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'{{short description|American post-apocalyptic drama television series}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox television | image = The Walking Dead World Beyond title card.jpg | image_upright = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | genre = {{Plainlist| * [[Horror fiction|Horror]] * [[Serial (radio and television)|Serial drama]] * [[Zombie apocalypse]] }} | creator = {{Plainlist| * [[Scott M. Gimple]] * Matthew Negrete }} | based_on = {{based on|''[[The Walking Dead (comic book)|The Walking Dead]]''|[[Robert Kirkman]]|[[Tony Moore (artist)|Tony Moore]]|[[Charlie Adlard]]}} | developer = | starring = {{plainlist| <!--- Season 1 ---> * Aliyah Royale * Alexa Mansour * [[Hal Cumpston]] * Nicolas Cantu * [[Nico Tortorella]] * [[Annet Mahendru]] * [[Julia Ormond]] <!--- Season 2 ---> * Joe Holt * [[Natalie Gold]] * [[Jelani Alladin]] * Ted Sutherland * [[Pollyanna McIntosh]] }} | narrated = | theme_music_composer = | opentheme = | endtheme = | composer = [[The Newton Brothers]] | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 2 | num_episodes = 20 | list_episodes = #Episodes | executive_producer = {{Plainlist| * Scott M. Gimple * Matthew Negrete * Robert Kirkman * [[Gale Anne Hurd]] * David Alpert * Brian Bockrath }} | producer = | location = [[Hopewell, Virginia]] | cinematography = | editor = <!-- Film editors --> | camera = [[Single-camera setup|Single-camera]] | runtime = 42–52 minutes | company = {{Plainlist| * [[Skybound Entertainment]] * AMC Studios }} | distributor = [[AMC Networks]] | budget = | network = [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]] | picture_format = | audio_format = | first_aired = {{Start date|2020|10|4}} | last_aired = {{End date|2021|12|5}} | preceded_by = | followed_by = | related = {{Plainlist| * ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'' * ''[[Fear the Walking Dead]]'' * ''[[Talking Dead]]'' * ''[[Tales of the Walking Dead]]'' }} }} '''''The Walking Dead: World Beyond''''' is an American [[post-apocalyptic]] [[Horror fiction|horror]] [[drama]] [[Limited series (television)|limited series]] created by [[Scott M. Gimple]] and Matthew Negrete that premiered on [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]] on October 4, 2020. It is a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] series to ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'', which is based on the [[The Walking Dead (comic book)|comic book series of the same name]] by [[Robert Kirkman]], [[Tony Moore (artist)|Tony Moore]], and [[Charlie Adlard]], and is the third television series within [[The Walking Dead (franchise)|''The Walking Dead'' franchise]]. The first season consisted of 10 episodes. The second and final season premiered on October 3, 2021, and also consists of 10 episodes with the final episode aired on December 5, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tassi |first=Paul |title=AMC Confirms 'The Walking Dead: World Beyond' Will Only Run For 20 Total Episodes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2020/01/17/amc-confirms-the-walking-dead-world-beyond-will-only-run-for-20-total-episodes/ |website=[[Forbes]] |date=January 17, 2020 |access-date=January 20, 2020}}</ref><ref name="S2Premiere"/> Matthew Negrete, who previously wrote for ''The Walking Dead'', is the [[showrunner]] for the series. ==Synopsis== The series, set in [[Nebraska]] ten years after the [[zombie apocalypse]], features four teenage protagonists and focuses on "the first generation to come-of-age in the apocalypse as we know it. Some will become heroes. Some will become villains. In the end, all of them will be changed forever. Grown-up and cemented in their identities, both good and bad."<ref name="NYCCTrailer"/><ref name="ThirdSpinoff"/><ref name="TwoSeasons"/> ==Cast and characters== ===Main=== * [[Aliyah Royale]] as Iris Bennett, a smart high school student and aspiring scientist.<ref name="RoyaleMahendru"/> * [[Alexa Mansour]] as Hope Bennett, Iris' adoptive, rebellious and intellectual sister.<ref name="July2019Casting"/><ref name="RoyaleMahendru"/> * [[Hal Cumpston]] as Silas Plaskett, a shy teenager who was transferred to the Campus Colony after committing a violent offense.<ref name="July2019Casting"/><ref name="RoyaleMahendru"/> * Nicolas Cantu as Elton Ortiz, an analytical and intellectual fifteen-year-old.<ref name="July2019Casting"/><ref name="RoyaleMahendru"/> * [[Nico Tortorella]] as Felix Carlucci, the head of security at the Campus Colony, who was kicked out of his house for coming out as gay.<ref name="Tortorella"/> * [[Annet Mahendru]] as Jennifer "Huck" Mallick, a security officer at the Campus Colony, who is also Elizabeth's daughter.<ref name="RoyaleMahendru"/> * [[Julia Ormond]] as Elizabeth Kublek, the lieutenant colonel of the Civic Republic Military (CRM).<ref name="Ormond"/> * [[Joe Holt (actor)|Joe Holt]] as Leopold "Leo" Bennett, the adoptive father of Iris and Hope, who is a scientist that is being held by the CRM. (season 2; recurring season 1)<ref name="Holt"/><ref name="S2Premiere"/> * [[Natalie Gold]] as Lyla Belshaw, a scientist for the CRM, who is one of Leo Bennett's colleagues. (season 2; recurring season 1)<ref name="S2Premiere" /><ref name="Ormond" /> * [[Jelani Alladin]] as Will Campbell, a former security officer at the Campus Colony, who is Felix's boyfriend and later husband. (season 2; guest season 1)<ref name="S2Premiere"/> * Ted Sutherland as Percy, Tony's nephew, who is abandoned by his mother and left to Tony. (season 2; recurring season 1)<ref name="Ormond" /> * [[Pollyanna McIntosh]] as [[Jadis (The Walking Dead)|Jadis Stokes / Anne]], the warrant officer of the CRM who disappeared along with [[Rick Grimes]] on the CRM helicopter in ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]''. (season 2)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ew.com/tv/the-walking-dead-world-beyond-season-2-pollyanna-mcintosh-crossover-rick-grimes/ |title=Major Walking Dead: World Beyond season 2 crossover has big implications for Rick Grimes |website=Entertainment Weekly |first=Nick |last=Romano |date=September 2, 2021 |access-date=September 2, 2021}}</ref> ===Recurring=== * Christina Marie Karis as Kari Bennett, the adoptive mother of Iris and Hope, who was killed by Amelia at the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. (season 1) * [[Anna Khaja]] as Indira, the leader of the Perimeter, a small community who allies with the Civic Republic. (season 2) * Robert Palmer Watkins as Frank Newton, the lieutenant of the CRM. (season 2; guest season 1)<ref name="rpw"/> * [[Maximilian Osinski]] as Dennis Graham, a once dedicated and disciplined master sergeant of the CRM who is now trying to pick up the pieces of his life. He is also Huck's husband. (season 2)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/the-walking-dead-world-beyond-max-osinski-season-2-amc-spinoff-recurring-1234729612/|title='The Walking Dead: World Beyond': Max Osinski Joins Season 2 Of AMC Spinoff As Recurring|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=April 8, 2021|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref> * Madelyn Kientz as Asha, Indira's generous and brave daughter who developed a close bond with Elton. (season 2) * Gissette Valentin as Diane Pierce, a smart, driven corporal of the CRM who commands the respect of someone in a much higher position of authority. (season 2)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/with-love-andre-royo-gissette-valentin-the-walking-dead-world-beyond-amazon-amc-casting-1234781772/|title=Amazon's 'With Love' Adds Andre Royo As Recurring; Gissette Valentin To Recur In 'The Walking Dead: World Beyond'|last=Del Rosario|first=Alexandra|date=June 28, 2021|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a36873366/walking-dead-world-beyond-season-2-gissette-valentin/|title=The Walking Dead: World Beyond season 2 adds Cobra Kai star|last=McCreesh|first=Louise|date=June 29, 2021|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref> ===Guest=== * Al Calderon as Barca, the sergeant major of the CRM, who is also one of Elizabeth's bodyguards.