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Apr 13, 2020 · The following timeline captures the major moments and milestones of The Walking Dead universe, including the events of the spinoff series Fear the Walking Dead. The timeline is arranged by...
- Overview
- Before the Trials
- The Trials
- Notes
- References
The following is a timeline for AMC's Television Universe: The Walking Dead, Fear, World Beyond, Tales, Dead City, Daryl Dixon, The Ones Who Live, Dead Reckoning, Survival Instinct, and Onslaught. It also includes the Webisodes that adds to this timeline. This is the chronological order of events for each day of the entire series.
The television universe timeline is separated into two categories: Before and The Trials, which refers to when the Wildfire virus became a global pandemic on August 25, 2010. The following sixteen days involved the collapse of human civilization and resulted in the United States Military deploying its entire arsenal of napalm chemical weapons to destroy all major urban centers. The world entered complete anarchy after September 10, 2010.
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•It has been established through various mediums and sources that the apocalypse of the Television Universe began in 2010. Similar to how the apocalypse in the Comic Universe began in 2003 when Issue 1 was released, the apocalypse in the Television Universe began in the same year the main show premiered. •It was first confirmed in the Pilot, which takes place during the onset of the Trials, as Alicia Clark received a letter of acceptance to UC Berkley several months prior on the date April 12, 2010. •The episode Date of Death, which takes place several weeks after the start of the Trials, features graves of recently deceased characters with the date of death labeled as 2010. •It was confirmed through various sources that the beginning of the Trials was August 25, 2010 and Monument Day was August 27, 2010. •In So Close, Yet So Far, a sign can be seen that bares the date "08.07.10", or August 7, 2010, and advertises a "library week". The fact that the sign is up would indicate that this library week is coming up soon, or has recently passed and the sign has not yet been taken down. •A flashback in Omega shows a young Lydia asking about Halloween coming up and preparing a costume 23 days after the Trials. This further confirms that the Trials began in August or September. •In Remember, Deanna Monroe, an Ohio Congresswoman, mentioned to Rick Grimes that before the Trials, she was running for reelection in the 2010 mid-term and that she was prepared to become a professional poker player if she lost. The 2010 mid-term elections were November 2nd, 2010, indicating that the Trials began before November 2010. •The end of the main show's second season begins to exhibit late autumn/early winter weather, as expressed by the characters. This occurs nearly three months after the onset of the Trials. With the Trials beginning in August 2010, it correlates how winter began three months later in November 2010. •During the events of The Last Light, it was revealed on Jennifer Mallick's watch that the current date was October 26, 2020. Due to the fact that this episode takes place approximately 61 days after the 10th anniversary of Monument Day on August 27, 2020; this confirms that the Trials began on August 25, 2010. •AMC hosted a "Monument Day Weekend" on August 26 - August 27, 2023 by providing a free streaming marathon of The Walking Dead, officially confirming that Monument Day was August 27, 2010. •In Here's Negan, a flashback shows Lucille Smith receiving her diagnosis of pancreatic cancer shortly before the Trials. In an attempt to call her husband, Negan Smith, and her best friend, Janine - her phone history states the date as November 12th. This is a likely error, as the episode's production was shot during mid-November and does not correlate to previously stated time periods of the Trials. •A similar error was made in the Pilot of Fear the Walking Dead as security footage of Nicholas Clark leaving the Temple Community Hospital shortly before the Trials is marked with the date of February 2015, which was when the episode's production occurred - as opposed to the current story taking place in August 2010. •In Killer Within, the Governor suggests to Merle Dixon that they should visit Augusta and take only the women to let them play, remarking that it would be historic. Merle argues, "And break decades of tradition?" They are referring to the Augusta National Golf Club, which, until August 2012, did not allow women to be members. This would place the onset of the outbreak prior to August 2012. It is to be noted that this episode was written prior to August 2012. •In Skidmark, Daniel Salazar keeps a calendar. The episode opens on October 12th, 2013. The episode ends two days later on October 14th, 2013. •In the episode Scars, a flashback takes place eight months after the disappearance of Rick Grimes in What Comes After. Over the course of several days, the flashback is during Halloween - based on the decorations, costumes, and party in Alexandria - making it October 31st, 2014. •The episode Find Me is told through multiple flashbacks detailing the relationship between Daryl Dixon and Leah Shaw. Nearly three and a half years after the disappearance of Rick Grimes, and four years before the episode's present timeline, Daryl and Leah observe the August 21st, 2017 solar eclipse. •The episode New Haunts takes place during Halloween 2021 - making it the second time the holiday was celebrated since the flashbacks in the episode, Scars. •The Raft of Fear the Walking Dead currently takes place in August 2014. The final season of The Walking Dead currently takes place in 2022. The last episode aired in November 2022. Interestingly, the apocalypse began when the show premiered in 2010 and ended with the show in 2022.
