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The Walking Dead · Season 9 · AMC

The Walking Dead Season 9

The Walking Dead Season 9 is a WORTH-IT, BollyMeter 7.8/10. 16 episodes on AMC from 7 October 2018.

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BollyMeter7.8/1089% on Rotten Tomatoes - the show's critical revival; Andrew Lincoln's departure and the Whisperers' introduction energised a flagging series and surprised critics who had written it off.

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What BollyAI Thinks

Season 9 pulled off the most unexpected critical comeback of The Walking Dead's run. A 89% Rotten Tomatoes score - the highest since Season 5 - reflected genuine critical surprise at a reinvigorated series. Andrew Lincoln's departure as Rick Grimes generated enormous anticipation and genuine emotional power; the episode handling his exit was among the show's most watched. The six-year time jump that followed reset character dynamics and introduced the Whisperers - antagonists whose skin-wearing horror concept gave the series its most genuinely frightening new threat since the original zombie premise. Melissa McBride's Carol became a more central figure, and her performance received renewed critical attention.

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Season Over Season

The biggest critical turnaround in the series: Rick's exit and Whisperers lift Season 9 back to relevance.