<ref name="Ormond"/> * Christina Brucato as Amelia Ortiz, Elton's pregnant mother, who killed Kari at the beginning of the zombie apocalypse, and then was killed by Hope. (season 1) * [[Scott Adsit]] as Tony Delmado, a traveling magician from Las Vegas, who is Percy's uncle. (season 1)<ref name="Ormond"/> * [[Noah Emmerich]] as Dr. Edwin Jenner, a CDC [[virologist]] who had previously appeared in "[[Wildfire (The Walking Dead)|Wildfire]]" and "[[TS-19]]" of the [[The Walking Dead (season 1)|first season]] of ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]''. (season 2) ==Episodes== {{Long plot|section|plural=y|date=December 2021}} {{Series overview | color1 = #1BE496 | link1 = #Season 1 (2020) | episodes1 = 10 | start1 = {{Start date|2020|10|4}} | end1 = {{End date|2020|11|29}} | color2 = #F19CBB | link2 = #Season 2 (2021) | episodes2 = 10 | start2 = {{Start date|2021|10|3}} | end2 = {{End date|2021|12|5}} }} ===Season 1 (2020)=== {{Episode table |background=#1BE496 |overall=5 |season=5 |title=25 |director=14 |writer=26 |airdate=15 |viewers=10 |country=U.S. |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Brave | DirectedBy = Magnus Martens | WrittenBy = [[Scott M. Gimple]] & Matthew Negrete | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|10|4}} | Viewers = 1.595<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-10-4-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006144736/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-10-4-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 6, 2020|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.4.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=October 6, 2020|website=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Ten years after the world ended, the Campus Colony, [[Omaha, Nebraska]], [[Portland, Oregon]] and the mysterious Civic Republic are allied together in the Alliance of the Three. Hope and Iris Bennett are a pair of highly-intelligent sisters living in the Campus Colony whose father Leo was taken to the CR months ago and who has been communicating with his daughters in secret. As the ten year anniversary approaches, Leo sends two distress messages to his daughters who are divided on what to do while their friend Felix, who is dating Will, the head of Leo's security detail, refuses to do anything as it would involve leaving behind Hope and Iris whom he is acting the guardian of. Lieutenant Colonel Elizabeth Kublek of the Civic Republic Military provides the sisters with a coded map to the research facility where Leo is working in [[New York State]]. Concerned for their father's safety, Hope and Iris decide to go after him with two other teenagers, Elton Ortiz and Silas Plaskett, Elton wanting to find his mother who has been missing for years while Silas wants to get a fresh start from the rumors about his violent past. However, a flashback reveals that on [[Monster (Fear the Walking Dead)|the Night the Sky Fell]], Elton's pregnant mother had killed Hope and Iris' mother in a moment of panic and was then accidentally killed by Hope, something that she has been hiding from her sister. After discovering that the teenagers are gone, Felix follows them with his friend Huck, convinced that they will only get themselves killed. After the group is gone, the Campus Colony is overrun by a herd and destroyed due to Kublek and the CRM. Sergeant Major Barca reports that they can't find "her" which Kublek is left pleased by. First appearance of Iris Bennett, Hope Bennett, Silas Plaskett, Elton Ortiz, Huck, Elizabeth Kublek, and Leopold Bennett | LineColor = 1BE496 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = The Blaze of Gory | DirectedBy = Magnus Martens | WrittenBy = [[Ben Sokolowski]] | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|10|11}} | Viewers = 1.040<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-10-11-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013153012/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-10-11-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 13, 2020|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.11.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=October 13, 2020|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=October 13, 2020}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Iris proves to be unable to put down a walker that the group encounters, even after it is impaled upon a fallen tree in the struggle. As the group continues on with their journey, Hope begins leaving clues behind for Felix and Huck, losing faith in their plan but being continually outvoted by the others. An encounter with a second walker leaves it chasing the group before Hope, unable to put it down, traps the walker in an abandoned swimming pool. In order to avoid a costly detour, the group, who are dubbed the Endlings by Hope, are forced to go through the Blaze of Gory, a massive perpetual fire that has drawn a massive horde of walkers to it. The Endlings are able to get through part of the Blaze, but become stranded in a tire junkyard containing most of the fire. After the others go to sleep, Hope takes off alone into the Blaze. At the same time, Felix and Huck follow their trail while Felix is haunted by memories of his parents who had kicked him out after discovering that Felix is gay as a teenager. At night, Felix sneaks off and returns home, only to discover that his parents have died and reanimated, but he is unable to bring himself to put them down. Felix and Huck close in on the Endlings thanks to Hope's trail of clues and Felix puts down the walker that has been continually stalking them after it escapes from the swimming pool. | LineColor = 1BE496 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = The Tyger and the Lamb | DirectedBy = [[Sharat Raju]] | WrittenBy = The Farahanis | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|10|18}} | Viewers = 1.040<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-10-18-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020145503/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-10-18-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 20, 2020|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.18.