The Walking Dead Season 4 - Episode 1 May 2026

Rick nods. “I’ll go.”

A wide crane shot of the prison at twilight. It looks safe. Warm. Lights flicker in the windows. But outside the fence, a single walker—the new kind—stumbles out of the woods. Its eyes glow faintly in the dark. It opens its mouth. Black fluid drips onto the dead leaves.

“There’s a veterinary college twenty miles west. Abandoned. We hit it at dawn.” The Walking Dead Season 4 - Episode 1

They find the source. In the basement, a locked steel door. Behind it, the sound of wet, rhythmic slamming. Rick peers through a small window. His face goes white.

(sipping herbal tea) “The pig is ready. We cull her next week. That’s protein for two months.” Rick nods

Rick stands at the memorial grove. He pulls out his old Python revolver from a box of mementos. He checks the cylinder. Six bullets.

They find the veterinary college. It’s pristine—almost too clean. No walkers. No looters. The shelves are full. Daryl is suspicious. Its eyes glow faintly in the dark

Hershel glances at Rick’s hip. No gun. Just a gardening trowel.