It’s the little things that keep us hooked. Viewership and ratings per season of The Walking Dead Season Timeslot Episodes First aired Last aired Avg. That said, you can’t really argue with an episode of the Walking Dead that features a) a CGI tiger devoured by zombies and b) Rick jumping out of his jeep to punch a Saviour on the jaw. None of this made a huge degree of sense and there is the ongoing suspicion that the show is stringing us along until it brings back Negan / Negan’s walker-proof caravan for the mid-series finale. You got the impression they would probably have been driving around shooting anyway and that the Saviours were a bonus. Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Daryl (Norman Reedus) meanwhile brought their bromance to the next level as they drove around at high speed, shooting at any passing Saviours.
While trying to free her sister from Fahais. In a world devastated by a zombie apocalypse, a motley band of survivors pulls together to find safety - and answers - within the walls of the CDC. King Ezekiel (Khary Payton), with minimal foreshadowing, suffered an emotional meltdown and almost ended up with his head on a Saviour spike (the spike would have been less humiliating than the highly-contrived breakdown). His very bad day got even worse as pet tiger Shiva had an unhappy run-in with a mob of peckish undead (how many Walkers does it take to down a full grown tiger? Fewer than you’d imagine). The global hit zombie shows 2012 season premiere became the most-watched basic cable episode ever. It was yet another "action packed" instalment of The Walking Dead (that's four in a row, if we're counting ) and – quite an achievement this – perhaps the season’s most baffling to date. Tiger, tiger… eaten alive by a horde of walkers.