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=October 20, 2020|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=October 20, 2020}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Hope contacts the others and reveals that she has set off into the Blaze of Gory to sound an old [[tornado siren]] in order to lure the herd away from them. The others make their way to an office near the factory containing the siren where they are reunited with Felix and Huck. Silas is haunted by flashbacks to a violent altercation of some kind for which he was arrested and has made people fearful of him, calling Silas a monster, causing him to hesitate to put down walkers, admitting to Iris that he's afraid of himself. After some trouble, Hope manages to use the siren to lure most of the herd away, but she injures her foot while making her own escape. Rescuing her sister, Iris puts down her first walker and Hope puts down her first while saving Iris in turn. The Endlings manage to escape the Blaze of Gory and a falling rack of tires keep the herd from following them any further. In the aftermath, the Endlings all refuse to abandon their mission and go home, and Felix and Huck reluctantly agree to join them, although Felix makes it clear that he intends to keep trying to change their minds. Hope finally opens up to Iris and reveals her role in their mother's death and how she had accidentally killed the woman who had killed their mother. In the Civic Republic, Kublek looks over an attack plan for Omaha and she is visited by Sergeant Major Barca who is struggling to come to terms with the [[genocide]] that the CRM has committed. Kublek insists that it was necessary to sustain their modern civilization of more than two hundred thousand people and has Barca taken away when his doubts persist. Despite her own insistence, Kublek is shown to be privately shedding tears over the map of Omaha. | LineColor = 1BE496 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = The Wrong End of a Telescope | DirectedBy = Rachel Leiterman | WrittenBy = Sinead Daly | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|10|25}} | Viewers = 1.020<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-10-25-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027142427/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-10-25-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 27, 2020|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.25.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=October 27, 2020|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=October 27, 2020}}</ref> | ShortSummary = The Endlings take shelter from a storm in an abandoned high school where Felix and Huck take the opportunity to try to change Elton and Hope's minds so that they can get the group to turn around. While searching for supplies, Hope and Huck encounter a wolf stalking the school's hallways, but they manage to escape unharmed and find food supplies in the pantry of the school's fallout shelter. Felix and Elton gather water and investigate what turns out to be the wolf's activities while Iris finds herself drawn to the picture of a rebellious student named Sabina while enjoying imagining high school life and dancing with Silas. However, the wolf and some walkers drive Iris and Silas into the fallout shelter where they discover that several survivors living there have perished and turned, including Sabina. The others manage to rescue the two, but Silas flies into a rage, beating a walker to death with his bare hands and injuring Elton when he tries to stop him. Felix puts down the other walkers and snaps Silas out of it and it's revealed that the violent altercation that he keeps remembering is with his father whom Silas supposedly murdered. With Elton's dedication to the mission wavering, Felix attempts to enlist his help to turn the group around at the [[Mississippi River]], their last best chance to do so while Hope, after recalling fighting with her father before he left, becomes more determined than ever to find him. Iris convinces the horrified Silas not to leave and Elton takes a group photo of the Endlings. In a post-credits scene, Dr. Lyla Belshaw performs experiments on a number of zombified test subjects at the CRM's research facility, one of whom is revealed to be one of her and Leo Bennett's own colleagues, Dr. Samuel Abbott. First appearance of Lyla Belshaw. | LineColor = 1BE496 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Madman Across the Water | DirectedBy = Dan Liu | WrittenBy = Rohit Kumar | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|1}} | Viewers = 0.742<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-11-1-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103151817/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-11-1-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 3, 2020|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.1.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=November 3, 2020|work=[[Showbuzz Daily]]|access-date=November 3, 2020}}</ref> | ShortSummary = The Endlings arrive at the [[Mississippi River]] where all of the bridges were destroyed by the military when things went bad, necessitating a boat crossing. However, there are no boats available, forcing the group to build their own makeshift boat out of supplies that they are able to scavenge from the area. Hope learns of Felix's plan to enlist Elton's help to turn the group around and angrily confronts them both about their behavior. Felix later admits to Iris that he needs Leo and his boyfriend Will to be alright because Felix was originally supposed to be the one to go before Leo asked him to stay behind and look after Hope and Iris for him. With a herd closing in, the [[claustrophobic]] Elton is forced to crawl under the boat and fix a problem, but it is ultimately Felix who enables the boat launch just when it seems like they will have to abandon it. The Endlings successfully cross the river into [[Illinois]] where Huck departs on a scouting mission for a couple of days. In flashbacks, it's revealed that a five-year old Elton was the only survivor when the museum that his father worked at fell due to his father hiding Elton in a box in his office. Elton subsequently discovered that his father had turned and been put down by soldiers before Elton made his way to the Campus Colony on his own. While comforting Elton, Hope discovers that she had killed his mother on the Night the Sky Fell. Hearing a noise in the woods next to their camp, the Endlings encounter a teenage boy armed with a stick. First appearance of Percy. | LineColor = 1BE496 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Shadow Puppets | DirectedBy = [[Michael Cudlitz]] | WrittenBy = Maya Goldsmith | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|8}} | Viewers = 0.726<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-11-8-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110151737/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-11-8-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 10, 2020|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.8.