Overall Timeline
•The Trials and collapse of society began on August 25, 2010. •The first three seasons of Fear the Walking Dead take place during two full months into the Trials, making Season 1 - 3 of Fear the Walking Dead take place from August 25, 2010 to October 27, 2010. •The first two seasons of The Walking Dead, from when Rick Grimes wakes up, is two months into the Trials and continues nearly three months into the Trials - making Seasons 1 - 2 of The Walking Dead take place from October 2010 to November 2010. •The third season of The Walking Dead begins seven/eight months after the end of Season 2, Lori probably started Judith's pregnancy between September and October 2010 when Rick was in a coma, in Season 2 she was approximately one month pregnant, with Lori nine months pregnant Judith was born in June 2011. Season 3 starts in June 2011 being seven months after the end of Season 2 in November 2010, the season ends in July 2011. •The fourth season of The Walking Dead begins six months after the end of Season 3. The entire season is overall less than two weeks, therefore Season 4 takes place from the second half of January 2012 to the first week of February 2012. •The fifth season of The Walking Dead begins immediately after the end of Season 4. The entire season overall is five weeks. Gabriel Stokes mentions in Strangers that it has been seventeen to eighteen months since the bombs fell - that occurred sometime between August and September 2010 - making the first episodes of Season 5 takes place in February 2012. The Finale of Season 5 takes place in March 2012 after a 17-day time jump between episodes Coda and What Happened and What's Going On revealed by Greg Nicotero on Talking Dead. •The sixth season of The Walking Dead begins immediately after the end of Season 5. The entire season overall is approximate seven weeks, with a one month time jump between No Way Out and The Next World as mentioned by Abraham Ford in Knots Untie about the encounter with the biker saviors having been a month ago - making Season 6 take place from March 2012 to the first days of May 2012. •The seventh season of The Walking Dead begins immediately after Season 6. The entire season overall is two weeks - making Season 7 take place in May 2012. •The eight season of The Walking Dead begins two weeks after the end of Season 7. The entire season overall is one week - making Season 8 take place from May 2012 to June 2012. •The fourth season of Fear the Walking Dead begins approximately 2 years after the end of Season 3. The entire season overall is five weeks - making Season 4 take place from October 2012 to November 2012. •The fifth season of Fear the Walking Dead begins almost eleven months after the end of Season 4. The entire season overall is two months - making Season 5 take place from October 2013 to December 2013. •The sixth season of Fear the Walking Dead begins approximately six weeks after the end of Season 5. The entire season overall is three months with time jumps of several weeks during the Season. The Finale of Season 6 occur on April 2014 - making Season 6 take place from January 2014 to April 2014. •The seventh season of Fear the Walking Dead begins approximately 2 months after the end of Season 6. The entire season overall is two months and half with time jumps during the Season. The Finale of Season 7 occur on August 31st, 2014 - making Season 7 take place from June 2014 to August 31st, 2014. •The first episode of Season 9, A New Beginning, begins a year and a half after Season 8 ends, making it begin in February 2014. The second episode, The Bridge to the fifth episode, What Comes After, take place a month later, making those four episodes take place in March 2014. The flashback in Scars take place in October 2014 and November 2014, specifically during Halloween - as Halloween costumes and decorations can be seen, as well as Michonne Hawthorne is nearly to full term carrying RJ Grimes after conceiving him with Rick Grimes in March 2014. Michonne reveals in The Ones Who Live that in Scars she was 7 months pregnant with RJ, placing the birth in December 2014, and the bridge in March 2014 when he was conceived. Who Are You