michonne, Daryl, Morgan and the others...

Chronologically, it all starts with... Fear the Walking Dead. The spin-off of The Walking Dead is indeed a prequel, the first 2 seasons of which take place while Rick is still in a coma, so in the intro of the very first episode of The Walking Dead. From the end of season 3 of Fear The Walking Dead, the events of the 2 series will take place in parallel. It is then that a big leap will take place, since between season 3 and season 4 of Fear the Walking Dead, for their part, the heroes of The Walking Dead (sur) live their adventures of season 2 to season 8! We are not going to divulge anything, this article being guaranteed as usual in spoilers, but it is thanks to this time ellipsis that the character of Morgan (among others) can make the link between the two shows. Then, The Walking Dead making a jump of 5 years between season 8 and 9, it is in this interval that the events of seasons 4, 5, and 6 of Fear The Walking Dead take place.

The Walking Dead: before, after, and sometimes during

This is the moment that the new spin-off, The Walking Dead: World Beyond, chooses to enter the chronology of the series. The new series, featuring a gang of teenagers discovered 10 years after the outbreak began, takes place just days ahead of season 10 of The Walking Dead, which just wrapped on OCS , and will soon be extended by 6 new episodes. The Walking Dead: World Beyond should last only 2 seasons, so it seems clear that the purpose of this series is to complete the main series, and to provide certain answers, in particular on the fate of Rick, as suggested by many clues...

To make the most of the chronology and the links between all the series, here is the precise order in which to watch the episodes. If it's a bit too demanding to go from one series to another, we've added another possible reading order, easier to set up for a pure The Walking Dead marathon, just to crunch survival to the fullest. teeth !

In which order to watch The Walking Dead series?

The alternative order in which to watch The Walking Dead series

To (re)dive into the extended universe of The Walking Dead, find the entire main series on OCS, Fear the Walking Dead on VOD at SFR, and The Walking Dead: World Beyond on Amazon Prime Video, available from the SFR box.

Sources: Reddit, Screen Rant, Univers des Comics

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