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=November 10, 2020|work=[[Showbuzz Daily]]|access-date=November 10, 2020}}</ref> | ShortSummary = The boy, Percy, reveals that two men have stolen his belongings, including a truck that can greatly shorten the Endlings' trip to New York. Iris becomes enamored with Percy, causing Silas, distrustful of Percy's truthfulness, to become visibly jealous of their relationship while Hope struggles with the revelation that she had killed Elton's mother. The Endlings make a deal with Percy to help him retrieve his truck in exchange for Percy giving them a ride to New York. However, Percy turns out to be a grifter who is working with his uncle Tony to steal the Endlings' belongings. Iris becomes trapped in a dumpster while chasing after Percy and, as a herd closes in on the group as they work to save her, Percy and Tony return and rescue them. Percy expresses remorse for his actions, having come back to help after Iris had selflessly tried to help him when she had thought that Percy was in trouble. Tony agrees to drive the Endlings to New York as Percy had promised and he privately reveals to Felix that the truck had used to belong to the CRM and that he had found something with the dead driver that can lead the group to a CRM refueling station for supplies for their journey. At the end of the day, the group relaxes by enjoying a shadow puppet show put on by Tony, a former Las Vegas magician, depicting the end of the world. In a post-credits scene, Lyla studies Leo's manuscript and reassures Kublek that neither Leo nor his security detail will be a problem. | LineColor = 1BE496 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Truth or Dare | DirectedBy = Michael Cudlitz | WrittenBy = Eddie Guzelian | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|15}} | Viewers = 0.783<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-11-15-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117151750/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-11-15-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 17, 2020|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.15.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=November 17, 2020|work=[[Showbuzz Daily]]|access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref> | ShortSummary = In flashbacks, Huck is revealed to be a former US Marine named Jennifer Mallick who defied orders to execute unarmed civilians as things got bad. Instead, Huck kills her comrades, including her best friend Drake, in order to save the civilians, resulting in Huck scarring her own face to match Drake's scar as a reminder. In the present, after a drunken game of [[truth or dare]], Hope reveals to Huck that she had killed Elton's mother on the Night the Sky Fell and Huck advises Hope to keep it a secret from Elton in order to protect him. Tony reveals that he has managed to get his hands on a map to CRM fuel caches and he has figured out how to decode CRM maps. Using Tony's decoders, Iris is finally able to decipher the coded map that Kublek had given to her and Hope which reveals that the CRM's research facility is located in [[Ithaca, New York]]. The Endlings raid the unmanned fuel depot, retrieving CRM code books and enough fuel to make their journey. However, Hope and Huck end up in a hostage situation with Walter, a desperate survivor who has been bitten. Huck promises to help Walter, but after talking him down, Huck kills him instead. Tony and Percy decide to join the Endlings' mission to rescue Leo and a romance begins blossoming between Iris and Percy, much to the jealousy of Silas. However, Iris finds Tony with his head bashed in later that night with Silas' bloody wrench lying next to him and no sign of Percy aside from a blood trail leading out of a window. Nearby, passed out covered in blood with a bottle of liquor next to him, is Silas. | LineColor = 1BE496 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 8 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = The Sky Is a Graveyard | DirectedBy = Loren Yaconelli | WrittenBy = Elizabeth Padden | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|22}} | Viewers = 0.627<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-11-22-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124153656/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-11-22-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 24, 2020|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.22.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=November 24, 2020|work=[[Showbuzz Daily]]|access-date=November 24, 2020}}</ref> | ShortSummary = A series of flashbacks reveals that Silas' father was abusive, ultimately leading to a violent altercation in which Silas accidentally killed his father and then had to put him down after his father reanimated and attacked his mother. Although Silas' father's death was ruled to be self-defense, his past and blackouts as well as the murder weapon being found at his side leads to a division amongst the group about whether or not Silas is guilty of Tony's murder and Percy's disappearance and what to do with him if he is. Silas displays suicidal thoughts, almost allowing a walker to kill him before Hope saves him. Rather than continuing to endanger his friends, Silas claims to Iris that he had murdered Percy and Tony and exiles himself from the group. Elton decides to follow his best friend and before he leaves, Hope confesses to accidentally killing Elton's mom on the Night the Sky Fell. In a flashback to her two day scouting mission, Huck is revealed to be Kublek's daughter and a mole within the group whose mission is to protect "the asset." | LineColor = 1BE496 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 9 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = The Deepest Cut | DirectedBy = [[Sydney Freeland]] | WrittenBy = Maya Goldsmith & Ben Sokolowski | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|29}} | Viewers = 0.618<ref name="1.09-10">{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-11-29-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202154233/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-11-29-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 2, 2020|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.29.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=December 2, 2020|work=[[Showbuzz Daily]]|access-date=December 2, 2020}}</ref> | ShortSummary = In a series of flashbacks, Felix and his boyfriend Will argue about Felix being torn between protecting Leo and staying with Hope and Iris, leading to Will going in Felix's place. Huck secretly meets with Kublek who orders Huck to speed up the process of bringing "the asset" to them and to isolate her from the rest of the group. In the present, with only a little more than a hundred miles to go, Huck purposefully crashes the truck and then discreetly injures Felix to slow the group down, making efforts to divide them. At the same time, a distraught Elton finds and protects an unconscious Percy who he hallucinates talking to him, conveying Elton's own mixed emotions. Percy eventually wakes up and reveals that it was actually Huck who shot him, not Silas. Huck apparently succeeds in driving a wedge between Hope and the others and they set out on their own. However, Hope had actually figured out how to break the CRM message codes and learned that Huck is a double agent. In a