Now? jumps forward six years with an additional three month time jump after The Calm Before, making the remainder of Season 9 take place from October 2020 to January 2021. •The two seasons of The Walking Dead: World Beyond begins shortly before the 10th Anniversary of the Trials. The entire season overall is six weeks - making Season 1 take place from August 26, 2020 to October 27, 2020. •During the events of The Last Light, it was revealed on Jennifer Mallick's watch that the current date was October 26, 2020. Due to the fact that this episode takes place approximately 2 months after the 10th anniversary of Monument Day on August 26, 2020; this confirms that the Trials began on August 24, 2010. •The tenth season of The Walking Dead begins several months after The Calm Before. The entire season overall it's a little over a month - making Season 10 take place from August 2021 to September 2021. •The eleventh season of The Walking Dead begins almost immediately after Season 10 in September 2021, and ends in April 2022, 6 months after arriving in the Commonwealth. •The eight season of Fear the Walking Dead begins 7 years after the end of Season 7, with Mo's age being 8, Season 8 begins January 2022 and the series ends on March 2022. •Starting from the outbreak in August 2010: •Season 1 - 3 of Fear TWD (August 2010 to October 2010). •Season 1 - 2 of TWD (October 2010 to November 2010). •Season 3 of TWD (June 2011 to July 2011). •Season 4 - 8 of TWD (January 2012 to June 2012). •Season 4 of Fear TWD (October 2012 to November 2012). •Season 5 - 6 of Fear TWD (October 2013 to April 2014). •Season 9 [9x01 to 9x05] of TWD (February 2014 to March 2014). •Season 7 of Fear TWD (May 2014 - August 2014). •Season 1 - 2 of TWD World Beyond (August 2020 to October 2020). •Season 9 [9x06 to 9x16] of TWD (October 2020 to January 2021). •Season 10 of TWD (August 2021 to September 2021). •Season 11 of TWD (September 2021 to June 2023). •Season 8 of Fear TWD (January 2022 to March 2022). •Chronological Episode Order
1.Baby Mo was born in early 2014, with her age being 8 years old in Season 8 and the time jump of 7 years, we conclude that Fear TWD will be in early 2022 in Season 8, approximately 7 and a half years time jump.
2.Season 1: Episode 5 - "Wildfire" - Rick refers to the attack as "last night" in his message to Morgan
3.Season 2: Episode 1 - "What Lies Ahead" - Rick tells Morgan that they "lost another of their own the day before last"
4.Season 2: Episode 7 - "Pretty Much Dead Already" - Daryl says that he found Sophia's doll "two days ago", on day 69
5.Season 2: Episode 10 - "18 Miles Out" - Rick remarks to Shane that he's "been waiting a week till [they] were gonna do this"
6.This is the day immediately following the fall of the farm; this is 12 days after the group finds Sophia.
- 2010. After the Global Outbreak (2010) August 25th. Day 1 - Global Outbreak. The Wildfire virus becomes a global pandemic, and the entirety of the human race is infected.
- 2011. After the Global Outbreak (2011) March 25th. Day 213. Seven months into the outbreak, the sound of the generator at the Smith Family Home attracted a Walker.
- 2012. After the Global Outbreak (2012) January 19th. Day 513. Bob Stookey is found on the road by Daryl Dixon and Glenn Rhee. After answering their questions, Bob is rescued and brought to their community at the West Georgia Correctional Facility.
- 2014. After the Global Outbreak (2014) January 12th. Day 1,237. Rick and community leaders go on a run in D.C. and Gregory fails at an assassination attempt against Maggie.
Feb 25, 2024 · The Ones Who Live starts off slightly before the series finale of The Walking Dead, which takes place before Daryl Dixon, which takes place before Dead City.
Feb 26, 2024 · The Ones Who Live takes place 10 years after Rick's disappearance on The Walking Dead, despite him only being absent for a few seasons. The spinoff provides a clear timeline by starting five years after the bridge incident and before Michonne leaves to find Rick.
Dec 8, 2022 · "Fear the Walking Dead" Season 4 takes place near the beginning of the apocalypse's third year, and Season 5 jumps ahead closer to the end of the year.
