Seed (The Walking Dead)
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| The Walking Dead episode | |
Rick discovers the prison for the first time.
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| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 1 |
| Directed by | Ernest Dickerson |
| Written by | Glen Mazzara |
| Featured music | "Noisy Sunday" by Patrick Watson |
| Original air date | October 14, 2012 |
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"Seed" is the twentieth episode and the premiere of the third season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead, which aired on AMC in the United States and in Canada on October 14, 2012. The episode was written by showrunner Glen Mazzara and directed by Ernest Dickerson. It is set six months after the second season finale and focuses on Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and his group of survivors' discovering and entering the prison complex shown on the previous episode. Meanwhile, Michonne (Danai Gurira) cares for an ailing Andrea (Laurie Holden).
"Seed" is the first non extended-length premiere of The Walking Dead. The episode received general critical acclaim, with many critics praising its return to form in levels of gore, tension and urgency. Many also noted it as an example of showrunner Glen Mazzara's promise for a "higher level of action", as seen in the earlier episodes of the series. The episode also featured the promotion of Michonne to a series regular from featured stand in.
Upon airing the episode garnered 10.9 million viewers, breaking several records not only for the series, but television history as well.
Eight months after a herd of walkers overrun the farm of Hershel Greene (Scott Wilson), Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and his group are now in search of a new home. Meanwhile, Rick's wife Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) is due to give birth any day. After being chased out of an abandoned house by remnants of the herd which still infest the area, Rick and Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) go hunting for food and happen upon a prison complex. With the help of the other survivors, Rick manages to enter the prison courtyard. They lock themselves inside the first gate and kill all of the walkers within a fenced yard. Noting that the walkers they encountered were prison inmates and guards, Rick believes the prison fell early and thus could still hold a large supply cache. As the group settles in for the night, he urges them to continue onward into the prison in the morning.
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