post-credits scene, Will is chased through the woods by CRM soldiers who are trying to kill him. First appearance of Will Campbell. | LineColor = 1BE496 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 10 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = In This Life | DirectedBy = Magnus Martens | WrittenBy = Matthew Negrete & Maya Goldsmith & Ben Sokolowski | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|29}} | Viewers = 0.618<ref name="1.09-10"/> | ShortSummary = In a series of flashbacks, Leo and Kari adopt Hope and Iris as babies. Leo later talks about Hope's genius with Lyla Belshaw whom he is dating; Lyla subsequently informs the CRM, causing them to deem Hope "the asset." In the present, Leo expresses his distrust of the CRM to Lyla and asks for her help in proving that he's right. Elton and Percy locate Silas and reveal that Huck was the one who had murdered Tony and shot Percy; with CRM soldiers closing in, Silas turns himself in to give his friends the chance to get away. Elton and Percy agree to find their friends and save them with Percy seeking to get revenge on Huck. Hope confronts Huck who reveals that the CRM need Hope's talents to help with Leo's research and rebuild the world, but they needed her to see what she was trying to save which is why they had set Hope on her cross-country path. After a fight between Huck and Felix, Hope agrees to go with the CRM, but she secretly tells Iris that they are going to beat the CRM together. Hope and Huck meet with Kublek who tells Huck that she intends to deal with the other Endlings despite Huck's protests. In the woods, Felix and Iris are reunited with Will who is with a large group of people and realizes that they don't know that the Campus Colony has been destroyed. | LineColor = 1BE496 }} }} ===Season 2 (2021)=== {{Episode table |background=#F19CBB |overall=5 |season=5 |title=25 |director=14 |writer=26 |airdate=15 |viewers=10 |country=U.S. |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 11 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Konsekans | DirectedBy = Loren Yaconelli | WrittenBy = Matthew Negrete | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|10|3}} | Viewers = 0.753<ref>{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-10-3-2021-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 10.3.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals|website=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=October 5, 2021|access-date=October 5, 2021}}</ref> | ShortSummary = | LineColor = F19CBB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 12 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Foothold | DirectedBy = Loren Yaconelli | WrittenBy = Carson Moore | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|10|10}} | Viewers = 0.807<ref>{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-10-10-2021-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 10.10.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals|website=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=October 12, 2021|access-date=October 12, 2021}}</ref> | ShortSummary = | LineColor = F19CBB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 13 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Exit Wounds | DirectedBy = [[Aisha Tyler]] | WrittenBy = Rayna McClendon | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|10|17}} | Viewers = 0.669<ref>{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-10-17-2021-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 10.17.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals|website=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=October 19, 2021|access-date=October 19, 2021}}</ref> | ShortSummary = | LineColor = F19CBB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 14 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Family Is a Four Letter Word | DirectedBy = Aisha Tyler | WrittenBy = Maya Goldsmith | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|10|24}} | Viewers = 0.688<ref>{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-10-24-2021-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 10.24.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals|website=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=October 26, 2021|access-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref> | ShortSummary = | LineColor = F19CBB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 15 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Quatervois | DirectedBy = Heather Cappiello | WrittenBy = [[Ben Sokolowski]] | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|10|31}} | Viewers = 0.510<ref>{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-10-31-2021-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 10.31.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals|website=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=November 2, 2021|access-date=November 2, 2021}}</ref> | ShortSummary = | LineColor = F19CBB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 16 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Who Are You? | DirectedBy = Heather Cappiello | WrittenBy = Rohit Kumar | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|7}} | Viewers = 0.431<ref>{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-11-7-2021-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 11.7.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|work=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=November 9, 2021|access-date=November 9, 2021}}</ref> | ShortSummary = | LineColor = F19CBB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 17 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Blood and Lies | DirectedBy = [[Lily Mariye]] | WrittenBy = Sinead Daly | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|14}} | Viewers = 0.490<ref>{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-11-14-2021-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 11.14.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|work=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=November 16, 2021|access-date=November 16, 2021}}</ref> | ShortSummary = After Dennis backs up his story, Jadis releases Silas into Dennis' custody and expressing interest in him becoming a CRM soldier in the future before beginning an investigation into the missing vial with the help of Huck. At the same time, Leo discovers that the vial contains a modified variant of [[chlorine gas]] which is what the CRM had used to wipe out Omaha and the Campus Colony under the cover of a massive walker attack. In exchange for the vial's return, Lyla Belshaw reveals to Hope and Iris that her secret work is about studying reanimation as it happens using bitten or killed test subjects. She also reveals that the Civic Republic government has no idea what their military is up to. After getting the vial back, Lyla exposes Leo as the thief and the true nature of her work to him and he reluctantly agrees to help her with research. However, Jadis has Lyla killed by her newest test subject, Sergeant Major Barca, and reveals to Huck that the CRM intends to wipe out Portland next. Huck warns the others through Percy after talking him down from killing her in revenge and Hope decides that they must destroy the facility and rescue all of the scientists in order to stop the CRM. Huck reveals the truth to Dennis and enlists his help before being confronted by Silas while Hope learns that her new friend Mason is actually the son of Major General Beale, one of the high-ranking officials of the CRM. | LineColor = F19CBB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 18 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Returning Point | DirectedBy = Lily Mariye | WrittenBy = Eddie Guzelian | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|21}} | Viewers = 0.527<ref>{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-11-21-2021-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 11.21.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|work=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=November 23, 2021|access-date=November 23, 2021}}</ref> | ShortSummary = In a flashback to two years before, Kublek offers Indira discreet medical treatment for her kidney failure. In the present, Leo informs the other scientists of the genocide committed by the CRM and they agree to join him in escaping with all of their research. After learning about Indira's deal, Brody betrays his people to Jadis in the hopes of getting a home in the Civic Republic, but he is executed by Huck when he tries to blackmail her. Jadis orders a lockdown of the facility, apparently trapping the Bennett family, Percy, Felix, the scientists and Mason Beale, whom Hope abducts, in the bio-containment unit while she sends a team to the Perimeter to kill everyone there. After Indira fails to talk Jadis down, a gunfight erupts between the CRM soldiers, Will, Dennis, Silas and Indira, ending with all of the soldiers and a few of the residents dead as well as Dennis being severely wounded. Having come to inform the others of the plan, Dennis orders Silas to take his friends and get ready for what comes next. While the facility is on lockdown, the group trapped in the lab are able to break into the old mining tunnels beneath the facility, setting C4 to cover their escape behind them. Jadis reveals to Huck that the scientists have wiped all of their research from the mainframe and, in order to set an example, she sends teams into the tunnels with orders to kill everybody on sight. | LineColor = F19CBB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 19 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Death and the Dead | DirectedBy = Loren Yaconelli | WrittenBy = Erin Martin & Sam Reynolds | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|28}} | Viewers = 0.539<ref>{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-11-28-2021-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 11.28.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|work=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=December 1, 2021|access-date=December 1, 2021}}</ref> | ShortSummary = The Bennett family, Percy, Felix, the scientists and Mason Beale escape into Lyla's lab where they attach [[C4 (explosive)|C4]] to a number of her zombified test subjects and send them into the tunnels, collapsing the tunnels and killing a number of CRM soldiers. Using Mason as a hostage, Leo forces Jadis to give them two trucks to escape with, but only the scientists go while the others remain behind in order to destroy the chlorine gas. However, after putting down several test subjects in the facility's cold storage, including a reanimated Lyla, Hope and Felix discover that Jadis has anticipated that they would go after the gas and had secretly moved it. At the same time, Elton manages to remove the bullet from Dennis and he and Silas gather a massive herd and lead it to the research facility as a distraction for the others. The herd overruns the facility, forcing the CRM to retreat. With Dennis needing antibiotics, Silas and Elton raid the medical storage room, leading to the death of Silas' old coworker Webb when he draws walkers upon himself while trying to stop them. Using the globe sculpture that the Perimeter had built for the CRM, Silas and Elton manage to escape. However, as the others make their own escape, they are confronted by Jadis who reveals that the CRM had committed the genocide as a preemptive move after discovering that the Alliance had become too reliant upon them for survival which would've eventually created a chaotic chain reaction of disasters that had the potential to spread to the Republic itself. Huck is forced to break her cover in order to save her friends, but Percy is killed while trying to stop Mason from escaping. In the aftermath, Jadis contacts Major General Beale for reinforcements and to move up the attack on Portland while a spike strip strands Leo and several of the scientists in enemy territory. Although the Endlings believe that they have lost, Huck stumbles upon the gas hidden at Dennis' culling facility, giving them one last chance to stop the genocide in Portland. | LineColor = F19CBB }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 20 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = The Last Light | DirectedBy = Loren Yaconelli | WrittenBy = Matthew Negrete & Maya Goldsmith & Carson Moore | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|12|5}} | Viewers = 0.428<ref>{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-12-5-2021-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 12.5.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|work=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=December 7, 2021|access-date=December 7, 2021}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Frank Newton and a team of soldiers ambush Leo, Felix, Will and the scientists leading to a gunfight in which Leo and Will kill the CRM soldiers and Felix lures Frank away. After a brutal fight, Felix disembowels Frank and leaves him to be devoured by walkers. At the same time, the Endlings fight their way through the herd back to Dennis' outpost where Silas decides to stay and help Huck and Dennis. Iris, Hope and Elton manage to escape the area with the help of Indira and Asha, but Elton is bitten in the arm while protecting Hope, forcing him to undergo an amputation. After sending Silas and Dennis away, Huck fights Jadis who kills Huck, but learns too late that Huck has rigged up her father's watch as a makeshift timer on the [[C4 (explosive)|C4]]. Jadis escapes as the gas is destroyed and she arrests Kublek for treason, blaming her for the CRM's failure. With the CRM closing in on them, the mortally wounded Dennis has Silas kill him in order to convince the CRM that he was an unwilling participant. Silas accepts an offer from Jadis to join the CRM while secretly plotting to infiltrate the organization and warn the right people about the CRM's actions. After Elton recovers, he, Iris, Asha and a number of Indira's people make their way to Portland while Leo, Hope, Indira, the scientists and a now married Felix and Will remain behind to continue their research. In a post-credits scene, a French scientist is confronted by a man who accuses the woman and her colleagues of causing and worsening the outbreak. The man kills the scientist who becomes a faster, stronger and more aggressive kind of zombie while Dr. Edwin Jenner discusses the overseas variants in a video message in the background. | LineColor = F19CBB }} }} ==Production== ===Development=== In July 2018, during [[San Diego Comic Con]], executive producer [[Scott Gimple]] announced that a new spin-off was in the works.<ref name="Gimple2018">{{cite web |url=http://comicbook.com/thewalkingdead/2018/07/21/the-walking-dead-spinoff-comic-con-scott-gimple |title='The Walking Dead' Executive Producer Planning Another Spinoff |website=Comicbook.com |first=Cameron |last=Bonomolo |date=July 21, 2018 |access-date=October 13, 2019}}</ref> In April 2019, [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]] gave a ten-episode order for the series.<ref name="ThirdSpinoff">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/the-walking-dead-spinoff-details-revealed-by-amc-ahead-of-2020-premiere-1202590997/ |title='Walking Dead' Spinoff Greenlighted By AMC For 2020 Premiere, Details Revealed |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |first=Dade |last=Hayes |date=April 8, 2019 |access-date=October 13, 2019}}</ref> In July, the series was given the working title of ''Monument''.<ref name="Monument">{{cite web |url=https://comicbook.com/thewalkingdead/2019/07/26/walking-dead-spinoff-title-plane-crash-monument-virginia/ |title=Walking Dead Spinoff's Working Title, Major Pilot Episode Details Revealed |website=Comicbook.com |first=Brandon |last=Davis |date=July 26, 2019 |access-date=October 13, 2019}}</ref> On November 24, 2019, Gimple revealed the show's title.<ref name="Title">{{cite web |last=Ausiello |first=Michael |title=Third Walking Dead Series Gets Title |url=https://tvline.com/2019/11/24/the-walking-dead-world-beyond-third-series-title-amc/ |website=[[TVLine]] |date=November 24, 2019 |access-date=November 25, 2019}}</ref> In January 2020, alongside the series premiere date announcement, AMC confirmed that the series would only consist of two seasons.<ref name="TwoSeasons">{{cite web |last=O'Dell |first=Johnny |title=The Walking Dead: World Beyond Will Only Last Two Seasons |url=https://www.skybound.com/shows/the-walking-dead-world-beyond/the-walking-dead-world-beyond-will-only-last-two-seasons |website=[[Skybound Entertainment]] |date=January 16, 2020 |access-date=January 16, 2020}}</ref> ===Casting=== In July 2019, Alexa Mansour, Nicolas Cantu, and Hal Cumpston were cast as main undisclosed roles.<ref name="July2019Casting">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/third-walking-dead-series-cast-1203262504/ |title=New 'Walking Dead' Series Casts Three Lead Roles (EXCLUSIVE) |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |first=Joe |last=Otterson |date=July 10, 2019 |access-date=October 13, 2019}}</ref> The same month, Aliyah Royale and [[Annet Mahendru]] joined the cast.<ref name="RoyaleMahendru">{{cite web |url=https://tvline.com/2019/07/19/walking-dead-third-series-annet-mahendru-cast/ |title=Third Walking Dead Series Adds Americans' Annet Mahendru to Cast |website=[[TVLine]] |date=July 19, 2019 |first=Matt Webb |last=Mitovich |access-date=October 13, 2019}}</ref> The following month, [[Nico Tortorella]].<ref name="Tortorella">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/the-walking-dead-third-series-nico-tortorella-star-cast-new-spinoff-amc-1202661133/ |title='The Walking Dead' Third Series: Nico Tortorella To Star In New Spinoff On AMC |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |first=Nellie |last=Andreeva |date=August 5, 2019 |access-date=October 13, 2019}}</ref> [[Julia Ormond]] was announced as a cast member in November 2019, playing the role of Elizabeth Kublek, the "charismatic leader of a large, sophisticated and formidable force".<ref name="Ormond">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/walking-dead-world-beyond-julia-ormond-casting-1203415154/ |title='The Walking Dead: World Beyond' Casts Julia Ormond |first=Danielle |last=Turchiano |date=November 24, 2019 |access-date=November 24, 2019 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><!--Main cast only--> In August 2019, Joe Holt was cast in a recurring role.<ref name="Holt">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/the-walking-dead-third-series-joe-holt-recur-new-spinoff-amc-1202667465/ |title='The Walking Dead' Third Series: Joe Holt To Recur In New Spinoff On AMC |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |first=Denise |last=Petski |date=August 14, 2019 |access-date=October 16, 2019}}</ref> In November, [[Natalie Gold]], [[Al Calderon]], [[Scott Adsit]] and Ted Sutherland were cast as Lyla, Barca, Tony and Percy.<ref name="Ormond" /> In May 2021, Robert Palmer Watkins joined the cast in recurring role for the second season.<ref name="rpw">{{cite web|title='The Walking Dead: World Beyond': Robert Palmer Watkins Joins Season 2 Of AMC Spinoff As Recurring|url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/the-walking-dead-world-beyond-robert-palmer-watkins-season-2-amc-spinoff-recurring-1234766215/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=May 28, 2021|access-date=May 28, 2021}}</ref> For the second season, Joe Holt, [[Jelani Alladin]], Natalie Gold and Ted Sutherland were promoted to series regulars.<ref name="S2Premiere"/> ===Filming=== Filming for the series began late July 2019 in [[Richmond, Virginia]] and was expected to last until November 2019.<ref name="FirstTeaser2019">{{cite web |url=https://comicbook.com/thewalkingdead/2019/07/30/the-walking-dead-first-trailer-for-third-series-released/ |title=The Walking Dead: First Trailer For Third Series Released |website=Comicbook.com |first=Russ |last=Burlingame |date=July 29, 2019 |access-date=October 13, 2019}}</ref> [[Jordan Vogt-Roberts]] was originally announced to be the director of the pilot episode.<ref name="ProductionStarts">{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/walking-dead-full-cast-set-third-show-amc-1225727 |title='The Walking Dead': Full Cast Set for Third Show on AMC |first=Lesley |last=Goldberg |date=July 19, 2019 |access-date=July 21, 2019 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> Vogt-Roberts was replaced with Magnus Martens, who previously directed for ''[[Fear the Walking Dead]]''. The change in directors was a result of the writers mapping out the rest of the season and production had to go in a different direction; Negrete said Vogt-Roberts contributed ideas to the first episode.<ref name="Magnus Martens">{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/the-walking-dead-world-beyond-matthew-negrete-interview/ |title=The Walking Dead: World Beyond Boss Says You Don't Have to Be Caught Up on TWD to Watch the Spin-Off |website=TV Guide |first=Liam |last=Matthews |date=October 1, 2020 |access-date=October 2, 2020}}</ref> The series was looking to film a plane crash in the vein of ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'' with filming to take place in [[Hopewell, Virginia]] during the first two weeks of August.<ref name="Monument"/> ==Release== ===Broadcast=== The series was originally set to premiere on April 12, 2020, on AMC, after the tenth season finale of ''The Walking Dead''.<ref name="PremiereDate">{{cite web |url=https://tvline.com/2020/01/16/the-walking-dead-world-beyond-premiere-date-amc-photos/ |title=The Walking Dead: World Beyond Premiere Date Is Set at AMC — Plus, Feast Your Eyes On the Latest Photos |website=[[TVLine]] |first=Charlie |last=Mason |date=January 16, 2020 |access-date=January 16, 2020}}</ref> However, in March 2020, AMC announced that the premiere was delayed and would instead debut "later this year".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tvline.com/2020/03/20/the-walking-dead-world-beyond-delayed-postponed-spinoff-premiere-date/ |title=Walking Dead Spinoff World Beyond Postponed, New Premiere Date TBD |first=Dave |last=Nemetz |website=[[TVLine]] |date=March 20, 2020 |access-date=March 20, 2020}}</ref> On July 24, 2020, it was announced that the series would premiere on October 4, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title='The Walking Dead: World Beyond' Sets Fall Premiere Date, Shows Off Extended Trailer – Comic-Con@Home |url=https://deadline.com/2020/07/walking-dead-world-beyond-premiere-date-trailer-amc-1202993772/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |first=Patrick |last=Hipes |date=July 24, 2020 |access-date=July 24, 2020}}</ref> The series premiered on October 1, 2020, on [[AMC+]], AMC's premium on-demand service and each episode became available three days before their broadcast premiere.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/1149446-amc-to-unveil-the-walking-dead-world-beyond-episodes-early |title=AMC+ to Unveil The Walking Dead & World Beyond Episodes Early! |website=ComingSoon.net |first=Greg |last=Hermanns |date=September 21, 2020 |access-date=September 23, 2020}}</ref> The final season premiered on October 3, 2021 on AMC.<ref name="S2Premiere">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/walking-dead-world-beyond-season-2-premiere-date-amc-1234799151/ |title='The Walking Dead: World Beyond' Reveals Final-Season Premiere Date And First Look – Comic-Con |website=Deadline Hollywood |first=Dominic |last=Patten |date=July 23, 2021 |accessdate=July 23, 2021}}</ref> Outside the United States, the series is distributed by [[Amazon Prime Video]] and first premiered on October 2, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a31826925/walking-dead-spin-off-world-beyond-postpones-premiere/ |title=Walking Dead spin-off World Beyond postpones season weeks before scheduled premiere |first=Chris |last=Edwards |website=Digital Spy |date=March 20, 2020 |access-date=March 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Walking-Dead-World-Beyond-Season/dp/B08JFT9W2L |title=The Walking Dead: World Beyond |website=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=October 2, 2020}}</ref> ===Marketing=== The first trailer was released at [[New York Comic Con]] on October 5, 2019.<ref name="NYCCTrailer">{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/05/the-walking-dead-third-amc-series-trailer-new-york-comic-con |title=The Walking Dead Third AMC Series Debuts First Trailer at NYCC: 'We Are the Endlings' |first=Terri |last=Schwartz |date=October 5, 2019 |access-date=October 5, 2019 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref> A second trailer was released November 25.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a29940488/walking-dead-spin-off-title-world-beyond-trailer/ |title=The Walking Dead 2020 spin-off finally gets an official title along with a new trailer |last=Lee |first=Jesse |website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=November 25, 2019 |access-date=November 25, 2019}}</ref> ===Home media=== The first season was released on Blu-ray and DVD on June 15, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/041421-1400 |title=Flight of the Intruder, Star Trek: Discovery S3, Walking Dead: World Beyond & more, plus Columbia Classics 4K singles |website=The Digital Bits |first=Bill |last=Hunt |date=April 14, 2021 |access-date=May 1, 2021}}</ref> ==Reception== ''The Walking Dead: World Beyond'' has received mixed reviews from critics. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the first season has a score of 46% with an average rating of 4.90/10 based on 24 critics. The website's critical consensus reads: "''World Beyond''{{'}}s strong performances and new perspective within ''The Walking Dead'' universe aren't enough to make it stand out in an increasingly crowded franchise."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_walking_dead_world_beyond/s01 |title=The Walking Dead: World Beyond: Season 1 (2020) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=July 25, 2021}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the first season has a score of 48 out of 100 based on 10 critics, indicated "mixed or average reviews."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-walking-dead-world-beyond/season-1 |title=The Walking Dead: World Beyond: Season 1 |website=Metacritic |access-date=October 9, 2020}}</ref> Daniel D'Addario of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' gave it a generally positive review and wrote, "This is not a perfect series... And yet there's a willingness to reinvent, to genuinely probe a corner of the universe previously untouched, that makes this series feel serious in its intent and, for fans of the forerunning series, well worth checking out".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/reviews/the-walking-dead-world-beyond-tv-review-1234773575/ |title='The Walking Dead: World Beyond' Is an Effective Look at Life After Apocalypse: TV Review |website=Variety |first=Daniel |last=D'Addario |date=September 21, 2020 |access-date=September 30, 2020}}</ref> In a more negative review from Candice Frederick of ''[[TV Guide]]'', she graded it two out of five stars and wrote, "''World Beyond'' doesn't offer audiences fresh ideas or even fascinating characters for which to root."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/the-walking-dead-the-world-beyond-review-amc-spinoff/ |title=The Walking Dead: World Beyond Review: Well-Intentioned Spin-off Kinda Makes Us Miss Those Flesh-Eating Zombies |website=TV Guide |first=Candice |last=Frederick |date=September 21, 2020 |access-date=September 30, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.amc.com/twdu/the-walking-dead-world-beyond}} * {{IMDb title|10148174}} {{The Walking Dead}} {{AMC Shows}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Walking Dead: World Beyond}} [[Category:2020s American horror television series]] [[Category:2020s American drama television series]] [[Category:2020 American television series debuts]] [[Category:2021 American television series endings]] [[Category:2020s American LGBT-related drama television series]] [[Category:AMC (TV channel) original programming]] [[Category:American horror fiction television series]] [[Category:American television spin-offs]] [[Category:Gay-related television shows]] [[Category:Horror drama television series]] [[Category:Serial drama television series]] [[Category:Post-apocalyptic television series]] [[Category:Television productions suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic]] [[Category:Television series about teenagers]] [[Category:Television shows set in Nebraska]] [[Category:The Walking Dead (franchise) television series|Walking Dead: World Beyond, The]] [[Category:Zombies in television]]'